Tag: Jo Churchill

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2015-11-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress has been made on increasing the provision of affordable and sustainable social housing in the East of England.

Brandon Lewis

To date, £1 billion has already been allocated towards our commitment to deliver a further 275,000 affordable homes by 2020.

Of this, £155 million will deliver affordable homes in the East and South East of England.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of her visit to China in November 2015 on opening up new markets to British farmers and producers.

Elizabeth Truss

During my visit to China I concluded deals to open the Chinese market to British barley and pigs trotters, together worth up to £190m over the next five years.

I also presented the Chinese inspection authorities with a forward plan to open market access to UK poultry meat and beef and lamb.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2016-01-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with cancer who were awarded the daily living component of personal independence payment scored all of their points due to aid and appliances.

Justin Tomlinson

For cancer, the number of individuals awarded the Daily Living component of PIP who scored all of their points due to aids and appliances is 2,630.

This data relates to the period April 2013 to 30^th September 2015, and includes Normal Rules awards only.

DWP are currently running a consultation to seek views on how support can best be provided to help meet the costs of disability which are faced by people who are currently awarded points due to aids and appliances. The department is keen to hear views from all interested parties, especially disabled people and disability organisations.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding he allocated for housing regeneration in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) the East of England in the last five years.

Gavin Barwell

Government expenditure on housing regeneration over the last five years is listed by programme and by the requested geographical areas below.

Help to Buy*

	Expenditure
St Edmundsbury LA	£8,078,832
Suffolk	£12,627,929
East of England	£131,886,007

Affordable Housing Programme*

	Expenditure	Number of homes
St Edmundsbury LA	£6,611,142	331
Suffolk	£42,209,973	1,924
East of England	£136,907,510	7,652

Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Builders Finance Fund, Build to Rent

	Expenditure
Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency	nil
Suffolk	£4,258,400
East of England	£81,464,427

*This data is not aggregated by constituency, and is provided instead for the St Edmundsbury Borough Council local authority area.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of (a) trends in the take-up of academy places and (b) the performance of academies in Bury St Edmunds constituency in the last five years.

Edward Timpson

The number of pupils on roll in the nine academies in the Bury St Edmunds Constituency for the years when they were open as academies from January 2012 to January 2016 is provided in the table below:

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Bury St Edmunds County Upper School	1009	993	957	978	987
Horringer Court Middle School	296	272	307	356	371
Westley Middle School	468	466	470	468	478
Priory School	121	117	129	135	143
Tollgate Primary School	N/A	N/A	N/A	224	273
Great Barton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	200
Rattlesden Church of England Voluntary Controlled School	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	123
Thurston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	197
Woolpit Community Primary School	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	171

Source: School Census, January 2012 to 2016

The percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2 in 2012 to 2015 for academies with results in 2015 in the Bury St Edmunds constituency was as follows:

	2012	2013	2014	2015
Horringer Court Middle School	64%	72%	79%	83%
Westley Middle School	67%	70%	80%	78%

Source: School Performance Tables

The percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and mathematics GCSEs at key stage 4 in 2012 to 2015 for the academy with results in 2015 in the Bury St Edmunds constituency was as follows:

	2012	2013	2014	2015
Bury St Edmunds County Upper School	74%	77%	70%	70%

Source: School Performance Tables

There were no open academies in Bury St Edmunds constituency before August 2011 and no academy results before 2012. Key stage 4 results from 2014 reflect the removal of many equivalent vocational qualifications and other reforms.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2016-09-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support tourism through increasing the number of UNESCO-recognised World Heritage sites in the UK.

Tracey Crouch

World Heritage Sites are internationally recognised. As a result, they attract visitors from near and far.

In July, the Gorham Cave Complex in Gibraltar became the UK’s 30th World Heritage Site. I very much hope to see the Lake District become our 31st in 2017.

The Prime Minister’s Tourism Action Plan sets out how we are working to make it easier for visitors to travel around our country and discover these sites for themselves.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many decisions taken on claims for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment have been appealed in (i) Bury St Edmunds (ii) Suffolk and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years; and how many of those appeals have been successful.

Sir Oliver Heald

I refer the honourable member to the answers given to PQ 43251 on 18 July 2016 and PQ 44405 on 12 September 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change there has been in passenger numbers on trains in Suffolk since 2010.

Paul Maynard

The number of journeys made by rail in Suffolk during 2014-15 has increased by 23% since 2009-10, in line with the strong growth nationally in rail journeys. The number of journeys since 2009-10 is shown below.

Year	Number of journeys in Suffolk	Percentage change from the previous year
2014-15	6,121,321	-0.1%
2013-14	6,129,781	1.0%
2012-13	6,068,473	6.7%
2011-12	5,688,434	4.9%
2010-11	5,423,631	9.1%
2009-10	4,971,597	–

Source: The Office of Rail and Road

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students in (i) Suffolk and (ii) England and Wales have been funded by the pupil premium in each of the last five years.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The pupil premium was introduced in April 2011 and applies only in England. During the first year of its operation, only pupils who were currently eligible for free school meals (FSM) attracted pupil premium funding. From April 2012, the funding has been paid to schools for the number of pupils who have been eligible for FSM at any point in the previous 6 years.

Data which split the pupil premium into the primary and secondary phases of education are only available for the deprivation element of the premium. Information on deprivation pupil premium by primary and secondary year groups was first published in 2013/14. Total funding allocations were published for earlier years. The most useful data are provided in the tables attached.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Churchill on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding has been provided per pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in the county of Suffolk (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2015 prices in each financial year since 2005-06.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Average per pupil revenue funding figures for Suffolk are given below. With the introduction of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in 2006-07, the changes to the funding mechanism meant figures were no longer available to be shown split by phase of education.

Figures for financial years 2005 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:

Average revenue per pupil funding (cash)	2005-06 (baseline)	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Suffolk LA	3,590	3,820	4,100	4,290	4,500	4,760	4,680	4,680

These are in real terms using September 2015 GDP deflators in 2014-15 prices:

Average revenue per pupil funding (real)	2005-06 (baseline)	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Suffolk LA	4,410	4,560	4,760	4,840	4,960	5,100	4,930	4,840

Per pupil figures are using DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, e.g. school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation), standards fund, and pupils aged 3-15 rounded to the nearest £10. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into DSG in 2011-12.

The changes to DSG funding in financial year 2013 to 2014 with funding allocated through three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs, means there is no longer a comparable overall figure with previous years. The table below shows the DSG schools block unit funding figures in cash and real terms for Suffolk LA.

DSG schools block per pupil funding	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016
Suffolk LA (cash)	4,241	4,241	4,354
Suffolk LA (real)*	4,302	4,241	4,311

*Real terms figures shown in 2014-15 prices using GDP deflators at 30.09.15

Since 2011-12 schools have received the Pupil Premium which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In 2011-12, the Premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for Free School Meals, looked after children and children of parents in the armed services. In 2012-13 coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for Free School Meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts per pupil amounts for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:

Pupil Premium per pupil (£)	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016
Free School Meal Pupil Primary	£488	£623	£953	£1323	£1320
Free School Meal Pupil Secondary	£488	£623	£900	£935	£935
Service Children	£200	£250	£300	£300	£300
Looked After Children	£488	£623	£900	£1900*	£1900*

*Also includes children adopted from care

Total Pupil Premium allocations for Suffolk local authority for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-16 (prov.)
Suffolk	5.548	12.021	19.244	26.165	26.363

These figures in real terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-16 (prov.)
Suffolk	5.851	12.450	19.519	26.165	26.102

Price Base: Real terms at 2014-15 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30.09.2015

The table below shows capital funding for the financial years that are available. The data is in cash terms as allocations are phased across more than one year making real terms calculations meaningless. Complete information on the split of capital between phases of education is not held centrally.

Suffolk
£m	Capital allocations
2005-06	41.7
2006-07	33.0
2007-08	42.5
2008-09	47.6
2009-10	86.4
2010-11	75.4
2011-12	45.2
2012-13	64.1
2013-14	53.4
2014-15	36.7
2015-16 (prov.)	11.3

Notes:

1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.

2. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.

3. Funding in 2015-16 is still subject to project progress and is therefore subject to change. The funding figures provided for 2015/16 only include formulaic programmes and payments to date. Further funding is yet to be released for capital programmes dependent upon project progress and this has not been reflected in the figures.