The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on Scottish sport of changes to the funding of BBC Alba.
Mr Edward Vaizey
It is a matter for MG Alba how it distributes funding across it services. The previous government provided two one-off grants to MG ALBA, which we understand was put into developing the drama series Bannan.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stuart C. McDonald on 2016-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what independent scrutiny her Department commissioned of reports of invalid and questionable results in English Language tests conducted by ETS.
James Brokenshire
We are disappointed by the decision of the recent Upper Tribunal. Once we have the full determination we will carefully consider next steps, including appealing the decision.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-05-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of (a) full ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty and (b) the commencement of negotiations on the proposed Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The Strategic Defence and Security Review restated that the Government sees entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and successful negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty as key steps towards multilateral disarmament. While we cannot predict when other States will take the decisions necessary to achieve these goals, we continue to pursue both objectives, which were strongly supported in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ declaration at their meeting in Hiroshima.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2016-06-08.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the distributional effect of the exclusion from National Insurance contributions of property, dividends, pensions and other forms of non-employment income.
Mr David Gauke
National Insurance contributions (NICs) are not intended to tax all forms of income. As a system of social security, the purpose of NICs is that individuals contribute when they are working, in order to build entitlement to contributory benefits such as the State Pension.
Taxes are levied on non-employment income through the rest of the tax system, and the government’s policies since 2010 have repeatedly increased the contribution of the wealthy. The richest fifth of households will contribute more than half (52%) of UK household tax receipts in 2019-20; under the 2010-11 tax system, they would have paid 49%.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Tonge on 2016-09-06.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make representations to the government of Israel following reports that Israeli forces prevented an ambulance from taking an injured person from Fawwar refugee camp on 16 August.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
We have not made representations to the Israeli authorities over this specific issue.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town on 2016-10-21.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage of drivers or riders involved in a road accident who were given a breath test, for each of the last five years; and what assessment they have made of the change, if any, in that percentage.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
A significant majority of road accidents are damage-only incidents where all participants exchange insurance and contact details. In line with s170 of the Road Traffic Act there is no requirement to report these incidents to the police and, unless there is a specific need for it, the police will not attend the scene. In these cases no breath tests are carried out and the accident is not recorded.
As a result, it is impossible to state what percentage of drivers involved in all accidents are given a breath test as the total number of drivers involved in accidents is unknown.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish his review of the residential conversion threshold for agricultural buildings.
Brandon Lewis
We announced in the Rural Productivity Plan that we will review the planning constraints facing rural businesses. This will include a review of the current threshold for agricultural buildings to convert to residential buildings. A Call for Evidence will be published later in the autumn.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions a special adviser in his Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.
Matthew Hancock
As has been the case under successive Administrations, civil servants, including special advisers, may routinely accompany their Ministers on official visits.
Information relating to Ministers’ overseas visits are published on my Department’s website, as part of the Government’s wider transparency agenda.
All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 that were initially refused by her Department were subsequently granted in each year since 2010.
Nick Gibb
Quarterly and annual statistics on Freedom of Information requests received by a number of central government monitored bodies (including all departments of state), including the number and outcomes of internal reviews of FOI responses, are published by the Cabinet Office at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fires there have been in each prison and youth facility in each month since May 2010.
Andrew Selous
Information on the number of fires there have been in each prison and youth facility in each month since May 2010 is recorded in attached excel document PQ26250 Annex 1. The reporting of fire incidents has significantly improved, which has led to a greater number being reported in 2015.
The total number of fire incidents recorded in table 1 below refer to those in England and Wales recorded on the NOMS Incident Reporting System. They include accidental and deliberately set fires and those where the cause is unknown.
Total Number of Fires.
|
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
|
Jan |
82 |
100 |
77 |
85 |
114 |
73 |
84 |
78 |
98 |
110 |
102 |
|
Feb |
76 |
80 |
103 |
92 |
68 |
55 |
73 |
82 |
97 |
70 |
122 |
|
Mar |
84 |
84 |
93 |
87 |
98 |
62 |
75 |
99 |
83 |
92 |
144 |
|
Apr |
97 |
89 |
89 |
81 |
72 |
69 |
70 |
81 |
94 |
113 |
159 |
|
May |
97 |
89 |
99 |
81 |
65 |
86 |
86 |
84 |
102 |
125 |
150 |
|
Jun |
108 |
100 |
77 |
82 |
86 |
68 |
91 |
87 |
74 |
94 |
176 |
|
Jul |
89 |
101 |
84 |
104 |
76 |
84 |
82 |
90 |
123 |
119 |
181 |
|
Aug |
89 |
99 |
104 |
79 |
75 |
102 |
89 |
80 |
114 |
134 |
195 |
|
Sep |
73 |
93 |
100 |
83 |
106 |
85 |
72 |
77 |
81 |
82 |
190 |
|
Oct |
94 |
64 |
87 |
90 |
75 |
73 |
65 |
69 |
98 |
103 |
180 |
|
Nov |
102 |
91 |
80 |
90 |
92 |
82 |
85 |
114 |
82 |
101 |
156 |
|
Dec |
75 |
87 |
89 |
76 |
69 |
68 |
86 |
63 |
104 |
93 |
180 |
|
Total |
1066 |
1077 |
942 |
1030 |
946 |
907 |
1111 |
1004 |
1150 |
1236 |
1935 |