The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to put in place an inspection regime for the quality of education at private further education colleges.
Matthew Hancock
There are no plans to change the remit of The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) inspection regime.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Joan Walley on 2014-05-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the West Midlands Ambulance Service’s system’s indicators performance in 2012-13; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for changes in that level of performance.
Jane Ellison
A copy of West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (FT) system indicators performance data for 2012-13 has been placed in the Library.
The Department is aware that West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS FT met all three response time targets for the full year in 2012-13; despite a challenging winter period; a 6.9% rise in emergency calls; and a delay to the launch of the 111 system by NHS Direct in the West Midlands.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Dobbin on 2014-05-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the fairness of the hearing of Asiya Noreen Bibi sentenced to death in 2011 at the provincial Lahore High Court.
Hugh Robertson
We receive regular reports on the case of Mrs Bibi and others facing charges of blasphemy in Pakistan and we are aware that a numbers of NGOs and other governments follow her case closely. We remain concerned about the case of Asia Bibi and would urge the courts in Pakistan to ensure a fair and swift hearing of her appeal due later this month.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ann Coffey on 2014-05-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were on child protection plans in each Greater Manchester local authority area in the last three years for which data is available.
Mr Edward Timpson
The data requested can be found online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/characteristics-of-children-in-need-in-england-2012-to-2013
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass on 2014-05-08.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Randerson on 26 March (WA 124) and 3 April (WA 226), and by Lord Bates on 6 May(WA 410–11), whether they have any plans to reconsider the scope of Lady Justice Hallett’s inquiry into on the runs or to assess its possible impact on the judicial, financial or community processes.
Baroness Randerson
The Government has no plans to reconsider the scope of Lady Justice Hallett’s inquiry, nor to assess the impacts on the judicial, financial or community processes.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of cases costs have been awarded to an employer following an unsuccessful claim being brought against them at each stage of the proceedings at an employment tribunal in each of the last five years.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The Ministry of Justice publishes Official Statistics, annually, on costs awards made in employment tribunal claims. It also reports on the numbers of cases disposed of by employment tribunals. Data on costs awards are at table E12, and data on disposals of complaints are available at table E2 which shows distribution of disposed complaints by type and by jurisdiction in the latest release, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of incidents of domestic violence involving a legally owned (a) firearm and (b) airgun in each of the last five years.
Norman Baker
The requested information is not available centrally.
The Home Office is notified by police forces in England and Wales of how many
domestic abuse incidents they have dealt with but it is not possible from this
information to say how many involved firearms (whether legally owned or not) or
air weapons.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angie Bray on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W and of 14 January 2014, Official Report, column 481W, on human trafficking: victim support schemes, for what reason the gender and location of each individual is not included in the information for February 2014; and if she will provide this information for future questions on the subject.
Karen Bradley
The requested information on the gender of potential victims and the regions in
which they were found (answer 30 April 2014 refers) was not withheld and is
provided in a table below.
The victim care contract does not require support providers to maintain any
form of formal contact with victims after the recovery and reflection period.
All support providers work with victims throughout their support period to help
them move on from the service. Through the National Referral Mechanism review
and the re-tender of the adult victims care contract, we are looking at what
more we can do to help victims recover and reintegrate effectively.
The table below contains the requested details of the 126 referrals in February
2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlie Elphicke on 2014-05-07.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has paid to Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited since the sale of HM Revenue and Customs’ estate to that company.
Mr David Gauke
Since the financial year 2006-2007, the earliest year for which records are held on HMRC accounting systems, HMRC has paid £2,364m to Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited. This amount includes VAT and utility and other non STEPS costs. Payments to Mapeley are published in Departmental Spending Reports at data.gov.uk
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Dinenage on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the replacement of the fuel tanks at the oil fuel depot in Gosport is scheduled to take place.
Mr Philip Dunne
Work is ongoing to establish the preferred options and costs of replacement, which will confirm the programme timescales.