Tag: 2014

  • Biography information for Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Biography information for Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Gregory Campbell on Defence.

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    Anna Soubry

    The Ministry of Defence-sponsored cadet forces offer challenging and enjoyable activities for young people, and prepare them to play an active part in the community while developing valuable life skills.

    Information held centrally by the Ministry of Defence on the numbers of sea and army cadets in Northern Ireland is provided in the following tables. For sea cadets, reliable data is available from January 2005. For army cadets, estimated information on the Army Cadet Force is available from March 2012 although comparable data about the Army Combined Cadet Force is not available in the format requested. Information prior to these dates could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

    Sea Cadets

    Royal Marine (RM) Cadets

    Adult Volunteers (Sea and RM)

    January 2005

    225

    13

    146

    January 2014

    235

    22

    157

    Change +/-

    +10

    +9

    +11

    Army Cadet Force

    Army Combined Cadet Force

    Adult Volunteers

    March 2012

    1,925 (estimated)

    Not held

    350 (estimated)

    January 2014

    1,422

    598

    397

    Change +/-

    -503

    Not known

    +47

    Since 2012 the Army has worked to improve the accuracy of their record keeping with a concerted effort to identify those cadets not actively participating and to either encourage them back into cadet activities or to remove them from the management information system. This has accounted for a significant drop in Army Cadet Force figures over the past few years. However, we are actively recruiting Army cadets in Northern Ireland and numbers are beginning to increase.

  • Matthew Offord – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Matthew Offord – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Offord on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which firm had its award of a contract to provide publicly-funded immigration services withdrawn in the 2010 tender round.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    These questions relate to ongoing litigation against the Lord Chancellor and in the circumstances it would be inappropriate to respond at the current time.

  • Biography information for Fiona Bruce – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Biography information for Fiona Bruce – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Fiona Bruce on Health.

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    Jane Ellison

    The information is shown in the following table:

    Selective reduction abortions performed under ground E by gestation, residents of England and Wales, 2013

    Gestation Weeks

    Total

    Under 13

    25

    13 to 19

    39

    20 to 23

    7

    24 and over

    24

    Total

    95

  • Brian H. Donohoe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Brian H. Donohoe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Brian H. Donohoe on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the forthcoming independence referendum on the National Air Traffic Service Centre in Scotland’s ability to secure international contracts.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    No assessment has been made as we believe Scotland is stronger in the UK and the UK is stronger with Scotland in it. NATS’s success in winning international contracts is a matter in the first instance for its Board.

  • Kate Green – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Kate Green – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 56-7W, on Atos, how many Atos Healthcare staff currently carrying out work capability assessments are expected to carry out personal independence payment assessments in future; and if he will make a statement.

    Mike Penning

    The Department maintains separate contracts with Atos Healthcare for the delivery of work capability assessments and Personal Independence Payment assessments and these contracts require that resources for these two contracts be kept separate.

  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new personal independence payment claims were submitted by December 2013; and how many decisions have been made on those claims.

    Mike Penning

    I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon Member for Liverpool, West Derby and the hon Member for Airdrie and Shotts, official report, 5 March, column 850W.

  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum length of time taken to process an application for personal independence payments has been since the introduction of that payment.

    Mike Penning

    I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon Member for Liverpool, West Derby and the hon Member for Airdrie and Shotts, official report, 5 March, column 850W.

  • Lord Mendelsohn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Wales Office

    Lord Mendelsohn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Wales Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Mendelsohn on 2014-04-08.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the percentage cost over-run established by the management board for any budget in the Wales Office to merit being tabled at the departmental management board; and how many times in the last 12 months that has occurred.

    Lord Wallace of Saltaire

    The Wales Office’s financial position is reviewed on a regular basis, and is a standing agenda item at meetings of the Department’s Management Committee.

  • Lord Empey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Lord Empey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Empey on 2014-04-08.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the value of the compensation paid to former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment who have made claims for hearing loss; and how many successful claims there have been to date.

    Lord Astor of Hever

    Claims for damages brought against the Ministry of Defence are not recorded in a manner that enables the specific regiment or unit of a claimant to be identified without incurring disproportionate cost. 10,148 such claims have been received in the last six years from current and former Service personnel serving in Northern Ireland. Around 7,500 such claims have been successful to date, and the total value of compensation paid as a result has been around £62.3 million.

  • Chris Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    Chris Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

    To ask the Attorney General, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for the Law Officers’ Departments in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.

    Oliver Heald

    The following table lists the top five companies used by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol), to provide temporary workers in 2013-14, by expenditure. TSol financial systems do not distinguish between the costs of temporary workers and the associated agency fee. TSol data also covers any expenditure incurred by HM Crown Prosecution service inspectorate and the Attorney General’s Office.

    Firm

    Amount spent (net of VAT)

    Capita Resourcing Ltd (Staff)

    £5,404,407

    Kelly Services (UK) Ltd

    £1,711,926

    Experis (Elan Computing Ltd)

    £634,916

    Hudson

    £347,834

    Methods Consulting Ltd

    £168,256

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has spent the following amounts with four companies during 2013/14 in relation to the provision of temporary workers. The expenditure includes the cost of temporary staff. It is not possible to separately identify the agency element of the payments.

    Firm

    Amount spent (including VAT)

    Brook Street (UK) Limited

    £99,423

    Reed Employment Plc

    £52,718

    Badenoch and Clark

    £31,739

    Hays Accountancy Personnel

    £19,832

    This information has been produced from the CPS accounting system.

    The following table lists the top five companies used by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to provide temporary workers in 2013-14, by expenditure. SFO financial systems do not distinguish between the costs of temporary workers and any associated agency fee.

    Firm

    Amount spent (including VAT)

    Adecco

    942,075

    Alvarez and Marsal

    609,499

    Crowe Clarke Whitehill

    590,264

    Mazars LLP

    567,627

    FTI Consultancy

    207,354