The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many offences of (a) crime related to vehicles, (b) burglary of a dwelling, (c) other burglary, (d) criminal damage, (e) theft, (f) violence and (g) other crimes were committed in York in each year since 2004-05.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much foreign investment in Yorkshire and the Humber there has been in each year since 2008; and what estimate he has made of the number of (a) new and (b) safeguarded jobs generated by such investments.
Michael Fallon
UK Trade & Investment reports that in 2008/9, 1,869 new jobs were created in Yorkshire and Humberside as a result of foreign investment and 4,719 jobs were safeguarded. In 2009/10, 2,016 new jobs were created and 3,895 were safeguarded. In 2010/11, 868 jobs were created and a total of 670 jobs safeguarded. In 2011/12, 1,362 new jobs were created and 2,338 jobs safeguarded.
Finally, in 2012/13, the last published figures show that 1,288 new jobs were created in Yorkshire and Humber and total of 6,618 jobs were safeguarded, a total of 7,906 jobs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workplace capability assessments have been passed from his Department to Atos for processing in each of the last three years.
Mike Penning
The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment Work Capability Assessment referrals to Atos Healthcare in each of the last three years is as follows:
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 1,553,839
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,742,593
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 1,495,159
For the period October 2008 to May 2014, there have been 3,431,528 Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Reassessment cases processed by Atos Healthcare within 35 days.
The latest (April 2014) national Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) is 118.9 days.
There are a range of financial remedies available within the Medical Services contract to address service level failure. However this is a matter of commercial in confidence between the Department of Work and Pensions and its supplier Atos Healthcare.
The number of Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit Allowance cases that were referred to Atos Healthcare processed and returned within 35 days in each of the last three years is as follows:
a). UK
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 767,674
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 1,073,987
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 249,305
b). Scotland
01/06/2011 to 31/05/2012 – 97,951
01/06/2012 to 31/05/2013 – 133,923
01/06/2013 to 31/05/2014 – 58,326
c). West Lothian Local Authority Area
The information requested is not available
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will issue a statement cautioning UK businesses against investing in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara.
Hugh Robertson
The British Government advises companies considering investing in Western Sahara to obtain independent legal advice. We make companies aware that such investment raises complex and sensitive issues.
We consider Morocco to be the de facto administering power of Western Sahara. We therefore consistently encourage Morocco to meet its commitments under Chapter XI, Article 73 of the UN Charter by ensuring that it acts to protect and further the interests of the people of the territory. This includes ensuring that the resources of the territory are used for the benefit of the people of the territory.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the advice provided by Jemima Stratford QC to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on drones, if his Department will take steps to investigate activities carried out at US bases owned by his Department which may be unlawful under domestic law.
Mr Mark Francois
The Ministry of Defence remains content with the arrangements that are in place to govern the use of UK bases by the United States Visiting Forces (USVF). The Department therefore has no plans to investigate or review the activities undertaken by the USVF.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alok Sharma on 2014-03-18.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of families eligible for tax-free childcare in Reading West constituency.
Nicky Morgan
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Community Work Placement providers schemes (a) were operating by 28 April 2014, (b) were operating no later than 2 June 2014 and (c) are yet to commence; for what reasons any providers have breached of the 2 June 2014 commencement deadline; at what capacity the scheme is currently running; and when he estimates that the scheme will be fully operational (i) in Brighton and Hove Local Authority Area and (ii) nationally.
Esther McVey
Community Work Placements are being introduced in a phased approach from 28 May 2014 to 09 June 2014. Brighton and Hove started on 9 June 2014 and is taking placements as planned.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Laurence Robertson on 2014-03-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what extra funding his Department plans to provide to smaller schools to help them to provide free school meals for under-sevens; and if he will make a statement.
David Laws
On 6 March the Department for Education announced that we will allocate additional funding totalling £22.5 million in the 2014-15 financial year to help small schools (those with a total roll of up to 150 pupils according to the January 2014 Schools Census) with the transitional costs of implementing the universal infant free school meals policy.
Schools eligible for this funding will receive a minimum of £3,000 to be spent as they choose in support of their implementation of the policy, including for the purpose of improving kitchen or dining equipment.
Further information is available in the departmental advice document on universal infant free school meals, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-infant-free-school-meals
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what analysis has been carried out by the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston into the effects on (a) human beings, (b) other animals and (c) the wider environment of the use of a nuclear warhead in the UK nuclear arsenal.
Mr Philip Dunne
The effects of the use of a UK nuclear warhead are underpinned by modelling and analysis. The effects are dependent on a wide range of variable factors including: the yield and design of the weapon; the accuracy of the delivery system; the nature and construction of the target; the geographical characteristics of the surrounding terrain; geological conditions in the target area; the height of weapon burst; and the weather conditions at the target.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nadine Dorries on 2014-03-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances all members of a group of travellers are detained following the retention of one member of the group at a Border Force checkpoint.
James Brokenshire
All members of a group of adult travellers are assessed individually on arrival to ensure that they qualify for admission in line with immigration legislation. If one member of the group is detained for further enquiries but the rest of the group are granted admission then they are free to proceed without the detained person if they so wish.