Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of agricultural support payments per capita in real terms in (1) Cornwall, (2) Devon, and (3) England, in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
The Rural Payments Agency makes agricultural support payments to eligible farmers in England. The following figures represent the total direct aid paid to Cornwall, Devon and England for 2015 and 2016 under the Basic Payment Scheme; and for each year between 2010 and 2014 under its predecessor, the Single Payment Scheme. The average payment value represents that paid to eligible claimants for each year. Data is relevant to the claimant population
SPS scheme 2010 - 2014
Year | England | Devon | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | |||
SPS GBP | Number | SPS GBP | Number | SPS GBP | Number | |
2010 | 1,781,954,062 | 104,285 | £ 98,514,541 | 9,353 | £ 52,546,385 | 4,775 |
2011 | 1,787,132,090 | 104,007 | £ 98,169,419 | 9,357 | £ 52,727,507 | 4,759 |
2012 | 1,649,543,922 | 103,899 | £ 90,430,011 | 9,350 | £ 48,462,249 | 4,738 |
2013 | 1,673,641,321 | 103,109 | £ 91,655,239 | 9,309 | £ 49,139,301 | 4,706 |
2014 | 1,538,089,242 | 101,584 | £ 83,316,822 | 9,117 | £ 44,847,068 | 4,657 |
BPS scheme 2015 - 2016
Year | England | Devon | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | |||
BPS GBP | Volume Paid | BPS GBP | Volume Paid | BPS GBP | Volume Paid | |
2015 | 1,407,810,704 | 86,931 | 77,634,876 | 7,710 | £ 40,476,454 | 3,881 |
2016 | 1,650,041,395 | 85,316 | 90,852,407 | 7,582 | £ 47,830,601 | 3,796 |
Average per claim (both schemes)
Year | Scheme | England | Devon | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
Average Per Claim | Average Per Claim | Average Per Claim | ||
2010 | SPS | £17,087 | £10,533 | £11,004 |
2011 | SPS | £17,183 | £10,492 | £11,080 |
2012 | SPS | £15,876 | £9,672 | £10,228 |
2013 | SPS | £16,232 | £9,846 | £10,442 |
2014 | SPS | £15,141 | £9,139 | £9,630 |
2015 | BPS | £16,195 | £10,069 | £10,429 |
2016 | BPS | £19,340 | £11,983 | £12,600 |
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of EU infrastructure support payments per capita in real terms in (1) Cornwall, (2) Devon, and (3) England, in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2014–20 Programme in England, the funding available has been allocated to Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas and it is then for these partners to inform central Government when and where investments in their respective areas take place. The ERDF is the main source of EU funding used to support infrastructure in localities. This is complemented by the European Social Fund (ESF) which is also allocated to LEP areas in England and supports employment, skills and social inclusion.
The level of EU Structural Funds (the combination of the ERDF and the ESF) that has been allocated to each LEP area, including Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Heart of the South West and England can be found (attached) here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-structural-funds-uk-allocations-2014-to-2020.
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP area allocation is significantly greater than that of the Heart of the South West. This is because the EU categorises Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as ‘a Less Developed Region’ whereas it categorises Heart of the South West as ‘a More Developed Region’. These categories are assigned according to the per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of each of these areas.
Details of population by LEP area from 2010 onwards using the Nomis Database which can be found here: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/lep/contents.aspx
Details of projects that have been funded are available (attached) on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-structural-and-investment-funds-useful-resources
The government has committed to develop the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as a successor to EU structural fund programmes. This new Fund affords a fresh opportunity to spend money according to our own priorities, improve productivity and reduce economic inequality across the country.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of European Regional Development Fund support payments per capita in real terms in (1) Cornwall, (2) Devon, and (3) England, in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2014–20 Programme in England, the funding available has been allocated to Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas and it is then for these partners to inform central Government when and where investments in their respective areas take place. The ERDF is the main source of EU funding used to support infrastructure in localities. This is complemented by the European Social Fund (ESF) which is also allocated to LEP areas in England and supports employment, skills and social inclusion.
The level of EU Structural Funds (the combination of the ERDF and the ESF) that has been allocated to each LEP area, including Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Heart of the South West and England can be found (attached) here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-structural-funds-uk-allocations-2014-to-2020.
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP area allocation is significantly greater than that of the Heart of the South West. This is because the EU categorises Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as ‘a Less Developed Region’ whereas it categorises Heart of the South West as ‘a More Developed Region’. These categories are assigned according to the per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of each of these areas.
Details of population by LEP area from 2010 onwards using the Nomis Database which can be found here: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/lep/contents.aspx
Details of projects that have been funded are available (attached) on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-structural-and-investment-funds-useful-resources
The government has committed to develop the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as a successor to EU structural fund programmes. This new Fund affords a fresh opportunity to spend money according to our own priorities, improve productivity and reduce economic inequality across the country.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new homes have been built in (1) Cornwall, and (2) Devon, in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Estimates of the number of new homes built in Cornwall and Devon are published by the Department as part of ‘House building; new build dwellings in England’. The number of new homes built, in Cornwall and Devon since 2010/11, is shown in the table below.
Table 1. House building; new build dwellings completed.
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 (Q1 only) | Total (to June 2017) |
Cornwall | 1,450 | 1,820 | 1,680 | 1,430 | 1,880 | 1,760 | 1,750 | 520 | 12,300 |
Devon | 1,870 | 2,220 | 1,770 | 2,840 | 3,030 | 3,110 | 3,340 | 920 | 19,100 |
A more complete picture of housing supply (including conversions and change of use) is provided by the ‘net additional dwelling’ statistics. The number of net additional dwellings delivered, in Cornwall and Devon since 2010/11, is shown in the table below.
Table 2. Housing Supply; net additional dwellings.
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | Total (to 2015-16) |
Cornwall | 2,390 | 2,380 | 2,280 | 2,030 | 2,700 | 2,600 | 14,380 |
Devon | 2,650 | 2,360 | 2,260 | 3,340 | 3,910 | 3,940 | 18,550 |
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new affordable homes have been built in (1) Cornwall, and (2) Devon, in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The numbers of additional affordable homes provided (new build and acquisitions) are shown in the table below.
| Total additional affordable dwellings provided |
| |||||
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | Total |
Cornwall | 860 | 770 | 780 | 590 | 1,160 | 720 | 4,880 |
Devon | 900 | 620 | 480 | 870 | 1,260 | 530 | 4,660 |
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average price of a home in (1) Cornwall, and (2) Devon, in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The mean prices paid (in £s) for all house types for Cornwall and Devon are shown in the table below for the financial years 2010-11 to 2016-17 (where the years run to the end of March).
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Cornwall | 227,594 | 219,055 | 221,614 | 223,804 | 228,585 | 242,553 | 245,222 |
Devon | 239,530 | 230,984 | 235,467 | 237,269 | 252,763 | 260,514 | 268,481 |
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the level of overall government spending per capita in real terms in (1) Cornwall, (2) Devon, and (3) England, in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Bates
Data is not available for the overall government spending per capita in real terms for Cornwall and Devon. However, the total identifiable public sector expenditure on services in England, per head and in real terms is provided in the following table:
Year | £ per head |
2011-12 | 8,929 |
2012-13 | 8,791 |
2013-14 | 8,729 |
2014-15 | 8,754 |
2015-16 | 8,816 |
Source: 2015-16 – Country and Regional Analyses (CRA)
Note: A time series from 2011-12 to 2015-16 has been provided because these were collected in the most recent ‘Country and Regional Analyses’ exercise. Data in 2010-11 is not comparable with these later years due to changes to methodology between collection exercises.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what projects have been awarded funding through the local major transport projects fund since 2014; what was the amount of funding awarded for each project; and what was the purpose of each project.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
The information in the attached table shows the Department for Transport’s total final funding contributions to local major transport projects in England approved since 2014 following consideration of final business cases. Other projects in the programme are still in development. The current programme totals £2.6bn of which £1.66bn is being provided by the Department. This is in addition to the significant investment we are making to improve local transport through other funding streams, including local highways maintenance and integrated transport funding.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to make a decision on the outline business case to fund the A30 to St Austell link road.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
The Government is still considering the business case for the A30 to St Austell Link Road scheme and will announce a funding decision in due course.
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the median wage for (1) men, (2) women, and (3) overall, in (a) Cornwall, (b) Devon, and (c) England, in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
A Copy of the Letter from the CEO of the UKSA has been placed in the Library of the House.