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  • Louise Haigh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Louise Haigh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-09.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in the rate of corporation tax on public sector net borrowing and debt.

    Mr David Gauke

    The direct fiscal impact of the policy was set out in Table 2.1 of the Budget document, accessible via the following link:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443232/50325_Summer_Budget_15_Web_Accessible.pdf

    This figure does not take into account the dynamic economic impacts of the policy. In 2013, the Government published a report modelling the economic impact of the corporation tax cuts announced in the previous parliament. This showed that, through increases to investment and demand for labour, which in turn raise wages and consumption, the cost of corporation tax cuts falls by between 45 per cent and 60 per cent in the long term.

  • Ian Austin – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Ian Austin – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice his Department issues to local authorities on advising private rented sector tenants subject to court orders for possession on the steps they should take to find accommodation.

    Brandon Lewis

    The statutory Homelessness Code of Guidance for Local Authorities includes advice and guidance to authorities on the actions they can take to prevent homelessness where a person is at risk of eviction from a property. This includes negotiation with landlords or with help to address rent arrears for example. It also explains how authorities should carry out their homelessness duties where eviction takes place.

    We have also introduced protections for tenants against “retaliatory eviction”. Where a tenant makes a genuine complaint about the condition of their property that has not been addressed by their landlord, their complaint has been verified by a local authority inspection, and the local authority has served either an improvement notice or a notice of emergency remedial action, a landlord cannot evict that tenant for 6 months using the ‘no-fault’ eviction procedure (a section 21 eviction). A ‘no fault’ eviction is one where the tenant does not have to have done anything wrong, for example not paying the rent, to be asked to leave. The landlord is also required to ensure that the repairs are completed. These rules, set out in the Deregulation Act 2015, apply to all new assured shorthold tenancies that start on or after 1 October 2015. A guidance note is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/465275/Retaliatory_Eviction_Guidance_Note.pdf

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  • Frank Field – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Frank Field – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many children in each borough in the Liverpool City Region have been transferred to temporary accommodation in each of the last five financial years.

    Mr Marcus Jones

    Figures for the numbers of children transferred to temporary accommodation are not collected centrally. The numbers of children in temporary accommodation on the last day of the financial years 2004/05 to 2014/15 in each of the Boroughs of the Liverpool City region are shown in the attached table.

  • Christian Matheson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Christian Matheson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christian Matheson on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of guidelines in national planning guidance on archaeology and heritage in managing heritage assets.

    Tracey Crouch

    Historic England is currently exploring ways of assessing the effectiveness of heritage-related planning policy and law in practice.Its assessment of nearly 200 heritage-related planning appeal decisions, its own experience, and its discussions with practitioners all suggest that the application of national policy in relation to the historic environment appears to be broadly effective, and maintains an appropriate degree of protection.

  • Conor McGinn – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Conor McGinn – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Conor McGinn on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that those free schools which have not yet published their performance results do so as soon as practicable.

    Edward Timpson

    All performance data for free schools is published in performance tables for all schools KS2, KS4 and 16-18 results, including free schools, and colleges that have results for pupils at the end of each of the key stages and /or post-16 study. There are no exemptions and schools and colleges cannot request that they be removed from performance tables.

    Information about the performance tables can be found at: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/

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  • Grahame Morris – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Grahame Morris – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame Morris on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional pupils have become eligible for free school meals in (a) the North East and (b) Easington constituency since the introduction of the universal infant free school meals programme.

    Mr Sam Gyimah

    Based on information collected by the Department for Education in the January 2015 school census, 1,616,154 infant pupils in England, 69,381 infant pupils in the North East and 2,037 infant pupils in the parliamentary constituency of Easington were entitled to universal infant free school meals. These figures exclude infant pupils who were entitled to free school meals because their parents or carers were in receipt of qualifying benefits.

  • Tulip Siddiq – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Tulip Siddiq – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2015-10-09.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2015 to Question 8254, what the overall value is of climate change levy tax waived for levy exemption certificates (a) in each region and (b) for each type of renewable and low carbon technology in each of the last four years.

    Mr David Gauke

    The Climate Change Levy (CCL) renewable source exemption was administered on a national basis and available to all renewable technology. Only a very detailed analysis of Ofgem’s records would enable the government to provide a breakdown of value of CCL waived in each region and for each type of renewable technology, which cannot be justified on the grounds of cost.

  • Barry Sheerman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Barry Sheerman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the relative safety, sustainability and threats to the environment of the various types of nuclear reactors used in nuclear power stations, including liquid fluoride thorium reactors.

    Andrea Leadsom

    The UK’s independent nuclear regulators assess individual nuclear reactor designs proposed for development in the UK. In doing so, their aim is to ensure the safety, security and high environmental standards of nuclear installations in the UK, rather than to compare proposed designs with each other. As yet, no liquid fluoride thorium based designs have been submitted to the UK regulators for such an assessment.

  • Caroline Lucas – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Caroline Lucas – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in Malta on the chairing of the environment sessions when Malta takes up European Presidency in 2017.

    Rory Stewart

    There have not, as yet, been any discussions at ministerial level with Malta on the chairing of environment sessions during the Maltese Presidency of the European Union in 2017.

  • Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Palestinian Authority on introducing legislation to abolish the death penalty.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    The Government opposes all use of the death penalty as a matter of principle, including sentences imposed by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. I have asked that my officials in Jerusalem raise the issue of the death penalty with the Palestinian Authority in due course.