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  • Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2014-04-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to carry out a review on its policy on fees in the employment tribunal system.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    The Lord Chancellor is committed to reviewing the impact of the introduction of fees in the employment tribunals system. The Ministry of Justice is currently finalising arrangements for the timing and scope of this review, to enable the impacts to be properly assessed, and we will be making an announcement in due course.

  • 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 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that accommodation provided by the COMPASS contracts meets the Decent Homes Standards.

    Karen Bradley

    It is a statutory requirement that social housing meets the Decent Homes
    Standard as defined in the Housing Act 2004.

    All COMPASS contracts incorporate the requirements of the Decent Home Standards
    for social housing as part of the contractual performance management
    arrangements and are robustly monitored through three key performance
    indicators which relate specifically to property standards.

    Providers are required to inspect all properties on a monthly basis or at the
    point when a service user first occupies the property. In addition, the Home
    Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who also closely monitor
    property standards as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.

    Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.

  • Liam Byrne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Liam Byrne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any alternative learning providers have notified the Higher Education Funding Council for England of material changes which may affect their financial sustainability or quality of provision.

    Mr David Willetts

    The requirement for providers to notify the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) of material changes which may affect their financial sustainability or quality of provision is a new condition that providers are required to meet after they have successfully applied to have courses designated under the under the new specific course designation arrangements. All alternative providers must go through the new process during the 2013/14 academic year. Of those providers that have already successfully applied none has yet notified HEFCE of material changes which may affect their financial sustainability or quality of provision.

  • Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dominic Raab on 2014-06-17.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been brought for tax offences in each year since 2008-09.

    Mr David Gauke

    HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority. Where cases do proceed to the criminal courts the prosecution is carried out by the relevant independent prosecuting authority. This is the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in England and Wales, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in Scotland, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI).

    Please note that figures for tax evasion exclude those cases prosecuted for money laundering, other prohibitions and restrictions and other non-fiscal offences.

    We can provide the following information in respect of totals of tax evasion prosecutions

    Year

    Total number of persons prosecuted for tax evasion

    2010-11

    372

    2011-12

    501

    2012-13

    739

    2013-14

    880

    HMRC is not able to supply a time series of full year prosecution decisions and convictions resulting from their criminal investigations for years up to 2009–10. Complete, comparable data is only available from 2010–11 onwards.

  • Jonathan Edwards – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Jonathan Edwards – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2014-04-08.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many property purchase transactions were made in each UK nation and region by non-UK residents in each of the last five years.

    Mr David Gauke

    Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) is payable by purchasers of UK land or property, whether or not the purchaser is resident in the UK. The rates apply equally to UK and foreign nationals or companies.

    The information requested is not held in the format required and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  • Yasmin Qureshi – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Yasmin Qureshi – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses have given evidence from insside a court building in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

    Damian Green

    We must do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.

    The department does not hold data on the number of child victim and witnesses that use video links to give evidence (either a court building, or from a remote site).

    The list below sets out the number of courthouses in each of the seven HMCTS Regions in England & Wales; criminal justice is a devolved matter for Scotland and Northern Ireland. These facilities enable any victim or witness to appear by video link from a different court location to that of the trial court; it is also possible for third party users to access the court system through a secure bridge.

    HMCTS Region

    Number of courthouses enabled for remote video link.

    Wales

    22

    London

    32

    South East

    52

    South West

    35

    Midlands

    40

    North West

    31

    North East

    37

    Total

    249
  • Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to encourage full-time regular soldiers to join the reserves after they leave the Army.

    Anna Soubry

    We are keen to see ex-members of the Regular Army join the Army Reserve and have two schemes in place to support this:

    Ex-Regular Commitment Bonus:

    £10,000 over four payments.

    Payable from 1 April 2014, back dated to 1 January 2014.

    The Scheme will run until 31 March 2017.

    Ex-Regular Reduced Commitment Incentive. This allows ex-Regulars to serve on a reduced commitment for up to three years from when they join the Army Reserve:

    Reduced annual training requirement (19 days, down from 27 for Regional units):

    Reduced call out liability (except under sect 52 of RFA 96, no call-out liability; aside for national emergencies).

    Reduced Military Annual Training Tests.

    Ex-Regulars who participate in the Commitment Bonus scheme are ineligible to benefit from the Army Reserve Reduced Commitment scheme.

  • David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims have been submitted for personal independence payment in each month since its introduction.

    Mike Penning

    Further to the figures published on 5th June 2014. The table below shows how many claims have been submitted for Personal Independence Payment:

    New claims not made under Special Rules for Terminally Ill People

    New claims made under Special Rules for Terminally Ill People

    All PIP New Claims

    Apr-13

    3000

    200

    3100

    May-13

    4800

    200

    5000

    Jun-13

    23000

    900

    23800

    Jul-13

    34200

    1500

    35700

    Aug-13

    30600

    1300

    31900

    Sep-13

    33800

    1300

    35100

    Oct-13

    35600

    1500

    37100

    Nov-13

    33300

    1400

    34700

    Dec-13

    22000

    1200

    23200

    Jan-14

    38000

    1600

    39500

    Feb-14

    39000

    1400

    40400

    Mar-14

    37900

    1500

    39500

    Apr-13 – Mar 14

    335100

    13900

    349000

    · Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100, therefore totals may not sum due to rounding.

    · Whether a claim is a ‘New claim made under Special Rules for Terminally Ill People’ has been determined at the point of registration.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-official-statistics-june-2014

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  • Nic Dakin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Nic Dakin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 633W, on university technical colleges, if he will publish the information he plans to publish in June 2014 immediately.

    Mr Edward Timpson

    The information previously requested will be published in the statistical first release ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014′, in June 2014.

    This is in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

  • Biography information for David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Biography information for David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for David Hanson on Home Office.

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    Karen Bradley

    Combating cyber crime is a core part of the National Cyber Security Strategy,
    which is underpinned by the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) with £860
    million of new investment over five years. The NCSP funds a range of work to
    tackle cyber crime, including strengthening law enforcement capabilities with
    the establishment of the National Cyber Crime Unit in the National Crime
    Agency, and cyber teams within each of the Regional Organised Crime Units
    (ROCUs) across England and Wales, as well as developing the capability of local
    police forces. It also funds the Cyber Streetwise campaign, and the Action
    Fraud reporting system for cyber crime that is run by City of London Police.