The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.
Mr Desmond Swayne
DFID does not maintain records of stationery lost or stolen. Therefore, it is not possible to estimate what the replacement cost would be.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Kyle on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, by how much the Government plans to increase the funding per place for apprenticeships.
Nick Boles
At the Autumn Statement, my Rt hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Government will establish a new employer-led body to set apprenticeship standards and ensure quality. The body will be independent of Government and will also advise on the level of levy funding each apprenticeship should receive. Our expectation is that funding caps will be significantly higher for programmes which have high costs and are of high quality.
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 people on the electoral register on 7 May 2015 were (a) registered under individual electoral registration, (b) data matched and (c) carried over from the old register in each London borough.
Mr Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission holds data on how many register entries on 7 May 2015 related to electors who had either been confirmed, through data matching, or were individually registered, and the number that were being retained on the registers under the IER transitional arrangements. This data is set out below by local authority area in London.
|
Local authority |
Confirmed or IER Registered |
Retained |
Local Government (incl. Attainers) |
|
Barking and Dagenham |
116,080 |
11,107 |
127,187 |
|
Barnet |
232,443 |
16,587 |
249,030 |
|
Bexley |
170,789 |
8,432 |
179,221 |
|
Brent |
195,769 |
22,004 |
217,773 |
|
Bromley |
235,233 |
6,889 |
242,122 |
|
Camden |
147,719 |
10,070 |
157,789 |
|
City of London |
6,514 |
428 |
6,942 |
|
Croydon |
250,652 |
13,231 |
263,883 |
|
Ealing |
239,332 |
6,929 |
246,261 |
|
Enfield |
207,295 |
10,242 |
217,537 |
|
Greenwich |
175,963 |
8,952 |
184,915 |
|
Hackney |
147,700 |
43,774 |
191,474 |
|
Hammersmith and Fulham |
124,392 |
6,660 |
131,052 |
|
Haringey |
153,161 |
18,537 |
171,698 |
|
Harrow |
167,110 |
13,490 |
180,600 |
|
Havering |
182,833 |
5,378 |
188,211 |
|
Hillingdon |
202,116 |
7,123 |
209,239 |
|
Hounslow |
181,404 |
8,079 |
189,483 |
|
Islington |
148,265 |
9,524 |
157,789 |
|
Kensington and Chelsea |
86,285 |
17,660 |
103,945 |
|
Kingston upon Thames |
116,425 |
1,689 |
118,114 |
|
Lambeth |
214,529 |
25,297 |
239,826 |
|
Lewisham |
181,801 |
16,187 |
197,988 |
|
Merton |
146,741 |
6,233 |
152,974 |
|
Newham |
186,965 |
18,896 |
205,861 |
|
Redbridge |
192,949 |
25,486 |
218,435 |
|
Richmond upon Thames |
138,025 |
1,336 |
139,361 |
|
Southwark |
197,577 |
15,230 |
212,807 |
|
Sutton |
139,529 |
8,141 |
147,670 |
|
Tower Hamlets |
170,626 |
15,215 |
185,841 |
|
Waltham Forest |
172,094 |
14,616 |
186,710 |
|
Wandsworth |
228,354 |
13,347 |
241,701 |
|
Westminster |
129,062 |
8,244 |
137,306 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rachel Reeves on 2015-11-26.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on the household income of a family with one earner and two children which becomes a new claimant of universal credit and is not migrating from a legacy benefit of the Government’s proposed changes to universal credit announced in the Summer Budget 2015 in each of the next four financial years.
Damian Hinds
This issue is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions. I understand that the Minister for Work and Pensions has responded to an identical question tabled by the hon Member.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Question 4759, if he will update the benefit-cost ratio for Great Western electrification given in that Answer to reflect the revised cost estimate for that electrification project confirmed in oral evidence by Mark Carne of the Committee of Public Accounts, on Network Rail: planning and delivery of 2014-19 rail investment programme, HC473, Q1, on 21 October 2015.
Claire Perry
The Department and Network Rail are updating business cases as part of the Hendy Review Process. Network Rail is continuing to examine the deliverability and potential scheduling of Great Western works following which the benefit cost ratio for the programme will be updated.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicola Blackwood on 2015-11-26.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of his Department’s funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
Harriett Baldwin
Spending Review 2015 set out settlements for departments and showed how the government will deliver on its priorities, eliminate the deficit, and deliver security and opportunity for working people.
Final decisions on internal departmental funding allocations for future years, including for research and development, have not yet been made.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s proposal to freeze the earnings threshold for plan 2 student loans on the cost of attending university.
Joseph Johnson
Freezing the repayment threshold will not affect the cost of attending university. It will mean that students, once earning, will on average meet a greater share of these costs over their working life through loan repayments, helping ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the system. Lower earning graduates below the repayment threshold will not be affected by the proposed changes.
Estimates of the impact of freezing the repayment thresholds are illustrated in the consultation document, which has been published here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many first-time house buyers there were in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in each of the last six years.
Brandon Lewis
Statistics on the numbers of first-time house buyers are published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders and can be found at:
https://www.cml.org.uk/home/
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2015-10-30.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an update on the delivery of the National Infrastructure Plan.
Greg Hands
The Government continues to track the status of nationally significant infrastructure projects and programmes in the National Infrastructure Pipeline, which underpins the National Infrastructure Plan. In July 2015, the Government published a refresh of the National Infrastructure Pipeline containing details on the status of UK infrastructure projects.
Over 2,650 projects were completed in the last Parliament and a number of priority projects have been completed since the last National Infrastructure Plan was published, including Manchester Victoria station and Nottingham Express Transit Phase 2.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of UK-based jobs in each region likely to be sustained by his Department’s decision to procure the Boeing P8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft fleet.
Mr Philip Dunne
The UK is in negotiations with Boeing on the route to contract for P-8, which will determine how the programme will affect UK-based jobs. It is expected the P-8 will have a significant impact on the UK economy: P-8 is based on the Boeing 737, the supply chain for which already includes UK industry, and the UK also manufactures subsystems of the P-8. Purchase of the aircraft will also create opportunities for UK industry to bid for training and support contracts, and basing of this fleet at RAF Lossiemouth will bring significant economic benefits to Scotland. Boeing estimates that in total, its entire P-8 programme could generate over US$1 billion to the UK supply chain and economy.