Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Lord Warner – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Lord Warner – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Warner on 2015-11-25.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the budget figures for the Department of Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government include provision for the implementation of the Dilnot Commission proposals for capping individual liability for social care, as under the Care Act 2014; and if so, in which years such provision has been made.

    Lord Prior of Brampton

    The Government remains committed to introducing the cap on reasonable care costs and extension of means tested support, which will come into force and be funded from April 2020. The Spending Review 2015 sets budgets for the next four years to 2019/20. The final year includes funding to cover the costs of local authorities preparing to implement the changes the following year. This start date is also indicated in the Autumn Statement 2015, as the delayed annually managed expenditure impact of this policy is shown with the policy starting in 2020.

  • Stephen Doughty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Stephen Doughty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2015-12-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation of (a) women, (b) journalists, (c) the LGBT community and (d) religious minorities in the Gambia.

    James Duddridge

    The UK remains concerned about the human rights situation in The Gambia. Since July The Gambia has taken some steps to address human rights concerns, including banning female genital mutilation and the dismissal of cases against members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans-sexual community by the Gambian courts. However, more needs to be done. We continue to monitor the situation closely and press the Gambian government for improved respect for human rights.

  • Huw Irranca-Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    Huw Irranca-Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Huw Irranca-Davies on 2016-01-26.

    To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2016 to Question 22432, by what measure the Director of the Serious Fraud Office judges whether there is a significant public interest element in a case.

    Robert Buckland

    The Criminal Justice Act 1987 provides that “The Director may investigate any suspected offence which appears to him on reasonable grounds to involve serious or complex fraud.”

    Each case is assessed on its own facts and merits.

    The Statement of Principle sets out some of the factors that the Director will take into account when considering the matter for investigation. All of these will be considered, and there is no minimum requirement or measure in respect of the different factors.

    Each on its own or taken in combination can establish sufficient grounds for the Director to decide that the case is sufficiently large, complex or of wide public interest that it should be dealt with by the Serious Fraud Office.

  • Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-02-23.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received outlining concerns related to his Department’s new anti-lobbying policy.

    Matthew Hancock

    The few representations received about implementation of the new clause in Government grants have given us the opportunity to explain that the clause does not stop grant recipients from lobbying, but prevents them from spending government grant funded by taxpayers given for a different purpose on lobbying.

  • Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-03-21.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2016, to Question 31254, on road: accidents, which 31 local authorities have not yet received an agreement proposal.

    Andrew Jones

    The 31 local authorities that have not yet received an agreement proposal are:

    Local Highway Authority

    Bath and North East Somerset Council

    Berkshire District Council

    Blackburn

    Blackpool

    Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

    Bracknell Forest Borough Council

    Brighton & Hove Council

    Bristol

    Buckinghamshire County Council

    Cumbria

    Dorset

    Isle of Wight Council

    Knowsley

    Liverpool

    Medway Council

    Newcastle

    North Somerset

    Northumberland

    Plymouth

    Poole

    Portsmouth City Council

    Solihull

    South Gloucestershire

    Southampton City Council

    St. Helens

    Stoke on Trent

    Swindon

    Torbay

    Transport for London

    Wiltshire

    Wokingham Borough Council
  • Meg Hillier – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Meg Hillier – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Meg Hillier on 2016-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces take longest to process applications from the Disclosure and Barring Service; and what the average processing time for such application is for each police force in England.

    Karen Bradley

    The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) processes applications in date order and is reliant on the police completing their checks in a timely manner. In very exceptional cases, where it is apparent that a delay is likely to cause undue hardship to an applicant, the DBS will do all it can to expedite the process by raising an escalation with the relevant police force.

    The table below shows the average time spent by each police force in England to process disclosure applications between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016.

    Force Name

    Average Days Taken By Force

    Avon And Somerset

    7.4

    Bedfordshire

    3.5

    Cambridgeshire

    10.9

    Cheshire

    10.7

    City of London

    9.0

    Cleveland

    8.6

    Cumbria

    13.8

    Derbyshire

    14.8

    Devon And Cornwall

    4.7

    Dorset

    76.6

    Durham

    15.3

    Essex

    16.2

    Gloucester

    11.1

    Greater Manchester

    12.8

    Hampshire

    11.4

    Hertfordshire

    10.5

    Humberside

    9.8

    Kent

    18.5

    Lancashire

    5.0

    Leicestershire

    7.7

    Lincolnshire

    9.2

    Merseyside

    8.2

    Metropolitan

    85.2

    Norfolk

    1.6

    North Yorkshire

    17.9

    Northamptonshire

    17.1

    Northumbria

    13.9

    Nottinghamshire

    10.9

    South Yorkshire

    21.7

    Staffordshire

    10.7

    Suffolk

    8.8

    Surrey

    13.1

    Sussex

    17.5

    Thames Valley

    60.3

    Warwickshire

    7.2

    West Mercia

    9.3

    West Midlands

    21.2

    West Yorkshire

    12.3

    Wiltshire

    4.8
  • Keir Starmer – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Keir Starmer – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keir Starmer on 2016-05-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who on the Government’s warnings index is known to have travelled to which destinations during the Semaphore eBorders system national power outage in June 2015.

    James Brokenshire

    Home Office systems are used for the purposes of border and national security and the detection and prevention of crime. It is longstanding policy not to discuss the specific data held on these systems, the source of the data or how it is used for national security reasons.

  • Andrew Rosindell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Andrew Rosindell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2016-06-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking in response to the outcome of the EU referendum to maintain the existing border between Gibraltar and Spain.

    Mr David Lidington

    The outcome of the EU referendum does not affect the United Kingdom’s steadfast and longstanding commitment to Gibraltar. We will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another State against their wishes. Furthermore, the UK will not enter into a process of sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar is not content.

    Ensuring a well functioning Gibraltar-Spain border is one of our top priorities. This has not changed. It will take some time for our future relationship with the EU to become clear, but there will be no immediate changes in Gibraltar’s circumstances. There will be no initial changes in the way people can travel or the way services can be sold. Over 12,000 people will still be able to commute across the Gibraltar-Spain border every day, including a significant number of Spanish workers. As we move forward in negotiating the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU, we will work in partnership with the Government of Gibraltar to ensure Gibraltar’s interests are protected and advanced.

  • Tom Brake – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Tom Brake – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-09-14.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the peace process in Ukraine.

    Sir Alan Duncan

    The Foreign Secretary has discussed the Minsk Peace Process to resolve the on-going conflict in eastern Ukraine with a range of European partners and counterparts, including bilaterally with Foreign Ministers from France and Poland as well as multilaterally at recent EU and Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe summits. The Foreign Secretary has also discussed the conflict with President Poroshenko and Foreign Minister Klimkin of Ukraine during a recent visit to Kyiv, and stressed the need for progress on Minsk implementation during a phone call last month with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.

  • Jamie Reed – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Jamie Reed – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish its strategic plan for housing Syrian refugees.

    Richard Harrington

    This is a voluntary scheme whereby local authorities sign up to accept refugees on a voluntary basis. Housing is one element they would take into consideration before participating. We are working closely with those local authorities that have indicated they wish to be involved as well as with the Local Government Associations.