Tag: Richard Burgon

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 intra-company transfers for what roles or job descriptions were issued to UK companies in each of the last five years; and what salary each such transferee received.

James Brokenshire

Information on the number of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) that have been issued by Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer) sponsors, broken down by the job titles of those they sought to employ and the salary each transferee was to receive, for each of the last five years, will be placed in the House Library. To break these figures down further into in and out of country applications, and whether the application was successful would require manual intervention that would incur disproportionate costs.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2016-03-23.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice he has received from (a) the Governor of the Bank of England and (b) Rothschilds Bank on the proposed sale of Government shares in Royal Bank of Scotland since August 2015; and if he will place a copy of such advice in the Library.

Harriett Baldwin

HM Government reached an agreement with RBS and the European Commission on 9 April 2014 to amend the terms of the Dividend Access Share (DAS). The full terms of this agreement can be found on the European Commission’s website:

http://europa.eu

The first sale of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shares was conducted in August 2015. The advice which the Chancellor received from a) the Governor of the Bank of England; b) N.M. Rothschild; c) HM Treasury; and d) UK Financial Investments (UKFI) is available on the Government’s website:

www.gov.uk.

The government has not undertaken any sale of RBS shares since August 2015.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2015-12-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that former Northern Rock mortgage holders will not be disadvantaged by the sale of UK Asset Resolutions’ Granite Portfolio to Cerberus.

Harriett Baldwin

A key consideration in the selection of the successful bidder was the continued fair treatment of customers. Cerberus was selected following a thorough due diligence process, and like any buyer, remains subject to the regulatory oversight of the Financial Conduct Authority; including the requirement of Treating Customers Fairly.

Day-to-day management of the assets within the Granite portfolio will remain with the mortgage servicing arm of UK Asset Resolution, and there will be no changes to the terms and conditions of the mortgages involved in the transaction.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 intra-company visas were issued for the IT industry in each of the last 10 years.

Mike Penning

The Home Office does not record information about the issue of Tier 2 intra-company visas by industrial classification. It is therefore not possible to provide the information requested.

Information about people working in IT related roles is available, but these roles are not all in the IT industry. It is not possible to break this data down by industry.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2016-03-23.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to establish a minimum price below which Government shares in Royal Bank of Scotland will not be sold.

Harriett Baldwin

The first sale of Government shares in RBS was conducted in August 2015 and raised £2.1 billion for the taxpayer. This was an important first step in returning the bank to private ownership, which is the right thing to do for the taxpayer and for British businesses: it will promote financial stability, lead to a more competitive banking sector, and support the interests of the wider economy.

The government will conduct further sales of RBS shares subject to market conditions, and in doing so will maximise value for the taxpayer. The returns on the government’s interventions in RBS will be determined by the success of the whole of the selling programme, rather than the terms achieved on the first few disposals.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2015-12-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the book value of the UK Asset Resolution’s Granite portfolio was last calculated prior to the sale of Cerberus on 13 November 2015.

Harriett Baldwin

In line with UK Asset Resolution (UKAR)’s reporting cycle, the book value of the Granite portfolio was last calculated at 30 September 2015 as part of the Interim Financial Results process.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2016-03-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries have a capped patient list in Leeds East constituency.

Alistair Burt

This data is not collected centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2016-03-23.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he plans to use to ensure sales of Government shares in Royal Bank of Scotland maximise value for the public purse.

Harriett Baldwin

The first sale of Government shares in RBS was conducted in August 2015 and raised £2.1 billion for the taxpayer. This was an important first step in returning the bank to private ownership, which is the right thing to do for the taxpayer and for British businesses: it will promote financial stability, lead to a more competitive banking sector, and support the interests of the wider economy.

The government will conduct further sales of RBS shares subject to market conditions, and in doing so will maximise value for the taxpayer. The returns on the government’s interventions in RBS will be determined by the success of the whole of the selling programme, rather than the terms achieved on the first few disposals.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2015-12-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Written Statement of 2 June 2015, HCWS10, on the trading plan for government shares in Lloyds Banking Group, whether he set a target for the (a) number of shares to be sold and (b) price per share for Lloyds Banking Group at the time of that Statement.

Harriett Baldwin

In December 2014 the Chancellor launched a trading plan to sell the Government’s stake in Lloyds Banking Group, which has since been extended twice; in June and December 2015. The number of shares sold over the course of the trading plan is subject to an overall volume limit of up to but no more than 15% of the aggregate total trading volume in the LBG over the duration of the trading plan.

The final amount sold will depend on market conditions, among other factors. Shares will not be sold below the average price the previous government paid for them, which was 73.6p.

As outlined to the House at the time of the trading plan’s launch, a statement with further details will be laid before Parliament when the plan concludes.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burgon on 2016-03-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent GPs were employed in general practices in Leeds East constituency in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.

Alistair Burt

This data is not collected at constituency level. Such data as is available can be found in the table below.

Total general practitioners (GPs) in selected area: full time equivalents 2009-14

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Leeds Primary Care Trust1	502	506	514	516	.	.
NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group1	.	.	.	.	164	169

Notes:

Data as at 30 September for each year

¹ GP workforce figures are not available by constituency. Leeds East constituency is contained within and serviced by NHS Leeds South and East CCG and prior to the formation of CCGs, Leeds East was contained within Leeds PCT. These two National Health Service organisations are not geographically co-terminus and therefore 2009-12 figures are not comparable to 2013-14 figures.

‘.’ denotes not available

Data Quality:

The Health and Social Care Information Centre seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses.

Source:

The Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services Statistics