Tag: Jim Cunningham

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons academy schools are not subject to public sector pay and terms.

Edward Timpson

The reformed national pay and terms and conditions arrangements allow all schools considerable flexibility over the pay of their teachers.

Staff at academies are employees of academy trusts, companies limited by guarantee with charitable status. Whilst academy trusts are classified as public sector bodies, their staff are not employees of the Crown. Academies have more control over their budgets so that they can meet their school’s needs more effectively and have the flexibility to reward the best teachers and excellent performance. These are the reasons they are not included within the statutory national pay and terms and conditions arrangements, which includes the current one per cent cap on pay increases.

Many academies have pay systems that mirror the provisions of the statutory national arrangements and many converter academy staff have ‘Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations’ rights that preserve their entitlement to the national pay and terms and conditions arrangements.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 18 were placed under an Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement during the pilot scheme launched in four London boroughs in July 2014.

Andrew Selous

None. The pilot applied to adults who were eligible for the requirement which is only available as part of the community order or a suspended sentence order.

In most instances youth offending teams would seek to engage the young offender through voluntary participation in treatment to address substance misuse. However, offenders aged under 18 years and sentenced to a youth rehabilitation order, the youth equivalent to the community order, can be made subject to an intoxicating substance treatment requirement.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 12W, what assessment he has made of the effects on revenues of a reduction in the top rate of tax from 45p to (a) 44p, (b) 43p, (c) 42p, (d) 41p and (d) 40p.

Mr David Gauke

The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review and any decisions on future changes are taken as part of the annual Budget process in the context of the wider public finances.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-10.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths resulting directly from epilepsy have been recorded in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Rob Wilson

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 Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-22.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the annual amount saved in ISA accounts across each income group in financial year (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.

Harriett Baldwin

ISA statistics are published on the National Archives website and GOV.UK website.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme since its inception; and if she will make a statement.

Richard Harrington

At the Spending Review, the Chancellor announced an estimated £460 million over the spending review period to cover the first 12 months’ costs for each of the 20,000 refugees being resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Scheme. He also announced an estimated £129 million to assist with local authority costs for years two to five of each refugee’s stay in the UK. The cost of the scheme since inception is subject to audit by the National Audit Office as part of the finalisation of the 2015-16 Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, which are expected to be published this summer.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of recipients of the state pension living overseas in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Justin Tomlinson

Estimates of the number of recipients of the State Pension living overseas in each of the last 10 years are published on the DWP Tabulation Tool. The numbers from November 2012 can be seen in the column ‘Claimants living abroad’, and prior to this in the column ‘Unknown’ of this table:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/ccdate/ccgor/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_ccgor.html

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2015 to Question 35420, how many hotel bookings were made for (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials of his Department in each of the last five years.

Mr Mark Francois

Ministers, special advisers and civil servants in this department undertake a variety of visits to support the delivery of Government’s objectives. A total of 10,725 hotel bookings, or slightly over 2,000 per annum, were made in the last 5 years. We do not hold figures for the costs incurred for hotel bookings, broken down in the format requested and this can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total amount awarded to schools in pre-opening support grants in each month of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

Edward Timpson

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of passengers travelling on the West Coast Main Line in each year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Claire Perry

There are no published statistics on the annual number of passengers travelling on the West Coast Main Line.

Statistics for the train operators serving the West Coast Main Line stations are available on the Office of Rail and Road data portal at the following link: http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/browsereports/12.

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