Dec. 09 2010
Source Page: Letter dated December 2010 from Stephen Penneck (Director General, ONS) to Lord Stoddart regarding number and percentage of male and female employees in each government department. Inc a table. 6 p.Found: Government Buildings Cardiff Road Newport NP10 8XG Adeiladau™r Llywodraeth Heol Caerdydd
Asked by: Claire Hanna (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Belfast South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of providing additional funding to remove the presence of RAAC in schools.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
Education is a devolved matter; and the response outlines the information for England only and not Northern Ireland.
The department will always put the safety and wellbeing of children and staff in education settings at the heart of its policy decisions.
The department will spend whatever it takes to keep pupils safe and is funding the emergency work needed to mitigate the presence of RAAC in school and college buildings in England, including installing alternative classroom space where necessary. Where schools and colleges in England need additional help with revenue costs, all reasonable requests are being approved.
The department will also fund the removal of RAAC from the school and college estate in England. Schools and colleges in England will either be offered capital grants, or rebuilding projects where these are needed, including through the School Rebuilding Programme. The department will set out further details for affected schools and colleges in due course.
Ministers and officials have regular discussions with colleagues from His Majesty’s Treasury on a range of issues. The department’s immediate support will be managed from unallocated departmental budgets. This will not have an impact on existing programmes. The department will provide further information about funding at relevant points in due course.
The government has taken more proactive action to identify and mitigate RAAC in education settings than the devolved administrations in the UK, or indeed, governments overseas.
Jan. 08 2024
Source Page: Consultation on devolving powers for a Scottish Building Safety LevyFound: The Levy will apply, subject to any agreed exemption s, as a tax on residential buildings requiring
Mentions:
1: Coffey, Willie (SNP - Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) We understand that 105 buildings are in the pilot phase of the programme. - Speech Link
2: None While that is going on, we wish to make progress on the remainder of the 105 buildings. - Speech Link
3: None My understanding is that there are on-going discussions between Treasury and the Scottish Government - Speech Link
4: Briggs, Miles (Con - Lothian) Why are those buildings not covered by the bill? - Speech Link
5: None The focus has been primarily on residential buildings, but the bill is tenure neutral. - Speech Link
Asked by: Marsha De Cordova (Labour - Battersea)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has plans to increase funding for the Home Upgrade Grant scheme.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) was a 2019 Conservative manifesto commitment of £2.5 billion for homes in fuel poverty living off the gas grid. To date, the Government has allocated £1.1 billion to the HUG as part of the 2020 and 2021 spending reviews which is being delivered from 2022 to March 2025. A further £6.05 billion was announced for Net Zero Buildings & Industry at the Autumn Statement in 2022 for the period 2025 to 2028. Allocation of this by His Majesty's Treasury to individual schemes will take place at future fiscal events.
Government Response Mar. 08 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the First report from Session
Mentions:
1: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) matters relating to planning permission-type issues in relation to the use and development of church buildings - Speech Link
Correspondence Nov. 09 2023
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs CommitteeFound: Government Buildings Cardiff Road Newport NP10 8XG Tel: 020 8039 0313 E-mail: national.statistician
Formal Minutes Mar. 07 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Condition of school buildings Draft Report ( Condition of school buildings ), proposed by the Chair
Mentions:
1: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) I beg to move,That the Committee has considered the draft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision - Speech Link
2: Mike Amesbury (Lab - Weaver Vale) Practical remediation has started on a considerable number of buildings, but there is more to be done - Speech Link
3: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) To what extent will plans have to be drawn up for buildings that never had them? - Speech Link