Tag: 2016

  • Tom Watson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Tom Watson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2016-09-12.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department have applied for career breaks in the last 12 months.

    Ben Gummer

    Records of applications for career breaks – approved and rejected – are not held centrally and would incur disproportionate costs to determine.

    I can confirm, however, that at 31st August 2016, 26 officials in my Department had commenced an approved career break in the last 12 months.

  • Nicholas Soames – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Nicholas Soames – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-10-19.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have indicated that they have non-domiciled status on their tax returns in each of the last five years for which such data is available.

    Jane Ellison

    The information requested is set out below :

    Tax Year

    Number of Non-Domiciled Individuals

    Number of UK Resident Non-Domiciled Individuals

    Income Tax Paid by UK Resident Non-Domiciled Individuals (£bn)

    Proportion of Total UK Income Tax (%) paid by UK Resident Non-Domiciled Individuals

    2010/11

    115,100

    80,900

    6.09

    4%

    2011/12

    113,200

    80,200

    6.20

    4%

    2012/13

    116,600

    81,700

    6.29

    4%

    2013/14

    118,200

    83,000

    6.56

    4%

    2014/15

    118,100

    83,400

    6.44

    4%

  • Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-01-12.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most common causes of death of children were in (a) England and Wales and (b) each London borough in (i) 2014, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2005 and (iv) 2000.

    Mr Rob Wilson

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

  • Baroness Rebuck – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Baroness Rebuck – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Rebuck on 2016-02-04.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the merger of the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion.

    Baroness Neville-Rolfe

    No assessment has been made of the merger of these two independent organisations.

  • Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-03-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations to the Indian government on the incidence of attacks on Christian property and families in parts of that country.

    Mr Desmond Swayne

    India’s Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion. The Indian government has a range of policies and programmes to support religious minorities. However, incidents of discrimination against minority communities in India, including Christians, do still occur.

    Officials at the British High Commission continue to discuss minority issues, including religious tolerance of Christians, with civil society, the Indian National Commission for Minorities, with Indian ministers and ministries, and with relevant State-level authorities.

  • Karl McCartney – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    Karl McCartney – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl McCartney on 2016-04-11.

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure equality of educational attainment between boys and girls at all key stages.

    Nick Gibb

    Our goal is to deliver educational excellence everywhere, so that every child and young person can achieve to the best of his or her ability. Girls’ key stage 2 results are better than ever and their entries to mathematics and science A levels have increased by more than 12,000 since 2010. We continue to consider what more needs to be done to support equality in educational attainment, in particular the justified concerns about white working class boys.

  • Anne Main – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Anne Main – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne Main on 2016-05-03.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have spent on infraction proceedings in each of the last 10 years.

    Matthew Hancock

    The Cabinet Office, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have incurred nil expenditure on infraction proceedings before the European Court of Justice.

    Figures held centrally by the Cabinet Office are set out below, which show costs incurred by other government departments in engaging counsel as a result of infraction proceedings issued against the UK before the Court.

    2010/2011

    2011/2012

    2012/2013

    2013/2014

    2014/2015

    2015/2016

    2016/2017 (year to date)

    BIS

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    CO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DCLG

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DCMS

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DECC

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DEFRA

    Nil

    £1,740.00

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    £8,791.61

    £966.66

    DfE

    £780.00

    3,630.00

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DfT

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DFID

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    DH

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    NIl

    NIl

    DWP

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    FCO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    HMT (HMRC)

    £687.50

    £3,797.50

    £16,610.67

    £24,004.95

    £6,749.99

    £9,834.99

    Nil

    HO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    MoD

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    MoJ

    Nil

    Nil

    £2,520.00

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    NIO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    SO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    WO

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    Nil

    *The above represents all data held. We do not hold financial records on these matters before FY 2010/2011.

    The UK has never been fined by the European Court of Justice as a result of infraction proceedings.

    Costs for departments include costs incurred by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which they are the lead department. While some departments will have incurred ad hoc costs in the pre-litigation stage of infraction proceedings, and costs associated with the attendance of government officials at infraction hearings, the cost of identifying that data would be disproportionate.

    Departments do not quantify the cost of time spent by government officials throughout the infractions process.

  • Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2016-06-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the Digital Economy Bill.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    The Digital Economy Bill will be introduced to Parliament shortly.

  • Jeff Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Jeff Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jeff Smith on 2016-09-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect on consumers of the practice by certain mobile phone companies of enforcing a two-week wait before customers can receive their unlock codes in order to change provider.

    Matt Hancock

    At Autumn Statement 2015, we challenged the mobile phone industry to improve their handset unlocking practices; since then operators have committed to unlocking many more of their customers’ handsets for free, and as of this autumn, no major mobile provider will charge a customer to unlock their phone outside of an initial contract period.

    During the Government assessment of handset unlocking practices in early 2016, the major mobile providers were challenged on their turnaround times for issuing unlock codes. Although many providers state that it can take up to 10 working days to issue an unlock code, this is only in the instance that the provider has to contact the handset manufacturer to obtain the unlocking code. In the majority of cases, providers are able to issue unlock codes within 1-3 working days.

  • Helen Hayes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Helen Hayes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Hayes on 2016-10-19.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending a ban from operating as a letting agent or sales agent to include a ban on operating as a sales agent or letting agent.

    Gavin Barwell

    The Housing and Planning Act 2016 introduces a package of measures to help local authorities crack down on rogue landlords and letting agents. They include the ability to seek a banning order against a landlord or letting or managing agent who has been convicted of a banning order offence. This provision is expected to come into force in 2017.

    There are separate powers to ban sales agents under the Estate Agents Act 1979. Letting agents and sales agents carry out different functions and operate under different legislation. We do not currently have any plans to introduce legislation that would ban someone from being a sales agent where they have been banned from being a letting agent or vice versa. I would be happy to meet the hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood to discuss this issue.