David Ruffley

Conservative - Former Member for Bury St Edmunds

First elected: 1st May 1997

Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)


David Ruffley is not a member of any APPGs
Treasury Committee
29th Nov 2010 - 30th Mar 2015
Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee)
18th Jul 2011 - 13th Dec 2011
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
3rd Jul 2007 - 6th May 2010
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
10th May 2005 - 3rd Jul 2007
Treasury Committee
12th Jul 2005 - 13th Feb 2006
Opposition Whip (Commons)
1st Jun 2004 - 10th May 2005
Treasury Committee
30th Nov 1998 - 22nd Mar 2004
Public Administration Committee
16th Jul 1997 - 2nd Jul 1999


Division Voting information

David Ruffley has voted in 1320 divisions, and 13 times against the majority of their Party.

27 Oct 2014 - Recall of MPs Bill - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 110 Conservative Aye votes vs 135 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 340
5 Mar 2014 - Judgments - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 83 Conservative No votes vs 123 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 360 Noes - 104
5 Mar 2014 - Registration of Births, deaths and marriages etc - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 81 Conservative No votes vs 124 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 363 Noes - 100
5 Mar 2014 - Registration of births, deaths and marriages etc - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 83 Conservative No votes vs 123 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 366 Noes - 103
5 Mar 2014 - Marriage - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 81 Conservative No votes vs 126 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 367 Noes - 100
5 Mar 2014 - Marriage - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 84 Conservative No votes vs 123 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 365 Noes - 103
5 Mar 2014 - Marriage - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 79 Conservative No votes vs 126 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 368 Noes - 98
13 Jan 2014 - European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 22 Conservative No votes vs 207 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 366 Noes - 30
31 Oct 2012 - Multiannual Financial Framework - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 51 Conservative Aye votes vs 235 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 294
10 Jul 2012 - House of Lords Reform Bill - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 89 Conservative No votes vs 192 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 462 Noes - 124
12 Mar 2012 - Backbench Business Committee - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 40 Conservative Aye votes vs 141 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 186
13 Oct 2011 - Procedure Committee Reports - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 43 Conservative Aye votes vs 124 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 63 Noes - 206
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
David Ruffley voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 80 Conservative Aye votes vs 96 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 196 Noes - 375
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All Debates

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Department Debates
HM Treasury
(58 debate contributions)
Ministry of Justice
(51 debate contributions)
Home Office
(33 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(22 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by David Ruffley, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

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David Ruffley has not been granted any Urgent Questions

David Ruffley has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

David Ruffley has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

David Ruffley has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 50 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
5 Other Department Questions
4th Dec 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many undergraduate students resident in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England have declared themselves bankrupt in each year since 1997.

The information requested is not available.

28th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many sub-post office branches have closed in each local authority area in the East of England in each year since 2005.

The Post Office is managed by Post Office Ltd, which operates independently of Government. As the information requested is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd, I have asked Paula Vennells, Chief Executive Officer of Post Office Ltd, to reply to the hon. Member directly, and a copy will be placed in the libraries of the House.

It is, however, worth noting that in November 2010 published its policy statement, “Securing the Post Office network in the digital age”, which made clear commitments to end the programmes of branch closure of the previous administration, and to instead invest in maintaining and modernising a network of at least 11,500 branches that meets strict access criteria that see, for example, 99.7% of the population nationally living within three miles of a post office outlet.

24th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students in Suffolk local education authority area applied for student (a) loans and (b) grants in the (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11 academic years.

The number of full-time students, residing in the local authority of Suffolk when they applied for financial support, who were awarded student loans or grants in academic years 2008/09 to 2013/14 is shown in Table 1.

It was not possible to provide the proportions requested in the answer because estimates of the loan and grant eligible population are not available at that level of detail.

Table 1 -- Students awarded student loans or grants who were living in Suffolk Local Authority1 when they applied for financial support.

Local authority: Suffolk

Type of financial support

Academic Year

Loans

[2]

Grants and Allowances [3]

2008/09

10,300

6,500

2009/10

11,100

6,600

2010/11

11,300

6,700

2011/12

11,800

7,100

2012/13

11,700

6,600

2013/14

12,000

6,700

Source: Student Loans Company

[1] Suffolk Local Authority covers applicants with postcodes in Babergh, Forest Heath, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St Edmundsbury and Suffolk districts at the time of application

[2] Includes maintenance and tuition fee loans

[3] Includes Higher Education grants, Special Support grants, Maintenance grants, Tuition Fee grants, Disabled Student allowances, Travel grants, Childcare grants, Dependants grants, Parental Learning allowances and Adult Dependant grants.

[4] Data refer to the mid-November following the end of each respective academic year.

[5] Figures may differ slightly from the answer provided in March 2011 as a more recent postcode address file has been used.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many undergraduate students were resident in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The number of undergraduate enrolments to UK HEIs, for students domiciled in Bury St Edmunds parliamentary constituency, Suffolk Local Authority and England and Wales prior to their course, has been provided in the following table.

Information for the 2013/14 academic year will become available from HESA in January 2015.

Undergraduate enrolments domiciled in Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency(1), Suffolk Local Authority and England and Wales, prior to their course

UK Higher Education Institutions(2)

Academic years 2008/09 to 2012/13

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency

2,890

3,045

3,125

3,210

2,860

Suffolk Local Authority

17,020

17,885

17,645

17,975

16,340

England and Wales

1,463,160

1,501,560

1,490,205

1,501,070

1,379,775

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record

Notes: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals.

(1) Parliamentary constituency is derived from the student's postcode. Data for 2010/11 onwards is based on the revised boundaries since the 2010 General Election.

(2) Includes students attending Open University.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have been declared bankrupt in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk, (c) East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Figures for bankruptcies in England and Wales, East of England, Suffolk and Bury St Edmunds constituency in each of the last five years can be found in Table 1.

Table 1: Number of Bankruptcies in England and Wales, East of England, Suffolk and Bury St Edmunds, 2008 to 20121

Area

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

England & Wales

67,428

74,670

59,173

41,876

31,787

East of England

7,366

8,128

5,755

4,141

3,149

Suffolk

1,041

1,089

848

548

406

Bury St Edmunds

160

174

129

85

62

1 Where bankrupt has provided a valid postcode

Regional figures for 2013 are not currently available. They will be published in July 2014.

It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.

Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly Insolvency Statistics release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014

Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the Individual Insolvencies by Region publication, which can be found at the following link:

http://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/otherinformation/statistics/regionalstatisticsmenu.htm

9th Jan 2015
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many payments for jobseeker's allowance were terminated (a) as a result of employment and (b) for other reasons in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire and (vi) Norfolk in each of the last five years.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

18th Nov 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many instances of vandalism were reported in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 2005.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

30th Oct 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of young people between 16 and 25 years were not in work, training or education in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

2nd Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free early years education places were provided in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex and (d) Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997.

The attached spreadsheet provides the number of part time equivalent funded early education places from 1997 to 2014 and the number of children in receipt of some funded early education provision from 2008 to 2014. The variation between areas will reflect local demand.

The latest statistics can be found online at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2014

29th Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase digital engagement by local education authorities.

The development and use of digital media by local authorities is a matter for local decision by them.

27th Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the core target group of 16 to 19-year olds have (a) applied for and (b) been accepted onto a traineeship to date in Bury St Edmunds constituency.

I can confirm that traineeships provision is available in Bury St Edmunds, although traineeships data is not available at local authority or constituency level.

Traineeships are off to a strong start. Provisional data published on 16 October shows that 7,000 16 – 18-year-olds started a traineeship in the first year of the programme.

This data is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held

27th Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted inspections were carried out in Suffolk local education authority area in (a) primary, (b) secondary, (c) straight-through, (d) nursery and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.

This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.

16th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers took early retirement in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) England in each of the last five years.

The following table provides the number of teachers in publicly-funded schools who took early retirement in Suffolk local authority and England in March 2008-09 to March 2012-13. This is the latest information available. Information for Bury St Edmunds constituency is not available.

Suffolk LA[1],[2]

England[1],[2]

March

2008-09

130

8,570

2009-10

100

7,810

2010-11

130

9,380

2011-12[3]

180

9,780

2012-13[3]

150

8,630

Source: Pensioner Statistical System (PENSTATS).

[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.

[2] Includes Premature Retirements, Actuarially Reduced Benefits and Ill Health.

[3]Provisional estimates. 2011-12 data will remain provisional until summer 2015 and 2012-13 data is likely to remain provisional until summer 2016.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 were not in full-time education or training in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

The Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Participation in education, training and employment, age 16 to 18' published on 13 March 2014 shows estimates of both the numbers and proportions of 16- and 17-year-olds not in full-time education or in work-based learning (almost exclusively apprenticeships). As well as those not participating in any education or training, the numbers include young people who were in part-time education and/or those undergoing training with a privately-funded training provider. Estimates are not available at sub-national level for 18-year-olds.

The SFR shows estimates for Suffolk Local Authority, the East of England, and England. The data is not available at parliamentary constituency level nor does an estimate exist that includes Wales.

The SFR is published online and is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-by-16-to-18-year-olds-in-england-end-2012

9th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the burden of regulation on the equine industry in the UK.

As part of the Red Tape Challenge Agriculture theme, we announced in January the Government's intention to scrap 156 regulations and improve 134 others. There were 11 reform proposals related to equine regulation in Defra's Agriculture theme. An implementation plan containing these proposals was contained in Defra's “Better for Business – Strategic Reform Plan” published on 09 April 2014 which is available publicly, online.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to improve the transparency of bilateral and multilateral aid spending.

The UK continues to lead the world on aid transparency. DFID was a founder of (and the first to publish aid data under) the International Aid Transparency Initiative. Over 230 organisations have now followed this lead. 98% of civil society organisations receiving funding under DFID's Programme Partnership Arrangements are now publishing IATI compliant data.

DFID's Development Tracker has revolutionised the sharing of aid information, enabling public access to details on expenditure and recipients, alongside project documentation. These efforts have been recognised recently, with DFID assessed as the best performing donor in the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation's 2014 monitoring report.

The Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) included transparency and accountability as a key aspect of assessing multilateral partners' performance. DFID is pushing organisations to strengthen their disclosure policies and make project details readily available. This is likely to be examined again in 2015.

9th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217210, how much funding his Department has allocated to each district and unitary council in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk for road improvement in each year since 2005.

The table below lists the funding the Department for Transport has allocated to (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk for road improvement since 2005:

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

Year

Suffolk

Bedfordshire*

Cambridgeshire

Essex

Hertfordshire

Norfolk

05/06

22.6

9.4

21.0

31.9

21.2

29.3

06/07

23.6

9.6

21.4

30.0

23.9

30.5

07/08

21.5

7.8

20.3

34.9

24.2

32.5

08/09

23.0

8.7

21.4

33.6

25.6

31.4

09/10

21.7

9.2

19.4

39.4

25.9

30.5

10/11

23.2

9.5

18.9

60.0

26.5

32.1

11/12

27.2

10.4

17.8

61.2

30.6

35.2

12/13

21.8

9.1

14.8

34.4

24.8

26.7

13/14

24.3

17.3

16.8

33.1

27.2

30.4

14/15

33.9

14.8

20.3

44.5

32.9

60.8

* from 2010/11 Bedfordshire split into the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford and therefore this figure is the sum of their allocations.

The Department does not provide any funding directly to district councils. The table below lists the funding provided to the Unitary Authorities that fall within the historical counties of Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk for road improvement since 2005:

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

Year

Bedford*

Central Bedfordshire*

Luton

Peterborough

Southend on Sea

Thurrock

05/06

4.0

5.5

4.4

6.6

06/07

3.5

4.1

4.3

5.3

07/08

4.0

7.7

4.5

3.2

08/09

6.5

6.4

4.1

3.0

09/10

3.9

11.0

4.1

3.1

10/11

3.9

5.6

3.3

10.5

3.7

2.9

11/12

4.3

6.1

2.9

5.5

3.5

3.2

12/13

3.8

5.3

4.9

4.5

2.9

3.0

13/14

8.8

8.5

13.8

8.4

3.2

2.9

14/15

5.2

9.6

5.3

7.2

6.7

3.5

* from 2010/11 the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford came into being and therefore this figure is the sum of the allocations to Bedfordshire.

These tables include funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.

Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.

5th Dec 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there have been on the A14 in Suffolk involving drivers aged under 21 years in each year since 2005.

The number of reported road traffic a) accidents and b) fatalities there have been on the A14 in Suffolk involving drivers aged 21 years in each year since 2005 is shown in the attached table.


4th Dec 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to each local authority in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Hertfordshire, (e) Norfolk and (g) England for road improvement in each year since 1997.

The table below lists the funding the Department for Transport has allocated to (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Hertfordshire, (e) Norfolk and (g) England for road improvement for which records are available:

Year

Suffolk

Bedfordshire*

Cambridgeshire

Hertfordshire

Norfolk

England

00/01

8.5

4.0

7.3

9.5

9.2

514.4

01/02

21.0

7.1

15.1

22.6

29.2

1,074.0

02/03

20.0

6.6

15.5

23.5

29.5

1,123.4

03/04

20.6

7.4

18.1

22.1

29.4

1,178.5

04/05

22.2

8.0

22.0

21.6

33.0

1,308.4

05/06

22.6

9.4

21.0

21.2

29.3

1,212.4

06/07

23.6

9.6

21.4

23.9

30.5

1,262.7

07/08

21.5

7.8

20.3

24.2

32.5

1,245.0

08/09

23.0

8.7

21.4

25.6

31.4

1,456.1

09/10

21.7

9.2

19.4

25.9

30.5

1,552.0

10/11

23.2

9.5

18.9

26.5

32.1

1,552.1

11/12

27.2

10.4

17.8

30.6

35.2

1,482.6

12/13

21.8

9.1

14.8

24.8

26.7

1,227.9

13/14

24.3

17.3

16.8

27/2

30.4

1,576.2

14/15

33.9

14.8

20.3

32.9

60.8

2,025.2

* from 2010/11 Bedfordshire split into the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford and therefore this figure is the sum of their allocations.

This table includes funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.

The Department is also funding local highways maintenance projects in Portsmouth, Birmingham, Sheffield, Isle of Wight and the London Borough of Hounslow through the Private Finance Initiative.

Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.

24th Nov 2014
A14
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what traffic flow data his Department holds for each section of the A14 in the most recent period for which figures are available.

The most recent traffic flow data for which figures are available is for the period 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2014. Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) flows for each section of the A14 are set out in the attached table (from Felixstowe to M1).

3rd Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to each local authority in England and Wales for road improvement in each year since 2010.

The Government is committed to improving the local road network. Road improvements in Wales are a devolved matter and therefore the responsibility of the Welsh Government.

The attached table includes funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.

The Department is also funding local highways maintenance projects in Portsmouth, Birmingham, Sheffield, Isle of Wight and the London Borough of Hounslow through the Private Finance Initiative.

Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to each local authority in the East of England for road improvement in each of the last five years.

The Department for Transport provides funding to local highway authorities through a number of funding programmes. This funding includes grant through both the Highways Maintenance and Integrated Transport Block grants. This funding can be used to improve local roads that the authorities are responsible for if they so wish.

The following tables provide the funding we have allocated to those authorities that fall within the East of England since 2010/11:


Local Highways Maintenance Capital Block Grant

Local Transport Plan Name

2010/11

£m

Bedfordshire (Plan)

7.031

Cambridgeshire

12.809

Essex

23.075

Hertfordshire

17.456

Luton and Dunstable (Joint Plan)

1.284

Norfolk

23.948

Peterborough

8.663

Southend-on-Sea

2.019

Suffolk

18.094

Thurrock

1.484

Local Highway Authority

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

£m

£m

£m

£m

Bedford

3.198

2.800

3.288

3.264

Cambridgeshire

13.394

10.695

12.750

11.662

Central Bedfordshire

4.645

3.920

4.728

5.469

Essex

26.029

19.838

22.482

22.573

Hertfordshire

23.611

18.585

20.962

22.019

Luton

1.404

1.070

1.193

1.255

Norfolk

29.354

21.403

24.230

24.963

Peterborough

3.899

3.029

3.472

3.578

Southend-on-Sea

2.219

1.720

1.795

1.948

Suffolk

22.683

17.668

20.145

20.666

Thurrock

2.194

2.132

2.023

1.990


Integrated Transport Capital Block Grant

Local Transport Plan Name

2010/11

£m

Bedfordshire (Plan)

2.539

Cambridgeshire

6.104

Essex

10.455

Hertfordshire

8.755

Luton and Dunstable (Joint Plan)

2.014

Norfolk

8.224

Peterborough

1.818

Southend-on-Sea

1.660

Suffolk

5.061

Thurrock

1.366

Local Authority

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

£m

£m

£m

£m

Bedford

1.101

1.006

1.006

1.415

Cambridgeshire

4.439

4.059

4.059

5.707

Central Bedfordshire

1.464

1.338

1.338

1.882

Essex

9.150

8.366

8.366

11.764

Hertfordshire

6.804

6.221

6.221

8.748

Luton

1.470

1.344

1.344

1.890

Norfolk

5.824

5.324

5.324

7.487

Peterborough

1.640

1.500

1.500

2.109

Southend-on-Sea

1.245

1.138

1.138

1.600

Suffolk

4.508

4.122

4.122

5.796

Thurrock

0.960

0.878

0.878

1.235

Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department for Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant, for maintaining their local highways.

The Department has also provided funding to highway authorities for local major road schemes as set out below:

Local Highway Authority

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

Essex

26.4

26.0

6.2

0.0

0.2

Herts

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Luton

0.0

0.0

2.5

11.3

2.0

Norfolk

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

19.0

Note - Figures for 10/11 to 13/14 are actual spend figures. 14/15 figures are allocations.

The Department has also agreed to provide funding to authorities through the Local Pinch Point Fund. The Fund is aimed at removing bottlenecks on the local highway network and supporting growth-enhancing development. The Fund has been allocated to the following authorities in the last five years:

Local Authority

Scheme

2013/14

£m

2014/15

£m

Bedford Borough Council

Bedford Western Bypass Northern Section

4.500

0

Central Bedfordshire Council

Woodside Link Houghton Regis (A5-M1)

2.350

2.650

Essex County Council

A176 Nether Mayne, Basildon

0.763

1.583

Essex County Council

A414/A1025 (Clock Tower) Junction, Harlow

0.809

2.104

Essex County Council

Army and Navy Improvements: A1060 Parkway Widening

0.441

0.675

Essex County Council

Army and Navy slip road

0.260

1.191

Norfolk County Council

Great Yarmouth A12-A143 Link Road

0.835

3.910

Peterborough City Council

Junction 17 A1(M) - Junction 2 Fletton Parkway Widening Scheme

3.385

1.115

Southend on Sea Council

A127 B1013 Tesco Junction

0.320

2.943

Suffolk County Council

Completion of Lowestoft Northern Spine Road (phase 5)

0

4.635

Note: Pinch Point Funding is available in Financial Years 2013-14 and 2014-15 only.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much from the public purse was spent on rebranding (a) engines and (b) rolling stock used on rail services in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

No money from the public purse has been spent in the last 5 years on rebranding of rolling stock or engines used on rail services in Bury St Edmonds and Suffolk. The Department does not hold this level of disaggregated information for the East of England or for England and Wales.

4th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals (a) have been reassessed by Atos for personal independence payments (PIPs) in place of disability living allowance, (b) are now in receipt of PIP and (c) did not qualify for PIP in each area of (i) Suffolk, (ii) England and (iii) Wales since 2010.

Decisions on claims to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are made by Departmental Decision Makers and are based on all the evidence presented by the claimant, evidence from health care professionals and advice received by the independent Assessment Providers following an assessment.

The available information on registrations, clearances and awards for claims to PIP by claimants in receipt of Disability Living Allowance, at parliamentary constituency, local authority and regional level, have been published in the data tables accompanying the latest, quarterly statistical release: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2014.

Information on the number of claimants currently in receipt of PIP, by a range of regional breakdowns, has been published and can be found at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk. Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm.

4th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amounts not paid by his Department for each benefit as a result of detection of benefit fraud in each area of (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005.

The Department does not hold this information.

9th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of benefit fraud which was attributable to identity fraud for each benefit in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire,(c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005 for which figures are available.

As no central record is kept detailing the information the MP is requesting, this information could only be provided by examining individual investigation files. This could only be conducted at disproportionate time and cost.

11th Dec 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received (a) housing benefit but not council tax benefit, (b) council tax benefit but not housing benefit and (c) housing benefit and council tax benefit in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each year since 2010.

The information we have up to February 2013, by local authority area within each of the geographies requested, is published and available from Table 1of the publications found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-caseload-statistics--2

Council Tax Benefit (CTB) was replaced in April 2013 by the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme and in England the Department for Communities and Local Government is now responsible for these statistics. The Scottish and Welsh Governments have similar responsibility.

30th Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of benefit fraud committed in respect of each benefit which was attributable to identity fraud in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk, (c) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

The information requested is not readily available. This is because the data is not collated in the format requested. This information could only be provided by examining individual investigation files. This could only be conducted at disproportionate time and cost.

27th Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) Suffolk have received new support from the Access to Work scheme to participate in internships, traineeships and work placements since September 2010.

Access to Work does not have an historic means of reporting on DWP programme participant volumes nor do we have a means of reporting DWP programme participant volumes for specific constituencies, or geographical districts. Cases are recorded by disability type, not by the categories specific to your request.

27th Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made at least one claim for out-of-work benefits in (a) Bury St. Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) the East of England since 2010.

The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.

27th Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) Suffolk to support older jobseekers in using online recruitment processes.

Bury St Edmunds Jobcentre and all Suffolk Jobcentres provide public computers with internet access for jobseekers to use. Staff are available to offer individual coaching and to support jobseekers completing online applications.

Several partner organisations including New Careers Service and F1 Training support jobseekers through online job applications and up skill them to be self-sufficient in online recruitment processes. FiftyON East and TCHC also offer this support specifically for older jobseekers.

27th Oct 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people are using Access to Work support for a (a) work trial, (b) work experience opportunity under the Youth Contract, (c) supported internship, (d) traineeship and (e) pre-employment training work placement in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) the East of England.

Access to Work does not have a means of reporting DWP programme volumes for specific constituencies, or geographical districts. Cases are recorded by disability type, not by the categories specific to your request.

16th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) new national insurance numbers registered and (b) new workers in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.

Information on the number of National Insurance Numbers registered to individuals including new workers, via constituency, county and country, can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm

4th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

The information is in the table below. Housing Benefit expenditure by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011/12.

Table: Housing Benefit spending between 2008/09 and 2012/13

£ million, nominal

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

Bury St Edmunds constituency

N/A

N/A

N/A

23.5

25.5

Suffolk

145.5

169.1

183.3

192.9

204.0

England & Wales

15,711.7

18,433.4

19,766.4

21,092.5

22,104.2

Source: Mid-year statistical data and Local authority subsidy returns.

The figure for England and Wales in 2012/13 is slightly different from that previously published due to inclusion of updated information from some local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many temporary national insurance numbers were issued in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk (c) the East of England and (d) England and Wales by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such numbers were issued for tax credit purposes.

The Government does not issue temporary National Insurance numbers. DWP on behalf of HMRC follows a secure and validated allocation process which results in an individual receiving a permanent National Insurance number.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) incapacity benefit and employment support allowance, (b) disability living allowance and (c) severe disablement allowance claiming for each type of disability there were in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (iv) England and Wales in each of the last five years; and how much was spent in each such category in each such year.

Due to changes in medical condition definitions breakdown data is only available from 2011/12 for Disability Living Allowance, this can be found in the attached Excel document: Expenditure and Caseloads by medical condition.

Breakdowns prior to 2010/11 are not available for Employment and Support Allowance.

19th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct his Department to collect information on (a) how many agency staff were employed and (b) what proportion of the total medical staff employed consisted of agency staff in NHS hospitals, by county, in each year since 2005.

Ministers will not direct the Department to collect this information centrally.

However, we expect National Health Service organisations to have a firm grip on their workforce planning and management including their use of medical and non-medical agency staff. Trusts have access to a wide range of advice, guidance and best practice to help them with this.

15th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital for alcohol-related conditions through A&E in NHS hospitals in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005.

Information is not available in the format or for the period requested.

Information on the sum of alcohol attributable fractions of finished admission episodes for hospital providers in the east of England with an admission through accident and emergency departments from 2005-06 to 2012-13 is shown in the attached table.

15th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-emergency admissions to hospital via A&E departments were made in each NHS hospital in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 2005.

The information requested is not collected centrally. The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s Hospital Episode Statistics database classes all admissions through accident and emergency as emergency admissions.

9th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital through A&E with an alcohol-related diagnosis involving people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 there were in each NHS hospital trust in the East of England in each year since 2005.

Information is not available in the format or for the period requested.

Information on the sum of alcohol attributable fractions of finished admission episodes for hospital providers in the east of England with an admission through accident and emergency departments from 2005-06 to 2012-13 is shown in the attached table.

6th Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses there were in (a) West Suffolk Hospital, (b) Ipswich Hospital and (c) England in each year since 2010.

The Health and Social Care Information Centre publish an annual workforce census, which shows staff working in the National Health Service in England. The latest information from the census was published in March 2014 and shows the position at 30 September 2013; the next annual census will be published in March 2015 showing the position as at 30 September 2014. The Health and Social Care Information Centre also publish monthly National Health Service workforce statistics. The latest data as at September 2014 was published on 17 December.

The numbers of qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in West Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich Hospital, Health Education East of England region and England in each year from September 2004 are set out in the attached table.

2nd Jan 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total public expenditure per head of population was on (a) capital and (b) running costs of the NHS in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each year since 1997.

The Department does not collect any information for the National Health Service by county or English region. Individual trusts have therefore been grouped together by region based on their geographical location.

Capital spend per head of population for 2007-08 to 2013-14 for primary care trusts, NHS trusts and foundation trusts collectively, and the Department of Health Group as a whole (England only) are shown in the table below.

Region

2007-08
£

2008-09
£

2009-10
£

2010-11
£

2011-12
£

2012-13
£

2013-14
£

Bedfordshire

24.12

31.90

31.00

42.15

32.30

34.46

40.60

Suffolk

23.66

25.98

27.87

29.51

33.09

42.48

22.10

Cambridgeshire

72.58

85.45

66.35

62.53

45.00

49.02

52.83

Essex

44.79

43.77

59.60

46.75

31.06

23.30

58.11

Hertfordshire

34.25

41.52

40.66

33.28

36.74

30.77

49.61

Norfolk

27.69

43.80

51.34

43.16

28.90

36.31

26.87

England

78.23

85.30

99.73

79.42

71.65

71.39

80.74

Source: Audited summarisation schedules of NHS bodies, 2007-08 to 2013-14; Departmental Group Resource Account 2007-08 to 2013-14; Monitor

Running costs per head of population for 2007-08 to 2013-14 by primary care trust and the Department of Health Group (England only) are shown in the table below.

Region

2007-08
£

2008-09
£

2009-10
£

2010-11
£

2011-12
£

2012-13
£

2013-14
£

Bedfordshire

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

44.15

54.03

n/a

Suffolk

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

30.60

32.84

n/a

Cambridgeshire

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

43.35

41.44

n/a

Essex

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

48.63

46.20

n/a

Hertfordshire

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

41.00

42.02

n/a

Norfolk

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

29.06

33.39

n/a

England

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

62.83

66.09

56.36

Source: Audited summarisation schedules of Primary Care Trusts, 2011-12 to 2012-13; Departmental Group Resource Account 2011-12 to 2013-14

Running costs per head of population for the clinical commissioning groups have been summarised within the following NHS England Area Team areas for 2013-14 in the table below.

Area Team

2013-14

£

East Anglia

20.82

Essex

21.43

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

21.04

Source: NHS England

Information on running costs was not separately identified in the accounts prior to 2011-12.

Information on NHS trust and foundation trust running costs is not available centrally.

5th Dec 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists are operating under (a) general dental services contracts and (b) personal dental services agreements in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England.

The information requested is shown in the following tables.

Number of dentists in England between schedule period December 2013 to November 2014

Number of performers operating under GDS Contracts

21,573

Number of performers operating under PDS Agreements

3,687

Total

25,260

Number of dentists in selected Area Teams and local authority area between schedule period December 2013 to November 2014

Babergh

East Anglia

25

19

Forest Heath

East Anglia

30

19

Ipswich

East Anglia

74

29

Mid Suffolk

East Anglia

41

18

St Edmundsbury

East Anglia

65

12

Suffolk Coastal

East Anglia

54

2

Waveney

East Anglia

67

7

Sub Total

356

106

Luton

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

95

3

Bedford

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

87

55

Central Bedfordshire

East Anglia

-

1

Central Bedfordshire

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

144

11

Milton Keynes

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

101

11

Sub Total

427

81

Cambridge

East Anglia

109

66

East Cambridgeshire

East Anglia

31

2

Fenland

East Anglia

31

11

Huntingdonshire

East Anglia

59

30

South Cambridgeshire

East Anglia

56

4

Peterborough

East Anglia

77

31

Sub Total

363

144

Basildon

Essex

113

10

Braintree

Essex

66

20

Brentwood

Essex

37

3

Castle Point

Essex

55

-

Chelmsford

Essex

90

9

Colchester

Essex

93

13

Epping Forest

Essex

53

3

Harlow

Essex

47

-

Maldon

Essex

19

6

Rochford

Essex

56

-

Tendring

Essex

67

11

Uttlesford

Essex

27

-

Southend-on-Sea

Essex

93

19

Thurrock

Essex

67

1

Sub Total

883

95

Broxbourne

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

61

12

Dacorum

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

107

10

East Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

95

14

Hertsmere

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

58

5

North Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

96

10

St Albans

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

126

18

Stevenage

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

50

3

Three Rivers

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

49

57

Watford

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

67

11

Welwyn Hatfield

Hertfordshire and the South Midlands

56

6

Sub Total

765

146

Breckland

East Anglia

81

6

Broadland

East Anglia

84

24

Great Yarmouth

East Anglia

60

5

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

East Anglia

58

-

North Norfolk

East Anglia

49

17

Norwich

East Anglia

79

17

South Norfolk

East Anglia

77

1

Sub Total

488

70

Sources:

NHSBSA Dental Services Payments on line (POL)

Information entered by commissioners to administer and monitor contracts to enable payments to dentists.

NHSBSA Dental Services data warehouse

The information we collect from dental activity forms (FP17s) combined with the information taken from POL

Notes:

Caveats:

Data included is for contracts in England entered on POL by commissioners from Area Teams (AT).

Number of performers. This will be the performer reported on an FP17 or where this is not reported this will be the provider number where there is only one performer; else the form is rejected.

Performers will be counted in each contract type where they have submitted an FP17. This could be both GDS and PDS type contracts during the time period.

Performers in East of England may be counted more than once as they will be counted in each local authority that they have submitted FP17s from.

Definitions:

FP17: Dentists are required to submit a form called an FP17 for every course of NHS dental treatment they provide. The FP17 form can be submitted either on paper or electronically. The information contained on the FP17 form is either scanned (if a paper submission) and imported or imported directly (if an electronic submission) and stored electronically in the NHS dental services data repository (NHS DS data warehouse).

FP17O: Dentists are required to submit a form called an FP17O for every course of NHS orthodontic dental treatment they provide. The FP17O form can be submitted either on paper or electronically. The information contained on the FP17O form is either scanned (if a paper submission) and imported or imported directly (if an electronic submission) and stored electronically in the NHS dental services data repository (NHS DS data warehouse).

Contract Type Name :

GDS – General Dental Services

PDS – Personal Dental Services

Time Period:

Active Performers identified are those submitting FP17s between scheduled months of December 2013 and November 2014 where the treatment completion date falls within the financial years 2013-14 and 2014-15.

Local Authority Name - The identifying local Authority name of the Performer

Number of performers - The count of the active performers

Area Team Name - The identifying Area Team code of the Performer

Data extracted from the Data Warehouse on 9 December 2014

NHS Business Services Authority

Information Services

5th Dec 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust and (b) Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust spent on salaries and wages for (i) general and senior managers, (ii) nurses and midwives and (iii) administrative and clerical staff in each year since 2009-10.

Information is not available in the format requested.

Information on the cost of (a) Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff, (b) Administrative and Clerical Staff and (c) Total Senior Managers and Managers, from 2009-10 to 2011-12, for West Suffolk NHS Trust (now Foundation Trust) and Ipswich NHS Trust has been attached.

28th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds per head of population there were in the (a) East of England Strategic Health Authority area and (b) Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 2007-08.

The information is not collected centrally in the format requested.

28th Nov 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the average travelling distance to a 24-hour accident and emergency department in the East of England in the last year.

No estimate has been made by the Department.