The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent police officers of each rank and grade were employed by North Yorkshire police on (a) 31 March and (b) 30 September in each year since 2004.
Damian Green
The following table contains the requested data and covers the period up until
30 September 2013. Figures as at 31 March 2014 are due to be published 17 July
2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date he intends to publish the Bioenergy Emissions and Counterfactual calculator.
Gregory Barker
The Department of Energy and Climate Change intends to publish the Bioenergy Emissions and Counterfactual calculator during the first half of 2014, as set out during the Commons debate on the Draft Renewables (Amendment) Order 2014, on 20th March 2014 by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for undergaduate study were made to (a) the University of York, (b) York St John University and (c) all English universities in each year since 2009-10.
Mr David Willetts
The latest information is given in the table. UCAS have not released any data on applications to individual institutions for the 2014 application cycle, but the latest figures for total applicants to all UK institutions (published on May 30th) show that they have risen by 4%, compared to the same point in 2013.
UCAS main scheme applications to University of York, York St John University and England, 2009 to 2013
Full-time undergraduate courses
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
|
University of York |
21,543 |
24,548 |
23,725 |
23,570 |
25,030 |
|
York St John University |
6,194 |
7,685 |
8,657 |
9,600 |
9,700 |
|
All institutions in England |
2,021,546 |
2,303,678 |
2,418,828 |
2,209,337 |
2,265,95 |
Source: UCAS reference tables.
1. Each applicant can submit up to five applications.
2. Figures cover applicants who applied during the main UCAS application scheme which closes on June 30th. Applicants who subsequently applied during clearing are not included.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Baker on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the deportation of Zimbabwean nationals to Zimbabwe who have no legal right to remain in the UK.
James Brokenshire
We prefer people who have no legal basis of stay in the United Kingdom to leave voluntarily and we may offer an assistance package to help them re-integrate into their home country. For those who choose not to do so, and who have the appropriate travel documentation, we will seek to enforce their removal.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for citizenship were made in each year since 2009 from males recruited into the armed forces from Belize; and if she will make a statement.
James Brokenshire
Information on whether individuals from Belize have been recruited into the
armed forces and applied for British citizenship was not aggregated in national
reporting systems prior to November 2012. This information could only be
obtained by a disproportionately expensive manual case by case search to
collate the data.
There are no such applications recorded since November 2012.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the average time taken to register a Syrian refugee in neighbouring countries.
Justine Greening
My officials are in regular discussion with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at both national and regional levels regarding UNHCR’s efforts to protect and assist Syrian refugees. UNHCR have devoted considerable resources to reducing the average time taken for refugee registration. In Lebanon, for example, average registration time has fallen from 80 days to 21 days.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients resident in England but receiving health care in Wales have requested that their treatment be delivered in England in the last year.
Jane Ellison
This information is not held by the Department.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released on temporary licence for (a) up to 12 hours, (b) 12 to 24 hours and (c) over 24 hours in a week in the latest period for which figures are available.
Jeremy Wright
Prisoners may be released on temporary licence for reasons linked to their resettlement needs and sentence plans, or where there are compelling circumstances that justify the release. Last month, we announced a range of measures to strengthen the existing temporary release provisions to ensure that the right balance is always struck between facilitating resettlement and protecting the public. Under our plans, public protection will always take priority.
Data on the number of hours for which prisoners are released on temporary licence is not collated centrally.
Data on temporary releases in 2012 is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statistical-notice-releases-on-temporary-licence-2012
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Guy Opperman on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to raise the plight of persecuted Christians abroad; and what steps he is taking to raise the case of Meriam Ibrahim with his Sudanese counterpart.
Mark Simmonds
I am appalled at the death sentence given to Meriam Ibrahim, and her continued imprisonment. Immediately following her trial, I issued a statement describing her conviction as barbaric and calling upon the Government of Sudan to respect the right to freedom of religion or belief and international human rights laws as enshrined in its own constitution. The Chargé d’Affaires of the Sudanese Embassy in London was summoned to the Foreign Office on the 19 May at the request of Foreign Secretary. DFID Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Lynne Featherstone, reiterated our demand with the Sudanese Foreign Minister when she met him on 20 May. Our Embassy in Khartoum, that attended her trial, continues to press the Sudanese authorities for Meriam Ibrahim’s release, and is in close contact with the defence team.
This is a priority human rights area for us. We speak out regularly against violence perpetrated against Christians. The Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi) gave a speech in Washington in November last year on the need for unity in confronting the intolerance and sectarianism that leads to minority communities being persecuted. We also lobby for changes in discriminatory laws and practices that affect religious minorities, including Christians, and support UN resolutions on the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Hollobone on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners were transferred to secure detention in their home country under (a) compulsory and (b) voluntary prisoner transfer agreements in each of the last five years.
Jeremy Wright
The table below sets out the number of prisoners who have transferred from a prison in England and Wales to a prison in their state of nationality in the last five years on both a compulsory and voluntary basis.
|
Year of Transfer |
Voluntary Transfer |
Compulsory |
|
2009 |
40 |
|
|
2010 |
46 |
|
|
2011 |
33 |
|
|
2012 |
40 |
|
|
2013 |
38 |
5 |
With the implementation of the Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA (The EU PTA) by the United Kingdom in December 2011 prisoners can be transferred on a voluntary or compulsory basis. Since the implementation of the EU PTA in December 2011 a total 18 EU Member States, including the United Kingdom, have brought the EU PTA in to force.
Compulsory Prisoner Transfer Agreements can be difficult to negotiate, but we remain determined to secure them wherever possible. In January this year we signed a compulsory transfer agreement with Nigeria and last year we signed an agreement with Albania. We expect to see prisoner transfers to both these countries before the end of this year.
We are also working hard to increase the number of Foreign National Offenders removed from prison under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) and the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS). In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under TERS, which we introduced in May 2012, we have removed 237 prisoners to date.
The numbers reported here are drawn from a Prison Service Case Tracking System. Care is taken when processing these cases but the figures may be subject to inaccuracies associated with any recording system.