The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Tugendhat on 2016-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign-registered HGVs entered the UK in 2015.
Andrew Jones
We estimate that in 2015, 2.0 million foreign registered powered goods vehicles entered Great Britain from mainland Europe.
Powered goods vehicles include some vehicles weighing under 3.5 tonnes, which would not be classed as heavy goods vehicles.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Tugendhat on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of funding from the new measures announced in paragraph 1.205 of Budget 2016 she plans to allocate for flood defences on the River Medway and its tributaries.
Rory Stewart
Of the additional £700 million announced at the Budget to be spent on flood defences and resilience, £150m has been allocated to new schemes in Yorkshire and Cumbria. The £40m per year increase in floods maintenance will be spent nationwide according to need. The remaining funding will be allocated following the outcome of the National Flood Resilience Review in the summer.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Tugendhat on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans for the disposal of his Department’s vacant properties in the UK.
Penny Mordaunt
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is developing an ambitious programme of estate rationalisation which will provide a plan for a smaller, but significantly better Defence estate to meet the needs of the Armed Forces as set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015. This strategic review of the Defence estate will provide a more efficient and better infrastructure laydown in support of military capability for future generations. The MOD expects to announce the final results of this review in the autumn. When the MOD no longer has a requirement for vacant properties they will be disposed of in accordance with the standard disposal procedure.
The MOD is also reducing the number of voids by leasing out vacant properties from directly renting to the general public and through other organisations. A number of properties are also vacant awaiting the return of remaining Army personnel and families from Germany over the next three years who will require accommodation.
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 |
|
(blank) |
|
|
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 Tom Tugendhat on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s target is for the proportion of its properties that are classified as void.
Penny Mordaunt
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) target for the proportion of Service Family Accommodation properties classified as void is 10 per cent which allows the MOD to facilitate moves in and out of each area, support short notice requirements and allow for upgrades to take place.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Tugendhat on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of his Department’s properties classified as void.
Penny Mordaunt
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is developing an ambitious programme of estate rationalisation which will provide a plan for a smaller, but significantly better Defence estate to meet the needs of the Armed Forces as set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015. This strategic review of the Defence estate will provide a more efficient and better infrastructure laydown in support of military capability for future generations. The MOD expects to announce the final results of this review in the autumn. When the MOD no longer has a requirement for vacant properties they will be disposed of in accordance with the standard disposal procedure.
The MOD is also reducing the number of voids by leasing out vacant properties from directly renting to the general public and through other organisations. A number of properties are also vacant awaiting the return of remaining Army personnel and families from Germany over the next three years who will require accommodation.
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 classified as void have been empty for over 12 months.
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 |
|
(blank) |
|
|
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 Tom Tugendhat on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was for (a) management of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation estate of Service Family Accommodation (SFA), (b) the maintenance of SFA and (c) improvements to SFA in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.
Penny Mordaunt
The cost for the management of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation estate of Service Family Accommodation (SFA), the maintenance of SFA and the improvements to SFA, by financial year (FY), can be found within the table below.
|
FY 2012-13 |
FY 2013-14 |
FY 2014-15 |
FY 2015-16 |
Totals |
|
|
£ million |
£ million |
£ million |
£ million |
£ million |
|
|
Management of DIO Estate |
20.6 |
15.7 |
20.4 |
18.8 |
75.5 |
|
Maintenance of SFA |
42 |
39.9 |
41.1 |
40.9 |
164.5 |
|
Improvements |
64.5 |
96.3 |
65.9 |
56.7 |
283.4 |
|
Totals |
127.1 |
151.9 |
127.4 |
117.4 |
523.8 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Tugendhat on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was for maintaining his Department’s properties classified as void in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
Mark Lancaster
Information on the cost of maintaining Service Family Accommodation (SFA) on Ministry of Defence (MOD) properties classed as void prior to 2014-15 is not held.
For 2014-15 the cost was £5.590 million and for 2015-16 the cost was £5.714 million. This covers the standard cost of retaining SFA when it is vacant, regardless of whether any maintenance is required.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Tugendhat on 2016-01-27.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to measure the annual cost of commission and other charges levied on individual private pension plans by financial advisers in the last five years.
Harriett Baldwin
Adviser remuneration is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Through the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), introduced at the end of 2012, the FCA has taken a number of steps to ensure that adviser remuneration on retail investment business is disclosed in advance of any services required. Product providers no longer have any influence over the remuneration received for advising on investments. Where commission remains on investments sold prior to the RDR, this will have been disclosed as required by the rules in force at the time the product was sold.