The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women have been paid the minimum wage in (i) Ashfield constituency, (ii) each constituency in Nottinghamshire and (iii) England in each year since 2010.
Mr Rob Wilson
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 Madeleine Moon on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many square meters of stores facilities are available at (a) MOD Grantown-on-Spey, (b) MOD Llanwrst, (c) MOD Fairbourne and (d) MOD Crickhowell; when storage was built in each of those establishments; what the average cost of those storage facilities is; and if he will make a statement.
Mark Lancaster
The square metres of storage space at each of the four locations are as follows:
|
Training Centre |
Storage Space (sqm) |
|
Force Development Training Centre (FDTC) Crickhowell |
302 |
|
FDTC Fairbourne |
400 |
|
FDTC Grantown-on-Spey |
400 |
|
JointSchool for Adventurous Training Instructors (JSATI) Llanwrst |
502 |
Records of when the storage facilities were built are not held. However no storage facilities have been built in the last year. Scoping work for a new storage facility at FDTC Crickhowell is ongoing.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fiona Bruce on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the referrals made by the NSPCC human trafficking and modern slavery helpline between July 2014 and June 2015 were made to the police.
Karen Bradley
The NSPCC-run modern slavery helpline was launched in July 2014, as part of a wider awareness-raising campaign, to better support potential victims of modern slavery. For the period July 2014 to July 2015, £50,000 was made available to the NSPCC to run the modern slavery helpline. To support the launch of the helpline, training was provided by existing staff in the NSPCC child trafficking advice centre, the Metropolitan police’s human trafficking unit and the Modern Slavery Unit to NSPCC call-handlers at zero cost.
The NSPCC helpline routinely records the number of contacts made each month, how they are made, and by whom. The helpline also records the gender, age and nationality of potential victims, where that information is known or presumed. Between 31 July 2014 and 31 July 2015 the NSPCC modern slavery helpline received, in total, 849 contacts. These were comprised of 491 referrals, 107 advice cases and 251 enquiries. During the period 31 July 2014 to 31 July 2015 the helpline received a total of 57 contacts from potential victims themselves and in that same period the NSPCC made 272 referrals to the police. The NSPCC does not hold data on the number of contacts referred to the helpline by the police and other agencies that were subsequently referred back to those agencies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions a special adviser in her Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
My Special Adviser has accompanied me on four overseas visits since May 2015; three official visits to Dublin and one official visit to the USA.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mims Davies on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many public access defibrillators there are in (a) England and Wales and (b) public buildings in England.
Jane Ellison
This information is not collected centrally.
Following our 2015 Budget commitment on defibrillators, we have awarded the British Heart Foundation £1 million to make public access defibrillators and coronary pulmonary resuscitation training more widely available in communities across England.
The provision of defibrillators in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Government.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions a special adviser in his Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.
Justin Tomlinson
There have been 4 occasions since May 2015, where a DWP Special Adviser has accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anna Turley on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether monitoring activity was put in place by his Department to oversee the financial viability of SSI in Redcar.
Anna Soubry
It is up to companies to run their own financial affairs and to submit annual returns and accounts. My Department was aware of the serious financial difficulties facing SSI UK prior to its closure and made every effort within the bounds of the law to provide assistance where we could, including ensuring workers could be paid their monthly salaries.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Fearn on 2015-12-01.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the annual spending by inbound tourists to the UK and which countries are the 10 largest source markets from which those tourists come.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
According to the Office for National Statistics International Passenger Survey, inbound visitors to the UK spent £21.85 billion in 2014. The top ten inbound markets by spend last year are set out in the following table.
Top 10 inbound markets by value 2014
|
From |
Spend (£m) |
|
|
1 |
USA |
£2,944 |
|
2 |
Germany |
£1,478 |
|
3 |
France |
£1,434 |
|
4 |
Australia |
£1,224 |
|
5 |
Spain |
£1,082 |
|
6 |
Italy |
£922 |
|
7 |
Irish Republic |
£870 |
|
8 |
Netherlands |
£701 |
|
9 |
Norway |
£548 |
|
10 |
Sweden |
£503 |
More information can be found on the VisitBritain website –https://www.visitbritain.org/inbound-tourism-trends
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department examined international comparators when developing the policy of a reception baseline assessment; and if she will make a statement.
Nick Gibb
There are several examples, internationally, of children having some form of assessment when they start school. This helps teachers to assess where extra support is needed.
The reception baseline assessment will formally recognise the progress that schools make with children throughout the primary years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno on 2015-12-01.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many personal interviews with adults applying for a passport for the first time have been conducted in each year since such interviews were required, and what has been the total cost of conducting those interviews.
Lord Bates
The 2007-08 information below reflects the pilot and roll out of the Interview offices across this period of time. The increase in costs in 2008-09 reflects the final locations and staff starting. The reduction in costs between 2011 and 2012 reflects the reduction in locations.
|
Financial Year |
Number of Interviews |
Estate and staff costs (£) |
|
2007-08 |
85,051 |
31,915,273 |
|
2008-09 |
261,438 |
37,316,440 |
|
2009-10 |
297,575 |
36,756,542 |
|
2010-11 |
296,312 |
31,087,014 |
|
2011-12 |
257,518 |
10,289,941 |
|
2012-13 |
283,341 |
9,269,802 |
|
2013-14 |
277,560 |
8,946,213 |