The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that any foreign company found to have abandoned its pension responsibilities to UK pension holders can be made to refund that pension deficit.
Steve Webb
I refer the hon. Member to the Written Answer I gave him on 23 January 2014, Official Report, Column 267W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the budgets for criminal justice and emergency services will be devolved to Police and Crime Commissioners; and what the total budget is that Police and Crime Commissioners will inherit.
Damian Green
There are no current plans to transfer responsibility, and the budgets, for the criminal justice system or the emergency services to Police and Crime Commissioners.
The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act contains a duty to cooperate for Police and Crime Commissioners and criminal justice partners which – although broad – sets the framework for Commissioners to play a substantial local leadership role. Commissioners are taking a prominent role in local justice matters and are, for example, taking seats (sometimes even as Chair) at their local criminal justice boards.
The Government is further extending the remit of PCCs who will assume responsibility for commissioning local victims’ services in October 2014 – complementing their other responsibilities to respond to local views and needs when drawing up plans to cut crime.
The Government is also driving collaboration between local emergency services to deliver more effective services and better value for money for the public. We are providing funding through the Home Office Police Innovation Fund and DCLG’s Transformation Challenge Award and Fire Transformation Fund to support emergency services collaboration projects.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational contingency plans he has made for future capability requirements in the event of further flooding.
Mr Mark Francois
This winter’s severe weather and consequent flooding represented a significant test of the nation’s civil resilience framework and demonstrated the effectiveness of military contingency planning. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) was able to generate a 5,000-strong taskforce and engage our specialist capabilities to fill gaps without detrimental impact to operations or significant training disruption. The MOD continues to plan against a broad range of civil emergencies in support of wider Government contingency planning.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what equality impact assessments his Department has carried out on the proposed introduction of a secure college.
Jeremy Wright
In accordance with the Ministry of Justice’s duties under the Equality Act 2010, we considered the impact of the proposals set out in the Government’s response to the Transforming Youth Custody Consultation in January 2014. We will consider equalities impacts further as part of the consultation on the approach to the Secure College Rules during the passage of the Criminal Justice and Court Bill through Parliament, and throughout the development of the Project.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether members of the Carrington Wire Pension Fund are able to access the Pension Protection Fund.
Steve Webb
The Carrington Wire Defined Benefit Pension Scheme entered a Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment period in February 2013.
During a PPF assessment period the PPF establishes whether the scheme can afford to secure benefits which are at least equal to the compensation that the PPF would pay. The scheme will transfer to the PPF unless it has sufficient assets to pay benefits greater or equal to PPF compensation levels or it is rescued, for instance, by another employer taking responsibility for it.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the code governing detention of teenagers under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act will be redrafted to ensure that 17 year olds in custody are treated as teenagers by the police.
Damian Green
I refer the Hon. Gentleman to the answer given by the Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime of 8th April 2014, Official Report , Column 202W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new jobs have been created in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 in (i) Barnsley central constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iii) England.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which company designed and what the cost to the public purse was of production in 2009 of the plans for a young offender institute at Glen Parva.
Jeremy Wright
Interserve designed the 2009 plans for a Young Offender Institution at Glen Parva with their designers, HLM Architects.
The previous Government spent £5.6 million on developing the plans for a new Young Offender Institution at Glen Parva up to 2010. Although the Secure College pathfinder will be fundamentally different from a Young Offender’s Institution, we are making use of the previous work where relevant.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-03-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the Youth Justice Board’s budget has been spent on research in each year since 2010.
Jeremy Wright
The statutory functions of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) include that of identifying and promoting good practice to prevent and reduce youth crime. In undertaking this function, the YJB works closely with local services, research bodies and academic institutions.
The table below shows the YJB’s central expenditure on research for each full financial year since 2009/10 alongside the proportion of that expenditure against the YJB’s overall expenditure for the year:
No new central research was commissioned in 2012/13 to enable the completion and publication of ongoing research projects. Figures relating to YJB’s research programme expenditure for 2013/14 will be published in the YJB’s Annual Report and Accounts due for publication in July. This and previous reports can be found at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corporate-reports/yjb.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 17 year olds have been held in police custody in the UK in each year since 2010.
Damian Green
This information is not held centrally.