The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the deportation order served on Didier Pierre Paulet on 19 November 2007 pursuant to a recommendation by a Crown Court Judge for deportation has been implemented; and if she will make a statement.
Karen Bradley
The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when officials of his Department in Harare last met the Zimbabwean government director of pensions to discuss distribution of the funds reserved for payment to overseas pensioners; and if he will make a statement.
Mark Simmonds
We continue to pursue a resolution to the non-payment of Zimbabwe civil servant pensions and are in regular contact with the interested parties, including the Overseas Service Pensioners Association (OSPA) and the Federal Pensioners Association in Harare.
UK officials last spoke with the Director of Pensions at the end of January and are still pursuing a response from the Zimbabwean Civil Service Commission to our letter from December 2013. We have also raised the issue since with other interlocutors, including the Zimbabwean Ambassador in London.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Roadworthiness Directive on the owners of historic vehicles in the UK.
Stephen Hammond
The Department will shortly start seeking views and evidence from interested organisations, individuals and the devolved administrations on the best way to implement the new rules in Directive 2014/45/EU relating to historic vehicles. We will seek to minimise burdens while supporting road safety. Any changes need not come in to force in domestic legislation until May 2018.
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:
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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.