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1138656

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue (a) capital gains tax and (b) stamp duty have raised for the Exchequer (i) in total quantum terms and (ii) as a proportion of total UK revenue in each year since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	276590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The amount of receipts of (a) capital gains tax and (b) stamp duty received by HMRC (i) in total quantum terms and (ii) as a proportion of total HMRC receipts is shown in the table below for the years 1999-00 to 2018-19. Data before this date is not available in a consistent format.</p><p><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ millions</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total HMRC Receipts</p></td><td><p>Capital Gains Tax</p></td><td><p><em>Capital Gains Tax as a % of Total HMRC Receipts</em></p></td><td><p>Shares</p></td><td><p>Stamp Duty Land Tax</p></td><td><p>Total Stamp Taxes</p></td><td><p><em>Total Stamp Taxes as a % of Total HMRC Receipts</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>294,177</p></td><td><p>2,122</p></td><td><p><em>0.7%</em></p></td><td><p>3,711</p></td><td><p>3,184</p></td><td><p>6,895</p></td><td><p><em>2.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>315,638</p></td><td><p>3,236</p></td><td><p><em>1.0%</em></p></td><td><p>4,477</p></td><td><p>3,684</p></td><td><p>8,161</p></td><td><p><em>2.6%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>321,741</p></td><td><p>3,034</p></td><td><p><em>0.9%</em></p></td><td><p>2,852</p></td><td><p>4,132</p></td><td><p>6,984</p></td><td><p><em>2.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>324,725</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td><p><em>0.5%</em></p></td><td><p>2,538</p></td><td><p>5,011</p></td><td><p>7,549</p></td><td><p><em>2.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>347,946</p></td><td><p>2,225</p></td><td><p><em>0.6%</em></p></td><td><p>2,559</p></td><td><p>4,986</p></td><td><p>7,545</p></td><td><p><em>2.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>375,801</p></td><td><p>2,282</p></td><td><p><em>0.6%</em></p></td><td><p>2,715</p></td><td><p>6,251</p></td><td><p>8,966</p></td><td><p><em>2.4%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>402,874</p></td><td><p>3,042</p></td><td><p><em>0.8%</em></p></td><td><p>3,465</p></td><td><p>7,454</p></td><td><p>10,918</p></td><td><p><em>2.7%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>428,629</p></td><td><p>3,830</p></td><td><p><em>0.9%</em></p></td><td><p>3,757</p></td><td><p>9,635</p></td><td><p>13,392</p></td><td><p><em>3.1%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>456,121</p></td><td><p>5,268</p></td><td><p><em>1.2%</em></p></td><td><p>4,167</p></td><td><p>9,958</p></td><td><p>14,124</p></td><td><p><em>3.1%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>445,531</p></td><td><p>7,852</p></td><td><p><em>1.8%</em></p></td><td><p>3,203</p></td><td><p>4,796</p></td><td><p>7,999</p></td><td><p><em>1.8%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>414,920</p></td><td><p>2,491</p></td><td><p><em>0.6%</em></p></td><td><p>3,017</p></td><td><p>4,886</p></td><td><p>7,903</p></td><td><p><em>1.9%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>453,957</p></td><td><p>3,601</p></td><td><p><em>0.8%</em></p></td><td><p>2,971</p></td><td><p>5,961</p></td><td><p>8,932</p></td><td><p><em>2.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>472,690</p></td><td><p>4,337</p></td><td><p><em>0.9%</em></p></td><td><p>2,794</p></td><td><p>6,125</p></td><td><p>8,920</p></td><td><p><em>1.9%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>474,267</p></td><td><p>3,927</p></td><td><p><em>0.8%</em></p></td><td><p>2,234</p></td><td><p>6,907</p></td><td><p>9,141</p></td><td><p><em>1.9%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>494,197</p></td><td><p>3,908</p></td><td><p><em>0.8%</em></p></td><td><p>3,108</p></td><td><p>9,273</p></td><td><p>12,381</p></td><td><p><em>2.5%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>515,971</p></td><td><p>5,559</p></td><td><p><em>1.1%</em></p></td><td><p>2,926</p></td><td><p>10,738</p></td><td><p>13,664</p></td><td><p><em>2.6%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>534,306</p></td><td><p>7,060</p></td><td><p><em>1.3%</em></p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>10,682</p></td><td><p>14,002</p></td><td><p><em>2.6%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>569,394</p></td><td><p>8,561</p></td><td><p><em>1.5%</em></p></td><td><p>3,714</p></td><td><p>11,766</p></td><td><p>15,480</p></td><td><p><em>2.7%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>593,956</p></td><td><p>7,793</p></td><td><p><em>1.3%</em></p></td><td><p>3,519</p></td><td><p>12,906</p></td><td><p>16,425</p></td><td><p><em>2.8%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>622,890</p></td><td><p>9,242</p></td><td><p><em>1.5%</em></p></td><td><p>3,620</p></td><td><p>11,939</p></td><td><p>15,558</p></td><td><p><em>2.5%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The source for this data is published statistics on HMRC tax receipts and national insurance contributions which are available at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2019 15:42:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1138687

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help fill vacancies for medical staff in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	276553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to funding for universities to offer an extra 1,500 undergraduate medical school places for domestic students. The first 630 places were taken up in September 2018 and the remaining additional places will have been made available by universities by 2020/21. By 2020, five new medical schools will have opened in England to help deliver the expansion.</p><p>The number of medical specialty training places that are available each year is set by Health Education England and based on their assessment of service gaps and predicted workforce needs.</p><p>However, it is the responsibility of National Health Service trusts to have staffing arrangements in place that deliver safe and effective care. This includes recruiting the staff needed to support these levels and meet local needs.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan set out the need to ensure a sustainable overall balance between supply and demand across all staff groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:42:34 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1138690

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS hospitals have had vacancies for medical staff unfilled for more than (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	276555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement does not hold data for the length of time vacancies have been unfilled for, nor does it hold vacancy data for individual hospitals.</p><p>NHS Improvement collects vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.</p><p>NHS Digital published the latest NHS Improvement vacancy data which can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/february-2015---march-2019-provisional-experimental-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/february-2015---march-2019-provisional-experimental-statistics</a></p><p>Vacancies are filled by a combination of bank (82,900) and agency staff (28,900). There are more temporary staff than vacancies because bank and agency staff are also used to provide cover for short and long-term sickness absence, and maternity and paternity leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:37:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1138672

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money has been spent by each school in England on children with special educational needs in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	276598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Children with special educational needs are funded through the schools and high needs national funding formulae, which have been separate since 2013. Local authorities and schools have statutory duties under the Children and Families Act (2014) to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. However, we do not prescribe in detail how local authorities should allocate their high needs funding, or how schools should use their funding.</p><p>The total funding amounts for schools, and for high needs, since 2013 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Schools Funding Amount (billion)</p></td><td><p>High Needs funding Amount (billion)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£30.4</p></td><td><p>£5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£30.7</p></td><td><p>£5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£32.2</p></td><td><p>£5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£32.7</p></td><td><p>£5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£33.1</p></td><td><p>£5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£33.7</p></td><td><p>£6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£34.5</p></td><td><p>£6.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 15:36:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1138670

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Highways England have made towards its target of ensuring that the majority of roads with a (a) 1* and (b) 2* safety rating under the EuroRAP3* assessment programme have improved to a 3* rating; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusion of the Highways England Strategic Road Network Star Rating Report published on 4 July 2019 that for the funding period 2015-2020 60 per cent of journeys on Highways England’s single carriageways are forecast to be below the three-star road safety benchmark under the EuroRAP/iRAP rating system for the safety of road infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	276544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy (RIS 1) 2015 - 2020 has enabled Highways England to deliver unprecedented levels of investment on the strategic road network in England and the star rating system is an assessment tool which Highways England continue to use to assist them in prioritising future investment opportunities. The latest data indicates 95% of our travel will be on roads rated 3* and above by 2020, which exceeds the targrt set in the delivery plan.</p><p> </p><p>On single carriageways Highways England are committed to investing £77 million in improvement schemes by 2020, which is over and above enhancements through routine maintenance such as new road markings, signing and vegetation clearance. Highways England will review the star rating of the network when it is re-evaluated as part of RIS 2. Estimates of star ratings by 2020 are conservative as they do not reflect the impacts or include the results of these designated funds. Travel on single carriageways only accounts for a small proportion of overall traffic on the network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 15:35:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1138631

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will allocate additional funding for local welfare assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	276565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities are best placed to decide how to promote and target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2015-16 identifies a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant, totalling £129.6 million for England. The notional allocation for local welfare provision remains at £129.6 million in England in the Local Government Financial Settlement until 2019/20. There are no plans to ring-fence this notional allocation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 276564 276576 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:11:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1138630

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) fund local welfare assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	276564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities are best placed to decide how to promote and target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2015-16 identifies a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant, totalling £129.6 million for England. The notional allocation for local welfare provision remains at £129.6 million in England in the Local Government Financial Settlement until 2019/20. There are no plans to ring-fence this notional allocation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 276565 276576 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:11:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1138697

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of supplementing the Local Welfare Assistance Scheme with a centrally allocated fund.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	276576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities are best placed to decide how to promote and target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2015-16 identifies a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant, totalling £129.6 million for England. The notional allocation for local welfare provision remains at £129.6 million in England in the Local Government Financial Settlement until 2019/20. There are no plans to ring-fence this notional allocation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 276564 276565 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:11:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1138658

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's news story, Competition opens to create community facilities as Pacer trains retire from passenger service, published on 11 July 2019, how much that competition has cost; and how many of his Department's staff have worked on that competition to date.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	276541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Launching the competition has brought no additional cost to the Department. Porterbrook are providing the Pacer carriages that will be converted into community assets free of charge. One member of Department staff will be responsible for the day to day running the competition for the next six months. This will include supporting external judges, who are giving their time for free, to select winning community groups when the competition closes in September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/07/2019 14:55:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1138623

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Libya: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his French counterpart on arms sales to combatants in the conflict in Libya.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	276561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>​We are concerned by reports of military equipment entering Libya from a range of sources. We take all such reports seriously, given the UN arms embargo. On 16 July the UK agreed a P3+3 statement (by the UK, US, France, Italy, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates), calling on all UN member states to fully respect their obligations under the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to contribute to Libya's peace and stability and to prevent destabilising arms shipments to Libya.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/07/2019 14:46:06 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins