The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-02-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there were in (a) Tameside, (b) Oldham, (c) Wigan and (d) Warrington in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Priti Patel
The information you have requested is available in the official Universal Credit statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) Local Community Safety partnerships, (b) Children’s Social Services and (c) Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards have (i) attended Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference meetings and (ii) signed information-sharing protocols with their Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Responsible Authorities in their local areas.
Mike Penning
The information requested in (i) and (ii) is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Woodcock on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) feasibility and (b) potential cost of hiring P3-Orion aircraft before the P-8As come into service.
Mr Philip Dunne
The Ministry of Defence has no plans to lease any P-3 Orion aircraft prior to the introduction to service of the P-8A.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Mills on 2016-05-10.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has received related to insolvency procedures in each of the last five years.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) only holds information about dividends paid for each of the last two years. In 2014/15 a total of £70.6m was received. In 2015/16 the figure was £74.5m. These figures represent dividends paid after a company or individual has been made insolvent. HMRC also receives payments in response to the initiation of insolvency proceedings and these payments are sometimes sufficient to allow HMRC to withdraw the proceedings. Data is not available about the amount received by way of these payments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Iain Stewart on 2016-06-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the security benefits of procuring four Successor submarines.
Michael Fallon
The United Kingdom’s continuous at sea nuclear deterrent will remain essential to our security today, and for as long as the global security situation demands.
A four-boat fleet is the minimum needed to provide the assurance that at least one submarine will always be at sea on covert patrol.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Pennycook on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of gas and electricity smart meters (a) that have been installed to date and (b) projected to be installed by the end of 2016.
Jesse Norman
As of the end of March 2016 over 3.6 million smart meters were operating under the programme. The Government publishes official statistics on the rollout of smart meters quarterly. The latest release can be found at:
The Government receives estimates of forecast smart meter installations from the larger energy suppliers. Their latest projections suggest a further 2.9 million meters are expected to be installed between 1 April 2016 and 31 December 2016.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Cox on 2016-01-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what restrictions exist for local authorities in respect of charging for membership of public libraries.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 restricts local authorities in England and Wales from charging for library facilities made available by the authority unless permitted by the Library Charges (England and Wales) Regulations 1991. These regulations empower local authorities in England and Wales to make certain charges for the provision of library facilities but this does not include charging for ordinary library membership.
The Government has no plans to amend the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to allow local authorities to specifically charge for ordinary membership of public libraries..
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Drew Hendry on 2016-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to carry out a full ratio frequency allocation review; and whether he plans to coordinate future allocation of bandwidth with EU member states.
Mr Edward Vaizey
Ofcom, the independent regulator, regularly review what spectrum is allocated when they update the UK Frequency Allocation Table which is published on their website at http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/information/uk-fat/ Ofcom takes into account allocations across Europe and the world when making decisions on spectrum allocation and represents UK at international spectrum meetings under direction by the UK Government.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Coyle on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on Ofsted’s budget of the expansion of Ofsted’s control over early years inspectors.
Mr Sam Gyimah
Ofsted’s budget, like those of all government departments, was considered as part of the spending review in 2015. Their settlement will be published in due course.
As Ofsted are an independent non-ministerial government department, it is accountable for its own budget and operational decisions, including how to deploy and contract inspection resources.
It would not be appropriate for me to comment on Ofsted’s operational or commercial matters.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will make it its policy to allocate revenue raised from the soft drinks industry levy to maintain the grant for summer schools.
Mr Sam Gyimah
The Government has no plans to use the soft drink levy to maintain the grant for pupil premium summer schools. The 2016 budget statement identified that the soft drinks industry levy would be used to double the amount of funding to £320m per annum that we dedicate to sport in every primary school and to make it easier for up to a quarter of secondary schools to extend their school day to include a wider range of activities, including extra sport.
The Government has protected the pupil premium at current per pupil rates for the rest of the Parliament, providing schools with around £2.5 billion per year of additional funding to support their disadvantaged pupils. Schools have the choice to continue running summer schools and can use their pupil premium allocation to fund places for their disadvantaged pupils.