Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the contract of employment of the Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency is due to expire.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency has a permanent contract of employment, i.e. there is no set end date and the contract will continue until either party decides to end it.
Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the contract of employment of the Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency expires.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency has a permanent contract of employment, i.e. there is no set end date and the contract will continue until either party decides to end it.
Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 17 August 2016 to the Director General, Benefits and Credits, on tax credits and Concentrix related to a constituency case.
Answered by Jane Ellison
HM Revenue and Customs replied to the hon. Member’s letter on 12th September 2016.
Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions the Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency met her predecessor in the last two years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
As Chief Executive of the EFA, Peter Lauener has been a board member of the Department for Education since September 2012. As part of these roles, he regularly met the previous Secretary of State.
The information on the number of occasions in the last two years when the Chief Executive of the EFA met the Secretary of State’s predecessor is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been allocated from the Condition Improvement Fund for 2016-17; and how much from that Fund was allocated in 2015-16.
Answered by Edward Timpson
On 26 March 2015, the Department for Education announced the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2015 to 2016. 1,407 projects across 1,127 academies and sixth-form colleges were approved funding of £383 million. This includes institutions successful following appeals in July 2015.
We announced the outcome of the CIF for 2016 to 2017 on 24 March 2016. Funding of £435 million was approved for 1,276 projects across 1,030 academies and sixth-form colleges. The information can be viewed on the government’s website here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2015-to-2016-outcome
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2016-to-2017-outcome
Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North, dated 8 August 2016, on the renewal and restoration of the Commons building; and what the reason is for no reply having yet been sent.
Answered by David Lidington
I regret that the hon. Member’s letter of 8 August was never received. I have now received a copy of the letter and responded on 7 September.
Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 17 August 2016 to the Director General, UK Visas and Immigration on visitor visas, constituent case references GWF041254009 and GWF 041254061.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
A response to your letter of 17 August 2016 has been sent today.
Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 15 August 2016 to the Chief Executive, National Offender Management Service on a constituency case.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
A response to your letter of 15 August will be sent to you on or before 19 September.
Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 1 August 2016 to the Benefits Director on pension credit related to a constituency case.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The Department for Work and Pensions apologises for the delay in responding. We have been investigating the issues raised by your constituent and a response has sent to the hon. Member for Walsall North, Mr David Winnick, today.
Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 3 August 2016 on legislation on dangerous dogs related to a constituency case.
Answered by George Eustice
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity, Lord Gardiner, replied to the letter of 3 August from hon. Member for Walsall North on 12 September.