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  • Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what criteria a decision will be made to place a child into a secure college.

    Jeremy Wright

    The Youth Justice Board, with proper consideration of the individual needs of young people and advice from Youth Offending Teams, currently decides the most appropriate establishment in which to place individual young people remanded or sentenced to custody. This will remain the case when there is the option of placement in a Secure College.

  • Adrian Sanders – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Adrian Sanders – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the risk register for the universal credit programme.

    Esther McVey

    In line with standard practice, as the Universal Credit risk register includes details of a sensitive nature the Department will not be putting the risk register into the public domain.

  • Baroness Doocey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    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 times the Crown Prosecution Service has made a charging decision not to proceed on the use of sections 4(1), 4(2), and 4(3) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 in each of the past five years.

    Lord Wallace of Tankerness

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold figures centrally for the number of cases where a decision was made not to proceed under sections 4(1), 4(2), and 4(3) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.), including cases where the victim was under 18 at the time of commission of the offence. To obtain such information would require a manual examination of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.

  • Lord Laird – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

    Lord Laird – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

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

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many paramilitary prisoners were released on licence after the Belfast Agreement of 1998.

    Baroness Randerson

    Northern Ireland Office officials are currently undertaking a consolidation exercise with officials in the Northern Ireland Prison Service to confirm the answer to this question. I will write to the Noble Lord once this exercise has been completed.

  • Nick de Bois – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    Nick de Bois – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick de Bois on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Attorney General, how many creditors remained unpaid by his Department as at 1 June 2014; and of those how many have been waiting for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) more than 75 days.

    Oliver Heald

    The table below shows the number of Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) invoices that were potentially outstanding to suppliers from the date that an invoice was received on the 1 June. This table includes all invoices including those that cannot yet be authorised as the invoice was disputed or where further information was requested from the supplier.

    The majority of TSol supplier invoices relate to disbursement spending on cases and in particular work undertaken by counsel.

    TSol*

    46-60 days

    61-75 days

    76 days or more

    Number of suppliers

    138

    31

    34

    * Tsol data also includes Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records a creditor when a valid invoice is received by the CPS’ payment centre and the following table shows the total number of creditors for any amount that remained unpaid on 1 June 2014.

    CPS

    46-60 days

    61-75 days

    76 days or more

    Number of creditors

    6

    3

    12

    The table below shows the number of creditors that remained unpaid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 76 days and over.

    SFO

    46-60 days

    61-75 days

    76 days or more

    Number of creditors

    6

    1

    6

  • Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which arts organisations and events in the North West he has visited since his appointment.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has visited the following organisations and attended following events in the North West since his appointment:

    • Mellor Mill, Stockport

    • Lady Lever Art Gallery, the Wirral

    • Tate Liverpool

    • Merseyside Maritime Museum

    • International Festival of Business, Liverpool

  • Jonathan Djanogly – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Jonathan Djanogly – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Djanogly on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which areas of forestry and woodland in Huntingdon constituency are classed by his Department as ancient woodland.

    Dan Rogerson

    Of the 1,721.9 hectares of woodland identified within the Huntingdon constituency, 540.5 hectares (1.6% of land within the constituency or 31.4% of woodland within the constituency) is classed as ancient woodland.

    There are 45 discrete areas of ancient woodland in the Huntingdon constituency. Twenty-nine are located in the western arm of the constituency to the west of the A1, mainly around Grafham Water. The others are mostly in two pockets: in the southern arm of the constituency to the west of Great Gransden; and in the far north side of the constituency north of Alconbury.

    A map showing the location of the ancient woodland has been placed in the House Library.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of DNA profiles on the DNA database which had been previously removed.

    Karen Bradley

    No record is kept of profiles which have been removed from the National DNA
    Database. It is not, therefore, possible to ascertain whether the profile has
    been reloaded.

  • Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans for the next Government trade delegation to visit Egypt; and if he will include in that delegation construction companies from the UK.

    Michael Fallon

    I am planning to visit Egypt from 12-15 October 2014 with a business delegation. Our Embassy in Cairo intends that the visit should focus on the following four sectors: Energy, Education, Retail and Construction.

  • Cheryl Gillan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Cheryl Gillan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a local planning authority which rejects a housing development application which is subsequently approved on appeal by the Planning Inspectorate are still eligible for the New Homes Bonus.

    Kris Hopkins

    Yes.