The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-16.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual amount saved in ISA accounts in each income group; and if he will make a statement.
Harriett Baldwin
ISA statistics for the latest available tax year (2012-13) are published on the GOV.UK website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2016-04-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the inquiry into alleged child abuse at the Kincora boys home.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
This is a matter for the independent Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry. I can confirm that there will be the fullest possible degree of co-operation by the UK Government and its agencies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robin Walker on 2016-05-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were refused entry to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant in each of the last five years.
James Brokenshire
The Home Office does not hold data on those refused entry to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant. Border Force officers have the power to detain an individual subject to an EAW, pending the arrival of the police. Statistics are not kept on EAW arrests made at the border.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Natalie McGarry on 2016-07-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify the Istanbul Convention.
Karen Bradley
The previous Government signed the Istanbul Convention to show the strong commitment it placed on tackling violence against women and girls and this Government remains committed to ratifying it.
The UK already complies with the vast majority of the Convention’s articles but further amendments to domestic law, to take extra-territorial jurisdiction over a range of offences (as required by Article 44), are necessary before the Convention can be ratified.
We are currently considering the approach to implementing the extra-territorial jurisdiction requirements in England and Wales and will seek to legislate when the approach is agreed and Parliamentary time allows.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Shabana Mahmood on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the conclusions and recommendations in the Hutton review of forensic pathology in England and Wales, submitted to the Minister of State for Crime and Prevention in March 2015.
Brandon Lewis
Since the completion of Professor Hutton’s review the Home Office Forensic Pathology Unit has been consulting with stakeholders on a range of options for implementing the Review’s recommendations. This includes an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of various options to take forward the main recommendation of establishing a ‘National Death Investigation Service’.
Recommendations on the preferred option will be presented to Home Office Ministers in October 2016. In parallel, the Pathology Delivery Board, chaired by the Home Office, assessed all the recommendations and established a programme of work to address them individually. This programme has progressed to completion and is set to be formally signed-off at the next meeting of the Pathology Delivery Board, chaired by the Home Office, in November 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alistair Carmichael on 2015-11-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to speed up the process for obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate.
Caroline Dinenage
The Government takes transgender equality issues very seriously and has actively contributed towards the Women and Equalities Select Committee’s inquiry into transgender equality. There are no current plans to review the Gender Recognition Act, however the Government will consider the recommendations of the inquiry once they become available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has provided to support trades union and workers’ rights in Guatemala in each of the last five years.
Mr Hugo Swire
Our support to trade unions and workers’ rights in Guatemala over the past five years has included direct approaches to the Guatemalan government, meetings between British officials and trade union representatives and approaches to the International Labour Organisation, through the European Union.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2016-01-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will meet with house builders to discuss increasing the provision of two-bedroom end bungalows in the housing market so that retirees can downsize from larger two-storey residential housing.
Brandon Lewis
I meet with housebuilders regularly and have had many meetings on the provision of older peoples’ housing. This Government is committed to provide older people with choice over the housing that best meets their needs.
We have clear planning policy to support older peoples’ housing, and we strengthened guidance last year to reinforce our expectations – including to get local authorities to recognise the benefits of supporting applications to build homes for people wishing to downsize.
We are clear that local councils and mainstream housing providers need to increase the quality, choice and provision of housing for older people. We hope this will enable many older people who wish to move to available properties that suit their needs to do so, while freeing up family sized homes.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Carolyn Harris on 2016-02-22.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to consult on the transposition of the fourth anti-money-laundering directive.
Harriett Baldwin
In June 2015, the fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (‘the Directive) was formally adopted. Member States have up until June 2017 to transpose the Directives requirements, into national law.
With regards to the Government’s plans to consult on the transposition of the Directive, it intends to do so by early spring, with consultation running for a full 12 weeks. The consultation will cover areas where the Directive has given us options or direction on how we transpose its provisions, as well as areas where we can improve the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime.
By undertaking this work, we are further ensuring that our anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism regime is robust and sufficiently responsive to emerging threats.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many called-in planning decisions he made a decision in three months or longer in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Brandon Lewis
The attached table below shows the number of called-in planning decisions issued by the Secretary of State during each of the last 10 years issued more than three months after the report was received.
|
Year decision was issued |
Decisions issued more than 3 months after Inspector’s report was received |
|
1 April 2006 – 31 March 2007 |
10 |
|
1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008 |
9 |
|
1 April 2008 – 31 March 2009 |
13 |
|
1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010 |
4 |
|
1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011 |
5 |
|
1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012 |
2 |
|
1 April 2012– 31 March 2013 |
3 |
|
1 April 2013– 31 March 2014 |
2 |
|
1 April 2014– 31 March 2015 |
9 |
|
1 April 2015– 31 March 2016 |
4 |