The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Dugher on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Prime Minister, how many members of staff of his Office worked on the review by the Cabinet Secretary of the release of correspondence between Ministers relating to prevention of extremism.
Mr David Cameron
The Cabinet Secretary will respond to the hon. Member on this matter shortly. I will place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hylton on 2014-03-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what investigations they are undertaking into the nutrition and health of children and vulnerable adults when sanctions are imposed on individuals who lose their benefits.
Lord Freud
The Department does not monitor nutrition.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport examining officers were employed by HM Passport Office in each year since 2010.
James Brokenshire
The table below shows the number of Her Majesty’s Passport Office full-time
equivalents working within the passport operational Directorates.
The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month. We have therefore provided the data as of 31 March of each year.
(a) 2011- 2,586
(b) 2012- 2,216
(c) 2013- 2,389
(d) 2014-2,593
Due to the limitations of the HR management system used prior to Dec 2010, it
is not possible to provide reliable management information below top level for
any periods prior to that date.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Efford on 2014-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of academy trusts did not submit their account returns on time (a) in the current year, (b) in 2013, (c) in 2012 and (d) in 2011.
Edward Timpson
The number and proportion of academy trusts that did not submit an accounts return on time is detailed in the table below:
|
Financial year |
Date due |
Number late |
Percentage late |
|
2012-13 |
31 January 2014 |
166 |
7.6% |
|
2011-12 |
31 January 2013 |
119 |
8.2% |
|
2010-11 |
31 January 2011 |
100 |
17.4% |
Academies were not required to submit accounts returns prior to 2010-11.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to improve the habitat and increase the number of (a) hedgehogs and (b) owls.
George Eustice
Agri-environment schemes, such as Environmental Stewardship, are the principal means of improving habitats and the wider environment on farmland in England. Farmers receive funding to manage the cropped environment and provide additional habitats on their farms for birds and other wildlife. Under work to develop the implementation plan for Biodiversity 2020 (the Government’s strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services) Natural England has commissioned work to review all Section 41 species. This is to identify priorities for action and to determine what those actions should be. The hedgehog is being considered within this context by the Mammal Taxon Group, which comprises specialist organisations, led by Natural England.
Activities of benefit to owls, currently funded by Environmental Stewardship, include the establishment of grassy margins and buffer strips, and the management of field corners. These can provide additional habitat for prey species such as small mammals. The restoration of traditional farm buildings can also provide both shelter and nesting sites along with the provision of nest boxes.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Evans on 2014-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in January 2014; in which (a) region, (b) county, (c) metropolitan district, (d) district council area, (e) city and (f) parliamentary constituency each of the suspected victims was found; which agency referred each person to that Scheme; in which town the shelter to which such people were placed for the statutory period was; what continued contact is had with each such victim after they have exited the shelter to avoid re-trafficking; and if she will make a statement.
Karen Bradley
In January, 2014 there were 90 referrals to the Government-funded support
service for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales
administered by the Salvation Army.
In order to ensure that victims cannot be identified, the tables below only
provide data at a regional level.
Nationality
|
Nationality |
Number of Referrals |
|
Albanian |
23 |
|
Bulgarian |
2 |
|
Cameroonian |
2 |
|
Czech |
3 |
|
Chinese |
1 |
|
Ethiopian |
1 |
|
Ghanaian |
2 |
|
Hungarian |
3 |
|
Indian |
2 |
|
Iranian |
1 |
|
Iraqi |
1 |
|
Kenyan |
2 |
|
Lithuanian |
4 |
|
Moroccan |
1 |
|
Nigerian |
10 |
|
Pakistani |
1 |
|
Polish |
3 |
|
Romanian |
8 |
|
Sierra Leonean |
1 |
|
Slovakian |
7 |
|
Sri Lankan |
1 |
|
Togolese |
1 |
|
Ugandan |
3 |
|
Vietnamese |
6 |
|
Not known |
1 |
|
Total |
90 |
Gender
|
Gender |
Number of Referrals |
|
Female |
59 |
|
Male |
31 |
|
Transgender |
0 |
|
Total |
90 |
Region where victim was found
|
Region |
Number of Referrals |
|
East |
4 |
|
East Midlands |
2 |
|
North East |
1 |
|
North East |
3 |
|
South |
28 |
|
South East |
11 |
|
South West |
5 |
|
Wales |
2 |
|
West Midlands |
12 |
|
Yorkshire |
19 |
|
Not Known |
3 |
|
Total |
90 |
Agency type that referred victims
|
Agency type |
Number of Referrals |
|
GLA |
1 |
|
Home Office |
27 |
|
Legal Representative |
5 |
|
Local Authority |
5 |
|
NGO |
18 |
|
Other |
5 |
|
Police |
25 |
|
Self Referral |
4 |
|
Total |
90 |
The victim care contract does not require support providers to maintain any form
of formal contact after the recovery and reflection period. However, some survivors do maintain informal contact with their support provider, but we do not have this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 178W, from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, on air pollution, for what reasons an assessment has not been made of the deaths caused by short-term exposures to elevated levels of air pollutants in the years since 2010.
Jane Ellison
Estimates of deaths attributable to long-term exposure to particulate air pollution in United Kingdom local authorities in 2010 were published by Public Health England in April 2014. The mortality burden for the UK was estimated as an effect equivalent to nearly 29,000 deaths.
Public Health England does not routinely estimate the deaths associated with short-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollutants, as these effects are thought to overlap with the mortality effects of long-term exposure to air pollution. Long-term exposure to air pollution is understood to be a contributory factor to deaths from respiratory and, particularly, cardiovascular disease, for example, unlikely to be the sole cause of deaths of individuals. This means that it is likely that air pollution contributes a smaller amount to the deaths of a larger number of exposed individuals rather than being solely responsible for a number of deaths equivalent to the calculated figure of ‘attributable deaths’.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2014, Official Report, column 280W, on the work capability assessment, how many and what proportion of those who have undertaken a work capability test in each nation and region of the UK have been declared fit for work.
Mike Penning
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) initial claims and Incapacity Benefit (IB) reassessment claims, by outcomes of work capability assessments by regions in Great Britain are published. The numbers and the proportion of fit for work decisions can be found in table 1a and table 11 at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/274091/esa_wca_140122.xls
Notes:
1. There is a reporting lag of approximately 8-months at the issuing date of this statistical output owing to the time needed to process data and time allowed to enable each cohort’s assessment phase to elapse.
2. Caseload figures rounded to nearest hundred. Totals may not sum due to the rounding method use. Proportions are rounded to the nearest whole number.
3. Figures include those cases where the functional assessment has not been completed.
Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:
http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Attorney General, how many homicide prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service undertook in 2013 where there were (a) three defendants, (b) four defendants, (c) five defendants and (d) six or more defendants.
Oliver Heald
The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants in its prosecutions. This information could only be obtained by examining all homicide files, which would incur a disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of workplace nurseries available to staff in (a) his Department and (b) his Department’s executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies in (i) 2010, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
Elizabeth Truss
The Department for Education, its executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies do not provide workplace nurseries for staff.
The Department’s approach to childcare support focuses on providing flexibility for staff in arranging childcare provision. As part of the overall benefits package, the Department provides a childcare voucher scheme to help cover the cost of nursery and pre-school for children under school age and forms of out of school care for school age children. This enables staff with childcare responsibilities to be more flexible as to when and where they access childcare support.