Tag: Frank Field

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost is of providing free school meals on schools; and what proportion of this sum is spent on universal infant free school meals.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The Department for Education does not hold information on the annual cost of providing benefits-based free school meals (FSM). It allocates the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) to local authorities on a per pupil basis. Local authorities distribute DSG to schools on the basis of a local formula, in which FSM can be used as a proxy for deprivation. It is then for schools to decide how to use their budget, including how much to allocate to pay for benefits-based free school meals.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households will not be reimbursed for the funds they paid for a Green Deal Assessment; and what (a) total and (b) average sum is paid by such households.

Andrea Leadsom

598,612 Green Deal Assessments had been lodged by the end of August 2015.

This has played a part in the installation of around 1.6 million energy efficiency measures in around 1.3 million properties.

The Department’s Green Deal Customer Journey Survey, published in March 2015, showed that 80% of householders did not pay to have a Green Deal Assessment, and that of those people who did pay in full or in part for their assessment, half paid £150 or less.1,2 Consumers have obtained Green Deal assessments for a number of reasons, these include: saving money on their energy bills; the prospect of a warmer home; the offer of free assessments; having improvements done for free or at a reduced price; and concerns over rising energy bills. Assessments have allowed householders to access a number of different Government schemes or fund work themselves. The Government does not offer reimbursements for assessments which are payments to companies or private individuals.

[1] Page 10 of report at

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414170/green_deal_customer_journey_survey_report.pdf

2 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414176/green_deal_customer_journey_topline_data.xlsx (Table D7)

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on reaching a settlement with Raytheon Systems Ltd on the e-Borders programme; and when the arbitration progress is scheduled to be completed.

Karen Bradley

The Home Office would like the dispute with Raytheon to be concluded as swiftly
as possible. It is not unusual that an international arbitration of this
complexity should take a considerable time to resolve. The Home Office has
done everything possible to progress the Arbitration as quickly as possible.
The evidential hearings concluded in April 2013.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial provision her Department has made to cover the (a) ongoing legal costs of and (b) costs of a potential settlement resulting from the binding arbitration process brought by Raytheon Systems Ltd.

Karen Bradley

Ongoing legal costs will be met from departmental resources, although no
specific financial provision has been made for this or for the costs of a
potential settlement. The costs of a potential settlement have been recognised as a
contingent liability in the Home Office accounts since 2011-12.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead dated 20 October 2014 regarding the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy.

Steve Webb

A reply is going out today, Monday 23 February.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve patient care for people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Jane Ellison

In 2013, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a clinical guideline on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), providing evidence based advice to support clinicians in diagnosing and managing people with IPF which it expects to review in June 2015. Since then, it has published a quality standard for IPF in January 2015. This sets out the markers of high quality in the care of people with IPF and is designed to drive up standards and to reduce inequalities and variation. NICE has also recommended pirfenidone (Esbriet) as a possible treatment for some people with IPF through its technology appraisal programme.

NHS England commissions some services for patients with IPF as part of its specialised services remit. Its respiratory interstitial lung disease (adult) service specification, which includes IPF, sets out what it expects to be in place so that providers can offer evidence based safe and effective services. This specification is currently being updated to ensure it includes the most up to date guidance on IPF including the recently published NICE quality standards. Commissioning of rehabilitation, oxygen services and acute admissions for exacerbations are covered by local commissioning arrangements.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library copies of the letter he wrote to the Rt hon. Member for East Ham on Universal Credit in January 2015.

Steve Webb

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to the Rt Hon Member for East Ham on 22 January. In line with the conventions of the House, correspondence between Ministers and MPs are confidential as far as the Department is concerned, and it is a matter for the MP to decide whether to make it more widely available. The Department has no issue if the Rt Hon Member for East Ham chooses to place a copy of the letter in the library.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to (a) The Pension Service, 08456060265, (b) Personal Independence Payment, 08458503322, (c) Carer’s Allowance Unit, 08456084321, and (d) Bereavement benefits, 08456088601, in each of the last five financial years; how much revenue was generated from calls to each of those numbers; and when he plans to end the use of those numbers.

Esther McVey

Please see the attached table – PQ224822 Selected Volumes- detailing volume of calls made to (a) The Pension Service, 08456060265, (b) Personal Independence Payment, 08458503322, (c) Carer’s Allowance Unit, 08456084321, and (d) Bereavement benefits, 08456088601, in each of the last five financial years. (Metric definition and limitations included within the attachment)

For the financial years 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08456060265. For the financial years 2014/15 and 2013/14, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08458503322. For the financial years 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08456084321. For the financial years 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13, DWP received no revenue for the telephone number 08456088601.

DWP is already in the process of replacing all its 0845 number prefixes in use for its national helplines.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many programmes based in Papua New Guinea have been considered for funding since April 2004; and how many have received funding.

Mr Desmond Swayne

DFID does not have a bilateral programme with Papua New Guinea. DFID has funded proposals through challenge fund procedures like the Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF) which can be viewed on the Development Tracker: http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/location/country/.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reports the DVLA has received of applicants’ documents going missing in each of the last five years.

Andrew Jones

The table below provides the number of complaints received at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) from customers about application documents that have been lost or damaged.

Year	Number complaints received	Number of relevant transactions* handled by the DVLA
2010	125	31,153,825
2011	105	30,670,002
2012	129	30,510,913
2013	63	30,506,202
2014	71	29,503,088
2015 to date	68	20,029,717

*This is for driver licensing and vehicle registration and licensing transactions, which may include supporting documentation, such as, identity documents.