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  • Mr Charles Walker – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mr Charles Walker – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Charles Walker on 2014-02-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England have signed local protocols for those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.

    Damian Green

    I understand that, as of 13 May 2014, 36 of the 39 territorial police forces in
    England – plus British Transport Police – are currently signed up to local
    protocols for those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. The other 3
    forces report that they are in the process of agreeing such protocols with
    local partner agencies.

    The agreement of mental health protocols by local agencies is promoted at
    national level, including through the Mental Health Act 1983 Codes of Practice
    and the new national Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, which states that:

    ‘Every area should have a local protocol in place, agreed by NHS commissioners,
    the police force, the ambulance service, and social services. This should
    describe the approach to be taken when a police officer uses powers under the
    Mental Health Act’.

    The Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat can be found at:
    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/281242
    /36353_Mental_Health_Crisis_accessible.pdf

    The Department of Health, supported by the Home Office and Mind, is encouraging
    local areas to sign-up to the principles of the Concordat, with the expectation
    that all areas in England will have signed local declarations by December
    2014. The Department of Health will publish details of the areas that have
    signed such declarations.

  • Paul Burstow – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Paul Burstow – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Burstow on 2014-02-26.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the trend in prostate cancer (a) one-year, (b) two-year and (c) five-year survival rates over the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    I have been asked to reply.

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2013-05-08.

    To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the outcome of his Department’s matching of the electoral register with Department for Work and Pensions data in communities with (a) seaside towns and (b) towns with high student populations; and what effect this work will have on the size of electorates in these constituencies.

    Chloe Smith

    As part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER), entries on the electoral register will be matched against data held by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for the purposes of confirming existing electors, a process which will simplify the transition for the majority of existing electors. Last year the Cabinet Office undertook pilots to test this process and we published our evaluation of these pilots earlier this year which is available to download from:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-the-transition-to-individual-electoral-registration

    The evaluation report includes an analysis of match rates by population groups and while no specific analysis was undertaken of seaside towns, the results did suggest that match rates were lower in areas with high student populations. However, anyone who cannot be confirmed will still be invited to register individually and will retain their ability to vote in the 2015 general election. By using confirmation to simplify the process for the majority of electors it means resources can be focused on maximising registration among those people who cannot be confirmed, including individuals who are not currently registered. We are also currently running a separate set of pilots exploring whether data matching against DWP and other trusted national data sets can be used to find potential electors who are not currently registered but may be eligible to do so, in order to invite them to register. The results of the pilots, which are specifically targeted at boosting registrations among students, attainers and home-movers, will be published in the summer.

  • Dr Julian Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Dr Julian Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Lewis on 2014-02-26.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any records relating to the loss of the escort aircraft carrier HMS Dasher in March 1943 have (a) been retained from transfer to and (b) remain closed in the National Archives; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr Francis Maude

    Cabinet Office holds no records relating to HMS Dasher.

  • Heidi Alexander – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Heidi Alexander – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2014-02-26.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan on 11 December 2013, column 224, on Civil Service (union facility time), in which Departments the trade union officers who were promoted in post while doing no work as a civil servant were employed; and in which Department the officer who was promoted twice was employed.

    Mr Francis Maude

    There are no plans to provide further details to protect the identities of the individuals involved.

  • Pete Wishart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Pete Wishart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pete Wishart on 2014-02-26.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much in public duty costs allowance has been paid to each former Prime Minister in each year since 2010; what the limit is of the public duty costs allowance for former Prime Ministers; when that limit was last reviewed; whether the public duty costs allowance is payable in addition to their parliamentary allowances to former Prime Ministers who remain Members of Parliament; what audit is undertaken of claims made under the public duty costs allowance by former Prime Ministers; what checks are made to ensure that claims against the allowance meet the criteria for funding from the allowance; what guidance is provided to former Prime Ministers on claiming from the public duty costs allowance; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that guidance.

    Mr Francis Maude

    The amounts paid in 2011-12 and 2012-13 are as follows:

    2011/12

    Gordon Brown

    £114,998.17

    Baroness Thatcher

    £109,191.00

    John Major

    £115,000.00

    Tony Blair

    £115,000.00

    2012/13

    John Major

    £114,996.00

    Gordon Brown

    £100,315.68

    Baroness Thatcher

    £74,087.76

    Tony Blair

    £115,000.00

    The current limit for the PDCA is £115,000. The limit is reviewed on an annual basis.

    Former Prime Ministers will continue to receive the PDCA if they are a sitting MP, provided they are not serving as Leader of the Opposition.

    Claims are processed by the Cabinet Office and form part of the annual audit of Cabinet Office expenditure.

    All former Prime Ministers are provided with guidance on the PDCA. A copy of this has been placed in the Library of the House.

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-02-26.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the proportion of manufacturing jobs held by women in (a) each English region, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Kate Green – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Kate Green – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2014-02-27.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the people who moved from employment to unemployment or inactivity in the last year had a household income (a) below £15,000, (b) below £25,000, (c) below £50,000 and (d) £50,000 or above at the point before they left employment.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Zac Goldsmith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Zac Goldsmith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Zac Goldsmith on 2014-02-27.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths of (a) infants, (b) children, (c) adults and (d) elderly people have been recorded in the UK from antibiotic-resistant bacterial meningitis infection by age group in each year since 1990.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-02-27.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pagers have been provided to staff by his Department since May 2010; and what the cost to the Department was of providing those pagers.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    As was the case prior to the last General Election various officials are provided with pagers when there is a business case to do so. We do not hold details centrally of when pagers were purchased but currently spend £360 a month on the services.