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  • Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services by each prison in England and Wales in 2013; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used in each prison in 2013.

    Jeremy Wright

    The Ministry of Justice Language Services Contract commenced on the 31st October 2011 and went live operationally in January 2012. The new interpreting contract was introduced to tackle the inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the previous system and saved taxpayers £15m in its first year. We have seen dramatic improvements over the life of the contract so far, with performance currently at 94% success rate, record numbers of bookings are now being made and fulfilled, and we continue to drive further improvement in performance.

    The number of occasions on which interpretation services were used, and the total cost of these for each prison in 2013, can be found in the table below:

    Prison

    Number of Jobs

    Total Cost

    HMP Shepton Mallet NOMS – Prisons

    1

    £37.30

    HMP Sudbury NOMS – Prisons

    1

    £165.75

    HMP Bedford

    151

    £2,307.40

    HMP Belmarsh

    274

    £88,467.31

    HMP Blundeston

    10

    £254.86

    HMP Brixton

    27

    £2,488.47

    HMP Bure

    4

    £646.30

    HMP Cardiff

    34

    £211.13

    HMP Dartmoor

    4

    £402.55

    HMP Elmley

    23

    £796.05

    HMP Erlestoke

    3

    £1,611.97

    HMP Frankland

    136

    £25,122.43

    HMP Guys Marsh

    13

    £802.64

    HMP Haverigg

    10

    £454.78

    HMP Hewell

    61

    £858.92

    HMP Highpoint

    48

    £2,220.03

    HMP Holme House

    34

    £1,220.84

    HMP Leeds

    108

    £1,449.70

    HMP Leyhill

    3

    £314.74

    HMP Lindholme

    18

    £2,356.99

    HMP Lindholme Learning Centre

    2

    £1,110.90

    HMP Littlehey

    13

    £340.70

    HMP Liverpool

    99

    £2,919.94

    HMP Long Lartin

    148

    £182,180.50

    HMP Manchester

    635

    £50,444.73

    HMP Manchester – Public Protection

    1

    £101.76

    HMP Manchester – Security

    2

    £223.74

    HMP Norwich

    403

    £3,956.21

    HMP Pentonville

    355

    £13,976.57

    HMP Ranby

    56

    £1,232.89

    HMP Send

    22

    £6,838.05

    HMP Stocken

    6

    £165.27

    HMP Sudbury

    5

    £1,835.27

    HMP Swaleside

    13

    £2,015.00

    HMP Swansea

    70

    £1,004.74

    HMP Usk and Prescoed

    51

    £10,967.74

    HMP Wandsworth

    848

    £114,603.82

    HMP Wellingborough

    1

    £58.00

    HMP Whatton

    215

    £53,315.58

    HMP Woodhill

    270

    £4,613.79

    HMP Wormwood Scrubs

    133

    £1,913.12

    HMPOI Aylesbury

    2

    £94.65

    HMPYOI Foston Hall

    17

    £413.64

    HMPYOI Hindley

    76

    £1,164.26

    HMPYOI Holloway

    622

    £6,280.04

    HMPYOI Lewes

    33

    £412.99

    HMPYOI Low Newton

    112

    £1,573.07

    HMPYOI Moorland

    120

    £9,226.49

    HMPYOI New Hall

    189

    £5,480.24

    HMPYOI Reading

    85

    £5,259.40

    HMYOI Portland

    34

    £1,803.30

    Prison Service College

    82

    £27,913.31

    HMP Acklington/Castington

    20

    £221.37

    IRC Dover

    1149

    £9,902.50

    HMP Durham

    73

    £471.58

    HMP Hull

    23

    £743.00

    HMP Huntercombe

    123

    £5,065.04

    IRC Morton Hall

    2762

    £44,677.50

    HMP Nottingham

    169

    £1,867.61

    HMP Wakefield

    163

    £107,301.70

    HMPYOI Warren Hill

    16

    £431.49

    HMP Whitemoor

    92

    £30,026.31

    HMP Wymott

    25

    £1,157.87

    HMP Isle of Wight

    10

    £1,228.67

    HMP YOI Isis

    14

    £1,101.08

    Offender Safety, Rights & Responsibilities Group

    282

    £92,537.70

    HMPYOI Brinsford

    148

    £1,462.78

    HMP Bristol

    49

    £428.42

    HMP Bullwood Hall

    28

    £7,846.42

    HMP Canterbury

    14

    £152.28

    HMYOI Chelmsford

    163

    £2,672.87

    HMYOI Deerbolt

    90

    £1,013.15

    HMP Dorchester

    21

    £183.41

    HMPYOI Downview

    17

    £341.50

    HMPYOI Drake Hall

    136

    £1,150.58

    HMP Eastwood Park

    422

    £3,591.42

    HMP Featherstone

    37

    £554.06

    HMYOI Feltham

    284

    £2,910.20

    HMP Gartree

    12

    £210.45

    HMYOI/RC Glen Parva

    132

    £1,381.49

    HMP Gloucester

    15

    £134.67

    IRC Haslar

    1121

    £11,545.50

    HMYOI Lancaster Farms

    42

    £420.75

    HMP Leicester

    75

    £1,064.05

    HMP Lincoln

    103

    £1,241.73

    HMP Maidstone

    8

    £193.36

    HMP Preston

    52

    £650.34

    HMP Risley

    73

    £2,030.13

    HMP Shrewsbury

    3

    £15.06

    HMYOI Styal

    113

    £1,243.83

    HMP The Verne

    20

    £322.28

    HMP Wayland

    6

    £64.52

    HMYOI Wetherby

    42

    £798.14

    HMP Winchester

    66

    £1,891.31

    HMP Exeter

    43

    £384.50

    HMP High Down

    35

    £244.37

    Hounslow Junior Attendance Centre

    4

    £34.22

    HMP Buckley Hall

    1

    £36.00

    HMP Bullingdon

    16

    £467.50

    HMP Onley

    11

    £67.04

    HMPYOI Swinfen Hall

    4

    £33.94

    Equalities Group

    1

    £1.29

    London (Romford) Junior Attendance Centre

    23

    £263.44

    Bournemouth Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £10.20

    HMYOI Werrington

    20

    £246.41

    HMP KENNET

    4

    £13.34

    HMPYOI Northallerton

    8

    £71.75

    HMYOI Rochester

    12

    £140.22

    Cricklewood Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £5.26

    HMP Full Sutton

    28

    £2,540.22

    HMP Stafford

    2

    £28.20

    HMP Wealstun

    3

    £19.14

    HMP Ford

    1

    £62.82

    HMYOI Stoke Heath

    9

    £104.18

    South London Greenwich Senior Attendance Centre

    1

    £28.60

    HMP Everthorpe

    3

    £28.40

    Essex Junior Attendance Centre (Wickford)

    1

    £0.77

    Fulham Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £11.75

    Hertford Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £232.80

    HMPYOI Askham Grange

    1

    £1.74

    HMP The Mount

    5

    £137.68

    Assisted Prison Visits Unit

    1

    £940.63

    HMP Garth

    1

    £6.88

    Total

    14138

    £994,041.28

    The costs for the provision of language services detailed in the table provided vary dependent upon the nature of the service used, and the length of the assignment. These services may include, Face to Face interpreters including provision for the deaf and deafblind, Telephone Interpreters and Written Translations.

  • Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will take steps to encourage Betfair to recommence making payments to the voluntary British Greyhound Racing Fund.

    Mrs Helen Grant

    The Government would like to see greyhound racing remain a successful sport and encourages the greyhound and betting industries to continue to work constructively together, not least because they have a mutual interest in promoting effective welfare and integrity measures. However, the Government will not intervene in voluntary funding arrangements which are a matter for the Greyhound industry and its funders.

  • David Ward – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    David Ward – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Ward on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional resources his Department is making available to reduce the time taken to process requests for mandatory reconsideration of employment and support allowance decisions in West Yorkshire.

    Esther McVey

    We have targeted the resource we use nationally so that requests are processed as quickly as possible to minimise any undue delays, without compromising good quality decision-making.

    In addition we are currently reviewing the customer journey to understand where the pinch points are in the decision making process in order to reduce the end to end journey time.

  • Madeleine Moon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Madeleine Moon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first became aware that they had been wrongly allowing armed forces personnel to be subjected to a double punishment under (a) AGA167 and (b) summary hearings; and if he will make a statement.

    Anna Soubry

    The Department first recognised the implications of changes to rehabilitation legislation relating to police cautions in September 2011, since when no administrative action has been taken against Service personnel who receive a police caution. Officials brought the issue to the attention of Ministers in early December 2011 and have provided further advice at intervals since then.

    It would be inappropriate to disclose the options that officials have presented for consideration. This is a complex matter, and I will update the House when I have reached a judgement.

  • Biography information for Mike Thornton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Biography information for Mike Thornton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Mike Thornton on Home Office.

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    James Brokenshire

    Her Majesty’s Passport Office regularly reviews the guidance issued to the helpline
    provider, and updates it to reflect any changes in processes or customer
    requirements.

    Information on the progress of applications can be provided from information
    that is either live or updated daily, dependent on the nature of the enquiry.

  • Julie Elliott – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Julie Elliott – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Elliott on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 81W, on solar power, whether he plans to make changes to the 250-5MW FiT band for the purpose of encouraging greater deployment of mid-size rooftop solar PV.

    Gregory Barker

    We are working to clear the way for the widespread use of mid-scale solar on top of factories, supermarkets, warehouses, car parks and other commercial and industrial buildings. We are currently considering a range of options to achieve this as set out in the solar strategy.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/302049/uk_solar_pv_strategy_part_2.pdf.

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  • Biography information for Ivan Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Biography information for Ivan Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Ivan Lewis on Work and Pensions.

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    Esther McVey

    The devolved administrations are always consulted on any European dossier deposited with the Cabinet Office that is subject to Parliamentary scrutiny. While social security is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, International Relations are an excepted matter under the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

  • Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value to the economy of venison production and sales in each of the last three years; and what steps he is taking to increase production and sale of venison.

    George Eustice

    The available data on the UK deer farming industry in each of the last three years is shown in the table below :-

    UK Farmed Deer Industry

    2011

    2012

    2013

    Value of output of deer (£ million)

    3.5

    3.5

    3.6

    Volume of venison produced (tonnes)

    2,400

    2,400

    2,500

    Farmed deer populations (thousand head)

    33

    31

    32

    Defra co-funded a research project in partnership with industry to determine the effects of packaging and slaughter conditions on venison meat quality, and gain an improved understanding of consumer perceptions of venison to help focus future venison marketing campaigns. More information can be found here:

    http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=0&ProjectID=13973

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  • Biography information for Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Biography information for Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Stephen Timms on Work and Pensions.

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    Esther McVey

    There is one single plan for a Universal Credit on-line service. The current live service is already offering more online services than ever before, with stronger work incentives to get people back into work, and this week we started its expansion across the North West of England. The enhanced digital system is an extension of the current online services and will integrate work and benefits activity, making best use of technology.

  • Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the ongoing monitoring of the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire is independently scientifically evaluated.

    George Eustice

    Defra is currently working closely with Natural England and AHVLA to develop the detail of how the monitoring will be implemented, including auditing and evaluation procedures. The results and outcome of the monitoring of the pilot cull will be made publically available after they have been completed.