The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Scotland who reach state pension age in 2016-17 will receive the full flat rate of the new state pension.
Justin Tomlinson
The Department cannot model the impact of the new State Pension at a regional or country specific level. Results for the whole of Great Britain can be found at:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Hollobone on 2016-04-25.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many young people from Kettering constituency have participated in the National Citizen Service in each of the last three years.
Mr Rob Wilson
I am very pleased to report that around 2,500 young people in Kettering have participated in NCS over the past three years. The NCS Trust does not collect data at a constituency level. Therefore, the figures below are for the local authority area of Northamptonshire:
2013 – 542 participants
2014 – 1,032 participants
2015 – 1,103 participants
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steven Paterson on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) army, (b) navy and (c) RAF personnel have registered with a doctor in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Mark Lancaster
The following table provides the number of UK Armed Forces personnel with a Defence Medical Services registration at a Ministry of Defence (MOD) medical practice in Scotland at various points in time since 1 July 2013:
|
As at |
Naval Service |
Army |
RAF |
Total |
|
1 July 2013 |
4,170 |
3,840 |
3,080 |
11,080 |
|
1 July 2014 |
4,190 |
3,790 |
2,580 |
10,560 |
|
1 July 2015 |
4,260 |
3,410 |
1,190 |
9,650 |
|
1 April 2016 |
4,820 |
3,890 |
1,920 |
10,640 |
It should be noted that due to rounding, subtotals by Service will not always add up to the total.
The MOD does not hold records of all Armed Forces personnel and Veterans who are registered with an NHS medical practice in Scotland.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of the annual returns or confirmation statements submitted to Companies House since 1 July 2016 did not contain information on the relevant company’s persons of significant control.
Margot James
There should be no confirmation statements on the public register that do not contain any information on the relevant company’s persons of significant control (PSC). Any confirmation statement submitted to Companies House without any information about PSCs will be rejected.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2016 to Question 42842 and with reference to freedom of information requests ref: 2016-0032573 and ref: 2016-0042333, on pupil data sharing with the police and Home Office, on how many people has data been (a) requested and (b) provided in response to requests for information to the National Pupil Database made by the (i) Home Office and (ii) police; and if she will make a statement.
Nick Gibb
The National Pupil Database (NPD) is information the Department for Education (DfE) holds on pupils attending schools in England, which includes information collected in the School Census and attainment data from awarding organisations.
The Home Office and police can request data from the NPD where they have clear evidence that a child may be at risk or if there is evidence of criminal activity. The data that can be requested does not include information on nationality, country of birth or English language proficiency.
Between April 2012 and October 2016, the Police have made 31 access requests of the NPD data and the School Census. 21 of these have resulted in information being passed to the police. All were requests for individual level data about individual pupils. Therefore, information about 21 pupils has been shared.
“Between July 2015 and September 2016, the Home Office has made requests of DfE data on 25 occasions. Two of these requests were subsequently withdrawn. During this 15 month period, requests relating to a total of 2,462 individuals have been made by the Home Office to DfE and 520 records have been identified within DfE data and returned to the Home Office.”
To address any uncertainties, I have placed an information note in the House Libraries.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ann Clwyd on 2016-01-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Kurdistan counterpart on the current status of the parliament of the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament has been in recess since 12 October 2015 following an escalation in tensions between Kurdish parties over the extension of the term of Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani. This situation has now de-escalated slightly and negotiations over the extension are ongoing. During my visit to Erbil in December, I made clear to all those I met the importance of the parties working together to resolve this issue peacefully, in the spirit of compromise and respecting democratic principles.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many home visits were provided to adult social care clients (a) in total and (b) per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over in each English local authority in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2014-15.
Alistair Burt
We are informed by the Health and Social Care Information Centre that the information requested is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
George Eustice
The table below shows the amount of overtime paid to staff in core-Defra in each of the last 24 months.
|
Month |
Amount |
Month |
Amount |
|
January 2016 |
£33,554 |
January 2015 |
£35,948 |
|
December 2015 |
£27,057 |
December 2014 |
£28,661 |
|
November 2015 |
£22,909 |
November 2014 |
£16,501 |
|
October 2015 |
£16,567 |
October 2014 |
£13,301 |
|
September 2015 |
£15,046 |
September 2014 |
£17,162 |
|
August 2015 |
£24,904 |
August 2014 |
£36,683 |
|
July 2015 |
£20,092 |
July 2014 |
£22,531 |
|
June 2015 |
£14,361 |
June 2014 |
£10,520 |
|
May 2015 |
£7,956 |
May 2014 |
£18,307 |
|
April 2015 |
£25,870 |
April 2014 |
£29,799 |
|
March 2015 |
£18,566 |
March 2014 |
£45,721 |
|
February 2015 |
£23,534 |
February 2014 |
£34,667 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the Directors in his Department has responsibility for the Armed Forces Covenant.
Justin Tomlinson
The department takes its ongoing responsibilities under the Armed Forces Covenant very seriously. Pete Searle, the Strategy Director for Working Age Benefits, is DWP’s Armed Forces Advocate responsible for ensuring that the needs of service personnel, their families and veterans are properly catered for by the Department. This means ensuring that these groups are not disadvantaged as a result of military service, and providing special treatment where appropriate.
Every Jobcentre district has an “Armed Forces Champion” to provide a level of expertise for Jobcentres on Armed Forces matters. This is backed up by guidance covering the special rules that are in place, such as ex-service personnel having early access to the Work Programme, and information on any particular challenges they may face, such as the impact on employment prospects of frequent changes in locations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Will Quince on 2016-04-25.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2016 to Question 34465, if HM Revenue and Customs will take steps to enable web-users to include honours when completing government online forms.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does allow customers to enter their title but it does not allow customers to enter other honours. Major changes would be required to a wide range of internal HMRC IT services to capture and store this information. The cost of making such changes would be disproportionate.