Tag: Parliamentary Question

Angela Crawley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angela Crawley on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many welfare claimants were sanctioned between 21 and 27 December 2015; and how many such claimants were single parents.

Priti Patel

The information requested is not yet available.

The Department publishes Official Statistics on Jobseekers Allowance (JSA), (including JSA Lone Parents) and Employment Support Allowance (ESA) sanction decisions and these statistics are published via the following link:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

The latest set of Official Statistics was released on 11 November 2015 and covers all decisions made to 30 June 2015.

Guidance on how to extract the information required from Stat-Xplore can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started—SuperWEB2.html

The latest set of Official Statistics on Income Support Lone Parent sanctions was released on 11 November 2015 and covers all decisions made to 30 June 2015. A summary of this data can be found here

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-support-lone-parent-regime-figures-on-sanctions-and-work-focused-interviews–2

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01/01/2023
Madeleine Moon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2016-01-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 10 November 2015, 4 December 2015 and 12 December 2015 to Questions 17693, 18405 and 18552, when he plans to place in the Library the documents referred to in those Answers.

Mark Lancaster

The documents were placed in the Library of the House on Tuesday 19 January.

01/01/2023
Ruth Smeeth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Smeeth on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential benefits for bus passengers of municipal ownership of bus companies.

Andrew Jones

There are a few towns and cities that have municipal bus operators, however no analysis has been undertaken by the Department for Transport to understand the potential benefits of those models for passengers.

01/01/2023
FALSE – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by FALSE on 2016-03-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by the Prime Minister on 9 March that we have to make sure that we get cost-effective electricity and that we go green at the lowest cost” (HC Deb

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

The negotiations regarding a Contract for Difference for the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal lagoon remain ongoing.

Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) have put forward a number of alternative proposals to their 35 year strike price proposal and as these would be a significant deviation from Government policy it is right that we take time to consider these proposals as part of the on-going due diligence process.

Beyond the consideration of TLP’s alternative proposals the independent review, which Government announced on the 10 February, we will consider alternative approaches to financing tidal lagoons more generally, providing an evidence base to ensuring decisions are taken in the best interest of bill-payers – both today and in the future.

While we have made good progress with the TLP the review will need to have been completed before a final decision can be made on the Swansea Bay proposal.

Hinkley Point C would be a good deal for consumers – support for Hinkley would deliver around 7% of the country’s electricity needs with secure and reliable, low-carbon power.

We remain confident that the deal on Hinkley Point C will go ahead. We intend to publish a summary of the Value for Money assessment for Hinkley along with the contracts, once the documents have been entered into.

01/01/2023
Anne Main – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne Main on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the tendering process was for the Government’s EU referendum leaflet; and what the cost of that leaflet was under each cost heading.

John Penrose

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14th April to the Hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex on 14th April.

All external suppliers used were on existing Government procurement agreements, which have been awarded in compliance with the relevant procurement Regulations.

The Government will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place from 27th May.

01/01/2023
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kennedy of Cradley on 2016-05-19.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of powdered or vaporised alcohol and its availability.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The Government is taking action to ensure that alcohol in a powdered or vapourised form is subject to controls under the Licensing Act 2003 through a clause in the Policing and Crime Bill currently before Parliament.

This amends the definition of alcohol to cover its form in any state. We are not aware of powdered alcohol being sold in the UK. Vaporised alcohol is sold as a novelty item and its sale has not been widespread across the UK. Licensing authorities treat it in the same way as liquid alcohol for licensing purposes.

01/01/2023

Lord Storey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-07-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of teachers left that profession (1) less than one year from starting teaching, and (2) within five years of starting teaching, between 2011 and 2016.

Lord Nash

We recognise that it is vital for schools to be able to retain good teachers – that is why we have made policy interventions in the areas that teachers tell us matter most such as improving pupil behaviour and reducing unnecessary workload.

The Department publishes statistics showing the percentage of qualified teachers who enter teaching within a year of completing their training and who remain in service each year afterwards. This information is available in Table 8 of the ‘School Workforce in England: November 2015’ statistical release which was published on June 30^th 2016.

The latest statistics show that 87% of qualified teachers that entered service during 2014 were still in post one year later. The following table shows the one-year retention rate has remained within one percentage point of this level during the last five years.

Year qualified	Recorded in service by	Still in post after one year
2010	November 2010	87%
2011	November 2011	88%
2012	November 2012	88%
2013	November 2013	87%
2014	November 2014	87%

The latest available statistics also show that 70% of qualified teachers that entered service during 2010 were still in post five years later.

Year qualified	Recorded in service by	Still in post after five years
2006	March 2007	73%
2007	March 2008	74%
2008	March 2009	74%
2009	March 2010	72%
2010	November 2010	70%

Over the longer-term five year retention rate has remained stable, of the cohort of newly qualified teachers who entered teaching in 1996, 71% were still teaching in the state-funded sector five-years later.

01/01/2023

Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which private consultancy firm her Department holds a contract with; what the value is of each such contract; and what services are being provided by each of those consultancy firms.

Rory Stewart

Detail on DFID contracts is available via the Contracts Finder website.

01/01/2023
Imran Hussain – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Imran Hussain on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of withdrawal of ESOL Plus mandated funding on the ability of refugees in the UK to access ESOL courses.

Nick Boles

The decision to withdraw the 2015/16 ESOL Plus (Mandation) funding was taken in the knowledge that providers could use their adult skills budget to continue to provide ESOL training for jobseekers and therefore mitigate any adverse impact. Our data showed that the numbers of claimants being referred to ESOL Plus (Mandation) provision was significantly lower than originally anticipated.

Adults who are granted refugee status or humanitarian protection become eligible for skills funding through the adult skills budget, as any other English resident and are not subject to the normal 3 year qualifying period.

01/01/2023
Emily Thornberry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of his Department’s budget for employment support has been allocated to the Work and Health Programme for each of the next four years.

Priti Patel

In the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced a new Work and Health Programme to provide specialist support for claimants with health conditions or disabilities and those unemployed for over 2 years after current Work Programme and Work Choice contracts end.

The Department is currently undertaking its normal prioritisation process to determine how funding secured at the Spending Review is allocated on an annual basis.

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