Parliamentary Question – Page 260

Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) merchant ships, (b) fishing vessels, (c) Port State Control and (d) other vessel surveys were conducted by Maritime and Coastguard Agency surveyors based at the Marine Office in (i) Brixham, (ii) Leith, (iii) Newlyn, (iv) Tyne, (v) Plymouth, (vi) Beverley, (vii) Orpington, (viii) Harwich and (ix) Norwich in each year since 2009-10.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The table below shows the number of vessel surveys and inspections undertaken by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year since

2009-10:

i)

Brixham*

ii)	Leith
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	43	44	54	48	42	25	11
Fishing Vessels	22	12	8	5	1	3	–
PSC	30	35	41	29	21	26	14
Other	31	41	63	57	46	23	5

iii)

Newlyn*

iv)	Tyne
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	181	173	173	141	163	164	104
Fishing Vessels	60	125	114	94	87	91	98
PSC	68	204	127	146	154	144	102
Other	26	20	45	37	53	46	40

v)	Plymouth*
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	243	215	223	217	205	195	148
Fishing Vessels	318	462	421	265	176	105	157
PSC	31	35	15	11	16	12	9
Other	89	112	75	60	42	40	53

vi)	Beverley/Hull
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	221	170	141	127	126	120	108
Fishing Vessels	135	171	126	182	139	141	130
PSC	227	237	254	211	299	230	146
Other	127	119	118	105	102	90	75

vii)	Orpington
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	567	504	551	628	555	564	529
Fishing Vessels	–	–	2	5	6	1	–
PSC	206	202	172	170	149	79	63
Other	86	76	56	62	52	50	35

viii)	Harwich
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	101	118	86	82	79	86	80
Fishing Vessels	52	90	39	–	5	–	2
PSC	98	111	126	79	59	78	52
Other	42	29	21	16	6	15	16

ix)	Norwich**
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	–	–	–	–	76	96	93
Fishing Vessels	–	–	–	–	22	88	96
PSC	–	–	–	–	40	36	20
Other	–	–	–	–	98	141	122

ix)	Great Yarmouth**
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	99	95	111	97	14	–	–
Fishing Vessels	59	81	77	68	22	–	–
PSC	74	56	60	58	41	–	–
Other	105	115	99	126	31	–	–

* Newlyn and Brixham were sub-offices of Plymouth Marine Office; all work related to vessels was coordinated through Plymouth.

** Work coordinated from the Marine Office located at Great Yarmouth office moved to Norwich Marine Office on 16 May 2013.

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January 1, 2023

Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-05-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how much funding was allocated to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by (i) the National Crime Agency’s Criminal Finances Threat Group and (ii) each of the cash-based money laundering, non cash-based money laundering and professional enablers divisions and the other sub-groups in each year since 2009-10.

Mr John Hayes

The National Crime Agency’s Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15 sets out the Agency’s staffing numbers and funding allocations including gross expenditure for the Economic Crime Command for 2013-14, and 2014-15.

The gross expenditure of the Economic Crime Command in 2013/14, the first year of the NCA’s operation, was £10,571,000. In 2014-15 gross expenditure was £21,718,000. In June 2015, the International Corruption Unit was established in the Economic Crime Command. It brought together resources from the Metropolitan Police Service, City of London Police and the NCA into a single unit and is responsible for investigating the bribery of foreign public officials by individuals or companies from the UK, and money laundering by corrupt foreign officials and their associates.

The Economic Crime Command also leads the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT) through which the financial sector, law enforcement agencies and the Financial Conduct Authority share information to prevent, detect and disrupt money laundering and terrorist financing. The NCA as a whole has around 4,000 staff. The majority of the NCA’s staff work as a flexible investigative resource, not in a particular Command, but assigned to particular operations across all areas of the NCA as needed. The agency also houses a number of deployable specialist capabilities.

The number of staff working in a particular Command is not a reliable indicator of the overall NCA resource linked to a particular type of crime. The Criminal Finances Threat Group is a multi-agency group chaired by the NCA which includes representatives from across law enforcement, meeting quarterly. As the Group is not a unit within the NCA, the information sought is not available. HMRC leads on tax evasion.

The NCA works closely with HMRC in relation to tax evasion that relates to serious and organised crime. Through the NCA’s national tasking and coordination mechanisms the Agency is able act on these cases by utilising its specialist capabilities, for example undertaking tax investigations to recover assets from serious and organised criminals under part 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

January 1, 2023

The Marquess of Lothian – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Marquess of Lothian on 2016-06-27.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Secretary of State for Energy will respond to the Committee on Climate Change’s report on the environmental impact of shale gas fracking submitted to the Department of Energy and Climate Change on 30 March.

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

The Government has received the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report. We are carefully considering the report to ensure it is given the proper consideration it is due.

Under the Infrastructure Act 2015, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change is required to lay the CCC report and our response before Parliament together. They will be published as soon as practicable once our response is complete.

January 1, 2023

Luciana Berger – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-09-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the tunnel and bridge tolls in Merseyside on the (a) finances, (b) employment levels, (c) employment choices and (d) road travel habits of residents of Liverpool, Wavertree.

Andrew Jones

Tolling levels for the Mersey Tunnels and the future Mersey Gateway Crossing are the responsibility of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Halton Borough Council respectively. Any assessment of the local impact of these tolls is therefore a matter for these bodies rather than this Department. The Department’s assessment of the business case for the Crossing included a consideration of the overall impacts effects of tolling levels on road users and showed that the new Crossing will reduce congestion and improve journey times for users. This assessment was not disaggregated to the level of individual local areas.

January 1, 2023

Lyn Brown – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lyn Brown on 2015-11-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has allocated to work on the strategic communications plan for making (a) young and (b) other people aware of the blanket ban on legal highs proposed in the Psychoactive Substances Bill.

Mike Penning

A strategic communications plan to make people aware of the intended blanket ban on psychoactive substances is currently being developed. We are working with key partners and agencies such as Pubic Health England to develop a comprehensive plan that will explain the legislative changes and consequences to sellers, young people and other users and signpost support and advice. A budget has not yet been allocated for this work.

January 1, 2023

Madeleine Moon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2015-12-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2015 to Question 17678, how many (a) military and (b) civil servant personnel of each rank and grade are employed at (i) MoD Grantown-on-Spey, (b) MoD Llanwrst, (c) MoD Fairbourne and (d) MoD Crickhowell; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Lancaster

Information on the rank and grade of personnel Stationed at the listed locations as at 1 October for each year is provided in the tables below. The data has been rounded in accordance with data protection principles, where ~ denotes less than 5.

	NATO Rank	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Llanrwst	OR-6	~	~	~	10	10	10	10	10	0
OR-4	0	0	0	~	5	5	5	~	0
Fairbourne	OF-3	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
	OF-2	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	0	0
	OR-7	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
	OR-6	5	5	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
	OR-4	10	10	15	15	10	15	10	10	5
Crickhowell	OF-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	~
	OF-3	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
	OF-2	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
	OF-1	~	0	0	0	~	0	0	0	0
	OR-8	0	0	~	0	0	0	0	0	0
	OR-7	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
	OR-6	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
	OR-4	5	5	~	5	10	10	5	10	5
	OR-3	~	~	5	10	5	~	0	0	0
	OR-2	~	5	10	~	~	~	~	0	0
Grantown-on-Spey	OF-3	0	0	0	~	~	0	~	0	~
	OF-2	0	0	0	0	0	~	0	0	0
	OR-9	0	0	0	0	~	~	~	~	~
	OR-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	~	~	~
	OR-6	0	0	0	~	~	5	5	10	10
	OR-4	0	0	0	~	~	~	~	~	5

	Grade Levels	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Llanrwst	Band D	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
	Band E	5	5	5	5	5	~	~	~	~
	Industrial	5	~	5	~	5	~	~	~	~
Fairbourne	Band E	10	10	5	~	~	~	~	~	~
Fairbourne	Industrial	10	10	5	10	10	10	~	~	~
Crickhowell	Band C	0	~	0	0	0	0	0	0	~
	Band D	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
	Band E	5	10	5	10	~	~	~	~	~
	Industrial	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
Grantown-on-Spey	Band E	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
Grantown-on-Spey	Industrial	~	5	~	5	~	~	~	~	~

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January 1, 2023

Baroness Crawley – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Crawley on 2016-01-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether there is a conflict between HMRC piloting the tobacco industry’s Codentify system and its legal action against tobacco companies for failing to control their supply chains.

Lord O’Neill of Gatley

HMRC is piloting the Codentify system as a product authentication tool that could help tackle the illicit tobacco market.

This has no bearing on the obligations placed on tobacco companies to control their supply chains or on any action taken by HMRC to ensure compliance with these obligations.

January 1, 2023

Caroline Nokes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Nokes on 2016-02-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve the teaching of personal, social, health and economic education and sex and relationship education in schools that Ofsted inspectors have assessed as requiring improvement in the teaching of those subjects.

Edward Timpson

This Government believes that all children should have the opportunity to receive a high quality and appropriate sex and relationship education (SRE). SRE is compulsory in all maintained secondary schools and many primary schools also teach it in an age-appropriate way. The Government also expects academies and free schools to deliver SRE as part of their provision of a broad and balanced curriculum.

Any state-funded school teaching SRE must have regard to the Secretary of State’s SRE guidance (2000). The Department does not collect data about the number of schools that follow the guidance. The Department has received requests about updating the existing SRE guidance which we will carefully consider.

Ofsted does not inspect individual curriculum subjects. However, aspects of Personal Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education and SRE will inform its judgment on personal development, behaviour and welfare. Inspectors must also consider the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils. Schools have responsibility for acting upon the inspection reports they receive and any weaknesses will be considered when the school is next inspected.

Initial Teacher Training is currently determined by the Teachers’ Standards, which all trainee teachers must be able to demonstrate by the end of their training. The Standards set out the key principles of good subject pedagogy and the importance of subject knowledge development across the curriculum. Schools and headteachers are best placed to determine which staff learning activities will be most beneficial for their schools and we expect them to lead the personal development of their teachers to improve the quality of all round teaching.

The Department supports schools’ efforts to improve PSHE teaching, by drawing schools’ attention to a range of high quality PSHE education teaching resources, including quality resources, lesson plans, a programme of study, factsheets and case studies. These resources are kite-marked by the PSHE Association to ensure that schools can trust the materials they use and improve their teaching.

January 1, 2023

Melanie Onn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Melanie Onn on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will estimate the change in the number of jobs that will be lost in the solar industry as a result of the early closure of the renewables obligation.

Andrea Leadsom

The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not maintain data on the number of jobs in the solar industry. In order to support the path to subsidy-free solar deployment, we have decided to keep the Feed-in-Tariff scheme open, and expect that the scheme could support 15,000-23,000 jobs in the sector.

We expect subsidy-free solar to be an increasingly attractive option. Lightsource, the biggest solar developer in the UK, have said publically that they will be installing and connecting subsidy-free sites in 2016.

January 1, 2023

Louise Ellman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Ellman on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which technical service tested the Skoda vehicles for the purposes of type approval; and which testing facilities were used.

Andrew Jones

The Vehicle Certification Agency has type approved a selection of Skoda vehicles. The Vehicle Certification Agency appointed TuV Sud as a technical service in accordance with the European type approval rules. TuV Sud have undertaken the range of required tests at a number of locations, including Volkswagen Group laboratories and the TuV Sud facility in the Czech Republic.

January 1, 2023

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