Tag: 2014

Emily Thornberry – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

Stephen O’Brien – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen O’Brien on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department’s submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and all evidence submitted to the series of interviews with her Department’s staff conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds in 2008.

Norman Baker

A copy of the Home Office’s written response to the 2008 Survey of Departmental
Practice in the Valuation of Life and Health will be placed in the Library. The
Home Office does not have a record of its response to the questions in Stage 2
of the Survey. This is because the interviews were carried out face-to-face
with researchers at the University of Leeds.

The Home Office first estimated the social and economic costs of crime in 2000:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/r
ds/pdfs/hors217.pdf.

The most recent update to these estimates prior to the Department’s submission
to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in
2008 was published in 2005:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/www.homeoffice.go
v.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr3005.pdf.

The monetary value per quality-adjusted life year used in the 2005 report was
£80,620 in 2003 prices. This was based on a paper by Carthy et al. (1999).

November 2, 2022
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, if he will publish the success criteria against which the secure college pathfinder will be evaluated.

Jeremy Wright

The Ministry of Justice is developing a robust monitoring and evaluation strategy for the Secure College Pathfinder. This will ensure that the most appropriate methods for measuring the performance of the Secure College Pathfinder are in place.

Detail relating to performance measures against which the Secure College Pathfinder’s construction and operation providers’ performance will be measured will be contained within their individual contracts, which will be published on Contract Finder in due course.

November 2, 2022
Lord Storey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the charitable status of fee-charging educational foundations with more than 75 per cent of pupils from outside the United Kingdom.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission’s Head of Policy to reply.

November 2, 2022
The Duke of Montrose – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Duke of Montrose on 2014-06-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to report on the effect of the current badger culling trials on other wildlife and the general ecology in those areas.

Lord De Mauley

Defra has published the Food and Environment Research Agency’s evaluation of the potential consequences for wildlife of a badger control policy in England.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wildlife-of-a-badger-control-policy-in-england-evaluation-of-the-potential-consequences

We are not planning any further work on this at the present time.

“

November 2, 2022
Baroness Tonge – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the use of the phrase cleaning the stables” by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and others in relation to Israeli operations in Palestinian areas; and what impact they consider such language will have on relations between the communities there.”

Baroness Warsi

The Government has made no assessment on this issue. However, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), has made clear that it is vital that all security operations are conducted with due care and proportionate use of force.

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 his Department has appeared at an employment tribunal to contest protective awards in each of the last five years.

Jo Swinson

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has not appeared before an employment tribunal to contest a protective award.

Protective awards are determined by Employment Tribunals following applications made by former employees or their representatives.

BIS is sometimes joined as a respondent in protective award claims, because under legislation, the Secretary of State guarantees the payment of protective awards made in favour of employees whose employer is insolvent, up to a certain amount.

It is for the Tribunal to establish the facts in each case, considering evidence of the actions taken by employers and their representatives, and decide whether there was adequate consultation on redundancies BIS is not in a position to know the extent to which an employer or their representative consulted with employees and does not give evidence on that point nor take any particular position.

BIS’ responsibility is to establish what payments are due and who is entitled to receive them. We therefore make written representations to the tribunal on points of law or to seek clarification of who is covered by a protective award. We may appeal an award, but only if we consider that the tribunal has made the judgment based on an incorrect reading of the legislation.

The number of cases where BIS has made representations to an employment tribunal regarding protective award cases in the last 5 years is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

November 2, 2022

Total Investigated by RNP

Total Referred to SPA

Directed

For

Trial

Acquitted

Convicted

Custodial sentence

2009

(Figures in first column are from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he could place in the Library a table showing, for each branch of the Armed Forces Police, the number of cases of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence that were (i) reported, (ii) referred to a prosecutor, (iii) directed for trial, (iv) led to a conviction, (v) led to an acquittal and (vi) led to a custodial sentence in each year between 2009 to 2013.

Anna Soubry

All allegations of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence made by or against members of the Armed Forces are thoroughly investigated. An investigation may be conducted by either the civil or Service Police.

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 in each year from 2009 to 2013, the number referred to the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) and the result of those referrals. The SPA can receive formal referrals only from either Service Police or the Commanding Officer.

It should be noted that the SPA may receive referrals in one year which relate to allegations and investigations made in previous years and that such cases may be directed, disposed and/or tried in following years. There is therefore no direct correlation between investigations and referrals and the number of cases brought in any one year.

ROYAL NAVY POLICE (RNP) INVESTIGATIONS

Rape

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration)

ROYAL MILITARY POLICE (RMP) INVESTIGATIONS

Rape

2013 – DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 3 cases yet to go to trial

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration)

Year	Total Investigated by RMP	Total Referred to SPA	Directed For Trial	Acquitted	Convicted	Custodial sentence
2009 (Figures in first column are from 1 Nov –figures in subsequent columns are for all of 2009)	9	24	9	4	5	5
2010	64	42	24	3	21	13
2011	48	60	28	2	25	20
2012	36	26*	15	9	6	4
2013	43	34	17	6	8	7

2013 – DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 3 cases yet to go to trial

* We previously advised this as being “28”, but on re-investigation realised we have included 2 other Service police referrals that were not for sexual assault.

ROYAL AIR FORCE POLICE INVESTIGATIONS

Rape

2013 – DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 2 cases yet to go to trial

Sexual Assault (including assault by penetration)

2013 – DIRECTED FOR TRIAL – 1 case yet to go to trial

Domestic violence is not a crime classification, but may be recorded under the crime classification of violence, for example battery, assault or grievous bodily harm. For the Service Police to establish which offences are as a result of domestic violence would require an individual review of all cases, which could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.

I apologise for not replying sooner; it has taken some time to ensure the accuracy of the data.

November 2, 2022

Caroline Lucas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK will support the request from the Palestinian Authority for an emergency session of the UN Security Council on the treatment of Palestinian detainees.

Hugh Robertson

The UK is concerned about the situation of Palestinians in Israeli detention, and we raise this issue regularly with the Israeli authorities. However, the Palestinian Authority has not made a formal request for an emergency session of the UN Security Council to address this issue.

November 2, 2022
Gerald Kaufman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gerald Kaufman on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will confirm the legal protections for existing collective bargaining agreements between recognised trade unions and West Coast Trains Ltd for the period of the rail passenger franchise directly awarded to the employer on 19 June and coming into effect on 22 June 2014.

Stephen Hammond

As there has been no change of employer under this direct award, our expectation is that the status of contracts, collective bargaining agreements and legal protections are unchanged. However, staffing matters remain an issue between the employer, West Coast Trains Limited, and its staff.

November 2, 2022
Charlie Elphicke – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlie Elphicke on 2014-06-24.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when assessments have been made of the value for money of the private finance initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley Steps Contractor Limited; and when the first such assessment was made.

Mr David Gauke

The National Audit Office (NAO) have conducted two value for money assessments on the private finance initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited. The first of these, PFI: The STEPS Deal, was published by the NAO on 7 May 2004. The second NAO value for money assessment, HM Revenue & Customs’ Estate Private Finance Deal Eight Years On, was published on 3 December 2009.

November 2, 2022