Tag: Jonathan Edwards

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual running costs were of (a) Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) and (b) Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre in each financial year from 2008-09 to date.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Annual running costs for Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) and Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre are provided below. The figures provided do not include staff or judicial costs as it is not possible to attribute all of these costs to a particular site.

Financial Year	Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre	Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)
2014-15	£17,935.21	£160,408.51
2013-14	Not available	£133,576.47
2012-13	Not available	£238,197.71

The Ministry of Justice does not hold comparable annual running costs data for the years 2008/9 to 2011/12.

For Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre prior to 2014-15 running costs were not allocated to this building and were distributed across a number of sites. It is therefore not possible to provide consistent running cost data for previous years.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what capital expenditure there was on (a) Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) and (b) Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre in each financial year from 2008-09 to date.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The capital expenditure for Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) and Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre is provided below.

Financial Year	Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre	Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)
2008-09	0	0
2009-10	0	£229,421
2010-11	0	0
2011-12	£60,000	0
2012-13	£291,771	£1,130,092
2013-14	£11,715	0
2014-15	0	0

This included essential maintenance and replacing equipment which had come to the end of its life, all of which were necessary for the court to function.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the terms and conditions of the agreement reached between the Welsh and UK Governments in 2012 on the funding of the electrification of (a) the Great Western mainline from Cardiff to Swansea and (b) the Valleys lines.

Stephen Hammond

The agreement is set out in the letters exchanged between the Secretary of State and the Welsh Minister for Local Government and Communities on 13^th and 24^th July 2012. These letters have already been made public.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2014-06-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of Thames Water to service the costs of building the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel.

Danny Alexander

The Government’s Reasons for Specification Notice, published on 5 June 2014, explains in detail why the Government believes that the project is of a scale and complexity that would threaten Thames Water’s ability to provide services to its customers. Paragraphs 21 to 35 provide this explanation.

The Reasons Notice is available from the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thames-tideway-tunnel-project-specification-and-preparatory-work-notices

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2014-06-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which infrastructure projects have accessed the UK Guarantees scheme; and how much funding was issued in each such case.

Danny Alexander

Three guarantees and one Stand-by Facility have been signed under the UK Guarantees Scheme with a total value of £1,090,800,000. This includes Drax Power (£75m), Sustainable Development Capital – UK Energy Efficiency Investment Funds (£8.8m), Northern Line Extension (£750m) and Mersey Gateway Bridge (£257m).

Any guarantees signed are reported to Parliament as required by the legislation, Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012, underpinning the Scheme and can also be found on the gov.uk website.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2014-06-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial risk assessment he has carried out in respect of offering guarantees for the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel.

Danny Alexander

The Government has not proposed a guarantee for the Thames Tideway Tunnel. It has instead put in place a package of contingent financial support designed to cover low probability but high impact risks, prioritising the delivery of value for money for both taxpayers and customers. Further details are provided by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in a Written Ministerial Statement on 5 June.

This statement is published in Hansard at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140605/wmstext/140605m0001.htm#14060532000008

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2014-06-16.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what costs have been incurred under each cost heading for the production and postage of anti-Scottish independence pamphlets to be sent to every home in Scotland.

Greg Clark

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Angus on 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 667W.