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427314

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
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 14 October 2015 to Question 10742, what proportion of people in the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance are also in receipt of personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	15487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>In May 2015, about 48% of the 460,000 claimants in the work-related activity group receive both ESA and PIP/DLA.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/11/2015 14:44:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

423891

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the projected level of income tax that will be forgone by the taxpayer by providing higher rate income tax relief on pension contributions in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	13362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the total cost of pensions tax relief is published in HM Revenue and Customs’ National Statistics table PEN6, available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/registered-pension-schemes-cost-of-tax-relief</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/11/2015 15:30:55 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

423892

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Capital Gains Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of capital gains tax forgone through providing entrepreneur's relief in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	13307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Latest estimates of the cost of Entrepreneurs’ Relief, amount to £3.0bn for 2014-15, and £2.7bn for 2013-14. These can be found in table 1.5 (Main tax expenditures and structural reliefs) at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389539/20141231_expenditure_reliefs_v0.3.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389539/20141231_expenditure_reliefs_v0.3.pdf</a></p><br /><p>This publication does not include an estimate for 2012-13; the latest published estimate for 2012-13 is £2.1bn.</p><br /><p>The estimated cost of this relief from capital gains tax does not represent the yield if this relief were to be abolished, as consequential behavioural effects would substantially reduce yield.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/11/2015 15:30:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

419860

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Ambulance Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to establish a grant scheme to support charities providing rapid response vehicles for medical purposes.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	11040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The government is currently finalising the administration arrangements for the rapid response grant scheme which will open for applications this financial year. The scheme will cover the VAT costs incurred in the purchasing and fitting out of medical emergency rapid response vehicles by charities which are not already in scope of existing VAT refund schemes or are not already funded for VAT. The total grant available across the UK will be £100,000 in 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/10/2015 11:29:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

419981

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total amount of renewable energy generation was in the second quarter of 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	10705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The total amount of renewable electricity generation for the second quarter of 2015 was 19,945 GWh. Full details, including breakdowns by technology, can be found in the Quarterly Energy Trends release, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables</a>.</p><p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not publish other renewable generation figures (heat and transport) on a quarterly basis, but annual figures are available in Table 6.6 of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/10/2015 13:55:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

420347

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has carried out on the comparative living costs of people (a) in the work related activity group of employment and support allowance and (b) on jobseeker's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	10742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out any analysis on the comparative living costs of these two groups.</p><p>If claimants experience additional costs as a result of their illness or disability, they may be eligible to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which we have exempted from the Benefit cap and will continue to uprate by inflation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 16:26:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

419092

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total renewable installed capacity was on 30 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	10525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>At the end of March 2015, total renewable electricity installed capacity in the UK was 26.4 GW. Figures as at end of June 2015 will be available on 24 September 2015.</p><p><em>Source:</em></p><p><em>Table 6.1, Energy Trends section 6: renewables, available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables</a>.</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:48:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

419141

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry visas for business purposes were granted to nationals of (a) China, (b) India, (c) Brazil, (d) Indonesia, (e) Malaysia, (f) Nigeria, (g) Tanzania and (h) Kenya in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	10472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is given in the table below, for skilled workers sponsored by business (Tier 2 of the Points Based System):</p><p>[Insert table]</p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on entry clearance visa grants by work category in table vi_06_q_w (Entry clearance visas tables volume 2) within the ‘Immigration Statistics’ release.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, “Immigration Statistics April to June 2015”, is available from the Library of the House and the Home Office website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/10/2015 14:48:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 10472 Table.xlsx title Table 1
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

418050

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Sudan: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Sudan begins a credible and inclusive peace process.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	9733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text We continue to call on the Government of Sudan to deliver on the commitment to hold a comprehensive national dialogue and bring an end to the devastating conflicts in Sudan. We welcome the recent decision by the African Union (AU) to renew the mandate of the AU High-Level Implementation Panel to facilitate negotiations and call on the Government of Sudan to engage in these negotiations fully. answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 16/09/2015 14:39:49 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

417605

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	International Baccalaureate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England offer the International Baccalaureate.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	9621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify how many schools offer the International Baccalaureate. However, the Department for Education publishes information on schools that entered students for the different aspects of the International Baccalaureate in a particular year as part of the school performance tables. This information is available online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html</a> (2014_16-18_Underlying_Data_Institution_Level.zip (Tables 6 to 9)).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2015 16:08:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy