Tag: Diana Johnson

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-03-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that the new Transpennine Express franchise due to begin in 2015 maintains hourly direct services between Hull and Manchester.

    Stephen Hammond

    The new directly awarded franchise for TransPennine that begins in April 2015 will aim to provide train services at the same level as is currently available to passengers today until the start of the new competed franchise, expected in February 2016.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will (a) publish and (b) provide to the recognised trade unions, a detailed cost analysis for the closure of Hull Official Receiver’s office.

    Jenny Willott

    The Insolvency Service has provided a cost analysis to the Trade Unions, on a confidential basis. In view of its commercial nature, I do not consider it appropriate to publish this information.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 126 to 129 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last four years.

    Jeremy Wright

    The number of offenders found guilty of offences under Sections 127 and 128 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012 (latest data available) can be viewed in the table. There have been no findings of guilt recorded under Section 129 in this time period.

    Court proceedings data for 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014

    Data for offences under Section 126 of the Mental Health Act 1983 cannot be separately analysed from other offences under other statutes. This information is held by the individual courts in England and Wales but could only be separately identified at disproportionate cost

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the value of regional and local BBC services in discussions on the future financing of the BBC.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    The value of all BBC services, including its local and regional services, should be considered as part of the review of the BBC’s Charter. Government has yet to announce the timing, scope and process for Charter Review, so it would be premature to make any assessment at this point.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to answer Named Day written question 185520 tabled on 28 January 2014 for answer on 3 February 2014; and what the reasons are for the delay in answering this question.

    James Brokenshire

    I replied to the hon. Member on 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 533W.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what facilities his Department has identified to allow (a) company directors, (b) bankrupts and (c) others to be interviewed locally after the closure of the Hull Official Receiver’s office.

    Jenny Willott

    The Insolvency Service announced its decision to close its Hull office on 27 March 2014 and indicated that the intention was to preserve the services to customers by opening an interview facility in the Hull area. Also on 27 March 2014 I wrote to local Members of Parliament to share their views on local issues that might influence the location of a local interview facility. These views, along with analysis of customer information, will be used to select the precise location. The facility will be operational by the time of the closure, in November 2014.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to Section 1 of the Infanticide Act 1938 in each of the last four years.

    Damian Green

    Murder, infanticide and kidnapping are all indictable only offences. A life sentence is mandatory for murder and the maximum penalty for infanticide and kidnapping.

    The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of ‘murder’, ‘infanticide’ and ‘kidnapping’ in England and Wales from 2009 to 2012 (latest data available) can be viewed in the table.

    Court proceedings data for 2013 is planned for publication in May 2014.


  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-05-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were made to the National Domestic Violence Helpline in 2013; and how many such calls mentioned use of (a) any weapon and (b) a firearm.

    Norman Baker

    The Home Office provides funding to the National Domestic Violence Helpline,
    which is run jointly by Women’s Aid and Refuge. Latest management information
    provided by Women’s Aid and Refuge sets out that in the first half of financial
    year 2013/2014 (April -September 2013), the National Domestic Violence Helpline received
    78,894 calls.

    This data does not provide information on the number of calls that mention the
    use of any weapon or firearms.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-03-11.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Hull.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

    The ward results for Hull City Council were as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    Avenue

    65.4%

    5.0%

    29.6%

    Beverley

    79.6%

    1.0%

    19.3%

    Boothferry

    85.0%

    1.0%

    14.0%

    Bransholme East

    83.9%

    1.7%

    14.5%

    Bransholme West

    85.6%

    1.6%

    12.8%

    Bricknell

    86.4%

    0.9%

    12.6%

    Derringham

    82.9%

    1.2%

    15.9%

    Drypool

    75.3%

    1.8%

    22.9%

    Holderness

    85.7%

    0.9%

    13.4%

    Ings

    86.6%

    1.2%

    12.2%

    Kings Park

    77.3%

    1.2%

    21.5%

    Longhill

    86.4%

    0.8%

    12.8%

    Marfleet

    84.1%

    1.7%

    14.3%

    Myton

    65.2%

    5.3%

    29.5%

    Newington

    75.8%

    3.2%

    21.0%

    Newland

    48.6%

    2.9%

    48.6%

    Orchard Park & Greenwood

    85.0%

    2.7%

    12.3%

    Pickering

    83.4%

    1.4%

    15.2%

    Southcoates East

    86.1%

    1.3%

    12.6%

    Southcoates West

    79.4%

    1.4%

    19.1%

    St. Andrews

    69.5%

    5.8%

    24.7%

    Sutton

    84.6%

    1.1%

    14.2%

    University

    71.0%

    2.2%

    26.9%

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  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Insolvency Service paid for fruitless payments in respect of individual and corporate insolvencies in each of the last five years.

    Jenny Willott

    The information requested is presented in the following table.

    Year

    Amount Paid

    Number of cases

    2012-13

    172,560.24

    55

    2011-12

    247,231.73

    100

    2010-11

    279,527.57

    93

    2009-10

    575,783.47

    80

    2008-09

    256,956.93

    41