Tag: 2014

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 2014-06-27.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the position of free media in Egypt.

Baroness Warsi

The British Government is appalled by the sentences given to Egyptian and international journalists in Cairo on 23 June, including to two British nationals being tried in absentia. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Right Hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), made a statement on 23 June expressing his concerns and urging the Egyptian government to demonstrate its commitment to freedom of expression by reviewing this case as a matter of urgency.

The Egyptian Ambassador, Ashraf el-Kholy, was summoned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on 23 June. FCO Political Director, Simon Gass, told the Egyptian Ambassador that the Government was deeply concerned by the verdicts, along with the procedural shortcomings seen during the trials. Our Ambassador to Egypt raised this issue in Cairo with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 June. We will continue to monitor the situation of these journalists very closely, and raise the issue with the Egyptian authorities. The UK believes that a free and robust media is a bedrock of democracy.

November 2, 2022
David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-26.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Prudential Regulation Authority and (b) Financial Conduct Authority about reports of UK banks paying allowances to employees in order to avoid the EU’s bonus cap; and what steps he plans to take to reduce such practices.

Andrea Leadsom

The UK is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle excessive pay in the financial sector and ensure that pay is aligned with performance, with a tough Remuneration Code that requires deferral of at least 60% of bonuses of senior bankers and limits the amounts that can be paid in cash. Bonuses are down significantly since their peak under the last Government, and are now largely deferred and paid in shares.

In contrast, the EU’s bonus cap is a poorly thought through measure that undermines rather than reinforces our efforts by pushing up fixed pay. It was introduced without any proper impact assessment and has issues around its compatibility with the EU Treaty; for these reasons we are challenging it in the European Court of Justice. However, pending the outcome, the Government is fully implementing the cap in the UK, and the Prudential Regulation Authority is responsible for ensuring that the banks comply with these rules.

November 2, 2022
Andrew Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Jones on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school places have been created in (i) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iii) the North of England since May 2010.

Mr Edward Timpson

The Department collects information from each local authority on the number of available school places (school capacity) in state-funded primary and secondary schools (except special schools) through an annual survey. The most recent data available relates to the position at May 2013 and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2012-to-2013

Statistics for May 2010 can be found in table 1 of the SFR main tables:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2010-to-2011

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November 2, 2022
David Ward – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Ward on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in ensuring that Palestinian children are interrogated only in the presence of their parents and lawyers.

Hugh Robertson

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Mr Grayling), raised the treatment of child detainees with the Israeli Supreme Court President during his visit to Israel in May.

As a recent progress report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) indicates, Israel has taken some positive steps towards addressing the recommendations in UNICEF’s Children in Israeli Military Detention report. These include the introduction of legal obligations to inform the child’s parents of an arrest and grant them legal status to be represented in court, as well as to notify minors of their legal rights, and standard operating procedures on methods of restraint. We will continue to work, both through bilateral engagement and through the EU, to encourage Israel to take further positive steps.

November 2, 2022
Greg Mulholland – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to recognise child trafficking as a separate offence to adult trafficking.

Karen Bradley

The most effective way to protect child victims of trafficking is to have a
general offence, which applies to both adults and children. The Modern
Slavery Bill contains a general human trafficking offence, which does not
require prosecutors to prove the age of the child, as this can lead to practical
problems during prosecutions. Targeting a child will, however, be an
aggravating factor for sentencing purposes, and the human trafficking
offence in the Modern Slavery Bill will carry a maximum sentence of life
imprisonment.

November 2, 2022

Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-26.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many and what proportion of people were deleted from the electoral register after the second year of non-response to electoral canvass in the 10 local authorities with the (a) greatest and (b) smallest decreases; and what parliamentary constituencies are covered by such local authorities.

Mr Gary Streeter

The Electoral Commission informs me that the requested data is presented in the table below. This data is for Great Britain and therefore excludes Northern Ireland.

Local authority	Number of deletions (from Nov 2013 register) following second year of non-response	Deletions (from Nov 2013 register) following second year of non-response (% of register)	Decrease (Dec 2012 to Feb/March 2014)
Leeds	28,190	5.0	-24177
Birmingham	0	0.0	-20243
Cornwall	16541	3.9	-13273
Newham	2491	1.2	-13183
Northampton	2,659	1.7	-11851
Shropshire	3,360	1.4	-11551
Barnet	2422	1.0	-11255
Maidstone	10498	8.7	-9257
Durham	1191	0.3	-6683
Taunton Deane	–	–	-7578
Adur	370	0.8	-109
Staffordshire Moorlands	195	0.2	-99
North West Leicestershire	20	0.0	-97
Lewes	569	0.7	-82
Cotswold	105	0.2	-80
Oadby and Wigston	45	0.1	-73
Newcastle-Under-Lyme	885	0.9	-72
Shetland Islands	17	0.1	-48
Surrey Heath	602	0.9	-36
Tunbridge Wells	0	0.0	-22

The following constituencies are covered by these areas:

East Ham

West Ham

Elmet and Rothwell

Leeds Central

Leeds East

Leeds North East

Leeds North West

Leeds West

Morley and Outwood

Pudsey

Birmingham Edgbaston

Birmingham, Erdington

Birmingham, Hall Green

Birmingham, Hodge Hill

Birmingham, Ladywood

Birmingham Northfield

Birmingham, Perry Barr

Birmingham Selly Oak

Birmingham, Yardley

Sutton Coldfield

Camborne and Redruth

North Cornwall

South East Cornwall

St Ives (includes the Isles of Scilly)

Truro and Falmouth

Northampton North

Northampton South

South Northamptonshire

Ludlow

North Shropshire

Shrewsbury and Atcham

The Wrekin

Chipping Barnet

Finchley and Golders Green

Hendon

Faversham and Mid Kent

Maidstone and The Weald

Taunton Deane

Bishop Auckland

City of Durham

Easington

North Durham

North West Durham

Sedgefield

East Worthing and Shoreham

Staffordshire Moorlands

Stone

North West Leicestershire

Brighton, Kemptown

Lewes

The Cotswolds

Harborough

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Staffordshire Moorlands

Stoke-on-Trent North

Stone

Orkney and Shetland

Surrey Heath

Maidstone and The Weald

Tunbridge Wells

November 2, 2022

Lord Condon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Condon on 2014-06-26.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent award to Kent Police Special Constabulary of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, whether there are any steps being taken nationally to encourage membership of the Special Constabulary.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

The Special Constabulary is an integral part of policing.

Individual police forces are responsible for determining their own recruitment requirements in order to meet local policing needs. In line with the Government’s commitment to increase the number of volunteers, the Home Office continues to support the development of the Special Constabulary in England and Wales.

November 2, 2022
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2014-06-26.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Nigerian authorities about access for detainees to lawyers and to their families whilst they are in detention.

Baroness Warsi

The UK remains committed to supporting efforts to help enhance the effectiveness and accountability of the Nigerian police and judicial system. We regularly raise human rights concerns, including access to lawyers, with senior members of the Nigerian government at State and Federal level and will continue to do so. We raised specific concerns on the treatment of detainees at military-run detention centres at the UN Universal Periodic Review of Nigeria in Geneva on 22 October 2013.

November 2, 2022
Lyn Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lyn Brown on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of how many pumps were available in each fire and rescue authority (a) during periods of Fire Brigades Union strike action in 2013-14 and (b) on comparable non-strike days in the same period.

Brandon Lewis

I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 30 June, Official Report, Column 409-410W.

November 2, 2022

Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of cinemas in operation in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each year between 1997 and 2010.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The table shows the number of cinemas in operation in the four nations from 2002 to 2010. Please note that no data is available for the period before 2002:

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
England	531	494	508	526	552	580	588	586	574
Wales	23	21	23	23	23	23	24	25	27
Scotland	57	52	52	51	63	65	61	63	63
Northern Ireland	52	48	57	55	55	54	48	46	48
Channel Islands	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Isle of Man	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	668	620	644	659	697	727	726	724	716

Source:Dodona Research

November 2, 2022