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  • Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate (a) the savings generated by each branch of the armed forces having separate recruiting programmes and (b) the annual cost of each such programme.

    Anna Soubry

    Each branch of the Armed Forces has a distinctive brand that needs to be marketed separately in order to attract the best candidates.

    Capturing the cost of recruiting across the Armed Forces is a complex and resource-intensive task. For financial year (FY) 2010-11, when both the recruitment budget and recruitment targets were below normal levels, these calculations were not carried out. The costs of recruiting programmes for FYs 2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are set out in the following table. The cost of recruiting in FY 2013-14 will be available in early 2015.

    Financial Year Royal Navy (£) Army (£) RAF (£) Total (£)
    2009-10 41,475,281 138,743,300 51,298,179 231,516,760
    2011-12 32,017,364 134,595,989 38,702,993 205,316,346
    2012-13 33,228,059 122,756,649 35,430,723 191,415,431

    As reductions have been made to force levels recruitment levels have been adjusted but not stopped as the Services are required to keep recruiting to maintain the right skills.

  • Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military or civilian personnel in his Department of what rank or grade have been reprimanded for failing to deliver an ICT hosting environment for Capita as part of the Recruiting Partnering Project.

    Anna Soubry

    No personnel have been reprimanded in connection with the delivery of the Recruiting Partnering Project.

    An ICT hosting platform is being provided for Capita.

  • Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information and communications technology projects his Department has implemented (a) to the original deadline and on budget and (b) after the original deadline and over budget in the last 10 years.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  • Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department did not provide an ICT hosting environment for Capita on time for the Recruiting Partnering Project.

    Anna Soubry

    A number of factors contributed to the problems experienced with the Information Communication Technology hosting environment provided for Capita. I refer the hon. Member to the Secretary of State for Defence’s (Philip Hammond) response to an Urgent Question from the hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) on 14 January 2014 (Official Report, column 715).

  • Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average salary was for a (a) man and (b) woman of (i) white ethnic origin and (ii) black and minority ethnic origin and who was (A) disabled and (B) not disabled in Ashfield constituency in each year since 2010.

    Mr Nick Hurd

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

  • Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-11.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire paid the top rate of income tax in each of the last five years.

    Mr David Gauke

    Statistics on the number of additional rate income tax payers liable to pay the by government office regions, including the East Midlands, are published in HMRC’s income tax statistics, table 2.2: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306856/Table_2.2.pdf

    County and constituency level information on additional rate tax payers is not published.

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  • Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council has spent per head of population in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    Arts Council England (ACE) makes its funding decisions independently of Government and as such we do not hold the information requested. However, the following information has been provided by ACE:

    Value of ACE awards to applicants resident in ASHFIELD Constituency 2009 2014

    Decision Year

    Value of Awards

    Per-Capita*

    2009/10

    £9,706

    £0.10

    2010/11

    £9,712

    £0.10

    2011/12

    £13,500

    £0.13

    2012/13

    2013/14

    * based on Mid-2011 population estimate (ONS) 101,914.

    In addition, ACE made two other awards totalling £3.8m from which Ashfield can benefit

  • David Winnick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    David Winnick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Winnick on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2014 Official Report, column 74W, on Members: Correspondence, when he expects to send a substantive reply to the letter of 30 April 2014 from the hon. Member for Walsall North about admissions to Walsall Academy which was separate from the letter sent to the Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency; and for what reason that Answer does not mention that there was separate correspondence on the subject.

    Mr Edward Timpson

    My noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools, responded to the hon. Member’s other letter of 30 April about admission arrangements at Walsall academy on 16 June. On behalf of the Department I would like to apologise for the delay in answering this letter.

    My reply of 10 June related to the letter with the reference (2014/0036207) quoted in the question.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Clinical Director for Cancer on the performance of the NHS against the waiting time targets for cancer treatment.

    Jane Ellison

    My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health, has had a number of discussions with senior members of NHS England’s executive team on the performance of the National Health Service against the waiting time targets for cancer treatment, but not with the National Clinical Director for Cancer.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of companies who have signed up to one or more pledges set out in the Responsibility Deal; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of those companies which are meeting all of the pledges they have signed up to.

    Jane Ellison

    675 partners are currently signed up the Responsibility Deal. Details of these partners, the pledges they are committed to taking action on and their annual updates are available in full on the Responsibility Deal website at:

    https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/partners/