The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Mendelsohn on 2014-03-24.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the percentage cost over-run established by the management board for any budget in the Cabinet Office to merit being tabled at the departmental management board; and how many times in the last 12 months that has occurred.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The Cabinet Office Board and the Executive Management Committee review the department’s financial position on a regular basis.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate (a) the savings generated by each branch of the armed forces having separate recruiting programmes and (b) the annual cost of each such programme.
Anna Soubry
Each branch of the Armed Forces has a distinctive brand that needs to be marketed separately in order to attract the best candidates.
Capturing the cost of recruiting across the Armed Forces is a complex and resource-intensive task. For financial year (FY) 2010-11, when both the recruitment budget and recruitment targets were below normal levels, these calculations were not carried out. The costs of recruiting programmes for FYs 2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are set out in the following table. The cost of recruiting in FY 2013-14 will be available in early 2015.
| Financial Year | Royal Navy (£) | Army (£) | RAF (£) | Total (£) |
| 2009-10 | 41,475,281 | 138,743,300 | 51,298,179 | 231,516,760 |
| 2011-12 | 32,017,364 | 134,595,989 | 38,702,993 | 205,316,346 |
| 2012-13 | 33,228,059 | 122,756,649 | 35,430,723 | 191,415,431 |
As reductions have been made to force levels recruitment levels have been adjusted but not stopped as the Services are required to keep recruiting to maintain the right skills.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Tyler on 2014-03-24.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what UK Border Agency controls are in place for entry into the UK from Jersey, Guernsey and Sark.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
There are no physical border controls in place for those entering the UK from Jersey, Guernsey or Sark. Jersey, Guernsey and Sark are part of the Channel Islands. The UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland collectively form a common travel area (CTA). Under Paragraph 15 of the UK Immigration Rules a person who has been examined for the purpose of immigration control in one part of the CTA does not normally require to be examined on arrival into any other part of the CTA.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Edward Garnier on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, column 462W, on private investigation, on what date she expects the new statutory licensing requirement to come into force.
Karen Bradley
We expect the new statutory licensing regime for those conducting the activity of private investigations to come into force in 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Uppal on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authority pension funds to become active owners or stewards of their assets as defined in the Financial Reporting Council’s Stewardship Code.
Brandon Lewis
Each local authority that administers a pension fund is already subject to statutory guidance that states that it should recognise the Financial Reporting Council’s Stewardship Code and ensure that the Code is adopted by their fund managers, investment consultants and advisers. The guidance also states that the authority should include a statement of its policy on responsible ownership in its statement of the principles governing its investment decisions and report periodically to scheme members on the implementation of the policy. Sixteen of the eighty nine local government pension funds in England and Wales are themselves signatories to the Stewardship Code as asset owners.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to secure the future of coal mining at Thoresby Colliery in Nottinghamshire.
Michael Fallon
I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement I made as Minister of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on Thursday 12 June 2014.
As stated, I will continue to keep the House updated.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jake Berry on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of properties in (a) Rossendale and Darwen constituency and (b) the North West which do not have mains gas access and which use domestic heating oil.
Michael Fallon
Estimates for the number of households which do not have mains gas and which use domestic heating oil are not available. However, the number of households that did not have access to a mains gas supply in the Rossendale and Darwen constituency can be estimated by combining figures for the lower layer super output areas that most closely match this area.
In 2012, there were approximately 1,100 households (three per cent) which had no access to mains gas. The number of households that did not have access to mains gas in the North West is estimated to be 156,000 (five per cent of households within the North West).
These data are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lsoa-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Attorney General, whether officials of the Crown Prosecution Service have (a) met the Attorney General of Nigeria since January 2012, (b) had any conversations about the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession in Nigeria involving Shell and ENI with (i) the Attorney General of Nigeria and (ii) any other senior official of the Nigerian government and (c) received any requests for mutual legal assistance regarding the OPL 245 case.
Oliver Heald
The CPS Criminal Justice Advisor in Abuja has met with the Attorney-General of Nigeria a number of times since January 2012 to discuss criminal justice reform. The CPS are not aware of any other contact between CPS officials and the Attorney General of Nigeria.
The CPS is not aware of any of its officials having conversations with the Attorney General of Nigeria or with any other senior official of the Nigerian government about the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession in Nigeria involving Shell and ENI.
Requests for mutual legal assistance attract a duty of confidentiality to the requesting country and, therefore, the CPS can neither confirm nor deny the receipt of any such requests.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr David Hanson on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for immigration offences as a result of information received from the public in each week in 2013; and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) deportation.
James Brokenshire
The following table outlines the number of arrests made for immigration offences as a result of allegations received from the public in each week in 2013 and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) removal.
In order to align this answer with the method used for collating the data- "Information received from the public" has been interpreted as allegations and "deportation" has been referred to as removals.
|
Week |
Arrests |
Prosecutions |
Removals |
|
Week 01 |
15 |
– |
10 |
|
Week 02 |
75 |
– |
30 |
|
Week 03 |
35 |
– |
15 |
|
Week 04 |
65 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 05 |
60 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 06 |
55 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 07 |
75 |
– |
30 |
|
Week 08 |
65 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 09 |
60 |
– |
25 |
|
Week 10 |
60 |
– |
25 |
|
Week 11 |
75 |
– |
25 |
|
Week 12 |
75 |
– |
30 |
|
Week 13 |
45 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 14 |
55 |
* |
30 |
|
Week 15 |
55 |
– |
30 |
|
Week 16 |
80 |
– |
40 |
|
Week 17 |
90 |
– |
55 |
|
Week 18 |
120 |
* |
55 |
|
Week 19 |
145 |
75 |
|
|
Week 20 |
95 |
– |
50 |
|
Week 21 |
80 |
* |
40 |
|
Week 22 |
85 |
* |
35 |
|
Week 23 |
85 |
5 |
40 |
|
Week 24 |
90 |
– |
45 |
|
Week 25 |
115 |
– |
50 |
|
Week 26 |
215 |
5 |
95 |
|
Week 27 |
120 |
– |
50 |
|
Week 28 |
155 |
* |
65 |
|
Week 29 |
145 |
– |
60 |
|
Week 30 |
100 |
– |
35 |
|
Week 31 |
120 |
* |
30 |
|
Week 32 |
80 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 33 |
125 |
– |
40 |
|
Week 34 |
85 |
– |
25 |
|
Week 35 |
80 |
– |
25 |
|
Week 36 |
90 |
– |
25 |
|
Week 37 |
75 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 38 |
75 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 39 |
90 |
– |
30 |
|
Week 40 |
75 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 41 |
95 |
– |
35 |
|
Week 42 |
80 |
– |
15 |
|
Week 43 |
105 |
– |
35 |
|
Week 44 |
55 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 45 |
125 |
– |
30 |
|
Week 46 |
120 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 47 |
100 |
– |
20 |
|
Week 48 |
95 |
– |
5 |
|
Week 49 |
75 |
– |
5 |
|
Week 50 |
95 |
– |
5 |
|
Week 51 |
85 |
– |
* |
|
Week 52 |
20 |
– |
– |
|
Week 53 |
10 |
– |
– |
|
Grand Total |
4,535 |
15 |
1,585 |
The number of prosecutions and removals refers directly to the allegations received in that week, but may not have taken place within that timeframe.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adam Afriyie on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled entrepreneurs have been able to access additional support funding through the Access to Work programme.
Mike Penning
In the financial year April 2013 – March 2014 DWP supported 4066 disabled customers who are registered as self employed through the Access to Work programme. Of which 57 customers were also from The New Enterprise Allowance programme.