The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that any foreign company found to have abandoned its pension responsibilities to UK pension holders can be made to refund that pension deficit.
Steve Webb
I refer the hon. Member to the Written Answer I gave him on 23 January 2014, Official Report, Column 267W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Sawford on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in discretionary housing payments has been allocated in Corby and East Northamptonshire constituency for those affected by the under-occupancy penalty in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
Steve Webb
Discretionary Housing Payments(DHP) are allocated by Local Authority not parliamentary constituency. The table below details the overall DHP allocation and the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) element for Corby and East Northhamptonshire local authorities.
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Government allocation of DHP by Local authority |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
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|
RSRS |
Total DHP |
RSRS |
Total DHP |
|
|
Corby |
£25,669 |
£92,250 |
£92,809 |
£134,854 |
|
East Northamptonshire |
£24,304 |
£85,490 |
£59,253 |
£99,565 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the differential payment regime in the Work Programme in reducing creaming and parking.
Esther McVey
The independent evaluation explores the pricing structure of the Work Programme. The Department will publish findings once the independent evaluation of the Work Programme is complete.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the Jobcentre estate in 2012-13.
Mike Penning
It is not possible to provide a figure specifically for the delivery of Jobcentre business, as other parts of the Department, such as staff from the Corporate Centre, the Pensions Service and Child Maintenance Divisions are co-located in Jobcentre sites, and each business unit pays for their space proportionate to their occupancy.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-14.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many postal votes there were as a proportion of those issued in the top 100 constituencies in turnout ranked order at the 2010 General Election.
Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission informs me that a table showing the a) number of postal votes issued as a proportion of the total electorate and b) number of postal votes returned as a proportion of the number issued, across the 100 constituencies with the highest turnout at the 2010 General Election, has been deposited in the Library.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Smith on 2014-03-14.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council.
Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.
Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls
The ward results for Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council were as follows:
|
Ward |
Green matches |
Amber matches |
Red matches |
|
ABERTILLERY |
82.4% |
3.0% |
14.6% |
|
BADMINTON |
87.9% |
1.4% |
10.7% |
|
BEAUFORT |
86.1% |
1.6% |
12.3% |
|
BLAINA |
83.0% |
2.3% |
14.7% |
|
BRYNMAWR |
82.1% |
2.3% |
15.7% |
|
CWM |
85.4% |
1.6% |
13.0% |
|
CWMTILLERY |
84.9% |
1.9% |
13.2% |
|
EBBW VALE NORTH |
85.1% |
1.8% |
13.1% |
|
EBBW VALE SOUTH |
81.2% |
2.0% |
16.8% |
|
GEORGETOWN |
85.4% |
1.0% |
13.7% |
|
LLANHILLETH |
82.8% |
2.1% |
15.0% |
|
NANTYGLO |
83.3% |
2.6% |
14.2% |
|
RASSAU |
86.7% |
1.7% |
11.6% |
|
SIRHOWY |
85.3% |
1.7% |
13.0% |
|
SIX BELLS |
82.8% |
2.6% |
14.6% |
|
TREDEGAR CENTRAL & WEST |
84.0% |
1.9% |
14.1% |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the (a) capacity and (b) population of each (a) secure training centre, (b) young offender institution and (c) secure children’s home on 1 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
Jeremy Wright
Overall crime and proven offending by young people has fallen in recent years. Fewer young people have entered the criminal justice system, and as a result fewer young people have ended up in custody. This has allowed excess capacity in the youth secure estate to be decommissioned.
The Table below shows the (a) capacity and (b) population of each Secure Children’s Home, Secure Training Centre and under-18 Young Offender Institution at the end of February in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 and at the end of January in 2014 (this is the latest available published data for 2014). This relates to either the last Friday of the month in question, or the first Friday of the following month, depending on which is closest to final day of the month. Data for the end of February therefore offers the closest available published data to 1 March.
The “capacity” figure relates to the number of beds available, allowing for any “out of commission” beds due to for example, damage to rooms or contractual changes.
This information comes from the Youth Justice Board’s Secure Accommodation Clearing House System (SACHS) database and eAsset database. The January 2014 database is provisional. The final 2013/14 figures will be finalised in 2013/14 Youth Justice Statistics to be published in January 2015.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Barry Sheerman on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contact his Department has had with the largest 10 academy chains to confirm whether they plan to make an application for a free school in the next (a) year, (b) two years and (c) three years.
Edward Timpson
The Department for Education has not asked academy chains to confirm whether they plan to make any applications for a free school in the next year, two years or three years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Barry Sheerman on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of faith free schools opened to date have met the 50 per cent target of children and young people attending the school who do not belong to that faith.
Edward Timpson
There is no target for the proportion of children attending a free school who do not belong to the designated faith of such a school. When over-subscribed, faith designated free schools may take account of faith in allocating up to 50% of their places. The remaining places must be allocated on the basis of over-subscription criteria not related to faith, and may be filled by pupils of the faith, other faiths or none.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Barry Sheerman on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of free schools approved to date are faith schools.
Edward Timpson
37 of 142 open mainstream free schools have a faith designation (26%); this compares to 34% of all state-funded mainstream schools.