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  • Robert Halfon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Robert Halfon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current waiting times are for NHS knee replacement operation in England, by region.

    Jane Ellison

    The information requested is not held centrally. Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times are collected separately for 18 high volume treatment functions (divisions of clinical work based on main specialty), including trauma and orthopaedics, but not for individual procedures such as knee replacements.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of police hunts for all prisoners who have absconded or escaped from prisons in each of the last five years.

    Damian Green

    This information is not held centrally.

  • Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to (a) legal aid and (b) remission from court costs to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    The information requested is contained in a letter that I sent on 10 June to the Rt Hon Member for East Ham in response to his earlier Parliamentary Question on the same subject. That letter has now been deposited in the Library of the House. (Deposit Reference: DEP2014-1040)

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many prisoners have completed university degrees inside prison in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse was of that education.

    Matthew Hancock

    Most prisoners who study higher education (HE) in custody do so through the Open University (OU). The table below shows the number of prisoners in England who have completed OU degrees whilst in prison from academic year 2003/04. Prior to September 2012, the costs of prisoners’ tuition were met from public funds in an arrangement that broadly mirrored the grant arrangements for other part-time HE students. The OU’s additional costs for delivering in custody are met through a grant from the Department. We do not have information on the public funding for these specific learners. From September 2012, prisoners have been required to take out, and then repay, tuition fee loans in the same way as other learners.

    Number of prisoners completing Open University degrees in prisons from 2003/04

    Award Year (academic year)

    Total number of prisoners

    2003/04

    4

    2004/05

    10

    2005/06

    14

    2006/07

    10

    2007/08

    11

    2008/09

    22

    2009/10

    19

    2010/11

    23

    2011/12

    26

    2012/13

    16

    Total

    155

    England only

    Information supplied by the Open University

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  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will publish the 10 local authorities with the biggest (a) increase and (b) decrease in the net number of electors following the 2013 annual canvass.

    Mr Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the table below shows the ten local authorities with the biggest increases and decreases in electorate between the start and end of the 2013 canvass.

    Local authority

    Change (November 2013 – Feb/March 2014

    Edinburgh, City of

    20,241

    Cheshire West and Chester

    14,676

    Tower Hamlets

    10,566

    Newcastle upon Tyne

    9,550

    Taunton Deane

    9,023

    North Lanarkshire

    9,001

    South Lanarkshire

    8,926

    Glasgow City

    8,710

    Huntingdonshire

    8,023

    Mole Valley

    7,866

    Northampton

    -10,309

    Barnet

    -12,743

    Newham

    -16,617

    Maidstone

    -10,121

    Cornwall

    -13,195

    East Devon

    -6,424

    Birmingham

    -20,572

    Shropshire

    -14,350

    Leeds

    -24,119

    Renfrewshire

    -7693

    These local authorities cover the following parliamentary constituencies:

    Local authority

    Constituencies covered

    Edinburgh, City of

    Edinburgh East

    Edinburgh North and Leith

    Edinburgh South

    Edinburgh South West

    Edinburgh West

    Cheshire West and Chester

    City of Chester

    Eddisbury

    Ellesmere Port and Neston

    Tatton

    Weaver Vale

    Tower Hamlets

    Bethnal Green and Bow

    Poplar and Limehouse

    Newcastle upon Tyne

    Newcastle upon Tyne Central

    Newcastle upon Tyne East

    Newcastle upon Tyne North

    Taunton Deane

    Taunton Deane

    North Lanarkshire

    Airdrie and Shotts

    Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill

    Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

    Motherwell and Wishaw

    South Lanarkshire

    Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

    East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

    Lanark and Hamilton East

    Rutherglen and Hamilton West

    Glasgow City

    East Dunbartonshire

    Glasgow Central

    Glasgow East

    Glasgow North

    Glasgow North East

    Glasgow North West

    Glasgow South

    Glasgow South West

    Huntingdonshire

    Huntingdon

    North West Cambridgeshire

    Mole Valley

    Epsom and Ewell

    Mole Valley

    Northampton

    Northampton North

    Northampton South

    South Northamptonshire

    Barnet

    Chipping Barnet

    Finchley and Golders Green

    Hendon

    Newham

    East Ham

    West Ham

    Maidstone

    Faversham and Mid Kent

    Maidstone and The Weald

    Cornwall

    Camborne and Redruth

    North Cornwall

    South East Cornwall

    St Austell and Newquay

    St Ives

    Truro and Falmouth

    East Devon

    Central Devon

    East Devon

    Tiverton and Honiton

    Birmingham

    Birmingham, Edgbaston

    Birmingham, Erdington

    Birmingham, Hall Green

    Birmingham, Hodge Hill

    Birmingham, Ladywood

    Birmingham, Northfield

    Birmingham, Perry Barr

    Birmingham, Selly Oak

    Birmingham, Yardley

    Sutton Coldfield

    Shropshire

    Ludlow

    North Shropshire

    Shrewsbury and Atcham

    The Wrekin

    Leeds

    Elmet and Rothwell

    Leeds Central

    Leeds East

    Leeds North East

    Leeds North West

    Leeds West

    Morley and Outwood

    Pudsey

    Renfrewshire

    Paisley and Renfrewshire North

    Paisley and Renfrewshire South
  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 575W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission, when she plans to place the requested information on the Dignity at Work conferences in the libraries of both Houses.

    Mrs Helen Grant

    Information on the Dignity at Work conferences is in the process of being placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

  • Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the methodology and assumptions used to populate the Help to Work sections of Table 2.1, page 78, Autumn Statement 2013, Cm 8747 showing financial savings arising from the programme.

    Esther McVey

    Page 8 of the Autumn Statement 2013: policy costing document sets out the assumptions and methodology for the benefit savings from Help to Work that are in Table 2.1, page 78, Autumn Statement 2013.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263434/autumn_statement_2013_policy_costings.pdf

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  • Stewart Jackson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Stewart Jackson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stewart Jackson on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on future public subsidies to onshore solar energy projects; and if he will make a statement.

    Gregory Barker

    The UK has seen a remarkable transformation in solar PV deployment under the Coalition Government; we now have over 3GW of installed capacity. The measures that we set out in our Solar Strategy will ensure that solar PV continues to be a vital part of the UK’s renewable energy mix for many years to come.

    Alongside those measures, we are consulting on proposals to change the small-scale feed-in tariff scheme to enable more communities to benefit from ownership of renewable electricity generation, as well as proposals to encourage more deployment of solar PV on buildings.

    We are also consulting on changes to the renewables obligation in relation to support for large-scale solar projects, and are working closely with industry to ensure that transition to the new contracts for difference mechanism supports the on-going development of the solar sector in the UK.

  • Andy Sawford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Andy Sawford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Sawford on 2015-01-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much UK Export Finance has spent on advertising in each year since 2010.

    Matthew Hancock

    UK Export Finance records spending on all activities associated with the promotion of UK Export Finance, including advertising, marketing, attendance at exhibitions etc, as Business Promotion or Marketing.

    The table below shows the amount spent by UK Export Finance on these activities in each financial year since 2010/11. Spend has increased in recent years as UK Export Finance seeks to raise awareness of its services particularly amongst smaller businesses following the introduction of products targeted at the smaller exporter in 2011.

    2010/11

    2011/12

    2012/13

    2013/14

    2014/15 to date

    Spend (£)

    19,395

    41,915

    27,958

    377,434

    801,341

  • Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-01-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 6 November 2014 by the Minister of State in his Department, Official Report, column 949, what assistance the Department has made available to UK Coal for the preparation of an application for state aid.

    Matthew Hancock

    I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

    Senior Officials from the BIS Yorkshire Humber North East Office were assigned to assist UK Coal following their interest in applying for additional government funding to extend the operation of their two deep mines. These officials provided feedback, advice and suggestions to help UK Coal prepare a case for Government support and met with them on several occasions throughout this process. On 16 January 2015, UK Coal submitted its request and supporting case for additional public sector support.

    The Government is carefully considering the merits of this request including whether it represents acceptable value for money and is a good use of taxpayer’s money. Should the Government decide to make the case to the European Commission that we should pay state aid to UK Coal we will assign a team across BIS and DECC to take this forward.