Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about funding allocated by his Department to the organisation Action on Smoking and Health.
Answered by Jane Ellison
To identify relevant representations the Department has received would result in disproportionate cost.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual budget of the tobacco policy team in his Department is; and what proportion of that budget was spent on external grants or contracts in the last year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Tobacco Control policy team programme budget spend for 2014/15 was £848,000 of which £648,000 was spent on grants and contracts.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of the 24 June 2015 to Questions 4118 and 4121 and the statement of the Minister for Europe of 10 November 2015, Official Report, column 239, in which he stated that 'roughly like 40 per cent of the people from elsewhere in the EU who live in the UK are in receipt of benefits or tax credits of some sort,' how this figure was calculated; how many EU citizens have been in the UK for less than four years; and of those people how many have made individual claims for tax credits.
Answered by Priti Patel
Details on how the proportion of EEA nationals who were in receipt of benefits or tax credits was calculated is detailed in the DWP ad hoc statistical publication “UK benefit and tax credit claims by recently arrived EEA migrants”. This can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-benefit-and-tax-credit-claims-by-recently-arrived-eea-migrants
It was not possible to provide a more detailed breakdown within this ad hoc statistical publication on the claims made by individuals for different benefits or tax credits.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available to assist the development and promotion of long distance walks.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The Government is investing over £68 million through Sport England for outdoor recreation sports. The Ramblers and Long Distance Walking Association are recognised by Sport England as National Governing Bodies, and can apply for Sport England funding.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the operating costs under each category of expenditure were of Bury Magistrates' Court in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Operating costs for Bury Magistrates’ Court are provided below. The figures provided do not include staff or judicial costs as it is not possible to attribute all of these costs to a particular site.
Bury Magistrates' Court and County Court Operating costs 2014/15 | |
Rates (Estate) | £75,999 |
Audit & Monitor Serv | £1,423 |
Estate Surveying | £562 |
Building Maintenance | £114,014 |
Security | £66,004 |
Utility - Electricity | £57,719 |
Cleaning | £44,224 |
Estate Management | £34,484 |
Utility - Gas | £27,806 |
Postage & Distribution - Royal Mail | £22,605 |
Telephony | £22,101 |
Utility - Water | £19,872 |
Stationery & Office Supplies | £7,918 |
IT Printing | £5,516 |
Telecomms - Charges/Rental-non mobile | £4,181 |
Waste Disposal | £2,996 |
Fleet Vehicles - Lease Charges | £2,480 |
Equipment Maintenance | £1,539 |
Telecomms - Charges/Rental - mobile | £1,400 |
Fleet Vehicles - Maintenance | £1,379 |
Fleet Vehicles - Insurance | £1,361 |
Design/Print/Reprographic Services | £1,047 |
Grounds Maintenance | £641 |
Pest and Vermin | £378 |
Off-Site Storage | £288 |
Catering-Office Drinking Water | £263 |
IT Desktops | £201 |
Events & Conferences | £110 |
IT Network Services | £57 |
Mechanical & Electrical | -£4,799 |
DX postal service | £10,464 |
Compensation Payments | £2,320 |
Manual Ex Gratia Payments | £1,190 |
Special Payments | £200 |
Hire Purchase Checks by Bailiffs | £49 |
Miscellaneous Running Costs | -£12 |
Total | £527,980 |
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts and Tribunals Service has spent on maintenance of Bury Magistrates' Court in each of the last five years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Maintenance figures for Bury Magistrates’ Court and County Court are provided below:
2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | Total | |
Resource spend per year [1] | £106,252 | £111,712 | £137,854 | £115,914 | £108,710 | £580,442 |
Capital spend per year[2] | £277,432 | 0 | £900,062[3] | 0 | £115,180 | £1,292,673 |
Total | £1,873,115 |
This capital spend comprises essential works in order for the court to be used, including maintenance and repair of the heating and ventilation systems.
[1] Resource maintenance includes: Labour Mechanical and Electrical, building improvement works, building maintenance, internal moves, grounds maintenance, pest and vermin control, fire compliance and other maintenance
[2] Capital maintenance has been compiled using Project Completion dates and financial data. Only once an “asset under construction” is completed is the cost added to the property asset. It is possible that works could have begun a year earlier than the financial year in which costs are shown.
[3] Includes a £466,723 operational integration cost and a £398,853 cost on heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials in his Department are engaged in research into the effects of the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Departments are appropriately resourced to support the Government’s priorities in Europe.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assistance is available, from which bodies, to registered keepers of a vehicle who wish to dispute a parking penalty charge and under schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 must prove that the initial penalty charge notice issued by a private parking company was not received by post.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
We do not hold this information centrally.
Information about independent appeals services is provided by the British Parking Association and the Independent Parking Committee. They also publish a code of practice which governs the operation of the appeals services.
There are a number of other organisations which provde advice to motorists on parking such as the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will amend schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 so that it does not place a burden of proof on a registered keeper of a vehicle to provide evidence that a parking penalty charge notice issued by a private firm was not received by post.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
We are currently conducting a review of off-street parking policy. A discussion paper entitled ‘Parking reform: tackling unfair practices was’ published earlier this year. We received in excess of 500 detailed responses to the discussion paper where the issue of burden of proof being on the registered keeper was raised. We are currently considering this issue as we develop policy options, and will publish a response in due course.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish guidance on how a registered vehicle keeper can provide evidence that an item of post they were not expecting has not been received so that they can comply with the provisions of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
We are currently conducting a review of off-street parking policy. A discussion paper entitled ‘Parking reform: tackling unfair practices was’ published earlier this year. We received in excess of 500 detailed responses to the discussion paper where the issue of burden of proof being on the registered keeper was raised. We are currently considering this issue as we develop policy options, and will publish a response in due course.