Category: Speeches

Robert Buckland – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Buckland on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Attorney General, whether any domestic violence cases have led to prosecutions for coercive control since the inclusion of coercive control in the Government’s definition of domestic violence in March 2013.

Oliver Heald

The CPS flags all cases identified as domestic violence according to the revised Government definition implemented in March 2013. This includes the elements of coercive control, and behaviours which do not display visible injuries such as psychological abuse which were introduced in the revised definition. However the records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cannot separately identify the number of people prosecuted for each of these elements. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.

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Steve McCabe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the legal owner of a property is identified when a planning application is submitted relating to that property.

Nick Boles

I am not aware of representations about landlords who own multiple properties disguising their ownership of a property when submitting a planning application.

It is already a requirement that planning applications must be accompanied by a certificate which applicants must complete that provides certain details about the ownership of the application site. An application is not valid, and therefore cannot be determined by the local planning authority, unless the relevant certificate has been completed.

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Ivan Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ivan Lewis on 2014-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings she has had with (a) the First Minister of Northern Ireland, (b) the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and (c) both the First and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

I meet regularly with the First Minister and deputy First Minister to discuss a range of issues and will continue to do so.

01/11/2022
Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to hold further D-Day commemorations.

Anna Soubry

Following the very successful commemorations to mark this year’s 70th anniversary of D Day we will be discussing with the Normandy Veterans Association how we might approach future commemorations once the Association disbands later this year. We are sure that veterans will continue to return annually as long as they are able and that particular plans will again be made as the 75th anniversary, another significant milestone, approaches.

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Rosie Cooper – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rosie Cooper on 2014-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of applications made to the appeals service for parking on private land have related to parking charge notices on NHS hospital car parks; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the issues raised in such appeals.

Mr Robert Goodwill

I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 331W (UIN 188122).

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Tim Loughton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with Dominic Cummings since Mr Cummings left his Department; and what the purpose of those meetings was.

Matthew Hancock

Mr Cummings is an ex-employee of the Department for Education. It is not uncommon for ex-employees to be in contact with Ministers and the Department. As the Secretary of State for Education explained to the House on Monday 16 June, many people seek to visit and contact the Department for Education to exchange ideas with old friends and colleagues.

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Charlotte Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2014-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase understanding of pensions and retirement planning amongst women.

Steve Webb

The Department is taking a range of steps to address understanding of pensions and retirement planning, including amongst women.

The DWP is working closely with the Money Advice Service (MAS), the government body with responsibility for improving the British public’s financial capability, including tackling the knowledge gaps which can inhibit individuals from saving into pensions.

The Department is facilitating joint-working between its information services and those of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS), which is playing an important role in supporting individuals who are automatically enrolled, and MAS. The DWP will also support MAS in increasing its reach, including through contact channels with DWP customers.

As part of automatic enrolment, to encourage women to continue to save in a workplace pension we are running an awareness campaign with supporting information that emphasises the importance of saving for retirement and outlines the benefits of saving in a workplace pension. This reaches women via the use of appropriate media channels and by working in partnership with trusted brands.

We are creating a simpler state pension so that everybody can know both what counts towards their state pension and how much they can expect to receive. We will take account of the different ways in which men and women are affected by the reforms in our communications approach. Our strategy includes using partnerships with media outlets most likely to reach these women to make them aware of the changes. We will evaluate the impact of our communications to make sure we are reaching women to increase their awareness and understanding.

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Huw Irranca-Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Huw Irranca-Davies on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any phyto-sanitary and plant-disease expertise from the UK has been involved in helping to address the shortcomings identified by the EU Commissioner necessitating the recent ban on importation of mangoes from India.

Dan Rogerson

Defra’s Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) has offered to deliver a technical training programme for Indian Plant Health Inspectors to help address some of the issues raised in the previous European Commission’s Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) audits of the Indian plant health export certification systems. A Plant Health and Seeds Inspector from Fera will be also be assisting the FVO when it undertakes its audit visit to India in September.

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Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who made the decisions and on what basis were the decisions made on how many shares would go to each priority investor, each institutional investor and each retail investor in respect of the privatisation of Royal Mail.

Michael Fallon

The Government set the overall allocation policy with the aim of getting the right balance between longer-term, stable investors, retail investors and shorter-term investors who provide liquidity in the market.

Allocations were made to a number of institutions who in the early stages of engagement were willing to place non-binding orders despite the risks attached to the IPO such as the industrial relations situation. These investors gave us confidence that there was sufficient demand to proceed with the IPO.

We had nearly three-quarters of a million retail applications so their allocations were scaled back as they were for institutional investors. Given this high demand, Ministers decided to prioritise smaller investors and put in place a cut-off above £10,000 and give everyone below that the same number of shares. Around 95% of retail investors were allocated shares.

01/11/2022

David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time for each category of call was in Bolton in each year since 2010.

Jane Ellison

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.

The median response times to treatment for category A¹ calls in the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust², April 2011³ to April 2014

Month	Median time (in minutes)
April 2011	4.2
May 2011	5.0
June 2011	5.2
July 2011	5.0
August 2011	4.7
September 2011	4.8
October 2011	4.9
November 2011	4.9
December 2011	5.0
January 2012	4.8
February 2012	5.1
March 2012	5.0
April 2012	5.6
May 2012	5.7
June 2012	5.1
July 2012	5.1
August 2012	5.2
September 2012	5.3
October 2012	5.4
November 2012	5.4
December 2012	5.7
January 2013	5.5
February 2013	5.6
March 2013	5.6
April 2013	5.8
May 2013	5.4
June 2013	5.5
July 2013	5.8
August 2013	5.7
September 2013	6.1
October 2013	6.0
November 2013	6.1
December 2013	6.1
January 2014	5.8
February 2014	6.1
March 2014	6.1
April 2014	6.1

Source: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England

Notes:

¹Category A calls are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.

²North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides services to the Bolton area. Ambulance response times are not readily available for areas smaller than those covered by one Ambulance Trust.

³Information is not available before April 2011.

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