The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2016-04-25.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have been prosecuted for tax evasion during the last 10 years; and what revenue has been recovered as a result of those prosecutions.
Mr David Gauke
The information is not held in the form requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37487, whether the Education Funding Agency has directed academies to admit pupils 10 or 12 times since 2012; and how many directions sought by local authorities and referred on to the Schools Adjudicator were upheld in each year from 2005 to 2010.
Nick Gibb
Pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37487, the Education Funding Agency has directed academies to admit pupils 12 times between April 2012 and April 2016.
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) does not issue directions in relation to maintained schools but will determine the case if a school which a local authority is seeking to direct refers the case on to the adjudicator.
Prior to 2007, directions under section 96 and 97 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (SSFA) were determined by the Secretary of State. The Education and Inspections Act 2006 amended the SSFA to bring powers to the OSA to determine appeals.
The table below shows the number of directions upheld in each year from 2007 to 2010.
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Year |
LA directions upheld by OSA |
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2007 |
6 |
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2008 |
20 |
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2009 |
9 |
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2010 |
7 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Gray on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for a decision to be made for a personal independence payment claim in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) England.
Penny Mordaunt
The table below shows the average (median) actual clearance times (AACT), in weeks, for normal rules new claims and DLA reassessments to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for Airdie and Shotts, Scotland and England in April 2016.
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April 2016 |
Normal Rules, New Claims AACT (weeks) |
Normal Rules, DLA Reassessments AACT (weeks) |
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Airdie and Shotts parliamentary constituency |
11 |
13 |
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Scotland |
10 |
13 |
|
England |
9 |
12 |
Source – PIP Computer Systems management information.
Notes to table:
1) The figures are for normal rules only, and do not include special rules for the terminally ill, as these claims have a separate and faster route through the claims process.
2) ‘Time take for a decision’ has been interpreted as the average time between the date of referral to the assessment provider and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria or failure to return the Part 2 form within the time limit).
3) Figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number of weeks.
Further information on AACTs is published and available at;
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Graham on 2016-10-13.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long his Department plans that the Lifetime ISA will be on offer.
Jane Ellison
The Lifetime ISA will be available from April 2017. This is a long-term savings product and there will be no limit on how long people are able to hold funds in a Lifetime ISA for. The Government intends this to be a long-term reform and has no plans to limit the time that Lifetime ISAs will be available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Goudie on 2015-11-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the role that Candu Energy can play in the development of United Kingdom infrastructure and in creating new supply-chain jobs in the United Kingdom’s nuclear sector.
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is in the process of submitting advice to DECC, which together with other sources of information and evidence, will enable DECC to consider options for the disposition of plutonium. There are a number of options for dispositioning of plutonium that will be considered, including the potential option presented by Candu. A decision will be made by ministers in due course. The Government is confident that its preferred option for plutonium disposition will be implemented safely and securely, and in a way that is affordable, deliverable, and offers value for money.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sentences were handed down to offenders convicted of offences involving inciting terrorism in each of the last three years.
Andrew Selous
All the offenders convicted of the specified offences below involving inciting terrorism received immediate custodial sentences. The number of offenders found guilty and sentenced, with sentencing outcomes, for offences related to inciting terrorism, in all courts in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2014, can be viewed in the tables, as follows:
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ben Howlett on 2016-01-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England accessing HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis through private provision.
Jane Ellison
NHS England is working with local authorities, clinicians, patient representatives and Public Health England to consider the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to at-risk groups to prevent them acquiring HIV. The PrEP clinical policy proposition is one of many going through NHS England’s 2016/17 prioritisation round.
In July 2015 NHS England approved a significant new investment in a ‘Treatment as Prevention’ programme to help reduce transmissions from persons known to be HIV positive.
We have made no estimates of the number of people accessing PrEP through private provision.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many days (a) HMS Daring, (b) HMS Dauntless, (c) HMS Diamond, (d) HMS Dragon, (e) HMS Defender and (f) HMS Duncan underwent (i) planned maintenance and (ii) repair work in each of the last six years.
Mr Philip Dunne
The amount spent on Maintenance and Repair for the six Type 45 Destroyers is detailed in the table below rounded to the nearest half million:
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Name of Ship |
In-Service Date |
Maintenance/Repair |
Cost (£ million) |
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HMS DARING |
July 2010 |
Programmed Maintenance |
£7 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
£4.5 |
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HMS DAUNTLESS |
November 2010 |
Programmed Maintenance |
£4.5 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
£4.5 |
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HMS DIAMOND |
July 2011 |
Programmed Maintenance |
£9.5 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
£3.5 |
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|
HMS DRAGON |
April 2012 |
Programmed Maintenance |
£7 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
£2 |
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|
HMS DEFENDER |
March 2013 |
Programmed Maintenance |
£2 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
£3 |
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|
HMS DUNCAN |
December 2013 |
Programmed Maintenance |
£1.5 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
£2 |
The table below reflects the number of planned maintenance days per ship over the six year period. Repair work on individual ship systems takes place during both planned maintenance periods and operational deployments and data relating to the number of days’ worth of repair work is not collected. Unprogrammed work/repair figures shown cover the extension of maintenance periods.
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Name of Ship |
In-Service Date |
Maintenance/ Repair |
Duration |
|
HMS DARING |
July 2010 |
Programmed Maintenance |
360 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
105 |
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HMS DAUNTLESS |
November 2010 |
Programmed Maintenance |
215 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
20 |
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HMS DIAMOND |
July 2011 |
Programmed Maintenance |
350 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
0 |
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HMS DRAGON |
April 2012 |
Programmed Maintenance |
250 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
0 |
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HMS DEFENDER |
March 2013 |
Programmed Maintenance |
100 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
0 |
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|
HMS DUNCAN |
December 2013 |
Programmed Maintenance |
130 |
|
Unprogrammed Work/Repair |
0 |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of rickets there were among children and young people in each of the last 10 years.
Jane Ellison
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has provided a link to their annual publication for admitted patient care which contains data on hospital admissions where there is a diagnosis of rickets:
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB19124/hosp-epis-stat-admi-diag-2014-15-tab.xlsx
Data on earlier years can be found at:
The annual publication provides the total number of finished admission episodes and an age breakdown of finished consultant episodes.
This data only reflects cases that have resulted in a hospital admission. Cases of rickets may also be diagnosed in a primary care setting which do not result in a hospital admission. This data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on one or more occasion.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stuart C. McDonald on 2016-03-24.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to conduct an impact assessment on the local economy of Cumbernauld of the proposed closure of HM Revenue and Customs Cumbernauld office.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) plans to create two new Regional Centres in Scotland, in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 2019-20, accommodating between 5,700 and 6,300 employees. HMRC’s new Regional Centres will give its staff all they need including a modern office environment, close to good travel and transport links. They will provide stable, high quality jobs and offer a wide range of opportunities for training and promotion and allow its staff to follow more varied career paths than have previously been possible.
HMRC will help all its staff work through their options. It will give everyone the opportunity to discuss their personal circumstances with their manager ahead of any office closures or moves, so they know about any issues that need to be taken into account when making decisions.