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  • Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of employees hired under the Employment Allowance Scheme are (a) employed on zero-hours contracts and (b) paid below the living wage as set by the Living Wage Foundation.

    Mr David Gauke

    The information requested is not available.

    The Employment Allowance is available to businesses and charities and is worth up to £2,000 off their total employer Class 1 National Insurance contributions (NICs) bill.

    Employers are likely to use the NICs savings from the allowance in a variety of ways. Research by the Federation of Small Businesses suggests that employers may use these savings to increase wages, employ more staff or invest in their business.

  • Katy Clark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Katy Clark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Katy Clark on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many 19 year olds had applications for child benefit rejected because of a break in their education in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.

    Nicky Morgan

    The information is not available.

  • Katy Clark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Katy Clark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Katy Clark on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many 19 year olds have been refused child tax credits because of a break in their education in each year since 2009-10.

    Nicky Morgan

    The information is not available.

  • Simon Kirby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Simon Kirby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Kirby on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.

    Andrea Leadsom

    HM Treasury staff are currently based in London and Norwich. HM Treasury policy is to ensure that its current space is used to maximum efficiency in line with the Civil Service Reform agenda before we would consider a move of staff or offices to Brighton, but we are grateful for his suggestion.

  • Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a risk assessment or cost-benefit analysis has been carried out on the proposal to sell UK tax records.

    Mr David Gauke

    There are no plans to sell UK tax records.

  • Simon Danczuk – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Simon Danczuk – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Danczuk on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to incentivise the sale of alcohol-free beers and ciders.

    Nicky Morgan

    Beers and ciders below 1.2 per cent alcohol by volume are exempt from alcohol duties.

  • Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Equitable Life policyholders are expected to benefit from the compensation scheme.

    Andrea Leadsom

    Around 1 million policyholders are eligible for a payment from the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.

  • Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Government Actuary’s Department will publish details of the valuation of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

    Mr David Laws

    The Government Actuary provides advice to the Secretary of State for Education on the valuation of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and his Department is currently finalising its work. The Secretary of State plans to publish the outcome of the valuation, including the Actuary’s full report, in June 2014.

  • Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government Actuary’s Department provided Ministers with estimates of additional monies received from extra contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme before 19 March; and if so, if he will publish such estimates.

    Mr David Laws

    The Government Actuary’s Department has provided no such estimate to the Secretary of State for Education.

  • Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of building information modelling in reducing the total cost of ownership for complex infrastructure assets; and if he will make a statement.

    Danny Alexander

    The 2011 Government Construction Strategy set a target that all publicly procured construction will require fully collaborative 3D Building Information Modelling (BIM) (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic) as a minimum by 2016.

    Infrastructure UK is working closely with the government and industry groups implementing BIM on new projects. Early adopter projects include the Ministry of Justice Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institute which has demonstrated an overall saving of around 20% with BIM as part of suite of efficiency measures deployed on the design and construction of the project. (A case study from Cookham Wood is attached to this response).

    Major projects and clients are now implementing BIM on new infrastructure projects. It is still too early to draw conclusive evidence of whole life benefits. However High Speed 2 has made a specific commitment to deploy BIM and the Highways Agency are piloting BIM on the new A556 trunk road project from which evidence of benefits will be collated.