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1728431

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have absconded from immigration detention in each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	5104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on escapes from immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on escapes from detention centres and absconds from escort is published by year in table Det_05a of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#detention" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The published data covers the period from 2017 to 2023. Data prior to 2017 is not published. Data for the year 2024 is due to be published in the August 2025 edition of the publication.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 18/09/2024 09:09:00 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1728436

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of former asylum applicants who have withdrawn their applications (a) have left the country and (b) her Department knew the location of in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	5105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish the information you have requested, we are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 18/09/2024 15:10:09 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1728503

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Research: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 6 of the policy document entitled Statement of Levelling Up Missions, published on 25 January 2024, whether it remains his Department's policy that levels of public investment in research and development outside the Greater South East will increase by at least 40% by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	5106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>This public R&amp;D regional investment target is committed to in legislation via the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Increasing productivity right across the UK is fundamental to our mission to kickstart economic growth. Through our Industrial Strategy and the development of Local Growth Plans, we will build on local strengths to ensure that public and private R&amp;D investment right across the UK helps local places to reach their potential.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 18/09/2024 11:35:23 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1728523

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2476 on Winter Fuel Payment, if she will provide this information for current constituency boundaries.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	5107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Winter Fuel Payment statistics covering winter 2023/24 are due to be published on 24 September at 9:30am: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-for-winter-2023-to-2024" target="_blank">Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 - Official statistics announcement</a>. This publication will include information for the current constituency boundaries.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 17/09/2024 15:14:21 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1728235

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency will be affected by the change in eligibility requirements for Winter Fuel Payment.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	4803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Please note that following boundary changes to Parliamentary Constituency, data on Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency is not explicitly available/ published. To obtain the above figure, data on the previous Harborough constituency has been used.</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that around 20,405 people in the previous constituency of Harborough will be affected by the change in policy. This is based on Feb-24 Pension Credit statistics and 22-23 Winter Fuel Payments statistics (sources below).</p><p> </p><p>This estimation is calculated by subtracting the number of Pension Credit recipients for Harborough constituency from the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients for Harborough constituency. This is essentially the number of Winter Fuel Payment claimants pre-policy change not claiming Pension Credit, as an estimate of those who will no longer receive Winter fuel payment. The Pension Credit data that is used is based on the 2010 Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, not 2024, in order to be comparable with the Winter Fuel Payments statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Also, the above figures do not take into account any potential increase in Pension Credit take-up we might see as a result of the Government’s Pension awareness campaigns. We do not have data on those additional Pension Credit claims by Parliamentary constituencies or local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The published Pension Credit figures refer to households rather than individuals, so the number of individuals claiming Pension Credit, will be higher (i.e., taking account of households where it is a couple claiming Pension Credit).</p><p> </p><p>In addition to that, Pension Credit claimants are the majority of those that will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments, not all. There are other pensioners who are eligible for Winter Fuel Payments (as they claim other means tested benefits) but they are not considered in these figures as it is not possible to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Winter Fuel Payments statistics are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/winter-fuel-payment-statistics-for-winter-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Pension Credit data is published here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/openinfopage?id=PC_New" target="_blank">Pension Credit – Data from May 2018</a></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 18/09/2024 09:10:46 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1727725

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average spend per pupil was in state schools in each year since 1994, broken down by region.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	4411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The table below provides per pupil funding units from 2018/19 to 2024/25, which represents the funding provided for schools in all regions, nationally.</p><p> </p><p>The department cannot provide comparable funding data back to 1994, due to the changes in the funding system since that time. In particular, funding for schools was only identified separately from funding for high needs or early years in 2013, and funding for central school services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools block funding in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>The figures below represent the core funding schools receive through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All the figures in the table, apart from those for 2018/19 exclude growth funding but include premises funding. They do not include additional funding that schools have received for pay and pensions, or other funding streams, such as the pupil premium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>DSG Schools Block per pupil funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19 *</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,426</p></td><td><p>£4,477</p></td><td><p>£4,702</p></td><td><p>£5,086</p></td><td><p>£5,393</p></td><td><p>£5,698</p></td><td><p>£5,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,445</p></td><td><p>£4,447</p></td><td><p>£4,643</p></td><td><p>£5,021</p></td><td><p>£5,322</p></td><td><p>£5,616</p></td><td><p>£5,736</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,383</p></td><td><p>£5,360</p></td><td><p>£5,529</p></td><td><p>£5,914</p></td><td><p>£6,240</p></td><td><p>£6,553</p></td><td><p>£6,656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,618</p></td><td><p>£4,649</p></td><td><p>£4,828</p></td><td><p>£5,220</p></td><td><p>£5,538</p></td><td><p>£5,869</p></td><td><p>£5,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​North West</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,629</p></td><td><p>£4,653</p></td><td><p>£4,838</p></td><td><p>£5,221</p></td><td><p>£5,524</p></td><td><p>£5,835</p></td><td><p>£5,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​South East</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,335</p></td><td><p>£4,372</p></td><td><p>£4,589</p></td><td><p>£4,975</p></td><td><p>£5,268</p></td><td><p>£5,555</p></td><td><p>£5,681</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,346</p></td><td><p>£4,393</p></td><td><p>£4,614</p></td><td><p>£5,010</p></td><td><p>£5,317</p></td><td><p>£5,614</p></td><td><p>£5,734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,638</p></td><td><p>£4,652</p></td><td><p>£4,823</p></td><td><p>£5,198</p></td><td><p>£5,506</p></td><td><p>£5,815</p></td><td><p>£5,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,590</p></td><td><p>£4,622</p></td><td><p>£4,819</p></td><td><p>£5,202</p></td><td><p>£5,508</p></td><td><p>£5,824</p></td><td><p>£5,949</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* In the 2018/19 DSG, growth funding and premises funding were calculated together, so the 2018/19 funding figures include growth funding. All other years exclude growth funding.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 13/09/2024 12:35:45 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1725646

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Communications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much her Department spent on communications in the latest year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	3072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Expenditure on communications staffing was £2,507,000 and non-pay related items/services for the communications team was £869,000, In 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s Communications Team is responsible for all communications conducted by HM Treasury and its Ministers to help inform, promote and explain HMT policies through traditional and new media channels.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 09/09/2024 16:58:26 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1725647

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Communication Service: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government Communications Service spent on filming content for Ministers’ social media channels in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	3073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Government Departments are responsible for their own social media content. The Government Communications Service does not provide a central resource for this. The Cabinet Office employs two digital officers who are responsible for producing social media content, including videos, for the Department's policies and in support of the Department's Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 09/09/2024 14:34:31 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1725708

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Communications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	3074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government develops wide-ranging national and international campaigns which are delivered through tailored communication strategies aimed at reaching target audiences. The total FCDO Communication Directorate's communication campaign activity for FY23-24 was £6,435,000. We remain committed to scrutiny, transparency, and best value for taxpayer money. Please note that the majority of campaign expenditure is covered by other relevant Departments.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 10/09/2024 14:58:08 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1725709

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Communications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	3075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 is the latest version laid before Parliament. For spend on communications we have interpreted this to be publicity and advertising, which includes health promotion campaigns, for instance Better Health, childhood immunisations, and winter vaccinations. The costs in this year for the Department were £27,473,336.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 11/09/2024 13:44:21 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien