Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total liability was for student debt acquired by non-UK citizens in each of the last 10 years; and what the outstanding arrears was of such debt in each of those years.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans for each of the UK Government Administrations. Statistics covering English loans to EU domiciled borrowers are published annually by SLC in the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Student Loans in England’.
http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment/england.aspx
Information on the loan balance held by EU domiciled borrowers that are liable for repayment and in arrears at the end of each of the financial years 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 can be found in table 1 of the SFR.
The information for the financial years prior to this could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish a list of hon. Members and Members of the House of Lords who he has appointed to serve as his envoy in the current Parliament; what the title and responsibility was of each of those envoys; when each of those envoys was appointed; and of those whose appointment was subsequently terminated, on what date that termination occurred.
Answered by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton - Foreign Secretary
Information regarding trade envoys can be found on the gov.uk website.
Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of all activity related to promoting the Government's policy of remaining in the EU, including staff costs and the writing and publishing of documents and web pages; and what estimate he has made of the total of such projected expenditure by the date of the EU referendum.
Answered by Oliver Letwin
The cost of the pamphlet and the website will have been just over £9 million.
Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the Government's (a) gross and (b) net contribution to EU institutions in 2014; and what the UK's balance of payments with those institutions was in that year.
Answered by David Gauke
Complete outturn figures, including receipts administered by public sector bodies and those received directly by beneficiaries, for the UK’s gross and net contribution to the EU Budget in 2014 can be found in Table 3B, page 16, of HM Treasury’s European Union Finances 2015 publication (Cm 9167) which is available from the House library and on gov.uk. No estimates are provided, as outturns for 2014 are available. The Government does not produce an estimate of the UK’s balance of payments with EU institutions.
The UK’s contributions fluctuate between years. Over the years 2010 to 2014, the UK’s contributions averaged around £7.1bn. This means that for every pound paid in tax, a little over 1p goes to the EU. An explanation of these figures can be found in Annex B of HM Treasury’s analysis of the long-term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives.
Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers are employed by the Government; and how many such advisers are (a) women, (b) from black and ethnic minority communities and (c) registered disabled.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Government is committed to publishing information about the cost of special advisers. Information on the numbers, costs and specific salaries of special advisers is therefore published on an annual basis.
The latest publication of this information can be accessed here:
Information on the numbers of Special Advisers employed by the Government is published annually. The most recent publication of this information can be accessed here:
Special Advisers are employees of the specific department they work for. Due to this, demographic information on Special Advisers is not centrally held.
Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average pay is of (a) all, (b) male and (c) female special advisers.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Government is committed to publishing information about the cost of special advisers. Information on the numbers, costs and specific salaries of special advisers is therefore published on an annual basis.
The latest publication of this information can be accessed here:
Information on the numbers of Special Advisers employed by the Government is published annually. The most recent publication of this information can be accessed here:
Special Advisers are employees of the specific department they work for. Due to this, demographic information on Special Advisers is not centrally held.
Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EEA family permits were issued overseas in each of the last five calendar years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The requested information is given in the table below:
Entry clearance visa grants: EEA Family Permits | |
Year | Granted |
2011 | 19,885 |
2012 | 19,238 |
2013 | 22,893 |
2014 | 24,985 |
2015 | 30,309 |
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Source: | |
The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas issued outside the UK, including EEA Family permits are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October-December 2015’, Visas volume 3 table vi_06_q_o, latest edition available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015/list-of-tables#visas
Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Government responds to the public desire for EU facts published on 6 April 2016, what proportion and how much of the £2,894,064 will be spent on digital promotion and a website as part of the EU referendum campaign; and whether the website eureferendum.gov.uk will be removed from the internet during the period in which section 125 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 applies.
Answered by John Penrose
The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6th April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.
The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the EUreferendum.gov.uk website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.
It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the EUreferendum.gov.uk website during this period.
Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Government responds to the public desire for EU facts published on 6 April 2016, how much the Government plans to spend on providing further public information on the EU referendum.
Answered by John Penrose
The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6th April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.
The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the EUreferendum.gov.uk website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.
It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the EUreferendum.gov.uk website during this period.
Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative - Harwich and North Essex)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials worked on the content, design and production of (a) the Government's EU referendum leaflet, (b) the eureferendum.gov.uk website and (c) pro-EU advertising commissioned by the Government; how many man-hours such work represented; if he will estimate the costs of their work; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by John Penrose
The Government published details of the cost of the production and delivery of this public information leaflet on 6th April. It is not possible to provide a further breakdown of these figures, as this would compromise the commercial confidentiality of Royal Mail and the relevant printers.
The Government has confirmed that a budget of £2.894,064m has been allocated for digital promotion and the operation of the EUreferendum.gov.uk website. This will be a key means through which the public can access factual information on the Referendum question.
It is important to ensure that the public continue to have access to factual information throughout the Referendum campaign. The Government has been clear that it will comply fully with the statutory restrictions in place during the 28 day period from 27th May 2016. No new content will be added to the EUreferendum.gov.uk website during this period.
Work on the leaflet and the website was taken forward by Cabinet Office and No 10 staff, as part of their on-going responsibilities and it is not possible to separate out the cost without incurring disproportionate cost.