The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nusrat Ghani on 2016-02-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many holders of full driving licences in Wealden constituency are people aged over 70 who have renewed their licence.
Andrew Jones
On 30 January 2016, there were 28,703 holders of full driving licences in the Wealden constituency postal code areas over the age of 70.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Pennycook on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2015 to Question 8556, what progress Energy UK has made in developing the webtool www.comparemyenergy.org.uk.
Andrea Leadsom
We welcome the development by many energy suppliers of consumption comparison tools on their websites. These use the data consumers provide to make comparisons meaningful and reflective of household circumstances.
In addition, we expect the Competition and Markets Authority shortly to publish the conclusion of their work on the energy market, including how to make the energy market work effectively for consumers.
Energy UK have subsequently advised the webtool, comparemyenergy.org.uk, ceased to function from March 2015, due to very low consumer response.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Woodcock on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the value of (a) UK and (b) foreign munitions and sonobuoys purchased for the UK’s P-8A aircraft over the life of that aircraft by (i) year, (ii) country of manufacture and (iii) name.
Mr Philip Dunne
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 December 2015 to Question 19776 to the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle).
The Ministry of Defence has not yet made a final decision on the method for contracting for delivery of the P8-A Poseiden aircraft to the UK. Therefore the information requested is yet to be determined.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise on 9 May 2016, Official Report, column 442, what the addresses are of the 14 locations across which his Department’s policy teams are spread.
Joseph Johnson
The addresses of the 14 locations where the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills policy teams are based are:
Birmingham
Victoria Square House
Victoria Square
Birmingham B2 4BU
Bristol
2 Rivergate
Bristol BS1 6EH
Cambridge
Eastbrook House
Shaftsbury Road
Cambridge CB2 8DU
Cardiff
Companies House
Crown Way
Cardiff CF14 3UZ
Coventry
Cheylesmore House
Quinton Road
Coventry CV1 2WT
Darlington
Queensway House
West Precinct
Darlington TS23 2NF
Gateshead
St George’s House
Kingsway
Gateshead NE11 0NA
Leeds
Alexandra House
Redvers Close
Leeds LS16 6QY
London
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET
Manchester
3 Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester M1 2WD
Newport
Concept House
Cardiff Road
Newport NP10 8QQ
Nottingham
Apex Court
City Link
Nottingham NG2 4LA
Sheffield
2 St Paul’s Place
125 Norfolk Street
Sheffield S1 2FJ
Warrington/Daresbury
Daresbury Laboratory
Keckwick Lane
Warrington WA4 4AD
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2016-06-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations were submitted in relation to entitlement to disability living allowance for children in each of the last three years.
Justin Tomlinson
The table below shows the number of Mandatory Reconsiderations received for the last three years.
|
Disability Living Allowance |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
|
Child Mandatory Reconsiderations received |
18,543 |
21,647 |
27,015 |
The information for the second question could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.
Notes: Mandatory Reconsiderations were introduced from October 2013 as part of Appeals Reform. The figures shown in the table above for 2013/14 include reconsideration clearances (pre-reform) to enable the full year to be provided.
Source: Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Living Allowance Computer System
This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice and should be used with caution.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Debbie Abrahams on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people affected by the closure of SSI Redcar have been supported back into employment through the Rapid Response Service.
Damian Hinds
Around 9 in 10 (1,990) of the 2,150 SSI and other workers who made an initial claim for benefits have since ended that claim.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on the Pub Loan Fund; and when he expects that fund to be accessible to community groups.
Mr Marcus Jones
Good progress is being made on the development of the pubs loan fund. We hope to be in a position to make a more formal announcement shortly with communities being able to access the support later in the Spring.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2016-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, within what timeframe his Department is able to deploy Reaper drones to Libya.
Penny Mordaunt
I am withholding the information on the deployment timelines of Reaper Remotely Piloted Air Systems as its disclosure would or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-03-01.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on implementation of the National Infrastructure Plan.
Greg Hands
In the past year a number of key projects have been completed, including the opening of Smart Motorway projects on the M6 and M1, significant rail station redevelopments at Birmingham New Street and Manchester Victoria, and major local transport schemes in Nottingham and South Devon.
The government will shortly publish a new National Infrastructure Delivery Plan, setting out how it will deliver key projects and programmes over the next 5 years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne-Marie Trevelyan on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2016 to the hon. Member for St Albans to Question 30489, on schools: admissions, if she will commission research on the effect on additional school places of inward migration from (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries.
Edward Timpson
As set out in the written response to PQ 30489, supporting local authorities in their responsibility to ensure sufficient school places remains one of this Government’s top priorities. The basic need capital funding we allocate to local authorities to create new school places is based on their own data on school capacity and future pupil forecasts. Any increase in need for places should be reflected in the local authority’s final basic need allocation. We allocate basic need funding three years ahead to give local authorities time to plan and deliver the new places needed in their area.
The Government has committed to investing £7 billion in new school places up to 2021, which, when added to our investment in the free schools programme, will help to create 600,000 new places.
Beyond the information already provided to the Department by local authorities, we do not plan to commission further research on the effect of inward migration on the need for school places.