Ministerial Corrections

Tuesday 6th July 2010 Ministerial Corrections

Tuesday 6 July 2010

Global Poverty

Tuesday 6th July 2010 Ministerial Corrections

The following is an extract from the speech of the Minister of State, Department for International Development during the Global Poverty debate:

“Additional climate finance, as the previous Government made clear, will come from the existing aid budget.”

[Official Report, 1 July 2010, Vol. 512, c. 1103-1104.]

Letter of correction from Mr Alan Duncan:

The Minister of State for International Development made a small error during his closing remarks in the Global Poverty Debate on 1 July 2010.

He said “Additional climate finance, as the previous Government made clear, will come from the existing aid budget”.

He meant to say “UK Fast Start climate finance, as the previous Government made clear, will come from the aid budget.”

Education Maintenance Allowance

Tuesday 6th July 2010 Ministerial Corrections

[John Robertson]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the future of education maintenance allowance payments.

[Official Report, 14 June 2010, Vol. 511, c. 307W.]

[Mr Gibb]

[holding answer 7 June 2010]: The Government are committed to retaining the education maintenance allowance (EMA). The budget for 2010-11 is £564 million, enabling young people aged 16 to 19 in England who meet residency criteria and have a bank account to receive EMA payments if their household income is under £30,801 (based on evidence from the last full financial year).

Letter of correction from Mr Gibb:

An error has been identified in the written answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (John Robertson) on 14 June 2010.

Unfortunately, the last line of the reply as published contained a typographical error and the household income threshold amount should have read £30,810.

The correct response should have been:

[Mr Gibb]

[holding answer 7 June 2010]: The Government are committed to retaining the education maintenance allowance (EMA). The budget for 2010-11 is £564 million, enabling young people aged 16 to 19 in England who meet residency criteria and have a bank account to receive EMA payments if their household income is under £30,810 (based on evidence from the last full financial year).

The Minister is writing to the hon. Member for Glasgow North West to explain this error and notify him of the correction.