Tag: David Hanson

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the biometric passport chip reading facilities have been deactivated (a) in the UK, (b) at each port and (c) at each airport in each of the last five years.

James Brokenshire

For the period for which figures are available, biometric chip reading facilities were deactivated 7 times in 2013, 3 times in 2014 and 3 times in 2015.

These figures should be considered against the background of the overall volume of transactions which are currently running at over 100 million per year.

Deactivation of the chip reading function by Border Force staff is routinely monitored. The occasions reported above have been thoroughly investigated and none has given rise to concerns about officer integrity. We are also satisfied that there has been no risk to the border as a result. An investigation is ongoing with the system supplier to ascertain whether a technical issue may have caused these incidents.

A further breakdown of locations cannot be given for border and national security reasons.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of his Department were in each of the last five years.

Mike Penning

This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of her Department were in each of the last five years.

Andrea Leadsom

The average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of DECC for each of the last five years are set out in the table below:

Year	Average hourly earnings (£)
Female	Male	Full-time	Part-time
2011	23.80	25.80	24.70	25.70
2012	23.80	25.80	24.70	26.00
2013	22.80	25.80	24.30	25.40
2014	23.30	25.50	24.40	25.40
2015	23.20	25.70	24.30	26.80

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-04-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation he expects to undertake on the implementation plan for England for the UK strategy on rare diseases.

George Freeman

There are no plans to consult on the implementation plan for England on the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases. NHS England published a Statement of Intent to implement the UK Strategy in February 2014. Implementation of the Strategy is also included in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View.

The UK Rare Disease Forum is responsible for monitoring progress on implementation of the Strategy across the United Kingdom. It published its first progress report on 29 February 2016. This recognises that significant progress has been made against majority of the 51 recommendations in the report. Further reports will be published in 2018 and 2020.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted in their absence for (a) serious sexual offences, (b) class A drug use and (c) manslaughter in each year since 2010.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Information on whether or not a defendant is in attendance at their hearing is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2015-10-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seizures of illegal animal wildlife products have been made at UK ports of entry in each of the last five years.

James Brokenshire

The table below shows the number of seizures under CITES by Border Force (Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species).

Year	Number of seizures under CITES
2011	422
2012	665
2013*	569
2014*	512
2015 (Jan to June 2015)*	490

*These figures are published, and can be found on the GOV UK website.

The figures quoted above are management information, which are subject to internal quality checks and may be subject to change.

Link to website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-august-2015

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspensions of the Secure ID checks took place (a) in the UK, (b) at each port and (c) at each airport in each of the last five years.

James Brokenshire

In November 2011, the then Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration found that the then UKBA had carried out a number of suspensions of Warnings Index Checks without due ministerial authority. Since then, Border Force has operated to a Ministerially-approved mandate that requires it to undertake Warnings Index Checks against all passengers arriving into the UK on scheduled, commercial routes; and Secure ID Checks against passengers that require a visa to enter the UK. These checks have not been suspended at any port since November 2011.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-02-11.

To ask the Leader of the House, what the average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of his Office were in each of the last five years.

Chris Grayling

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 26 February 2016, to Question UIN 26973.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of her Department were in each of the last five years.

George Eustice

The table below provides details of the average hourly earnings of each group of employees in the core-Department as at 30^th June 2015 in each of the last five years.

Year	Female	Male	Full-time	Part-time
2015	£19.79	£21.31	£20.51	£20.84
2014	£19.36	£21.43	£20.32	£20.80
2013	£18.62	£20.88	£19.76	£19.44
2012	£18.23	£20.94	£19.64	£19.04
2011	£18.69	£21.20	£19.80	£20.92

The difference in hourly rate of pay for male and female staff can be explained by a greater proportion of male staff at the higher grades.

A recent equal pay review, analysing pay by grade, found that there were no significant equal pay differences based on gender.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-04-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on producing an implementation plan for England for the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases; and when he expects such a plan to be in place.

George Freeman

There are no plans to consult on the implementation plan for England on the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases. NHS England published a Statement of Intent to implement the UK Strategy in February 2014. Implementation of the Strategy is also included in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View.

The UK Rare Disease Forum is responsible for monitoring progress on implementation of the Strategy across the United Kingdom. It published its first progress report on 29 February 2016. This recognises that significant progress has been made against majority of the 51 recommendations in the report. Further reports will be published in 2018 and 2020.