The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2015-12-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish from the migrant sponsorship management system the number of Tier 2 and 5 visas granted annually to each sponsor employer, and the number of Tier 4 visas issued annually to each educational establishment.
Lord Bates
The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-01-13.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are able to provide to schools in rural areas with attached swimming pools where the age weighted pupil unit is not sufficient to support the operation of such facilities.
Lord Nash
The Department distributes revenue funding to local authorities through the Dedicated Schools Grant. Each local authority receives a fixed level of schools revenue funding per pupil. The local authority is then responsible for designing a local funding formula, in consultation with its schools forum, which must include an age-weight pupil unit (per pupil funding attracted by each pupil at a school) of at least £2,000 per pupil for primary schools, and £3,000 for secondary schools. In consultation with its school forum, the local authority has the flexibility to set rates higher than these minimum levels. There are two further optional factors that are particularly relevant for rural schools: the lump sum and the sparsity factor. It is for individual schools to manage their budgets within the total provided to them, determined by the local formula.
The Department publishes all local authorities’ funding formulae on GOV.UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne Main on 2016-02-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the reasons were for the time taken for her Department and the Department of Health to reach an agreement on the site for Harperbury Free School.
Edward Timpson
The negotiation for land for the site of Harperbury Free School was part of a wider land sale for new homes which was being negotiated by the Department of Health. Heads of Terms for the sale were agreed in September 2014 and subsequently revised in October 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Glen on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions due to liver disease there were in (a) England and (b) each parliamentary constituency in the last year for which figures are available.
Jane Ellison
The information requested is in the attached table.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government has contributed to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ appeal for the Burundi humanitarian response in 2016; what steps she is taking to encourage international partners to contribute to that fund; and if she will make a statement.
Mr Nick Hurd
The UK is very concerned about the ongoing political and human rights crisis in Burundi, and the flow of refugees to neighbouring countries. DFID has contributed £21.15 million in Tanzania and Rwanda towards the UNHCR regional refugee response plan since April 2015 to support shelter, food, healthcare and livelihoods assistance for Burundian refugees. The 2016 Burundi Regional Refugee Response Plan was published in January and appeals for $313.8 million to support 330,000 refugees in Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC and Uganda. DFID is currently reviewing the 2016 allocation to this appeal and intends to release further funds in coming months. DFID is also supporting refugees in the DRC and Uganda through existing programmes and the provision of technical advice. DFID has deployed a humanitarian adviser to the region in support of the response and to monitor funding provided so far.
DFID officials across the region are working closely with national and international counterparts – including UNHCR, the EU, World Bank, NGOs and other donors – to ensure that humanitarian needs in Burundi and the region are met. We are encouraging developmental donors in Burundi to re-programme funds quickly to maintain the basic functions of the state – such as health centres – and working with the international financial institutions (IFIs) to respond to the growing needs and develop programmes that support the resilience of existing systems.
The Humanitarian Response Plan for Burundi was published in March 2016 and appeals for $62.3 million to support 1.1 million people. DFID is currently reviewing a potential contribution to the appeal, and is undertaking contingency planning should the situation deteriorate.
DFID continues to monitor the situation closely with the FCO, and liaises regularly with interested and influential parties such as the Archbishop of Canterbury, in order to pressure the international community to act and focus attention on the crisis.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Tugendhat on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department’s properties and in which locations are classified as void.
Penny Mordaunt
The number and locations of properties classified as void as of 24 May 2016 are shown in the table below:
|
County |
Voids |
|
ABERDEENSHIRE |
5 |
|
ANGUS |
20 |
|
ARGYLL AND BUTE |
237 |
|
AVON |
42 |
|
AYRSHIRE |
21 |
|
BEDFORDSHIRE |
194 |
|
BERKS |
276 |
|
BUCKS |
183 |
|
CAITHNESS |
1 |
|
CAMBS |
373 |
|
CHESHIRE |
50 |
|
CLWYD |
1 |
|
CORNWALL |
46 |
|
*COUNTY ANTRIM |
647 |
|
*COUNTY DOWN |
397 |
|
COUNTY DURHAM |
16 |
|
CUMBRIA |
14 |
|
DEVON |
202 |
|
DORSET |
151 |
|
DUMBARTON |
4 |
|
DUMFRIES |
3 |
|
DURHAM |
8 |
|
DYFED |
45 |
|
EAST SUSSEX |
2 |
|
EAST YORKSHIRE |
4 |
|
EDINBURGH |
169 |
|
ESSEX |
155 |
|
FIFE |
221 |
|
GLOUCESTERSHIRE |
88 |
|
GWENT |
45 |
|
GWYNEDD |
53 |
|
**HANTS |
1074 |
|
HEREFORDSHIRE |
8 |
|
HERTS |
176 |
|
INVERNESS-SHIRE |
58 |
|
ISLE OF BENBECULA |
3 |
|
KENT |
483 |
|
LANCASHIRE |
86 |
|
LEICESTERSHIRE |
162 |
|
LINCOLNSHIRE |
294 |
|
LONDON |
86 |
|
MIDDLESEX |
163 |
|
MIDLOTHIAN |
43 |
|
MORAY |
121 |
|
NORFOLK |
209 |
|
NORTH LANARKSHIRE |
4 |
|
NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE |
3 |
|
NORTH YORKS |
522 |
|
NORTHUMBERLAND |
67 |
|
NOTTINGHAM |
58 |
|
ORKNEY ISLANDS |
1 |
|
OXON |
361 |
|
OXON |
1 |
|
PEMBROKE |
4 |
|
PERTH |
3 |
|
POWYS |
64 |
|
RENFREWSHIRE |
26 |
|
ROSS AND CROMARTY |
1 |
|
SHETLAND ISLANDS |
1 |
|
SHROPSHIRE |
223 |
|
SOMERSET |
90 |
|
SOUTH GLAMORGAN |
111 |
|
SOUTH YORKS |
2 |
|
ST ANDREWS |
3 |
|
STAFFORDSHIRE |
83 |
|
STIRLING |
1 |
|
SUFFOLK |
281 |
|
SURREY |
222 |
|
SWINDON, WILTS |
19 |
|
TYNE AND WEAR |
12 |
|
WARWICKSHIRE |
69 |
|
WEST MIDLANDS |
9 |
|
WEST SUSSEX |
14 |
|
WEST YORKS |
2 |
|
***WILTS |
1294 |
|
YORKSHIRE |
29 |
|
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|
|
Total Voids |
10219 |
Of these properties 4623 were vacant for more than 12 months.
*The majority of void properties in Northern Ireland are awaiting demolition while 59 have been gifted to the NI Executive.
**Void properties in Hants have been retained due to short term Ministry of Defence requirements and plans have been made to release many of these for disposal.
***In the Wiltshire region a number of properties remain void to accommodate Army personnel returning to the area from Germany as a result of the Army Basing Programme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-07-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations he has received from non-governmental organisations on the reported use of arms sold by Britain to Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
Mark Garnier
There have been no representations from non-governmental organisations on the reported use of arms sold by Britain to Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much Welsh steel will be used in the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
Alun Cairns
The UK Government does not hold the specific figures requested. The decision to proceed with the first new nuclear power station for a generation will provide a huge boost to the regional economy including South Wales. Construction at the Hinkley site will provide 26,000 jobs and apprenticeships, and 64% of the project’s costs will be spent in the UK.
Welsh companies are already taking advantage of the opportunities this project presents, for example, Express Reinforcements in South Wales was given preferred bidder status for a £100m contract to supply 200,000 tonnes of reinforcing steel for the project.
I would encourage businesses in Wales to register with EDF in order to take advantage of upcoming supply chain opportunities.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on responding to correspondence from hon. Members by email rather than by letter.
James Brokenshire
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) can confirm that it corresponds with hon. Members through informal channels such as email and telephone wherever possible as opposed to formal written correspondence.
A recent MP satisfaction survey conducted by UKVI revealed that over 87% of respondents prefer informal channels of communication such as email or telephone rather than a formal letter response. This effective channel shift has improved the level of service that the department has provided to MPs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 2015-12-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to support the #iwill campaign to meet its aim of having an additional 1.5 million young people involved in social action by 2020.
Lord Bridges of Headley
The Cabinet Office has pledged to support the #iwill campaign by ensuring that all young people have the opportunity to engage in meaningful youth social action opportunities.
We have also invested £1.2 million to support the development of youth social action opportunities in low socio-economic and rural areas and the East of England and £10 million of LIBOR fines to create over 15,000 places in uniformed youth groups in the UK.