Tag: Gloria De Piero

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015, on Individual Electoral Registration (IER), HCWS 127, which local authorities have received any of the additional £3 million funding; and how much such additional funding each local authority has received so far to target their non IER registered carry-forward electors.

John Penrose

The following table shows the local authorities who have received funding to target non IER registered carry-forward electors. We are currently in the process of agreeing funding to a further 57 local authorities.

Local Authority	Allocation
Birmingham City Council	£75,939.20
Lambeth, London Borough of	£42,500.00
Bristol City Council	£39,425.00
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council	£30,025.60
Sheffield City Council	£22,693.60
Brent, London Borough of	£17,603.20
Newham, London Borough of	£15,116.80
Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of	£14,128.00
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council	£13,612.80
Cheshire West and Chester Council	£12,000.00
Sevenoaks District	£11,357.00
Harrow, London Borough of	£10,792.00
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	£10,699.20
Wandsworth, London Borough of	£10,677.60
Cheshire East Borough Council	£10,292.00
Nottingham City Council	£9,845.60
Ealing, London Borough of	£9,611.70
Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of	£8,885.60
Southampton City Council	£8,244.80
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	£8,234.40
Camden, London Borough of	£8,056.00
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council	£7,785.00
Islington, London Borough of	£7,619.20
Plymouth City Council	£7,572.00
Windsor and Maidenhead, Royal Borough of	£7,518.40
Cornwall Council	£6,380.72
Portsmouth City Council	£6,252.00
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	£6,216.00
Maidstone Borough Council	£5,892.00
Oxford City Council	£5,881.60
South Somerset District Council	£5,801.60
Greenwich, London Borough of	£5,492.00
Vale of White Horse District Council	£5,252.80
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	£5,200.00
West Lancashire Borough Council	£5,000.00
Winchester City Council	£5,000.00
Salford City Council	£4,841.35
Swindon Borough Council	£4,612.00
Mendip District Council	£3,917.60
Crawley Borough Council	£3,751.20
Allerdale Borough Council	£3,566.60
Peterborough City COuncil	£3,019.00
Kettering Borough Council	£3,000.00
Isle of Wight County Council	£2,306.90
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council	£2,150.00
Rugby Borough Council	£2,006.10
Lewes District Council	£2,000.00
Swale Borough Council	£2,000.00
South Kesteven District Council	£1,987.15
Preston City Council	£1,970.00
St Albans District Council	£1,580.00
Derbyshire Dales District Council	£1,500.00
Rutland County Council	£1,464.80
Gloucester City Council	£1,450.00
Dover District Council	£1,428.20
Rother District Council	£1,247.64
Bracknell Forest Borough Council	£1,209.90

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 318W, on housing benefit: social rented housing, how many housing benefit social sector tenants have been (a) given exempt status because they reached state pension credit age and (b) allowed to keep an extra bedroom because they are (i) registered foster carers who have fostered a child during the last 52 weeks and (ii) parents of armed forces’ personnel who have been deployed on operations.

Esther McVey

In response to your question above please see the following:

a) – The information relating to the numbers reaching state pension credit age who are no longer subject to the removal of the spare room subsidy is not available.

We can say that there are estimated to be 700,000 housing benefit tenants who are state pension credit age and have one or more spare bedrooms.

b) i) – Information relating to registered foster carers is not available.

b) ii) – Information relating to parents of armed forces’ personnel is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council has spent per head of population in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.

Mr Edward Vaizey

Arts Council England (ACE) makes its funding decisions independently of Government and as such we do not hold the information requested. However, the following information has been provided by ACE:

Value of ACE awards to applicants resident in ASHFIELD Constituency 2009 2014

Decision Year	Value of Awards	Per-Capita*
2009/10	£9,706	£0.10
2010/11	£9,712	£0.10
2011/12	£13,500	£0.13
2012/13
2013/14

* based on Mid-2011 population estimate (ONS) 101,914.

In addition, ACE made two other awards totalling £3.8m from which Ashfield can benefit

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the total number of (a) private, (b) public and (c) third sector jobs in (a) Ashfield constituency, (ii) Nottinghamshire and (iii) the East Midlands in each of the last five years.

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 Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire paid the top rate of income tax in each of the last five years.

Mr David Gauke

Statistics on the number of additional rate income tax payers liable to pay the by government office regions, including the East Midlands, are published in HMRC’s income tax statistics, table 2.2: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306856/Table_2.2.pdf

County and constituency level information on additional rate tax payers is not published.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the construction sector in (a) the UK, (b) the East Midlands, (c) Nottinghamshire and (d) Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.

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 Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average salary was for a (a) man and (b) woman of (i) white ethnic origin and (ii) black and minority ethnic origin and who was (A) disabled and (B) not disabled in Ashfield constituency in each year since 2010.

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 Gloria De Piero on 2014-04-30.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of unscrupulous money lending in (a) the UK, (b) East Midlands, (c) Nottinghamshire and (d) Ashfield in each of the last five years.

Andrea Leadsom

The Government has not made an estimate about levels of unscrupulous money lending. The National Audit Office estimated that unaddressed detriment in the UK consumer credit market cost consumers £450m in 2011-12.

The Government has fundamentally reformed regulation of the consumer credit market. The new, more robust Financial Conduct Authority regime will help to deliver the Government’s vision for a well functioning and sustainable consumer credit market which is able to meet consumers’ needs.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the average waiting time for claimants of the personal independence payment who require a home consultation in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the UK.

Mike Penning

The information you have requested is not currently available.     

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Ashfield constituency were homeless in each of the last five years.

Kris Hopkins

[Holding Reply: Tuesday 6 May 2014]

Statistics for decisions taken on homelessness applications and acceptances in each financial year since 2004-05, by local authority area, are published in live table 784, which is available online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness

Figures are not collated by Parliamentary constituency.

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