The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ronnie Cowan on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claimants there were in Inverclyde in 2015.
Justin Tomlinson
Information on the number of claimants in receipt of Personal Independence Payment, by month and a range of geographic breakdowns, including parliamentary constituency, is available from Stat-Xplore. https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Lord Bishop of Leeds on 2016-04-18.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 5 April (HL7332), what financial and technical assistance they are providing to the Kurdistan Regional Government in its efforts to document the evidence of mass graves and genocide committed by Daesh.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
We are aware of reports that mass graves have been discovered in northern Iraq. The relevant authorities in the Kurdistan Regional government (KRG) have not requested us to send forensic teams to investigate these reports, and we have no plans to do so.
We condemn in the strongest terms the targeting and persecution of Yezidis, Christians and other communities by Daesh. We continue to urge the Government of Iraq and the KRG to do all it can to ensure the security and rights of all communities in Iraq.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Geoffrey Cox on 2016-05-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made in his review of the effects of the one per cent rent reduction on small almshouse charities.
Brandon Lewis
The Social Housing Rents (Exceptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2016 provided a one year exception for almshouses from the one per cent rent reduction. We are carefully considering the approach for the second year of the reduction onwards, and my officials recently met the Almshouse Association to discuss this. Our aim is to ensure there is a workable and sustainable solution for almshouses, their residents and for taxpayers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-07-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions on people who have been granted refugee status in the UK being eligible to access disability living allowance.
Mr Robert Goodwill
There have been no recent discussions between the Home Office and Department of Work and Pensions Ministers about people who have been granted refugee status in the UK being eligible for disability living allowance.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Amanda Solloway on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing life skills into secondary education.
Edward Timpson
We are clear that as part of schools’ duty to teach a broad and balanced curriculum, all young people should be provided with a curriculum that prepares them for success in adult life. High quality personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) teaching has a vital role to play in this, helping young people understand the world around them, building resilience and helping them to make good choices and stay safe. We have made it clear in the introduction to the national curriculum that all schools should make provision for high quality, age appropriate PSHE, drawing on examples of good practice.
During the Education Select Committee hearing in September 2016, the Secretary of State agreed that we need to look again at how schools deliver high quality PSHE. We are considering all the options and will come to a view in due course..
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-01-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which (a) towns, (b) cities and (c) regions were the recorded locations of exploitation of potential victims of human trafficking referred to the UK National Referral Mechanism in 2014.
Karen Bradley
The table below shows the breakdown of the claimed location of exploitation for the 2,340 potential victims referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in 2014. The geographical location of exploitation is recorded by police force area only, for reporting and statistical purposes.
|
YEAR |
2014 |
|
Police for area of exploitation (claimed) |
Total |
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Avon & Somerset |
16 |
|
Bedfordshire |
12 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
31 |
|
Cheshire |
6 |
|
Cleveland |
8 |
|
Derbyshire |
6 |
|
Devon & Cornwall |
8 |
|
Dorset |
10 |
|
Durham |
3 |
|
Dyfed-Powys |
2 |
|
Essex |
12 |
|
Gloucestershire |
2 |
|
GMP |
38 |
|
Gwent |
5 |
|
Hampshire |
21 |
|
Hertfordshire |
4 |
|
Humberside |
2 |
|
Kent |
26 |
|
Lancashire |
2 |
|
Leicestershire |
7 |
|
Lincolnshire |
8 |
|
Merseyside |
7 |
|
Metropolitan |
232 |
|
Multiple locations |
83 |
|
Norfolk |
7 |
|
North Yorkshire |
13 |
|
Northamptonshire |
2 |
|
Northumbria |
12 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
14 |
|
Police Scotland |
44 |
|
PSNI |
30 |
|
South Wales |
7 |
|
South Yorkshire |
14 |
|
Staffordshire |
3 |
|
Suffolk |
3 |
|
Surrey |
1 |
|
Sussex |
8 |
|
Thames Valley |
17 |
|
Warwickshire |
4 |
|
West Mercia |
5 |
|
West Midlands |
51 |
|
West Yorkshire |
87 |
|
Wiltshire |
19 |
|
Overseas |
432 |
|
Unknown / Not recorded* |
1016 |
|
Total |
2340 |
* “Unknown/not-recorded” cases are ones where: • potential victims did not know the location of exploitation; and / or
• potential victims have been moved with the intention to exploit but have been identified before an act of exploitation has taken place; and / or
• frontline workers did not accurately record this data when initial referrals were made
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stewart Jackson on 2016-01-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response she has made to the recent letter from the Chair of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire and Rescue Authority detailing improvements in that Authority’s pay and recruitment arrangements following Ministerial intervention; and if she will make a statement.
Mike Penning
Melanie Dawes, the Permanent Secretary and Accounting Officer for the Department for Communities and Local Government, replied to Sir Peter Brown the chairman of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority, on 30 December. That letter reiterated the Government’s position that all parts of the public sector should continue to demonstrate restraint in the pay and reward offered to senior staff, and should ensure that the way that their workforces are managed is truly in the interests of taxpayers.
While fire and rescue authorities are independent employers and it is for their leadership to make local decisions about the pay, reward and appointment of their staff, the Government has taken a number of steps to increase the transparency and accountability of these local decisions, not least through the Localism Act 2011 and its associated guidance.
These measures have helped create the conditions in which decisions on senior remuneration are rightfully subject to significantly greater scrutiny, ensuring the public have the information they need to hold councillors to account at the ballot box.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many pupils in the North West have received funding from the European Regional Development Fund; and what the total investment from that fund in that region has been in each year since 2000.
James Wharton
The European Regional Development Fund does not provide funding to pupils.
The total investment for the Fund 2000-06 programme period in the North West was equivalent to just under £1.5 billion.
The figures for the 2007-13 European Regional Developement Fund programme, where investment commenced in 2009, are as follows:
|
Year |
Annual expenditure (£m) |
Cumulative expenditure (£m) |
|
2009 |
168.2 |
168.2 |
|
2010 |
56.3 |
224.5 |
|
2011 |
63.2 |
287.7 |
|
2012 |
60.8 |
348.5 |
|
2013 |
81.2 |
429.7 |
|
2014 |
123.8 |
553.5 |
|
2015 |
56.9 |
610.4 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool on 2016-03-21.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 24 February (HL6091) and paragraph 13 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2270, whether they are considering the expulsion of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s diplomatic personnel in London in respect of their submission of vessel registration changes to the International Maritime Organisation in 2014.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
We are not considering the expulsion of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea diplomats in respect of their submission of vessel registration changes to the International Maritime Organisation in 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord West of Spithead on 2016-04-18.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether children in schools are taught about the national flag, its history and development, and which way up to fly it.
Lord Nash
The Government believes that all young people should, as part of a broad and balanced education, acquire a firm grasp of the history of the country in which they live. That is why the history curriculum for key stages 1 to 3, which has been taught in maintained schools from September 2014, sets out the core knowledge that will enable pupils to know and understand the history of Britain from its first settlers to the development of the institutions that help to define our national life today.
Schools have the freedom to teach subjects beyond the content of the national curriculum, which may include teaching about the national flag.