Category: Speeches

  • Calum Kerr – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    Calum Kerr – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Calum Kerr on 2016-07-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the outcome of the referendum on UK membership of the EU, if he will take steps to help the UK retain its leading scientists and engineers.

    Joseph Johnson

    The UK has a long established system that supports, and therefore attracts, the brightest minds, at all stages of their careers. We fund excellent research wherever it is found, and ensure there is the freedom to tackle important scientific questions. The Government is committed to maintaining and enhancing the strength of our research base, which is why at the Spending Review we committed to protect the science budget in real terms from its 2015/16 level of £4.7 billion per annum.

    The Government has said that there will be no immediate changes in circumstances for EU citizens working or studying in the UK – this includes scientists and engineers.

  • Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2016-10-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the e-gates at UK airports have broken down since 2015.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    Protecting the UK border is, and always has been, of paramount importance to this Government. It has never been government practice, for reasons of national security, to comment on operational issues relating to border security.

  • Amanda Solloway – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    Amanda Solloway – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Amanda Solloway on 2015-11-23.

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to raise girls’ aspirations in schools.

    Nicky Morgan

    We are determined to tackle gender inequality at its root so that every child can fulfill their potential. Too often girls’ success at school is not reflected in the workplace.

    In my role as Education Secretary, I’ve strengthened links between schools and employers. That’s why we are backing the inspirational Your Life scheme and why we published the Your Daughter’s Future Guide.

    I am also encouraging schools to focus on character skills, as well as attainment, including a £5m investment in character education.

  • Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2015-12-14.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of pupils in (1) sponsored academies, and (2) maintained schools, take a GCSE in (a) a qualifying language, and (b) a qualifying humanities subject.

    Earl of Courtown

    The percentage of pupils who took a GCSE in a qualifying language or humanities subject in 2013/14 is given below:

    Percentage of pupils taking a qualifying subject in:

    Languages

    Humanities

    Sponsored academies

    38.9

    54.1

    LA maintained mainstream schools

    49.4

    64.5

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  • Paul Flynn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Paul Flynn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-01-25.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he visited the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2016, in his official capacity.

    Harriett Baldwin

    Details of ministerial overseas travel are published quarterly and are available on the gov.uk website.

  • David Mowat – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    David Mowat – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mowat on 2016-02-23.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on reducing the proportion of the defence budget which is spent on legal fees.

    Penny Mordaunt

    A fraction of one per cent of the defence budget is spent on legal fees, most of it necessary to protect the interests of the taxpayer in securing value for money or in protecting the operational freedom and reputation of the Armed Forces. We have work in hand to reduce opportunistic litigation which is harmful to Defence and diverts funds from the front line.

  • David Burrowes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    David Burrowes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2016-03-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 18 have been convicted under section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1998 since that Act’s implementation; and what the average length of custodial sentence was received for such convictions.

    Andrew Selous

    No juvenile offenders have been sentenced to immediate custody under section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in England and Wales since its implementation. Data for 2004 to 2014 is available in the Criminal Justice Statistics outcome by offence data tool available at the below link;

    https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014

    No juveniles were convicted before 2006. Court proceedings data for 2015 is planned for publication in May 2016.

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  • Catherine West – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Catherine West – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-04-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual Report and Accounts of the Office of the Public Guardian 2014-15, page 22, for what reasons was the review of the Office’s fee structure put on hold at ministerial level.

    Caroline Dinenage

    Work to review the Office of the Public Guardian’s (OPG) fee structure is ongoing. Depending on the outcome of that work, a consultation will be published in due course if required.

    No estimate has been made of the average cost to a user of OPG services of the over recovery of costs.

  • Wes Streeting – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Wes Streeting – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wes Streeting on 2016-05-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many burglaries have been (a) reported and (b) successfully prosecuted in Ilford North constituency since 2010.

    Mike Penning

    The Home Office holds information on crimes recorded by the police by police force area and community safety partnership. The table provided contains statistics on the total number of recorded burglaries, by year, in Redbridge Community Safety Partnership, the closest geographical area for which data is held to the constituency requested.

    The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are responsible for figures on prosecutions. They do not hold data centrally at the geographical level requested, however figures for London are available at the following link:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524365/courts-by-criminal-justice-area.zip

  • Helen Goodman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Helen Goodman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-07-11.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government’s legal costs have been to date in connection with the legal case brought by Mishcon de Reya in respect of Article 50 of the Treaty of European Union.

    Mr David Davis

    The government does not comment on ongoing litigation.