The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-11.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the postal vote turnout was as a proportion of all votes cast in each UK parliamentary constituency at the 2010 General Election.
Mr Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission has placed the answer to the hon. member’s question in the library.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2014, Official Report, column 280W, on the work capability assessment, how many and what proportion of those who have undertaken a work capability test in each nation and region of the UK have been declared fit for work.
Mike Penning
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) initial claims and Incapacity Benefit (IB) reassessment claims, by outcomes of work capability assessments by regions in Great Britain are published. The numbers and the proportion of fit for work decisions can be found in table 1a and table 11 at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/274091/esa_wca_140122.xls
Notes:
1. There is a reporting lag of approximately 8-months at the issuing date of this statistical output owing to the time needed to process data and time allowed to enable each cohort’s assessment phase to elapse.
2. Caseload figures rounded to nearest hundred. Totals may not sum due to the rounding method use. Proportions are rounded to the nearest whole number.
3. Figures include those cases where the functional assessment has not been completed.
Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:
http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-13.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will list each local authority database used by electoral registration offices in the dry run for individual electoral registration (IER) for the 10 local authorities with the (a) best and (b) worst registration rates during the IER dry run.
Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission informs me that this information was provided to the Hon. Member in the answer to Question 191356.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2014, Official Report, column 386W, on the Electoral Register, what is the (a) earliest and (b) latest age a person is allocated their National Insurance number; and what the earliest date is that an attainer can be registered to vote.
Greg Clark
National Insurance numbers are sent automatically when individuals reach the age of 15 years and 9 months. There is no upper age limit to apply for a National Insurance number.
The law provides that an attainer will be included on the register if they will reach the age of 18 before the end of a 12-month period starting from the next 1 December after the application is made.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department’s policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
David Mundell
I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer given by my Rt hon Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General on 26 March, Official Report, Column 300W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the percentage change in long-term youth unemployment was in each constituency between 2010 and the most recent period for which figures are available.
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 Chris Ruane on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to personal independence payment providers on calling in clients for personal independence payment assessments who are terminally ill.
Mike Penning
The ‘PIP Assessment Guide’, the Department’s guidance for Personal Independence Payment assessment providers, states that face-to-face consultations are not required where a claim has been referred under the ‘Special Rules for Terminal Illness’ provisions.
More information can be found at:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-04-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount spent per person on flood defences in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2001 to date; and what estimate he has made of the amounts in each year to 2016.
Dan Rogerson
The figures are as follows:
(a)
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Average Defra spend per head on flood and coastal erosion risk management in England (£) |
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2005/06 |
9.51 |
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2006/07 |
9.47 |
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2007/08 |
9.34 |
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2008/09 |
10.61 |
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2009/10 |
11.83 |
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2010/11 |
12.53 |
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2011/12 |
10.71 |
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2012/13 |
10.77 |
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2013/14 |
11.34 |
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2014/15 |
14.86 |
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The figures for each year is the total Defra spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management divided by the most recent ONS population estimate for mid-2012 |
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· Figures before 2005/06 are not available in a comparable format.
· Figures for 2013/14 and 2014/15 are budget allocations.
· Figures for 2015/16 are not available as the budget has not yet been set.
(b)
Flood management in Wales is a devolved matter and Defra has made no estimate of the amount spent per person.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the palliative care service ratings for England were in the most recent period for which information is available.
Norman Lamb
There is no national rating system for palliative care services in England. However, The National End of Life Care Intelligence network (NEoLCIN), part of Public Health England, works with partner organisations including NHS England to collect, analyse and present end of life care intelligence, drawing together data and information from a range of sources.
The NEoLCIN has published end of life care profiles at local authority and by clinical commissioning group level. These help commissioners and providers understand the end of life care needs of their populations. More information can be found at the following link:
www.endoflifecare-intelligence.org.uk/home
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-05-06.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what comparative assessment he has made of the data matching levels of those electoral registration officers who (a) did and (b) did not use local government data matching in the Individual Electoral Registration dry run.
Greg Clark
All 380 EROs in England, Wales and Scotland took part in the Confirmation Dry Run in 2013 which involved matching their electoral registers against data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. The average match rate was approximately 78%.
Following this, 138 local authorities conducted data matching against locally held data sources, such as council tax records. On average this increased these local authorities’ match rates by approximately 7%.
The full evaluation of the Confirmation Dry Run, including local data matching activity, is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-confirming-electors-through-data-matching
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