The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-05-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to lay the report relating to secondary ticketing before Parliament as required by section 94 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
David Evennett
My Rt. Hon Friends, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport intend to lay the report shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rachael Maskell on 2016-07-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support households which are in water poverty.
Dr Thérèse Coffey
Water companies already offer a wide range of support to around 760,000 customers that struggle to pay their water bills. By 2020, they have committed to help an additional one million customers. The support they offer includes the nationally mandated WaterSure Scheme, voluntary social tariffs, charitable trusts, debt advice, payment plans and water efficiency advice.
The Government is committed to supporting a water industry built around transparency, resilience and affordability. We will continue to work with the Consumer Council for Water, Ofwat and the industry to ensure they continue to provide a fair deal for all customers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Gardiner on 2016-09-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential risk of a cyber attack at the Hinkley C nuclear facility and other such nuclear facilities.
Jesse Norman
The security of existing and proposed nuclear facilities is a priority for the Government. The UK Civil Nuclear Sector is subject to a thorough safety and security regulatory regime, including cyber security, overseen by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). The entire new build nuclear programme, including Hinkley Point C, is subject to an ONR-led Generic Design Assessment process for new reactor designs. This will be supported by the National Cyber Security Centre’s design reviews with the relevant organisations, with the purpose of ensuring all new plants are cyber-secure by design and implementation.
In the interest of security, we do not disclose details of security risks to specific facilities
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-11-17.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what value of projects received investment through the Infrastructure Investment Forum (a) in 2015 and (b) since the Forum’s launch.
Greg Hands
The Insurers’ Infrastructure Investment Forum was set up the to give members of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) a direct communication link to Government, exploring ways to maximise opportunities for insurance fund managers to invest in UK infrastructure debt instruments via the capital markets.
In 2013 a group of 6 insurers agreed to aim to invest £25bn in UK infrastructure over the next 5 years. They have already invested over £5bn and are on track to meet their target.
In 2015 InfraRed Capital Partners and Prudential have each taken 45% stakes in the £1bn Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Reynolds on 2015-12-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the Rail Delivery Group received from the public purse in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013, (d) 2014 and (v) 2015.
Claire Perry
The information requested is in the table below.
|
Year |
Amount |
Source |
|
2011-12 |
N/A |
|
|
2012-13 |
N/A |
|
|
2013-14 |
N/A |
|
|
2014-15 |
£1,189,417 £151,987 |
Network Rail[1] Directly Operated Railways[2] |
|
2015-16 (1 April 2015 to date) |
£1,832,625[3] |
Network Rail |
[1] Network Rail was reclassified as a public body by the Office for National Statistics on 1 September 2014. The figure shown is Network Rail’s contribution to the Rail Delivery Group from September 2014 – March 2015.
[2] Rail Delivery Group charged Directly Operated Railways for the first time in 2014-15.
[3] The figure shown is based on a full year contribution of £2,443,500.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any trade missions to Iran are planned involving businesses from the UK in 2016.
Anna Soubry
The UK government fully supports expanding our trade relationship with Iran. UK Trade and Investment will be leading a whole of government approach to engage with UK companies to ensure that UK businesses are well equipped to benefit from the commercial opportunities that will arise from sanction relief.
There is a desire on both sides to build a long-term bilateral relationship based on future partnership, where trade and investment is a key pillar. We plan to take further trade delegations to Iran in the near future across a number of sectors where UK companies are best placed to benefit from commercial opportunities.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diane Abbott on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department has (a) made to and (b) received from Saferworld, Unicef, Save the Children and Oxfam on UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the last 12 months.
Justine Greening
DFID Yemen has longstanding and close working relationships with each of these four organisations, all of whom receive UK funding. Our dialogue covers all areas of relevant DFID policy, in particular our four priorities: supporting UN efforts to start political talks and return to an inclusive political process; increasing commercial imports of food, fuel and medical supplies; improving humanitarian access into and within Yemen; and strengthening the international community’s response to the crisis.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christina Rees on 2016-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many and which courts in England and Wales court counters have closed in the last 12 months.
Mr Shailesh Vara
Court counters have closed at the following courts in the last 12 months:
Grantham Magistrates’ Court; and
Skegness Magistrates’ Court.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools with a special educational needs focus were graded as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requires improvement and (d) requires special measures in each year since 2010.
Edward Timpson
The Ofsted grades of all special free schools are set out in the below table. Please note that the first special free schools opened in September 2012 and therefore there were no Ofsted inspections of these schools until 2014.
|
Published report date |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
Outstanding |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Good |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Requires Improvement |
1 |
||
|
Inadequate |
1 |
A list of all open special free schools can be found on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-open-schools-and-successful-applications
Ofsted reports for all schools in England can be found at: http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) applicants to (b) successful applicants to and (c) successful graduates from the Troops to Teachers scheme in each year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
Nick Gibb
For Cohort One (January 2014), 293 applications were received and 41 trainees began the programme.
For Cohort Two (September 2014), 196 applications were received and 52 trainees began the programme.
For Cohort Three (September 2015), 62 applications were received and 51 trainees began the programme.
For Cohort Four (September 2016), recruitment is still underway.
The first cohort of trainees completed the training programme in December 2015. 29 trainees completed the programme and achieved Qualified Teacher Status.