The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department’s (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
Mr Desmond Swayne
DFID has 88 Senior Civil Servants (SCS) of which 45 (51%) are based in London. DFID has 225 roles designated as having a policy element of which 139 (62%) are based in London.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal offences were committed on family court premises in each year since 2010.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The information requested is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which family courts have a designated safe space for victims of domestic abuse and other vulnerable individuals.
Mr Shailesh Vara
Safe areas are available for vulnerable victims and witnesses at every venue where the Family Court routinely conducts hearings.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to assess the effectiveness of the recent campaign to encourage people to make a will.
Dominic Raab
My Department has evaluated the Choice not Chance campaign which ran in England and Wales during March 2015 with the aim of promoting the use of wills, lasting powers of attorney and organ donation. We consider the campaign was successful in promoting the making of wills. We were unable to obtain figures for wills made during the campaign but the campaign page on gov.uk received 3,515 views and 19 campaign tweets resulted in 1,268 “click throughs” for more information. Further, the question of making a will is often considered at the same time as the question of making a lasting power of attorney. During the campaign 35,525 lasting powers were made (a 42% increase over the corresponding period in 2014) and 85,743 people accessed the online LPA tool (a 66% increase in average page views compared to the previous 6 months). A further success is that our campaign materials continue to be used by practitioners.
The law of succession in Northern Ireland is devolved.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with the President of the French Republic on Anglo-French co-operation on nuclear weapons during his visit to France on 3 March 2016.
Mr David Cameron
President Hollande and I discussed our shared interest in building on our strong bilateral defence co-operation, but on this occasion, did not discuss nuclear weapons issues in any detail.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will issue guidance on whether junior government ministers who are in favour of UK membership of the EU are to be allowed full access to documents in situations where the departmental Secretary of State is in favour of the UK leaving the EU.
Mr David Cameron
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 7 March 2016, UIN 29278, and to the evidence given by the Cabinet Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 1 March 2016, a transcript of which can be found on the Committee’s website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will issue guidance to civil servants on how to proceed in cases where departmental ministers have yet to declare a position on the referendum on the EU on their access to the upcoming departmental resources documentation relating to that referendum.
Mr David Cameron
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 7 March 2016, UIN 29278, and to the evidence given by the Cabinet Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 1 March 2016, a transcript of which can be found on the Committee’s website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bernard Jenkin on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish all correspondence, emails and records dated between 3 and 7 March 2016 involving special advisers and civil servants concerning the conduct of the former British Chambers of Commerce Director General, John Longworth.
Mr David Cameron
Information relating to internal communications is not normally made public.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bernard Jenkin on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish all correspondence, emails and records of office and mobile telephone logs dated between 3 and 7 March 2016 involving Daniel Korski that concern the conduct of the former British Chambers of Commerce Director General, John Longworth.
Mr David Cameron
Information relating to internal communications is not normally made public.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of his Department’s (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office currently has 50% of its Senior Civil Servants and 44% of its core policy civil servants based in London.