The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Healey on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average rent was for new homes built under the Affordable Homes programme in each local authority from the launch of that programme to date.
Kris Hopkins
The information is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Frank Field on 2014-03-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many survivors of human trafficking who have been placed in shelters funded by the Government through the Salvation Army received support from the government victim care contract specialist support providers to develop a move-on strategy in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013; how many of these victims were (i) men and (ii) women; how many (A) men and (B) women are still receiving such support; and if she will make a statement.
Karen Bradley
Support to develop a move-on strategy is offered to all victims supported under
the Government victim-care contract. The number of victims who have received
Government-funded support are given below.
|
Year of Entry to Service |
Female |
Male |
Trans-gender |
Total |
|
2013 |
387 |
270 |
2 |
659 |
|
2012 |
246 |
163 |
409 |
|
|
Total |
633 |
433 |
2 |
1068 |
Of the above, the numbers still receiving such support, by calendar year of
entry and gender:
|
Year of Entry to Service |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
2013 |
96 |
23 |
119 |
|
2012 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
96 |
24 |
120 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on 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 Mr David Anderson 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 were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Gateshead Council and (b) Blaydon constituency.
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 Gateshead Council were as follows:
|
Ward |
Green matches |
Amber matches |
Red matches |
|
BIRTLEY |
85.6% |
1.4% |
13.0% |
|
BLAYDON |
84.0% |
1.2% |
14.8% |
|
BRIDGES |
73.7% |
2.0% |
24.3% |
|
CHOPWELL & ROWLANDS GILL |
85.1% |
1.8% |
13.1% |
|
CHOWDENE |
88.7% |
1.3% |
10.0% |
|
CRAWCROOK & GREENSIDE |
84.6% |
1.9% |
13.5% |
|
DECKHAM |
82.8% |
1.5% |
15.7% |
|
DUNSTON & TEAMS |
80.5% |
1.4% |
18.1% |
|
DUNSTON HILL & WHICKHAM EAST |
87.6% |
1.4% |
11.0% |
|
FELLING |
84.5% |
1.3% |
14.2% |
|
HIGH FELL |
85.5% |
1.9% |
12.6% |
|
LAMESLEY |
84.8% |
2.0% |
13.1% |
|
LOBLEY HILL & BENSHAM |
82.1% |
1.7% |
16.2% |
|
LOW FELL |
85.1% |
1.3% |
13.6% |
|
PELAW & HEWORTH |
85.6% |
1.2% |
13.2% |
|
RYTON, CROOKHILL & STELLA |
85.3% |
1.6% |
13.1% |
|
SALTWELL |
76.9% |
2.1% |
21.0% |
|
WARDLEY & LEAM LANE |
88.0% |
1.0% |
11.0% |
|
WHICKHAM NORTH |
86.4% |
1.2% |
12.4% |
|
WHICKHAM SOUTH & SUNNISIDE |
88.2% |
1.4% |
10.4% |
|
WINDY NOOK & WHITEHILLS |
88.1% |
1.0% |
10.9% |
|
WINLATON & HIGH SPEN |
87.1% |
1.7% |
11.2% |
The ward results for the Blaydon constituency were as follows:
|
Ward |
Green matches |
Amber matches |
Red matches |
|
BIRTLEY |
84.0% |
1.2% |
14.8% |
|
BLAYDON |
85.1% |
1.8% |
13.1% |
|
CHOPWELL & ROWLANDS GILL |
84.6% |
1.9% |
13.5% |
|
CRAWCROOK & GREENSIDE |
87.6% |
1.4% |
11.0% |
|
DUNSTON HILL & WHICKHAM EAST |
84.8% |
2.0% |
13.1% |
|
LAMESLEY |
85.3% |
1.6% |
13.1% |
|
RYTON, CROOKHILL & STELLA |
86.4% |
1.2% |
12.4% |
|
WHICKHAM NORTH |
88.2% |
1.4% |
10.4% |
|
WHICKHAM SOUTH & SUNNISIDE |
87.1% |
1.7% |
11.2% |
|
WINLATON & HIGH SPEN |
84.0% |
1.2% |
14.8% |
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 International Development, with reference to the Answers of 12 May 2014, Official Report, column 328W, on developing countries: marketing and of 21 June 2004, Official Report, coumn 1215W to question to 179188 on ACTIS/CDC, what the nature of the work conducted by Acanchi was; and how much was paid for that work.
Justine Greening
CDC is a public limited company with an independent management and Board. DFID is not involved in CDC operational matters and therefore does not hold the information requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of his Department’s databases of people (a) in receipt of and (b) not in receipt of benefits for the purposes of data matching with the electoral register.
Esther McVey
Results of DWP data matching with the Electoral Register have been subjected to review by both the Electoral Commission and Electoral Registration Transformation Programme with positive results
No separate assessment has been made of accuracy of data for benefit and non-benefit recipients for the purposes of data matching with the electoral register.
To undertake such an assessment would entail disproportionate costs due to the need to contact and compare citizen details against data held by DWP.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 20W, on Bovine Tuberculosis, and to Answer 3 of his Department’s response to Freedom of Information request RFI 6487, Investigations into culling as an option, published on 7 May 2014, for what reasons the Answer to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion did not give information on the trials into using gas as a potential method for culling badgers which began in Summer 2013; on what date those trials commenced; and if he will make a statement.
George Eustice
In August 2013, we commissioned new research into alternative methods of culling badgers.
The first step involved reviewing and updating the ‘Review of effectiveness, environmental impact, humaneness and feasibility of lethal methods for badger control’ published in 2005. The review was completed in September 2013.
In October and November 2013 we carried out initial trials of nitrogen-filled foam to analyse its dispersal in an artificial sett-like environment. These trials did not involve the use of active setts or tests on live animals.
Further research is now planned into the use of carbon monoxide as a potential sett-based means of humane culling.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-03-06.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which former Prime Ministers have been given public duty cost allowances; how much those allowances were; and which specific and itemised duties they performed.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The amounts paid in 2011-12 and 2012-13 are as follows:
|
2011/12 |
|
|
Gordon Brown |
£114,998.17 |
|
Baroness Thatcher |
£109,191.00 |
|
John Major |
£115,000.00 |
|
Tony Blair |
£115,000.00 |
|
2012/13 |
|
|
John Major |
£114,996.00 |
|
Gordon Brown |
£100,315.68 |
|
Baroness Thatcher |
£74,087.76 |
|
Tony Blair |
£115,000.00 |
The current limit for the PDCA is £115,000. The limit is reviewed on an annual basis.
Former Prime Ministers will continue to receive the PDCA if they are a sitting MP, provided they are not serving as Leader of the Opposition.
Claims are processed by the Cabinet Office and form part of the annual audit of Cabinet Office expenditure.
All former Prime Ministers are provided with guidance on the PDCA. A copy of this has been placed in the Library of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a statutory limit on the length of time decision makers in his Department can take to respond to a request to reconsider a refusal of employment and support allowance.
Mike Penning
We have no plans to introduce a statutory time limit for deciding a mandatory reconsideration.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Lord Bishop of Coventry on 2014-03-27.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the independence of the judiciary in Egypt.
Baroness Warsi
The new Egyptian constitution, adopted in January 2014, states that the judicial system is independent, and allows the judiciary its own budget, and to appoint the Prosecutor General and members of the Supreme Constitutional Court. We do however have some concerns over recent judicial decisions, including the sentencing to death of 529 people in Minya on 24 March. Reports that many of the defendants were tried in their absence and may not have been represented properly are deeply troubling. We have been urging the Egyptian authorities to ensure that the rights of defendants are fully respected in all cases.