Tag: Helen Jones

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which arts organisations and events in the North West he has visited since his appointment.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has visited the following organisations and attended following events in the North West since his appointment:

• Mellor Mill, Stockport

• Lady Lever Art Gallery, the Wirral

• Tate Liverpool

• Merseyside Maritime Museum

• International Festival of Business, Liverpool

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in the percentage rate of convictions in rape cases between 2012-13 and 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.

Oliver Heald

The Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the National Policing lead for rape, considered the investigation and prosecution of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. A range of issues have been identified that may have contributed to the drop in conviction rates. The joint Crown Prosecution Service / police Rape Action Plan published on 6 June 2014 aims to address these.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-25.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with Lloyds Bank on (a) the proposed closure of its contact centre in Warrington and (b) the possibility of other jobs being based there.

Andrea Leadsom

Lloyds Banking Group, is run on a commercial basis. The bank retains its own independent board and management team with responsibility for determining its own strategies and commercial policies including those which may relate to the location of business functions.

The Government’s shareholding in Lloyds is managed on an arm’s length basis by UK Financial Investments Ltd (UKFI). As an engaged shareholder, UKFI works closely with the bank’s management to hold management rigorously to account for performance. UKFI’s role is to manage the investment and ensure that the bank’s strategy maximises value for money for the taxpayer. The Government does not get involved in any of the day to day decisions of Lloyds Bank.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-25.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with Lloyds Bank on the effect of the proposed closure of its contact centre in Warrington on women workers who cannot re-locate because of (a) childcare or other caring responsibilities and (b) a lack of adequate public transport provision.

Andrea Leadsom

Lloyds Banking Group, is run on a commercial basis. The bank retains its own independent board and management team with responsibility for determining its own strategies and commercial policies including those which may relate to the location of business functions.

The Government’s shareholding in Lloyds is managed on an arm’s length basis by UK Financial Investments Ltd (UKFI). As an engaged shareholder, UKFI works closely with the bank’s management to hold management rigorously to account for performance. UKFI’s role is to manage the investment and ensure that the bank’s strategy maximises value for money for the taxpayer. The Government does not get involved in any of the day to day decisions of Lloyds Bank.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to lay regulations before the House to make the provision of smoke alarms in private rented property compulsory; and if he will make a statement.

Brandon Lewis

The Department of Communities and Local Government published a discussion document in 2014, which invited views on regulating for the installation of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. We will publish our response along with a summary of the views shortly.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding she plans to allocate to police forces to train officers in recognising signs of coercive control and collecting the necessary evidence when that offence is introduced.

Lynne Featherstone

We are committed to ensuring the police and other frontline agencies have the
tools they need to respond effectively to domestic abuse. That is why on 18
December, the Home Secretary announced her intention to create a specific
offence of domestic abuse.

The offence will not come into force until frontline agencies are properly
trained to operate it effectively. An implementation plan, which will consider
funding issues, is currently being developed with the police and College of
Policing. The College is working with CAADA (Co-ordinated Action Against
Domestic Abuse) to pilot an intensive programme of training including domestic
abuse and coercive control. An evaluation will be carried out following the
pilot to ensure that the training will make a significant contribution to long
term improvements to policing of domestic abuse and will be an important factor
in driving a culture change in the police so that domestic abuse is treated as
the serious crime that it is.

The new offence of ‘coercive and controlling behaviour’, as well as the wider
issue of training for police officers on domestic abuse, has been discussed
at the National Oversight Group on domestic abuse, established and chaired by
the Home Secretary. The purpose of the group is to implement and monitor activity
against the recommendations coming out of HMIC’s review of domestic abuse and includes
both Chief Constable and Third Sector representation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) chief constables and (b) organisations dealing with violence against women on the training requirements for police officers when coercive control becomes a criminal offence; and if she will make a statement.

Lynne Featherstone

We are committed to ensuring the police and other frontline agencies have the
tools they need to respond effectively to domestic abuse. That is why on 18
December, the Home Secretary announced her intention to create a specific
offence of domestic abuse.

The offence will not come into force until frontline agencies are properly
trained to operate it effectively. An implementation plan, which will consider
funding issues, is currently being developed with the police and College of
Policing. The College is working with CAADA (Co-ordinated Action Against
Domestic Abuse) to pilot an intensive programme of training including domestic
abuse and coercive control. An evaluation will be carried out following the
pilot to ensure that the training will make a significant contribution to long
term improvements to policing of domestic abuse and will be an important factor
in driving a culture change in the police so that domestic abuse is treated as
the serious crime that it is.

The new offence of ‘coercive and controlling behaviour’, as well as the wider
issue of training for police officers on domestic abuse, has been discussed
at the National Oversight Group on domestic abuse, established and chaired by
the Home Secretary. The purpose of the group is to implement and monitor activity
against the recommendations coming out of HMIC’s review of domestic abuse and includes
both Chief Constable and Third Sector representation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2015-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report Research spend in the UK, published by the Stroke Association on 3 December 2014, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of that report; and if he will make a statement.

George Freeman

The report published by the Stroke Association compares research spend in four disease areas (stroke, cancer, coronary heart disease and dementia) by governmental organisations and charities.

The usual practice of the two main public funders of health research – the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) – is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics or disease areas: research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available.

NIHR expenditure on research on stroke, cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD) (including coronary heart disease) and dementia is shown in the following table.

£ million

	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14
Stroke	20.2	20.9	20.4	26.1	26.3
Cancer	101.5	100.9	104.1	133.2	129.9
CVD	31.6	31.0	34.1	42.7	46.3
Dementia	12.6	18.3	24.9	24.4	26.8

Through its training and career development programmes, the NIHR supports clinicians at all stages of their career: integrated clinical and academic training; doctoral training; postdoctoral training; and more senior awards. The prestigious NIHR Senior Investigator award provides an additional incentive for the country’s most outstanding clinical researchers. These programmes make a major contribution to the building and developing of research capacity in stroke and other disease areas.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington North constituency received universal credit at any time since the start of the Warrington pilot; and how many were in receipt of it on 1 April 2014.

Esther McVey

The Department published the latest set of experimental Official Statistics on UC on the 14^th May 2014 which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics

  

Statistics covering the periods to the end of March and April 2014 will be published on the 11^th June and 16^th July 2014 respectively.

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