Tag: 2014

  • 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 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits are expected to commence Phase 1 training at ITC Catterick in financial year 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.

    Anna Soubry

    The number of recruits programmed to start training at AFC Harrogate and ITC Catterick in financial year 2014-15 is shown in the table.

    Establishment

    2014-15

    AFC Harrogate

    1,450

    ITC Catterick

    2,750

    Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in ‘5′ are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

  • Chuka Umunna – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Chuka Umunna – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chuka Umunna on 2014-04-03.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many business rates appeals to the Valuation Office Agency are currently classified as (a) outstanding, (b) received and (c) cleared, by region; and what the current median time taken in days is to clear business rates challenges in each region.

    Mr David Gauke

    Table 1 shows the latest available statistics on proposals (appeals), by region, to amend the 2010 rating lists. The numbers provided cover England and Wales for the duration of the 2010 rating list as of 30 September 2013.

    Table 1: Proposals to amend the 2010 Rating Lists

    Region

    Total Received1,2

    1 Apr 10 to 30 Sept 13

    Total Cleared1,2

    1 Apr 10 to 30 Sept 13

    Total Outstanding1,2 at 30 Sep 13

    Median time to clear (days)

    30 Sept 13

    England and Wales

    572,780

    409,680

    163,100

    360

    England

    544,550

    388,850

    155,700

    360

    North East

    23,030

    17,370

    5,660

    360

    North West

    79,090

    58,620

    20,470

    370

    Yorkshire and the Humber

    52,920

    41,150

    11,770

    330

    East Midlands

    34,530

    26,520

    8,010

    300

    West Midlands

    53,310

    40,540

    12,770

    320

    East

    53,340

    37,530

    15,820

    380

    London

    119,130

    71,540

    47,590

    400

    South East

    77,700

    56,440

    21,260

    380

    South West

    51,500

    39,150

    12,350

    350

    Wales

    28,230

    20,830

    7,400

    360

    1 Figures may not sum to the totals due to the rounding of figures.

    2 VOA Official Statistics, Local Rating Lists: Business Rates

    (Experimental Statistics): Table As, November 2013

    http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/_downloads/xls/NDR_TableA_All_2010.xls

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  • Baroness Lister of Burtersett – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Baroness Lister of Burtersett – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Lister of Burtersett on 2014-06-18.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 6 May (WA 322), what form the review of asylum support rates will take; and which stakeholders will be consulted.

    Lord Taylor of Holbeach

    The review is an internal Home Office one, to ensure that the payments provided to destitute asylum seekers are sufficient to cover their essential living needs consistent with the judgement of 9 April. The Home Office has met with represenatives of "Still Human Still Here", a coalition of organisations with an established interest in the issue. The review will take full account of both their views and the details of the judgment of 9 April.

  • John Healey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    John Healey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Healey on 2014-04-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library the model and detailed methodology used for the forecast of the effects of affordable rent on housing benefit expenditure published by his Department in the document, Impact Assessment for Affordable Rent, in June 2011.

    Kris Hopkins

    The Affordable Rent Impact Assessment, published in June 2011, sets out the methodology and assumptions used at the time to model the expected impact of Affordable Rent on Housing Benefit expenditure. The Impact Assessment is published here:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6021/1918816.pdf

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  • Lord Eames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Lord Eames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Eames on 2014-06-18.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to review pensions currently paid to former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

    Lord Astor of Hever

    There are no plans to review pensions currently paid to former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

  • Simon Kirby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Simon Kirby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Kirby on 2014-04-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to support parents whose children attend a school in special measures; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr Edward Timpson

    The Government is clear that the best way forward for any school judged inadequate by Ofsted is for it to become an academy with the support of a strong sponsor. We consider that sponsored academy arrangements will safeguard the long-term future of such schools and will secure rapid and sustained improvement, which should reassure parents.

  • Jonathan Edwards – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    Jonathan Edwards – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department had discussions with the Welsh Government regarding the use of public funds by the Cabinet Office to produce and send an anti-Scottish Independence pamphlet to every house in Scotland.

    Greg Clark

    There are regular discussions between UK Government and Welsh Government Ministers on matters of mutual interest.

  • Douglas Alexander – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Douglas Alexander – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Alexander on 2014-04-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings the Minister of State for Europe has held with the European Commission with the sole purpose of discussing incursions by Spanish government vessels into British Gibraltar territorial waters.

    Mr William Hague

    We are confident of UK sovereignty over British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) under international law, a matter over which the European Commission has no locus to intervene. As a result the the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Mr Lidington), the Minister responsible for Europe, has not had any meetings with the EC in the last two years where the sole purpose was discussing Spanish incursions into BGTW.

    However, my right hon. Friend has raised on a number of occasions, at a senior level in the European Commission, the adoption by the European Commission of a proposal from the Spanish government to designate a site of community importance (SCI) under the EU habitats directive (92/43/EEC). The SCI in question overlaps virtually the whole BGTW area. Spain has used this fact to justify certain incursions on the grounds that they are enacting obligations in relation to EU environmental legislation.

    The British Government maintains that the purported site known as the Estrecho Oriental was unlawfully designated and, in any event, cannot have any legal effect in BGTW due to UK sovereignty over this territory. We have made our position on this clear to the European Commission and the Spanish government.

  • Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2014-06-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for enforcement of the National Minimum Wage was in 2013-14; and what that budget will be in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

    Jenny Willott

    The National Minimum Wage enforcement budgets for 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 in principal were set out in Parliamentary Question 174284 on 7 November 2013, Official Report 7 Nov 2013, Col 351W.

    The 2014/15 budget was reviewed at the start of the financial year and will be considered again at mid-year and may be subject to change.

  • Margaret Curran – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Margaret Curran – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Curran on 2014-04-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost to her Department is of providing UK border control services at (a) Paris Gare Du Nord station, (b) Bruxelles Midi station and (c) Calais port and Eurotunnel terminus.

    James Brokenshire

    The annual costs of providing UK border control services are as follow:
    Paris Gare Du Nord station – £4.6 million
    Bruxelles Midi station – £3.3 million
    Calais port – £21.8 million
    Eurotunnel terminus (Coquelles) – £21.2 million

    The above resource costs are based on the last financial year’s data(2013/14)
    and are taken from the Home office accounting system Adelphi. These have not
    yet been audited. Publication of the annual set of accounts will not present
    these costs in this level of detail.