Lord Taylor of Goss Moor: Written Answers (65)

Written Question

Childbirth

Monday 4th December 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many babies were born in England each year since 1945.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

27 November 2023

Dear Lord Taylor,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking a) how many babies were born in England each year since 1945 (HL435) and b) how many babies were registered in Cornwall in each year since 1945 (HL436).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes statistics on births registered in England. Birth statistics are based on year of registration, rather than date of birth.

Table 1 of the attached dataset provides numbers of live births registered in England from 1945 to 2022, and stillbirths registered from 1981 to 2023. Data on stillbirths registered in England prior to 1981 are not available.

Table 2 of the attached dataset provides numbers of live births and stillbirths registered in Cornwall from 1981 to 2022. Figures for Cornwall are based on the mother’s usual residence. Data on the mother’s usual residence prior to 1981 is not available.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

Written Question

Older People: Cornwall

Monday 4th December 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the number of (1) over 65 year olds, and (2) over 80 year olds, living in Cornwall in each year since 1945.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.

The Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

28 November 2023

Dear Lord Taylor,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking about the number of (1) over 65-year-olds (HL437), and (2) over 80-year-olds in each year since 1945 for both the UK as a whole and those living in Cornwall (HL438).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing population estimates for the United Kingdom. The attached Excel file provides estimates for the United Kingdom from 1953 to 2021 and for England and Wales from 1945 to 2022. United Kingdom age group estimates are not available from before 1953. Estimates for the United Kingdom for 2022 are not yet available due to synchronisation issues caused by the latest census being held in 2021 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and in 2022 in Scotland.

The file also contains estimates for Cornwall from 1971 to 2022. Age group estimates prior to 1991 are not available for Cornwall as local authority reorganisation in the early 1970s prevents comparisons prior to 1971.

When accessing any of our files please read the 'notes, terms and conditions' contained within them.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

Written Question

Housing: Gardens

Monday 4th December 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been created each year since 2005 for which figures are available; and what percentage of those had private gardens.

Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)

The department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered, in each financial year shown in Table 1 below. This information is also readily available on gov.uk.

Table 1. Housing Supply Net Additional Dwellings, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22¹.

2004-05	185553
2005-06	202653
2006-07	214936
2007-08	223534
2008-09	182767
2009-10	144870
2010-11	137394
2011-12	134896
2012-13	124722
2013-14	136605
2014-15	170693
2015-16	189645
2016-17	217345
2017-18	222281
2018-19	241877
2019-20	242702
2020-21	211865
2021-22	232816

Source: Live Table 122,123 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing

¹Net additional dwellings includes new builds but also dwellings supplied through conversions of existing buildings, change of existing buildings use, other gains/losses, offset by demolitions. The detail, with each component, is published in Live Table 123.

The Department does not hold figures on what percentage of those had private gardens.

Written Question

Housing Completions

Tuesday 28th November 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been created each year since 2005 for which figures are available, broken down between (1) flats, and (2) houses.

Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)

Table 1. Housing Supply Net Additional Dwellings, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22¹.

2004-05	185553
2005-06	202653
2006-07	214936
2007-08	223534
2008-09	182767
2009-10	144870
2010-11	137394
2011-12	134896
2012-13	124722
2013-14	136605
2014-15	170693
2015-16	189645
2016-17	217345
2017-18	222281
2018-19	241877
2019-20	242702
2020-21	211865
2021-22	232816

Source: Live Table 122,123 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing

Estimates of the number of new homes delivered, broken down by flats or houses, are not centrally collected.

Estimates of the proportion of building control reported new build dwelling completions by flats or houses for England, in each financial year, are shown in Table 2 below. These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply.

Table 2. Housebuilding: Percentage of permanent dwellings completed, by house and flats, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22².

	House	Flats
2004-05	59	41
2005-06	54	46
2006-07	53	47
2007-08	52	48
2008-09	50	50
2009-10	55	45
2010-11	65	35
2011-12	64	36
2012-13	67	33
2013-14	71	29
2014-15	75	25
2015-16	77	23
2016-17	75	25
2017-18	77	23
2018-19	78	22
2019-20	80	20
2020-21	81	19
2021-22	83	17
2022-23	82	18

Source: Live Table 254 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building

2. Approximately half of the data used to produce the house building statistics are supplied by the National House-Building Council. These data contain additional detail on the size and type of new homes being completed and can be used to provide annual estimates of the proportion of new build dwellings that are houses as opposed to flats. The caveat is that these estimates are indicative only, as based on just 1 of the 3 sources of building control data (Local Authority Building Control, Independent Approved Inspectors and National House Building Council Data).

Written Question

Housing Completions

Tuesday 28th November 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes were completed each year since 2005 for which figures are available.

Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)

Table 1. Housing Supply Net Additional Dwellings, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22¹.

2004-05	185553
2005-06	202653
2006-07	214936
2007-08	223534
2008-09	182767
2009-10	144870
2010-11	137394
2011-12	134896
2012-13	124722
2013-14	136605
2014-15	170693
2015-16	189645
2016-17	217345
2017-18	222281
2018-19	241877
2019-20	242702
2020-21	211865
2021-22	232816

Source: Live Table 122,123 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing

Estimates of the number of new homes delivered, broken down by flats or houses, are not centrally collected.

Table 2. Housebuilding: Percentage of permanent dwellings completed, by house and flats, England, 2004-05 to 2021-22².

	House	Flats
2004-05	59	41
2005-06	54	46
2006-07	53	47
2007-08	52	48
2008-09	50	50
2009-10	55	45
2010-11	65	35
2011-12	64	36
2012-13	67	33
2013-14	71	29
2014-15	75	25
2015-16	77	23
2016-17	75	25
2017-18	77	23
2018-19	78	22
2019-20	80	20
2020-21	81	19
2021-22	83	17
2022-23	82	18

Source: Live Table 254 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building

Written Question

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

Tuesday 28th November 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average waiting time in accident and emergency (1) in the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, and (2) across all NHS trusts in England, in each year since 2000.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Official data on accident and emergency waiting times is collected and published by NHS England including the number and proportion of patient attendances that meet the national four-hour accident and emergency access standard and is published monthly. The latest published data from NHS England shows that the Royal Cornwall NHS Trust achieved 78.5% of patient attendances within the four-hour standard in October 2023.

Some information on median waiting time data is collected by NHS England, however this remains experimental data subject to quality issues and is not intended for official performance monitoring use.

Written Question

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Tuesday 28th November 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was their expenditure in real terms on road maintenance each year since 2000 for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table summarises maintenance expenditure by road class, adjusted for inflation, in England, from April 2005 onwards.

Road class	Financial Year Ending (FYE)	Structural Treatment [Note 1, 2]	Routine and other Treatment [Note 1, 2]	Highways Maintenance Policy, Planning and Strategy [Note 2]	Total [Note 2]
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2006	728	457	[z]	1,185
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2007	681	466	[z]	1,148
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2008	646	513	[z]	1,159
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2009	633	530	[z]	1,164
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2010 [Note 4]	1,166	477	[z]	1,643
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2011	579	375	[z]	954
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2012	595	387	[z]	982
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2013	513	332	[z]	845
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2014	620	306	[z]	926
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2015	864	270	[z]	1,135
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2016	790	305	[z]	1,095
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2017	716	292	[z]	1,007
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2018	870	287	[z]	1,157
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2019	744	299	[z]	1,043
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2020	777	283	[z]	1,060
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2021	763	297	[z]	1,059
Trunk motorway and trunk 'A' roads [Note 3]	FYE 2022	887	285	[z]	1,172
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2006	2,439	1,664	389	4,492
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2007	2,315	1,596	428	4,338
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2008	2,265	1,721	419	4,406
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2009	2,213	1,315	390	3,918
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2010 [Note 4]	2,502	1,774	421	4,696
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2011	2,386	1,673	390	4,449
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2012	2,313	1,573	345	4,231
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2013	2,022	1,528	339	3,888
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2014	2,119	1,496	358	3,973
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2015	2,539	1,315	323	4,178
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2016	2,489	1,246	369	4,103
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2017	2,507	1,198	380	4,085
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2018	2,442	1,243	363	4,047
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2019	2,792	1,116	351	4,259
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2020	2,661	1,103	403	4,167
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2021	2,650	1,092	399	4,141
Local authority roads [Note 6, 7, 8]	FYE 2022	2,484	1,153	532	4,168
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2006	745	552	[z]	1,297
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2007	690	487	[z]	1,177
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2008	616	608	[z]	1,224
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2009	601	370	[z]	971
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2010 [Note 4]	779	686	[z]	1,464
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2011	774	565	[z]	1,339
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2012	874	601	[z]	1,474
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2013	688	581	[z]	1,270
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2014	750	608	[z]	1,358
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2015	976	426	[z]	1,401
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2016	927	464	[z]	1,391
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2017	1,192	415	[z]	1,607
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2018	1,047	477	[z]	1,524
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2019	1,069	359	[z]	1,428
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2020	1,021	326	[z]	1,347
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2021	973	321	[z]	1,295
Of which: Local authority motorway and 'A' roads	FYE 2022	852	360	[z]	1,212
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2006	1,694	1,112	[z]	2,806
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2007	1,625	1,108	[z]	2,733
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2008	1,649	1,114	[z]	2,763
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2009	1,612	945	[z]	2,557
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2010 [Note 4]	1,723	1,088	[z]	2,811
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2011	1,612	1,108	[z]	2,720
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2012	1,439	973	[z]	2,412
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2013	1,333	946	[z]	2,280
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2014	1,369	889	[z]	2,258
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2015	1,564	890	[z]	2,453
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2016	1,561	782	[z]	2,343
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2017	1,315	783	[z]	2,098
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2018	1,394	766	[z]	2,160
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2019	1,723	758	[z]	2,480
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2020	1,640	777	[z]	2,417
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2021	1,676	771	[z]	2,447
Of which: Local authority minor roads ('B', 'C' and 'U')	FYE 2022	1,632	793	[z]	2,42

Written Question

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government in real terms what was the average per pupil funding for secondary schools in (1) England, and (2) Cornwall, (a) this year, and (b) for each year since 2005 for which figures are available.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

I refer the Noble Lord to my answer of 24 November 2023 to Question HL257.

Written Question

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the value in real terms of vehicle excise duty receipts each year since 2000 for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Information about the value in real terms of vehicle excise duty (VED) receipts is not held. The table below provides the VED figures reported in the published Annual Report & Accounts between years 2005-06 and 2022-23. Net Revenue stated as VED in the Statement of revenue & expenditure published Accounts.

Year	£m
2022-23	7,325
2021-22	7,133
2020-21	6,898
2019-20	6,775
2018-19	6,390
2017-18	6,001
2016-17	5,876
2015-16	5,930
2014-15	6,023
2013-14	6,052
2012-13	6,013
2011-12	5,932
2010-11	5,782
2009-10	5,742
2008-09	5,543
2007-08	5,269
2006-07	4,984
2005-06	4,953

Written Question

Speed Limits: Fines

Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average mile-per-hour excess over the speed limit for speeding penalties issued in 2022, or the last year for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office collects and publishes data on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) and other outcomes for motoring offences, including speed limit offences, in England and Wales on an annual basis. The most recent data, up to 2021, is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118166/fixed-penalty-notices-and-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-and-procedures-year-ending-31-december-2021.ods

These statistics include the number of speed limit offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales and the subsequent outcomes, such as whether a fine was paid or a driver retraining course was attended.

However, the Home Office does not centrally collect data on mile-per-hour excess over the speed limit, or any information regarding the speed of the vehicle, for speeding penalties issued.

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