The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yvonne Fovargue on 2016-09-14.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people employed in the UK by the high-cost, short-term credit sector.
Simon Kirby
The information requested is not centrally held.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Kyle on 2015-11-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether businesses will be permitted to allocate their apprenticeship-levied funds to small and medium-sized enterprises and other business in their supply chain; and if he will make a statement.
Nick Boles
My Rt hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer will announce further details of the apprenticeship levy at the Spending Review, including the scope and rate of the levy.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Warner on 2015-12-15.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the expenditure of each local authority with adult and children’s social care functions (1) in total, (2) on adult social care, and (3) on children’s social care, and what are (2) and (3) as a percentage of (1), in financial years 2010–11 to 2014–15 inclusive; and what are their forecasts for the same expenditure and percentages for 2015–16.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Data on the expenditure on adult and children’s social care functions (1) in total, (2) on adult social care, and (3) on children’s social care, in financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15 inclusive; and their forecasts for the same expenditure for 2015-16 by local authorities are published online in the Revenue Outturn Social Care and Public Health Services (RO3), and the Revenue Account (RA) budget forecast which are available at the following link:
http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing
The most recent revenue forms and guidance notes are available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-government-finance-miscellaneous-forms#revenue-forms
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rob Marris on 2016-01-26.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff at HM Revenue and Customs on 31 March (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) expects to be operating with around 60,000 full time equivalent (FTE) staff on 31 March 2016.
HMRC’s Business Plan for 2016-17 is currently being finalised and will be published by the end of March 2016 on GOV.UK. This will contain estimated FTE figures for 31 March 2017 and future staffing projections.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2016-02-11.
To ask the Attorney General, if he will estimate the costs attributed to the Department for Education by the Government Legal Department in the 2014-15 financial year.
Robert Buckland
I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to question 24782 from the Hon. Member for Coventry South (Jim Cunningham) on the 4th February 2016.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Reynolds on 2016-03-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has requested information (a) under the Prüm convention DNA sharing, (b) relating to the European Arrest Warrant about criminal records, (c) from the EU Passenger Name Record sharing scheme, (d) from a Europol Joint Investigation Team, (e) under the Schengen Information System, (f) from Europol’s HAVEN project to combat sexual abuse and trafficking and (g) from other EU member states about stadium bans and previous offenders at football matches.
James Brokenshire
The United Kingdom is not yet connected to any other country for the sharing of DNA under the Prüm Council Decisions.
The UK shares criminal record information with Member States via the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS). In 2015, the UK made 105,164 requests for overseas criminal record checks to other EU Member States, compared to 8,536 in 2010, an increase of over 1100%.
European legislation is currently under consideration that would require EU Member States to process Passenger Name Records (PNR) on scheduled aviation flights. The proposed legislation would require the data to be analysed by a central Passenger Information Unit and all relevant and necessary PNR to be shared with the Passenger Information Units of other Member States in compliance with data protection obligations. Receiving PNR before travel allows law enforcement authorities to plan and respond proactively to threats. PNR plays a vital role in intelligence-led operations, post-incident investigations and judicial proceedings.
Joint investigation teams are Member State led processes. Europol staff may participate in a supporting capacity.
According to the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs IT Agency (eu-LISA), the UK had the following numbers of alerts active (that is, broadcast to Member States and not subsequently revoked) on 17 February 2014:
People wanted by the UK on a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) 231
Missing adults 6,121
Missing children 2,589
Wanted for judicial purposes (e.g. Witnesses to be traced) 1,884
Discreet alerts 10,438 Discreet alerts (national security) 478
Europol’s Project HAVEN – Halting Europeans Abusing Victims in Every Nation- is part of Europol’s work under Focal Point Twins. The UK participates in and exchanges information under Europol’s Focal Point Twins and the aim is to support Member States and third countries to prevent or combat the activities of criminal networks involved in the sexual exploitation of children. Operations in the UK to counter organised crime relating to Child Sexual Exploitation have been supported by Europol, and the UK exchanges information on crimes of this nature with and through Europol via our Liaison Bureau, rather than through Project HAVEN.
Between April 2014 and the end of December 2015,UK Football Policing Unit within the Home Office, the national football information point, requested information from other EU member states about stadium bans on 101 occasions. No figures are held on individual offenders with football bans.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department had with the Department for Education on improving data centrally collected on the mental health and therapeutic support needs of children who have experienced abuse.
Alistair Burt
As part of the Government strategy to tackle child sexual abuse the Department has engaged with other Government departments including the Department for Education to deliver the actions set out in in the Government’s Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation report of March 2015, on how to improve services to vulnerable groups including children who have experienced abuse. We shall consider how local data collected through this process might be made available nationally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Reynolds on 2016-05-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is to the NHS of keeping a patient in an Assessment and Treatment Unit.
Alistair Burt
At the end of April 2016 for inpatients with a learning disability and/or autism, the average length of stay was 1,095 days. The total number of inpatients was 2,565. 415 were diagnosed with autism only and 555 patients had a learning disability and autism (Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, April 2016).
The average weekly cost for inpatient care was £3,563 per week in September 2015 (Learning Disability Census: England 2015)
Both the Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics and the Learning Disability Census provide data on people with learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder receiving inpatient care commissioned in England.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2016-07-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of sign language interpreters and electronic note takers registered with the Disabled Students Allowance Quality Assurance Group to provide support to deaf students from September 2016.
Joseph Johnson
The Department is currently working with Disabled Students’ Allowances Quality Assurance Group to review the number of support workers that have registered to provide each support role funded through Disabled Students’ Allowances. Organisations and individuals are continuing to register to provide these roles, so final figures are not yet available. We will not be able to confirm these numbers until the first DSA QAG audit cycle is completed (which will include an audit of staff details), in December 2017.
The Student Loans Company will monitor any reports about the supply of non-medical support so as to identify whether there are any issues with their availability.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-09-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for developing for a crewed successor to Typhoon.
Harriett Baldwin
The Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2015 announced the out of service date for the Typhoon fleet would be extended to 2040. The Ministry of Defence will consider options to replace the capability closer to that date but so far no decision has been made.