Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contribution the Local Pinch Point Fund has made towards increasing the housing supply.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Department is providing £263 million through the Local Pinch Point Fund, targeted at traffic congestion hot-spots, which when combined with local authority and developer contributions is funding schemes costing around £500 million.
Based on estimates from the promoting authorities, many of the schemes awarded funding encourage housing and commercial development around them, with the potential to support around 150,000 new homes and 200,000 jobs.
Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many in-patient mother and baby units specialising in caring for women during the perinatal period closed between 2010 and 2015; and how many such units are open.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Between 2010 and 2015, four mother and baby units closed and two opened. In addition the unit located at Basingstoke in 2010 moved to Winchester in 2013. The units now currently open are detailed below.
Mother and Baby units open in 2015
Source: NHS England National ERG Report 2015
Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the names are of the in-patient mother and baby units specialising in caring for women during the perinatal period that were open in 2010.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Mother and Baby Units open in 2010:
Source: National Perinatal Mental Health Project Report 2010
This information updates previous information submitted in relation to the number of mother and baby units open in 2010. Previous answers were drawn from the Specialised Mental Health Services (all ages) Definition No 22 (2009), which states that “there are 10 MBUs in England” but does not include a list of the 10 units.
The updated answer is taken from the 2010 National Perinatal Mental Health Project Report. The Department recommends using the latter as the source of information on services in 2010 as this report provides more detail, specifying the name and location of the units.
Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the portion of loan outlay that will never be repaid by graduates who have undertaken (a) full-time and (b) part-time higher education degrees.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
(a) We estimate that the proportion of the value of full time loans which will not be repaid is around 45%.
(b) Our current estimate is that around 40% of the value of part time loans will not be repaid. We will update our estimate as we get more information on the actual repayments from students taking out these loans.
Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to allow local authorities to retain business rate revenues.
Answered by David Gauke
The Chancellor set out a radical devolution reform package for local government in his conference speech. This included plans to allow local government to retain 100 per cent of revenue from business rates to spend on local services, as well as giving local authorities the power to lower business rates to boost growth and support jobs.
While there will still be redistribution between Local Authorities to ensure those with a lower tax base do not lose out, local areas will be able to keep all local growth in their business rates.
Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new homes constructed in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes Council area have been (i) purchased by owner-occupiers, (ii) purchased by buy-to-let investors and (iii) shared ownership or shared equity purchases.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on house building completions by tenure in England and each local authority district, including Milton Keynes are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link.
http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building
Information on all new homes purchased by owner-occupiers or buy-to-let investors are not available centrally.
Statistics on new homes purchased by owner-occupiers under the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme and Help to Buy: NewBuy schemes are published and available at the following link.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics
Annual statistics on additional affordable home ownership provided by type of scheme in England and for 2013/14 in each local authority district are published in the Department’s Live Tables 1000 and 1011, which are available at the following link.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply
Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons are for the distinction, made in the Annexes to his Department's response, published in March 2015, to its consultation on Support for Post-Graduate study, between taught Masters students who are studying via distance learning and part-time taught Masters students for the purposes of the new postgraduate loans scheme proposed for England; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
In March 2015 the Government launched the consultation on ‘Support for Postgraduate Study’ for Masters and Research level study. The consultation included proposals related to the terms and design features of the proposed new postgraduate Master’s loan scheme, including the eligibility of distance learning and part-time Master’s study. The responses to the consultation are currently being analysed and the Department will respond in the autumn.
Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the estimated RAB charge is for full-time undergraduate students in England; and what data this calculation is based on.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The latest RAB charge was published in response to a Parliamentary Question from the Rt hon Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne) on 20 March 2014, Official Report, Col 706W.
We shall be publishing in July an updated estimate of the RAB charge on my Department’s website, alongside the publication of an updated version of the simplified model and BIS accounts. The data used in the calculation come from the Student Loans Company, which supplies repayment data. Publicly available survey data sources, such as the Labour Force Survey and the British Household Panel Survey, are also used in calculating the estimate.
Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the estimated RAB charge is for part-time undergraduate students in England; and what data this calculation is based on.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The latest RAB charge assumption was published in response to a Parliamentary from the Rt hon Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne) on 26 June 2014, Official Report, Col 291-2W. This is a cautious assumption as those who have received part time loans are not yet in repayment, and we therefore have no data on the actual pattern of repayments. The actual RAB charge will depend on many factors such as the age profile of borrowers, their future earnings and levels of non-completion of studies. My Department will revise this assumption as repayment data becomes available.
Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of undergraduate students with equivalent or lower qualifications received support for their tuition fees in the academic year 2012-13.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The information requested is currently being researched. I will write to my hon Friend as soon as the information is available and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.