Tag: Stephen Timms

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in budgeting loans was spent in each region of the UK in each of the last six years.

Steve Webb

Table 1 provides the Budgeting Loan expenditure in each region of Great Britain in the financial years from 2008/09 to 2013/14.

Information regarding annual expenditure for Social Fund schemes in Northern Ireland is a matter for Northern Ireland office and is not included in the figures below. Figures are therefore given for Great Britain and not the United Kingdom.

Table 1: Budgeting Loan expenditure by region between 2008/09 and 2013/14

Budgeting Loan Expenditure per Region (£ million)	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14
East of England	28.4	30.3	27.9	29.1	30.0	27.6
East Midlands	30.4	34.8	33.1	33.2	34.2	30.5
London	64.0	64.9	58.9	57.5	54.0	47.7
North East	31.2	34.3	31.9	32.6	33.8	31.2
North West	69.6	72.4	65.1	65.3	69.0	62.8
Scotland	49.0	51.9	48.5	48.3	49.2	44.5
South East	36.3	38.1	36.6	37.1	37.7	33.7
South West	24.6	27.1	23.9	23.5	23.3	21.3
Wales	28.7	30.8	27.9	27.8	28.3	26.9
West Midlands	49.1	53.1	49.3	48.5	48.7	45.3
Yorkshire and the Humber	43.5	44.4	43.0	44.6	47.1	44.7
Total	454.9	482.3	445.9	447.5	455.3	416.3

Notes

1. The information provided is (internal)Management Information. Our preference is to answer all Parliamentary Questions using Official / National Statistics but in this case we only have Management Information available. It is not quality assured to the same extent as Official / National statistics, nor does it include the same depth of information. For example the MI does not include expenditure on applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.

2. All figures have been rounded to the nearest £100,000. Figures may not sum due to rounding.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff will be employed in the specialist housing teams that will be established in univesral credit centres.

Esther McVey

A team exists to support current live service. This will expand as the rollout continues.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of employment opportunities resulting from the Commonwealth Games; and if he will make a statement.

Esther McVey

It is estimated by the Organising Committee, Glasgow 2014 Ltd, that up to 30,000 employment opportunities will be created by the Commonwealth Games.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he expects EU funding allocated to the Youth Guarantee to be drawn down in the UK.

Esther McVey

There is no EU funding allocated to the Youth Guarantee.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 March 2014, Official Report, columns 53-4WS, on the Higgins Review, whether the review of connections from HS2 to the Continent announced in that statement will assure the provision of (a) a segregated double track link and (b) any other dedicated railway link between HS1 and HS2.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Secretary of State has asked HS2 Ltd and Network Rail to consider how to improve connections between the rail network and the continent, in a way that could be implemented once the initial stages of HS2 are complete. The report will explore options that will stand the test of time and will be completed before the end of next year. The remit of the work is being considered and will be finalised shortly.