Tag: 2014

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 458W, on open prisons, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) prisoners in an open prison who previously breached a licence condition while released on temporary licence and (b) prisoners in open prisons who have previously absconded or escaped from prison on the latest date for which figures are available.

    Jeremy Wright

    I refer my hon Friend to the reply I gave on 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 458W, on open prisons.

    My officials are currently working to provide the information requested. I will write to you in due course.

  • Gordon Marsden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Gordon Marsden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with trade union representatives from the maritime sector on the employment and related implications of implementing the maritime fuel suulphur regulations in the last 12 months.

    Stephen Hammond

    The Department has not had discussions with the trade unions specifically on the implementation of the sulphur rules. However, the trade unions have had the opportunity to contribute their views during the eight-week public consultation on the draft UK Regulations and the associated Impact Assessment which commenced on 29 April 2014.

    The maturity and efficacy of ship-board exhaust gas cleaning system technology was one of the key subjects under consideration when I chaired the ‘round table’ meetings of industry stakeholders in October 2012 and March 2013 to which I referred in my Answer of 17 June 2014. At those meetings, first-hand information was forthcoming from both the shipping industry and the exhaust gas cleaning system technology industry.

    The Department has engaged the European Commission about the potential impacts of the new regulations and the scope for financial support from EU sources, including finance from the European Investment Bank. The Commission has reaffirmed the possibility of support for the maritime sector through the new Connecting Europe Facility or the Trans-European Network (TEN-T) programme.

    The Department is investigating impacts on prices as part of its assessment of the impact of the draft UK Regulations.

    The Department will conduct the review at an appropriate time and not later than the timetable specified in the Regulations themselves, in accordance with normal Government practice and consistent with the principles of better regulation. It would be premature to make a commitment now concerning the precise timing of the review.

  • Lord Chidgey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Lord Chidgey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to deploy the Stabilisation Unit to assist the G5 countries in providing capacity-building assistance to civil society organisations so that they can monitor public sector financial management in the Central African Republic.

    Baroness Warsi

    The UK will continue to work with and through international organisations, such as the World Bank and the UN, to ensure a coherent strategy for the Central African Republic, including on public financial management and public sector reform. We would be happy to consider the deployment of Stabilisation Unit experts to support the work of these international organisations, as necessary.

  • Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

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

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of his Department’s consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.

    Jo Swinson

    This information is currently being collated and I will arrange for this data to be deposited in the libraries of the House as soon as possible.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has given to local authorities on dealing with trees that are subject to a preservation order.

    Nick Boles

    In March we issued new web-based planning guidance on the Tree Preservation Order system. It is available at http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/tree-preservation-orders/.

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  • Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

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

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of his Department’s consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.

    Elizabeth Truss

    The Department for Education has cut its annual energy bill by £1.4m since 2009-10 through reduced energy consumption, and has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 38% in the same period.

    Emission reductions from energy use have largely been achieved through low and no cost energy efficiency measures, estate rationalisation (by using space more efficiently and co-locating with other organisations), and by operating our remaining buildings even more efficiently.

    The Department’s monthly gas and electricity consumption and associated costs since June 2010 are set out below.

    Electricity kWh

    Electricity Cost £

    Gas kWh

    Gas Cost £

    Jun-10

    1,164,652

    85,441

    133,998

    £8,879

    Jul-10

    1,158,378

    129,719

    64,158

    £9,054

    Aug-10

    1,019,308

    120,186

    17,736

    £9,137

    Sep-10

    1,009,662

    25,431

    61,799

    £1,789

    Oct-10

    972,048

    81,233

    168,543

    *

    Nov-10

    955,120

    73,194

    341,850

    £3,150

    Dec-10

    917,993

    72,450

    1,368,357

    £1,318

    Jan-11

    924,050

    68,914

    502,246

    £8,286

    Feb-11

    892,663

    148,902

    528,895

    £5,817

    Mar-11

    923,772

    87,202

    492,273

    £32,115

    Apr-11

    1,017,920

    83,562

    176,334

    £14,114

    May-11

    1,091,733

    56,831

    157,050

    £8,133

    Jun-11

    1,149,462

    139,208

    97,030

    £11,247

    Jul-11

    1,128,281

    93,764

    56,856

    £6,460

    Aug-11

    1,126,637

    125,550

    69,121

    £1,501

    Sep-11

    1,117,836

    101,759

    96,013

    £749

    Oct-11

    1,124,928

    175,773

    166,233

    £6,537

    Nov-11

    1,117,066

    120,616

    541,299

    £3,603

    Dec-11

    1,056,743

    *

    422,178

    £15,183

    Jan-12

    1,115,270

    231,972

    504,487

    £6,691

    Feb-12

    1,064,718

    119,303

    547,419

    £16,000

    Mar-12

    1,145,769

    116,169

    402,004

    £55,082

    Apr-12

    1,045,229

    145,955

    369,636

    £14,405

    May-12

    1,141,570

    26,511

    253,486

    *

    Jun-12

    1,020,091

    102,484

    107,956

    £17,461

    Jul-12

    1,095,095

    314,717

    52,479

    £31,834

    Aug-12

    1,111,575

    161,023

    21,057

    £10,461

    Sep-12

    1,030,509

    246,659

    107,429

    £7,395

    Oct-12

    1,115,679

    122,926

    402,196

    £6,622

    Nov-12

    1,077,060

    188,350

    459,877

    £42,443

    Dec-12

    1,028,372

    7,344

    562,851

    *

    Jan-13

    1,121,535

    150,753

    695,526

    £42,660

    Feb-13

    996,349

    252,524

    662,816

    £40,218

    Mar-13

    1,064,972

    194,770

    622,653

    £42,909

    Apr-13

    1,038,319

    64,507

    480,835

    £61,685

    May-13

    1,025,212

    13,813

    355,353

    £4,905

    Jun-13

    986,704

    267,484

    125,280

    £37,910

    Jul-13

    1,152,464

    129,589

    63,823

    £7,838

    Aug-13

    1,075,626

    162,988

    52,313

    £5,566

    Sep-13

    1,026,536

    126,590

    91,021

    £22,527

    Oct-13

    1,039,324

    265,576

    326,262

    £6,066

    Nov-13

    1,003,941

    148,285

    336,372

    £7,520

    Dec-13

    1,024,778

    13,976

    374,204

    £16,265

    Jan-14

    1,046,875

    241,727

    536,348

    £38,947

    Feb-14

    946,677

    138,250

    529,496

    £12,458

    Mar-14

    934,054

    133,878

    302,627

    £44,219

    Apr-14

    864,231

    17,558

    190,423

    £18,783

    May-14

    899,711

    226,815

    251,680

    £23,591

    * Gaps in financial data are due to delayed billing cycles and inaccurate consumption estimates made by the supplier.

    The core department’s electricity is purchased via the Crown Commercial Service energy framework from renewable sources, and is therefore, exempt from the Climate Change Levy.

  • Andy Slaughter – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Andy Slaughter – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2014-05-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 594-5W, on official visits, whether any of the six received requests for special mission status were refused (a) by reference to duties to prosecute or extradite persons alleged to have committed or to have ordered to be committed grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention or other international crimes and (b) on other human rights grounds.

    Mark Simmonds

    None of the six requests for special mission status to which I referred in my answer to the House of 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 594-5W, were refused. After consenting to the visits as special missions, two of the visits were subsequently cancelled by the country making the request.
    As I noted in my previous answer, in view of the confidentiality of diplomatic exchanges, we have no plans to make public further details about requests that have been granted or refused. But if those applying for special mission status wish to announce the details of their visit to the UK, they are of course at liberty to do so.

  • Dan Byles – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Dan Byles – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Byles on 2014-05-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 805W, on renewable energy, what the standard period is for stakeholders to be given to respond to a Government consultation.

    Michael Fallon

    The amount of time required for stakeholders to respond to a Government consultation will depend on the nature and impact of the proposal and might typically vary between 2 and 12 weeks.

  • Heidi Alexander – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Heidi Alexander – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2014-05-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 461W, on NHS: insolvency, when he plans to place in the Library the minutes of the meeting on 2 April 2014.

    Jane Ellison

    We plan to place a final copy of the minutes of the meeting on 2 April in the Library in due course, once the terms of reference for the Committee have been finalised.

  • Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-05-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were in the Sea Cadets in Northern Ireland on 1 January 2014.

    Anna Soubry

    On 1 January 2014 there were 257 Sea Cadets in Northern Ireland, 22 of whom were Royal Marine Cadets.

    In addition there were 157 Adult Volunteers.