The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
Mr Francis Maude
Arrangements of this sort are kept under review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jessica Morden on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much overtime has been paid to passport office staff at the Newport Passport Office since 2011.
James Brokenshire
Overtime costs relating to the Newport Passport Office from January 2011
to 2014 amount to £298,965.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Hoey on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will place in the Library a list of the members of the IRA who have been beneficiaries of the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
Based on an assessment of the records held by my department, the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) was granted in Northern Ireland365 times between 1979 and 2002, but this total does not include the period between 1987 and 1997 for which records cannot currently be found. The department does not hold information which specifically confirms whether individuals who received the RPM were members of prescribed groups. There are no cases where the RPM has been granted since the current Government came to office in May 2010, and the records indicate that there are no instances where the RPM was granted after 2002.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people employed by HM Passport Office were specifically tasked with processing passport applications on 1 January, (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.
James Brokenshire
The table below shows the number of Her Majesty’s Passport Office full-time
equivalents working within the passport operational Directorates.
The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month. We have therefore provided the data as of 31 December of each year.
(a) 2011: 2,360
(b) 2012: 2,265
(c) 2013: 2,457
Due to the limitations of the HR management system used prior to December 2010,
it is not possible to provide reliable management information below top level
for any periods prior to that date.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale on 2014-03-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the work of Feronia fits with the National Development Strategy of the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Baroness Northover
CDC is a public limited company with an independent Board and takes individual investment decisions independent of DFID. Information about the investment and its expected development impact is available on CDC’s website http://cdcgroup.com/Media/News/CDC-invests-US181m-in-agribusiness-in-the-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo/.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Seabeck on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
Jeremy Wright
The Ministry of Justice received3,087 questions tabled in the Commons during the 2013-14 session. Of these,26 parliamentary questions did not receive a substantive answer by the end of the last session. In these cases the relevant Minister committed to write providing a substantive answer and the written responses. We have now answered 16 of the outstanding questions and are in the process of responding to the remaining 10. The following table sets out the month in which each of the questions was tabled.
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February 2014 |
4 |
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March 2014 |
8 |
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April 2014 |
6 |
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May 2014 |
8 |
The Justice Secretary and his Ministerial team take their obligations to Parliament seriously and want to ensure that MPs receive answers of a high standard which set out the relevant context. More complex questions can involve compiling and analysing large volumes of material. We respond to such questions as promptly as we can.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Seccombe on 2014-03-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps the Department for Communities and Local Government has taken to cut spending on Common Purpose leadership courses.
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
I confirm that the Secretary of State has given a clear steer that spending on Common Purpose is not appropriate, and no expenditure has been undertaken since 2010. By contrast, the last Administration spent £235,950 on Common Purpose.
In ’50 ways to save’ the Department’s best practice guidance on sensible savings, we recommended councils cancel spending on Common Purpose leadership courses as a practical way of saving money.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Seabeck on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
Stephen Hammond
The Department for Transport gave a substantive answer to all parliamentary questions by the time of the 2014 prorogation.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what value of asset freezing orders have been enforced in the UK at the request of overseas jurisdictions in each year since 2008-09.
Oliver Heald
The number and estimated value of restraint orders obtained by the CPS and SFO pursuant to requests from overseas jurisdictions since 2008/09 are shown in the tables below.
The value of restrained assets may vary over time due to changes in asset valuations , exchange rates and payments of expenses.
Crown Prosecution Service
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Year |
Number of overseas restraint orders |
Estimated amount preserved (to nearest 000) |
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2008/09 |
16 |
£60,504,000 |
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2009/10 |
15 |
£11,006,000 |
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2010/11 |
7 |
£2,693,000 |
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2011/12 |
2 |
£50,074,000 |
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2012/13 |
6 |
£4,080,000 |
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2013/14 |
3 |
£409,000 |
Serious Fraud Office
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Year |
Number of overseas restraint orders |
Estimated amount preserved (to nearest 000) |
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2008/09 |
2 |
£1,000,000 |
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2009/10 |
3 |
£69,500,000 |
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2010/11 |
2 |
£1,500,000 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents are in arrears to the Child Support Agency in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.
Steve Webb
The Child Support Agency (CSA) administers the 1993 and 2003 Statutory Child Maintenance Schemes in Great Britain.
The latest area breakdown available for the number of CSA cases with arrears is available as at the end of the quarter to December 2013 and has been provided in the table below:
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Ribble Valley1 |
Lancashire1,3 |
GB2 |
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Dec-13 |
1,700 |
36,000 |
1,277,000 |
Notes:
1. Figures rounded to nearest 10.
2. Figures rounded to nearest 100.
3. Lancashire consists of the following Local Authorities: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, RibbleValley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire and Wyre.
4. Caseloads have been allocated to a Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems and cases managed off system, to the Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory.