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  • Dr Julian Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Dr Julian Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Lewis on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if it remains Government policy that barn conversions to dwellings without the need for planning permission will not be permitted in national parks; and if he will make a statement.

    Nick Boles

    As I outlined in my Written Ministerial Statement of 6 March 2014, Official Report, Column 51WS, the permitted development right for the change of use from an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse does not apply in national parks. There are no plans to change this. However, we have been clear that we expect national parks and other local planning authorities to take a positive and proactive approach to sustainable development, balancing the protection of the landscape with the social and economic well-being of the area.

  • Dr Julian Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Dr Julian Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Lewis on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries in receipt of her Department’s funds in each of the last two financial years women are known to have been murdered (a) for apostasy and (b) in honour killings with impunity; and if she will make a statement.

    Lynne Featherstone

    Given that globally 1 in 3 women will experience violence in her lifetime, preventing violence against girls and women in all its forms is a priority for DFID. While DFID does not collect or hold the information in the form requested, the UK has prioritised addressing violence against women and girls around the world. We are also committed to help 10 million women access justice through the courts, police, and legal assistance by 2015.

  • John Leech – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    John Leech – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Leech on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who received a benefits sanction are eligible for the 80 per cent hardship payment of their jobseeker’s allowance personal entitlement allowance.

    Esther McVey

    The information requested is not available.

  • John Leech – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    John Leech – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Leech on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who had their benefits sanctioned and received 80 per cent of their jobseeker’s allowance personal entitlement allowance (a) appealed and (b) did not appeal against the decision.

    Esther McVey

    The information requested is not available.

  • Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an update on the use of his Department’s resources to help efforts to locate abducted girls in northern Nigeria.

    Mr Mark Francois

    The Ministry of Defence is contributing to the international effort to find the missing school girls through the deployment of a Sentinel surveillance aircraft to help improve the intelligence picture, complementing other international intelligence and surveillance assets. UK military personnel have also been deployed to a multi-national intelligence fusion team based in Nigeria, whose role is to assist the Nigerians in their efforts to locate the girls.

  • Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, columns 549-50W, on Nigeria, whether her Department collects this data on a state-by-state basis.

    Lynne Featherstone

    The 2008 Demographic and Health Survey is conducted by the National Population Commission. The data requested is collected on a national basis rather than state by state.

  • Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to investigate allegations that employees of programmes in Bihar State funded by her Department are not receiving their salaries.

    Mr Alan Duncan

    DFID is aware of a contractual dispute between a contractor to the Government of Bihar and its sub-contractors. We have looked into this, and are clear that this is now a matter for the Government of Bihar.

  • Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Immigration and Passport Service on (a) the service’s ability to meet the three-week timescale for processing an application for a child passport and (b) possible extension of that timescale.

    James Brokenshire

    Expected service standards for processing passports are given at: www.gov.uk.

    My Rt. Hon. Friend the Home Secretary explained in the House on 12 June 2014
    a set of measures to deal with the high level of passport demand has been put
    in place. I refer the Hon. Member to the statement of 12 June 2014, Official
    Report, columns 693 and 694.

  • Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of applicants who have faced delays to their personal independence payment claim because of partial PA4 IT failures in the past 12 months.

    Mike Penning

    The requested data is not held by the Department.

  • Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing a BSL interpreter for each individual needing one to fill an access to work position adequately.

    Mike Penning

    Access to Work is a discretionary grant award designed to assist disabled people and their employers to overcome individual barriers encountered at work. We assess thecosts for all awards, including those for BSL interpreter support, against the specific needs of individual customers. As such, there is no single estimate of the cost of the support the scheme provides.