The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison custody officers are employed at HMP Oakwood.
Jeremy Wright
As of 3 January, 255 fully-trained prison custody officers were employed at the prison.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Crispin Blunt on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what restrictions apply to the discretion of clinical commissioning groups to commission immunisation services.
Jane Ellison
Policy on what national immunisation programmes should be implemented and how best to implement them is the responsibility of the Department working with Public Health England and NHS England.
Responsibility and funding for national immunisation programmes rests with NHS England. Clinical commissioning groups are free to consider the need and resourcing for local immunisation activity with their partners in local authorities, who are responsible for taking appropriate steps to improve local public health.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Thornton on 2014-03-31.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the national averageweekly income in Burton for (1) men, and (2) women.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will carry out and publish a written risk assessment of the care.data programme; for what reason no such written risk assessment has been published; and which Minister in his Department took the decision not to publish such an assessment.
Dr Daniel Poulter
There has been no decision made not to have a risk assessment for the care.data programme. Risks and issues are considered by the care.data programme board at regular meetings.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness King of Bow on 2014-03-31.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for Communities and Local Government will be paying new burdens funding to compensate local authorities for the additional costs of introducing local Council Tax Reduction Schemes in 2015–16.
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
In line with the new burdens doctrine, we will be assessing the need for continued new burdens funding for Local Council Tax Support in 2014-15, alongside consideration of the allocation of Local Council Tax Support Administration subsidy.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jessica Morden on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on courier services for passports outside the DX contract since 1 January 2014.
James Brokenshire
Her Majesty’s Passport Office has incurred no costs outside contractual
arrangements with DX since 1 Januar
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Iain Wright on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, what progress UK Trade and Investment has made on identifying possibilities for UK-based food and drink producers through the High Value Opportunity Programme for Food Security.
Mr David Willetts
The scope of the High Value Opportunity for Food Security is dependent on the national strategies to be published by key target markets. Prospects for UK-based food and drink producers will become clearer once these strategies are published.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by HM Passport Office on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February, (c) 1 March, (d) 1 April, (e) 1 May and (f) 1 June 2014.
James Brokenshire
The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month.
Her Majesty’s Passport Office has employed the following numbers of full-time
equivalents
(FTEs).
(a) On 31 December 2013: 3,333
(b) On 31 January 2014: 3,390
(c) On 28 February 2014: 3,434
(d) On 31 March 2014: 3,469
(e) On 30 April 2014: 3,489
(f) On 31 May 2014: 3,506
In order to ensure that the data is reported on a consistent basis, figures for
April and May figures include 196 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) corporate services
staff that transferred to the Home Office on 1 April 2014. This was part of a restructure
of the Home Office Corporate Services function.
Figures are for permanent civil servants employed by Her Majesty’s Passport
Office, including Part Year Appointments and permanent members of staff
employed on contracts for 9 months of the year. This excludes staff on secondment
or loan, and agency and temporary staff – with these staff included, the March 2014
figure is 3,444.
Please note, Her Majesty’s Passport Office records migrated to the Department’s
strategic record system during this period and are subject to enhanced validation
checks. Several months in this time series have a variance of +/- 2 FTE.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Infrastructure Organisation will allow the contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour so the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier can navigate it; what estimate he has made of the contract’s cost to the public; and when work will (a) commence and (b) finish.
Mr Philip Dunne
The contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour is expected to be awarded in April 2015 and is worth £20 million to £40 million. Work will commence following the appointment of the successful bidder, and will be completed ahead of HMS Queen Elizabeth’s arrival in late 2016.
The bidders for the contract are Boskalis Westminster Ltd, Van Oord UK Ltd and Dredging International NV.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Leader of the House, what visits each of the Ministers in his Office have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Mr Andrew Lansley
In February 2013, I visited the Scottish Parliament to examine Parliamentary procedures and practices.
In May 2013, the Deputy Leader of the House and I undertook an overseas visit to the European Institutions in Brussels. This visit provided an opportunity to consider and promote the role of national parliaments, including the House of Commons, in the processes of European legislation.
In December 2013, the Deputy Leader of the House visited Northern Ireland to engage with various Northern Irish charities and campaign groups on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.
In February 2014, I and the Deputy Leader of the House visited the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff to examine Parliamentary procedures and the work of the Petitions Committee.