Tag: Gloria De Piero

  • Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

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

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training posts for nurses were commissioned in England in each of the last five years.

    Dr Daniel Poulter

    The following table shows the number of new pre-registration nursing places that were filled in the last five years. The table includes the students enrolled on the degree and diploma courses.

    2009-10

    2010-11

    2011-12

    2012-13

    2013-14

    Nursing Total

    20,829

    20,092

    17,741

    17,219

    18,009

    Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns.

  • Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women received statutory maternity pay for how long in the latest period for which figures are available.

    Steve Webb

    The total number of women that started receiving Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) in 2011/12 was 355,000 and the average number receiving SMP at any point in time during the year was 273,000. These figures are estimated based on a 1% sample of National Insurance records.

    This figure is for Great Britain only. Northern Ireland figures are the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.

    The duration of SMP claims cannot be estimated from National Insurance records, as these only contain information on the amount of SMP paid across the year and not when SMP claims begin and end. However the Department publishes the Maternity and Paternity Rights and Women Returners Survey, which provides an indication of SMP claim durations, with the latest publication being in 2009/10. In 2008, about half of women eligible for SMP took maternity pay for the statutory number of weeks (39 weeks). Findings can be accessed at the link below (Section 3.3 and Table 3.5 contain information on SMP durations):

    <https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maternity-and-paternity-rights-and-women-returners-survey-200910-rr777>

    Notes:

    • Estimates of the number of women receiving SMP are based on the Lifetime Labour Market Database (L2) which is a 1 per cent sample of National Insurance Records.
    • Estimates are subject to change due to further information becoming available through the National Insurance Recording System.

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  • Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    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.

  • Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    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