The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has spent on deportations in each of the last five years.
Mr John Hayes
This information is not recorded on an annual basis, so cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that health facilities in countries affected by ebola are strengthened to ensure that they can prevent or contain a future outbreak.
Grant Shapps
The UK has committed £240m over two years in support of the Government of Sierra Leone’s Ebola Recovery Strategy, including major investment in health. Our interventions will aim to increase the capacity of district and national structures to identify and respond swiftly to future outbreaks of Ebola or other communicable diseases. We will build on the surveillance, command and control systems established during the response.
In Liberia, DFID has committed £6 million to the Health Sector Pool Fund over two years, to support access to safe, quality health services. The UK indirectly supports Guinea’s recovery through its contributions to WHO and other multilateral organisations. Globally, DFID and the Department of Health are seeking greater commitment from countries to implement the International Health Regulations, the internationally-agreed framework for national systems to prevent and respond to public health crises.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help developing countries to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 on good health and wellbeing and to promote universal health coverage.
Justine Greening
DFID will continue to invest in health and support countries to meet SDG goal 3 and its universal health coverage target, guided by the Government’s International Development manifesto commitments. These include to: save 1.4m children’s lives by 2020, by immunising 76m children against killer diseases; lead a major new global programme to accelerate the development of vaccines and drugs to eliminate the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, while investing to save lives from malaria and working to end preventable child and maternal deaths; and work to achieve equitable access to family planning. Our commitments to improve nutrition for at least 50m people, to help at least 60m people get access to clean water and sanitation, to end FGM and to support education, will also contribute.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to increase the fines that local authorities can impose on landlords convicted of housing offences.
Andrew Selous
Magistrates can impose a fine of any amount for many housing offences. For all fines, the courts will continue to impose amounts based on seriousness and the financial circumstances of the offender.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual running costs were of (a) Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) and (b) Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre in each financial year from 2008-09 to date.
Mr Shailesh Vara
Annual running costs for Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) and Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre are provided below. The figures provided do not include staff or judicial costs as it is not possible to attribute all of these costs to a particular site.
|
Financial Year |
Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre |
Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) |
|
2014-15 |
£17,935.21 |
£160,408.51 |
|
2013-14 |
Not available |
£133,576.47 |
|
2012-13 |
Not available |
£238,197.71 |
The Ministry of Justice does not hold comparable annual running costs data for the years 2008/9 to 2011/12.
For Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre prior to 2014-15 running costs were not allocated to this building and were distributed across a number of sites. It is therefore not possible to provide consistent running cost data for previous years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Thangam Debbonaire on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the Synnex-Concentrix business case.
Mr Shailesh Vara
I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ 4457 on 9th July 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate the Government has made of the average cost to a claimant, including tribunal fees, time spent on case, travel and communication, and advice and representation, of pursuing an employment tribunal claim for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal.
Nick Boles
The Government does not have a breakdown of average costs to a claimant of taking an employment tribunal claim for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Teresa Pearce on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any prisoners in HM Prisons have been deprived of (a) water and (b) electricity by prison officials as a disciplinary measure in the last five years.
Andrew Selous
Neither deprivation of water nor of electricity is sanctioned as a disciplinary measure within prisons in England and Wales.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what capital expenditure there was on (a) Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) and (b) Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre in each financial year from 2008-09 to date.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The capital expenditure for Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) and Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre is provided below.
|
Financial Year |
Carmarthen Civil, Family, Tribunal and Probate Hearing Centre |
Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) |
|
2008-09 |
0 |
0 |
|
2009-10 |
0 |
£229,421 |
|
2010-11 |
0 |
0 |
|
2011-12 |
£60,000 |
0 |
|
2012-13 |
£291,771 |
£1,130,092 |
|
2013-14 |
£11,715 |
0 |
|
2014-15 |
0 |
0 |
This included essential maintenance and replacing equipment which had come to the end of its life, all of which were necessary for the court to function.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-09-17.
To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people employed by the House of Commons (a) directly and (b) indirectly are not receiving a wage of at least £7.85 an hour.
Tom Brake
The House of Commons is an accredited London Living Wage Employer. In order to obtain our accreditation, the House has to satisfy the Living Wage Foundation that no directly employed or contracted workers engaged to work on the Parliamentary Estate are paid less than the London Living Wage (LLW), currently £9.15 an hour.
All contractors and their sub-contractors with staff based in London providing services to the House have agreed to pay at least the London Living Wage to those of their staff working on contracts for the House; or, in the case of staff working for contractors outside London, at least the Living Wage of £7.85 an hour. These contractual requirements are included within our Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract.