The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Sharon Hodgson on Justice.
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Simon Hughes
I have not discussed the legal status of Islamic marriages with any of the organisations listed.
There are no plans to change the law to recognise in English law Muslim marriages and divorces which do not conform to the Marriage Act 1949.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2014-04-10.
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what levels of stock the House of Commons Commission holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
John Thurso
The House purchases stationery, printer cartridges, fasteners and other consumable items through a contract providing a next day delivery service. No central stocks are held.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Chris Ruane on Health.
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Norman Lamb
The 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey is due to report by end of March 2017.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 30 to 41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, where the offence was committed against an adult, in each of the last four years.
Jeremy Wright
The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of the offences specified in the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000, the Indecency with Children Act 1960, the Sexual Offences Act 1967 and the Criminal Law Act 1977, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012 is provided in the attached tables.
Please note that offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 sections 9 to 12, 14 to 19, 25 to 26, 47 to 50 provide data where the victim can be specifically identified as a child, whereas offences under sections 3, 4, 52 to 53, 57 to 59, 61 and 66 to 67, are not specific to the age of the victim.
The tables do not include data for offences under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, or under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000. These offences, along with section 54 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, were repealed by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and there have been no convictions in the last four years.
The number of offenders found guilty of offences under section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 was provided in answer to PQ 193582 and can be found at Official Report c638W, 1 April 2014. It is not possible to separate out the age of the victims of offences under section 2.
Similarly, it is not possible to separate out the age of the victim of offences committed under sections 30 – 41 Sexual Offences Act 2003 from centrally held data. For data on offences under this legislation as a whole, I refer the honourable lady to the answer provided to PQ 193810, which can be found at Official Report column 136W, 7 April 2014.
Section 20 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 deals with offences in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Statistics for these offences in Scotland are a matter for the Scottish Government, with those in Northern Ireland being a matter for the Department of Justice Northern Ireland
Court proceedings data for England and Wales for 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014.
The Government takes very seriously all matters relating to the sexual abuse of children and adults. Our laws in these areas are rightly robust and clear. The 2003 Act, which came into effect in May 2004, significantly modernised and strengthened the laws on sexual offences in England and Wales.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Jim Dobbin on Health.
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Jane Ellison
The information requested in shown in the following table:
|
Years |
Licensable treatment cycles where at least 20 eggs were collected |
|
2008 |
2,910 |
|
2009 |
3,095 |
|
2010 |
3,435 |
|
2011 |
3,466 |
|
2012 |
3,464 |
|
20131 |
1,764 |
Note:
1The year 2013 only covers the period 1 January to 30 June 2013.
Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what rules his Department has in place on the (a) proven and (b) alleged criminal actions of potential bidders for the Transforming Rehabilitaiton programme.
Jeremy Wright
Final bids to run the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) are expected in June 2014, and will be rigorously assessed against robust quality, legal, commercial and financial criteria. In the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, bidders were required to declare that they had no convictions in relation to criminal offences such as conspiracy, corruption, bribery, fraud or criminal offences relating to the conduct of their business or profession and acts of grave misconduct. The MoJ also undertook extensive due diligence of bidders on a range of matters, including integrity and legal compliance issues. As a consequence we have a robust and diverse market and are confident that the bidders who passed the first stage of the competition – the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) – are credible organisations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004 in each of the last four years.
James Brokenshire
The table below provides the number of defendants proceeded against for
offences under Section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004 in England and
Wales from 2009 to 2012.
[INSERT TABLE HERE]
The statistics on defendants proceeded against for offences under Immigration
Acts 1971 to 2007 in England and Wales are supplied by the Ministry of Justice
for the Home Office to publish annually within Immigration Statistics. Annual
data is available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: October
December 2013, table pr_01, from the Library of the House and from the GOV.UK
website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-dec
ember-2013
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bob Ainsworth on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of funding per head of the population for transport in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
Stephen Hammond
The most recent data available for regional expenditure is the Country and regional analysis for 2013, published by HM Treasury.
Table A.15 shows UK identifiable expenditure on services by function, country and region, per head, 2008-09 to 2012-13, of which: Transport
The extract below gives identifiable expenditure per head for the West Midlands and England. Committed spend is not analysed at a lower level.
|
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
|
|
West Midlands |
283 |
258 |
218 |
206 |
202 |
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England |
317 |
348 |
317 |
288 |
267 |
The Department for Transport is not the only public body responsible for transport and a large proportion of expenditure is covered by local government bodies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Whittingdale on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received about the implications of the proposed EU Package Travel Directive on insolvency protection for consumers; and if he will make a statement.
Jenny Willott
BIS officials are in regular contact with a variety of organisations which have a particular interest in the implications of the proposed Directive, including the elements covering insolvency protection for consumers. Those organisations are among the 42 which responded to this Department’s Call for Evidence on the Proposal for a New Directive on Package Travel and Assisted Travel Arrangements. Responses commenting on the insolvency protection proposals were received from a wide range of organisations, representing the interests of the travel trade, consumers, tourism, and legal firms.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nia Griffith on 2014-04-10.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the number of young people claiming jobseeker’s allowance for over 12 months since May 2010.
Nicky Morgan
Long-term youth unemployment is falling, the number of young people who have been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance for over a year has fallen for 17 consecutive months.
But no young person should be left behind in the recovery. We have delivered 1.7 million apprenticeships starts so far this Parliament. We will abolish employer National Insurance contributions for under 21s which will help to support jobs for almost 1.5 million young people in employment. And we are supporting up to 500,000 young people into education and employment through the Youth Contract.