The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2015 to Question 9695, on telecommunications: Sheffield, Heeley, whether the problem referred to has now been resolved.
Mr Edward Vaizey
BT have confirmed that the work to provide a telephone and internet connectivity to the new build site has been completed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Woodcock on 2016-01-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what process his Department followed in awarding the lighting contracts for the Successor submarines.
Mr Philip Dunne
No contract has yet been awarded for the Successor primary lighting system.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Carol Monaghan on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with spouses or partners with UK citizenship have been granted a visa to enter the UK in each of the last five years.
James Brokenshire
The available information is shown in the table attached.
Information on spouses or partners of UK citizens is not available as it is not held on centrally collated statistical databases and could only be produced at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.
The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, July – September 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Thewliss on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to provide certified copies of identity documents to visa applicants to support their applications to undertake an approved English language test.
James Brokenshire
There is no intention to change the current policy with regards to identity checks for Secure English Language Testing (SELT). Photocopies, whether certified or not, are not accepted when a candidate sits a test. Only original and valid documents are acceptable. This will allow test centre staff to confirm that the document is genuine and relates to the individual who is sitting the test.
The only acceptable forms of identification in the UK are:
• a passport or travel document;
• a EU Identity Card;
• a Biometric Residence Permit.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were refused student loans as a result of their discretionary leave to remain immigration status in each of the last three years.
Joseph Johnson
The Student Loans Company does not hold information on the number of student loan applicants with discretionary leave to remain who have had their application for support refused.
A public consultation on the introduction of a new category of eligibility for those with long residence in the UK, including periods of discretionary leave, closed in January 2016. The consultation can be found at:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Will Quince on 2016-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2016 to Question 34465, if his Department will take steps to allow web-users to include honours when completing Government online forms.
Mike Penning
My Department currently has no general plans to allow web users to include honours when completing on line forms.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Judd on 2016-05-24.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they co-operate with police authorities to promote service by police personnel with the UN and other international bodies.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The National Police Chiefs’ Council has established the new Joint International Policing Hub to triage requests for international police assistance through a single point. The Hub joins up the police at a national level and with Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is intended to promote the UK model of policing by consent. Decisions on who to recommend to deploy, and where, lies with Chief Constables, in conjunction with their Police and Crime Commissioners.
As the first professional body for all of policing in England and Wales, the College of Policing develops standards and guidance for policing. The College is considering flexibility and the structure of entry, exit and re-entry of officers. It is also considering routes for officers to gain external experience, such as secondments, as part of the Leadership Review.
The Government has no plans to publish the details of police, law enforcement specialists and other relevant civilian experts in service in UN operations and at the UN Headquarters. Any personnel deployed as part of a national contingent are listed on the UN website: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/contributors/2016/apr16_4.pdf
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Deidre Brock on 2016-07-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets are in place to reduce antibiotic use in the husbandry of farm animals.
George Eustice
In line with the recent recommendations of the Independent Review on AMR, Defra has committed to reducing the average across all food-producing species to 50mg/kg by 2018. Future reductions will be underpinned by industry working collaboratively with Government to set long-term, sustainable, sector-specific targets by 2017.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2016-10-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses his Department has received to the consultation on local government retention of business rates.
Mr Marcus Jones
The Government’s recent consultation on Business Rates Retention received 454 responses from a range of local authorities, those with business interests and other organisations. The Government will publish its response to the outcome of this consultation in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.
George Eustice
No estimate of value has been made as there were no reported losses or thefts of stationery from the Department in the last five fiscal years.