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  • Simon Burns – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the House of Commons Commission

    Simon Burns – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the House of Commons Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Burns on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether a tender was issued for the use of head-hunters to find candidates for the post of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive.

    John Thurso

    Three organisations specialising in executive search services were invited to tender to provide support for the recruitment of the next Clerk of the House and Chief Executive. Saxton Bampfylde was selected through this process.

    The selection panel comprises Mr Speaker, Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP, Angela Eagle MP, John Thurso MP, Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP and Dame Julie Mellor (Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman). No confirmation hearing is envisaged. The composition of the panel for the recruitment of the present postholder was Mr Speaker, Rt Hon Sir George Young MP, Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, John Thurso MP, Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP, Rt Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP and Sheila Drew Smith.

    Knowledge of procedural and constitutional issues will be tested as part of the formal interview process. The Clerk of the House is appointed by the Crown by Letters Patent, on the recommendation of the Speaker to the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister to the Crown. As part of normal pre-appointment checks it will be a requirement for the next Clerk of the House to be subject to security vetting. The terms of the recruitment brief were agreed by the Commission by correspondence, and the advertisement, finalised by the Speaker and the Director General of HR and Change, was based on the agreed brief.

  • Sharon Hodgson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Sharon Hodgson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-03-31.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.

    Gregory Barker

    Over 600,000 homes have received energy efficiency improvements so far as a result of the Coalition’s Energy Company Obligation and Green Deal initiatives. Green Deal assessments are stimulating interest and there had been over 160,000 by the end of February. Yesterday we announced additional £88 million from the Government to drive street by street roll out under the Green Deal Communities scheme.

    We expect the Green Deal market to continue to expand in 2014 and beyond.

  • Liam Byrne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Liam Byrne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he has had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser in the last 12 months.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    As was the case under previous administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.

  • Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers within the two-year probationary period who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010 (a) in total and (b) by police force area.

    Karen Bradley

    The number of drivers that opted for a National Driver Offender Retraining
    Scheme (NDORS) speed awareness course rather than accept penalty points on
    their driving licence in 2010 is 447,833, in 2011 is 772,180, in 2012 is 926,155 and
    in 2013 is 953,464. These reflect the latest updated figures.

    The following table shows the figures by police force area for the number of
    drivers that opted for a speed awareness course.

    The offer of a speed awareness course is at the discretion of the police. To be
    deemed eligible there must be no excessive speed or other offences committed at
    the same time. Information on previous motoring convictions is not taken into
    account.

    NDORS Police Force Area 2010 2011 2012 2013
    AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY 0 267 38,244 36,064
    BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE 6,707 11,440 15,370 12,075
    CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTABULARY 17,691 17,301 16,974 9,148
    CHESHIRE 6,066 15,198 16,702 14,490
    CITY OF LONDON POLICE 0 0 0 153
    CLEVELAND POLICE 8,278 12,147 10,282 7,198
    CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY 11,967 18,436 19,878 20,218
    DERBYSHIRE CONSTABULARY 5,657 9,275 14,385 12,666
    DEVON AND CORNWALL CONSTABULARY 8,720 13,516 17,959 16,608
    DORSET POLICE 0 0 0 0
    DURHAM CONSTABULARY 0 1,436 4,517 4,267
    DYFED-POWYS POLICE 100 1,158 1,229 1,870
    ESSEX POLICE 0 8,113 21,957 22,605
    GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY 937 2,317 4,573 5,445
    GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE 39,959 45,639 49,463 45,064
    GWENT POLICE 1 39 34 6
    HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY 0 0 0 36,986
    HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY 8,128 14,802 23,700 20,216
    HUMBERSIDE POLICE 0 0 15,499 29,791
    KENT COUNTY POLICE 3,430 23,787 31,790 27,446
    LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY 13,082 24,949 22,491 27,287
    LEICESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY 14,262 16,055 17,381 16,292
    LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE 4,054 18,083 25,595 19,223
    MERSEYSIDE POLICE 10,923 15,683 17,964 20,022
    METROPOLITAN POLICE 0 0 9,034 31,818
    NORFOLK CONSTABULARY 11,665 16,054 17,054 23,527
    NORTH WALES POLICE 16,843 15,141 16,069 17,711
    NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE 3,332 6,768 9,855 18,049
    NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE 6,671 14,944 11,444 12,520
    NORTHUMBRIA POLICE 28,452 28,195 39,707 40,892
    NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE 15,615 21,728 24,217 25,060
    POLICE SERVICE NORTHERN IRELAND 9,294 19,582 27,020 27,320
    SCOTLAND 0 0 0 0
    SOUTH WALES POLICE 29,587 58,025 55,573 51,182
    SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE 14,453 35,040 27,698 28,035
    STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE 16,040 21,205 25,354 27,987
    SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY 15,507 27,019 20,122 22,461
    SURREY POLICE 4,604 17,845 25,349 23,107
    SUSSEX POLICE 6,194 28,589 33,425 22,328
    THAMES VALLEY POLICE 48,859 73,625 87,199 78,593
    WARWICKSHIRE POLICE 3,584 6,577 6,350 17,482
    WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY 31,347 44,094 41,416 34,277
    WEST MIDLANDS POLICE 2,879 21,033 20,603 14,551
    WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE 22,945 47,075 42,679 31,424
    WILTSHIRE CONSTABULARY 0 0 0 0
    Total: 447,833 772,180 926,155 953,464
  • Kate Hoey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

    Kate Hoey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Hoey on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the beneficiaries in Northern Ireland of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy granted by means of a Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual were in the last 25 years; and if she will make a statement.

    Mrs Theresa Villiers

    As the hon Member is aware, the assessment of my Department is that to release the names of individuals granted the RPM years ago would not be appropriate, given the time that has passed since the RPM was last used and the potential legal issues this would raise. There are, of course, means by which names of RPM recipients become public, including in the course of legal proceedings, which is a matter for the courts.

  • Lord Storey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Lord Storey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-03-28.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether youth offending teams are given access to students’ special needs statements as of right.

    Lord Faulks

    Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) can request access to special needs statements from the education services arm of local authorities who hold them, but they have no access to these as of right. Under the Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 2001, local authority education services are not permitted to share these statements, without the student’s consent, with external parties including YOTs, except for prescribed reasons which include where the local authority in question judges it necessary to do so in the interests of the child, on the order of a court or for the purpose of any criminal proceedings.

    Under the Children and Families Act 2014, YOTs and local authorities will be required to co-operate in the exercise of the authority’s functions relating to children and young people with special educational needs, for example in the assessment for and preparation of Education and Health Care plans in relation to young people known to the YOT.

  • Barry Sheerman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Barry Sheerman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish information on ticket pricing for High Speed 2.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    There are currently no plans to publish information relating to the likely structure or level of ticket prices for journeys using the HS2 railway following the opening of HS2 Phase One in 2026 and beyond.

  • Neil Parish – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Neil Parish – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Parish on 2014-03-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what non-lethal military support his Department has provided to Libya in each year since 2012.

    Dr Andrew Murrison

    Since 2012 the UK has provided advice, training and Defence Education to Libya.

    An advisory team was established in Tripoli in 2012 to support the UK / Libya relationship and provide advice through a number of personnel embedded in the Libyan Ministry of Defence, Navy, Air Force, Land Forces and Border Security Force.

    In 2013 the advisory team was renamed the Defence Advisory and Training Team (DATT) to reflect the variety of support programmes, including strategic communication, developing explosive ordnance disposal schools, supporting the creation of a joint operational planning staff and naval training. The DATT currently numbers 34 personnel which includes a Senior Disarmament Advisor working with the Government of Libya, the UN and international partners on disarmament issues. The DATT also provides the platform for Short Term Training Team deployments from the UK.

    In 2013 HMS Echo surveyed the coast off Tripoli including a number of ports and in February 2014 the Libyans signed a data sharing agreement with the UK Hydrographic Office.

    Libyan personnel have undergone defence education and training in the UK including: English Language Training, Initial Officer Training, Economic Exclusion Zone Protection Officers courses and Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context.

    In November 2013 the UK also established a Defence Section within the British Embassy, Tripoli with a Defence Attaché.

  • Philip Hollobone – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Philip Hollobone – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Hollobone on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will work with the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Cabinet Office, the Northamptonshire and South East Midlands LEPs and local authorities to help secure funding for a new junction 10A on the A14 which is required to facilitate the creation of a 60MW renewable energy park and low carbon business park between Burton Latimer and Kettering.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    The Department for Transport and the Highways Agency are already working closely through a Strategic Partners Group, which includes the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Homes and Community Agency, local authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships and private sector developers, on the transport infrastructure proposals – including the provision of a new junction 10A on the A14 – in relation to the East Kettering Development site.

    The Department and the Highways Agency would be happy to work additionally with the Department for Energy and Climate Change and the Cabinet Office on the provision of transport infrastructure in relation to the proposals for an Energy Park and low carbon business at this location.

  • Dr Alan Whitehead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Dr Alan Whitehead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Alan Whitehead on 2014-03-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of treatable cavity wall homes in areas prone to flooding treated with inappropriate filling agents.

    Gregory Barker

    DECC does not hold data on the materials that have been used to fill individual cavity walls.