The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current anticipated turn-round time for passport processing is for (a) applications from UK residents making new applications, (b) new applications for a child’s passport and (c) UK residents applying abroad.
James Brokenshire
Expected service standards for passport applications are published on
www.gov.uk.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 95W, on non-molestation orders, what the figure for previous convictions or cautions is for (a) male and (b) female offenders.
Jeremy Wright
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The following additional break down has been provided in addition to PQ 192243 |
Male offenders receiving their first immediate custodial sentence for the criminal offence of breaching a non-molestation order in the 12 months ending September 2013 had received, on average, less than 1 (0.5) previous convictions or cautions for the same offence.
In the 12 months ending September 2013, 9 females received their first immediate custodial sentence for breach of non-molestation order, of which 6 had no previous, 1 had 1 previous and 2 had 2 or more previous convictions or cautions for the same offence. Averages have not been provided for female offenders breaching a non-molestation order as the number of females is too small to provide a reliable estimate.
It is important to note that these figures are based only on those offences recorded on the Police National Computer (PNC) by an English or Welsh police force, including the British Transport Police. This database holds details of all convictions or cautions for breaching a non-molestation order since their introduction as a criminal offence in July 2007.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings she has had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser in the last 12 months.
Justine Greening
As was the case under previous administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Reynolds on 2014-03-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff work in his Department’s Major Infrastructure Tracking Unit.
Danny Alexander
The Major Infrastructure Tracking Unit is part of Infrastructure UK, a team of 70 FTE staff.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for judicial review in England and Wales made since 1 April 2013 have been identified on Claim Form N461 as Aarhus Convention claims.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The information requested cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. The data is not held centrally and providing information at the level of detail sought would require a review of many manual files.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-03-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) operational capacities and (b) certified normal accommodations were of each privately run prison with which a contract for additional places has been signed since January 2014.
Jeremy Wright
The privately operated prisons at which additional places have been purchased since January 2014 are listed below
Altcourse
Dovegate
Forest Bank
Lowdham Grange
Parc
Peterborough
Individual prison population and capacity information is published monthly on the Government website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014
Population and capacity figures for March 2014 will be published on the Government website on Friday 11 April
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ivan Lewis on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what topics were discussed at her meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development on 8 May 2014.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
I discussed a range of topics with Nelson McCausland MLA at our meeting on 8 May 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 2014-03-28.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of pupils in English schools were entered for drama GCSE in each of the last 4 years.
Lord Nash
The requested information[1] has been provided in the following table.
Percentage of pupils at the end of key stage 4 entered for music and drama GCSEs in England, 2009/10 – 2012/13
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2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
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Drama |
13 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
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Music |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
Note: Figures underlying the percentages are available in table 7 of the “GCSE and equivalent results” statistical first release for each year. 2012/13 figures are based on revised data, all other years are final. Data includes entries by pupils in previous academic years.
[1] These figures are published in the “GCSE and equivalent results” statistical first releases for each year at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy McDonald on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of interpreters available at Middlesbrough Jobcentre in the last 12 months.
Esther McVey
There have been no changes in the number of interpreters available at Middlesbrough Jobcentre (James Cook House, 79 Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2BA) in the last 12 months.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ms Harriet Harman on 2014-03-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of all primary school age children in England were learning a musical instrument in (a) academies, (b) community schools, (c) free schools, (d) primary schools and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
Elizabeth Truss
The information requested is not held by the Department for Education. A recent report[1] published by Arts Council England shows that in the academic year 2012/13, 437,975 pupils in years 1-9 received free whole class ensemble teaching. This is 8.6% of the national cohort. 430,998 pupils were in years 1-6 (12.4% of the cohort) and 6,977 were in years 7-9 (0.4% of the cohort).
Many other children learn instruments in and out of school, but these figures are not collected or held centrally.
[1]http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/
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