Tag: Tim Farron

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many cases of sexual assault have been recorded in schools in Cumbria in the last five years.

Edward Timpson

The Department for Education does not collect information on the number of sexual assaults taking place on school sites. The Government expects schools to take immediate and robust action if violent incidents occur. Schools should report criminal offences to the police.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-05-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment on the effect of removing housing benefit from people aged under 25 on (a) disabled people and (b) care leavers.

Justin Tomlinson

The Department is committed to supporting young people so those who need support with housing costs will continue to receive it. The Department is currently consulting with stakeholders in order to identify those groups of young people and develop suitable protections. Once this work is complete we will bring forward detailed proposals and an impact assessment in line with standard procedures.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were living in the private rented sector by (a) age group and (b) local authority area in each of the last five years.

Brandon Lewis

The Department collects information on the age of private renters via the English Housing Survey (EHS). The size of the EHS sample does not permit us to produce local authority estimates. England figures going back to 2003 can be found in AT1.4 here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/501068/2014-15_Section_1_Households_tables_and_figures_FINAL.xlsx

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-09-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve GP training for the diagnosis of Lyme disease.

Mr Philip Dunne

The content and standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. The GMC has the general function of promoting high standards of education and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that medical students and newly qualified doctors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice. This includes recognising and treating Lyme disease.

The training curriculum for general practitioners (GPs) is written by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), and has to meet the standards set by the GMC. Whilst the RCGP curriculum does not highlight specific conditions for GPs to be aware of, it instead emphasises the skills and approaches that a GP must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients.

GPs have responsibility for maintaining their continuing professional development, ensuring that they can provide high quality care to all patients.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-10-07.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to make available funding at the same level as currently received from the Asylum, Immigration and Integration Fund after the UK leaves the EU.

Mr David Gauke

Leaving the EU means we will need to consider carefully how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding, including the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.

Over the coming months, we will consult with stakeholders to review all EU funding schemes in the round, to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best serve the UK‘s national interest.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much UK steel will be used in the manufacture of the new Type 26 frigates in (a) market value and (b) weight in tonnes.

Mr Philip Dunne

Steel is sourced by our contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers, reflecting the need to ensure a competitive price and delivery at the required time and quality. UK suppliers have provided significant quantities of steel for major defence equipment procurement programmes, whenever they have been able to meet specified standards. Our new Government guidelines, published in November 2015, will help UK steel suppliers to compete effectively with international suppliers for major projects, including those in defence.

No steel suppliers have been selected or any orders placed for the Type 26 Global Combat Ships. It is therefore too early to say how much steel will be used in this programme or from where it will be sourced.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister’s announcement of 10 January 2016, Prime Minister pledges to transform sink estates, how the figure of £140 million relating to the redevelopment of 100 sink estates was calculated.

Brandon Lewis

I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer to him on 29 February, PQ 28338. The £140 million loan fund was determined as part of the Spending Review. The new fund will be used to lever in private sector funding to enable estate regeneration, and will be able to be drawn down alongside other supportive Government programmes. Under the right conditions some schemes could be self-financing.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on supply teacher pay by state-funded schools in England in the last five years.

Nick Gibb

The Department does not hold information on spending specifically on the pay of supply teachers but does hold information on the total amount spent on supply teachers (including such costs as insurance and agency fees). The figures are given in the tables below:

Supply teacher spend by local authority maintained schools in England

Financial year	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Total supply teacher spend	£906.1m	£766.3m	£743.3m	£811.6m	£820.8m

Supply teacher spend by academy schools in England

Academic year	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Total supply teacher spend	Not collected	£98.8m	£211.2m	£354.1m	Not available yet

Data is published annually for:

• Local authority maintained schools on the department’s School and College Performance website: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/find-a-school-in-england
• Academies in the department’s Statistical First Release Income and expenditure in academies in England: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-expenditure-in-academies-in-england-2013-to-2014

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-05-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on recipients of disabled students allowances of transferring responsibility for funding support from Government to universities.

Joseph Johnson

The Government carried out an Equality Analysis as part of the recent consultation on reforms to Disabled Students’ Allowances. This is available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481527/bis-15-658-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason his Department’s consultation on infected blood, published in January 2016, did not include proposals on provisions for widows or dependants of people whose blood has been infected; and if he will make it his policy to grant non means tested discretionary payments to widows and dependants of people who have died due to contaminated blood transfusions.

Jane Ellison

Currently, all bereaved family members can apply to one or more of the three scheme charities for discretionary support. However, only some bereaved partners/spouses receive regular financial support.

The consultation on reforming the current payment schemes sought views on whether those bereaved partners/spouses who receive regular support would prefer a lump sum payment or continued access to a discretionary scheme.

The consultation did not make any new proposals for dependants who do not receive regular financial support from the charities.

Consultation responses have been analysed and the Government’s response to this consultation will be published soon.