The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun dogs have been stolen in each of the last three years in each region in England.
Norman Baker
The information requested is not available centrally.
It is not possible to identify offences of gun dog thefts from the police recorded crime statistics collected by the Home Office.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of jobseeker’s allowance claims processed within (a) 10, (b) 20, (c) 30, (d) 40, (e) 60 and (f) more than 60 working days.
Esther McVey
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed by Directly Operated Railways in March (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
Stephen Hammond
The total budgeted staff costs for the years in question are as follows.
|
£000’s |
Salaries |
Other Staff Costs |
Consultants |
Total |
|
2010/11 |
539 |
77 |
412 |
1028 |
|
2011/12 |
476 |
52 |
386 |
914 |
|
2012/13 |
194 |
32 |
853 |
1079 |
|
2013/14 |
378 |
10 |
455 |
843 |
|
2014/15 |
1245 |
61 |
187 |
1493 |
|
2015/16 |
No Budget |
As with all other costs associated with Directly Operated Railways (DOR), these are recovered through a combination of a management charge to their subsidiary (East Coast Main Line Company Ltd), charges to the performance bond which was secured from National Express following the early termination of their franchise in 2009 and fees charged to the Department for Transport for services in connection with the Rail Franchising (Direct Awards) programme.
The total headcount in DOR for the years in question are set out in the table below.
|
Year ending March |
Core DOR |
Direct Award |
|
2010 |
7 |
|
|
2011 |
7 |
|
|
2012 |
7 |
|
|
2013 |
8 |
|
|
2014 |
7 |
6* |
*Prior to the year ending March 2014, DOR’s work in respect of the Direct Award programme was staffed by a combination of the core DOR team and consultants.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to respond to the recommendations made by the Social Security Advisory Committee in Occasional Paper 12 published in April 2014; and if he will make a statement.
Steve Webb
The Department is currently considering its response to the Social Security Advisory Committee’s recent study “The Cumulative Impact of Welfare Reform: a Commentary“. A response will be published in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ms Harriet Harman on 2014-03-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school children in England learning to play a musical instrument in school (a) paid a charge and (b) received their tuition free of charge in school years (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013-14.
Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Rt. Hon. Lady to the Answer I gave on 1 April 2014, Official Report, col. 631W, on Schools: Musical Instruments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which GP practices have been identified by NHS England as potentially losing more than £3 per patient in 2014-15 following the withdrawal of the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee.
Dr Daniel Poulter
NHS England has published an anonymised list of ‘outliers’ which can be found at:
www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gp-gms-practices.pdf
Because the information is commercially sensitive, details that could identify individual practices have not been released.
The Minimum Practice Income Guarantee is being phased out over a period of seven years because it is inequitable, and the money released will be reinvested into basic payments made to all General Medical Services practices.
NHS England is supporting the most affected practices.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ben Bradshaw on 2014-03-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information (a) his Department and (b) HM Tribunals Service hold on the gender of people (i) prosecuted and convicted for television licence evasion and (ii) imprisoned for non-payment of a fine for television licence evasion.
Jeremy Wright
No published information is available. The information in the table is taken from a live case management system. As such, it is subject to change and is not checked to the level of Official Statistics. No information is available in respect of socio-economic status of those prosecuted or convicted or imprisoned for non-payment of a fine in respect of television licence evasion. The Government has said that it will examine whether television licence evasion should be decriminalised.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Knight on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has given local authorities on ensuring that road safety is not compromised by street lighting being switched off; and if he will make a statement.
Brandon Lewis
Street lighting plays an important role in road safety, as well as ensuring the personal safety of pedestrians.
As I stated in my answer to the rt. hon. Member for Leeds Central, (Hilary Benn), on 13 May 2014, Official Report, Column 535-536W, there is no prescriptive Whitehall guidance on street lighting, and any assessment will depend on local circumstances and local views. In addition, Manual for Streets, while out of date in certain areas (e.g. on parking and density), contains some useful guidance on getting the balance right when providing street lighting, taking into account the different issues around safety, crime prevention, street clutter and light pollution. It can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/manual-for-streets.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Parish on 2014-03-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what non-lethal military support his Department has provided to Tunisia in each year since 2012.
Dr Andrew Murrison
The UK strongly supportsTunisia’s democratic transition and we are working to assist the Tunisian authorities as they deliver change. Since 2012, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has provided the following support to the Tunisian Armed Forces:
In June 2012 the MOD and Department for Transport delivered Explosive Detection Equipment Training to the Tunisian Armed Forces in Tunisia;
In May 2012, Tunisian military delegates attended an Economic Exclusion Zone course in the UK;
In January 2014, a small team delivered a presentation to the Tunisian Armed Forces on the UK’s approach to Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR);
There are currently two Tunisian students enrolled on the International Sub Lieutenant’s course in the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jason McCartney on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have not received homecare medicines and products on time for treatment of (a) cystic fibrosis, (b) HIV and (c) rheumatoid arthritis in the last year.
Norman Lamb
This information is not collected by the Department or NHS England.