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Margaret Curran – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Curran on 2014-04-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where each Jobcentre Plus office is in Scotland; when each office opened; and how many people have used each such office in each year since 2010.

Esther McVey

There are 94 Jobcentres in Scotland. A full list of these Jobcentres is provided at Annex 1.

We do not keep a record of when each office opened, so I am unable to supply you with this information.

There are no official statistics kept which would provide you with the number of people who have used each office in each year since 2010. Many people, some of whom are already employed, use the jobpoints or Intranet Access Devices in our Jobcentres but may not make a claim to benefit or register unemployed. It would therefore be impossible to provide you with the total number of people using the Jobcentres.

Annex 1

List of Jobcentres in Scotland

East & South East Scotland

Alloa JC

Bathgate JC

Broxburn JC

Cowdenbeath JC

Cupar JC

Dalkeith JC

Dunfermline JC

EdinburghCity

Eyemouth JC

Falkirk JC

Galashiels JC

Glenrothes JC

Grangemouth JC

Hawick JC

High Riggs JC

Kirkcaldy JC

Leith JC

Leven JC

Livingston JC

Musselburgh JC

Penicuik JC

St. Andrews

Stirling JC

Westerhailes JC

Glasgow, Lanarkshire & East Dunbartonshire

Airdrie JC

Anniesland JC

Bellshill JC

Bridgeton JC

Cambuslang JC

Castlemilk JC

Cumbernauld JC

Drumchapel JC

East Kilbride JC

Easterhouse JC

Govan JC

Hamilton JC

Kirkintilloch JC

Lanark JC

Langside JC

Laurieston JC

Maryhill JC

Motherwell JC

Newlands JC

Parkhead JC

Partick JC

Rutherglen JC

Shettleston JC

Springburn JC

North of Scotland District

Aberdeen JC

Arbroath JC

Banff JC

Blairgowrie JC

Buckie JC

Dingwall JC

Dundee City JC

Elgin JC

Forfar JC

Forres JC

Fort William JC

Fraserburgh JC

Invergordon JC

Inverness JC

Kirkwall JC

Lerwick JC

Montrose JC

Perth JC

Peterhead JC

Portree JC

Stornoway JC

Wick JC

West of Scotland District

Alexandria JC

Annan JC

Ayr JC

Barrhead JC

Campbeltown JC

Clydebank JC

Cumnock JC

Dumbarton JC

Dumfries JC

Dunoon JC

Girvan JC

Greenock JC

Helensburgh JC

Irvine JC

Johnstone JC

Kilbirnie JC

Kilmarnock JC

Oban JC

Paisley JC

Port Glasgow JC

Renfrew JC

Rothesay JC

Saltcoats JC

Stranraer JC

November 1, 2022

Kevan Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Army 2020, HC 263, published on 11 June 2014, page 10, which Minister in his Department signed off on the decision not to provide supporting ICT infrastructure for Capita’s new recruitment software as part of his Department’s contractual arrangements with Capita in relation to the Recruiting Partnering Project.

Anna Soubry

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 January 2014 (Official Report, column 111W).

November 1, 2022
Chuka Umunna – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chuka Umunna on 2014-04-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) verbal and (b) contractual agreement was made with priority investors in relation to their shareholders during the privatisation of Royal Mail.

Michael Fallon

No verbal or contractual agreement of any description – including future intentions for shareholdings – was made between the Government and any investor in the Royal Mail Initial Public Offering (IPO). Any suggestion that there was a “gentleman’s agreement” is false.

November 1, 2022

Madeleine Moon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female recruits dropped out of training at Catterick Infantry Training Centre before completing Phase 1 in each year since 2006; how many such recruits in each category were aged under 18 when they enlisted; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

Infantry training at Catterick is comprised of the Combat Infantryman’s Course, which is a combined phase one and phase two course. For this reason it is not possible to provide the information requested for those who dropped out of training before completing Phase 1. The table shows all those who failed to complete the Combat Infantryman’s Course.

No female recruits undergo infantry training and therefore figures shown relate to males only:

Year	Discharged at ITC (Male)	Under 18 on entry (Male)
2006-07	950	320
2007-08	1,090	290
2008-09	1,060	210
2009-10	1,400	250
2010-11	840	90
2011-12	1,260	120
2012-13	910	100
2013-14	680	80

Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in ‘5′ are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

November 1, 2022

Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-04-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) women who work in more than one job but do not pay national insurance even though their total earnings are above the lower earnings threshold.

Mr David Gauke

Estimates of the number of (a) people and (b) women who work in more than one job but do not pay national insurance, even though their total earnings are above the lower earnings threshold; and, of those, how many are women, are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs

The rest of the information requested is not available.

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November 1, 2022
Lord Stoddart of Swindon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 2014-06-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Warsi on 17 June (WS 586–88), whether they plan to abandon their demand that President Assad step down and to urge co-operation between his government and the official opposition to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham and other Islamic terrorist groups in Syria.

Baroness Warsi

The Assad regime is the primary cause of terrorism in Syria, not the solution to it. The most effective way to tackle terrorism in Syria is to support the moderate opposition in its efforts to protect the Syrian people from the twin threats of tyranny and terrorism. The only sustainable solution to the crisis in Syria is to reach a negotiated political transition by the mutual consent of both sides – this is the principle in the Geneva Communiqué as endorsed by the UN Security Council.

November 1, 2022
Chuka Umunna – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chuka Umunna on 2014-04-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the extent to which firms in each region will be economically disadvantaged as a result of the Government’s decision to delay the revaluation of business rates; and if he will publish a list of firms likely to be so disadvantaged.

Brandon Lewis

The Valuation Office Agency published their high level estimates of the impacts of a revaluation in 2015 on 12 November 2012. Their analysis suggests that around 800,000 premises would have seen a real terms increase in their rates at a 2015 revaluation compared with around 300,000 seeing a decrease. A copy of that analysis, including which sectors would have been hardest hit by a 2015 revaluation, is available in the Library of the House.

November 1, 2022
Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many premium rate type telephone lines were in use for members of the public to contact his Department in (a) June 2010 and (b) June 2014.

Jenny Willott

The Department had no public facing premium rate lines in use in June 2010 or June 2014.

November 1, 2022
Julie Elliott – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Elliott on 2014-04-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Prime Minister, (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (c) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the imposition of a cap on the construction and capacity of onshore wind developments.

Michael Fallon

DECC Ministers meet regularly with other Ministers to discuss a range of issues.

November 1, 2022

Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 678W, on money lenders, how many actionable reports led to a conviction in each of the last four years.

Jenny Willott

Final Approved answer to 13371

The Illegal Money Lending Teams conduct complex and sensitive investigations. The length of each investigation will be influenced by the circumstances of the specific case. In some instances convictions can only be delivered through months of proactive intelligence gathering and community engagement. Because of this, some cases span across multiple years and so there is not necessarily a direct link between the numbers of actionable reports and the numbers of convictions in any one year.

Below is a breakdown of the number of operations, arrests and prosecutions completed by the Illegal Money Lending Teams in England, Scotland and Wales in each of the last four years and the number of custodial sentences handed down by the courts.

	Operations	Arrests / Detainments			Prosecutions			Custodials
	England	Wales	Scotland	England	Wales	Scotland	England	Wales	Scotland	England	Wales	Scotland
2013/14	74	29	9	107	4	7	55	2	7	25	2	0
2012/13	73	38	15	92	4	4	34	2	6	13	2	0
2011/12	57	37	14	62	13	17	17	4	6	11	4	1
2010/11*	288	46	17	104	6	5	32	7	5	26	1	0

* The England Illegal Money Lending Team was restructured in April 2011- 9 England regional teams were merged into a single National team covering the whole of England.

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November 1, 2022