The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-01-29.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the legal advice he received prior to the tax settlement with Google.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the conduct of tax enquiries. Ministers are not informed of the progress of enquiries and play no part in agreeing the amount of tax to be paid by any taxpayer.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social worker vacancies remained unfilled in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
Alistair Burt
The Department of Health has responsibility for adult social care policy which includes the activities of social workers in adult settings. The Department for Education has responsibility for the activities of social workers in children’s services.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has recently published its report “Personal Social Services: Staff of Social Services Departments, England, as at September 2015”. This shows that the vacancy rates for adult social workers in local authorities are as follows:
2014 there were 1,100* vacancies (8%)
2015 there were 1,700** vacancies (12%)
*2014 based on 121 councils with vacancies data recorded.
**2015 based on 133 councils with vacancies data recorded.
Source: Skills for Care – NMDS-SC
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-04-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with officials from the (a) Canadian government and (b) EU on the implications to the UK judicial system of the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
Dominic Raab
Officials from my department have not held discussions with officials from the Canadian government or the EU on the implications to the UK judicial system of the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-01-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton and local authority officials to discuss the proposal for an Ashton Loop Line and Middleton Spur extension to Greater Manchester’s Metrolink tram system.
Mr Robert Goodwill
If the hon Member contacts my departmental office I would of course be happy to consider his request in the normal way.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 5 and 16 February 2016 to Questions 25342 and 26658, by when he expects the land and property for disposals to be identified; and whether he expects the decisions on the selection of that property to be subject to public consultation.
Matthew Hancock
The land and property for disposals will be identified in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-06-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish post-occupancy evaluations of primary and secondary schools built under wave 1 of the Priority Schools Building Programme.
Edward Timpson
The Department for Education is collecting a range of post-occupancy data on schools built under wave 1 of the Priority Schools Building Programme. This data considers all potential benefits realised including user satisfaction and building performance. The results of this exercise will be published once it is complete.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-02-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2015 to Question 1705, if she will make it her policy to collate information centrally on the number of police stations and police custody cells that closed.
Mike Penning
The Government has no plans to place an unnecessary bureaucratic burden on locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) or Chief Constables by requiring this information to be reported centrally. Decisions about the most effective use of available resources, including the number and operating hours of police stations and the number of custody cells, are a matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable locally (the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Commissioner in the case of the Metropolitan Police and the Corporation and the Commissioner in the case of the City of London Police), tailored to the needs of the local community.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-02-29.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2016 to Question 24298, on Revenue and Customs Greater Manchester, if he will place in the Library the value for money review of the decision made in February 2008.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs has not undertaken a separate value for money review of the decision in February 2008 to close the office at Phoenix House, Oldham. I refer you to my answer of 3 February 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-07-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adult learners paid for courses in each year since 2011.
Nick Boles
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is only able to provide information on overall funding made available for adult learning provision. It does not hold information on learners who pay for provision.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have requested (a) the removal of and (b) increased flexibility for trades union facilitation time since 2010.
Mr Marcus Jones
There is no requirement for local councils to request such flexibility. However, to ensure that local taxpayers can see and compare the level of funding and support, including facility time, given to unions, the Government now requires councils to annually publish this information on their websites.