The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rob Marris on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many LEA schools have been found to have paid the head teacher at such schools more than the publicly disclosed salary in each of the last three years.
Nick Gibb
Local authorities are responsible for the oversight of the schools they maintain and carry out their own programmes of financial monitoring.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Tonge on 2016-05-19.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the inclusion of Universal Health Coverage as a target in the World Health Organization report Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, published on 8 April 2016.
Baroness Verma
The UK Government welcomes the report of the World Health Organisation, which highlights the integrated and indivisible nature of all the Goals in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the role of health among them, and presents Universal Health Coverage as a target in itself and a contributor to the other health targets
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Barker on 2016-07-13.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many employers offered a package the value of which was above that normally permissible under a Cycle to Work Scheme in circumstances in which an employee had specific needs that required a specialist cycle due to a recognised disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
As this is not a Government scheme the Department for Transport does not collect data on how many employers offered or refused to offer, a package the value of which was above that normally permissible under a Cycle to Work Scheme under circumstances in which an employee had specific needs that required a specialist cycle due to a recognised disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 in (1) 2013–14, and (2) 2014–15.
This is because the Cycle to Work scheme is an employee benefit covered by an exemption and therefore employers do not have to make an annual tax return regarding the benefit; meaning the Department does not collect the data.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Martyn Day on 2016-09-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has provided to support victims of human trafficking in each year since 2010.
Sarah Newton
The Home Office and Ministry of Justice jointly fund the Adult Victims of Modern Slavery Care and Coordination Contract in England and Wales. Since July 2011, The Salvation Army has been delivering this service. The total Government funding over this period has been:
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Year |
Funding |
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2011-2012 |
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(July-June) |
£2.3 million |
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2012-2013 |
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(Jul-Jun) |
£3.8 million |
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2013-2014 |
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(July-June) |
£3.9 million |
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2014-2015 |
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(July -March) |
£4 million |
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2015-2016 |
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(April -March) |
£9 million |
The Home Office estimates that in 2013 there were between 10,000 and 13,000 potential victims of modern slavery in the UK.
In 2015 there were 3,266 of victims of human trafficking and other forms of modern slavery referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) – the UK’s framework for referring and supporting victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.
In addition, 427 potential victims of modern slavery were identified in England and Wales via the “duty to notify” requirement which requires specified public bodies to report to the Government all potential adult victims of modern slavery encountered in England and Wales who do not wish to be referred to the NRM. Similar provisions will shortly be in place in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-01-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the UN Relief and Work Agency of the potential effect of financial shortfalls in (a) 2015-16 and (b) future on the provision of aid to the Palestinian Territories.
Mr Desmond Swayne
The Secretary of State for International Development met UNRWA’s Commissioner General, Pierre Krahenbuhl, in December 2015 to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to UNRWA. Their discussion also focused on the important reforms UNRWA has been undertaking to address their chronic deficit and the need for UNRWA to diversify their donor base. The UK remains the third largest donor to UNRWA’s core budget and emergency appeals, in recognition of the important work that UNRWA does and that Palestinian refugees are a particularly vulnerable group across the region.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Belarusian counterpart on recent death penalty sentences handed down by Belarusian courts and the position of the Belarusian government on the abolition of the death penalty.
Mr David Lidington
The UK continues to press Belarus to implement a moratorium on the death penalty as a first step towards abolition.
Officials from London and in the Embassy in Minsk make representations to the Government of Belarus at each available opportunity. Most recently the Director General, Political at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office visited Minsk and spoke about the need for a moratorium on the death penalty during discussions with the Deputy Foreign Minister, Ms Alena Kupchina, on 9 February 2016.
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office is funding a conference on the death penalty to help stimulate debate about the advantages of a moratorium and abolition within the Government of Belarus and civil society.
The UK supports statements and demarches by the European Union on all death penalties handed down in Belarus.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Tugendhat on 2016-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mean time taken was between application for payment and receipt of the (a) Basic Farm Payment and (b) Single Farm Payment to individual farms in the UK in the financial year 2014-15.
George Eustice
We do not hold information on mean time taken between the application for payment and a receipt of payment for the Basic Payment Scheme and the Single Payment Scheme in England.
Like-for-like comparisons cannot be made as the scheme rules and consequent administrative checks are different.
As of 10 March 90.5% of farmers (1,661 of 1,835) in Kent had been paid their BPS claim.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steven Paterson on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Departments are involved in the national security checking of the text of the Iraq Inquiry report.
Matthew Hancock
The following Departments will be involved in National Security checking: Cabinet Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence and the Intelligence Agencies.
National Security checking will ensure that the Government meets its obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights so that on publication the lives or safety of individuals are not put at risk. It will also ensure that publication of the report will not compromise national security.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kennedy of Cradley on 2016-05-19.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many licensed firearms there are in the UK broken down by police force area.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The table provided contains statistics on the number of licensed firearms and shotguns, by police force area, in England and Wales as at 31 March 2015.
At this time there was a total of 1.34 million licensed shotguns and 0.53 million licensed firearms.The Home Office does not centrally hold any estimates for unlicensed firearms.
Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved administrations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-07-13.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what provisions they have in place to ensure that those studying in academies receive adequate sex and relationships education.
Lord Nash
The government believes that all children should have the opportunity to receive a high quality and appropriate sex and relationship education (SRE). SRE is compulsory in all maintained secondary schools, and many primary schools also teach it in an age-appropriate way.
Academies do not have to teach SRE but many choose to do so as part of their statutory duty to provide a broad and balanced curriculum. When academies do teach SRE they are required through their funding agreement to have regard to the Secretary of State’s Sex and Relationship Education Guidance.
The guidance makes clear that all SRE should be age-appropriate and helps young people to develop positive values and a moral framework that will guide their decisions, judgments and behaviour.