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  • John Stevenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    John Stevenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Stevenson on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much compensation was paid by the Land Registry following fraudulent registrations in each year since 2005.

    Michael Fallon

    Indemnity figures are published in Land Registry’s annual report and accounts and the information for the years requested is collated below:

    Financial Year

    Indemnity paid due to fraud and forgery (£)*

    2005/06

    9,834,617.73

    2006/07

    2,123,496.34

    2007/08

    3,953,378.02

    2008/09

    5,074,113.43

    2009/10

    4,947,650.06

    2010/11

    7,367,416.18

    2011/12

    7,190,094.82

    2012/13

    5,101,916.00

    2013/14

    7,209,713.53

    *Substantive loss plus costs

  • Shabana Mahmood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Shabana Mahmood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Shabana Mahmood on 2014-04-07.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of raising the £325,000 inheritance tax threshold to (a) £1 million and (b) £500,000 in each of the next five financial years.

    Mr David Gauke

    This Government has no current plans to increase the inheritance tax threshold.

  • Kerry McCarthy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Kerry McCarthy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with (i) secularist and (b) humanist organisations since May 2010.

    Stephen Williams

    Ministers have regular meetings with a range of different partners and organisations. Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations are published on the Department’s website.

  • Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) aggravated assaults against members of the armed forces and (b) times members of the armed forces were discriminated against in bars, restaurants and hotels in each year since 2003.

    Anna Soubry

    This information is not held by the Department.

  • Chris Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Chris Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.

    Gregory Barker

    The Table below details the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s consultancy expenditure in 2013-14:

    2013-14

    £k

    KPMG LLP

    2,340

    Lazard & Co Ltd

    1,940

    Deloitte LLP

    855

    Baringa Partners LLP

    238

    Mott Macdonald Group Ltd

    91

    Redpoint Energy Ltd

    91

    Poyry Management Consulting (UK) Ltd

    61

    Oxera Consulting Ltd

    60

    Cambridge Economic Policy Associates

    55

    E S P Consulting

    48
  • Chris Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Chris Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.

    Mr David Lidington

    For the past financial year (2013-2014) the 10 organisations paid most by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for consultancy and the associated spend figures were as follows: ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION & DEVELOPMENT (OECD) £285,579.00 DLA PIPER UK LLP £148,283.34 CBRE LTD £103,412.14 FIELD FISHER WATERHOUSE £52,940.75 FONNEGRA GERLEIN S.A £50,745.43 SAMSON AND MCGRATH £34,136.41 ACCENTURE (UK) LTD £29,892.00 DTZ CONSULTING AND RESEARCH £28,700.00 HOGAN LOVELLS INTERNATIONAL LLP £26,153.81 HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS £21,061.27

  • Robert Buckland – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    Robert Buckland – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Buckland on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Attorney General, whether any cases of domestic violence have led to prosecutions for stalking when the stalking behaviours occurred before the victim and perpetrator had separated.

    Oliver Heald

    The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service do not identify the number of people prosecuted for domestic violence that have led to prosecutions for stalking where the stalking behaviour occurred before the victim and perpetrator had separated. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.

  • David Blunkett – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    David Blunkett – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Blunkett on 2014-05-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the teachers it aims to train by 2015 will be trained in providing inclusive education to children with disabilities.

    Lynne Featherstone

    The UK Government has committed to help train 190,000 teachers by 2015, to help improve the quality of education for all children, including those with disabilities. By 2012/13, DFID had trained 99,000 teachers. A major challenge in poor countries is developing the data systems which can capture the needs of children with disabilities. We are therefore supporting UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) to regularly publish education indicators which disaggregate people with disabilities, and to develop new standards for school censuses and surveys related to marginalised populations.

  • 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 2014-05-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total UK solar capacity is; and what proportion of that capacity is installed on rooftops in the 250kW to 5MW bands.

    Gregory Barker

    Total UK solar PV capacity at the end of March 2014 was 2,941 MW. It is not currently possible to break down the data to indicate the proportion of that capacity that is installed on rooftops.

    Source: Table ET 6.4, available at

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-trends-section-6-renewables.

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

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

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-05-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on Work Choice are in receipt of (a) jobseeker’s allowance and (b) employment and support allowance.

    Esther McVey

    The requested information is already published and can be found within table 5 on page 16 of the latest publication at the link below:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277235/work-choice-statistics-feb-2014.pdf

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