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  • Meg Hillier – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Meg Hillier – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Meg Hillier on 2015-09-17.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to tackle fuel fraud in Northern Ireland.

    Damian Hinds

    The government is committed to reducing revenue loss due to fuel duty fraud in Northern Ireland. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a comprehensive anti-fraud strategy in place that has driven down the estimated illicit share of the market for diesel in Northern Ireland (NI) from 26% to 13% since its launch in 2002. Autumn Statement 2013 also announced the expansion of HMRC Road Fuel Testing Unit and Criminal Investigation capacity in NI and Great Britain.

    The fight against fraud will be further enhanced by the new rebated fuel marker introduced in April 2015, which makes it much harder to launder marked fuel.

    HMRC also works closely with the Revenue Commissioners in the Republic of Ireland to fight fuel fraud on a wide range of fronts. This multi-agency approach includes regular exchange of information and joint operational activity. The Republic of Ireland have also introduced the same new marker as the UK.

  • David Amess – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    David Amess – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2015-09-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle abuse of the immigration system.

    James Brokenshire

    The Immigration Act 2014 has expedited the removal of over 1,400 foreign national offenders from this country and stopped illegal migrants having access to services such as, bank accounts, driving licences and rented accommodation.

    The Immigration Bill will go further, enabling the seizure of earnings from illegal workers, further penalising rogue employers, and extend the deport first, appeal later principle to more cases.

  • Chris Stephens – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Chris Stephens – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2015-09-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend the scope of the refugee family reunion rules in response to the current crisis.

    Richard Harrington

    Our refugee family reunion policy is intended to allow immediate family members, that is, spouse or partner and children under the age of 18, who formed part of the family unit at the time their sponsor fled, to rebuild their lives in the UK. We have no plans to widen the family reunion criteria. But under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme we are working closely with the UNHCR to resettle close family groups where at least one member qualifies under the scheme.

  • Peter Bone – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Peter Bone – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Bone on 2015-09-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role she has in authorising interception of hon. Members’ communications.

    Mrs Theresa May

    All warrants for the interception of communications are authorised by a Secretary of State. I am not going to comment on any individual instances of interception.

  • Marion Fellows – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Marion Fellows – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Marion Fellows on 2015-09-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the Government’s target of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands.

    James Brokenshire

    The Government has no current plans to do so.

  • Vicky Foxcroft – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Vicky Foxcroft – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vicky Foxcroft on 2015-09-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effect of domestic violence on children.

    Karen Bradley

    The Government recognises the life changing impact domestic abuse can have on the lives of children. That is why we have expanded the Troubled Families Programme to reach up to an additional 400,000 families from 2015/16, including those affected by domestic abuse.

  • Neil Carmichael – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Neil Carmichael – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Carmichael on 2015-09-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the progress of police inquiries into historic child abuse cases.

    Mrs Theresa May

    The day-to-day investigation into cases of child sexual abuse, including abuse that has taken place in the past, is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office has funded Operation Hydrant, which is the national policing response to the oversight and co-ordination of all child abuse investigations concerning persons of public prominence or those offences which have taken place in institutional settings

  • Jonathan Reynolds – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Jonathan Reynolds – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Reynolds on 2015-09-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional financial support he is making available to the NHS to help it deal with winter pressures.

    Mr Jeremy Hunt

    £400 million in resilience money has been invested in the National Health Service for winter 2015-16. Learning from previous years, we have put this money into the NHS baseline for 2015-16 so that the NHS can plan effectively at local level for the long-term and take earlier action to tackle the symptoms of seasonal pressures.

    There will be no further additional money for the NHS ahead of winter.

  • MiDavies – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    MiDavies – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2015-09-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce avoidable mortality in hospitals.

    Jane Ellison

    This Government is strongly committed to improving patient safety, including encouraging greater transparency about the performance of hospitals against key indicators for safety.

    We are leading an ambitious programme of work to help trusts understand and act on their own mortality rates: the focus of this work is to support improvement at local level.

  • Chris Stephens – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Chris Stephens – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2015-09-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between poverty in childhood and (a) ill-health and (b) use in adulthood of the NHS.

    Jane Ellison

    We want all children to have the healthiest start possible in life, and particularly the poorest children. We have strengthened support for mothers, babies and children by increasing the number of Health Visitors and more than doubling the number of places on the Family Nurse Partnership programme. Health is now a theme of the new Troubled Families Programme, to improve the physical and mental health of the adults and children in these families.