Tag: Liz McInnes

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-10-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.

Greg Clark

Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.

Greg Clark

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 6 November 2015, PQ 13946.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the National Living Wage on the provision of adult social care.

Alistair Burt

The new National Living Wage (NLW) will ensure that care workers are better paid for the vital work they do. The Government engaged with the social care sector, including care providers and the costs of the NLW were considered as part of the Spending Review. The overall costs to local authorities of providing social care were also considered.

We recognise that demand for social care is growing and that councils will need to increase the price they pay for care to cover costs such as the NLW.

The Spending Review settlement provides £3.5 billion of new support for social care by 2019/20. Councils will be able to introduce a new Social Care Precept, which will allow an increase of 2% above the existing threshold to be added to council tax, raising up to £2 billion that has to be spent exclusively on adult social care. By 2019/20 an extra £1.5 billion will have been made available to be included in the Better Care Fund. Taken together, the Social Care Precept and the Better Care Fund will mean local government has access to funding to increase social care spending in real terms by the end of the Parliament.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail paid to buy back land from rail freight owners in October 2014.

Claire Perry

This was a commercial matter for Network Rail. The total cost to Network Rail of acquiring the lease interests of the Freight Operators under Project Mountfield was £220 million.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-05-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on students living away from home of the closure of the iPlayer loophole.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Government consulted on adding on-demand programme services to the TV licence framework as part of its Green Paper published in July last year. Under the new proposals, all individuals will need to be covered by a TV licence if they stream or download television programmes through on-demand services provided by the BBC (notably the iPlayer). If an individual has a licence already, then they are automatically covered to watch BBC on-demand services under the new proposals.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-10-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.

Greg Clark

Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.

Greg Clark

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 6 November 2015, PQ 13946.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people under the age of (a) 16 and (b) 18 sleeping rough in Greater Manchester in the last 12 months.

Mr Marcus Jones

Information on the ages of rough sleepers is not collected centrally.

We will increase central investment over the next four years to £139 million for innovative programmes to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. We have also protected homelessness prevention funding for local authorities, through the provisional local government finance settlement totalling £315 million by 2019/20.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons Network Rail bought back rail lands in October 2014; and if he will make a statement.

Claire Perry

This decision was made by Network Rail, and I have sought clarification from the company as to the reasons. I am informed that the purchase was made to increase competition and efficiency across the freight industry, opening up the market to operators.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-06-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to collect data on the number of people with arthritis who qualify for personal independence payments on the basis of their need to use aids and appliances.

Justin Tomlinson

The department routinely collects management information on the descriptors awarded to each claimant when they have a PIP assessment.

In the PIP assessment, individuals are assessed on their ability to complete a number of key every day activities (for example, relating to the ability to dress and undress). Within each activity there are a number of descriptors, each representing a varying level of ability to carry out the activity. A descriptor may indicate the need to use an aid or appliance.

Data on the claimant’s primary disabling condition is recorded for those individuals who have a PIP assessment. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which their decision is based, but only the primary condition is recorded.