Results 1-20 of 1,842 for speaker:Richard Spring

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Finance (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of students from Suffolk were receiving non-repayable maintenance grants from Suffolk Local Education Authority in each of the last five years; and what average grant was received.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: East of England (28 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people aged (a) 21 years and under and (b) over 21 years old in each socio-economic group resident in (i) West Suffolk constituency, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) the East of England attended university in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Social Rented Housing: Suffolk (28 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties were added to the stock of social rented housing in Suffolk through (a) construction and (b) purchase in each of the last five years; and how many he expects to be added in each of the next five years.

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: Finance (27 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department spent per capita on (a) highways and (b) other roads in (i) Suffolk, (ii) the East of England and (iii) nationally in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Treasury: Local Government: Assets (27 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the net average monetary value of assets purchased by local authorities over the last 20 years.

Written Answers — Transport: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Excise Duties (26 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency spent on the (a) collection and (b) enforcement of vehicle excise duty in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Treasury: Local Government: Assets (22 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 12 October 2009, Official Report, columns 23-8WS, on sale of Government assets, whether any receipts of proposed sales of local authority assets will accrue to the Exchequer.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Horserace Totalisator Board (15 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what recent discussions he has had with European Commission officials on transferring the Tote to the horse racing industry; (2) when he expects the European Commission to rule on the sale of the Tote; (3) when he last met the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the sale of the Tote; (4) what assessment he has made of the...

The Maldives (14 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: The new President of the Maldives has inherited a difficult fiscal position, as my hon. Friend is aware. It is extraordinary to note that, for a country of its size, the Maldives has a relatively large fiscal deficit and inherited debt is high. Yet in absolute terms, relative to DFID's entire budget, the sum needed would be relatively small to begin to address the matter. Just to support my...

City of London (14 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: I know that my hon. Friend is aware of the fact, but because of the long-standing nature and history of the City of London, its livery companies and various guilds, as charitable foundations, are hugely focused on the broader community, not only in London but outside. They generously contribute to all parts of the United Kingdom in a most commendable way.

City of London (14 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: This is an important point. Some of the countries that have perhaps been driving the ambition for further regulation have virtually no hedge fund activity. Does my hon. Friend agree that the success of the City of London and the diversity of financial services—I agree that financial services should be properly regulated, but that has not been the case in the past—are hugely...

City of London (14 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: I must apologise on three points: for disturbing the hon. Gentleman's thought patterns in the House of Commons Library last night, and also for working at some point at both Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers. I have a certain amount of form on this. I would like to point out that in the eyes of many, both in this country and abroad, we have a very oligopolistic structure—I am sure that...

City of London (14 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: I would point out to the hon. Gentleman that there is no evidence at all that the financial crisis that so catastrophically affected this country and others was the result of the activities of hedge funds. I simply say, as gently as I can, that although one wants ultimately to protect the financial services industry—in the European Union, London is the jewel in the crown—the huge...

Written Answers — Justice: Prisoners: Compensation (12 Oct 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much compensation was paid to prisoners at each prison in each of the last five years; and what the reason was in each case.

Written Answers — Home Department: Alcoholic Drinks: Crime (16 Sep 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cautions were issued for public drinking offences in Suffolk in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Justice: Robbery: Children (9 Sep 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many children were (a) charged and (b) cautioned for robbery in (i) the East of England and (ii) Suffolk in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Home Department: Crime: Suffolk (1 Sep 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of crimes committed in Suffolk resulted in (a) a caution, (b) a fixed penalty notice and (c) a conviction in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Health: Hospitals: Admissions (21 Jul 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions of patients of each age group there were in Suffolk where the primary or secondary diagnosis was drug-related in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Adult Education: Suffolk (21 Jul 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many adults have (a) enrolled in adult and community learning programmes and (b) participated in further education in Suffolk in each year since 1997.

Written Answers — Health: NHS: Manpower (20 Jul 2009)

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many public health workers have been employed in the NHS in the East of England region in each year since 1997.