Tag: 2014

  • Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were processed by the Belfast Passport Office in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those passports were processed within three weeks.

    James Brokenshire

    Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) does not collect performance data at this
    level. HMPO monitors performance at national level as it distributes work across the
    UK estate to manage any variation in local levels of passport demand.
    The cost of identifying information in the format requested would be disproprtionate.

  • David Morris – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    David Morris – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Morris on 2014-03-31.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the cost to set up and (b) annual running costs of full border control with Scotland.

    James Brokenshire

    The Home Office has made no estimate of (a) the cost to set up and (b) the annual running costs of full border control with Scotland.

  • David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which other Departments temporary additional staff at the Passport Office have been deployed; and what training costs have arisen from such redeployment.

    James Brokenshire

    To date, all but one of the additional staff have been redeployed from within HM
    Passport Office and the wider Home Office.

    Discussions are continuing with other Government Departments about whether
    deployment of any more of their staff would be necessary.

    The training that has arisen from this deployment has been delivered using
    internal resources and this has not incurred any additional costs other than
    the time of those involved and certain travel and subsistence costs.

  • Lilian Greenwood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Lilian Greenwood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2014-03-31.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what subsidiary companies of Directly Operated Railways have been created in connection with the direct awards programme.

    Stephen Hammond

    The following subsidiary companies owned by Directly Operated Railways have been used in connection with the Direct Awards programme.

    · West Coast Main Line Company Limited

    · Northern Trains Limited

    · GW Railway Limited

    · South Eastern Trains Limited

    · Thameslink Limited

    All of these companies are currently dormant.

    The company also owns the East Coast Main Line Company Ltd which operates rail services on the East Coast Main Line and the following companies, both of which are dormant.

    · OQS Rail Limited

    · Hay’s Rail limited

  • Fiona Mactaggart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Fiona Mactaggart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fiona Mactaggart on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which types and brands of sanitary products female prisoners may purchase from the National Product List; and at what cost.

    Simon Hughes

    Female prisoners can purchase the following sanitary products from the National Product List:

    Sanitary pads—Always Ultra Normal 32s—price £2.69

    Sanitary towels—Tena Lady Normal 12s—price £2.69.

  • Julie Elliott – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Julie Elliott – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Elliott on 2014-03-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sunderland Central dated 27 February 2014 relating to the Eggborough power station.

    Gregory Barker

    I would like to apologise on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change for the delay in replying to the Hon Member for Sunderland Central. My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy has since responded to this letter on 1 April 2014.

  • Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences in open conditions have previously absconded for their current or previous establishments (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) four or more times.

    Jeremy Wright

    Keeping the public safe is our priority. Absconds and escapes have reached record lows under this Government but each incident is taken seriously. Immediate changes have already been ordered to tighten up the system as a matter of urgency. Prisoners will no longer be transferred to open conditions or allowed out on temporary release if they have previously absconded, escaped, or attempted to do either.

    My officials are currently working to provide the information requested. I will write to you in due course.

  • Paul Blomfield – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Paul Blomfield – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2014-03-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 318W, on Personal Independence Payment, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of personal independence payment claim processing times.

    Mike Penning

    Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit and processes are currently bedding in. There are no time limits or targets on processing times to claims for PIP.

    We recognise the new processes are taking longer than expected and we are taking robust action to improve these, including working closely with the providers to ensure performance expectations.

  • John Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

    John Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of membership of the EU on jobs in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow and (c) Scotland.

    David Mundell

    The Government does not collate figures for the number of jobs in Scotland that depend on UK membership of the EU. However, independent analysis published by the Centre for Economics and Business Research in March 2014 suggested that, in 2011, approximately 335,000 jobs in Scotland were associated with Scottish exports to the EU. The analysis was not broken down to the level of individual UK cities or by Parliamentary constituency

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Bridget Phillipson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-03-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the armed forces will tender for the successor to the SA80 L86A2.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    There are currently no plans to replace the SA80 L86A2.