Tag: 2014

  • Biography information for Naomi Long – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

    Biography information for Naomi Long – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Naomi Long on Northern Ireland.

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    Mrs Theresa Villiers

    Like other UK Government departments, the Northern Ireland Office faces a significant reduction in its budget – of 11.15% in 2015/16. My department has therefore requested that all of its Arms-Length Bodies provide an impact statement on the practical measures that might be taken to meet such a reduction. I have not yet made any decision in respect of the Commission’s budget. I met the acting chair of the Commission last week.

  • Mark Tami – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Mark Tami – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Tami on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority made of the performance on previous and existing Nuclear Decommissioning Authority programmes when awarding ownership of shares in Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd on 31 March 2014.

    Michael Fallon

    The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is responsible for running the competition for a new parent body for Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Limited using the Competitive Dialogue procedure, under which the evaluation must identify the Most Economically Advantageous Tender measured against agreed evaluation criteria. Each consortium’s capability and expertise was assessed during the pre-qualification process; this included but was not limited to experience on NDA programmes. It would have been contrary to UK and EU procurement regulations to have made experience on NDA programmes an evaluation criterion in the bidding process.

  • Biography information for John Leech – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Biography information for John Leech – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for John Leech on Work and Pensions.

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    Steve Webb

    Crisis Loans may have been awarded for more than one purpose (for example rent in advance and living expenses). The department does not hold the data to accurately calculate the average award made solely for the purpose of rent in advance.

  • Barry Gardiner – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Barry Gardiner – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Gardiner on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has adopted a formal position on the EU air package; and if he will make a statement.

    Dan Rogerson

    The Government welcomes the European Commission’s Clean Air Package which was published on 18 December last year. The Commission has recently published several reports updating its impact assessment for the package, and we are in the process of analysing the proposals. The Government is committed to working with the Commission, the European Parliament and other Member States to ensure the package is proportionate, deliverable and achievable.

  • Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning on Business, Innovation and Skills.

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    Jenny Willott

    All available information relating to the estate of Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is held by the maintenance provider. This information includes reports and other information relating to asbestos in buildings.

    This is available on request to all maintenance provider contractors.

    Other interested parties such as staff, need to be directed to the maintenance provider by Property Asset Management Directorate who work for BIS.

  • Helen Goodman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Helen Goodman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether matters of national security were discussed with Dmitry Firtash at the meeting at his Department on 24 February 2014.

    Mr David Lidington

    Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials met Dmitry Firtash on 24 February to discuss developments in Ukraine and support for Ukraine from the international community. They did not discuss matters of national security. The meeting was part of a wider approach by the FCO to understand better the situation in Ukraine, by seeking information and views from a wide range of contacts, including senior business figures. The Government does not have plans to publish a note of the meeting at this time. According to our records, Dmitry Firtash has not attended any other meetings with the FCO in London.

  • Biography information for Jonathan Djanogly – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Biography information for Jonathan Djanogly – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Jonathan Djanogly on Transport.

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    Mr Robert Goodwill

    The Department’s estimates of vehicle flows give the average number of vehicles per mile of the A14 on an average day of the year. Figures for the last three years are in the table below.

    Year

    Average daily number of vehicles per mile

    2011

    46,073

    2012

    46,013

    2013

    46,709

  • Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Huppert on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the consequences for the UK of the decision of the European Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12 (Digital Rights Ireland and Seitlinger and Others); what implication that decision has for (a) enforcement of the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 and (b) her powers to reimburse any expenses incurred by a public communications provider in complying with those Regulations.

    Karen Bradley

    As my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Home Secretary, stated to the Home Affairs Committee
    in answer to a question from the Honourable Member on 8 April, we are
    considering the judgment and its implications carefully. The retention of
    communications data is absolutely fundamental to ensure law enforcement
    agencies have the powers they need to investigate crime, protect the public and
    ensure national security.

  • Biography information for David Simpson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

    Biography information for David Simpson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for David Simpson on Northern Ireland.

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    Mrs Theresa Villiers

    I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer I gave to the hon Member for North Down on 23 June 2014, Official Report, Columns 52W & 53W.

  • Matthew Offord – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Matthew Offord – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Offord on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bids to the Legal Services Commission for a contract to provide publicly-funded immigration services were rejected as incomplete in the 2010 tender round.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    These questions relate to ongoing litigation against the Lord Chancellor and in the circumstances it would be inappropriate to respond at the current time.