The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-04-03.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Brigg and Goole constituency are registered self-employed.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-03-10.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts have been awarded to companies based in Brigg and Goole constituency since May 2010; and what the value of such awards was.
Nick Hurd
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the Hon. Member for Livingston on 16 December 2013 (Official Report) Column Ref: 453W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to improve mobile signal coverage in rural areas by permitting use of their land for mobile network base stations.
Nick Boles
Local authorities have an active role to play in mobile network deployment by assisting operators to find suitable land and structures. This is set out in the “Code of Best Practice on Mobile Network Development in England”, facilitated by Government, signed by operators, local authorities and other interested parties which was issued in July 2013. It is available at:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who are home-schooled in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) Brigg and Goole constituency.
Mr David Laws
The information requested is not held by the Department.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with mobile network operators about shared infrastructure; and if he will use the forthcoming review of the Electronic Communications Code to reform wayleases and rights of way for the implementation and maintenance of shared infrastructure.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Maria Miller, and I had a number of representations from mobile network operators about shared infrastructure. DCMS is considering the implications of the Law Commission’s report on the Electronic Communications Code which was published in February 2013. The analysis work is ongoing and I will make public the plans to reform the Electronic Communications Code in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of properties in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber which do not have mains gas access and which use domestic heating oil.
Gregory Barker
Estimates for the number of households which do not have mains gas and which use domestic heating oil are not available. However, the number of households that did not have access to a mains gas supply in the Brigg and Goole constituency can be estimated bycombining figures for the lower layer super output areas that most closely match this area.
In 2012, there were approximately 4,400 households (12 per cent) which had no access to mains gas.The number of households that did not have access to mains gas in Yorkshire and the Humber is estimated to be127,000 (six per cent of households within Yorkshire and the Humber).
These data are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lsoa-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many schools will benefit from his broadband rollout for schools.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The Government has committed £780million to help deliver superfast broadband to 95 per cent of UK premises by 2017. We do not have data on the specific number of schools that would benefit from the programme. Public sector broadband requirements would be the managed by the department or local authority with responsibility for delivering the relevant policy.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the current level of teachers teaching ability whilst using tablet computers in primary schools.
Elizabeth Truss
The available evidence suggests that teachers adapt quickly to using tablets as a tool for learning.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to roll out mobile telephone blocking technology across HM prisons estate.
Jeremy Wright
The National Offender Management Service is committed to addressing the risks that mobile phones present in prisons. Part of its response is to deploy technology in prisons that prevents mobile phones from working.
In 2012 the government enacted the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012. The Act places the use of mobile phone signal interference technology in prisons on a clear legal footing, enabling maximum use of such technology and to enable private prisons to use it.
A number of prisons are equipped with ‘fixed’ (as opposed to ‘portable’) signal interference technology. Since 21 October 2013 around 300 short-range portable blockers have been deployed to 88 public sector prisons.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have switched energy suppliers in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency, (b) Yorkshire and Humber and (c) England in each of the last 60 months.
Gregory Barker
DECC does not hold any sub-national data on switching energy suppliers, data is only available for Great Britain. This data is published in table 2.7.1 of the DECC publication Quarterly Energy Prices, which is made available online at the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics
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