The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Randerson on 2016-04-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to consult on a replacement regime once the current night-flight regime comes to an end in October 2017, and when that consultation is expected to take place.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Government intends to consult on a new night flights regime later this year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-06-06.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the drivers of rickshaws that carry paying passengers have to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the requirements for other taxi service providers.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The legislation covering rickshaws, or pedicabs, is different across England.
In London they are classified as stage coaches, and therefore are exempted from taxi licensing and do not need a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The Government however is looking to bring forward legislation to regulate pedicabs in London.
Outside London they fall under taxi licensing, and drivers must therefore pass the ‘fit and proper person’ test mandated by whichever local authority they are licensed in.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2016-07-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ensure that British citizens continue to benefit from the rules on flight delays covered by EU Regulation 261/2004.
Mr John Hayes
While we remain a full member of the EU, we retain the same rights and obligations as all other Members, including those covered by the existing directives and regulations, such as rules on flight delays under EU Regulation 261/2004.
The future application of this legislation will depend on the outcome of negotiating a new relationship with the EU.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rehman Chishti on 2016-10-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on UK support for the global eradication of polio; and what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on eradication of that disease in those countries.
James Wharton
The UK is fully committed to global polio eradication and is the third largest donor to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, providing £300million for 2013 to 2019. The UK is also the largest donor to Gavi; which has led the rapid global scale up of Inactivated Polio Vaccine. DFID helps sustain global political commitment and ensures the eradication programme has a strong focus on results and delivering value for money.
The Governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria have shown extraordinary commitment to polio eradication. DFID officials work closely with their counterparts in these three endemic countries to support their national efforts towards this historic cause.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-01-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential damage to housing and infrastructure and loss of life that would result from an aircraft crashing on approach or arrival at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports.
Mr Robert Goodwill
For people living and working near airports, safety is best achieved by ensuring the safe operation of aircraft in flight.However, in areas of greater risk, we seek to control the number of people at risk through the Public Safety Zone (PSZ) system.Public Safety Zones are areas of land at the ends of the runways at the busiest airports, within which development is restricted in order to control the number of people on the ground at risk of death or injury in the event of an aircraft accident on take-off or landing. The implementation of Public Safety Zone policy at civil airports is based on modelling work carried out using appropriate aircraft accident data to determine the level of risk to people on the ground around airports.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-01-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release on its Spending Review 2015 settlement, published on 25 November 2015, what proportion of the £23 billion for capital investment will be spent on (a) opening new academies, (b) creating additional school places, (c) opening new free schools and (d) rebuilding schools and addressing maintenance needs.
Edward Timpson
The £23 billion will allow us to open a further 500 free schools, support the provision of over 600,000 additional school places, rebuild and refurbish over 500 schools and address essential school maintenance needs.
We have already allocated £7 billion for the creation of new school places this parliament. We are currently in the process of determining allocations for future years.
Between 2015 and 2018 we will also invest £4.2bn of allocations across schools, local authorities, academy trusts and voluntary aided partnerships to improve the condition of those schools. We will announce details of condition allocations beyond 2018 in due course.
We are delivering £2.4 billion of investment across 260 schools through the first phase of the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP), which began in 2012 and is now into the delivery phase.
A further £2 billion across 277 schools will be invested through the second phase of the PSBP by 2021.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stuart C. McDonald on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was levied in respect of service credits in each key performance indicator designated met in respect of each Compass region in each year from 2012-13 to 2015-16 to date.
James Brokenshire
The Home Office has a rigorous contract compliance regime in place to ensure that the required performance standards expected of all providers, as defined in the contracts, are met. This includes monthly contract management and quarterly strategic review meetings, as well as regular daily discussions with COMPASS providers’ operational delivery managers about day to day issues. The Home Office investigates complaints it receives from service users and third parties and works with contractors to ensure that any issues raised are addressed promptly.
Performance against each key performance indicator (KPI) is measured and may, dependent upon the level of non-conformance, lead to the application of a KPI score. The overall/total score across all KPIs is then used to determine the value of Service Credit (rebate) which should be deducted from the monthly invoice. If an individual KPI is met, no score is accrued and no service credit applies. The following table indicates the amount of service credits recovered following KPI non-conformance for each of the COMPASS contracts from the start of the contracts.
|
2013-2014 |
2014-2015 |
2015-2016 (YTD) |
TOTAL |
|
|
Serco SNI |
£773, 792 |
£156,156 |
£443, 545 |
£1,373,493 |
|
Serco NW |
£3,137, 017 |
£1,974 |
0 |
£3,138,991 |
|
G4S MEE |
£1,349, 475 |
0 |
0 |
£1,349, 475 |
|
G4S NEYH |
£368, 107 |
0 |
0 |
£368, 107 |
|
CRH WSW |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
CRH LSE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
£5,628, 391 |
£158,130 |
£443, 545 |
£6,230,066 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2016-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding his Department received from the European Social Fund (a) between 2007 and 2014 and (b) from 2014 to the last month for which data is available.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office has received no funding from the European Social Fund.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rushanara Ali on 2016-04-22.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in HM Revenue and Customs funding on efforts to tackle tax evasion and avoidance.
Mr David Gauke
In the last Parliament, more than 40 changes were made to tax law, closing down loopholes and introducing major reforms to the UK tax-system. These measures are estimated to have raised over £12 billion by the end of 2015-16.
At Summer Budget 2015, the government gave HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) an extra £800 million to fund additional work to tackle evasion and non-compliance by 2020-21. This will enable HMRC to recover a cumulative £7.2 billion in tax over the next five years by tackling evasion and non-compliance. It is committed to raising an additional £5 billion a year through tackling tax avoidance, aggressive tax planning, tax evasion, non-compliance and imbalances in the tax system by 2019-20.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town on 2016-06-06.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to implement the findings of the Waterson Review on secondary ticketing published on 26 May as required by section 94 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
The Government is considering Professor Waterson’s Review and will publish its response in due course.