The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2014-03-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been signed off work in the UK as a result of having obsessive compulsive disorder.
Mike Penning
The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold information on the number of people taking sickness absence from work as a result of having obsessive compulsive disorder.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken with UN Women in the planning of the June 2014 summit to end sexual violence in conflict.
Mr Hugo Swire
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is working closely with a broad range of UN agencies who work on sexual violence, including UN Women. UN Women have provided a valuable contribution to Summit planning, as well as the wider development of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative and will have an active role at the Summit. The FCO will continue to work with UN partners, including UN Women, to ensure that Summit outcomes and ongoing work on this agenda are supportive of the UN Action 2014-2017 Strategic Framework.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2014-03-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Post Office Limited and (b) the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters on the future use of the Post Office Card Account.
Steve Webb
The Post Office card account (POca) contract expires in March 2015 with the possibility of a 2 year extension beyond that date.
The POca is a very simple account designed for the receipt of pensions and legacy benefits. It cannot be used for the payment of wages/salaries and does not offer transactional services such as direct debits so will not be suitable for the majority of working age claimants eligible for Universal Credit.
No decision has been made on the future of the POca but discussions are currently taking place between DWP, Post Office Ltd and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to consider the future needs of customers beyond 2015 and any announcement on this matter will be made in due course.
Ministers and Officials have also met with relevant stakeholders, including the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters to discuss POca related issues.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Fitzpatrick on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the average waiting times at the UK border for the last three years at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stansted, (d) Manchester, (e) Birmingham and (f) Luton airports.
Karen Bradley
The yearly average queue times for passengers arriving at the Primary Checkpoint to be admitted into the UK are set out in the table below. All meet service level agreement targets, which are below 25 minutes for European Economic Area (EEA) passengers and below 45 Minutes for non-EEA passengers.
| Average Passenger Queue Times (hr:mm) | ||||||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||
| Port | EEA | NonEEA | EEA | NonEEA | EEA | NonEEA |
| Heathrow TN1 | 00:05 | 00:13 | 00:03 | 00:08 | 00:02 | 00:05 |
| Heathrow TN3 | 00:06 | 00:19 | 00:03 | 00:11 | 00:02 | 00:09 |
| Heathrow TN4 | 00:04 | 00:22 | 00:02 | 00:11 | 00:02 | 00:08 |
| Heathrow TN5 | 00:06 | 00:21 | 00:04 | 00:13 | 00:04 | 00:09 |
| Gatwick North | 00:03 | 00:05 | 00:03 | 00:05 | 00:02 | 00:04 |
| Gatwick South | 00:04 | 00:07 | 00:03 | 00:05 | 00:02 | 00:03 |
| Stansted | 00:13 | 00:20 | 00:07 | 00:10 | 00:06 | 00:09 |
| Manchester TN1 | 00:09 | 00:15 | 00:10 | 00:17 | 00:09 | 00:15 |
| Manchester TN2 | 00:10 | 00:19 | 00:09 | 00:16 | 00:08 | 00:15 |
| Manchester TN3 | 00:08 | 00:14 | 00:15 | 00:23 | 00:11 | 00:16 |
| Birmingham | 00:07 | 00:11 | 00:06 | 00:09 | 00:05 | 00:09 |
| Luton | 00:09 | 00:09 | 00:08 | 00:08 | 00:07 | 00:09 |
| The figures quoted above are management information subject to internal quality checks and may be subject to change. | ||||||
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 2014-03-10.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average annual salary and expenses paid to (1) members of the House of Commons, and (2) members of the European Parliament.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The determination and administration of the pay, pensions and expenses for Members of Parliament is the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). The current salary of a Member of Parliament is £66,396. IPSA publish the salary and total business costs and expenses paid to each MP.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) paid by the European Parliament under the Statute for Members of the European Parliament are paid at 38.5%of the basic salary of a judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, which is currently € 7.956,87 a month before EU tax and accident insurance contribution. Those British MEPs who are not paid under the Statute for Members of the European Parliament are paid at the same rate as MPs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Durkan on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 279W, on developing countries: family planning, how much of her Department’s budget has been allocated to achieving outcomes in her Department’s policy paper Safe and Unsafe Abortion in each of the last two years.
Lynne Featherstone
DFID adheres to Development Co-Operation Directorate (OACD-DAC) expenditure coding requirements to allow comparison across donor spending towards attainment of the Millennium Development Goal targets. This measures against coding titles as have been internationally agreed. Only coding titles as have been internationally agreed can be individually disaggregated by DFID systems.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Frank Field on 2014-03-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Questions tabled by the hon. Member for Birkenhead on 28 February 2014 for answer on 6 March 2014 on the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration project.
James Brokenshire
I answered questions 190276 and 190398 on 24 March 2014, Column 18W and Column 19W respectively. I apologise for the delay in responding.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will commission a review of the 50 per cent rule whereby a GCSE grade may only be awarded for course assessment in the event of a student being severely incapacitated through illness; and if he will make a statement.
Elizabeth Truss
The Secretary of State for Education recently received a letter from the hon Member for Thirsk and Malton on this issue, raising the case of a student in her constituency, to which he has responded. From time to time Ministers receive representations from members of the public, and from hon Members on their behalf, on the same matter.
Neither the Department nor the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation holds information on the number of pupils who have applied to be assessed for a GCSE grade on the basis of coursework. This information may be held by individual awarding bodies.
The rules governing the circumstances in which a GCSE grade may be awarded to a student who has not completed all the elements of the assessment are a matter for the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Glenys Stacey to write directly to the hon Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House of Commons Library.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Heyes on 2014-03-10.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures in each ward were in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Oldham Metropolitan Borough and (b) Tameside Metropolitan Borough.
Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.
The ward results for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:
The ward results for Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:
Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Weir on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish the (a) scope, (b) date of commissioning, (c) date of polling and (d) cost of polling commissioned by his Department on attitudes in Scotland towards Scottish independence and related matters since May 2011.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office has not commissioned any polling on attitudes in Scotland toward Scottish independence and related matters.