Tag: 2016

  • Ruth Cadbury – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Ruth Cadbury – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department’s work on assessing the three airport options proposed by the Airport’s Commission includes a review of the safety and security risks associated with an (a) additional or extended runway at Heathrow and (b) additional runway at Gatwick Airport.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    The Government continues to consider the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report before taking any decisions on next steps.

  • Tom Pursglove – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Tom Pursglove – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Pursglove on 2016-04-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to schools for supporting children with learning difficulties in (a) Corby constituency and (b) East Northamptonshire in each of the last three years.

    Mr Sam Gyimah

    Funding for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) is allocated to local authorities through the dedicated schools grant, which includes both funding to be delegated to mainstream schools, and funding for the additional costs associated with educating children and young people with high needs.

    Schools are funded through a formula set by their local authority, and local authorities are required to delegate funds to a level that enables schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with SEN up to £6,000 per annum. It is for individual schools to decide how they allocate their overall budget to ensure they meet the specific needs of children with learning difficulties.

    For those pupils whose additional support costs more than £6,000 the local authority pays top-up funding to the schools from their high needs budget. Top-up funding rates are for local authorities to agree with their schools.

    Northamptonshire County Council’s high needs allocation, within the dedicated schools grant, in each of the last three years was as follows:

    • 2013-14 – £64.37 million

    • 2014-15 – £65.74 million

    • 2015-16 – £66.32 million.

    We do not hold information on the total funding allocated by Northamptonshire County Council to schools in Corby and East Northamptonshire.

  • Lord Norton of Louth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Lord Norton of Louth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Norton of Louth on 2016-06-06.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps have been taken by the Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office to ensure that the Cabinet Office is compliant with section 3(6) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.

    Lord Bridges of Headley

    The requirement of section 3(6) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act is set out in the Civil Service Code, which forms part of the contract of employment for all civil servants.

    In the 2015 staff survey, 94% of Cabinet Office staff responded positively to a question about awareness of the Civil Service Code.

  • Lord Myners – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Lord Myners – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Myners on 2016-07-20.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the consequences for financial stability of combining four large central counterparties (CCPs), LCH.Clearnet Ltd, LCH.Clearnet SA, Eurex and CC&G, when the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Borse merge; whether adequate recovery and resolution frameworks will be in place for each of these CCPs; and whether those frameworks will be ring-fenced from each other.

    Lord O’Neill of Gatley

    LCH.Clearnet Ltd, LCH.Clearnet SA, Eurex Clearing and CC&G are separate CCPs regulated under European Regulation No 648/2012 (EMIR) by their respective regulators. The London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Borse have publicly stated their intention that “[t]he existing regulatory framework of all regulated entities within the Combined Group would remain unchanged” following the merger. Once notified by the companies of their proposal to merge, the Bank of England will assess the proposal for a change in control of LCH.Clearnet Ltd in line with the criteria set out in EMIR.

  • Jess Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Jess Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-10-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the number of employers which publish targets for the ratio of male to female apprentices.

    Robert Halfon

    The Government does not hold information on the number of employers that publish targets for the ratio of male to female apprentices.

  • Michael Fabricant – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Michael Fabricant – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Fabricant on 2016-01-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which countries have not had an official visit by a Minister in his Department since May 2010.

    Joseph Johnson

    The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However details of Ministers’ overseas travel are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&publication_type=transparency-data

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  • Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has paid in legal fees in relation to criminal legal aid contracts.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    To the end of December 2015, the Legal Aid Agency incurred a total of £141,519 in relation to external legal fees associated with the criminal legal aid contracts.

    The external legal advice assisted the GLD commercial team with the drafting of the 2015 Own Client and 2015 Duty Provider contracts.

    It is not possible to distinguish the cost of work relating to the criminal legal aid contracts incurred by the Agency’s internal legal teams from other work undertaken.

  • Daniel Zeichner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Daniel Zeichner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Zeichner on 2016-02-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the bus service operators grant is used by bus operators to keep fares down.

    Andrew Jones

    We have been reviewing the Bus Service Operators Grant scheme in recent years with a view to improving its effectiveness in supporting bus services. In their assessment of the impact of any changes in policy associated with the Bus Service Operators’ Grant, departmental economists normally assume operators pass subsidy received on to passengers 50% through lower fares and 50% through increased service levels. Under these assumptions, they estimate that BSOG has the impact of keeping fares 3% lower than they would be in its absence in England outside of London.

  • – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by on 2016-03-17.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply of Earl Howe on 15 March (HL Deb, col 1736) that in the UK a declaration of genocide is a matter for the judicial system”

    Lord Faulks

    The judiciary in England and Wales does not make general declarations on genocide. It is a long-standing Government policy that any judgements on whether genocide has occurred should be a matter for the international judicial system.

    Ultimately, the best way of preventing future atrocities is to defeat Daesh and its violent ideology. The UK is playing a leading role in a Global Coalition of 66 countries and international organisations to respond to Daesh’s inhumanity.

  • Alex Chalk – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Alex Chalk – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Chalk on 2016-04-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many claims were made against GPs working outside of regular hours in each of the last five years; and what the average amount is for which the claim was made in that period.

    Ben Gummer

    Information on claims made against general practitioners (GPs) is not held centrally. In relation to clinical negligence claims made against GPs working outside of regular hours, these are in the main covered by the Medical Defence Organisations.