The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions about numbers returning to work underpin the benefit cost savings forecast for Help to Work in the Autumn Statement; and if he will make a statement.
Esther McVey
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how members of the public can contact their regional Health, Work and Wellbeing coordinator; how much those coordinators are paid; by what body they are paid; and what those coordinators’ roles entail.
Jane Ellison
Health, Work and Wellbeing Coordinators were jointly funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health. This funding ceased in 2012.
One of Public Health England’s (PHE) priorities is improving health in the workplace. It has 15 local centres, where responsibility for local co-ordination sits.
Contact details for PHE’s local centres can be found on the web at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-centre-addresses-and-phone-numbers/phe-local-and-regional-contact-details.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Alexander on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role he sees for the EU in helping to facilitate Libyan parliamentary elections in July 2014.
Mr William Hague
The UK is firmly committed to supporting the Libyan people and Government, and I welcome the elections for the Libyan House of Representatives due on 25 June. I hope it will be conducted in a fair, transparent and accountable way which is respected by all parties. I believe that the EU, along with our international partners, can play a crucial role in supporting these elections. An EU Election Experts’ Mission monitored the Constitutional Assembly elections in February, and set out recommendations for improvements which were shared with the Libyan authorities in a report. We believe this, along with other EU programmes related to democratic transition in Libya, has laid a solid foundation to facilitate the June elections.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Departments regularly publish details of their gender pay gap at each Civil Service grade.
Mr Francis Maude
The Office of National Statistics publishes median earnings by responsibility level, government department and gender annually as part of Civil Service Statistics and this data can be found at:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/civil-service-statistics/2013/stb-civil-service-statistics–2013.html
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fiona Bruce on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to increase the flow of impartial information into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea following the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in that country.
Mr Hugo Swire
The British Embassy in Pyongyang has arranged for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) officials to attend education programmes in the UK with a human rights element, and also to attend economics workshops in Pyongyang aiming to deepen their understanding of international standards and norms. The British Council English language teaching programme in Pyongyang provides another area of extensive engagement. The Embassy also delivers strong messages directly to DPRK interlocutors about the UK’s human rights concerns, including concerns arising from the UN Commission of Inquiry.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dame Tessa Jowell on 2014-06-09.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total number of properties (a) in the UK and (b) in the Greater London region affected by a levy on a property’s value of above a (i) £2 million and (ii) £5 million threshold.
Mr David Gauke
I refer the Right Honourable Member to my answers of 12 May (column 332W) and 13 May (column 529W). The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000.
The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2million.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-06-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is taken to renew an existing passport and issue a new one.
James Brokenshire
A straightforward renewal application, where the customers provide the required supporting documentation at the outset, is usually dealt with within three weeks. Expected turnaround times for applications made in the UK and on a country by country basis for overseas applications are set out on www.gov.uk.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Thomas Docherty on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he intends to ask the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence for assistance in pursuing export sales of Typhoon to Belgium.
Michael Fallon
The Eurofighter Typhoon programme is carried out in partnership with the Governments of Germany, Italy and Spain. This includes cooperation on exports. The Government of Belgium has expressed an interest in Typhoon as well as other competing aircraft as a potential replacement for their F-16 fleet. UK Trade and Investment have been invited, to participate in preliminary discussions at official level on Typhoon. United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI) officials are working with colleagues across Government, in the partner nations and with Eurofighter GmbH to coordinate a response.
Within UK Government work on Typhoon export campaigns is led by UKTI, but HMG takes a collaborative approach to defence exports and so all campaigns are a cross departmental effort. Information on staffing numbers is not therefore available centrally.
Ministerial responsibility for UKTI rests with my noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Livingston of Parkhead). My noble Friend reports to my Rt Hon Friends the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as the two responsible Cabinet Ministers.
Information regarding Ministers’ meetings is published by the Department on the internet: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&publication_type=transparency-data
The Minister of State for Trade and Investment discussed Typhoon exports during his meeting with BAES on 18 December 2013. The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has no immediate plans to meet his Belgian counterpart.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas resident passport applications by UK citizens have been dealt with by HM Passport Office in each year since 2010.
James Brokenshire
The table below provides the requested information.
Year Number of applications dealt
with
2010 0
2011 0
2012 145
2013 82, 590
2014, up to 30th June 225, 687
The administration of overseas resident passports was repatriated from the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2012. Transition arrangements began in
December 2012 and were completed in March 2014
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance his Department gives to farmers and landowners in controlling the number of jays which predate smaller song birds.
George Eustice
All wild birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. However, licences allow for the control of birds in some circumstances. In England, general licences are issued by Natural England permitting users to kill or take jays for several purposes. These include conserving wild birds and preventing serious damage to crops. They may be relied on by landowners and other authorised persons as long as they are satisfied they have met the conditions of the licence.