The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Flello on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the disruption at Calais to the economy in the last three months.
Anna Soubry
Understanding the full cost to the economy would require a detailed analysis of business supply chains. This information can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Copeland constituency (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2015 prices in each financial year since 2005-06.
Mr Sam Gyimah
Funding from the department is primarily allocated at a local authority level so figures for Cumbria local authority are given below.
Average per pupil revenue funding figures for Cumbria are given below. With the introduction of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in 2006-07, the changes to the funding mechanism meant figures were no longer available to be shown split by phase of education.
Figures for financial years 2005 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:
|
Average revenue per pupil funding (cash) |
2005-06 (baseline) |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
|
Cumbria LA |
3,800 |
4,020 |
4,280 |
4,440 |
4,640 |
4,860 |
4,830 |
4,830 |
These are in real terms using September 2015 GDP deflators in 2014-15 prices:
|
Average revenue per pupil funding (real) |
2005-06 (baseline) |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
|
Cumbria LA |
4,670 |
4,790 |
4,960 |
5,020 |
5,120 |
5,210 |
5,090 |
5,000 |
Per pupil figures are using DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, e.g. school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation), standards fund, and pupils aged 3-15 rounded to the nearest £10. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into DSG in 2011-12.
The changes to DSG funding in financial year 2013 to 2014 with funding allocated through three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs, means there is no longer a comparable overall figure with previous years. The table below shows the DSG schools block unit funding figures in cash and real terms for Cumbria LA.
|
DSG schools block per pupil funding |
2013-2014 |
2014-2015 |
2015-2016 |
|
Cumbria LA (cash) |
4,449 |
4,449 |
4,569 |
|
Cumbria LA (real)* |
4,513 |
4,449 |
4,524 |
*Real terms figures shown in 2014-15 prices using GDP deflators at 30.09.15
Since 2011-12, schools have received the pupil premium which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In 2011-12, the premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for free school meals, looked after children and children of parents in the armed services. In 2012-13 coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts per pupil amounts for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:
|
Pupil Premium per pupil (£) |
2011-2012 |
2012-2013 |
2013-2014 |
2014-2015 |
2015-2016 |
|
Free School Meal Pupil Primary |
£488 |
£623 |
£953 |
£1323 |
£1320 |
|
Free School Meal Pupil Secondary |
£488 |
£623 |
£900 |
£935 |
£935 |
|
Service Children |
£200 |
£250 |
£300 |
£300 |
£300 |
|
Looked After Children |
£488 |
£623 |
£900 |
£1900* |
£1900* |
*Also includes children adopted from care
Total pupil premium allocations for Cumbria local authority and schools in the Copeland constituency for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:
|
Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions) |
2011-2012 |
2012-2013 |
2013-2014 |
2014-2015 |
2015-16 (prov.) |
|
Cumbria LA |
4.080 |
7.885 |
12.159 |
16.095 |
16.077 |
|
Copeland constituency |
0.675 |
1.288 |
1.967 |
2.538 |
2.557 |
These figures in real terms:
|
Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions) |
2011-2012 |
2012-2013 |
2013-2014 |
2014-2015 |
2015-16 (prov.) |
|
Cumbria LA |
4.303 |
8.166 |
12.333 |
16.095 |
15.918 |
|
Copeland constituency |
0.712 |
1.334 |
1.995 |
2.538 |
2.532 |
Price Base: Real terms at 2014-15 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30.09.2015
Figures for Copeland exclude the looked after children element as this is not available at a parliamentary constituency level.
The table below shows capital funding to Cumbria for the financial years that are available. The data is in cash terms as allocations are phased across more than one year making real terms calculations meaningless. Complete information on the split of capital between phases of education is not held centrally.
|
Cumbria |
|
|
£m |
Capital allocations |
|
2005-06 |
28.3 |
|
2006-07 |
25.0 |
|
2007-08 |
26.6 |
|
2008-09 |
31.2 |
|
2009-10 |
83.3 |
|
2010-11 |
77.0 |
|
2011-12 |
45.6 |
|
2012-13 |
34.7 |
|
2013-14 |
24.4 |
|
2014-15 |
24.2 |
|
2015-16 (prov.) |
5.4 |
Notes:
1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.
3. Funding in 2015-16 is still subject to project progress and is therefore subject to change. The funding figures provided for 2015/16 only include formulaic programmes and payments to date. Further funding is yet to be released for capital programmes dependent upon project progress and this has not been reflected in the figures.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to promote the use of credit unions in the work of her Department; and if she will make a statement.
Nick Gibb
I refer The Hon Member for Harrow West to the reply given by Her Majesty’s Treasury to PQ 13524 on 2 November 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of credit unions in the work of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
Justin Tomlinson
Government believes it is essential that everyone has access to affordable, good-quality financial products and that credit unions have a role in providing this vital service.
DWP awarded a £38m contract to the Association of British Credit Unions Limited to deliver an expansion project to enable participating credit unions to modernise, expand their services and provide affordable credit to more consumers.
DWP have also publicised the work of credit unions, encouraged DWP staff to join their local credit unions, and have ensured that benefit or pension payments can be paid into any credit union account.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Paisley on 2015-10-26.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has consulted UK-based soft drinks producers about the economic effect a potential excise duty on sugary drinks would have on those businesses.
Damian Hinds
At present the Government has no plans to introduce new taxes on sugary drinks.
Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.
Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all sides in the conflict in Yemen maintain acceptable humanitarian and human rights standards.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
We are aware of reports of alleged violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and abuses of human rights in Yemen, committed by all parties to the conflict – and take them very seriously. We have raised our concerns with the Saudi Arabian-led Coalition, and have received repeated assurances that they are complying with IHL. We continue to engage with them on those assurances. We are also concerned by reports of alleged IHL violations by Houthi-Saleh forces, including attacks on civilians in Aden and Taiz; intimidation of UN ships attempting to dock at Aden; the use of schools and hospitals for military purposes; the use of child soldiers; and the targeting of aid workers and restrictions on humanitarian access. We have raised our concerns with the Houthis on the importance of compliance with IHL.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, from what part of his Department’s budget the support package for Redcar steelworkers will be funded.
Anna Soubry
The support package will be funded through central budgets.
As part of this, we have agreed over £40 million of support following proposals put forward by the Task Force chaired by Amanda Skelton, including:
All of the requests for spend in 2015/16 have been transferred from Government to the SSI Task Force, which is beginning to implement its planned programme of interventions. This is on top of the up to £3m that has been made available to four Further Education colleges in the region to support re-training activity, and redundancy and final salary payments of former SSI employees.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Freedom of Information requests were rejected by government departments in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015 to date.
Matthew Hancock
The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government, including on timeliness and the number of requests rejected by each government department. These reports can be accessed at the following webpage: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics.
“
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of developments in the human rights situation in the Tibet Autonomous Region and ethnic Tibetan prefectures in China since March 2013.
Mr Hugo Swire
I most recently set out the Government’s position on the human rights situation in Tibet during a Westminster Hall Debate on Tibet on 18 June.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2015 to Question 12217, on judicial co-operation with Saudi Arabia, what the possible areas for co-operation are.
Dominic Raab
No work has yet been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice as a result of the Memorandum of Understanding.