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44828

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits to children's safety of road crossing patrollers.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	193298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government firmly believes in localism and providing local authorities with powers to introduce measures to deal with local needs and conditions. Local authorities will invariably have a strategy to improve road safety and will prioritise their road network based on the need to reduce casualties. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The provision of the school crossing patrol service is a matter for the local authority. Legislation gives them the power to make arrangements for the patrolling of places where children cross roads on their way to or from school, but does not impose a duty on them to do so. Funding decisions are also a matter for the local authority based on their local needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for the Council to assess the crossing situation and determine a course of action as it is in this situation. In some cases, if the authority agrees that children from a particular school need help in crossing a busy road but have not recruited anyone, they have to think about finding other ways of making the crossing safer - for example, by putting in a pedestrian crossing.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

44833

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on road crossing patrollers in (a) Essex and (b) Harlow constituency in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	193303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold records of the amount spent on school crossing patrol services in each local authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

45364

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money has been spent on repairing potholes in (a) Harlow and (b) Essex since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	193871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport provides capital funding to local highway authorities, including Essex County Council, from the local highways maintenance capital block grant. Harlow falls within Essex County Council's area of responsibility and therefore we do not allocate any funds directly to the Borough Council for road maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2004 the Department has allocated the following amounts to Essex for highway maintenance:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td>2004/05</td><td><p>12.626</p></td></tr><tr><td>2005/06</td><td><p>15.782</p></td></tr><tr><td>2006/07</td><td><p>16.682</p></td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td><p>22.428</p></td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td><p>20.706</p></td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td><p>21.361</p></td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td><p>20.959</p></td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td><p>20.728</p></td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td><p>19.838</p></td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td><p>22.482*</p></td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td><p>19.873*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* includes the top up announced in the 2012 Autumn Statement.</p><p>The Department also allocated additional funding to authorities to help repair roads damaged by various weather events and this included a further £2.116 million to Essex County Council in 2010/11 and £5.301 million in March 2011. More recently the Department for Transport has agreed to allocate over £2.7 million due to the severe wet weather the country has encountered.</p><p> </p><p>A £200 million Pothole Fund was announced in the Budget on 19 March 2014. From this, £168 million is being made available to councils in England through a bidding exercise. Further details on the fund will be made available in the coming weeks.</p><p><br>Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding allocated by the Department for Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. Neither capital nor revenue highways maintenance funding is ring-fenced and it is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services they provide.</p><p>The Department for Transport does not centrally hold information on what proportion of this funding is spent by Essex County Council on repairing potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

46444

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have applied for part-time higher education courses each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	195002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>Statistics are not available on applicants to part-time higher education courses as there is no centralised application service for part-time study. However, statistics on entrants to part-time courses at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and have been provided back to the academic year 2004/05 in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Information on enrolments at UK HEIs in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from HESA in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Entrants<sup>(1) </sup>part-time courses by level of study</strong></p><p>Academic years 2004/05 to 2012/13</p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postgraduate part-time</p></td><td><p>108,920</p></td><td><p>113,955</p></td><td><p>116,215</p></td><td><p>116,320</p></td><td><p>128,945</p></td><td><p>132,745</p></td><td><p>127,925</p></td><td><p>109,535</p></td><td><p>102,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undergraduate part-time</p></td><td><p>317,785</p></td><td><p>336,415</p></td><td><p>341,030</p></td><td><p>331,950</p></td><td><p>344,475</p></td><td><p>335,050</p></td><td><p>301,490</p></td><td><p>278,575</p></td><td><p>199,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total part-time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>426,710</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>450,370</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>457,245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>448,275</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>473,420</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>467,795</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>429,415</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>388,115</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>302,095</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency</strong></p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p><strong>(1) </strong><strong>Entrants refer to those students entering their first year of study. </strong></p><p><strong>(2) </strong><strong>Includes entrants from all domiciles (UK, EU and other overseas countries)</strong></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

46445

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people who are (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 21 and (c) 22 or over have completed an apprenticeship in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	195016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship achievements by age are published in a supplementary table to the Statistical First Release:</p><p><a title="blocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a><br> <br><a title="blocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296345/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsm" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296345/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296345/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsm</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

46704

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people who run a small or medium-sized enterprise as a secondary form of income alongside another job.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	195098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available to answer this question. However, data from the Office for National Statistics estimate that around 400,000 people describe themselves as self employed in their second jobs between October 2012 and September 2013.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

46884

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost of childcare for a three year old in England has been in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	195216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education uses cost information from a number of independent surveys. The Family and Childcare Trust (formerly the Daycare Trust) has published a Childcare Costs survey annually since 2002. Survey information is available on: <a href="http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys" target="_blank">http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys</a> or by contacting the Family and Childcare Trust. Their findings on the costs of childcare for children aged two and over in England since 2005 are shown in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>Cost of 50 hours care for nursery, 2005 - 2009</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Family and Childcare Trust Survey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Weekly Hours of Childcare</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nursery (2 and over)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£132.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£135.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£140.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£149.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£156.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From the 2010 survey onwards, the hours of weekly childcare used in the cost survey was changed from 50 hours a week to 25 hours a week. This was because the Trust believed that the lower figure was a more accurate reflection of typical childcare usage.</p><p> </p><p>Cost of 25 hours care for nursery, 2010 – 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Family and Childcare Trust Survey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Weekly Hours of Childcare</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nursery (2 and over)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£82.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£94.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£98.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£106.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£106.19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

48440

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of raising the income tax personal allowance for 2015-16 from £10,500 to £12,300 with the same maximum cash benefit going to basic and higher rate taxpayers but no benefit going to additional rate taxpayers.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	196610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Raising the income tax personal allowance to £12,300 in 2015-16 is estimated to cost in the region of £9.5 billion.</p><p> </p><p>A reduction to the basic rate limit has been assumed so that the higher rate threshold is unchanged. As a result of this, basic rate and most higher rate taxpayers would benefit equally from the personal allowance increase.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate is based on the 2011-12 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected to 2015-16 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility's March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

48442

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had on combining national insurance and income tax.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	196602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>As set out at Autumn Statement 2012, </strong><strong>the Government will wait for further progress on planned operational changes to the tax system before formally consulting on the operational integration of income tax and NICs.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm</a></strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

48443

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of raising the national insurance personal allowance for 2015-16 to (a) £10,000 and (b) £12,300.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	196603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Raising the National Insurance Contributions thresholds for individual earners (The Primary Threshold and Lower Profits Limit) in 2015-16 to £10,000 is estimated to cost in the region of £5 billion. Raising them to £12,300 is estimated to cost around £10.5 billion.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2011-12 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected to 2015-16 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility's March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon