Tag: 2014

Lord Bradshaw – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2014-04-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether lower quality fuel used in road vehicles has any impact on air quality.

Baroness Kramer

We have made no specific assessment of the impact of low quality fuels since all fuel supplied for road vehicles has to comply with the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations, and these requirements are set in order to reduce the environmental impacts of vehicles.

In practice, all producers supply fuel that also meets the EN 590 (Diesel) or EN 228 (Petrol) industry standards. The Composition and Content Regulations, and the standards, have been revised over time, most notably to remove lead from petrol and to ensure that all road fuel is effectively sulphur-free. There should be little difference between the air quality emissions from vehicles running on fuels that meet the statutory and industry standards.

01/11/2022
Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are waiting for gender reassignment surgery; and what the average waiting time for such surgery was in each of the last four years.

Norman Lamb

Information about how many patients are waiting for gender reassignment surgery and average waiting times for such surgery is not held centrally.

01/11/2022
Robert Halfon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-04-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people who are (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 21 and (c) 22 or over have completed an apprenticeship in each year since 2008.

Matthew Hancock

Information on the number of apprenticeship achievements by age are published in a supplementary table to the Statistical First Release:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships–2

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296345/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsm

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01/11/2022
Pete Wishart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pete Wishart on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have applied for passports using the (a) fast track and (b) premium service in the last month; and how many recent passport applications will receive compensation from her Department.

James Brokenshire

In June 2014, (a) 59, 692 people applied and paid for fast track and (b) 31,
289 applied for premium service. Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) only
normally offer compensation for financial loss as a result of delays in their guaranteed
(Fast Track and Premium) services. HMPO does not have an estimate of how much
compensation may be paid this year in line with their policy. As the Home
Secretary announced on 12 June 2014, customers who need to travel within 7 days and who
have waited more than the three weeks service standard for a straightforward application to
be processed through no fault of their own, are fast-tracked free of charge.
To 15 July, HMPO has issued 13, 461 passports as a result of this change of
policy.

01/11/2022
Chi Onwurah – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2014-04-02.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many local authorities have adopted the Government’s public service network to date.

Mr Nick Hurd

570 local authorities have completed compliance.

01/11/2022
Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne McIntosh on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the incorrect 0870 telephone number being given out to applicants seeking advice on their applications with UK Visas and Immigration; and if she will make a statement.

Karen Bradley

We are aware that some UK Visas and Immigration letters may still contain the
0870 contact number, and this is being addressed. A small number of
representations have been received on this matter.

01/11/2022
Julie Elliott – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Elliott on 2014-04-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 533W, on wind power, how his Department makes decisions on planning and recoveries without centrally holding the capacity of energy schemes.

Kris Hopkins

The main consideration in the recovery of wind turbine appeals is the potential impact of the development on the surrounding area, in the particular circumstances of each appeal and its location. The generation capacity of the appeal is not a driver in the decision on whether or not the appeal should be recovered.

As I said in my earlier answer my Department does not centrally hold details of the generation capacity of wind turbine appeals.

01/11/2022

Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of staff employed (a) directly and (b) indirectly by his Department were employed on (i) short term and (ii) zero hours contracts in each of the last 10 years.

Mr Shailesh Vara

We are unable to provide the number of staff and proportion of those employed by a third party to work indirectly by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). This information is partially held centrally and to collate all of this information as a whole would incur disproportionate costs.

However figures that are held on the MoJ central systems on staff directly employed by the MoJ and its agencies from 2008 to 2014 on (i) short term and (ii) zero hour contracts can be found in the tables below.

MoJ Staff with Fixed Term Contracts (SFTC) of 12 months or less as per the Office on National Statistics definition can be found below.

	SFTC	% of SFTC Workforce in MoJ
31-Mar-08	2,087	3%
31-Mar-09	1,489	2%
31-Mar-10	1,305	2%
31-Mar-11	1,025	1%
31-Mar-12	409	1%
31-Mar-13	1,372	2%
31-Mar-14	637	1%

MoJ Staff recorded as having no fixed hours of employment i.e. zero hour’s contracts.

	Staff on Zero Hours contract	% of ‘Zero hour’ Workforce
31-Mar-08	158	0.25%
31-Mar-09	208	0.29%
31-Mar-10	188	0.26%
31-Mar-11	204	0.26%
31-Mar-12	158	0.21%
31-Mar-13	133	0.17%
31-Mar-14	123	0.16%

The percentage of MoJ staff on zero hour contracts has been decreasing since 2009.

01/11/2022

Khalid Mahmood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Khalid Mahmood on 2014-04-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons eight of the 13 governors from Park View Academy resigned within five months of its transfer to academy status.

Mr Edward Timpson

Governors may resign at any time for their own reasons; they do not need to tell the Department for Education or their fellow governors why.

The Department’s preference is for small and manageable, skill-based strategic governing bodies as these are more effective, and it will normally recommend this when an academy trust is first formed. The governance arrangements for an academy trust are set out in its articles of association.

Park View Educational Trust has told the Department that there was a need to rationalise the governing body to ensure it could operate more effectively, and in order to comply with the Department’s preferred model when other academies joined the trust to form a multi-academy trust.

We are aware of the serious allegations made in relation to some local authority schools and academies in Birmingham. Park View Academy has recently been inspected by Ofsted, and officials from the Department have also visited the school. We will not hesitate to take firm action if the high standards and requirements expected of schools are not being met – in particular, where we become aware of issues of concern in an academy we will move quickly to resolve these. It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.

01/11/2022
Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-18.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, which 100 wards in which town, county and constituency in Northern Ireland had (a) the highest electoral registration rate and (b) the lowest registration rate in the latest period for which information is available.

Mr Gary Streeter

The Electoral Commission informs me that it does not hold information about ward electorates for Northern Ireland. This information is held by the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.

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