Category: Speeches

  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many of the six million people identified as missing on the electoral register by the Electoral Commission in 2011 have been registered to vote in each year since 2011.

    Mr Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that its last GB wide study into the completeness of electoral registers was completed in 2011. This type of research does not specifically identify unregistered individuals but provides an assessment of the overall accuracy and completeness of the registers. The Commission’s next study is being published in July and this will update the picture on levels of completeness in 2014.

  • Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what category of investor Lansdowne Partners was with regard to the sale of Royal Mail.

    Michael Fallon

    All investors in Royal Mail – whether individuals or institutions – have a reasonable expectation of privacy: therefore we have not disclosed the names of specific investors and their involvement in the IPO process.

  • Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit were (a) unemployed and (b) self-employed in the most recent period for which information is available.

    Esther McVey

    The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013 which can be found at :

    https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics

    Statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics

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  • Liam Byrne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Liam Byrne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will break down by component elements the increase in the RAB charge from 33 per cent to 45 per cent.

    Mr David Willetts

    The increase in the RAB charge has been due to:

    – macroeconomic effects – earnings growth has been lower than expected since the £21,000 threshold was set making it more generous in real terms than was expected at the time it was set; and

    – modelling changes – we have made methodological improvements to our modelling of individual borrower’s earnings over time. We have done this through a new approach that takes greater account of an individual’s past earnings and of Student Loans Company data on actual loan repayments.

  • Andrew Rosindell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Andrew Rosindell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of recent trends in employment in the private sector.

    Esther McVey

    There are more people in private sector jobs than ever before, up over 2 million since 2010.

  • Lucy Powell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Lucy Powell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many jobs have been transferred from the public to private sector from (a) his Department and (b) the Office of the Leader of the House as a result of privatisation or outsourcing since May 2010.

    Mr Francis Maude

    The Leader of the House’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

    Since May 2010, twenty-two jobs have been transferred to the Private Sector.

    Six posts through the SWIRL joint venture and 16 posts with the mutual joint venture of the Behavioural Insights Team.

    We know that joint ventures and mutuals can help drive up productivity and we will continue to support innovative business models.

  • John McDonnell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    John McDonnell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John McDonnell on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government expects to receive from (a) the 20 per cent deduction from the child maintenance payment of the paying parent and (b) the four per cent deduction of total payment of support to the child from the receiving parent.

    Steve Webb

    Paragraph 106 of the CSA Case Closure, Introducing CMS Fees, Supporting Family Based Arrangements Impact Assessment gives an estimate of the total income by year raised through the parent with care fee and the non-resident parent fee. This Impact Assessment, published on 22 November 2013, is available at

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259694/cm-case-closure-and-charges-regs-ia-final.pdf

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  • Gordon Marsden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Gordon Marsden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2014-04-07.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times failure to pay the minimum wage has been (a) reported, (b) prosecuted and (c) penalised in the maritime sector since the Equality Act 2010 came into force.

    Mr David Gauke

    The Government takes the enforcement of national minimum wage (NMW) legislation very seriously and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforce the NMW legislation on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and has done so since the introduction of NMW in April 1999.

    HMRC investigates all complaints made about employers suspected of not paying the minimum wage, in addition carrying out targeted enforcement where it identifies a high risk of non-payment of NMW across the whole of the UK.

    Since 2006, HMRC started considering prosecution for minimum wage offences. Since then, there have been 7 investigations into employers in the Water Transport sector. None of these were identified as having failed to pay the minimum wage.

  • Justin Tomlinson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Justin Tomlinson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

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

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people started apprenticeships in (a) Swindon and (b) the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

    Matthew Hancock

    Information on the number of apprenticeship starts in England by geography is published in a Supplementary Table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):

    https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships–2

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls

    The Department does not collect further education information relating to the devolved administrations.

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  • Madeleine Moon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Madeleine Moon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) trucks for bridging, (b) medium girder bridges, (c) medium over girder bridges, (d) air portable ferry bridges, (e) pontoon sets, (f) LSB bridge and ramp sets and (g) launch sets are owned by his Department; how many are stored at MoD Ashchurch; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    The following table summarises the requested vehicles and bridging equipment, and the quantity currently held by the Defence Support Group at Ashchurch:

    Equipment Asset

    Total Assets Held

    Quantity Held by DSG at Ashchurch

    Automotive Bridge Laying Equipment

    29

    11

    Bridging Vehicle

    64

    28

    Truck Bridge Transporter

    45

    12

    Pontoon Set

    3

    3

    Air Portable Ferry Bridge

    11

    2

    Air Portable Ferry Bridge Trailers

    66

    23

    Air Portable Bridge Powered Pontoons

    22

    10

    Air Portable Ferry Bridge Pontoons

    44

    16

    Medium Girder Bridges

    9

    1

    Medium Girder Over Bridges

    33

    3

    Logistic Support Bridge

    18

    7

    Logistic Support Bridge Adjustable Ramp

    17

    9

    Logistic Support Bridge Pier Set

    3

    2

    Logistic Support Bridge Foot Walk

    3

    2

    Logistic Support Bridge Distributions Beam

    5

    4

    Logistic Support Bridge Span Junction

    7

    4

    Logistic Support Bridge Launching Set

    17

    9

    Logistic Support Bridge Long Span Set

    8

    3