The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions and relating to which locations proposals for overground cables between onshore windfarms and the connecting sub-station have been rejected in each of the last 10 years.
Michael Fallon
The Department has not rejected any applications for overhead line connections to onshore windfarms in the past 10 years in England and Wales.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with train operating companies and rolling stock companies on the availability of rolling stock to train operating companies during the periods of franchise extension.
Stephen Hammond
The Department for Transport regularly meets with the rolling stock companies to discuss the rolling stock market, including upcoming competitions and direct awards. In the development of each directly awarded franchise the Department has extensive discussions with the operator to discuss rolling stock issues, including maintenance, potential upgrades and the overall availability of stock during the period of the franchise, to ensure that appropriate levels of passenger service can be provided within the period.
Ministers regularly meet with train operating companies and rolling stock companies to discuss a wide range of issues, including the rolling stock market. The Department expects train operators and rolling stock companies ultimately to resolve any issues with regard to the availability of rolling stock for the period of their franchise, or any extension thereof.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions British passport holders were questioned on return to the UK in regard to problems with their child’s name on documentation in the last three years.
James Brokenshire
Border Force does not record the occasions when British parents have been
questioned about their child’s name on their return to the United Kingdom.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many press officers his Department employed in each of the last six years.
Mike Penning
We have been able to provide the information dating back to 2011. The number of press officers employed by the Department is as follows:
March 2014 – 20
March 2013 – 20
March 2012 – 23
July 2011 – 31
By way of comparison in March 2010 the Department employed 54 press officers
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much core grant was provided to fund Victim Support services in the (a) Crown Court Witness Service and (b) Magistrates’ Court Witness Service in North Yorkshire in each year since 2004-05.
Damian Green
The Ministry of Justice provides a core grant of £38m to Victim Support of which £12m is used to fund the provision of emotional and practical support for witnesses at criminal courts who wish to receive this service.
The Ministry of Justice does not routinely collect data on how this funding is distributed by Victim Support.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Stuart on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of how well-prepared school governors are in advance of their taking the first decisions regarding performance-related pay.
Mr Edward Timpson
Governors have held school leadership to account for school performance, including the assessment of overall teacher performance, for some time. With the introduction of performance-related pay, governing bodies will have already approved revised pay policies that set out precisely how their schools will make performance and pay decisions.
To support governors in exercising their responsibilities, the Department for Education issued advice on implementing the new pay arrangements. The National College for Teaching and Leadership has also offered training for governors on performance-related pay and financial efficiencies. In addition, the National Governors Association has published guidance on how governors should prepare to deal with pay appeals. We believe that, with this support, most governing bodies will have the knowledge and awareness of the key issues they need to address to ensure that robust evidence-based pay decisions are made this September.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding has been allocted to (a) York College and (b) Askham Bryan College by the Skills Funding Agency and the Young People’s Learning Agency in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in each year since 2009-10.
Matthew Hancock
The Skills Funding Agency is responsible for the allocation of funding to further education college for post-19 education and training, and for Apprenticeships for people aged 16 and over. The information requested is available in the following tables.
Table 1 sets out funding allocations for 2014/2015 to York College by the Skills Funding Agency. Previous PQs provided data up to and including 2013/2014 academic year.
Table 2 sets out funding allocations for 2014/2015 by the Education Funding Agency (the successor body to the YPLA) to York College. Previous PQs provided data up to and including 2013/2014 academic year.
Table 1: SFA Funding allocations for York College
|
Academic year |
19+ Cash allocation (1) (£) |
Real terms (2) (£) |
|
|
2014/15 |
Adult allocations (3) |
3,382,992 |
3,382,992 |
Table 2: EFA Funding allocations for York College
|
Academic year |
16-18 Cash allocation (£) |
Real terms (2) (£) |
|
2014/15 |
15,900,930 |
15,900,930 |
Table 3 sets out funding allocations for 2010/2011 to 2014/2015 to Askham Bryan College by the Skills Funding Agency. Data is available from the creation of the Skills Funding Agency in April 2010.
Table 4 sets out funding allocations for 2010/11 to 2014/15 to Askham Bryan College by the YPLA and its successor body, the Education Funding Agency.
Table 3: SFA Funding Allocations for Askham Bryan College
|
Academic year |
19+ Cash allocation (1) (£) |
Real terms (2) (£) |
|
|
2010/11 |
Adult allocations |
2,264,811 |
2,455,137 |
|
2011/12 |
Adult allocations |
3,106,679 |
3,291,154 |
|
2012/13 |
Adult allocations |
3,249,205 |
3,382,422 |
|
2013/14 |
Adult allocations (3) |
3,045,779 |
3,108,486 |
|
2014/15 |
Adult allocations (3) |
2,846,003 |
2,846,003 |
Table 4: EFA Funding Allocations for Askham Bryan College
|
Academic year |
16-18 Cash allocation (£) |
Real terms (2) (£) |
|
2010/11 |
6,668,827 |
7,229,250 |
|
2011/12 |
11,277,092(4) |
11,946,729 |
|
2012/13 |
12,342,976 |
12,849,038 |
|
2013/14 |
13,451,499 |
13,728,442 |
|
2014/15 |
14,840,339 |
14,840,339 |
Notes
(1) Skills Funding Agency allocation data for 19+ participation, additional learning support and discretionary learner support.
(2) These figures have been calculated using HM Treasury deflators, last updated 5 December 2013.
(3) Includes 24+ Advanced Learning Loans that were introduced in 2013/14.
(4) Askham Bryan college took over the land-based provision from University of Cumbria in 2011/12.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time employees in the operations and legal services departments of the Environment Agency work on (a) operations and (b) legal services.
Dan Rogerson
As of 28 February this year, the Environment Agency directly employs 8,532 full-time equivalent employees within Operations and Legal Services, shown below. These figures exclude employment agency staff and contractors and are rounded to whole full time equivalent numbers.
|
Operations |
8,377 |
|
Legal Services |
155 |
|
Total |
8,532 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the manufacture of electronic components in the UK.
Michael Fallon
The Government recognises that electronic components and systems are key enabling technologies which underpin many key industrial sectors both in the UK and worldwide. In line with the Industrial Strategy, the Government is working with the industry-led Electronics Systems Community (ESCO) Council to support its aims of achieving sustainable growth within the sector. This Council is co-chaired by myself and Warren East, formerly Chief Executive of ARM, and is made up of senior business leaders from within the electronics systems sector.
The ESCO Council is working within the UK electronics community, with government, with academia and is building close ties with leadership groups from other industries in taking forward the industry’s blueprint for transforming the electronic systems sector in the UK. The Council’s aims and priorities are set out in the ‘Electronic Systems: Challenges and Opportunities’ report, which the industry published in summer 2013. The ESCO Council has set itself the goals for 2020 of increasing employment in the electronics systems sector from 850,000 to 1,000,000, and the contribution that electronics makes to the economy from around £80bn to £120bn per year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jeremy Lefroy on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking at the High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development to ensure that future aid delivery via the private sector follows the Busan Principles.
Justine Greening
I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer I gave to Rt Hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Jim Murphy) on 27 March 2014, Official Report (Col. 390W).