Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to increase the funding per pupil in Hartlepool constituency in real terms; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Gibb
We want schools to have the resources they need, and through our careful management of the economy we have been able to protect the core schools budget in real terms. School funding is now at its highest level on record at almost £41bn in 2017-18 - and that is set to rise, as pupil numbers rise, to £42 billion by 2019-20.
We are going to end the historic post code lottery in school funding and under the proposed national schools funding formula, more than half of England’s schools will receive a cash boost.
Our proposals include significant protections so that no school would face reductions of more than 1.5% per year or 3% overall per pupil as a result of this formula, and on high needs funding for pupils with special education needs and disabilities, no area would lose funding at all.
We recognise the increasing cost pressures schools are facing and will continue to provide advice and support to help them use their funding in cost effective ways, and improve the way they buy goods and services, so they get the best possible value for their pupils. We have produced tools, information and guidance for schools financial health and efficiency, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency.
Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by Matt Hancock
My department has made no direct payments to Uber for business travel or otherwise.
Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
Records show the Department has spent £138.22 on Uber taxi fares in the last six months.
Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Department for Education made no payments to Uber for Business from 28th October 2016 to 20th February 2017.
We do not have access to this information. The Department for Education reimburses employees’ expenses via an online expenses system. All personal reimbursement for taxi fares are classified as ‘Taxis’, and the name of the company is not recorded.
Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by Simon Kirby
The Treasury does not hold an account with Uber for Business. Some Treasury staff may legitimately use Uber for business purposes and claim the expense. However, spend made with Uber for business, or any other transactions with Uber, is not held to that level of detail.
Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by Robert Buckland
None of the Law Officers’ Departments have an account with Uber and the Departments have no records of any direct expenditure on Uber for Business or any other Uber transactions.
Staff are able to book and pay for taxis themselves and claim these costs as expenses. It is possible that staff have booked taxis for business purposes using Uber and claimed these costs; however this cannot be specified without incurring disproportionate costs as each individual expenses claim would have to be investigated.
Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by David Jones
The financial systems of the Department do not record expenses claimed by staff for taxi travel by company name.
Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information is not available.
Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by Phillip Lee
There has been no direct Departmental spend with Uber through either a contract or by using a GPC card.
There is the possibility of individual usage which may have been claimed through expenses, but expenses data is not held below the level of “taxi fare” as a generic classification making it impossible to extract such data.
Asked by: Iain Wright (Labour - Hartlepool)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.
Answered by Alan Duncan
The FCO has spent £44,573.09 on Uber transactions worldwide since 28 October 2016. The FCO does not differentiate between Uber for Business and other Uber transactions.