The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-03-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social housing tenants who were liable to pay the under-occupancy penalty have moved house since 1 April 2013.
Esther McVey
The information is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Bone on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet the hon. Member for Wellingborough to discuss HMP Wellingborough.
Jeremy Wright
As this Government has made previously clear, we will not take any steps to dispose of the mothballed HM Prison Wellingborough because it is sensible measure to retain reserve capacity. I have no immediate plans to change that status.
My office will be in touch to arrange a meeting to further discuss this matter further.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-03-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many spaces were agreed under each contract with a private provider for additional spaces in existing prisons signed since May 2010; how long each contract was for; and what the value was of the contract (a) in total and (b) per space agreed.
Jeremy Wright
A significant amount of this information is not held centrally, and we would need to interrogate a very large volume of separate files to obtain the information required and then review and collate that information. By doing so we would incur disproportionate costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ivan Lewis on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she last met the Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment to discuss that organisation’s role in attracting inward investment to Northern Ireland.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
It has not been possible to meet the outgoing Chief Executive of UKTI. I look forward to meeting Dominic Jermey in the coming weeks to discuss how UKTI can promote Northern Ireland trade and investment working in tandem with InvestNI.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-03-27.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Government has made of the likely change in the number of people in the UK who will be aged 90 years and over between 2012 and 2023.
Mr 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 Liam Byrne on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings he has had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser in the last 12 months.
Esther McVey
As was the case under previous administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ms Harriet Harman on 2014-03-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of all secondary school age children in England were learning a musical instrument in (a) academies, (b) community schools, (c) free schools, (d) primary schools and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
Elizabeth Truss
The information requested is not held by the Department for Education. A recent report[1] published by Arts Council England shows that in the academic year 2012/13, 437,975 pupils in years 1-9 received free whole class ensemble teaching. This is 8.6% of the national cohort. 430,998 pupils were in years 1-6 (12.4% of the cohort) and 6,977 were in years 7-9 (0.4% of the cohort).
Many other children learn instruments in and out of school, but these figures are not collected or held centrally.
[1]http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2014-06-13.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department had with representatives of National Savings and Investments in (i) August 2013, (ii) September 2013, (iii) October 2013, (iv) November 2013, (v) December 2013, (vi) January 2014, (vii) February 2014 and (viii) March 2014.
Nicky Morgan
National Savings & Investments is an executive agency of the Treasury. As with all of its supporting agencies and public bodies, the Treasury holds regular meetings with NS&I on a wide range of issues.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-03-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has allocated staff resources or established a dedicated unit in his Department to deal with proposed amendments to the Hunting Act 2004.
George Eustice
Some departmental staff time has been used to look into the issues raised by Welsh farmers about lamb predation by foxes and the stalking and flushing out exemption of the Hunting Act 2004. This has not involved establishing a unit dedicated to this issue within the Department. Staff resources are allocated to look into issues as they arise on a flexible basis. The Government has no plans to bring forward legislation to make amendments to the Hunting Act 2004 this Parliament.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tessa Munt on 2014-06-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether guidance issued by Monitor is mandatory for NHS England to follow.
Jane Ellison
It is the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations 2013 that place requirements on NHS England, including requirements as to good practice in relation to procurement.
Enforcement of the procurement requirements by Monitor may only follow its investigation of a complaint that there has been a failure by a commissioner to comply with the requirements. Guidance issued by Monitor on the regulations, including guidance issued in April, provides advice for commissioners on compliance with the regulations.