The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-09.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed people claimed working familes tax credit in each of the last 10 years.
Nicky Morgan
Working Family Tax Credit was abolished in 2003 and replaced by Child Tax Credits (CTC) and Working Tax Credits (WTC).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-10.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what percentage of those registered to vote by post did so in (a) police commissioner elections and (b) the local European elections in each electoral area; and what the percentage turnout was at polling stations in each election and in each area.
Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission informs me that the turnout figures at the Police and Crime Commissioner elections were as follows:
|
2012 Police and Crime Commissioner elections |
In-person turnout % |
Postal voter turnout % |
|
England and Wales |
9.2 |
48.2 |
|
Avon and Somerset |
13.8 |
52.1 |
|
Bedfordshire |
13.2 |
52.3 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
10.5 |
49.7 |
|
Cheshire |
8.4 |
48.6 |
|
Cleveland |
9.0 |
48.9 |
|
Cumbria |
10.1 |
50.1 |
|
Derbyshire |
8.2 |
49.5 |
|
Devon and Cornwall |
10.1 |
43.8 |
|
Dorset |
11.3 |
53.5 |
|
Durham |
6.7 |
45.2 |
|
Essex |
8.3 |
48.3 |
|
Gloucestershire |
11.4 |
48.1 |
|
Greater Manchester |
7.3 |
44.5 |
|
Hampshire |
9.5 |
50.0 |
|
Hertfordshire |
8.2 |
48.9 |
|
Humberside |
14.5 |
60.0 |
|
Kent |
10.5 |
52.5 |
|
Lancashire |
7.9 |
49.7 |
|
Leicestershire |
11.2 |
52.0 |
|
Lincolnshire |
10.6 |
49.1 |
|
Merseyside |
6.3 |
48.5 |
|
Norfolk |
9.5 |
49.0 |
|
North Yorkshire |
9.0 |
46.3 |
|
Northamptonshire |
12.9 |
50.8 |
|
Northumbria |
6.3 |
44.1 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
9.8 |
53.2 |
|
South Yorkshire |
6.1 |
46.7 |
|
Staffordshire |
6.9 |
48.8 |
|
Suffolk |
10.3 |
50.4 |
|
Surrey |
9.9 |
48.9 |
|
Sussex |
10.1 |
49.6 |
|
Thames Valley |
8.7 |
45.4 |
|
Warwickshire |
10.3 |
54.1 |
|
West Mercia |
8.4 |
47.5 |
|
West Midlands |
8.6 |
47.4 |
|
West Yorkshire |
7.3 |
47.1 |
|
Wiltshire |
10.3 |
44.7 |
|
Dyfed-Powys |
11.3 |
46.4 |
|
Gwent |
8.3 |
44.2 |
|
North Wales |
9.8 |
47.2 |
|
South Wales |
8.6 |
44.7 |
The turnout figures at the 2009 European Parliament elections were:
|
2009 English European elections |
In-person turnout % |
Postal voter turnout % |
|
United Kingdom |
30.3 |
64.4 |
|
Great Britain |
29.9 |
64.4 |
|
England |
30.8 |
64.7 |
|
Northern Ireland |
42.6 |
68.9 |
|
Scotland |
24.4 |
63.3 |
|
Wales |
25.4 |
61.7 |
|
London |
30.0 |
61.2 |
|
South West |
34.8 |
67.7 |
|
South East |
33.5 |
67.8 |
|
Eastern |
34.0 |
66.7 |
|
West Midlands |
31.3 |
66.1 |
|
East Midlands |
32.8 |
66.9 |
|
Yorkshire & the Humber |
26.8 |
63.4 |
|
North East |
21.4 |
59.4 |
|
North West |
26.3 |
63.0 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Sheridan on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment he made before introducing the 30 hour rule in the criteria for the access to work grant; and what impact assessment is now being made.
Mike Penning
Once the Access to Work review is completed a full impact assessment will be conducted.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lucas on 2014-03-07.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of jobseekers over the age of (a) 50 and (b) 60 in (i) Wrexham constituency, (ii) Wales and (iii) the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Alexander on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government expects the International Atomic Energy Agency’s inquiry into the military dimension of the Iranian nuclear programme to be complete before the deadline for agreeing a comprehensive nuclear deal set by the P5+1.
Mr William Hague
It is unlikely that the complex questions surrounding the possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear programme (PMD) will be resolved by 20 July. We call on Iran to grant immediately access to all sites, equipment, persons and documents requested by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran must demonstrate real progress on PMD in order to reassure the international community that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stuart Andrew on 2014-03-06.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Autumn Statement of 5 December 2013, Official Report, column 1106, which police service-related charities will receive funds from LIBOR fines in 2014; and what criteria are used to determine which organisations receive such funds.
Nick Hurd
In the Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced that LIBOR fines will be invested in providing support for emergency services personnel and their dependents who are injured, suffering ill-health, or bereaved, during or as a result of active service for the public. £10 million will be sustainably invested through Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise organisations across the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations were undertaken into the deaths in training of armed forces recruits aged under 18 years in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
Anna Soubry
There have been no deaths in training of Armed Forces recruits under the age of 18 in the last three years, and therefore no such investigations have taken place.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 2014-03-27.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that 40 per cent of two-year-olds will be able to receive free childcare by September 2014 as announced by the Deputy Prime Minister on 2 September 2013.
Lord Nash
The Government is investing £525 million this year, rising to £755 million in 2014-15, in the new entitlement to early learning for two-year-olds. In February 2014 local authorities reported that over 100,000 two-year-olds were already benefitting from funded early learning places. Local authorities have received £100 million capital funding, and we are reducing bureaucracy and red tape to help support the expansion of successful providers and the creation of new places. We are encouraging more schools to provide early education places and to open from 8-6pm and are also establishing childminder agencies. These measures are part of the Government’s wider childcare reform programme which will improve the affordability and accessibility of childcare by increasing the supply of places across the country.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) Sri Lankan government representatives and (b) Sri Lankan non-governmental organisations and civil society organisations (i) were invited to and (ii) attended the Global summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Mr Hugo Swire
The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict that the Foreign Secretary is co-hosting with the Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees from 10-13 June 2014 will turn the political commitments contained in the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict into practical action. All governments that have endorsed the declaration have been invited. We have invited the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to London to attend as an observer, as Sri Lanka has not yet endorsed the Declaration. We have invited a range of Sri Lankan civil society representatives and hope that their expertise of the situation on the ground will contribute to the discussion of the issues at hand.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Red, Amber, Green ratings the Major Projects Authority has given to the Emergency Services Communications Programme.
Mr Francis Maude
The Major Projects Authority (MPA) has been applying MPA assurance processes to the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) including a Project Assessment Review and Gateway Reviews. Further information on the ESMCP Programme is available at the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-emergency-services-mobile-communications-programme
Delivery Confidence Assessment ratings are supplied according to the MPA’s Transparency Policy which is on the Cabinet Office website. The policy allows for non-disclosure of information which should properly remain confidential, for example where it is market sensitive or necessary to safeguard national security.
This will be in line with the principles of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-transparency-policy-and-exemptions-guidance
The DCA for ESMCP was not revealed in MPA’s first annual report last year in line with the above policy. The next annual report of the MPA is due to be published in May.