The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Wiggin on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to increase the required contributions to NHS pensions before the introduction of the new pension scheme in 2015.
Dr Daniel Poulter
There are no plans to further raise employer or employee contributions to the NHS Pension Scheme before reformed arrangements are introduced on 1 April 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Wiggin on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance his Department provides for small independent schools making applications for free school status; and if he will take steps to increase such assistance.
Mr Edward Timpson
The Department for Education provides comprehensive guidance for all free school applicants on the criteria that successful applications need to meet. The Department also provides a grant to the New Schools Network to provide free expert support to applicants to develop their free school application.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Wiggin on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on (a) the number of companies that provide indemnity insurance for nurses and midwives and (b) the policies that are available for this.
Dr Daniel Poulter
The Department does not hold information on the number of companies that provide indemnity insurance for nurses and midwives or details on the policies that are available for this. In National Health Service organisations, it is not necessary for individual employees to take out their own indemnity insurance, unless they also undertake private work, because their employing organisation is, in law, vicariously liable for any negligence arising out of and in the course of their employment. All NHS trusts in England are members of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts operated on behalf of the Secretary of State by the NHS Litigation Authority.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of air rifles in the UK.
Norman Baker
Only air rifles which have a discharge velocity of 12ft lbs are held on a
firearms certificate.
The police National Firearms Licensing Management System (NFLMS) shows that as
of 12 May, 11,852 such air rifles were held on certificate in England and
Wales.
Low-powered air rifles (those below 12ft lbs discharge velocity) are not
licensed in England and Wales. It is therefore not possible to provide an
estimate of the number of air rifles which fall into this classification.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of incidents of domestic violence involving a legally owned (a) firearm and (b) airgun in each of the last five years.
Norman Baker
The requested information is not available centrally.
The Home Office is notified by police forces in England and Wales of how many
domestic abuse incidents they have dealt with but it is not possible from this
information to say how many involved firearms (whether legally owned or not) or
air weapons.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were made to the National Domestic Violence Helpline in 2013; and how many such calls mentioned use of (a) any weapon and (b) a firearm.
Norman Baker
The Home Office provides funding to the National Domestic Violence Helpline,
which is run jointly by Women’s Aid and Refuge. Latest management information
provided by Women’s Aid and Refuge sets out that in the first half of financial
year 2013/2014 (April -September 2013), the National Domestic Violence Helpline received
78,894 calls.
This data does not provide information on the number of calls that mention the
use of any weapon or firearms.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants being held in custody pending trial are foreign nationals.
Jeremy Wright
Information on the remand population is published quarterly and the latest available data is as at 31 March 2014 and can be found in Table 1.6 of the Prison Population spreadsheet Q1 2014 via the weblink below:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals from (a) the EU and (b) countries outside the EU have been defendants in the (i) magistrates courts and (ii) Crown courts in England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not the specific circumstances of each case. It is not possible to identify from this centrally held information the nationality of offenders sentenced for criminal offences.
Court proceedings data for 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of interpretation services provided to the (a) magistrates’ courts and (b) Crown Court in England and Wales in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The Department does not hold centrally all of the information that has been requested. In order to provide the information we would be required toobtain a number of large reports from individual locations. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce legislative proposals that employers be required to calculate holiday pay solely by reference to standard contract hours.
Jenny Willott
There are no current plans to require employers to calculate holiday pay solely by reference to standard contract hours.
The arrangements for holiday pay are set out in the Working Time Regulations 1998.
These arrangements differ according to the working pattern of the individual worker. If a worker has fixed hours and fixed pay, then a week’s holiday pay is the same amount as a worker receives for each week’s work. If the worker has no fixed hours, then a week’s holiday pay represents the average pay that a worker received over the previous 12 weeks.
More information about holiday pay can be found on the Gov.UK website at
https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/holiday-pay-the-basics