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Adrian Bailey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Bailey on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the age cohort achieved a A* to C grade in GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) English literature by the age of (i) 19, (ii) 20, (iii) 21, (iv) 22, (v) 23, (vi) 24 and (vi) 25 years in each of the last 10 years.

Mr Edward Timpson

The following tables show the proportion of 18, 19 and 20 year-olds who had achieved A*-C grade in GCSE English and GCSE mathematics. The figures relate to academic age, that is age at the start of the academic year, so young people of academic age 18 are those turning 19 during the academic year. The figures cover young people who were in the state sector at academic age 15. The data source used for this analysis does not differentiate between English Literature and English Language so the figures for English include those that have A*-C in either subject. The Department does not hold information on the attainment of people older than academic age 20. The earliest data available is for the cohort that was academic age 18 in 2004/05.

Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE mathematics by academic age and cohort

	Academic age
Cohort academic age 18 in	18	19	20
2004/05	49.3%	49.4%	49.4%
2005/06	48.6%	48.7%	48.8%
2006/07	50.5%	50.6%	50.6%
2007/08	52.7%	52.7%	52.8%
2008/09	54.6%	54.7%	54.7%
2009/10	56.5%	56.6%	56.7%
2010/11	59.1%	59.2%	59.3%
2011/12	61.9%	62.0%
2012/13	65.2%

Source: DfE Young Person’s Matched Administrative Dataset.

Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE English by academic age and cohort

	Academic age
Cohort academic age 18 in	18	19	20
2004/05	55.9%	56.0%	56.0%
2005/06	56.7%	56.8%	56.9%
2006/07	57.3%	57.4%	57.4%
2007/08	58.9%	58.9%	59.0%
2008/09	60.1%	60.2%	60.2%
2009/10	61.2%	61.3%	61.4%
2010/11	63.2%	63.3%	63.3%
2011/12	65.4%	65.5%
2012/13	69.0%

Source: DfE Young Person’s Matched Administrative Dataset.

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01/11/2022

Jim Sheridan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Sheridan on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Royal Mail staff who bought shares in the newly-privatised company in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Renfrewshire and (c) Scotland.

Michael Fallon

The Government has not made any estimates by constituency, county or country of shares bought by Royal Mail staff.

As part of the Royal Mail Initial Public Offering, each eligible employee has now received 729 shares free of charge. Only 372 of the 147,000 eligible employees opted out of the scheme. Approximately 99.75% of employees accepted the shares that we offered them. Under the Employee Priority Retail Offer, over 15,000 employees (just over 10%) bought additional shares in Royal Mail.

01/11/2022
Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in the level of household (a) borrowing and (b) debt since May 2010.

Mr Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

01/11/2022
David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed on zero-hour contracts in Bolton North East constituency.

Mr Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

01/11/2022
David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are paid at a rate below the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation in Bolton North East constituency.

Mr Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

01/11/2022
Graeme Morrice – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to prevent employers who engage in blacklisting receiving Government contracts.

Mr Nick Hurd

The blacklisting of employees is an unacceptable and unlawful practice, and Government takes any such allegations very seriously.

01/11/2022
Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Government is taking with banks and credit card companies to ensure PPI repayments are made in full.

Andrea Leadsom

It is important that consumers get the redress which they are due. Ensuring that banks provide appropriate redress for their customers is a matter for the independent regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

The Government is supportive of action taken by the FCA to recompense customers for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) and prevent cases of mis-selling in the future through regulatory action. The FCA has stated that it is keeping a close eye on how the industry handles all PPI complaints and will be quick to challenge anything it thinks is unfair.

I have asked the FCA to write to the Member in more detail about action being taken in regard to PPI. A copy of the response will be placed in the Library of the House.

01/11/2022
Catherine McKinnell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2014-06-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance and support (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) National Savings and Investment will provide for parents who encounter IT problems during the quarterly reconfiguration process for tax-free childcare; and if he will make a statement.

Nicky Morgan

On the 23 May the Government published a further consultation on the delivery of childcare accounts within Tax-Free Childcare. The consultation will be open until 27 June and the Government will consider the responses alongside those to the first consultation before it makes its decision on the provision of childcare accounts. Following this decision the Government will work with stakeholders to develop guidance to support parents, and assisted approaches will be provided to parents without access to the internet.

01/11/2022
Catherine McKinnell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2014-06-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of divorced and separated parents who will have to decide which of them should own a tax-free childcare account; how HM Revenue and Customs plans to resolve disputes over such decisions; and what additional resources will be committed for this purpose.

Nicky Morgan

It is estimated that of the families that will directly benefit from the Tax-Free Childcare scheme around 95% are couples and 5% are lone parents. Based on the best available data, we estimate that around half of these lone parents will be either divorced or separated.

Working lone parents are more likely to have lower income levels than working couples. More lone parents will therefore receive support for childcare through Tax Credits and then subsequently Universal Credit which is generally more generous than Tax-Free Childcare.

On the 18 March the Government published its response to the consultation on design and operation of Tax-Free Childcare which sets out that where adults in a family are unable to reach agreement about which of them should claim, HMRC will consider the facts of the case and make a decision.

The resource requirements of the scheme will be settled once the scheme’s details have been finalised.

01/11/2022
Justin Tomlinson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Tomlinson on 2014-06-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to promote the video games tax relief to video games producers.

Mr David Gauke

The video games tax relief came into effect from 1 April 2014. This generous new relief will provide support for the growing video games sector in the UK.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are currently presenting a series of events across the country to promote and explain the new relief to the industry. A specialist unit has been provided to assist businesses with making claims. Guidance is available on HMRC’s website to explain the relief and help businesses decide whether they are eligible for relief. HMRC are working closely with the video games industry to develop more detailed guidance, which will be published shortly.

01/11/2022