The below Parliamentary question was asked by Carol Monaghan on 2015-11-23.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claims have been stopped as a result of checks by Concentrix since they took on the contract; and how many such claims were restored upon appeal.
Mr David Gauke
The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christian Matheson on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the change in the number of jobs in the energy efficiency, solar and low-carbon heating industries during 2015 to date; what estimate it has made of the equivalent change in 2016; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse will be of support packages provided by the Government to people who have lost or will lose their jobs in those industries.
Andrea Leadsom
In March 2015, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a report on ‘The size and performance of the UK low carbon economy’ which contains estimates for the number of jobs supported by various low carbon sectors. The latest data is for 2013 and suggests that in the UK there were 54,400 directly employed in the energy efficiency products sector, 20,300 directly employed in the solar photovoltaic sector and 19,300 directly employed in the low carbon heating sector (excluding use of biomass). Further employment occurs in the supply chains to these sectors.
Information is not available to robustly estimate the potential cost to the public purse of the changes. However a Government consultation has been run on the changes to the financial support for solar PV within the Renewable Obligationfrom 22 July to2 September and a consultation on the feed-in tariff review from 27 August to 23 October. We welcomed evidence from the sector during these consultations and we will respond in due course. The government is committed to reducing emissions from heating and improving energy efficiency, including a goal to install one million more energy efficiency measures before the end of this Parliament.
Figures quoted above have been rounded to the nearest hundred. The full report and data can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2015-11-23.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) income tax and (b) corporation tax receipts; and if he will make a statement.
Mr David Gauke
The Government wants to deliver a low tax, high wage economy.The personal allowance has been increased from £6,475 in 2010-11 to £10,600 in 2015-16, and the headline rate of corporation tax has been cut from 28 per cent to 20 per cent since 2010.
The Government has committed to going further in this parliament by raising the personal allowance to £12,500 and the higher rate threshold to £50,000.Corporation tax will be cut to 18 per cent by 2020, benefitting over a million companies.
Due to the strength of our economy, tax receipts are growing strongly. Onshore corporation tax receipts have risen nearly 30% since 2010.Income tax receipts are £8bn higher in the first 10 months of 2015 compared to the first 10 months of 2014. In its most recent Economic and Fiscal Outlook the Office for Budget Responsibility have raised their forecast for receipts over the parliament.
At the same time the government has taken a number of steps to clamp down on avoidance and evasion. For instance it will invest over £800m in HM Revenue and Customs to help them to tackle evasion and non-compliance over the course of the parliament. These measures are forecast to raise £7.2bn by 2020-21.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Reynolds on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what fiscal steps he is taking to support the Government’s aim of halving the disability employment gap.
Justin Tomlinson
The Government is committed to giving disabled people the opportunity to fulfil their potential and achieve their ambitions. Work is an important part of this. That is why we have committed to halving the disability employment gap, requiring us to transform policy, practice and public attitudes.
We must build on recent progress. We have already:
– extended Access to Work to provide support to more disabled people in pre-employment, such as work experience and also to undertake employment-based training, such as supported internships, traineeships and self-arranged work experience.
– launched Specialist Employability Support, an innovative new programme which provides intensive, specialist support to the disabled people who need the most help.
– continued to work with employers through our Disability Confident campaign to ensure that they understand the benefits of recruiting and retaining disabled people in work.
– announced new funding in the Budget of up to £100m per year for additional practical support to provide the right incentives and support to enable those who have limited capability, but who have some potential to prepare, for work to move closer to the labour market, and when they are ready, back into work.
– committed to spending £43m over the next 3 years to develop the evidence base on what works for those with common mental health conditions retain and return to employment. This will be done through a range of voluntary mental health and employment pilots that will go live next year
We set up the Work and Health unit in the summer to bring together the Work and Health agendas, to help disabled people and people with health conditions get into work, stay in work, and return to work with the right support and we are developing our plans in this area.
The Government will set out it its spending plans for this Parliament in the forthcoming Spending Review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2015-11-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified fast-jet pilots were employed by the RAF in each of the last five years.
Mark Lancaster
The number of qualified fast jet pilots in the Royal Air Force, as of 1 January in each of the last five years is shown below, and includes both Regular and Reserve personnel.
|
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
720 |
680 |
660 |
670 |
640 |
In accordance with Defence Statistics rounding policy, the numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in five being rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-11-02.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many (a) EU and (b) Commonwealth citizens from which countries were registered in each London borough to vote by October 2015.
Mr Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission holds data on the the number of European Union (EU) citizens (including attainers) on the electoral registers in December 2014. These figures are collected annually by the Office of National Statistics for England and Wales. Data is not available on the number of registered Commonwealth citizens as the registers do not distinguish Commonwealth citizens as they are entitled to vote in all elections.
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London borough |
Number of registered EU citizens |
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Barking and Dagenham |
11,552 |
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Barnet |
23,174 |
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Bexley |
5,148 |
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Brent |
30,107 |
|
Bromley |
8,742 |
|
Camden |
17,654 |
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City of London |
748 |
|
Croydon |
15,731 |
|
Ealing |
31,339 |
|
Enfield |
16,803 |
|
Greenwich |
15,217 |
|
Hackney |
18,145 |
|
Hammersmith and Fulham |
18,965 |
|
Haringey |
21,020 |
|
Harrow |
14,641 |
|
Havering |
5,282 |
|
Hillingdon |
12,935 |
|
Hounslow |
21,089 |
|
Islington |
16,334 |
|
Kensington and Chelsea |
20,670 |
|
Kingston upon Thames |
8,971 |
|
Lambeth |
28,035 |
|
Lewisham |
16,651 |
|
Merton |
16,725 |
|
Newham |
25,562 |
|
Redbridge |
13,999 |
|
Richmond upon Thames |
9,580 |
|
Southwark |
20,368 |
|
Sutton |
7,848 |
|
Tower Hamlets |
19,910 |
|
Waltham Forest |
22,269 |
|
Wandsworth |
24,764 |
|
Westminster |
19,565 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Stevens on 2015-11-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the FA, the Premier League and the Football League on the cost to supporters of following football.
Tracey Crouch
I have raised the issue of costs to supporters with the football authorities but it is important to remember this is a matter for individual clubs. However I am pleased to hear of some excellent examples of clubs reducing ticket prices such as Coventry City and Doncaster Rovers – in line with the Football Supporters’ Federation ‘Twenty Plenty’ campaign, and that Premier League clubs are also considering an extension of the Away Supporters’ Initiative.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Nokes on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to (a) evaluate the piloting of 30 hours free childcare from September 2016 and (b) publish the outcome of such an evaluation.
Mr Sam Gyimah
We have had 1793 expressions of interest for the pilots of the 30 hours of free childcare for working families. These will commence in September 2016. Innovative childcare providers are being asked to come forward as the first to deliver the offer. We plan to build a strong evaluation strand into the work of the early implementers focusing primarily on qualitative evaluation and capturing and sharing lessons learned and good practice.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Tyrie on 2015-11-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the effect on (a) the cost of passenger fares and (b) passenger demand of each of the Airports Commission’s three shortlisted schemes and the effect of that cost.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Government is currently considering the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report before taking any decisions on next steps.
The Government will carefully consider all the evidence set out, including that on costs, when making a decision on additional runway capacity.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she has made an estimate of what the change in electricity bills will be as a result of the withdrawal of market support mechanisms for onshore wind; and if she will make a statement.
Andrea Leadsom
The Government will reintroduce measures for the early closure of the Renewables Obligation (RO) for new onshore wind in Great Britain, when the Energy Bill is in the Commons. The measures will close the RO from 1 April 2016 – a year earlier than originally planned.
As set out in the impact assessment, it is estimated that the proposed early closure of the RO to onshore wind will reduce household electricity bills.
The impact assessment is available here:
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-007F.pdf
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