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43282

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what customer, user and satisfaction surveys were conducted in the last 12 months in the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the agencies that report to it; which of them have been reported to the management board in the last 12 months; and which were commissioned by the management board.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change has conducted 15 quantitative customer, user and satisfaction surveys in the last 12 months, the details of which are appended below. The results of all these surveys have been, or will be, published on gov.uk/decc.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not have any agencies which report to it.</p><p> </p><p>No surveys were commissioned by the DECC Executive Committee: surveys are managed within individual policy areas, programmes and projects, with results reported to relevant internal boards.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1. DECC Public Attitudes Tracker survey</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Quarterly waves</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. Quantitative research into public awareness, attitudes, and experience of Smart Meters</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Two waves</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3. Smart Meters Early Learning Project Consumer Survey*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4. DECC Community Energy Survey</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5. Green Deal Supply Chain research</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6. Non-Participants in GD Supply Chain</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7. Green Deal Household Tracker</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Three waves</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8. Green Deal assessments research</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Three waves</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9. Green Deal assessments research: Wave 1 follow up</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10. Green Deal customer journey research</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11. Research to explore consumer response to the potential use of winter fuel payments to invest in energy efficiency home improvements</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12. Questions on GfK Omnibus survey exploring ways to paying for energy saving home improvements*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13. Questions on GfK Omnibus survey on Energy Performance Certificates and cash back incentives*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14. Survey of applicants to the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>One-off survey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15. Renewable Heat Premium Payment 2 evaluation*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Two surveys of participating households.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>*Publication date to be confirmed.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

43300

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what investigations they are undertaking into the nutrition and health of children and vulnerable adults when sanctions are imposed on individuals who lose their benefits.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department does not monitor nutrition.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

43310

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons received housing benefit in each of the last 10 years, broken down into those who were (1) pensioners, (2) of working age but not in employment, and (3) in work.
tabling member printed	Lord Whitty
uin	HL6063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Detailed statistics on Housing Benefit since 2008 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>This includes the number of Housing Benefit (HB) recipients who a) are living in social or private rented accommodation b) those who are in employment and not on a passported benefit and c) those in receipt of HB by age. </p><p> </p><p>Please note: the economic status of all HB recipients is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The information is only available for HB recipients whose claim is not passported: that is for those who do not receive Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit).</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>Housing Benefit caseload by working age / pension age split prior to 2008 can be found in table 2c of the publication, Outturn and forecast: Autumn Statement 2013 available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL6066 HL6067 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2444 label Biography information for Lord Whitty

43313

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of housing benefit claimants are in work; and what was the equivalent figure in 2000.
tabling member printed	Lord Whitty
uin	HL6066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Detailed statistics on Housing Benefit since 2008 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>This includes the number of Housing Benefit (HB) recipients who a) are living in social or private rented accommodation b) those who are in employment and not on a passported benefit and c) those in receipt of HB by age. </p><p> </p><p>Please note: the economic status of all HB recipients is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The information is only available for HB recipients whose claim is not passported: that is for those who do not receive Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit).</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>Housing Benefit caseload by working age / pension age split prior to 2008 can be found in table 2c of the publication, Outturn and forecast: Autumn Statement 2013 available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL6063 HL6067 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2444 label Biography information for Lord Whitty

43314

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of housing benefit claimants live in (1) social housing, and (2) private sector housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Whitty
uin	HL6067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Detailed statistics on Housing Benefit since 2008 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>This includes the number of Housing Benefit (HB) recipients who a) are living in social or private rented accommodation b) those who are in employment and not on a passported benefit and c) those in receipt of HB by age. </p><p> </p><p>Please note: the economic status of all HB recipients is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The information is only available for HB recipients whose claim is not passported: that is for those who do not receive Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance (Income-Based), Employment and Support Allowance (Income-Based), or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Credit).</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>Housing Benefit caseload by working age / pension age split prior to 2008 can be found in table 2c of the publication, Outturn and forecast: Autumn Statement 2013 available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL6063 HL6066 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2444 label Biography information for Lord Whitty

43335

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of children being cared for by a single parent in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	192279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 192279.pdf title children with single parent - ONS Letter
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

43337

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in median gross weekly earnings for (a) men and (b) women in Vale of Clwyd constituency since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	192077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 192077.pdf title Median Gross Weekly Earnings - ONS Letter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

43338

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of jobseekers over the age of (a) 50 and (b) 60 years in Vale of Clwyd constituency.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	192078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 192078.pdf title Jobseekers - ONS Letter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

43361

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
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 steps he is taking to help schools that are unable to deliver free infant school meals in September 2014 because of a lack of capital funding.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	192335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has previously confirmed that it would be allocating £150 million in the 2014-15 financial year to support the implementation of the universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) policy. Local authorities (LAs) are also free to use their budgets for improvement and maintenance to support this objective. We allocated £1.4 billion to schools, LAs and the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund for maintenance and improvement in 2014-15.</p><p>On 6 March we launched a package of implementation support measures to help schools to provide meals to eligible pupils. This includes a national UIFSM support service, run by school food experts, which will offer advice and guidance to schools that need assistance in implementing UIFSM. The support will include a telephone helpline, the sharing of good practice, and intensive face-to-face support</p><p>The Department also announced on 6 March that it would be providing transitional funding to small schools with eligible pupils, worth a minimum of £3,000, which qualifying schools will be able to use to help them overcome delivery challenges.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

43362

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
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 education funding per pupil was in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Brent in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Tamworth
tabling member printed	Christopher Pincher
uin	192300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The total per pupil revenue funding figures for financial years 2009-10 to 2012-13 for Staffordshire and Brent are provided in the table below.The figures are for all funded pupils aged 3-15 and are in cash terms:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Average revenue per pupil funding <br />(Dedicated schools grant (DSG) + grants cash £)</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>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>4,460</p></td><td><p>4,720</p></td><td><p>4,650</p></td><td><p>4,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>5,990</p></td><td><p>6,280</p></td><td><p>6,240</p></td><td><p>6,240</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br />Notes:<br /><br />1. For financial years 2009 to 2011 this covers funding through the dedicated schools grant, school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation) and standards fund; it excludes grants which are not allocated at local authority level.<br /><br />2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10.<br /><br />3. In financial year 2011 to 2012, most separate grants were mainstreamed in to the DSG. The exceptions were grants that were time-limited and planned to end in financial year 2010 to 2011.</p><p>4. Figures do not include pupil premium. Details of which are shown separately.</p><p>5.The DSG plus grants figures for financial years 2009-10 to 2010-11 do not include funding from the Young People's Learning Agency to ensure that figures are on the basis of funding for pupils aged 3 to 15 and are comparable with figures for financial years 2011-12 to 2012-13.</p><p>6. Sources: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/http:/www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/schoolsrevenuefunding" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/http:/www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/schoolsrevenuefunding</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/schoolsrevenuefunding/archive/a0014213/dedicated-schools-grant-allocations-for-2008-11" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/schoolsrevenuefunding/archive/a0014213/dedicated-schools-grant-allocations-for-2008-11</a></p><p><br />The DSG plus grants figures for financial years 2009-10 to 2010-11 do not include funding from the Young People's Learning Agency to ensure that figures are on the basis of funding for pupils aged 3 to 15 and are comparable with figures for financial years 2011-12 to 2012-13.</p><p>In financial year 2013-14, the DSG was reformed to allocate funding to local authorities in three blocks (schools, early years and high needs) and so figures are not comparable to previous years. The schools block per pupil unit of funding (SBUF), which does not cover funding for early years or high needs, was £4,310 for Staffordshire and £5,066 for Brent. The early years block per pupil units of funding in 2013-14 were £3,515 for Staffordshire and £5,930 for Brent. In 2013-14, high needs funding was no longer allocated on a per-pupil basis. However total high needs block funding for the year was £57.483 million for Staffordshire and £53.7 million for Brent.</p><p>In addition, since financial year 2011-12 schools have received pupil premium per qualifying pupil, which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In 2012-13, coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts per pupil for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:</p><p><br /><br /></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupil premium per pupil (£)</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free school meal secondary pupils and looked-after children</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free school meal primary pupil</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service children</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher