Tag: Parliamentary Question

Daniel Zeichner – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Zeichner on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the legality of private car park companies charging for overstaying.

Mr Marcus Jones

The Government recently published a discussion paper about parking on private land entitled “Parking reform: tackling unfair practices”. The issue of companies charging for overstaying was raised in a significant number of responses. My Department is considering all of the circumstances surrounding overstay charges. We will publish a response to the discussion paper in due course setting out the Government’s proposed course of action.

01/01/2023
Lord Watson of Invergowrie – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Watson of Invergowrie on 2015-12-16.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to publish monthly information on those academies that have transferred from one academy trust to another, together with an explanation as to why those transfers have taken place.

Lord Nash

Information on the current academy trust is in the public domain through Edubase.

The Department has no plan to publish such information on a monthly basis. The Department regularly publishes a variety of information.

01/01/2023
Helen Hayes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Hayes on 2016-01-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with education providers in (a) Lambeth and (b) Southwark on FE area reviews.

Nick Boles

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has not had specific discussions about area reviews with education providers in Lambeth and Southwark.

Officials of the two lead departments are in regular contact with post-16 providers; and a wide range of such providers are also represented on the national advisory group for the programme.

01/01/2023
Philip Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-19.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many foreign nationals living in the UK have been prosecuted for a fraudulent child benefit claim for a child living in the EU.

Damian Hinds

The Government has in place a robust system for verifying that those EEA nationals claiming Child Benefit are entitled to do so under the current rules and there is a wide range of checks carried out on new and existing claims to confirm their validity.

Cases of Child Benefit fraud can be investigated by DWP and the Single Fraud Investigation Service (a partnership between DWP Fraud Investigation Service and HMRC), as part of a wider investigation of welfare benefit fraud.

HMRC therefore does not hold figures on the number of Child Benefit prosecutions of foreign nationals.

01/01/2023
Lord Horam – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Horam on 2016-03-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the one million new homes they aim to deliver during this Parliament are estimated to be for (1) owner occupation, (2) shared ownership, and (3) rent; and how many of those homes for rent are expected to be for (a) affordable, and (b) social, rent.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

The Department for Communities and Local Government does not publish forecasts of house building.

01/01/2023
Anne-Marie Trevelyan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne-Marie Trevelyan on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2016 to Question 31475, on deportation: EU nationals, how many EEA foreign national offenders deported on the basis of a criminal conviction have subsequently re-entered the UK in each year since 2011-12.

James Brokenshire

This information is not held centrally.

01/01/2023

Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-05-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35786, to which countries mutual legal assistance requests were made in the period from 2009-10 to 2015-16.

James Brokenshire

The countries and territories to which outgoing mutual legal assistance requests were transmitted via the Home Office in the period from 2009-10 to 2015-16 were:

Albania	Egypt	Luxembourg	Seychelles
Andorra	France	Malaysia	Singapore
Australia	Germany	Malta	South Africa
Bahamas	Ghana	Mauritius	Spain
Bahrain	Gibraltar	Mexico	Switzerland
Bangladesh	Greece	Moldova	Tanzania
Barbados	Grenada	Monaco	Thailand
Belgium	Guernsey	Morocco	The Netherlands Antilles
Belize	Hong Kong	Netherlands	Trinidad and Tobago
Bermuda	India	New Zealand	Tunisia
Brazil	Indonesia	Nigeria	Turkey
British Virgin Islands	Ireland	Pakistan	Uganda
Bulgaria	Isle of Man	Panama	Ukraine
Canada	Israel	Philippines	United Arab Emirates
Cape Verde	Italy	Portugal	United States
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Romania	Venezuela
China	Japan	Russia	Vietnam
Colombia	Jersey	Rwanda
Costa Rica	Kenya	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Cyprus	Liechtenstein	Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

Please note that this data is taken from local management information, and as such, should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.

01/01/2023

Christopher Chope – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2016-06-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what public consultation the Forestry Commission has carried out on the future ownership and use of the Cannon Hill plantation in Ferndown, Dorset.

Rory Stewart

We are committed to keeping the public forest estate in England in trust for the nation and for it to continue to be sustainably managed. The Forestry Commission has not carried out any public consultation on the ownership of Cannon Hill plantation. The Forest Design Plan approved in 2009, which sets out how the area is to be managed, would have been the subject of a public consultation during the preparation and approval process.

01/01/2023
Nigel Evans – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2016-09-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps in addition to his discussions with his Iranian counterpart his Department is taking to encourage the cessation of capital punishment in Iran.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

The British Government opposes the use of the death penalty in all circumstances. We raise this issue with Iran at all levels. In addition, we successfully lobbied to renew the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, and actively support the launch of an EU/Iran Human Rights dialogue.

01/01/2023
Margaret Ritchie – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ritchie on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many files held at Swadlincote his Department has made available to the (a) Historical Enquiries Team and (b) Da Silva Review.

Penny Mordaunt

The Historical Enquiries Team and the De Silva Review were able to access any Ministry of Defence file at Swadlincote or elsewhere which was relevant to their functions, but the Department does not record the number of files which were actually inspected or copied over time by members of these teams.

01/01/2023