Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the HGV User Levy on UK businesses reliant on foreign hauliers for imports and exports.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    International road haulage is a competitive market, so it is unlikely that there are UK businesses reliant on foreign hauliers for imports and exports. In most cases, UK hauliers can compete for this business.

    The levy is paid by both UK and foreign hauliers. However whilst this means some increase in costs for foreign hauliers, costs for around nine out of ten UK HGVs have not increased, as Vehicle Excise Duty was reduced when the levy was introduced.

    A Tax Information and Impact Note was published on the Department for Transport website in October 2012.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/232294/hgv-charging-tax-information.pdf

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  • Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-06-13.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payments applications made by people not suffering with a terminal illness were made in each of the three months to June 2014.

    Mike Penning

    The available data on the number of claims and decisions made up to 28 March 2014 has been published and is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/317425/pip-statistical-release-june-2014.pdf. Entitlement data to PIP up to 28 February 2014 are available using the Stat-Xplore tool: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk. Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm

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    These statistics and data will be updated in due course.

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  • Andrew Turner – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Andrew Turner – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Turner on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of jobseeker’s allowance claimants were subject to sanctions in each county in the most recent period for which figures are available.

    Esther McVey

    The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

    Information on JSA sanctions, including a range of geographical breakdowns is published and available at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

    JSA claimant count data by geographical area is published and available at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

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  • Lord Kinnock – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Lord Kinnock – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kinnock on 2014-06-12.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what figures for household debt in the United Kingdom were provided by the Office for Budget Responsibility in each year from 2010–11 to 2013–14 and estimated for 2014–15; and what is the percentage represented by such debt of (1) national income, and (2) disposable income, in each year.

    Lord Deighton

    The OBR publish figures for household debt, GDP and disposable income on their website alongside their Economic and Fiscal Outlook.

    In 2010-11 total lending to households in the United Kingdom or debt liabilities was estimated to be £1.53 trillion in the National Accounts produced by the Office for National Statistics, this is equivalent to 102% of annual Gross Domestic Product and 152% of household disposable income in that year. In 2011-12 the figure was 1.53 trillion (99% and147% respectively), and in 2012-13 the figure was 1.54 trillion (98% and 143%). These data are not yet available for 2013-14. In their March 2014 Economic and fiscal outlook the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast these figures to be 1.66 trillion in 2014-15 (97% and 144% respectively).

  • John Redwood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    John Redwood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.

    Jenny Willott

    The information requested is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

    Staff are encouraged to help reduce waste in the Department by avoiding printing documents unless completely necessary and by reusing or recycling stationery where appropriate. The default setting on BIS printers is to print in black and white and to print double sided. This uses less energy and ink and cuts down on the demand for paper and reduces costs.

  • Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 2014-06-12.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Ministers, if any, were present at the presentation to the Department for Education on the threat of radicalisation in Birmingham schools given by head teacher Tim Boyes in 2010.

    Lord Nash

    The Secretary of State has asked the Permanent Secretary to conduct an internal review into how the Department for Education dealt with warnings in Birmingham since the formation of this Government in 2010, and before.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Official Receiver’s statutory duties are completed in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire once the Hull Official Receiver’s office is closed.

    Jenny Willott

    The Official Receiver’s office will be based in Leeds, and in common with other Official Receivers, be responsible for insolvencies over a geographical area, which will include the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull. An interview facility will be opened in the Hull area so that face-to-face interviews can be undertaken locally as needed and there is no reduction in the service provided to customers.

  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Attorney General, what visits each of the Ministers in the Law Officers’ Departments have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

    Oliver Heald

    Details of Law Officer visits are published quarterly online at www.gov.uk

  • Ian Austin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Ian Austin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2014-04-10.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had on the future of the Landfill Communities Fund.

    Nicky Morgan

    The Government regularly meets a range of stakeholders on the Landfill Communities Fund.

    The LCF makes a valuable contribution to local communities. All projects have to be approved by ENTRUST as meeting specific criteria, to ensure the project benefits the wider community.The value of the landfill communities fund for 2014-15 will be reduced to £71 million. This reduction takes account of progress that environmental bodies have made to address the government’s challenge to reduce unspent funds. The saving will be used to fund an equivalent one-off increase in Defra’s budget to address waste crime. The government intends that environmental bodies’ performance against the challenge is published once the final information is available later this year.

  • Nigel Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Nigel Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2014-06-12.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates have been made for the net financial benefit to the pub industry of the reduction in beer duty in the 2014 Budget.

    Nicky Morgan

    Budget 2014 cut the tax on a typical pint of beer by one penny. This will support pubs as the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) estimate nearly two thirds of the alcohol sold in pubs is beer. After the beer duty cut at Budget 2013, a BBPA survey suggested 76% of their members increased their investment and 61% employed more staff.

    Some pubs have diversified away from beer and these pubs will benefit from the duty on ordinary cider and spirits being frozen this year, as well as from ending the wine duty escalator.