The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2016-01-18.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the UK’s contribution to the EU budget through customs duties related to each (a) product type and (b) country in 2014-15.
Damian Hinds
To identify how much of the UK’s contribution to the EU budget through customs duties related to each (a) product type and (b) country in 2014-15 would incur disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2016-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to ensure the powers of intervention over Local Government Pension Scheme funds’ non-financial investment policies do not conflict with (a) Article 18 of EU Directive 41/2003 and (b) Occupational Pension Scheme Investment Regulations 2005.
Mr Marcus Jones
The Department is currently consulting on proposals to amend the scheme’s investment regulations to allow the Secretary of State to make a proportionate intervention in the investment function of an administering authority if it has not had regard to best practice, guidance or regulations. The consultation was published on the basis that the scheme is consistent with the way in which Directive 41/2003 on the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision Directive was transposed into national law, including the Occupational Pension Scheme (Investment) Regulations 2005. The consultation closes on 19 February.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff from (a) police, (b) probation and (c) prison services employed in multi-agency public protection arrangements work in each responsible authority (a) on the last date for which figures are available and (b) in each year since 2009-10.
Andrew Selous
The Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) provide a statutory framework within which criminal justice and social care agencies are required to assess and manage the risk presented by sexual and violent offenders, with a view to reducing re-offending and protecting the public. MAPPA is not a statutory body in itself but is a mechanism through which agencies can better discharge their statutory responsibilities and protect the public in a co-ordinated manner.
The Responsible Authorities – the Probation, Police and Prison Services acting jointly – have a duty to ensure that the risks posed by specified sexual and violent offenders are assessed and managed property. The work undertaken by the Responsible Authorities to manage these offenders can therefore not be disaggregated from the core business of agency management.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise of 10 March 2016, Official Report, column 425, in what way Mr Newby has been assisting with the Pubs Code.
Anna Soubry
Mr Newby has not been involved in the drafting of and consultation process for the Pubs Code.
Officials in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills met the Adjudicator after his appointment to provide him with a high level briefing on Part 4 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act and some areas of the draft Pubs Code in order to familiarise him with key aspects ahead of him taking up this important role. During the course of this briefing there was a discussion of some technical aspects of the Market Rent Only arbitration process – for example, the length of time it takes to appoint an independent expert – where the Adjudicator shared his professional insights.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the Troops to Teachers scheme in each year since that scheme began; and if she will make a statement.
Nick Gibb
The amount spent on the Troops to Teachers scheme by financial year is listed below:
|
Financial years |
Amount spent on the Troops to Teacher scheme |
|
2013/14 |
£1.7m |
|
2014/15 |
£976,000 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Civil Service employees of her Department were based in Coventry in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
Nick Gibb
The numbers of employees of the Department for Education based in Coventry in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.
|
Year |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
Number at 31st March |
182 |
411 |
369 |
367 |
373 |
Source: RM
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Graham on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish updated guidance on opening a university technical college.
Robert Halfon
Each University Technical College (UTC) application round opens with the publication of the ‘University Technical Colleges How to Apply Guide’, which sets out the application window for each round. The next How to Apply Guide will be published in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of university technical college students go on to achieve a (a) Level 3 and (b) Level 4 apprenticeship qualification.
Robert Halfon
Information on the proportion of university technical college students achieving apprenticeship qualifications over the past three years is not readily available. The Department for Education is phasing in a series of changes to our performance tables from 2018, including the inclusion of apprenticeship outcomes.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for housing benefit were made by people who lost their homes to repossession in each of the last 10 years.
Justin Tomlinson
The information requested regarding the number of new claims for housing benefit were made by people who lost their homes due to repossessions in each of the last 10 years is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2015-12-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce regulations to monitor the sale of drones for private and commercial use.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Civil Aviation Authority keeps a record of all the permissions they have issued to fly commercial drones in UK airspace. However this does not extend to leisure users of drones. To address this the Department for Transportis currently looking at a range of options including regulation, registration and licensing options and a database to increase transparency on the use of drones for the general public. We will be looking to address these issue without placing unnecessary bureaucratic burden on this emerging industry. We intend to consult on all of these issues and other possible solutions in 2016.