Tag: Gregory Campbell

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the involvement of the Somali group al Shabaab in attacks in Kenya.

Mark Simmonds

Al Shabaab issued public threats against Kenya following its military intervention in Somalia in 2011. A number of terrorist attacks in Kenya since then have been attributed to Al Shabaab, including the September 2013 attack on the Westgate shopping centre in which 67 people were killed. We are aware of the media reports that Al Shabaab were behind the recent attacks in Kenya.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many consultation documents his Department issued which received fewer than 100 separate responses in each of the last four years.

Jenny Willott

Data on consultation response rates is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales per 10,000 of the population were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee in each of the last three calendar years.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts for offences relating to installing or using a television receiver without the appropriate licence, per 10,000 of the population in England and Wales for the years 2010 to 2012 is shown in Table 1 below. The Government has indicated that, in line with the amendment to the Deregulation Bill, it will consider whether evasion of a television licence should continue to be a criminal offence.

It should be noted that court proceedings statistics for the year 2013 are planned to be published by the Ministry of Justice on 15th May 2014.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will raise at the UN the prospects of severe famine in South Sudan.

Lynne Featherstone

The UK is extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in South Sudan. The ongoing conflict, which has led to the displacement of over 900,000 people within the country, limited the ability of people to plant their crops, and disrupted trade and local markets. There is concern that those in conflict-affected states will experience famine later this year.

The UK is taking a leading role in responding to the crisis. We have so far contributed £20 million to the United Nations and International Non-Governmental Organisations for emergency humanitarian assistance inside South Sudan. We are considering additional support. We will continue to take every opportunity, including in the United Nations, to raise our concerns about the deteriorating humanitarian situation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many premium rate type telephone lines were in use for members of the public to contact his Department in (a) June 2010 and (b) June 2014.

Jenny Willott

The Department had no public facing premium rate lines in use in June 2010 or June 2014.