Tag: 2016

Mrs Anne Main – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mrs Anne Main on 2016-03-10.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people from other EU member states have (a) entered the UK in each year since 2006 and (b) are living in the UK; and under what heading those people are classified in the provisions of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006.

Mr Rob Wilson

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

01/01/2023
Angela Rayner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angela Rayner on 2016-04-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of members of master trust pension schemes.

Justin Tomlinson

The Pensions Regulator publish such estimates in their ‘DC Trust: a presentation of scheme return data’ publication, which can be found at the following link for 2015-16:

http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/doc-library/dc-trust-a-presentation-of-scheme-return-data-2016.aspx

This publication shows that there were 3.9m members in master trust schemes as at 31 December 2015.

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01/01/2023
Greg Mulholland – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-05-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the average hourly earnings were of his Department’s (a) BME and (b) non-BME employees in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.

David Mundell

The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly. All staff that join, do so on assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government, who remain the employer. Detailed information in relation to average hourly earnings of BME and non-BME staff would be a matter for these bodies. The Scotland office does not hold the information requested.

01/01/2023
Gerald Howarth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gerald Howarth on 2016-07-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps (a) local authorities, (b) housing associations, (c) his Department and (d) the National Audit Office have taken to investigate the extent of fraud relating to the Right to Buy scheme.

Brandon Lewis

This Government takes fraud extremely seriously. The Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 increased the deterrent to tenants considering cheating the system, ensuring those who do cheat are detected more easily and punished more severely, and encourages social landlords to take a more proactive approach to tackling tenancy fraud.

We also provided £19 million funding to help councils tackle tenancy fraud as part of over £35 million government funding to tackle fraud across local government.

We have recently set up a Right to Buy Working Group with representative of housing associations, local authorities and lenders to identify additional safeguards to curb fraud when the Voluntary Right to Buy scheme is rolled out to 1.3 million housing association tenants. Work is underway developing the detailed design of the scheme in collaboration with the housing association sector, specifically looking at how fraud and opportunistic practice prevention measures can, as far as possible, be designed into the sales process.

01/01/2023
Hilary Benn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hilary Benn on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls have been made by employers to the Employer Checking Service in each of the last five years.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Employer Checking Service deals with checks submitted by employers via the web-based form.

In the calendar year of 2011 the Employer Checking Service processed 33,769 checks.

In the calendar year of 2012 the Employer Checking Service processed 52,868 checks.

In the calendar year of 2013 the Employer Checking Service processed 59,452 checks.

In the calendar year of 2014 the Employer Checking Service processed 67,609 checks.

In the calendar year of 2015 the Employer Checking Service processed 69,606 checks.

From 1st January 2016 to 9th October 2016 the Employer Checking Service processed 33,095.

01/01/2023

Stuart C. McDonald – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stuart C. McDonald on 2016-01-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2015 to Question 8772, how many people have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea each week since then by (a) HMS Enterprise and (b) all Royal Navy vessels.

Penny Mordaunt

The total number of migrants rescued each week by all Royal Navy vessels in the Mediterranean in support of the EU Naval Forces Operation tackling migrant smuggling and trafficking (EUNAVFOR Op SOPHIA) since 9 September 2015 are:

Week commencing	Number of Migrants Rescued by HMS ENTERPRISE	Number of Migrants Rescued by HMS RICHMOND
07-September 2015	0
14-September 2015	377
21-September 2015	220
28-September 2015	0
05-October 2015	639
12-October 2015	0
19-October 2015	0
26-October 2015	439	102
02-November 2015	134
09-November 2015	0
16-November 2015	0
23-November 2015	54
30-November 2015	414
07-December 2015	0
14-December 2015	0
21-December 2015	0
28-December 2015	188
04-January 2016	0
11-January 2016	0
18-January 2016	0
Total	2,331	236 Total 2,537

HMS ENTERPRISE deployed to the Mediterranean on 3 July 2015 and is the current UK contribution to EUNAVFOR Op SOPHIA.

In addition, the UK contributed HMS RICHMOND to EUNAVFOR Op SOPHIA from 25 October 2015 to 21 November 2015.

01/01/2023

Lord Blencathra – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Blencathra on 2016-02-22.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 19 February (HL5998) regarding the case of Mark Pearson, who in the Crown Prosecution Service made the decision to present to the court a video that was run at half the normal speed.

Lord Keen of Elie

In the case concerned there was no video evidence. The police created a disc containing a series of still images with gaps of around a second in time. The timing of each image was clearly shown. The disc was served on the defence but was not played in court by the prosecution. The defence adduced their own disc as part of their case. The prosecution did not rely on the still images because at the trial the identification of the defendant was not in issue.

01/01/2023
Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-03-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve roads to ensure that they are safe for both motorists and cyclists.

Andrew Jones

The Government fully understands how important it is to have a safe road network for all road users, which is why we are providing a record £6 billion for local highways maintenance in England (outside London).

01/01/2023
Lord Touhig – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Touhig on 2016-04-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual operating cost of the Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College.

Earl Howe

The annual operating cost for the Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College for academic year 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016 is £14,532,603.

01/01/2023
Richard Fuller – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2016-05-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to apply provisions equivalent to those of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 to England.

Justin Tomlinson

The Government currently has no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to apply provisions equivalent to those of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 to England.

Last year the Minister for Disabled People published a written statement announcing that DWP would lead a Market Review of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting provision, which would engage with Deaf people and stakeholder groups to examine opportunities that could strengthen and improve the market in the long term.

The Call for Evidence for this review opened in January 2016 and closed in March 2016. We received hundreds of comprehensive submissions of evidence, which we are currently analysing.

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