Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential for running passenger trains on double track rail lines used for freight trains in the Birmingham and Black Country area.
Answered by Claire Perry
I have not undertaken an assessment of the potential use by passenger services of freight routes in Birmingham and the Black Country. Network Rail is currently reviewing the West Midlands and Chilterns Route Utilisation Strategy, published on 27 May 2011, to assess any changes in the level of passenger and freight demand.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Cost of Renewables scheme.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Government estimates that relief from the costs of the Renewables Obligation and Small Scale Feed in Tariffs scheme will be £1.2bn between 2016/17 and 2019/2020. However the exact cost will depend on the number of companies that apply for the relief; their electricity usage and levels of production.
While the Government has sector electricity data we have limited business level data from a small number of sectors. We do not therefore have an assessment of the number of sectors that pass the sector level test but fail the business level test.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on which industrial sectors reach the preliminary threshold of seven per cent electricity intensity, but in which a majority of businesses do not meet the added 20 per cent electricity intensity threshold.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Government estimates that relief from the costs of the Renewables Obligation and Small Scale Feed in Tariffs scheme will be £1.2bn between 2016/17 and 2019/2020. However the exact cost will depend on the number of companies that apply for the relief; their electricity usage and levels of production.
While the Government has sector electricity data we have limited business level data from a small number of sectors. We do not therefore have an assessment of the number of sectors that pass the sector level test but fail the business level test.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place for UK police forces to investigate criminal suspects in Northern Cyprus.
Answered by Mike Penning
The UK does not recognise the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus." There are no arrangements in place for police forces in England and Wales to investigate criminal suspects in the northern part of Cyprus.
It would be inappropriate to comment on any matter relating to this case as this is the subject of ongoing UK-based court appeals.
Decisions to deploy police officers abroad to investigate criminal offences are operational matters for chief officers and the relevant authorities involved.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what airports police officers investigating the escape of John Anslow used on their (a) outward and (b) inward bound flights to Cyprus in 2013.
Answered by Mike Penning
The UK does not recognise the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus." There are no arrangements in place for police forces in England and Wales to investigate criminal suspects in the northern part of Cyprus.
It would be inappropriate to comment on any matter relating to this case as this is the subject of ongoing UK-based court appeals.
Decisions to deploy police officers abroad to investigate criminal offences are operational matters for chief officers and the relevant authorities involved.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria must be met before a police officer is permitted to travel abroad to investigate people suspected of criminal offences in their force's area.
Answered by Mike Penning
The UK does not recognise the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus." There are no arrangements in place for police forces in England and Wales to investigate criminal suspects in the northern part of Cyprus.
It would be inappropriate to comment on any matter relating to this case as this is the subject of ongoing UK-based court appeals.
Decisions to deploy police officers abroad to investigate criminal offences are operational matters for chief officers and the relevant authorities involved.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates officers in Staffordshire police force travelled to Northern Cyprus in connection with the investigation into John Anslow's escape from lawful custody; and which airport these officers flew (a) into and (b) out of on those visits.
Answered by Mike Penning
The UK does not recognise the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus." There are no arrangements in place for police forces in England and Wales to investigate criminal suspects in the northern part of Cyprus.
It would be inappropriate to comment on any matter relating to this case as this is the subject of ongoing UK-based court appeals.
Decisions to deploy police officers abroad to investigate criminal offences are operational matters for chief officers and the relevant authorities involved.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements can be made for removing suspected criminals to the UK to stand trial in the absence of an extradition treaty between the UK and the host country.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The UK may make an extradition request to a country with which it does not have an extradition treaty for a person who is accused or convicted of an offence in the UK.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of undergraduates studying in universities are of each social grade.
Answered by Greg Clark
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publish information annually on the participation in Higher Education by under-represented students groups in their UK Performance Indicators tables. The available figures on participation by National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) can be located in Table 1a at the following link:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/pis/09/10/urg
HESA figures show that 73,240 (or 32.6%) of young UK domiciled First degree entrants in UK universities came from socio-economic classifications that comprise small employers/account workers, lower supervisory and technical workers and semi routine or routine occupations.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many skills shortage vacancies are expected in each employment sector in each of the next 10 years.
Answered by Nick Boles
The Government does not forecast skill shortage vacancies. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills published employment and skill projections on 6th March 2014:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-futures-2012-to-2022
The report presents employment projections for the period from 2012 to 2022, based on an assumption that past patterns of behaviour and performance are continued. The projected demand for skills is shown by occupation and qualification rather than by sector, but they do show employment projections for sectors.