Tag: Parliamentary Question

Ian Austin – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Skills Funding Agency on the potential effect of its proposal to introduce a register of apprenticeship providers on the ability of lead providers to sub-contract to smaller providers.

Robert Halfon

We have engaged with the Skills Funding Agency on the proposals to create a Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers in England. The intention of the proposals is to support a significant increase in the quality of apprenticeships and to create an employer-led apprenticeship system.

The Skills Funding Agency published their proposal on the Register on 12 August https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-apprenticeship-training-providers. Training providers and interested organisations were given the opportunity to comment on the proposals in a survey which closed on Monday 5 September. The Skills Funding Agency is now considering feedback on the consultation.

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01/01/2023

Joan Ryan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Joan Ryan on 2016-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per head has been allocated for childcare in (a) the Enfield North constituency, (b) Enfield and (c) London for the financial years (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18.

Caroline Dinenage

Funding for the free early years entitlements is allocated on a local authority basis. In 2016-17, the relevant hourly funding rates per child for local authorities in London (including Enfield) were as follows:

Local authority	Three and four year old entitlement	Two year old entitlement
Enfield	£4.16	£5.28
Greenwich	£5.29	£6.07
Barking and Dagenham	£4.27	£5.28
Barnet	£4.80	£5.53
Bexley	£3.97	£5.28
Brent	£6.24	£5.53
Bromley	£4.10	£5.28
Croydon	£4.80	£5.28
Ealing	£5.95	£5.53
Harrow	£4.55	£5.53
Havering	£4.19	£5.28
Hillingdon	£5.16	£5.53
Hounslow	£3.98	£5.53
Kingston upon Thames	£3.93	£5.53
Merton	£4.10	£5.53
Redbridge	£4.34	£5.28
Richmond upon Thames	£3.79	£5.53
Sutton	£4.72	£5.53
Waltham Forest	£5.14	£5.28
City of London	£7.87	£7.08
Camden	£9.17	£6.07
Hackney	£7.50	£6.07
Hammersmith and Fulham	£6.62	£6.07
Islington	£8.41	£6.07
Kensington and Chelsea	£6.73	£6.07
Lambeth	£7.86	£6.07
Lewisham	£6.12	£6.07
Southwark	£8.64	£6.07
Tower Hamlets	£8.21	£6.07
Wandsworth	£5.19	£6.07
Westminster	£7.20	£6.07
Haringey	£5.63	£5.28
Newham	£5.17	£5.28

All funding rates for three and four year olds are exclusive of the Early Years Pupil Premium which is an additional funding stream for disadvantaged children.

We have recently consulted on a new early years national funding formula, and our proposed formula from 2017-18 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/early-years-funding-changes-to-funding-for-3-and-4-year-olds

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01/01/2023

Jim Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2015-11-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is providing to higher education institutions to increase the number of post-doctoral positions offered; and if he will make a statement.

Joseph Johnson

The Government recognises the importance of sustaining a strong research community across the UK. In allocating Science and Research funding, the Government asks the Research Councils, Higher Education Funding Council for England, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society to ensure that they are “maintaining a substantial flow of new researchers and high level skills”. Research Councils support 14,000 research staff and fellows, including 10,000 university researchers, many of whom are in early research careers. The National Academies provide over 690 early career research fellowships.

01/01/2023
Kerry McCarthy – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of her Department’s properties will be owned and managed by the Government Property Unit; what the annual rent will be; and what the estimated annual cost is of the services the Government Property Unit will provide to her Department.

George Eustice

Defra is fully engaged with the development of the New Property Model for government property. The Property Model is being designed by the Government Property Unit and Departments are still to discuss the detail of the transfer of property into the new government property vehicle, the level of property cost recharges and any management cost involved.

01/01/2023
Phil Boswell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Phil Boswell on 2016-01-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the conclusions of the Social Market Foundation report, published in January 2016, Educational Inequalities in England and Wales.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The government is determined to deliver educational excellence everywhere so that every child, regardless of background, reaches their potential. Thanks to the hard work of teachers across the country and our ambitious programme of reforms, 1.4 million more pupils are in good or outstanding schools compared to 2010.

We believe that there is more that can be done. That is why we are introducing new measures to transform failing and coasting schools, funding the best academy chains to share excellence in the North and creating a National Teaching Service. This will send some of our best teachers to the areas that need them most, starting in the North West.

We have also protected the pupil premium at current rates for the duration of this Parliament, so that schools receive additional money for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. A review of funding for disadvantaged pupils by the National Audit Office in July 2015 found that the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has narrowed in both primary and secondary schools since the introduction of the pupil premium in 2011.

01/01/2023
Seema Malhotra – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2016-02-01.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff at which grades were involved in the recent investigation into Google’s tax arrangements.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not disclose details of its work on the affairs of particular taxpayers.

HMRC’s Large Business directorate now deploys 2,600 staff – over 600 more than when it was formed in April 2014.

01/01/2023
Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil law suits have been brought against his Department based either wholly or partially on grounds provided by the Human Rights Act 1998; how many such suits were settled out of court before a court judgment was delivered; and how much such settlements have cost the public purse since 2010.

Mark Lancaster

The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost

01/01/2023
Toby Perkins – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Toby Perkins on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments have been (a) completed and (b) cancelled by Maximus Health and Human Services Ltd in (i) total and (ii) each local authority area.

Priti Patel

Work capability assessments are delivered by Centre for Health Disability Assessments (CHDA is a MAXIMUS company).

Nationally, in the quarter from January 2016 to March 2016, the number of completed assessments was 417,143 and the number of cancellations was 10,143.

Information is not available by local authority area.

01/01/2023
Lord Alton of Liverpool – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool on 2016-04-26.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 March 2015 (HL5319) and by Lord Prior of Brampton on 25 April (HL7391), how the incidence of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) has been substantially reduced as a result of changes introduced by the HFEA since the publication of the McCracken Report in accordance with recommendations 10 and 11 and in the light of paragraphs 4.40 and 4.44; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which the lack of reporting by the HFEA of any adverse incidents to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has mitigated the risks of OHSS.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that Ovarian HyperStimulation Syndrome (OHSS) is primarily a matter for clinical judgement and professional standards. The responsibility for reporting adverse reactions in accordance with the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 rests with clinics and the treating clinician. The number of serious adverse incidents of OHSS reported to the HFEA in each of the three years 2010-2012 was approximately 60. In 2013 it was 46, and in 2014 it was 42. Figures for 2015 will be published in September 2016.

Where the HFEA is made aware of information relevant to the regulatory functions of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the information is shared between the two organisations.

Recommendations 10 and 11 of the McCracken Report relate to a variety of issues not just OHSS. The HFEA has advised that its strategy for 2014–2017 fulfils these recommendations.

01/01/2023
Daniel Zeichner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Zeichner on 2016-06-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of transport projects delivered from the Local Growth Fund have been dedicated to walking to date.

Mr Robert Goodwill

To date, around 36% of transport projects in Local Enterprise Partnerships’ Local Growth Fund programmes are solely or in part dedicated to walking projects.

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