Tag: 2014

Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many establishments deregistered for the purposes of carrying out marriages in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.

Karen Bradley

The General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales is responsible for
maintaining the list of religious buildings registered for marriage.

The number of cancellations made for registered buildings for 2012 was 211,
2013 – 180 and for 2014 (up to 25 June) is 106.

November 2, 2022
Alistair Burt – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alistair Burt on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many fringe events were held during the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Simmonds

I refer my honourable Friend the member for North East Bedfordshire to the Foreign Secretary’s statement to the House on 16 June 2014 on the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. There were 175 fringe events during the Summit, which included panel discussions and debates, theatre and performance, marketplace with products made by survivors, gallery, silent cinema, exhibitions. We estimate that several thousand members of the public attended the fringe each day. In addition, our Embassies and High Commissions overseas held a global fringe and hosted events for each of the 84 hours of the Summit. These events challenged perceptions and encouraged policy and decision makers and the general public to engage with a subject that for too long has remained hidden.

November 2, 2022
Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations are enforced, (b) guidance is provided to interested parties and the Advertising Standards Authority in line with his Department’s Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007 and (c) necessary court action is taken to stop violations or settle questions of interpretation.

Jane Ellison

The Department has made the Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007 available on the Department’s website and has regularly met with local authorities; the Advertising Standards Authority; the Food Standards Agency; the industry trade association and individual businesses to ensure that the Department’s advice is communicated to businesses and enforcers. Enforcement action, which could potentially result in court action, is carried out by local authorities.

November 2, 2022
Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many call-outs police in Preston attended in response to domestic violence in 2013.

Norman Baker

The requested data are not collected centrally by the Home Office. Data are
available on the number of domestic abuse incidents that come to the attention
of the police but these are only held at police force area level.

November 2, 2022
John Mann – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mann on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who is responsible for paying defendant costs orders; and which organisation receives payment if costs are awarded for a successful prosecution of a breach.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Defendant Costs Orders are awarded to a defendant when a prosecution is unsuccessful and the defendant is acquitted. The expenditure is called ‘Central Funds’ and are payable at legal aid rates. Central Funds fall under the financial responsibility of the Legal Aid Agency but are operationally administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

If costs are awarded in a successful prosecution of a breach of a Defendant Costs Order, then whoever the prosecutor is will be entitled to receive the costs.

November 2, 2022
Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 247W, on Jobcentre Plus, whether Jobcentre Plus is required to obtain the consent of a voluntary employment support project which receives no statutory funding before issuing a jobseeker’s direction requiring a jobseeker’s allowance claimant’s engagement with that project.

Esther McVey

In return for receiving benefits we expect jobseekers to do everything they can to find work. This could include engaging with an employment support project. We expect districts to work in partnership with organisations that offer opportunities which will help improve a claimant’s employment prospects, but they are not legally obliged to gain their consent before issuing a Jobseeker’s Direction.

November 2, 2022

Baroness Doocey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Doocey on 2014-06-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prosecutions have taken place under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 in each of the past five years.

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds figures of the number of offences charged under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 that reached a first hearing in a magistrates’ court and data for the past three financial years is contained in the following table. No charges are recorded before financial year 2011/2012.

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

Coroners and Justice

Act 2009 { 71(1)(a) & (3) }

Knowingly hold another person

in slavery / servitude

Coroners and Justice

Act 2009 { 71(1)(b) & (3) }

Knowingly require another

person to perform forced /

compulsory labour

CPS offence based data is not held by defendant or outcome so it is not possible to ascertain the number of individual prosecutions that concluded.

November 2, 2022

Lord Barnett – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Barnett on 2014-06-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions the Chancellor of the Exchequer has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on possible increases in interest rates; and what was the outcome of those discussions.

Lord Deighton

The UK’s monetary policy framework, set out in the Bank of England Act 1998, gives operational responsibility for monetary policy to the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The Chancellor of the Exchequer has frequent discussions with the Governor of the Bank of England on a wide range of issues on the UK economy.

November 2, 2022
Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service has made payments in cases where Deloitte was appointed the administrator in each of the last five years; how many such cases also involved payments made for protective awards; and how much was paid out for (a) statutory entitlements and (b) protective awards in each such case.

Jo Swinson

In the last five years, the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Services have paid £77,233,534.54 in statutory entitlements, in 173 cases where Deloitte was appointed the administrator or liquidator.

Of these cases, 20 cases resulted in protective award judgments totalling £6,930,864.72 paid from the National Insurance Fund.

Due to the number of cases, it is not possible to disclose how much was paid in each individual case so a total has been provided instead.

November 2, 2022

Emily Thornberry – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence were investigated by each branch of the Armed Forces Police where the alleged offending took place in the UK in each year from 2009 to 2013; and of these, how many were (i) not referred to a prosecutor, (ii) referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and (iii) referred to the Services Prosecution Authority.

Anna Soubry

All allegations of rape, sexual assaults and domestic violence made by members of the Armed Forces are thoroughly investigated by either the civil or Service police, depending upon who has jurisdiction. The tables below show the number of alleged cases of rape and sexual assault (including assault by penetration) that were investigated by each branch of the Service police where the alleged offence took place in the UK in each year from 2009 to 2013; the number not referred to a prosecutor; the number referred to the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA); and the number still under investigation. The Service police do not refer investigations to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Rape- investigations by the Royal Navy Police (RNP)

Year	Total Investigated by RNP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	0	0	0	0
2010	2	1	1	0
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	1	1	0	0

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration) Investigations by RNP

Year	Total Investigated by RNP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	3	2	1	0
2010	1	1	0	0
2011	1	0	1	0
2012	2	0	2	0
2013	7	5	2	0

Rape- investigations by the Royal Military Police (RMP)

Year	Total Investigated by RMP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	0	0	0	0
2010	2	0	2	0
2011	7	6	1	0
2012	6	4	2	0
2013	9	2	1	6

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration) Investigations by RMP

Year	Total Investigated by RMP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	2	1	1	0
2010	26	24	2	0
2011	18	13	5	0
2012	15	10	5	0
2013	25	19	3	3

Rape- investigations by the Royal Air Force Police (RAFP)

Year	Total Investigated by RAFP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	0	0	0	0
2010	3	1	2	0
2011	3	2	1	0
2012	2	2	0	0
2013	2	1	1	0

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration) Investigations by RAFP

Year	Total Investigated by RAFP	Total Referred to SPA	Total Not Referred to SPA	Still Under Investigation
2009 (from 1 Nov)	2	0	2	0
2010	8	5	3	0
2011	5	4	1	0
2012	3	3	0	0
2013	3	1	2	0

Note: These tables only detail investigations where the appropriate Service police retained jurisdiction and investigative lead.

Figures relating to Domestic Violence could only be provided at disproportionate costs.

November 2, 2022