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, 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 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to publish the Government’s response to the review of gambling advertising before the General Election.

Mrs Helen Grant

Yes.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the productivity of the NHS in England in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Jane Ellison

The most comprehensive and reliable estimates of productivity for the National Health Service in England are compiled by the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York. Their published series provides data from 1998/99 onwards and the latest available data relates to 2011/12, published in January 2014.

Total factor productivity, adjusted for quality change, was -1.25% in 2009/10, +3.21% in 2010/11 and +2.13% in 2011/12. This is the first time that the series had shown two consecutive years of positive productivity growth.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles a similar series for the whole of the United Kingdom, on a calendar year basis. The latest ONS results were published in January 2015 and show productivity growth rates for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 as -1.3%, 0.6%, 3.5%, 0.9% respectively.

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.

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, what progress his Department has made on placing the public forest estate on a sustainable footing; and if he will make a statement.

Dan Rogerson

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy), on 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 516W.

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, whether garages, boiler rooms and other non-habitable areas affected by flooding are eligible for the Repair and Renew Grant.

Dan Rogerson

The “Repair and Renew” grant is available to establish resilience and resistance measures in properties to minimise the risk of damage caused by flooding. As it stands, the grant only applies to homes and businesses affected by flooding and excludes non-habitable areas.