The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with academics and charities in receipt of grants from his Department on the potential effect of the anti-lobbying clause on their work.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Department is currently rolling out the new anti-lobbying clause in its grant agreements and will monitor any feedback on the effect it may have on recipients.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-04-26.
To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with President Obama on his recent visit to London in April 2016 on tackling the funding of ISIS/Daesh by people from Saudi Arabia.
Mr David Cameron
When I met President Obama in London last month as well as with the G5 in Hanover we discussed a range of issues including continuing coalition efforts to defeat and degrade Daesh.
The Global Coalition’s comprehensive strategy to defeat Daesh includes a focus on squeezing Daesh’s finances. Saudi Arabia is a founding member of the Global Coalition and is one of the co-leads of the Counter-ISIL Finance Group. The Coalition is therefore working closely with Saudi Arabia to combat funding to Daesh in all its forms.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on bringing forward proposals for a modern public services ombudsman in the last three months.
John Penrose
The Government is making good progress and will publish draft legislation in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Bacon on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much to date the NHS has paid BT for licensing, deployment and support of acute IT systems in London.
Nicola Blackwood
Information regarding payments made by National Health Service trusts to BT is not held centrally by the Department.
The Department, to the end of financial year 2015-16, has paid BT £1.1 billion for services it delivered to acute and community and mental health trusts in London under the BT Local Service Provider contract. This contract has now closed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2016-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children living in relative poverty in the UK (a) on the latest date for which figures are available and (b) a year before that date.
Damian Hinds
Estimates of the number of children in relative low income in the UK are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series.
In 2014/15 on a Before Housing Cost basis (BHC); there were 2.5 million children in relative poverty in the UK. In the previous year (2013/14) there were 2.3 million children in relative poverty in the UK. This increase however is not statistically significant.
The Prime Minister is clear that tackling poverty and disadvantage, and delivering real social reform, is a priority for this Government and we will be coming back to the House with a number of announcements over the coming months.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Jones on 2015-11-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of its annual income has been held in reserve by Lancashire Constabulary in each of the last five years.
Mike Penning
It is up to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Constables to decide how to allocate their resources, including the efficient use of reserves, based on local priorities. The total amount of revenue funding received by each PCC (formerly Police Authorities) and the total amounts of usable reserves, taken from publically available force area accounts are included in the table below. This includes total core Government funding area from the Home Office, Legacy Council Tax Grants and locally raised precept income. It excludes specific grants such as the Innovation Fund and other locally raised income.
|
Hertfordshire Police Authority/PCC reserves |
|
Year |
Reserves £m |
Total revenue funding £m |
Reserves as % of government grant+precept |
|
31 Mar 2011 |
19.4 |
197.4 |
9.8% |
|
31 Mar 2012 |
24.9 |
191.5 |
13.0% |
|
31 Mar 2013 |
28.0 |
189.7 |
14.8% |
|
31 Mar 2014 |
36.7 |
185.2 |
19.8% |
|
31 Mar 2015 |
47.9 |
181.1 |
26.5% |
Lancashire Police Authority/PCC reserves
|
Year |
Reserves £m |
Total revenue funding £m |
Reserves as % of government grant+precept |
|
31 Mar 2011 |
20.1 |
285.6 |
7.0% |
|
31 Mar 2012 |
26.3 |
273.5 |
9.6% |
|
31 Mar 2013 |
27.5 |
273.5 |
10.1% |
|
31 Mar 2014 |
35.8 |
266.0 |
13.4% |
|
31 Mar 2015 |
49.3 |
258.9 |
19.1% |
Thames Valley Police Authority/PCC reserves
|
Year |
Reserves £m |
Total revenue funding £m |
Reserves as % of government grant+precept |
|
31 Mar 2011 |
41.1 |
395.0 |
10.4% |
|
31 Mar 2012 |
48.2 |
383.4 |
12.6% |
|
31 Mar 2013 |
45.8 |
382.2 |
12.0% |
|
31 Mar 2014 |
49.1 |
375.9 |
13.1% |
|
31 Mar 2015 |
51.4 |
369.7 |
13.9% |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of her Department’s properties will be owned and managed by the Government Property Unit; what the annual rent will be; and what the estimated annual cost is of the services the Government Property Unit will provide to her Department.
George Eustice
Defra is fully engaged with the development of the New Property Model for government property. The Property Model is being designed by the Government Property Unit and Departments are still to discuss the detail of the transfer of property into the new government property vehicle, the level of property cost recharges and any management cost involved.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-01-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to minimise the time taken for military aircraft parts to be delivered to his Department’s bases in Cyprus.
Mr Philip Dunne
The supply chain to Cyprus is operating well in support of military aircraft based there with aircraft parts delivered in a timely fashion ensuring there are no disruptions to military operations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the average period of time which (a) male and (b) female nurses who enter training at the age of (i) 19, (ii) 25, (iii) 30 and (iv) 40 in 2017-18 will take to pay off their student loans in line with those changes to the student support system in place from 2016-17.
Joseph Johnson
The changes announced at the Spending Review will enable us to lift the cap on the number of students on nursing courses and will provide nursing students with access to around 25% additional financial support. We expect this reform will enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing, midwifery and allied health training places over this Parliament.
The average repayment term on student loans is calculated for the total full time student population, rather than separately for students taking certain courses or their age on starting their course. On this basis, we estimate that the average repayment term for a full time student entering Higher Education in 2017-18 is around 20 to 25 years.
This estimate includes both borrowers who fully repay their loans and those who have loans written off due to death, disability leading to permanent inability to work, or reaching the end of the repayment term. The estimate takes into account the changes to student finance announced at Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the existence of links between the Taliban and Islamic State movements in Afghanistan and the abusive exploitation of extractive resources.
Penny Mordaunt
We assess that the Afghan Taliban leadership opposes Daesh’s presence in Afghanistan, where there has been reported fighting between the two groups. Our judgement is that the Taliban generate funding via illegal exploitation of Afghanistan’s natural resources, for example marble, talcum and lapis lazuli, and through extortion of payments from legal mining operations, but we have seen no evidence to suggest that Daesh is currently engaged in these activities.