The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2016-01-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contingency arrangements his Department has made for the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.
Priti Patel
I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the reply given by the Prime Minister on 14 January 2016
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Wigley on 2016-02-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take in the light of the finding by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate in its Thematic Review of the CPS Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Units that there are inconsistencies in the level of care provided to rape and sexual assault victims by Rape and Serious Sexual Offences units.
Lord Keen of Elie
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is continually committed to improving the prosecution of rape and serious sexual offences and the quality of the service the CPS provides to victims of these serious crimes. The Thematic Review acknowledges that the CPS has undertaken a considerable amount of work to prioritise the improvement of rape prosecutions and endorses the use of teams of specialist prosecutors to handle all rape and serious sexual offences cases. Ensuring the best possible service is provided to victims will continue to be at the heart of CPS improvement activity.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Coussins on 2016-02-29.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultations they have held, if any, about the rates of pay of interpreters contracted to work for the Home Office Interpreter Operations Unit, and what the outcome of those consultations has been.
Lord Bates
In November 2015 the Interpreter Operations Unit wrote to all interpreters registered to work on behalf of the Home Office informing them of plans to change their rates of pay from January 2016. Some discussions were held with interpreter representatives in December 2015. All proposed changes are currently on hold pending a further internal review of existing pay and conditions. This review will take place in 2016/17.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost to Highways England was of its contract with Amey for services in Area 7; and which other companies bid for that contract.
Andrew Jones
The contract awarded by Highways England was for a value of £422,720,000 over 15 years. This is the maximum spend allowable through this contract and includes for inflation over its duration. Other companies that bid for the contract were: –
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-04-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many referrals the Insolvency Service received from (a) each of the sectoral regulators and (b) any other third party for alleged malpractice by directors of companies in each year since 2009.
Anna Soubry
The number of complaints received about live companies, and the number of reports received about insolvent companies from insolvency practitioners (IPs), is summarised in the table below. No records are kept of the total number of complaints received about insolvent companies and separate figures are not available for complaints received from regulators.
|
Reporting year |
No complaints received about live companies |
No of reports received from IPs |
|
09/10 |
5,989 |
7,030 |
|
10/11 |
4,852 |
5,373 |
|
11/12 |
3,523 |
5,401 |
|
12/13 |
3,014 |
5,335 |
|
13/14 |
3,603 |
4,671 |
|
14/15 |
3,791 |
4,620 |
|
15/16 |
3,904 |
4,277 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Bridgen on 2016-06-13.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Electoral Commission’s staff handbook.
Mr Gary Streeter
A copy of the Electoral Commission’s code of conduct for staff has been placed in the House Library.
This document, which is available on the Commission’s intranet and circulated at regular intervals through internal bulletins to remind staff of its content, sets out clearly the conduct expected of staff in their capacity as a Commission employee, including that, “Throughout your employment/engagement … with the Commission you are required to conduct yourself so as not to raise any questions as to the political impartiality of the Commission”.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-09-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2016 to Question 43906, what forecast he has made of the amount that will be spent on UK defence attachés in each country in each year to 2020.
Mike Penning
We are unable to be specific regarding the requirements in each country, as detailed figures have yet to be set for future years. Table 1 below provides a forecast of in-year expenditure for each Defence Section for financial year (FY) 2016-17, including the British Defence Staff in Washington. Table 2 shows an estimate of expenditure for Defence Sections from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
Table 1
|
LOCATION |
Forecast of Outturn 2016-17 |
|
ALGIERS |
£257,000 |
|
BAGHDAD |
£1,373,000 |
|
NEW YORK |
£666,000 |
|
SARAJEVO |
£324,000 |
|
KHARTOUM |
£715,000 |
|
TRIPOLI* |
£258,000 |
|
MOGADISHU |
£935,000 |
|
RIGA |
£130,000 |
|
HANOI |
£475,000 |
|
OTTAWA |
£523,000 |
|
WELLINGTON |
£357,000 |
|
SINGAPORE |
£394,000 |
|
BEIRUT |
£502,000 |
|
BUCHAREST |
£272,000 |
|
KATHMANDU |
£187,000 |
|
MEXICO CITY |
£453,000 |
|
RABAT |
£363,000 |
|
BRASILIA |
£441,000 |
|
SANTIAGO |
£371,000 |
|
SEOUL |
£715,000 |
|
JUBA |
£252,000 |
|
VIENNA |
£375,000 |
|
ACCRA |
£357,000 |
|
BOGOTA |
£536,000 |
|
MUSCAT |
£608,000 |
|
KIEV |
£492,000 |
|
PRETORIA |
£506,000 |
|
AMMAN |
£690,000 |
|
KUWAIT CITY |
£345,000 |
|
RIYADH |
£863,000 |
|
MADRID |
£299,000 |
|
MOSCOW |
£949,000 |
|
OSLO |
£303,000 |
|
NEW DELHI |
£577,000 |
|
NAIROBI |
£822,000 |
|
KUALA LUMPUR |
£385,000 |
|
ABUJA |
£294,000 |
|
ISLAMABAD |
£711,000 |
|
ABU DHABI |
£623,000 |
|
DUBLIN |
£237,000 |
|
HARARE |
£302,000 |
|
PARIS |
£1,453,000 |
|
FRANCE** |
£1,294,000 |
|
RANGOON |
£341,000 |
|
STOCKHOLM |
£386,000 |
|
DOHA |
£319,000 |
|
CANBERRA |
£668,000 |
|
NICOSIA |
£229,000 |
|
ZAGREB |
£223,000 |
|
BANGKOK |
£368,000 |
|
BELGRADE |
£467,000 |
|
BERLIN |
£900,000 |
|
BUENOS AIRES |
£499,000 |
|
COPENHAGEN |
£273,000 |
|
THE HAGUE |
£303,000 |
|
ROME |
£563,000 |
|
ANKARA |
£658,000 |
|
ATHENS |
£566,000 |
|
JAKARTA |
£414,000 |
|
BEIJING |
£1,380,000 |
|
PRAGUE |
£355,000 |
|
TEL AVIV |
£766,000 |
|
TOKYO |
£547,000 |
|
WARSAW |
£398,000 |
|
KINGSTON |
£566,000 |
|
CAIRO |
£523,000 |
|
KAMPALA |
£275,000 |
|
DHAKA |
£346,000 |
|
YEMEN |
£249,000 |
|
BAHRAIN |
£336,000 |
|
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN |
£375,000 |
|
TBILISI |
£361,000 |
|
SKOPJE |
£473,000 |
|
FREETOWN |
£266,000 |
|
VILNIUS |
£33,000 |
|
ASTANA |
£247,000 |
|
TASHKENT |
£248,000 |
|
KABUL |
£406,000 |
|
ADDIS ABABA |
£519,000 |
|
TALLINN |
£291,000 |
|
WASHINGTON |
£3,749,000 |
|
DEFENCE SECTIONS CENTRAL FUNDING |
£9,882,000*** |
|
TOTAL |
£52,752,000 |
* Currently operating from Tunis
** UK Exchange Officers in France paid for through the Defence Engagement budget.
*** Central funding covers expenditure on the Defence Attaché network not attributable to a specific Defence Section.
Table 2
|
FY 2017-18 |
FY 2018-19 |
FY 2019-20 |
|
|
Estimated Attaché Costs |
£39,372,162 |
£39,899,766 |
£40,433,147 |
|
Estimated FCO Platform Charges |
£15,470,882 |
£15,689,819 |
£15,970,923 |
|
Estimated Total |
£54,843,044 |
£55,589,585 |
£56,404,070 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2016-10-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for a final decision on an indefinite leave to remain application in each of the last five years.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The service standard for application for ILR is 6 months or 182 days.
|
Year Despatched |
Average Days to despatch. |
|
|
2011 |
73.26 |
|
|
2012 |
105.46 |
|
|
2013 |
91.44 |
|
|
2014 |
104.52 |
|
|
2015 |
67.00 |
Notes Indefinite Leave to remain defined as those case types classed as Permanent Residence, Tier 1 ILR and Tier 2 ILR based on the case type matrix.
Data extracted on 19 October 2016.
These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Taylor of Warwick on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures are in place to promote apprenticeships in the construction sector.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
In 2013/14 there were 15,890 apprenticeships starts in the Construction, Planning and the Built Environment Sector Subject Area.
We are taking action to support apprenticeships in all sectors to meet our commitment to 3 million starts. We are working with large and small businesses to encourage employers, colleges and schools to work together to increase the number of apprenticeships.
Over 1300 employers – including in the construction sector – are currently involved in designing new apprenticeship standards. These include apprenticeships in construction occupations at a range of levels such as Construction Technician (L6), Quantity Surveyor (L6), Construction Site Management (L6), Advanced Carpentry & Joinery (L4) and Steel Fixer (L2)
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-12-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of whether the must offer provision of the Communications Act 2003 is sufficient to ensure access to public service broadcast channels on non-discriminatory terms for all TV platforms.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The Government’s consultation ‘the balance of payments between television platforms and public service broadcasters’ examined how the public service broadcasters’ business models for the distribution for television content work. The focus of this consultation was on the commercial arrangements between broadcasters and PSB platforms – not subscription-free DTT platforms.