Tag: 2014

  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

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

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will publish the 10 local authorities with the biggest (a) increase and (b) decrease in the net number of electors following the 2013 annual canvass.

    Mr Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the table below shows the ten local authorities with the biggest increases and decreases in electorate between the start and end of the 2013 canvass.

    Local authority

    Change (November 2013 – Feb/March 2014

    Edinburgh, City of

    20,241

    Cheshire West and Chester

    14,676

    Tower Hamlets

    10,566

    Newcastle upon Tyne

    9,550

    Taunton Deane

    9,023

    North Lanarkshire

    9,001

    South Lanarkshire

    8,926

    Glasgow City

    8,710

    Huntingdonshire

    8,023

    Mole Valley

    7,866

    Northampton

    -10,309

    Barnet

    -12,743

    Newham

    -16,617

    Maidstone

    -10,121

    Cornwall

    -13,195

    East Devon

    -6,424

    Birmingham

    -20,572

    Shropshire

    -14,350

    Leeds

    -24,119

    Renfrewshire

    -7693

    These local authorities cover the following parliamentary constituencies:

    Local authority

    Constituencies covered

    Edinburgh, City of

    Edinburgh East

    Edinburgh North and Leith

    Edinburgh South

    Edinburgh South West

    Edinburgh West

    Cheshire West and Chester

    City of Chester

    Eddisbury

    Ellesmere Port and Neston

    Tatton

    Weaver Vale

    Tower Hamlets

    Bethnal Green and Bow

    Poplar and Limehouse

    Newcastle upon Tyne

    Newcastle upon Tyne Central

    Newcastle upon Tyne East

    Newcastle upon Tyne North

    Taunton Deane

    Taunton Deane

    North Lanarkshire

    Airdrie and Shotts

    Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill

    Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

    Motherwell and Wishaw

    South Lanarkshire

    Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

    East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

    Lanark and Hamilton East

    Rutherglen and Hamilton West

    Glasgow City

    East Dunbartonshire

    Glasgow Central

    Glasgow East

    Glasgow North

    Glasgow North East

    Glasgow North West

    Glasgow South

    Glasgow South West

    Huntingdonshire

    Huntingdon

    North West Cambridgeshire

    Mole Valley

    Epsom and Ewell

    Mole Valley

    Northampton

    Northampton North

    Northampton South

    South Northamptonshire

    Barnet

    Chipping Barnet

    Finchley and Golders Green

    Hendon

    Newham

    East Ham

    West Ham

    Maidstone

    Faversham and Mid Kent

    Maidstone and The Weald

    Cornwall

    Camborne and Redruth

    North Cornwall

    South East Cornwall

    St Austell and Newquay

    St Ives

    Truro and Falmouth

    East Devon

    Central Devon

    East Devon

    Tiverton and Honiton

    Birmingham

    Birmingham, Edgbaston

    Birmingham, Erdington

    Birmingham, Hall Green

    Birmingham, Hodge Hill

    Birmingham, Ladywood

    Birmingham, Northfield

    Birmingham, Perry Barr

    Birmingham, Selly Oak

    Birmingham, Yardley

    Sutton Coldfield

    Shropshire

    Ludlow

    North Shropshire

    Shrewsbury and Atcham

    The Wrekin

    Leeds

    Elmet and Rothwell

    Leeds Central

    Leeds East

    Leeds North East

    Leeds North West

    Leeds West

    Morley and Outwood

    Pudsey

    Renfrewshire

    Paisley and Renfrewshire North

    Paisley and Renfrewshire South
  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 575W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission, when she plans to place the requested information on the Dignity at Work conferences in the libraries of both Houses.

    Mrs Helen Grant

    Information on the Dignity at Work conferences is in the process of being placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

  • Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the methodology and assumptions used to populate the Help to Work sections of Table 2.1, page 78, Autumn Statement 2013, Cm 8747 showing financial savings arising from the programme.

    Esther McVey

    Page 8 of the Autumn Statement 2013: policy costing document sets out the assumptions and methodology for the benefit savings from Help to Work that are in Table 2.1, page 78, Autumn Statement 2013.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263434/autumn_statement_2013_policy_costings.pdf

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  • Stewart Jackson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Stewart Jackson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stewart Jackson on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on future public subsidies to onshore solar energy projects; and if he will make a statement.

    Gregory Barker

    The UK has seen a remarkable transformation in solar PV deployment under the Coalition Government; we now have over 3GW of installed capacity. The measures that we set out in our Solar Strategy will ensure that solar PV continues to be a vital part of the UK’s renewable energy mix for many years to come.

    Alongside those measures, we are consulting on proposals to change the small-scale feed-in tariff scheme to enable more communities to benefit from ownership of renewable electricity generation, as well as proposals to encourage more deployment of solar PV on buildings.

    We are also consulting on changes to the renewables obligation in relation to support for large-scale solar projects, and are working closely with industry to ensure that transition to the new contracts for difference mechanism supports the on-going development of the solar sector in the UK.

  • Robert Flello – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Robert Flello – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Flello on 2015-01-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Government will launch an inquiry into the price of fuel to identify the reasons for the disparity between global oil prices and the domestic prices paid by motorists.

    Matthew Hancock

    The Government has made it clear to the industry that it is vital the benefits of plunging oil prices are passed on quickly to the domestic prices paid by motorists.

    UK national average pump prices are now at their lowest levels since March 2010 for diesel and at its lowest since Dec 2009 for petrol. We expect fuel retailers to cut prices further as the decline in crude oil prices in recent weeks continues to feed through the system.

    We continue to monitor price movements very closely.

  • Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-01-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 6 November 2014 by the Minister of State in his Department, Official Report, column 949, what his Department’s policy is on the provision of state aid to UK Coal in respect of Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines.

    Matthew Hancock

    UK Coal submitted a request for additional public sector support to extend the working life of the Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines on 16 January 2015. The Government is carefully considering this request including whether it represents acceptable value for money and is a good use of taxpayer’s money.

    If the Government concludes there is merit in supporting the new plan, it would need to ensure the plan is consistent with state aid rules applying to the coal sector and seek approval from the European Commission to pay aid to UK Coal.

  • Dame Tessa Jowell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Dame Tessa Jowell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dame Tessa Jowell on 2015-01-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant A&E consultant posts there are in (a) London and (b) England; and how many such vacant posts there are in each category in each of the last six years.

    Dr Daniel Poulter

    Information on vacancies is not collected by the Department. The last annual National Health Service vacancy survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.

    The attached table provides vacancy data for 2009 and 2010, the only two years within the last six years for which data is available.

  • Cathy Jamieson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Cathy Jamieson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cathy Jamieson on 2015-01-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who will reach the state pension age within 12 months from the introduction of the single-tier pension and will be eligible to receive the full rate of state pension.

    Steve Webb

    The Department does not hold the required information to answer this question.

  • Emma Reynolds – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Emma Reynolds – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Reynolds on 2015-01-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 217184, tabled on 4 December 2014 by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East.

    Brandon Lewis

    Question 217184 was answered today, 25 February 2015.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-01-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial rewards her Department makes available to kinship carers.

    Mr Edward Timpson

    Children placed in a kinship care arrangement by a local authority are looked after children, in which case their carer must be approved as a foster carer. In these circumstances, kinship carers must receive the same support, including financial support, as all other foster carers.

    The majority of kinship carers will be caring for children who are not looked after.

    Relatives caring for a child in these circumstances are entitled to support, such as child benefit and any other benefits available to parents, subject to the usual eligibility criteria.

    In 2011, the Department for Education issued ‘Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities’ which sets out a requirement on local authorities to develop clear, publically accessible policies to describe how they will assess and support children cared for by kinship carers. Such support could include financial help for carers of children who are not looked after, where the local authority assesses this is appropriate.