Tag: Kirsty Blackman

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2016-04-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for an immigration appeal hearing in HM Courts and Tribunal service in each of the last five years.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The average waiting time (in weeks) from receipt of an appeal to first hearing for all case types in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in each of the last five calendar years was:

• 14 in 2011;
• 14 in 2012;
• 20 in 2013;
• 25 in 2014; and
• 24 in 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2015-10-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reason his Department’s three most recently published quarterly returns were all published on the same day.

David Mundell

Transparency information for the period July 2014-March 2015 was published on 15 October as the information was ready for publication.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2016-05-09.

To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make information on the House of Commons annunciator available online in real time.

Tom Brake

The House is currently completing a procurement process to replace the software system which enables publication of information on the annunciator service. The solution has been specified in such a way that the data will be available in an open format. The information will be published in real time and made available to connected devices.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 4 November 2015 to Question 14206, for what reason his Department’s quarterly report of transparency information from October to December 2014 was not ready for publication until 15 October 2015.

David Mundell

The Government publishes an unprecedented range of Transparency data. This is a significant task across all Departments, and Information is published as quickly as is possible.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2016-05-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North of 1 December 2015, on foreign aid.

Mr Nick Hurd

The Department does not have record of receiving a letter from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North dated 1 December 2015. My office has been in contact with the hon. Member’s office to receive a copy of the letter and we will respond in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 4 November 2015 to Question 14206, for what reason his Department’s quarterly report of transparency information from July to September 2014 was not ready for publication until 15 October 2015.

David Mundell

The Government publishes an unprecedented range of Transparency data. This is a significant task across all Departments, and Information is published as quickly as is possible.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2016-06-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children were denied permanent asylum having applied as an adult in 2015.

James Brokenshire

When a child passes the age of 18 and their Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) leave expires, they are no longer considered to be a UASC and are therefore required to take steps to return voluntarily or seek further leave to remain. Our records show that the number of main asylum claimants under the age of 18 years of age, who were granted UASC leave based on an asylum claim made on or after 1 April 2005 , who went on to submit a further leave application in 2015 and were refused is 311.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 4 November 2015 to Question 14206, for what reason his Department’s quarterly report of transparency information from January to March 2015 was not ready for publication until 15 October 2015.

David Mundell

The Government publishes an unprecedented range of Transparency data. This is a significant task across all Departments, and Information is published as quickly as is possible.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on implementation of the Apprenticeship Levy.

Nick Boles

We are working closely with the Devolved Administrations and Territorial Offices, regularly meeting with officials and Ministers on levy implementation. The last Skills Ministers meeting was in February.

We want to ensure the levy works for employers wherever they are in the UK and will be publishing further information later this month.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2015 to Question 14925, what for reason his Department’s quarterly report of transparency information from July to September 2014 took four months longer to prepare than the report on that information from January to March 2015.

David Mundell

I refer the hon Member to my answer of 9 November 2015 (UIN 14925).