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Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on its proposals to increase professional fees for nurses by £20 per annum later in 2014.

Dr Daniel Poulter

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is an independent body and it is therefore for the NMC Council to determine the level of the annual fee it charges for registration. On 26 March 2014, the NMC Council reviewed the level of this fee and agreed a proposal to increase it from £100 per annum to £120 in March 2015. The NMC is running a public consultation between 8 May and 31 July 2014, where its proposal is open to scrutiny. No decision on the proposed fee increase has been made at present.

Ministers keep the issue of professional regulation under regular review and the Department has frequent contact with professional regulators, including the NMC. On 12 March 2014, I met with representatives of the NMC for a regular update meeting. This meeting was not specifically set up to discuss the NMC registration fee, but during this meeting the NMC provided information about its fee review process.

01/11/2022

Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Evans on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 114W, on human trafficking: victim support schemes, how many of those referred were (a) men and (b) women, by country; what steps are taken to ensure after the victim exits the shelter into which they have been placed by the Salvation Army they are not re-trafficked or contact their former traffickers; and if she will make a statement.

Karen Bradley

The requested information on the gender of potential victims and the regions in
which they were found in January 2014 was provided in the Answer of 7 April
2014, Official Report, columns 114-5W, on human trafficking: victim support
schemes. However, this data was provided in a number of separate tables. The
information was not withheld and is provided below in an alternative format,
giving the same data broken down by individual case, in one table.

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. All support
providers will work with victims throughout their support period to help them
move on from the service. We are looking at what more we can do to help victims
reintegrate effectively.

Nationality	Gender	Region	Agency Type
Nigerian	Female	South	Self Referral
Lithuanian	Female	South	Police
Vietnamese	Male	East	NGO
Romanian	Female	West Midlands	NGO
Lithuanian	Male	South West	Police
Lithuanian	Male	South West	Police
Albanian	Female	Wales	Self Referral
Bulgarian	Female	South	Police
Polish	Male	West Midlands	GLA
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	NGO
Nigerian	Female	South	Home Office
Sierra Leonean	Female	South	Home Office
Indian	Male	South East	Home Office
Vietnamese	Female	North West	Home Office
Nigerian	Female	South East	Home Office
Ugandan	Female	South East	Home Office
Vietnamese	Male	South East	Legal Representative
Ghanaian	Male	South	Police
Ghanaian	Male	South	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Togolese	Female	East	Police
Nigerian	Female	South East	Local Authority
Czech	Male	Yorkshire	NGO
Albanian	Female	South East	Home Office
Ugandan	Female	East	Self Referral
Indian	Female	South East	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South East	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Not Known	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South	Police
Vietnamese	Female	Not Known	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South	Home Office
Slovakian	Male	Yorkshire	Local Authority
Slovakian	Female	Yorkshire	Local Authority
Nigerian	Female	South	Other
Moroccan	Female	West Midlands	Home Office
Cameroonian	Male	North East	Other
Not known	Female	South	Home Office
Nigerian	Female	Not Known	Home Office
Chinese	Male	West Midlands	NGO
Hungarian	Male	Yorkshire	NGO
Polish	Male	Yorkshire	Police
Nigerian	Female	South	NGO
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Lithuanian	Male	South West	Police
Romanian	Female	West Midlands	Police
Czech	Male	North West	Other
Sri Lankan	Female	South	Police
Pakistani	Male	Yorkshire	Home Office
Vietnamese	Male	South	Legal Representative
Romanian	Female	South	Other
Albanian	Female	South	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Nigerian	Female	South	NGO
Albanian	Female	West Midlands	NGO
Kenyan	Female	East	Home Office
Hungarian	Female	South East	Police
Slovakian	Male	Yorkshire	Local Authority
Slovakian	Female	Yorkshire	Local Authority
Kenyan	Female	South	Self Referral
Cameroonian	Female	North West	NGO
Albanian	Female	South	Police
Slovakian	Female	West Midlands	Police
Albanian	Male	South East	Police
Iranian	Male	South	NGO
Nigerian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South East	Other
Czech	Female	South West	NGO
Bulgarian	Male	South West	Police
Hungarian	Male	South	NGO
Albanian	Female	South	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South	NGO
Nigerian	Female	Wales	Home Office
Polish	Male	Yorkshire	Police
Ugandan	Female	South	Legal Representative
Vietnamese	Male	East Midlands	Legal Representative
Slovakian	Male	Yorkshire	Police
Slovakian	Female	Yorkshire	Police
Albanian	Female	South	Legal Representative
Ethiopian	Female	South	NGO
Albanian	Female	South	NGO
Iraqi	Female	East Midlands	NGO
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	NGO

01/11/2022

Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she authorised the UK’s classification of (a) Google, (b) Facebook, (c) webmail services and (d) other companies that operate in the UK as external communications.

James Brokenshire

External Communication is defined within the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 and the statutory Interception of Communications Code of Practice which was approved by Parliament and came into force on 1 July 2002. The Government has no present plans to amend the definition of external communication.

Under RIPA, interception warrants are issued by the Secretary of State.

01/11/2022

Mark Tami – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Tami on 2014-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Energy and Climate Change about the local socioeconomic effects of the Magnox nuclear sites before the award of the decommissioning contract on 31 March 2014; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Fallon

This Department has not had any discussion with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) about the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA) competition to secure a new Parent Body Organisation for Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd. The NDA ran the competition in strict accordance with UK and EU procurement regulations. Oversight and governance of the process was provided by the NDA’s Competition Programme Board. The Government is represented by the Shareholder Executive (on behalf of DECC), HM Treasury and Infrastructure UK.

01/11/2022

Jim Murphy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target to integrate climate adaptation and emissions reductions into development plans and poverty reduction strategies in Open Working Group negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals.

Justine Greening

The UK supports integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies into development plans and poverty reduction strategies. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.

The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.

01/11/2022

Harriet Harman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Harriet Harman on 2014-04-08.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children were aged under five in (a) London and (b) each London borough in each of the last five years.

Mr Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

01/11/2022

Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services by each prison in England and Wales in 2013; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used in each prison in 2013.

Jeremy Wright

The Ministry of Justice Language Services Contract commenced on the 31st October 2011 and went live operationally in January 2012. The new interpreting contract was introduced to tackle the inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the previous system and saved taxpayers £15m in its first year. We have seen dramatic improvements over the life of the contract so far, with performance currently at 94% success rate, record numbers of bookings are now being made and fulfilled, and we continue to drive further improvement in performance.

The number of occasions on which interpretation services were used, and the total cost of these for each prison in 2013, can be found in the table below:

Prison	Number of Jobs	Total Cost
HMP Shepton Mallet NOMS – Prisons	1	£37.30
HMP Sudbury NOMS – Prisons	1	£165.75
HMP Bedford	151	£2,307.40
HMP Belmarsh	274	£88,467.31
HMP Blundeston	10	£254.86
HMP Brixton	27	£2,488.47
HMP Bure	4	£646.30
HMP Cardiff	34	£211.13
HMP Dartmoor	4	£402.55
HMP Elmley	23	£796.05
HMP Erlestoke	3	£1,611.97
HMP Frankland	136	£25,122.43
HMP Guys Marsh	13	£802.64
HMP Haverigg	10	£454.78
HMP Hewell	61	£858.92
HMP Highpoint	48	£2,220.03
HMP Holme House	34	£1,220.84
HMP Leeds	108	£1,449.70
HMP Leyhill	3	£314.74
HMP Lindholme	18	£2,356.99
HMP Lindholme Learning Centre	2	£1,110.90
HMP Littlehey	13	£340.70
HMP Liverpool	99	£2,919.94
HMP Long Lartin	148	£182,180.50
HMP Manchester	635	£50,444.73
HMP Manchester – Public Protection	1	£101.76
HMP Manchester – Security	2	£223.74
HMP Norwich	403	£3,956.21
HMP Pentonville	355	£13,976.57
HMP Ranby	56	£1,232.89
HMP Send	22	£6,838.05
HMP Stocken	6	£165.27
HMP Sudbury	5	£1,835.27
HMP Swaleside	13	£2,015.00
HMP Swansea	70	£1,004.74
HMP Usk and Prescoed	51	£10,967.74
HMP Wandsworth	848	£114,603.82
HMP Wellingborough	1	£58.00
HMP Whatton	215	£53,315.58
HMP Woodhill	270	£4,613.79
HMP Wormwood Scrubs	133	£1,913.12
HMPOI Aylesbury	2	£94.65
HMPYOI Foston Hall	17	£413.64
HMPYOI Hindley	76	£1,164.26
HMPYOI Holloway	622	£6,280.04
HMPYOI Lewes	33	£412.99
HMPYOI Low Newton	112	£1,573.07
HMPYOI Moorland	120	£9,226.49
HMPYOI New Hall	189	£5,480.24
HMPYOI Reading	85	£5,259.40
HMYOI Portland	34	£1,803.30
Prison Service College	82	£27,913.31
HMP Acklington/Castington	20	£221.37
IRC Dover	1149	£9,902.50
HMP Durham	73	£471.58
HMP Hull	23	£743.00
HMP Huntercombe	123	£5,065.04
IRC Morton Hall	2762	£44,677.50
HMP Nottingham	169	£1,867.61
HMP Wakefield	163	£107,301.70
HMPYOI Warren Hill	16	£431.49
HMP Whitemoor	92	£30,026.31
HMP Wymott	25	£1,157.87
HMP Isle of Wight	10	£1,228.67
HMP YOI Isis	14	£1,101.08
Offender Safety, Rights & Responsibilities Group	282	£92,537.70
HMPYOI Brinsford	148	£1,462.78
HMP Bristol	49	£428.42
HMP Bullwood Hall	28	£7,846.42
HMP Canterbury	14	£152.28
HMYOI Chelmsford	163	£2,672.87
HMYOI Deerbolt	90	£1,013.15
HMP Dorchester	21	£183.41
HMPYOI Downview	17	£341.50
HMPYOI Drake Hall	136	£1,150.58
HMP Eastwood Park	422	£3,591.42
HMP Featherstone	37	£554.06
HMYOI Feltham	284	£2,910.20
HMP Gartree	12	£210.45
HMYOI/RC Glen Parva	132	£1,381.49
HMP Gloucester	15	£134.67
IRC Haslar	1121	£11,545.50
HMYOI Lancaster Farms	42	£420.75
HMP Leicester	75	£1,064.05
HMP Lincoln	103	£1,241.73
HMP Maidstone	8	£193.36
HMP Preston	52	£650.34
HMP Risley	73	£2,030.13
HMP Shrewsbury	3	£15.06
HMYOI Styal	113	£1,243.83
HMP The Verne	20	£322.28
HMP Wayland	6	£64.52
HMYOI Wetherby	42	£798.14
HMP Winchester	66	£1,891.31
HMP Exeter	43	£384.50
HMP High Down	35	£244.37
Hounslow Junior Attendance Centre	4	£34.22
HMP Buckley Hall	1	£36.00
HMP Bullingdon	16	£467.50
HMP Onley	11	£67.04
HMPYOI Swinfen Hall	4	£33.94
Equalities Group	1	£1.29
London (Romford) Junior Attendance Centre	23	£263.44
Bournemouth Junior Attendance Centre	1	£10.20
HMYOI Werrington	20	£246.41
HMP KENNET	4	£13.34
HMPYOI Northallerton	8	£71.75
HMYOI Rochester	12	£140.22
Cricklewood Junior Attendance Centre	1	£5.26
HMP Full Sutton	28	£2,540.22
HMP Stafford	2	£28.20
HMP Wealstun	3	£19.14
HMP Ford	1	£62.82
HMYOI Stoke Heath	9	£104.18
South London Greenwich Senior Attendance Centre	1	£28.60
HMP Everthorpe	3	£28.40
Essex Junior Attendance Centre (Wickford)	1	£0.77
Fulham Junior Attendance Centre	1	£11.75
Hertford Junior Attendance Centre	1	£232.80
HMPYOI Askham Grange	1	£1.74
HMP The Mount	5	£137.68
Assisted Prison Visits Unit	1	£940.63
HMP Garth	1	£6.88
Total	14138	£994,041.28

The costs for the provision of language services detailed in the table provided vary dependent upon the nature of the service used, and the length of the assignment. These services may include, Face to Face interpreters including provision for the deaf and deafblind, Telephone Interpreters and Written Translations.

01/11/2022

Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will take steps to encourage Betfair to recommence making payments to the voluntary British Greyhound Racing Fund.

Mrs Helen Grant

The Government would like to see greyhound racing remain a successful sport and encourages the greyhound and betting industries to continue to work constructively together, not least because they have a mutual interest in promoting effective welfare and integrity measures. However, the Government will not intervene in voluntary funding arrangements which are a matter for the Greyhound industry and its funders.

01/11/2022

David Ward – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Ward on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional resources his Department is making available to reduce the time taken to process requests for mandatory reconsideration of employment and support allowance decisions in West Yorkshire.

Esther McVey

We have targeted the resource we use nationally so that requests are processed as quickly as possible to minimise any undue delays, without compromising good quality decision-making.

In addition we are currently reviewing the customer journey to understand where the pinch points are in the decision making process in order to reduce the end to end journey time.

01/11/2022

Madeleine Moon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first became aware that they had been wrongly allowing armed forces personnel to be subjected to a double punishment under (a) AGA167 and (b) summary hearings; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

The Department first recognised the implications of changes to rehabilitation legislation relating to police cautions in September 2011, since when no administrative action has been taken against Service personnel who receive a police caution. Officials brought the issue to the attention of Ministers in early December 2011 and have provided further advice at intervals since then.

It would be inappropriate to disclose the options that officials have presented for consideration. This is a complex matter, and I will update the House when I have reached a judgement.

01/11/2022

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