Tag: Ian Austin

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, want his policy is on promoting the demilitarisation of Gaza.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

The organisations involved in the process of clearing home-owners’ applications to the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) are the UN agencies doing the damage assessment, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Public Works and Housing and Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Government of Israel.

No individuals have been rejected to date, but a number of the assessments submitted require review ahead of further processing. These were mostly caused by repetition of names of individuals or where the assessments were recorded under the names of owners who are deceased for example. The GRM does not allow for the disqualification of individuals assessed for shelter repair on grounds of political association or geographic location in Gaza.

The Government of Israel, like all participants in the mechanism, is able to object to individuals participating in the GRM.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to correspondence on case reference ZA12785.

Priti Patel

A response to the hon. Member was sent on 9 June 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress in the demilitarisation of Gaza.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

We have not made a formal assessment of demilitarisation of Gaza.

We have been clear that we believe that a durable ceasefire agreement should ensure that: Hamas and other militant groups permanently end rocket fire and other attacks against Israel and that all terrorist groups in Gaza should disarm.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department will complete mandatory reconsideration of case reference number FBH 1826.

Justin Tomlinson

There is no record of a mandatory reconsideration being requested for case reference number FBH 1826.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many and what proportion of Disclosure and Barring Service applications were returned to applicants within (a) 20, (b) 40, (c) 60, (d) 80 and (e) 100 days and (f) more than 100 days in each of the last 12 months.

Karen Bradley

The number and proportion of disclosure applications completed within 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 days, and the number and proportion completed in more than 100 days, for each month from February 2014 to January 2015 is provided in the table below.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of application backlogs at the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Karen Bradley

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) receives around 4 million disclosure
applications a year and provides the Home Office with monthly updates on its
performance. Latest data for the 2014-15 operational year, covering the period
from April 2014 to January 2015, shows that 95.4% of disclosure certificates
were issued within 40 working days – well above the DBS service standard to
issue 88% of all disclosures within this time.

A key aspect of DBS administration is to ensure that disclosure checks are both
accurate and completed within service standard timescales. In the small
proportion of cases where checks have not been completed within these
timescales, the DBS is expected to take the necessary steps to progress the
case including, as appropriate, working with the police and other parties
involved in the checking process.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the dates are of the oldest applications currently being processed by the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Karen Bradley

The Disclosure and Barring Service is currently processing 36 applications that were received more than 12 months ago. No case is older than 19 months.

There are a number of reasons why some cases may take longer than others to process.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Freedom to speak up?, the report by Sir Robert Francis QC, published on 11 February 2015, what timetable he has set for the creation of a new support scheme to help NHS whistleblowers who have found themselves out of a job as a result of raising concerns.

Dr Daniel Poulter

On 11 February, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State accepted in principle all the recommendations made by Sir Robert Francis following his Freedom to Speak Up review. We will shortly be consulting on how best to implement these recommendations. In addition we plan to bring forward measures to provide legislative protection for whistleblowers applying for a job in the National Health Service. With Opposition support, this could be in place before Parliament is prorogued.

The implementation of Sir Roberts’ recommendations will see a programme of action to help foster an open and learning culture in the NHS backed by local freedom to speak up guardians and a new national whistleblowing guardian. Individual trusts may wish to begin implementing some of these recommendations right away. Local action and responsibility will be at the heart of bringing about a culture where reporting of concerns is valued and encouraged.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Freedom to speak up?, the report by Sir Robert Francis QC, published on 11 February 2015, what timescale he has set for NHS trusts to appoint whistleblowing guardians.

Dr Daniel Poulter

On 11 February, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State accepted in principle all the recommendations made by Sir Robert Francis following his Freedom to Speak Up review. We will shortly be consulting on how best to implement these recommendations. In addition we plan to bring forward measures to provide legislative protection for whistleblowers applying for a job in the National Health Service. With Opposition support, this could be in place before Parliament is prorogued.

The implementation of Sir Roberts’ recommendations will see a programme of action to help foster an open and learning culture in the NHS backed by local freedom to speak up guardians and a new national whistleblowing guardian. Individual trusts may wish to begin implementing some of these recommendations right away. Local action and responsibility will be at the heart of bringing about a culture where reporting of concerns is valued and encouraged.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Freedom to speak up?, the report by Sir Robert Francis QC, published on 11 February 2015, when he plans to take steps to ensure that NHS whistleblowers are not discriminated against when they apply for other jobs.

Dr Daniel Poulter

On 11 February, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State accepted in principle all the recommendations made by Sir Robert Francis following his Freedom to Speak Up review. We will shortly be consulting on how best to implement these recommendations. In addition we plan to bring forward measures to provide legislative protection for whistleblowers applying for a job in the National Health Service. With Opposition support, this could be in place before Parliament is prorogued.

The implementation of Sir Roberts’ recommendations will see a programme of action to help foster an open and learning culture in the NHS backed by local freedom to speak up guardians and a new national whistleblowing guardian. Individual trusts may wish to begin implementing some of these recommendations right away. Local action and responsibility will be at the heart of bringing about a culture where reporting of concerns is valued and encouraged.