The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-06-09.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual running cost of the gov.uk website was in each year since 2012.
Matthew Hancock
The annual running cost of the GOV.UK website between financial year 2012/13 and 2014/15 is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/central-government-websites.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-09-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2016 to Question 35329, whether the development of a plan to progress the initial feasibility and business case work for a Euston Station masterplan has been completed.
Andrew Jones
Network Rail has been commissioned and is progressing initial feasibility and business case work for its ‘classic’ (conventional) station at Euston. This work is underway, and is scheduled to be concluded in early 2018. In parallel, HS2 Ltd is leading masterplanning work for the entire Euston site, involving all station operators and the local area during 2016 and 2017. The first stage of this process has been planned and is now underway. These processes will run jointly and concurrently, and integrate with plans for HS2 and associated over site development.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bowness on 2016-10-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek to preserve the mutual recognition of the European Health Insurance Card throughout the UK and EU in their negotiations to leave the EU.
Lord Prior of Brampton
Nothing has yet been decided on whether the United Kingdom will seek to preserve the mutual recognition of the European Health Insurance Card after leaving the European Union. Officials in both the Department of Health and the Department for Exiting the European Union are considering the position and options available to us with the aim of achieving the best outcome for the UK health system and for the UK as a whole.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Natalie McGarry on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of Government expenditure on the carer addition element of pension credit in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Glasgow and (d) Glasgow East constituency in the 2015-16 financial year.
Justin Tomlinson
Forecasts of expenditure as a result of the carer addition element of Pension Credit for 2015/16 are not available. However, estimates of the outturn expenditure (as a result of the carer addition element of Pension Credit) in 2014/15 are shown in the table below.
Tables show expenditure for Great Britain, not the UK, as expenditure in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of Northern Ireland Executive.
|
Pension Credit expenditure as a result of the carer addition, 2014/15 |
£, million |
…as a percentage of total pension credit expenditure in that area |
|
Great Britain |
£364.7 |
5.5% |
|
Scotland |
£39.6 |
6.7% |
|
Glasgow (City) |
£6.4 |
5.9% |
|
Glasgow East (constituency) |
£1.8 |
9.4% |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rana on 2015-12-02.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to spend the £5 million pledged for the development of the new Commonwealth counter-extremism unit.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), announced UK funding of £5million over 5 years to establish a Counter-Extremism and Counter Radicalisation Unit in the Commonwealth Secretariat. Setting up a new unit recognises that Commonwealth countries must work together to counter extremist ideologies and build their counter extremism capabilities. The unit will:
•Provide technical assistance to governments developing counter-extremism strategies.
•Mobilise Commonwealth civil society networks to counter radicalisation through targeted counter-narratives and strategic communication training.
•Enable Commonwealth members to meet their international counter extremism obligations. There is a demand from Commonwealth countries for support in implementing international counter extremism obligations, for example in relation to UN Security Council Resolution 2178.
Other Commonwealth partners have also pledged a contribution to this unit. We will work closely with the Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth members and key stakeholders to ensure that UK funding supports the work of countries across the Commonwealth to tackle the threat of extremism
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) homes and (b) businesses have (i) received and (ii) redeemed rural satellite broadband vouchers.
Mr Edward Vaizey
Since the launch of the scheme 2 months ago, 1265 eligible applications have been received and are being processed, and 126 households and businesses have placed orders for installations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Harriet Harman on 2016-02-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service from people living in Camberwell and Peckham constituency have taken more than 60 days to process in each of the last 12 months.
Karen Bradley
The number of applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service from people living in Camberwell and Peckham constituency that have taken more than 60 days to process in each of the last 12 months is listed in the table below.
|
Month |
Total Applications Issued to Applicants from the Constituency of Camberwell and Peckham |
Applications that took longer than 60 days |
|
Feb-15 |
1,106 |
211 |
|
Mar-15 |
1,355 |
204 |
|
Apr-15 |
1,181 |
179 |
|
May-15 |
1,213 |
185 |
|
Jun-15 |
1,286 |
184 |
|
Jul-15 |
1,364 |
263 |
|
Aug-15 |
1,041 |
154 |
|
Sep-15 |
1,241 |
185 |
|
Oct-15 |
1,311 |
215 |
|
Nov-15 |
1,099 |
216 |
|
Dec-15 |
954 |
165 |
|
Jan-16 |
1,023 |
210 |
|
14,174 |
2,371 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department’s South East Flexible Ticketing Programme Definition Document was last updated; and if he will place a copy of the latest version of that document in the Library.
Claire Perry
The South East Flexible Ticketing Programme Definition Documents were last updated in June 2015. Some of these documents contain commercially sensitive information. The release of the documents could also prejudice current policy making, so they will not be placed into the Library at this stage.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Frazer on 2016-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to undertake the review of shared ownership announced in the report, Proposals to streamline the resale of shared ownership properties, Consultation: summary of responses, published in March 2015.
Brandon Lewis
The Government carried out an internal review of Shared Ownership policy last year. Following this, the Autumn Statement confirmed £4.1 billion for 135,000 new Help to Buy: Shared Ownership starts by 2021. It also raised the income cap on Shared Ownership in England from £60,000 to £80,000, removed restrictions on who can buy Shared Ownership homes, enabled existing shared owners to climb the Shared Ownership ladder and removed restrictions on how many bedrooms Shared Ownership buyers can purchase.
The prospectus for the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 was launched on 13 April 2016 and invites applications for up to £4.7 billion of funding to increase the supply of new shared ownership and affordable homes.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anna Turley on 2016-04-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic groups to which those deciding to have a termination of pregnancy after the 20 week scan of a neural tube defect-affected pregnancy belong.
Jane Ellison
Information on the socio-economic group for women having abortions is not collected centrally.
In 2014, 442 abortions were performed because of neural tube defects; 34% of these were performed at 20 weeks gestation or over.