Tag: Baroness Pinnock

  • Baroness Pinnock – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Baroness Pinnock – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Pinnock on 2015-11-03.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding has been allocated via the academy conversion grant in each of the last five financial years.

    Lord Nash

    There have been 3,327 converter academies opened during the current and preceding four financial years, each receiving the standard conversion support grant of £25,000 to spend on the conversion process.

    Further details are in the table below:

    Financial Year

    Converter academies opened

    2014-15

    608

    2013-14

    573

    2012-13

    786

    2011-12

    1,100

    Total

    3,327

    Figures for 2015-16 are not available at this stage.

  • Baroness Pinnock – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Baroness Pinnock – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Pinnock on 2015-02-10.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have carried out any research into the effect of excessive traffic speed in 30mph areas on the quality of life of residents in those areas.

    Baroness Kramer

    The Government has not carried out any specific research into the effect of excessive speed in 30mph areas on the quality of life of residents. Local authorities have the power to set local speed limits, and implement physical road changes to suit local conditions. The Department for Transport has provided advice to highway authorities in the Speed Limit Circular 01/2013 – Setting Local Speed Limits.

    However, the Department has commissioned research into the effectiveness of 20mph limits. The study will cover many aspects including effects on speed, collisions, casualties and modal shift. The research will also consider best practice, road users’ perceptions and effects on the quality of the environment. This is a three year study reporting in 2017.

  • Baroness Pinnock – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Baroness Pinnock – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Pinnock on 2015-02-10.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to give the responsibility for traffic speed enforcement on roads with a 30mph limit to local authorities.

    Baroness Kramer

    Her Majesty’s Government does not plan to give responsibility for traffic speed enforcement to the local authorities. These decisions on where to apply speed limits are taken by local authorities in conjunction with the police force for the area in question, whose role it is to properly enforce these.