The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Wigley on 2014-04-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest available figures of the number of people in employment in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales respectively; and how they compare with the figures for three and six years earlier.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Meacher on 2014-06-16.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what capacity he and the Secretary of State for International Development attended the recent Bilderberg Conference in Copenhagen; and whether the visits have been recorded in the register of interests.
Andrea Leadsom
The Chancellor of the Exchequer attended the Bilderberg conference in Copenhagen. All travel undertaken by Treasury ministers is carried out in line with the Ministerial and Civil Service Management Codes. Details of all ministerial overseas travel are published quarterly:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2014-04-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have as to whether the origin or formulation of the diesel oil used has any bearing on the amount of particulates which are trapped in particulate filters fitted to road vehicles.
Baroness Kramer
The formulation of diesel fuel can have an effect upon the amount of particulate matter formed during combustion. There is evidence, for instance that biodiesel blends produce slightly less particulate matter, in general, than do pure petroleum-based diesel fuels. We would not, however, expect the differences in rates of particulate formation between fuels meeting the statutory requirements of the Motor Fuels (Composition and Content) Regulations, and meeting the EN 590 industry standard to affect the operation of diesel particulate filters.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the deviations or exemptions from the Military Air Systems Certification Process that allowed the inaugural flight of the Rivet Joint aircraft on May 27 2014 were the final form that will be used for all operations.
Mr Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 June 2014, (Official Report, column 364W), to the hon. Member for Plymouth, Moor View (Alison Seabeck).
Ongoing work will progressively refine this release as additional information becomes available and further analysis is conducted.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-04-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have applied for part-time higher education courses each year since 2004.
Mr David Willetts
Statistics are not available on applicants to part-time higher education courses as there is no centralised application service for part-time study. However, statistics on entrants to part-time courses at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and have been provided back to the academic year 2004/05 in the following table.
Information on enrolments at UK HEIs in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from HESA in January 2015.
Entrants(1) part-time courses by level of study
Academic years 2004/05 to 2012/13
UK Higher Education Institutions
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2004/05 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
2008/09 |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
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Postgraduate part-time |
108,920 |
113,955 |
116,215 |
116,320 |
128,945 |
132,745 |
127,925 |
109,535 |
102,190 |
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Undergraduate part-time |
317,785 |
336,415 |
341,030 |
331,950 |
344,475 |
335,050 |
301,490 |
278,575 |
199,905 |
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Total part-time |
426,710 |
450,370 |
457,245 |
448,275 |
473,420 |
467,795 |
429,415 |
388,115 |
302,095 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency
Note:
(1) Entrants refer to those students entering their first year of study.
(2) Includes entrants from all domiciles (UK, EU and other overseas countries)
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets his Department has sold and leased back over the last 12 months; what the sale price was of each asset so sold; and what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of leasing back each such asset over the period of the lease.
Dr Andrew Murrison
This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, normally the Ministry of Defence sells its assets with vacant possession, only leasing back properties for short periods pending relocation of the occupants.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-02.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Honours Committee in each of the last five years.
Mr Francis Maude
The Voting Membership of the Main Honours Committee comprises Head of the Civil Service (Chair); Chairs of the 9 Honours Committees; Chief of the Defence Staff; Permanent Secretary of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; another Permanent Secretary; Cabinet Secretary and a representative from the Prime Minister’s Office. Membershipfor the past five years is set out below. Current membership of all honours committees is available at www.gov.uk/honours-committees.
A copy of the table listing the Membership of the committee over the last 5 years will be placed in the Library of the House.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Buckland on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department will publish further information on pilots testing the role of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal in making recommendations on the health and social care aspects of Education, Health and Care Plans.
Mr Edward Timpson
The Department for Education, in consultation with the Ministry of Justice and others, is in the process of developing proposals for the review of redress and complaint arrangements for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The review will consider:
Running parallel to the review will be pilots to test an expansion of the powers of the first tier tribunal to make recommendations about the health and social care elements of EHC Plans. We estimate that the pilots will begin in the spring of 2015 as the first appeals about the new Education, Health and Care Plans begin to be heard and that the pilots will last for two years as they build up the evidence on which to base any recommendations.
The Secretary of State for Education and the Lord Chancellor must lay a report on the outcome of the review before Parliament within three years of any of the provisions of Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 coming into force in September 2014. Interim findings from the pilots could be published before the final report on the review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Sawford on 2014-04-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on local authorities when the single tier state pension is introduced in 2016-17 and local authorities no longer receive a national insurance rebate from the contracting out of pensions.
Brandon Lewis
The Government is currently in discussions with the Local Government Association on this matter.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he has had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser in the last 12 months.
Dr Daniel Poulter
As was the case under previous administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.