Tag: Bridget Phillipson

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-03-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 250W, on schools: construction, what the (a) final bid date in April 2014 and (b) expected decision date is.

David Laws

Final bids in the procurement are due to be received from the three shortlisted bidders on 17 April 2014, and the Education Funding Agency is scheduled to appoint a selected bidder by the end of May 2014.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-03-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 250W, on schools: construction, what the construction time-scale is for each of the 198 schools with which his Department is working in the Priority School Building Programme, but at which construction has not yet started.

David Laws

We are currently working with 221 schools in the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP). We will have commenced work with all schools by the end of 2014. Before building work can begin, plans must be drawn up, contracts negotiated and planning permission secured. Construction work has already started at 24 schools (20 under main works contracts and four under early works agreements). We expect that building work will have commenced at all schools by the end of 2016. All schools will be delivered by the end of 2017, two years earlier than originally planned.

Under Building Schools for the Future (BSF), it took three years from first planning for building works to begin. We have cut this to one year under the PSBP. Had we continued with BSF timescales, no PSBP schools would yet have started construction. The first school being rebuilt under the PSBP will open in May 2014.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-03-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 209W, on the Computer Misuse Act 1990, how his Department measures compliance with the Government’s cyber security strategy when rehabilitating and managing offenders convicted under the Computer Misuse Act 1990; and if he will make a statement.

Jeremy Wright

Public protection is the first priority in offender management and it is rehabilitation that best secures this in the long-term. Those working with offenders may routinely assess risk and progress of sentenced offenders under supervision in the community or custody. These assessments will in turn inform offender management decisions regarding the interventions offered or controls applied to an individual.

Progress against the Government’s wider Cyber Security Strategy was published in December 2013.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-03-24.

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 705-6W, on domestic violence: prosecutions, if he will estimate the number of victimless prosecutions for domestic violence-related offences in 2013.

Oliver Heald

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave her on the 13th February (Official Report, Col 706W).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 693W, on bus services: disability, how many public service vehicles (a) in each region and (b) operated by each operator have been issued with PSVAR certificates.

Stephen Hammond

I refer the Honourable Member to my answer of 20^th March 2014. As indicated there the Department for Transport’s annual bus statistics (published in September 2013) show that 78% of buses in England have been issued with PSVAR certificates, while 92% of buses are low floor.

The following table provides a breakdown of PSVAR certificates for each region:

Region	Buses with certificates	%Buses having certificates
East Midlands	1,400	72%
East of England	1,970	67%
London	8,880	97%
North East	1,370	73%
North West	3,900	76%
South East	2,690	71%
South West	1,950	63%
West Midlands	2,730	77%
Yorkshire and the Humber	2,800	69%
England	27,680	78%

The figures in this table are compiled from annual operator returns to the Department for Transport, which are not broken down by region. To compile the regional level estimates, each operator has been assigned to its main region of operation.

The returns are made under the Statistics of Trade Act 1947, and figures for individual operators are therefore considered as commercially confidential.