The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-03.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who will chair the Anti-Corruption Summit on 12 May 2016.
Matthew Hancock
The Prime Minister.
Tag: 2016
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Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the replacement rate of housing association properties sold through right-to-buy in each year since the launch of that policy; and if he will make a statement.
Brandon Lewis
Under the voluntary agreement with the National Housing Federation and housing associations, every home sold to tenants will result in an additional home being provided. This will lead to an increase in overall housing supply.
The voluntary agreement states that housing associations and the Government share a mutual objective to ensure that replacement homes are delivered as quickly as possible. Whilst aiming for replacement within two years, the default position is that housing associations will have flexibility to replace homes within a three year period.
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Tim Farron – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on finalising the Government’s application to the EU Solidarity Fund for flood relief funding after the storms of the 2015-16 winter.
Andrew Percy
The Government has been working with a wide range of partners, including the devolved administrations, local authorities and government departments. We have made considerable progress towards securing a full and reliable estimate of the cost of flood damage to the UK and will update Parliament in due course.
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Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the effect of the Troubled Families programme on rates of school exclusions in (a) primary and (b) secondary education in (i) England and (ii) the Greater Manchester authority area in each year from 2012 to 2015.
Mr Marcus Jones
The published independent evaluation of the first programme presents data from local monitoring that shows that 10% of families had at least one child permanently excluded on entry to the first Troubled Families Programme (2012-15) and 28% had at least one child with a temporary exclusion. Where data were available for families at exit, 65% of families saw a reduction in permanent exclusion and 70% of families saw a reduction in temporary exclusions.
Due to time-lags in national datasets, the first programme’s independent evaluation was not able to track school exclusion outcomes in national datasets within its timeframe.
The evaluation of the new Troubled Families Programme (2015-20) will measure changes in school exclusions (both temporary and permanent) using national data held by the Department for Education at both a national and local authority level.
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Seema Malhotra – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2016-01-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to improve access to finance for SMEs.
Anna Soubry
The Government is taking steps to improve financing opportunities for smaller businesses through the British Business Bank. The Bank is making business finance markets for smaller businesses work more effectively and dynamically and is already supporting £2.4 billion of finance to over 40,000 smaller businesses, and participating in a further £3.3 billion of finance to mid-cap businesses. It aims to facilitate up to £10 billion of finance by 2019. In addition, measures in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 will require banks to refer customers who have been declined for a loan to alternative finance providers via designated platforms. This is expected to provide a significant boost to diversity and competition in business lending and is due to be implemented later this year.
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Caroline Lucas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-02-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Post Office Crown branches have closed or merged since the end of the last formal Crown Transformation Programme.
George Freeman
Provision of its Crown branches is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.
I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.
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Ian Murray – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report, Uneven Growth: Tackling City Decline, published in February 2016, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of that report in Dundee.
David Mundell
I refer the hon Gentleman to my answer of 4 March 2016.
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Gareth Johnson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Johnson on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of young people from Dartford who went to university in the last five years.
Joseph Johnson
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes data on the entry rates for full-time undergraduate courses by parliamentary constituency. UCAS does not publish data on the number of entrants by parliamentary constituency, only entry rates.
Latest statistics from the 2015 UCAS End of Cycle Report for the Dartford constituency are provided in the table. The entry rate is given as the proportion of 18 year olds that accepted a place during a UCAS application cycle.
Table: Higher Education entry rates for 18 year olds from the Dartford Constituency
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
28.6%
23.2%
29.9%
27.3%
32.5%
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Will Quince – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Will Quince on 2016-05-03.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has analysed the potential economic effect of the soft drinks levy on the British soft drinks manufacturing industry.
Damian Hinds
The government will shortly be consulting on the detail of the soft drinks industry levy, and we will publish an initial impact assessment alongside the consultation. This assessment will be updated and refined when the policy detail is finalised.
For Finance Bill measures, HMRC provide a Tax Impact Information Note alongside the draft Finance Bill legislation, which we expect to publish in the winter.
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Kevan Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2016-06-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the UK’s allies has aircraft which are capable of refuelling P-8 Poseidon aircraft to be procured by the UK.
Mr Philip Dunne
The P-8 Poseidon is currently undertaking air-to-air refuelling trials in the United States to clear the aircraft to receive fuel in flight. The initial clearance will be against the Boeing KC-135 operated by the United States Air Force. In addition, the Royal Australian Air Force is expected to conduct trials using their Airbus KC-30A multirole tanker aircraft in 2017.