Tag: Parliamentary Question

– 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by on 2015-12-07.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 25 November (HL3916) concerning the 49 closed files with children’s home” and “London” in the catalogue description

Lord Bates

Of the 49 references to ‘children’s home’ and ‘London’ in the National Archives catalogue description, some relate to open files and one to a home in London Road, Gloucester.

Once these have been discounted and allowing for homes which have more than one closed file, those children’s homes operated by London boroughs which have files identified as closed at The National Archives are as follows:

100 Balgores Lane Children’s Home Gidea Park

4 King Edwards Grove Children’s Home, Teddington

44 Princess Road Children’s Home Teddington

54 Muswell Avenue Children’s Home, Muswell Hill

68 King Edwards Grove Children’s Home, Teddington

69 Kingston Lane Children’s Home Teddington

7 The Ride Children’s Home, Brentford

74 Goshawk Gardens Children’s Home, Hayes

8/26 Crescent Road, South Woodford, London E18

82 Muswell Avenue Children’s Home, Muswell Hill

9 Whitley Road Children’s Home, Tottenham, N17

Abbey Wood Estate Children’s Home 242 Panfield Road, London SE2

Abbeywood Estate Children’s Home 52 Chalcombe Road, London SE2

Britwell Estate Small Children’s Home, 2 Dove House Crescent, Britwell, Bucks

Britwell Estate Small Children’s Home, 270 Longfurlong Drive, Britwell, Bucks

Chevington Children’s Home, 25 Warham Road, Croydon, Surrey

Deaconbank Children’s Home, 80 Aldersbrook, Wanstead London E11

Derwent House Children’s Home, 10 Armdel Gardens, Winchmore Hill

Dr Barnardo’s Children’s Home and Mission, 8-26 Crescent Road, South Woodford, London E18

Hoblands Children’s Home, Carlton Road, Sidcup, Kent

Langley House Children’s Home 54 East India Dock Road, London E14

St Paul’s Cray Estate Small Children’s Home. 41 Highfield Road Chislehurst, Kent

Westleigh Children’s Home 6 Dartmouth Park Avenue, London NW5

Wood Vale Children’s Home 32 Elder Road, West Norwood London SE 27

Woodlands Children’s Home 12 Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Surrey

01/01/2023
Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2016-01-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department provides to partner organisations on using the HM Revenue and Customs logo in such a way as to make it clear to consumers the difference between legitimate partner organisations and scam websites.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has strict brand guidelines around the use of its logo. Only in very occasional circumstances will it allow a third-party supplier to use the HMRC logo alongside its own, when it is providing direct services to customers on behalf of HMRC.

HMRC is among the most phished brands in the world and is constantly vigilant against the fraudulent use of its logo and brand. Where such misuse is identified, HMRC will take a range of actions to protect customers from fraud, including:
- demanding the removal of the logo by the third party
- legal action
- working with internet service providers to remove websites
- proactively publicising to customers when new phishing websites are found
  - providing publicity advice to keep safe online.
  Since July 2014, HMRC has closed 22,210 fake websites.
  
  The Government also provides guidance on gov.uk on the types of genuine communication that customers can expect from the department.
01/01/2023

Gavin Newlands – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2016-02-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have applied to the National Enterprise Allowance scheme in each of the last five years.

Priti Patel

Claimants who are interested in participating in the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) are referred by their work coach to a provider so that they can explore the self-employment options. Participation is voluntary.

The take up of the NEA is closely linked to the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, which begun to drop in 2013 – 2014. It is also worth noting that during 2013 the Department ran a high profile marketing campaign to promote the NEA, using posters & leaflets in jobcentres, YouTube videos, Webinars etc. which may also have influenced take up of the scheme in that year.

The table below shows how many starts there were with a business mentor in each financial year.

NEA mentor starts by financial year (¹)	Number ^(2,3)
April 2011 – March 2012	15,170
April 2012 – March 2013	31,880
April 2013 – March 2014	47,800
April 2014 – March 2015	39,830
April 2015 – September 2015 (six months)	18,200

(1) Data Source – DWP LMS opportunities evaluation database October 2015 for all quarters, DWP PRaP database October 2015 for Jan-Sept 2015.

(2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

(3) It is possible that an individual may start to work with a mentor more than once and therefore appear more than once in these figures.

01/01/2023

Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for universal credit have been made by people whose temporary employment contract has expired since the introduction of that credit.

Priti Patel

Universal Credit is paid on the basis of earnings. Information on types of contracts that claimants are on is not routinely collected.

01/01/2023
Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times explosive ordinance officers were deployed to deal with incidents in Northern Ireland between 1 July 2015 and 1 January 2016.

Penny Mordaunt

The Explosive Ordnance Device teams in Northern Ireland continue to respond with great professionalism to requests for assistance. We will continue to support the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the most operationally effective way.

Incidents requiring explosive ordnance disposal experts in Northern Ireland are dealt with solely by military personnel.

The information requested on the number of occasions Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel have responded to incidents in Northern Ireland is published annually in the Report of the Independent Reviewer of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007. A copy of the report covering up to 31 July 2015 is available in the Library of the House and can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/499691/Independent_Reviewer_of_the_Justice_and_Security__Northern_Ireland__Act_2007__8th_report.pdf

Between August 2015 and December 2015, Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel responded on a further 111 occasions to incidents in Northern Ireland.

01/01/2023
MiDavies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2016-05-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Sport England’s (a) implementation of the strategy to tackle inactivity and (b) use of funding for that purpose.

David Evennett

Government is determined to tackle physical inactivity. Around one in two women and a third of men in England are damaging their health through a lack of physical activity.

In December 2015, Government published ‘Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation", which set out a new vision for a successful and active sporting nation, with a strong focus on reaching inactive people and helping them to get moving in ways that suit them.

Sport England’s new strategy ‘Towards an Active Nation’, published on 19 May, is consistent with, and takes forward, the Government’s vision and relevant recommendations from Sporting Future, including those on inactivity. It sets out the organisation’s plans for tackling inactivity, including by tripling its current investment to over £250m over 4 years, making it the largest single national investor in tackling inactivity. As part of that it will create a new, dedicated fund of £120 million to tackle inactivity over the next four years, building on the insight gained from pilots of their Get Healthy Get Active fund.

Government will report annually on progress in implementing ‘Sporting Future’.

01/01/2023
Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-07-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2016 to Question 41323, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of teachers leaving state-funded schools between 2011 and 2015; and if she will make a statement.

Nick Gibb

The proportion of teachers leaving the profession has remained at around 10% a year since 1996. However, there are more qualified teachers than ever before with 440,000 in 2011 compared to 456,900 in 2015.

We recognise that it is vital for schools to be able to retain good teachers – that is why we have made policy interventions in the areas that teachers tell us matter most such as improving pupil behaviour and reducing unnecessary workload.

We asked Tom Bennett, a behaviour expert, to chair an expert group to develop core content on behaviour management for the framework of content for initial teacher training, and the group’s recommendations were published last week.

We set up three independent review groups to address unnecessary workload in the key areas of marking, planning and data management. The groups reported early this year, and set out clear principles about what should happen in schools to reduce unnecessary workload in these areas. The Government has accepted all the relevant recommendations made by the groups, and we will continue to work with the teaching profession to make sure they have the ongoing support they need to continue reducing unnecessary teacher workload.

We have recently conducted the first biennial Teacher Workload Survey, which will allow us to track teacher workload over the coming years. The results of the first survey will be published later this year.

01/01/2023
Yasmin Qureshi – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to implement annual uprating to ensure that funding matches demand for supported housing.

Caroline Nokes

The Secretary of State confirmed in his written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on 15^th September that the Government will shortly be publishing a consultation document on supported housing.

The Government values the important role that supported accommodation plays in helping vulnerable people to live as independently as possible. This announcement demonstrates the commitment of this Government to safeguarding vulnerable groups, and encouraging further development to meet future demand.

01/01/2023
Chris Leslie – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for increased benefit fraud in the last financial year.

Justin Tomlinson

The 2014-2015 national statistics for fraud and error were published on 5 November 2015. We are committed to tackling fraud and error, and these figures show a reduction in total benefit fraud and error to the lowest ever level of 1.8%. There was a slight increase of 0.1% in the benefit fraud figure (from 0.7% in 2013-2014 to 0.8%).

01/01/2023
Lord Hunt of Chesterton – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Chesterton on 2015-12-07.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to ensure that UK scientific institutions have the funds to collaborate with those in Arctic countries to monitor and predict the melting of permafrost and the release of methane; and what practical steps are being considered to minimise the environmental impact of the melting of permafrost and the release of methane in the Arctic.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The UK is funding and participating in a number of projects that will improve our knowledge of the Arctic, for example the current NERC Arctic Research Programme, the European JPI (Joint Programming Initiative) Climate collaboration between 16 European countries to coordinate jointly their climate research, and NERC’s Discovery Science grant programme. The UK also continues to invest in infrastructure to support polar science such as the new £200m polar research vessel.

The best practical way to limit the melting of permafrost and the subsequent release of methane is to keep the rise in global temperatures as low as possible. At the recent United Nations conference on climate change in Paris, the world took an important step forward with an unprecedented number of countries agreeing to a deal to limit global temperature rises.

01/01/2023