Tag: Dan Jarvis

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-05-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Pension Regulator to conclude its investigation into the Carrington Wire pension scheme.

Steve Webb

This is a matter for the Pensions Regulator which has operational independence.

Inevitably in complex cases involving foreign companies where it appears that scheme abandonment may have taken place, it can take some time for the Regulator to complete the thorough investigations needed to establish whether the legal tests in relation to its ‘anti-avoidance’ powers, including the power to issue contribution notices, are met.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response times in (a) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley, (c) Rotherham and (d) Sheffield was in each year since May 2010; and what the national average response time was in each of those years.

Jane Ellison

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.

Information is not available before 2011.

Table: The median ambulance response times to treatment for category A¹ (red 1 and red 2 calls require staff to arrive at the scene of the incident within eight minutes in 75% of cases) calls for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, April 2011 to April 2014

Month	Median time to treatment for Category A calls (in minutes)
April 2011	5.4
May 2011	5.2
June 2011	5.2
July 2011	5.3
August 2011	5.2
September 2011	5.2
October 2011	5.3
November 2011	5.2
December 2011	5.4
January 2012	5.0
February 2012	5.3
March 2012	5.1
April 2012	4.9
May 2012	5.0
June 2012	5.1
July 2012	5.3
August 2012	5.3
September 2012	5.5
October 2012	5.5
November 2012	5.5
December 2012	6.0
January 2013	5.7
February 2013	5.7
March 2013	5.5
April 2013	5.3
May 2013	5.2
June 2013	5.3
July 2013	5.6
August 2013	5.6
September 2013	5.5
October 2013	5.6
November 2013	5.7
December 2013	5.9
January 2014	5.5
February 2014	5.7
March 2014	5.6
April 2014	6.4

Source: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England

www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators

Notes:

1. Category A calls are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.

2. It is not possible to calculate the median time to treatment for England from the medians for individual Ambulance Trust.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost of sending a copy of the Magna Carta to every school.

Elizabeth Truss

Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament are included within the new history curriculum, to be taught in maintained secondary schools from September 2014.

To support teachers to commemorate the 800^th anniversary, a range of projects and resources are being provided by Parliament and others for primary and secondary school pupils.

We have no plans to send a copy of the Magna Carta to every school and therefore have not made an estimate of what this might cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking and what budget he has allocated to help tackle youth unemployment in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire.

Esther McVey

The Government are aware of the problems facing young jobseekers in the labour market and have put in place a substantial menu of provision to help them move into work.

The Youth Contract provides intensive support for all 18-24 year olds. Extra funding is being made available to support the most vulnerable 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training into learning, an apprenticeship or job with training.

This comprehensive package of support is enhanced by the Flexible Support Fund, which Jobcentre Plus District managers can use to address locally identified skills needs. Also, the Work Programme provides tailored support to those claimants furthest from the labour market.

Additionally, on the 14^th of November, the Deputy Prime Minister announced that funding of £50m Youth Contract under spend would be made available to cities.

For the Sheffield City Region they received £5m to offer intensive adviser and mentor-led support for young people alongside a specialist training programme aimed at equipping young people with the right skills to match local employer needs.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of how long is needed to bring the Army Reserves to full strength as set out in Army 2020.

Mr Mark Francois

I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement and paper my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Philip Hammond) placed in the Library of the House on 19 December 2013 (Official report, column 124WS).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce homophobic and transphobic hate crimes against LGBT people.

Norman Baker

Tackling all forms of hate crime, including that motivated by hatred of a person’s sexual orientation or transgender identity is an issue the coalition Government takes very seriously.

On 1 May 2014 we published ‘Challenge it, Report it, Stop it – Delivering the Government’s Hate Crime Action Plan’. This progress report provides an overview of our achievements since the action plan was first published in March 2012 and sets out our key priorities for the remainder of this Parliament. A specific action in the plan includes tackling homophobia and transphobia in sports.

We are meeting the coalition commitment to improve the recording of hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation and transgender identity and are working with the police and other partners to encourage more victims to come forward. We have supported voluntary sector organisations to develop third party reporting services for LGBT victims.