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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Environment Agency’s ability to carry out the management of salmon stocks as a result of recent reductions in funding levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Environment Agency’s ability to carry out the management of salmon stocks as a result of recent reductions in funding levels.
The Environment Agency (EA), like the rest of the public sector, is playing its part in reducing the national deficit and delivering more with less. Both Defra and the EA recognise the challenges that reduced funding bring and the EA is adapting its approach accordingly.
In 2015/16, the EA launched a new approach to partnership working to help it deliver more effectively and efficiently. Its 5 Point Approach to Salmon management (published in 2016), is a good example of how it is working with like-minded organisations to deliver shared priorities.
Motion that this House has considered the role of the Treasury in supporting UK science. Motion lapsed.
Motion that this House has considered the role of the Treasury in supporting UK science. Motion lapsed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether primary legislation is required to implement the proposals on the adult skills budget in the Sheffield City Region Devolution Agreement, announced on 2 October 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether primary legislation is required to implement the proposals on the adult skills budget in the Sheffield City Region Devolution Agreement, announced on 2 October 2015.
One of the conditions for full devolution of adult skills funding in relation to the Sheffield City Region is that Parliament has legislated to enable transfer of the current statutory duties on my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to secure appropriate facilities for further education for adults from the relevant budget and for provision to be free in certain circumstances. Primary legislation would be needed for that purpose.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Government funding has been allocated to increase the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Government funding has been allocated to increase the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
The Government’s commitment to treble the number of apprenticeships in food, farming and agri-tech is a key part of the Government’s overall programme to increase apprenticeships, which is led and funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The future funding of apprenticeships will, as with all Government expenditure be considered as part of the next Spending Review. Our priority is to grow the number of apprenticeships and we will fund accordingly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic impact of proposed changes to the allocation formula for the integrated transport block.
[159415]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic impact of proposed changes to the allocation formula for the integrated transport block.
[159415]
In relation to Integrated Transport block funding the Department does not specify which schemes should be implemented where. That is for local transport authorities to do. The Department cannot therefore make an assessment of the economic impact of proposed changes to the allocation formula.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the value for money implications of proposed changes to the allocation formula for the Integrated Transport Block.
[159416]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the value for money implications of proposed changes to the allocation formula for the Integrated Transport Block.
[159416]
The Department for Transport keeps under review the value for money of the types of schemes which are traditionally funded by integrated transport block funding. It does not, however, specify
which schemes should be implemented where or at what cost as it is for local transport authorities to ensure that they achieve value for money in the use of their individual grant allocations.
The Department cannot therefore make a realistic differentiation, in value for money terms, between the current arrangements and those in the proposed changes. It does however have confidence that integrated transport block as a whole provides high to very high value for money.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding the Government planned to provide to integrated transport authorities and passenger transport executives in the 2010 Spending Review; and how that funding changed as a result of announcements made in each Budget and Autumn Statement since.
[159417]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding the Government planned to provide to integrated transport authorities and passenger transport executives in the 2010 Spending Review; and how that funding changed as a result of announcements made in each Budget and Autumn Statement since.
[159417]
Following the 2010 Spending Review, the Department set out the funding it planned to provide for local transport on the Department's website. Additional monies set out in the subsequent Autumn Statements have also been published on the Department's website. Information relating to local transport funding allocations can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-transport-capital-block-funding
This does not include funding available via competitive bidding rounds such as the Local Sustainable Transport Fund or Local Authority Major Schemes, nor monies paid to Passenger Transport Executives as part of their status as co-signatories to rail franchises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has made a cumulative assessment of the distributional regional effects of (a) changes to funding formula for significant funding blocks and (b) competitive funding awards.
[159475]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has made a cumulative assessment of the distributional regional effects of (a) changes to funding formula for significant funding blocks and (b) competitive funding awards.
[159475]
Since the 2010 Spending Review no changes have been made to the formula used to distribute integrated transport block funding. The Department has recently consulted on a range of options for changing the formula used to distribute integrated transport block funding. The consultation contained estimated figures (for local transport authorities) for each option, however no specific regional assessment has been made. It should be noted that these estimates were based on current funding levels and datasets that are both likely to change before any new formula is implemented.
The only change to highways maintenance block funding has been the phasing out of the weighting for road condition. This was removed completely in the 2013/14 allocations.
The Department has made no assessment of the distributional regional effects for competitive funding awards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has made an assessment of the redistributive effects of the options for changing the formula for the integrated transport block between metropolitan areas and shire counties.
[159476]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has made an assessment of the redistributive effects of the options for changing the formula for the integrated transport block between metropolitan areas and shire counties.
[159476]
The Department recently consulted on a range of options for changing the formula used to distribute integrated transport block funding. The consultation contained estimated figures for each option. It should be noted that these were based on current funding levels and datasets that are likely to change before any new formula is implemented.
The Department is considering the responses to the consultation and will respond in due course.
(2) what the total level of funding has been for agreements under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme providing permissive public access since the scheme's inception.
[156685]
Angela Smith:
(2) what the total level of funding has been for agreements under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme providing permissive public access since the scheme's inception.
[156685]
Angela Smith:
The Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) started in 1991 and closed to new applications in 2004. Agreements lasted for 10 years and the last of these are due to expire in September 2014. Data is not held centrally for agreements that have expired, so it is not possible to provide the total amount of permissive access since 1991. The closest data available is for agreements providing permissive access in 2005.
In 2005 there were 710 CSS agreements with permissive access. The total annual permissive access payments under these agreements is estimated at £11,165,230 over the 10 year period of the agreements1. 241 of these agreements are still running in 2013. This figure does not include one-off capital payments such as gates, stiles and benches.
| CSS
access
option | Number
of live agreements with access
option | Total
hectares/length |
| Open
access | 183 | 1,747
hectares |
| Permissive
footpaths | 464 | 599,115
metres |
| Permissive
bridleways | 179 | 513,502
metres |
| Paths
for
disabled | 23 | 43,081
metres |
Individual agreements can have more than one permissive access option. The total number of live agreements with access options will therefore add up to more than 710.1 Estimate may not take account of changes resulting from later payment reviews, which cannot easily be calculated from historical data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how much funding for agreements providing permissive public access has been provided under the Environmental Stewardship Scheme since the scheme's inception;
[156683]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how much funding for agreements providing permissive public access has been provided under the Environmental Stewardship Scheme since the scheme's inception;
[156683]
Environmental Stewardship started in 2005. From 2006, the Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) element of the scheme offered annual payments for permissive access. These were withdrawn for new HLS agreements from 1 December 2010, as part of spending review 2010 decisions, although payments continue for agreements set up before this date until their expiry. At present there are 1,292 HLS permissive access agreements.
The total cost of annual payments under these agreements is estimated at £22,561,632, over the ten year period of the agreements1. This does not include payments for one-off capital items such as gates, stiles and benches.
Only the “open access” option is measured and paid in hectares; all others are linear and paid in metres.
| HLS
access
option | Number
of live agreements with access
option | Total
hectares/length |
| Open
access | 290 | 4,067
hectares |
| Permissive
paths | 886 | 1,433,123
metres |
| Permissive
bridleways | 334 | 1,220,163
metres |
| Linear
access for people with reduced
mobility | 52 | 52,827
metres |
| Upgrading
access for
cycles/horses | 20 | 31,352
metres |
| Upgrading
access for people with reduced
mobility | 8 | 3,756
metres |
Individual HLS agreements can have more than one permissive access option. The total number of live agreements with access options will therefore add up to more than 1,292.1 Estimate will change over time as agreements are amended, terminated early etc.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of expenditure by her Department allocated to local authority major transport schemes has been allocated to each (a) local transport authority and (b) integrated transport authority in England in each year from 2007-08 to 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of expenditure by her Department allocated to local authority major transport schemes has been allocated to each (a) local transport authority and (b) integrated transport authority in England in each year from 2007-08 to 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding he plans to make available for children with special educational needs who will not be eligible for an Education, Health and Care Plan and are registered as School Action or School Action Plus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding he plans to make available for children with special educational needs who will not be eligible for an Education, Health and Care Plan and are registered as School Action or School Action Plus.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the regional growth fund.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the regional growth fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to his Statement of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 51, on post-16 education funding, what plans he has to allow further education and sixth form colleges to access information on students enrolling in September 2011 who were in receipt of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to his Statement of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 51, on post-16 education funding, what plans he has to allow further education and sixth form colleges to access information on students enrolling in September 2011 who were in receipt of...
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the future of advice centres in Barnsley and Sheffield.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the future of advice centres in Barnsley and Sheffield.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what formula he plans to use to determine how much each provider of post-16 education receives from the learner support fund; and whether this formula will be amended following the end of the education maintenance allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what formula he plans to use to determine how much each provider of post-16 education receives from the learner support fund; and whether this formula will be amended following the end of the education maintenance allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to his letter of 16 June 2010 to directors of children's services and local authority chief executives, what representations he has received on changes in support for school activities through the local delivery support grant following the proposed change to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to his letter of 16 June 2010 to directors of children's services and local authority chief executives, what representations he has received on changes in support for school activities through the local delivery support grant following the proposed change to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he plans to allocate funding for children with additional educational needs to schools from 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he plans to allocate funding for children with additional educational needs to schools from 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was paid in public subsidy to the (a) rail industry and (b) bus industry (i) in total and (ii) per passenger journey in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was paid in public subsidy to the (a) rail industry and (b) bus industry (i) in total and (ii) per passenger journey in the latest period for which figures are available.