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  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK is deploying any military assets to assist the NATO patrol over Ukraine.

    Mr Mark Francois

    NATO is not patrolling Ukranian airspace. Therefore, nor is the UK. However, the UK is contributing an E3-D aircraft to the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force flying in NATO airspace and it will be deploying four Typhoon aircraft to enhance the Polish rotation of NATO’s peacetime Baltic Air Policing mission, which polices NATO airspace.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are enrolled in National Employment Savings Trust (NEST); how many such people enrolled in NEST are making additional payments by direct debit each month; and what the average additional contribution by direct debit each month is.

    Steve Webb

    The National Employment Savings Trust announced on 1 April 2014 that they have over a million members.

    The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold information about the number of scheme members making monthly additional payments by direct debit to NEST nor does it hold information on the average additional contribution by direct debit each month to NEST.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration reconsideration cases have been outsourced to Capita Business Services; what payment Capita Business Services receives to process these cases; which country these cases are processed in; and what targets she has set Capita Business Services for that work.

    James Brokenshire

    Capita has been contracted to deliver contact management and casework services
    for the Home Office. The initial target is for 50,000 casework outcomes to be
    delivered, which includes responding to requests for reconsideration.

    Disclosure of payment information would result in commercially sensitive
    information being placed in the public domain and could jeopardise the
    effective use of public money by undermining further contractual negotiations.

    Capita process all of work under this contract in the United Kingdom.

    Capita are currently delivering a phased mobilisation of casework services in a
    model office environment, to build up capacity and refine processes. The
    contract requires Capita to deliver the first 50,000 casework outcomes within
    nine months of completing model office and moving into full delivery under the
    contract.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the last three years.

    Mike Penning

    DWP spent the following amounts with Legal Services:

    2013/14 – £7,697,576

    2012/13 – £10,868,697

    2011/12 – £16,109,586

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently auto-enrolled in the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST); and what the mean monthly contribution paid in by members of NEST is.

    Steve Webb

    The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) announced on 1 April 2014 that they have over a million members.

    The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold information about the level or amount of member contributions to NEST.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which jobcentres (a) do and (b) do not have wifi access for jobseekers to use.

    Esther McVey

    The Digital Jobcentres project will modernise the Jobcentre digital infrastructure by delivering WiFi and Web Access Devices (WADs) across the Jobcentre network. From now until the end of October, we will be installing WiFi and new Web Access Devices (WADs) across the Jobcentre network.

    The following 39 Jobcentres already have WiFi available for jobseekers to use:

    London Bridge

    Caerphilly

    Ashton under Lyme

    Sutton

    Newport

    Ebbw Vale

    Hammersmith

    Altrincham

    Rusholme

    Merthyr Tydfil

    Rugby

    Hyde

    Poole

    Tredegar

    Inverness

    Stalybridge

    Newton Abbott

    Wolverhampton

    Wigan

    Stretford

    Chester

    Scarborough

    Warrington

    Airdrie

    Swansea

    Coventry

    Oldham

    Erdington

    Motherwell

    Rotherham

    Harrogate

    Sheffield, Cavendish Court

    Abertillery

    Wakefield

    Bath

    Shotton

    Bargoed

    Blackwood

    Derby

    By the end of October 2014, the remaining offices in the Jobcentre network will have WiFi installed and available for jobseekers to use.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the UK contributed towards the funding of the United Nations and International Monetary Fund in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.

    Mr David Lidington

    The UK makes numerous contributions to the many different parts of the UN system and UN-led activities. Payments come from a wide range of British Government Departments. Our two largest assessed, or mandatory, payments are for the UN Regular Budget and the UN Peacekeeping Budget.

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) pays the UK’s share of the UN Regular Budget, which covers core UN Secretariat costs and the UN’s political activities. During the last three calendar years the UK made assessed contributions to the UN Regular Budget in US dollars as follows:

    2011 $155.3 million
    2012 $156.1 million
    2013 $132.0 million

    The UN Peacekeeping Budget follows the UN’s financial year (July-June). The UK’s assessed contributions in the last four UN financial years in US dollars were:

    2010-11 $602.8 million
    2011-12 $576.4 million
    2012-13 $477.1 million
    2013-14 $476.6 million

    The UK, typically through the relevant lead Whitehall department in the appropriate field, also makes many other substantial payments into the UN system. For UN specialised agencies these are mostly voluntary contributions, with some assessed contributions e.g. for core costs. Additionally there are many significant voluntary contributions to UN funds and programmes and other UN bodies depending on how they support UK objectives and priorities. The Department for International Development is the largest contributor of voluntary funding, of all British Government Departments.

    The UK does not have an annual subscription to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and does not contribute to its administration costs. These are financed out of the IMF’s own revenue. As per the annual accounts of the National Loan Fund, published to Parliament, the Government’s Quota Subscription and Lending to the IMF at the end of each financial year stood at:

    Quota (£m) Lending (£m) Total (£m)
    31 March 2011 10,581 1,109 11,690
    31 March 2012 10,391 2,030 12,421
    31 March 2013 10,638 2,320 12,958
  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in consolatory payments for claimants in (a) Preston and (b) the rest of the UK in each of the last three years.

    Mike Penning

    Information regarding the amount paid in consolatory payments to claimants in Preston is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The amount paid in consolatory payments to GB claimants in each of the last three years is in the table.

    Year

    Total paid in consolatory payments

    £

    2011-2012

    673,000

    2012-2013

    700,000

    2013-2014

    552,000

    Notes

    1. The amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand

    2. The information provided is for GB. Information regarding Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Office.

    3. The information covers payments made by the following DWP business areas: Jobcentre Plus, Child Support Agency, Disability and Carers Service, The Pensions Service and Debt Management.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made on establishing a date for a third round of negotiations for the Geneva Conference on Syria.

    Hugh Robertson

    The Geneva 2 process is currently stalled because of the Syrian regime’s refusal to accept UN / Arab League Joint Special Envoy Brahimi’s proposal on the agenda for a further round of talks. We remain in very close contact with the UN and our international partners in our efforts to find a way to make progress on the political track.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the overseas aid budget is being used to help combat the spread and treatment of HIV and Aids; and in which countries.

    Lynne Featherstone

    The UK government’s expenditure on HIV is provided through: UK government contributions to multilateral and global initiatives that work on HIV prevention and treatment; HIV-specific bilateral projects and programmes; bilateral support to health systems and service delivery; and by supporting HIV related research.

    The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is the principal mechanism the UK uses to finance our contribution to combat HIV. The UK has pledged up to £1 billion to the Global Fund over the next three years, of which around 50 per cent will be spent on HIV. In 2012/13 the UK provided £90.4 million to HIV-specific bilateral projects and programmes, supporting HIV prevention and treatment in 17 countries and across a number of regional programmes. Further details of these projects and programmes are available in the 2013 review of the HIV Position Paper “Towards Zero Infections" https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261341/Towards_Zero_Infections_-_Two_Years_On_22_November_FINAL_word_version.pdf.

    Details of the total expenditure on health are published in Statistics on International Development (SID) which is available in the House Library or online at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development.

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