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  • Nic Dakin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Nic Dakin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review whether the recent guidance, keeping children safe in education, distinguishes between legislation which applies to further education colleges as opposed to sixth form colleges; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr Edward Timpson

    The Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance is clear that it applies to children under the age of 18 in both further education and sixth-form colleges.

    We are currently considering requests for clarification to the guidance as part of our implementation review.

  • Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of his Department’s consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.

    Elizabeth Truss

    The Department for Education has cut its annual energy bill by £1.4m since 2009-10 through reduced energy consumption, and has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 38% in the same period.

    Emission reductions from energy use have largely been achieved through low and no cost energy efficiency measures, estate rationalisation (by using space more efficiently and co-locating with other organisations), and by operating our remaining buildings even more efficiently.

    The Department’s monthly gas and electricity consumption and associated costs since June 2010 are set out below.

    Electricity kWh

    Electricity Cost £

    Gas kWh

    Gas Cost £

    Jun-10

    1,164,652

    85,441

    133,998

    £8,879

    Jul-10

    1,158,378

    129,719

    64,158

    £9,054

    Aug-10

    1,019,308

    120,186

    17,736

    £9,137

    Sep-10

    1,009,662

    25,431

    61,799

    £1,789

    Oct-10

    972,048

    81,233

    168,543

    *

    Nov-10

    955,120

    73,194

    341,850

    £3,150

    Dec-10

    917,993

    72,450

    1,368,357

    £1,318

    Jan-11

    924,050

    68,914

    502,246

    £8,286

    Feb-11

    892,663

    148,902

    528,895

    £5,817

    Mar-11

    923,772

    87,202

    492,273

    £32,115

    Apr-11

    1,017,920

    83,562

    176,334

    £14,114

    May-11

    1,091,733

    56,831

    157,050

    £8,133

    Jun-11

    1,149,462

    139,208

    97,030

    £11,247

    Jul-11

    1,128,281

    93,764

    56,856

    £6,460

    Aug-11

    1,126,637

    125,550

    69,121

    £1,501

    Sep-11

    1,117,836

    101,759

    96,013

    £749

    Oct-11

    1,124,928

    175,773

    166,233

    £6,537

    Nov-11

    1,117,066

    120,616

    541,299

    £3,603

    Dec-11

    1,056,743

    *

    422,178

    £15,183

    Jan-12

    1,115,270

    231,972

    504,487

    £6,691

    Feb-12

    1,064,718

    119,303

    547,419

    £16,000

    Mar-12

    1,145,769

    116,169

    402,004

    £55,082

    Apr-12

    1,045,229

    145,955

    369,636

    £14,405

    May-12

    1,141,570

    26,511

    253,486

    *

    Jun-12

    1,020,091

    102,484

    107,956

    £17,461

    Jul-12

    1,095,095

    314,717

    52,479

    £31,834

    Aug-12

    1,111,575

    161,023

    21,057

    £10,461

    Sep-12

    1,030,509

    246,659

    107,429

    £7,395

    Oct-12

    1,115,679

    122,926

    402,196

    £6,622

    Nov-12

    1,077,060

    188,350

    459,877

    £42,443

    Dec-12

    1,028,372

    7,344

    562,851

    *

    Jan-13

    1,121,535

    150,753

    695,526

    £42,660

    Feb-13

    996,349

    252,524

    662,816

    £40,218

    Mar-13

    1,064,972

    194,770

    622,653

    £42,909

    Apr-13

    1,038,319

    64,507

    480,835

    £61,685

    May-13

    1,025,212

    13,813

    355,353

    £4,905

    Jun-13

    986,704

    267,484

    125,280

    £37,910

    Jul-13

    1,152,464

    129,589

    63,823

    £7,838

    Aug-13

    1,075,626

    162,988

    52,313

    £5,566

    Sep-13

    1,026,536

    126,590

    91,021

    £22,527

    Oct-13

    1,039,324

    265,576

    326,262

    £6,066

    Nov-13

    1,003,941

    148,285

    336,372

    £7,520

    Dec-13

    1,024,778

    13,976

    374,204

    £16,265

    Jan-14

    1,046,875

    241,727

    536,348

    £38,947

    Feb-14

    946,677

    138,250

    529,496

    £12,458

    Mar-14

    934,054

    133,878

    302,627

    £44,219

    Apr-14

    864,231

    17,558

    190,423

    £18,783

    May-14

    899,711

    226,815

    251,680

    £23,591

    * Gaps in financial data are due to delayed billing cycles and inaccurate consumption estimates made by the supplier.

    The core department’s electricity is purchased via the Crown Commercial Service energy framework from renewable sources, and is therefore, exempt from the Climate Change Levy.

  • Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free early education to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.

    Elizabeth Truss

    Government-funded early education for three- and four-year-olds is already a universal entitlement, so there would be no cost of extending the entitlement. Universal Credit will be fully rolled out in the next Parliament, and spending decisions for that period have not been taken. This means it is, therefore not possible to estimate the potential cost on early learning for two-year-olds.

  • Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to benefits from the pupil premium to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.

    Mr David Laws

    Universal credit will be fully rolled out in the next Parliament from 2017/18, and no pupil premium spending decisions for that period have yet been taken. For example, the per-pupil funding rates have not been decided beyond 2014/15. This means that it is not possible to estimate the potential cost of extending entitlement on the pupil premium budget.

  • Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Russian Navy ships HMS Severn intercepted in the English Channel on 25 June 2014; and whether HMS Severn was assigned to the Fleet Ready Escort role at that time.

    Mr Mark Francois

    Two Russian Federation Navy ships transited the English Channel on 25 June 2014. These were the Ropucha Class Landing Ships Olengorsky Gornyak and Georgiy Pobedonosets.

    As the hon. Member will be aware from my letter to him of 27 January 2014 (Official Report, columns 414-415W), there are usually a number of Royal Navy units available in UK waters at any one time and, if it is appropriate, one of those units could be reprioritised to undertake a required task. In this case, HMS Severn was better placed to respond, and it made the most operational sense to utilise her. At the same time the Fleet Ready Escort remained available at high readiness.

  • Paul Flynn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Paul Flynn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the titles of all reports covering the effects of the use of a UK nuclear weapon produced by (a) his Department and (b) the Atomic Weapons Establishment and its predecessor body for his Department in the last 30 years.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  • Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department’s consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.

    Dr Andrew Murrison

    The table shows the breakdown of consumption and expenditure relating to gas and electricity for each month since June 2010. Figures are not yet available for the first quarter of Financial Year 2014-15

    The expenditure data represents physical payments in addition to the accrued expenditure posted to the Ministry of Defence accounts each month.

    Expenditure also includes standing charges as well as costs of pure consumption.

  • Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of cinemas in operation in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each year between 1997 and 2010.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    The table shows the number of cinemas in operation in the four nations from 2002 to 2010. Please note that no data is available for the period before 2002:

    2002

    2003

    2004

    2005

    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    England

    531

    494

    508

    526

    552

    580

    588

    586

    574

    Wales

    23

    21

    23

    23

    23

    23

    24

    25

    27

    Scotland

    57

    52

    52

    51

    63

    65

    61

    63

    63

    Northern Ireland

    52

    48

    57

    55

    55

    54

    48

    46

    48

    Channel Islands

    4

    4

    2

    2

    2

    3

    3

    2

    2

    Isle of Man

    1

    1

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    Total

    668

    620

    644

    659

    697

    727

    726

    724

    716

    Source:Dodona Research

  • Adrian Sanders – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Adrian Sanders – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost is of all foreign visits undertaken by the Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities as part of her official duties to date.

    Mrs Helen Grant

    Details of Ministers’ visits overseas are published quarterly and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/expenses-and-hospitality

    The latest data available at this time is:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-meetings-and-hospitality-data-october-to-december-2013

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  • Mark Williams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Mark Williams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Williams on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Great Britain Tourism Survey that domestic trips in the UK fell by three million in 2013; and if he will make a statement.

    Mrs Helen Grant

    The number of trips taken in GB in 2013 was the 3rd highest in the 8 years that the current survey has been running and well above pre-recession averages, with spending second only to 2012. We do expect to see a natural increase in people booking holidays abroad as the economy improves but people are continuing to choose Britain for their holiday. Through its Holidays at Home are GREAT campaign, VisitEngland continues to promote England as a place for all residents of Britain to enjoy, and Visit Scotland and Visit Wales are also actively promoting their offer. The GB Tourism Survey also noted the record number of inbound tourists in 2013 reaching nearly 33 million.