The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Dowd on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the fiduciary duties applying to Ministers.
Mr David Cameron
The Ministerial Code sets out the duties and responsibilities of Ministers.
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Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Huppert on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that asylum seekers in COMPASS accommodation are able to register complaints quickly and easily.
Karen Bradley
The COMPASS contracts lay down requirements for the management of enquiries and
complaints received in respect of accommodation services provided to asylum
seekers.COMPASS providers have a complaints service in place through which the asylum
seeker, their representative, the voluntary sector or local authorities can
raise concerns or issues direct. Providers also provide asylum seekers with a
detailed briefing on how they can raise a complaint as part of the move in
process. Asylum seekers can raise a complaint in a confidential way, and with
the assistance of an interpreter when required.The complaints process is subject to performance management under the Key
Performance Indicators regime. Providers are required to report their
performance in terms of dealing with complaints on a monthly basis. In
addition, the Home Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who
also closely monitor complaints made to providers or made direct to the Home
Office as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.
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Ann McKechin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ann McKechin on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to introduce customer service training in the apprenticeship programme.
Matthew Hancock
An apprenticeship is a job with an accompanying skills development programme designed by employers in the sector to meet the key requirements of the job role. In many cases this will include an aspect of customer service as many jobs recognise the importance of such skills and these will be reflected in the apprenticeship framework.
More than 400 employers are involved in the development of new apprenticeship standards as part of our Trailblazers programme. Where they see customer service skills as crucial to an occupation, they will include these within the new employer-led standards.
For individuals in jobs that are specific customer service roles there is a dedicated Customer Service Apprenticeship available.
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David Nuttall – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Nuttall on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what earliest date a still unresolved investigation by the Claims Management Regulation Unit under regulation 35 of the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006 was begun; and on what earliest date such an investigation was begun but no proceedings have yet commenced.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The CMR Unit aims to conduct all investigations in a proportionate and efficient manner. This means determining as quickly as possible whether a CMC under investigation is in breach of the conditions of its authorisation. If following an investigation it is clear that those conditions have been breached and there is a public protection issue, any proposed enforcement action will be expedited.
(1) 6 June 2013 was the earliest date from when the Claims Management Regulation (CMR) Unit began an investigation under regulation 35, which remains unresolved but no enforcement proceedings have yet commenced.
(2) Information is available for the period, 12 months to 18 June 2014. The CMR Unit conducted 46 investigations under regulation 35, which took an average of 5 months, 21 days before enforcement proceedings were taken, and an average of 2 months, 8 days before being closed without the requirement for enforcement proceedings.
(3) As at 18 June 2014, the CMR Unit was investigating 24 CMCs under regulation 35.
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John Redwood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2014-04-08.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons were for the fall in capital gains tax revenue in 2012-13.
Mr David Gauke
The details of the forecasts are set out in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook publications. The Office for Budget Responsibility was created in 2010 and provides the authoritative and independent forecasts for the UK’s economy and public finances.
http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/category/publications/
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Yasmin Qureshi – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses have given evidence from a remote site in each of the last five years.
Damian Green
We must do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.
The department does not hold data on the number of child victim and witnesses that use video links to give evidence (either a court building, or from a remote site).
The list below sets out the number of courthouses in each of the seven HMCTS Regions in England & Wales; criminal justice is a devolved matter for Scotland and Northern Ireland. These facilities enable any victim or witness to appear by video link from a different court location to that of the trial court; it is also possible for third party users to access the court system through a secure bridge.
HMCTS Region
Number of courthouses enabled for remote video link.
Wales
22
London
32
South East
52
South West
35
Midlands
40
North West
31
North East
37
Total
249
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Bob Russell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bob Russell on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to transfer the maintenance of graves of military personnel who have died since 1945 from his Department to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Anna Soubry
It is important that maintenance of post-second World War military graves in the UK is undertaken in the most efficient and effective way.
The transfer of responsibility for some 6,139 graves from the Ministry of Defence to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), who already maintain many more such graves, is accordingly under consideration. Discussions between the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and the CWGC about the possibility of such a change are ongoing.
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Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are enrolled in National Employment Savings Trust (NEST); how many such people enrolled in NEST are making additional payments by direct debit each month; and what the average additional contribution by direct debit each month is.
Steve Webb
The National Employment Savings Trust announced on 1 April 2014 that they have over a million members.
The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold information about the number of scheme members making monthly additional payments by direct debit to NEST nor does it hold information on the average additional contribution by direct debit each month to NEST.
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Steve McCabe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 787-8W, on pupil exclusions: autism, how much funding is allocated specifically to exclusion advisers.
Elizabeth Truss
Funding is given to the National Autistic Society under the Department’s National Prospectus Grants Programme covering April 2013 to March 2015. Of the £440,000 under this grant, the Society estimates that some £80,000 over the two years will have been spent on the exclusions work. This will cover the salary of the exclusion adviser, related costs such as pension and National Insurance contributions, recruitment costs, overheads, the production of resources, along with a report and its dissemination.
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Biography information for David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for David Amess on International Development.
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Lynne Featherstone
The Department for International Development (DFID) will provide approximately £45.8m to Marie Stopes International (MSI) during the period 2014-15. DFID adheres to Development Co-Operation Directorate (OACD-DAC) expenditure coding requirements to allow comparison across donor spending towards attainment of the millennium development goal targets. This does not include the facility to calculate spend for individual components of sexual and reproductive health.
DFID assesses the value for money (VfM) of all its expenditure through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on an annual basis. Every project is subject to an annual review and a judgement is made as to whether the funding is achieving good VfM. More generally, investing in reproductive, maternal and newborn health is excellent value for money due to its low cost and far reaching benefits.