The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Beecham on 2014-04-01.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the workforce deemed to be in employment is estimated to be on (1) full-time, (2) part-time, and (3) zero-hours, contracts.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Gale on 2014-06-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with police forces in England and Wales and with the Football Association of England in order to counter any rise in domestic violence while England are playing in the World Cup 2014; and what steps they are taking to ensure that police forces and supporting agencies are fully resourced to deal with the matter.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime and the Coalition Government is committed to ending it whenever it occurs.
Together with the police, we are supporting the Football United Against Domestic Abuse campaign by Women’s Aid, the launch of which was attended by the Crime Prevention Minister and supported by the Home Secretary. This campaign is working with the football community to unite players, clubs and fans at all levels against behaviour and attitudes that underpin domestic abuse.
The Crime Prevention Minister intends to meet with footballing interests in the near future to build on this campaign.
As part of its commitment to tackle domestic abuse, the Government is re-running a campaign to highlight the devastating consequences of domestic abuse for perpetrators of domestic abuse. The campaign was launched on 9 June and activity will run throughout the World Cup until 14 July 2014. Through posters and digital adverts, this campaign will target potential perpetrators and remind them of the terrible impact of violence on relationships.
Additional support to victims of domestic abuse is available through specialist local domestic abuse services and the national domestic violence helplines. The CoalitionGovernment has ring-fenced nearly £28 million of funding up to 2015 to support these services, which includes part-funding 144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisors and 54 Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference co-ordinator posts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 2014-04-01.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of President Obama’s statement on 26 March that Kosovo only left Serbia after a referendum was organised”.”
Baroness Warsi
The point that President Obama was making is that the situations in Crimea and Kosovo are not comparable. Kosovo’s independence followed a humanitarian crisis, nearly nine years of UN administration, and the failure of a long period of inclusive, internationally sponsored negotiations on Kosovo’s final status. Kosovo thus declared independence only after other options were exhausted, and by the decision of a parliament that had been assembled through a free and fair vote conducted under UN supervision. None of these conditions apply in Crimea.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2014-06-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 25 January 2011 (WA 132), what were the final overall installation costs of the Divis transmitter which enables the broadcasting into Northern Ireland of TG4, and of the new low-power television multiplex; what were their annual running costs in the last three years; which government paid what costs; and in which departmental budget they are accounted for.
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
The capital costs for the installation of the analogue transmitter at the Divis site to carry Telefis na Gaeilge (TG4) services are as set out in the reply by Baroness Rawlings on 25 January 2011 (Column WA132). The operational costs of broadcasting TG4 services in analogue from the Divis site were met by Foras na Gaelige. These arrangements ended with digital switchover on 23 October 2012.
Since 23 October 2012, TG4 services in Northern Ireland have been carried on the new Northern Ireland Multiplex. These arrangements were made under the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of UK and Ireland in February 2010 which sets out a framework for co-operation on broadcasting issues in Northern Ireland. Under this arrangement, the Northern Ireland Multiplex carries RTE 1 and RTE 2 services as well as TG4. DCMS meets one third costs of the multiplex (including transmission services) with RTE meeting the remaining two thirds of costs. The costs since October 2012 are shown in the table.
2012-13 £149,984.84
2013-14 £264,211.45
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people (a) of pensionable age and (b) over 80 years old there are in Brigg and Goole constituency.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark on 2014-06-16.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice has been issued to local authorities to make the required changes to their information technology services to remain connected to the gov.uk secure network.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The Public Services Network (PSN) is a new and trusted single network for government. Ninety-eight per cent of local authorities have already transitioned to PSN, with the remainder due to transfer before the end of summer.
The Cabinet Office is supporting local authorities as they transition to PSN by providing guidance, project managers and information assurance specialists.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what costs were incurred by (a) the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and (b) his Department with external suppliers (i) in total, (ii) with Deloitte, (iii) with Burges Salmon, (iv) with QinetiQ, (v) with Project Time & Cost and (vi) with other external consultancies on the Magnox and RSRL contract preparation and award between January 2011 and March 2014.
Michael Fallon
In line with best practice, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), which is responsible for running the competition to appoint a new Parent Body Organisation to take ownership of Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd (RSRL), has used external advisers to provide it with assurance and specialist advice on the competition and contract preparation. Between January 2012 and the end of March 2014 the NDA spent a total of £2,958,234 on external advisers: £106,389 with Deloitte; £2,804,845 with Burges-Salmon; and £47,000 with QinetiQ. The NDA has used no other external advisers. The Department for Energy and Climate Change has incurred no costs on external suppliers in relation to the competition
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Warrington North constituency received funding from the Regional Growth Fund in each year since 2011-12; and how much each such business received.
Michael Fallon
No businesses in Warrington North have received project funding directly from the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) but they can apply to regional and national RGF programmes for support.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions for burglary for an individual convicted of an offence of burglary without being sent to prison was in each year since 2010.
Jeremy Wright
It has not been possible to obtain this information. I will write to the Honourable member in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of potential savings to the public purse from the Shared Services Connected Ltd venture.
Mr Francis Maude
There has been cross-party agreement on the need for Shared Services for a decade but until recently all too little was achieved.
Independent Shared Service Centres will deliver a lower cost better quality of service, helping us to deliver a faster, smaller and more unified Civil Service.
Shared Service Connected Limited will contribute to the savings deliveredto the taxpayer by the transformation of back office functions, which will total over £400m by 2015/16.