Tag: 2014

David Nuttall – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new cases were allocated by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to be dealt with by each of their regional teams in each of the last three years.

Damian Green

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) divides its case work between six teams, each of which handles applications from a particular region of Great Britain. All of these teams work from a single office. Northern Ireland has a separate Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, which CICA does not administer. CICA publishes the total number of cases it receives each year in its annual reports but these are not broken down by team.

The six regional teams are numbered as follows:

1. Scotland and Wales

2. North-West England

3. North-East England

4. Midlands

5. South England

6. London

The table below sets out how many cases each region received in each of the last three reporting years. The sum of cases allocated to each region will differ from the total received by CICA each year because some clearly ineligible cases are refused before they are sent to a regional team to investigate.

Year	Number of cases
	Region 1	Region 2	Region 3	Region 4	Region 5	Region 6
2010-11	9276	10805	10167	9601	10619	8213
2011-12	8897	10294	9357	9450	10749	8129
2012-13	7155	8058	7578	7833	8976	6196

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November 1, 2022

Ann McKechin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ann McKechin on 2014-06-16.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Glasgow North constituency have used the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme to date.

Andrea Leadsom

The Government publishes quarterly official statistics relating to the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme. The first of these were published on 29 May 2014.

This report, along with accompanying tables, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014

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November 1, 2022
Anne Main – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne Main on 2014-03-31.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the maximum amount available to councils who apply for extra funding for potholes is; and what funding his Department provides to tackle pot holes in St Albans.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Department for Transport provides capital funding to local highway authorities from the local maintenance highways maintenance capital block grant and over the four year period from 2011 Hertfordshire County Council’s allocation is £77.6 million. St Albans falls within Hertfordshire County Council’s area of responsibility for road maintenance.

The Department has also allocated additional funding to authorities to help repair roads damaged due to severe weather events, and for Hertfordshire County Council this includes £1.446 million in 2010/11, £3.87 million in March 2011 and more recently over £3.62 million in March 2014.

A £200 million Pothole Fund was announced in the Budget on 19 March 2014. From this, £168 million is being made available to councils in England through a bidding exercise. Further details on the fund will be made available shortly.

November 1, 2022
Helen Goodman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2014-06-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what proportion of time public library service points were unavailable to visitors because of (a) emergency closures and (b) missed or cancelled mobile library stops in each of the years (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The detail requested is not held centrally by this Department and nor is it collected by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy as part of the annual public library statistics provided by individual library authorities.

November 1, 2022
Lord Morrow – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Morrow on 2014-03-31.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 3 February (WA 17), whether court orders handed down in the United Kingdom are enforceable in the Channel Islands; and, if not, what action is taken in those circumstances to ensure the safety and protection of vulnerable persons.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

The Channel Islands (the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey) are Crown Dependencies. The Crown Dependencies are not part of the UK but are self-governing dependencies of the Crown, with their own directly elected legislative assemblies, administrative, fiscal and legal systems and their own courts of law. Judgments of the courts of England and Wales are not, therefore , of themselves effective in the Bailiwicks of Guernsey or Jersey, but it is possible for UK court orders to be recognised and enforced if they meet certain established criteria whether pursuant to statute, or pursuant to the common or customary law. Much depends upon the circumstances and type of offence committed or judgment made.

Criminal law in Scotland and Northern Ireland is devolved, meaning that responsibility for such matters lie with the devolved administrations of
Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.

There is excellent co-operation between Common Travel Area (CTA) partners, including the UK and the Channel Islands, to prevent abuse of the CTA by strengthening its external border. The UK Government is working with the Channel Islands authorities to ensure that the implications of the Modern Slavery Bill and the Modern Slavery action plan for the Common Travel Area are fully understood.

UK Border Force staff receive mandatory training to help identify and tackle human trafficking, and to date we have not seen any evidence that individuals are being trafficked to the UK via the Channel Islands. However, we remain alert and will act on any information received.

November 1, 2022
Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total cost of disposal of Nimrod MR4A associated material at RAF Kinloss.

Mr Philip Dunne

The current net cost of removal of Nimrod MR4A material is £86,000. However, we expect the final net cost to be lower since some of the material removed from site has yet to be sold.

November 1, 2022
Lord Willis of Knaresborough – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough on 2014-03-31.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following the repeal of European Union Directive 2009/40/EC and the agreement of a new directive at Strasbourg on 11 March with regard to the periodic roadworthiness testing of motor vehicles and their trailers, it will be the United Kingdom Government or the European Union Commission that will decide how the new directive is implemented.

Baroness Kramer

The European Union Commission does not have a role in deciding how to implement the new Directive. We are already compliant with the new Directive in most areas and will implement appropriately in the remaining areas in consultation with all parties impacted by changes.

November 1, 2022
Liam Byrne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

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

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

Elizabeth Truss

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

November 1, 2022
David Morris – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities who will hold a referendum as a result of raising council tax by two per cent or more for 2014-15.

Brandon Lewis

[Holding Reply: Thursday 3 April 2014]

The DCLG statistical release of 26 March 2014 showing the levels of council tax set by local authorities in England for 2014-2015 is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2014-to-2015

It shows that no local authority in England is required to hold a council tax referendum in 2014-15 (table 11).

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November 1, 2022
Joan Walley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Joan Walley on 2014-06-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UN peacekeeping missions established since 1990 do not have a human rights mandate.

Mark Simmonds

21 out of 51 peacekeeping missions established since 1990 did not include a human rights mandate to monitor and intervene. Of these 21, only the Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is still in operation.

Human rights mandates or components in peacekeeping missions vary depending on the context, and are common in newer peacekeeping missions. The UK Government has supported these human rights mandates wherever possible. This is part of our broader efforts to mainstream human rights into the UN’s peace and security work.

November 1, 2022