Tag: Christopher Chope

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken for the determination of applications for Tier 4 visas Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies certificates was in the last period for which figures are available; and what the average time taken for applications equivalent to those applications was in the period before that period.

James Brokenshire

Information on the average time taken to decide a Confirmation of Acceptance
for Studies request application is not routinely published.

There are two types of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) requests
that a sponsor can submit:

An ‘annual CAS request’ for an allocation of CAS to cover a 12 month period
An ‘ in-year CAS request’ if additional CAS are needed at any point during
the year.

The Home Office introduced a published service standard on 1 January 2014 of 18
weeks and aims to conclude all such cases within that timeframe.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to determine the application by CTC Aviation, dated 10 October 2014, for an allocation of Tier 4 (General) Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies visas for pilot training; and if she will direct officials to make an interim allocation to enable the needs of that body’s current clients to be met.

James Brokenshire

CTC Aviation’s application for an allocation of Tier 4 (General) Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies was approved on 12 February 2015. The application was processed within the published 18 week service standard.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to determine the application by CTC Aviation, dated 18 November 2014, for Highly Trusted Sponsor status for pilot training; and what the reason is for the time taken to determine that application.

James Brokenshire

The Highly Trusted Sponsor status application by CTC Aviation was granted on 12 February 2015. The application was decided within the published 18 week service standard.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date officials of his Department were informed that arrangements had failed for a commercial bank to facilitate payments to overseas pensioners out of funds reserved by the government of Zimbabwe; and when he expects an alternative service provider to be in place.

Mark Simmonds

We were in regular contact with the commercial bank following the request by the Government of Zimbabwe to facilitate the payment of pensions. They formally confirmed to the Government of Zimbabwe on 6 November that they were unable to act as the service provider, though had informed us of this decision in the preceding weeks.

The payment of Zimbabwe public service pensions is the responsibility of the Government of Zimbabwe. We will continue to encourage them, and any possible service provider, to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what basis the Government calculates entitlement to holiday pay for civil servants.

Mr Francis Maude

This is a matter delegated to individual Civil Service Departments and agencies under the Civil Service Management Code (CSMC).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will introduce legislative proposals that employers be required to calculate holiday pay solely by reference to standard contract hours.

Jenny Willott

There are no current plans to require employers to calculate holiday pay solely by reference to standard contract hours.

The arrangements for holiday pay are set out in the Working Time Regulations 1998.

These arrangements differ according to the working pattern of the individual worker. If a worker has fixed hours and fixed pay, then a week’s holiday pay is the same amount as a worker receives for each week’s work. If the worker has no fixed hours, then a week’s holiday pay represents the average pay that a worker received over the previous 12 weeks.

More information about holiday pay can be found on the Gov.UK website at

https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/holiday-pay-the-basics

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of interpretation services provided to the (a) magistrates’ courts and (b) Crown Court in England and Wales in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The Department does not hold centrally all of the information that has been requested. In order to provide the information we would be required toobtain a number of large reports from individual locations. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals from (a) the EU and (b) countries outside the EU have been defendants in the (i) magistrates courts and (ii) Crown courts in England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not the specific circumstances of each case. It is not possible to identify from this centrally held information the nationality of offenders sentenced for criminal offences.

Court proceedings data for 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants being held in custody pending trial are foreign nationals.

Jeremy Wright

Information on the remand population is published quarterly and the latest available data is as at 31 March 2014 and can be found in Table 1.6 of the Prison Population spreadsheet Q1 2014 via the weblink below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-december-2013-and-annual

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects work to all properties identified by the Environment Agency in Christchurch constituency as being suitable for Property Level Protection against flooding to be completed.

Dan Rogerson

As part of schemes funded through Local Levy and Flood Defence Grant-in-Aid, work to protect ten properties in the Mudeford and Stanpit area is planned for 2015.

Property-level protection measures were installed at twelve properties in Stony Lane, Christchurch earlier this year.