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Nick Gibb
Conservative MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Minister of State (Schools), Education (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nick Gibb voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education and Skills, Children, Schools and Families, Home Department, Trade and Industry, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Literacy and Numeracy, Secondary Education: Curriculum, Departmental Staff, GCSEs, BNFL
(based on written questions asked by Nick Gibb and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Education and Skills Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
- Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Education Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Education: Free School Meals (2 Feb 2012)
“Information is not collected centrally on how many pupils are eligible for free school meals but do not claim. The available information on the number of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals as at January 2011 is shown in the table. Maintained nursery, state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools, and pupil referral units (1,2,3,4) : Number of pupils known...”
- Written Answers — Education: Free Schools: Finance (2 Feb 2012)
“The full funding allocation for free schools for 2011-12 is yet to be finalised and will depend, for example, on the final capital cost for each school. Revenue funding allocated to each of the 24 open free schools for the academic year 2011/12 is set out in my answer of 20 December 2011, Official Report, column 1218W. Annual revenue funding for free schools is equivalent to that received...”
- Written Answers — Education: Gcse (2 Feb 2012)
“The Department does not hold information on the examination tier for which individual candidates were entered.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 88.91% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 535 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,971 (65th) | £23,053 (174th) | £22,068 (joint 232nd with 2 others) | £21,625 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,904 (joint 366th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,164 (466th) | £12,941 (518th) | £17,840 (479th) | £11,508 | £12,208 (576th) | £12,439 (610th) | £13,631 (577th) | £17,238 (257th) |
| Staffing costs | £81,289 (555th) | £90,191 (221st) | £85,063 (295th) | £82,380 | £56,046 (631st) | £71,184 (158th) | £64,498 (327th) | £34,819 (593rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,795 (255th)1 | £9,528 (238th)2 | £9,982 (214th)3 | £7,079 | £9,104 (370th) | £9,449 (346th) | £8,319 (403rd) | £6,417 (402nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £35 (396th) | £0 | £0 | £214 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £17 (joint 458th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,790 (289th) | £668 (joint 378th with 2 others) | £899 (314th) | £318 | £795 (363rd) | £541 (joint 490th with 1 other) | £592 (527th) | £543 (532nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,025 (joint 369th with 1 other) | £2,592 (324th) | £1,334 | £1,927 (416th) | £1,763 (452nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,364 (96th) | £1,167 (150th) | £375 | £1,489 (579th) | £1,489 (565th) | £1,489 (542nd) | £1,114 (537th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £18,771 (3rd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £132,045 (531st) | £158,541 (118th) | £139,611 (291st) | £124,833 | £102,471 (601st) | £117,198 (370th) | £108,251 (435th) | £75,052 (543rd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,312 (35th). Misc £50 (198th). Other: Mileage £871 (8th). Rail £560 (38th). European £1,002 (53rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,216 (17th). Misc £244 (111th). Other: Mileage £916 (5th). Rail £51 (153rd). Air £1,101 (4th).
3 Car £7,605 (18th). 3rd party £80 (36th). Rail £854 (435th). Air £1,443 (105th).