Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government in real terms what was the average per pupil funding for secondary schools in (1) England, and (2) Cornwall, (a) this year, and (b) for each year since 2005 for which figures are available.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

I refer the Noble Lord to my answer of 24 November 2023 to Question HL257.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the value in real terms of vehicle excise duty receipts each year since 2000 for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Information about the value in real terms of vehicle excise duty (VED) receipts is not held. The table below provides the VED figures reported in the published Annual Report & Accounts between years 2005-06 and 2022-23. Net Revenue stated as VED in the Statement of revenue & expenditure published Accounts.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average mile-per-hour excess over the speed limit for speeding penalties issued in 2022, or the last year for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office collects and publishes data on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) and other outcomes for motoring offences, including speed limit offences, in England and Wales on an annual basis. The most recent data, up to 2021, is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118166/fixed-penalty-notices-and-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-and-procedures-year-ending-31-december-2021.ods

These statistics include the number of speed limit offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales and the subsequent outcomes, such as whether a fine was paid or a driver retraining course was attended.

However, the Home Office does not centrally collect data on mile-per-hour excess over the speed limit, or any information regarding the speed of the vehicle, for speeding penalties issued.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many speeding penalties were issued by police authorities for each year since 2000.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office collects and publishes data on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) and other outcomes for motoring offences in England and Wales on an annual basis. The most recent data, up to 2021, is available here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118166/fixed-penalty-notices-and-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-and-procedures-year-ending-31-december-2021.ods

Table 1 below shows the number of speeding offences recorded by police between 2011 and 2021, and how many resulted in a fine being paid.

Table 1 Number of speeding offences recorded by police in England and Wales, and how many resulted in a fine being paid, 2011 to 2021

Excludes ‘cancelled’ and ‘incomplete’ offences.

These figures may be an underestimation, as Durham, North Wales, South Wales, Gwent, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire forces do not record all outcomes on the PentiP system.

Equivalent information for years prior to 2011 is not available.

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been created each year since 2005 for which figures are available, broken down between (1) flats, and (2) houses.

Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)

The department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered, in each financial year shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1. Housing Supply Net Additional Dwellings, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22¹.

Source: Live Table 122,123 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing

¹ Net additional dwellings includes new builds but also dwellings supplied through conversions of existing buildings, change of existing buildings use, other gains/losses, offset by demolitions. The detail, with each component, is published in Live Table 123.

Estimates of the number of new homes delivered, broken down by flats or houses, are not centrally collected.

Estimates of the proportion of building control reported new build dwelling completions by flats or houses for England, in each financial year, are shown in Table 2 below. These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply.

Table 2. Housebuilding: Percentage of permanent dwellings completed, by house and flats, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22².

Source: Live Table 254 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building

2. Approximately half of the data used to produce the house building statistics are supplied by the National House-Building Council. These data contain additional detail on the size and type of new homes being completed and can be used to provide annual estimates of the proportion of new build dwellings that are houses as opposed to flats. The caveat is that these estimates are indicative only, as based on just 1 of the 3 sources of building control data (Local Authority Building Control, Independent Approved Inspectors and National House Building Council Data).

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes were completed each year since 2005 for which figures are available.

Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)

The department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered, in each financial year shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1. Housing Supply Net Additional Dwellings, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22¹.

Source: Live Table 122,123 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing

¹ Net additional dwellings includes new builds but also dwellings supplied through conversions of existing buildings, change of existing buildings use, other gains/losses, offset by demolitions. The detail, with each component, is published in Live Table 123.

Estimates of the number of new homes delivered, broken down by flats or houses, are not centrally collected.

Estimates of the proportion of building control reported new build dwelling completions by flats or houses for England, in each financial year, are shown in Table 2 below. These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply.

Table 2. Housebuilding: Percentage of permanent dwellings completed, by house and flats, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22².

Source: Live Table 254 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building

2. Approximately half of the data used to produce the house building statistics are supplied by the National House-Building Council. These data contain additional detail on the size and type of new homes being completed and can be used to provide annual estimates of the proportion of new build dwellings that are houses as opposed to flats. The caveat is that these estimates are indicative only, as based on just 1 of the 3 sources of building control data (Local Authority Building Control, Independent Approved Inspectors and National House Building Council Data).

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average waiting time in accident and emergency (1) in the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, and (2) across all NHS trusts in England, in each year since 2000.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Official data on accident and emergency waiting times is collected and published by NHS England including the number and proportion of patient attendances that meet the national four-hour accident and emergency access standard and is published monthly. The latest published data from NHS England shows that the Royal Cornwall NHS Trust achieved 78.5% of patient attendances within the four-hour standard in October 2023.

Some information on median waiting time data is collected by NHS England, however this remains experimental data subject to quality issues and is not intended for official performance monitoring use.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was their expenditure in real terms on road maintenance each year since 2000 for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table summarises maintenance expenditure by road class, adjusted for inflation, in England, from April 2005 onwards.

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government when was the last time the provisions of the New Towns Act 1946 was used to support delivery of a new community.

Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)

The last time the provisions of the New Towns Act 1946 were used in England was in 1964 with the designation of Washington, Tyne and Wear New Town. The New Towns Act 1946 was subsequently consolidated into the New Towns Act 1965 and the Central Lancashire New Town in 1970 was the last new town in England designated under that Act. There have been no new towns designated in England since then.

Well planned, well-designed, locally led garden communities will play a vital role in helping to meet this country’s housing need well into the future, providing a pipeline of new homes. We are supporting 47 locally led Garden Community projects across the country, with the capacity to deliver around 300,000 homes by 2050.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average waiting time for an ambulance (1) in the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, and (2) across all NHS trusts in England, in each year since 2000.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Ambulance response time standards were reformed following the recommendations of the Ambulance Response Programme in 2017, including the publication of average response times.

We recognise the pressures the ambulance service is facing which is why we published our Recovery Plan for Urgent and Emergency Care Services. The ambition is to deliver one of the fastest and longest sustained improvements in emergency waiting times in the National Health Service's history. We aim to reduce average Category 2 response times to 30 minutes this year with further improvements towards pre-pandemic levels next year.

Ambulance response times are recorded at an ambulance trust level. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is served by South West Ambulance Service. The following table shows the South West Ambulance Service average response time since the introduction of the standards in August 2017.

South West Ambulance Service average response times (hh:mm:ss)

The following table shows the National average ambulance response time since the introduction of the standards in August 2017.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the number of (1) over 65 year olds, and (2) over 80 year olds, in each year since 1945.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.

The Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

28 November 2023

Dear Lord Taylor,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking about the number of (1) over 65-year-olds (HL437), and (2) over 80-year-olds in each year since 1945 for both the UK as a whole and those living in Cornwall (HL438).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing population estimates for the United Kingdom. The attached Excel file provides estimates for the United Kingdom from 1953 to 2021 and for England and Wales from 1945 to 2022. United Kingdom age group estimates are not available from before 1953. Estimates for the United Kingdom for 2022 are not yet available due to synchronisation issues caused by the latest census being held in 2021 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and in 2022 in Scotland.

The file also contains estimates for Cornwall from 1971 to 2022. Age group estimates prior to 1991 are not available for Cornwall as local authority reorganisation in the early 1970s prevents comparisons prior to 1971.

When accessing any of our files please read the 'notes, terms and conditions' contained within them.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many babies were registered in Cornwall in each year since 1945.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

27 November 2023

Dear Lord Taylor,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking a) how many babies were born in England each year since 1945 (HL435) and b) how many babies were registered in Cornwall in each year since 1945 (HL436).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes statistics on births registered in England. Birth statistics are based on year of registration, rather than date of birth.

Table 1 of the attached dataset provides numbers of live births registered in England from 1945 to 2022, and stillbirths registered from 1981 to 2023. Data on stillbirths registered in England prior to 1981 are not available.

Table 2 of the attached dataset provides numbers of live births and stillbirths registered in Cornwall from 1981 to 2022. Figures for Cornwall are based on the mother’s usual residence. Data on the mother’s usual residence prior to 1981 is not available.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many babies were born in England each year since 1945.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

27 November 2023

Dear Lord Taylor,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking a) how many babies were born in England each year since 1945 (HL435) and b) how many babies were registered in Cornwall in each year since 1945 (HL436).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes statistics on births registered in England. Birth statistics are based on year of registration, rather than date of birth.

Table 1 of the attached dataset provides numbers of live births registered in England from 1945 to 2022, and stillbirths registered from 1981 to 2023. Data on stillbirths registered in England prior to 1981 are not available.

Table 2 of the attached dataset provides numbers of live births and stillbirths registered in Cornwall from 1981 to 2022. Figures for Cornwall are based on the mother’s usual residence. Data on the mother’s usual residence prior to 1981 is not available.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the number of (1) over 65 year olds, and (2) over 80 year olds, living in Cornwall in each year since 1945.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.

The Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

28 November 2023

Dear Lord Taylor,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking about the number of (1) over 65-year-olds (HL437), and (2) over 80-year-olds in each year since 1945 for both the UK as a whole and those living in Cornwall (HL438).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing population estimates for the United Kingdom. The attached Excel file provides estimates for the United Kingdom from 1953 to 2021 and for England and Wales from 1945 to 2022. United Kingdom age group estimates are not available from before 1953. Estimates for the United Kingdom for 2022 are not yet available due to synchronisation issues caused by the latest census being held in 2021 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and in 2022 in Scotland.

The file also contains estimates for Cornwall from 1971 to 2022. Age group estimates prior to 1991 are not available for Cornwall as local authority reorganisation in the early 1970s prevents comparisons prior to 1971.

When accessing any of our files please read the 'notes, terms and conditions' contained within them.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been created each year since 2005 for which figures are available; and what percentage of those had private gardens.

Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)

The department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered, in each financial year shown in Table 1 below. This information is also readily available on gov.uk.

Table 1. Housing Supply Net Additional Dwellings, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22¹.

Source: Live Table 122,123 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing

¹ Net additional dwellings includes new builds but also dwellings supplied through conversions of existing buildings, change of existing buildings use, other gains/losses, offset by demolitions. The detail, with each component, is published in Live Table 123.

The Department does not hold figures on what percentage of those had private gardens.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the real-terms, per-patient GP funding in (1) Cornwall, (2) the South West NHS region, (3) England, and (4) London in each year since 2000.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Spending on general practice (GP) services rose by just over a fifth in real terms between 2017/18 and the most recent data in 2021/22. More specifically it rose from £11.3 billion in 2017/18 to £13.5 billion in 2021/22, representing a 19% increase in real terms.

Payments to general practices are published by NHS Digital. The attached tables show the requested real-terms, per-patient GP funding figures from from 2014/15, which is the first year for which cilinical commissioning group summary figures are available; there is no data prior to 2013/14.

The tables summarise payments to GPs both in cash terms and adjusted for inflation. From 2020/21, payments are also made for primary care network-related activities. The final annual figures for inflation have been adjusted using the GDP deflator published by HM Treasury.

The figures attached are presented for payments per registered patient, as well as payments per weighted patient, where the weighting adjusts for differences in workload associated with age/sex, additional health needs, care home residents, list turnover, as well as areas costs and costs related to rurality. The figures include dispensing doctors related payments and the number of dispensing doctors in each area will therefore impact payment figures.

We have reported the health geography most closely fitting the request, with data availability changing over the years; for example, the data for 2022/23 is available at integrated care board (ICB) level but not at a sub-ICB level, while previous years’ data is available for NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group.

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of which region will see the largest transfer of marriage value from freeholder to leaseholder under proposed leasehold reforms.

Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was published on 11 December 2023 and is available on the Parliament website (attached) at: Leasehold and Freehold ReformBill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. This includes an estimate of the impact of removing marriage value on different groups and regions.

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposed removal of marriage value under proposed leasehold reforms on (1) property investors and (2) foreign investors.

Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was published on 11 December 2023 and is available on the Parliament website (attached) at: Leasehold and Freehold ReformBill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament. This includes an estimate of the impact of removing marriage value on different groups and regions.

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