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Written Question
Unemployment
Monday 9th March 2015

Asked by: Steve Brine (Conservative - Winchester)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on reducing the unemployment rate.

Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

The unemployment rate has fallen from 8% in 2010 to 5.7% today – the lowest it’s been since 2008.

Written Question
Primary Education: Admissions
Monday 27th October 2014

Asked by: Steve Brine (Conservative - Winchester)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department has given to primary schools to ensure that they can provide sufficient places.

Answered by David Laws

We are investing £5 billion over this Parliament to support local authorities in their duty to secure sufficient school places for their area.

This has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015.