Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to prevent employer’s (a) late and (b) inaccurate reporting of PAYE through real time information causing errors in the amount of universal credit received by that employer’s employees.

    Priti Patel

    DWP and HMRC analyse and monitor both the timeliness and accuracy of reported PAYE information. HMRC apply risk based penalties to encourage filing compliance. DWP passes queries about earnings from claimants to an HMRC team who contact employers, software developers and employer’s agents to ascertain the actual position in disputed cases and to educate them on the importance of timely and accurate data.

  • Thangam Debbonaire – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Thangam Debbonaire – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Thangam Debbonaire on 2016-06-13.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of frontline police officers to ensure public safety; what steps she is taking to monitor that provision; and if she will make a statement.

    Mike Penning

    Decisions on the size, composition and deployment of a police force’s workforce are operational matters for individual chief constables, taking account of local needs and circumstances.

    Overall, the Government delivered a good settlement for policing through last year’s Spending Review, protecting overall police spending in real terms over the course of the Spending Review period, when local income is taken into account – an increase of up to £900 million in cash terms by 2019/20.

    The public should therefore be in no doubt that the police will have the resources they need to keep the public safe and to respond to new threats rapidly and effectively.

  • Tom Brake – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Tom Brake – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-09-06.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2016 to Question 43906, what forecast he has made of the amount that will be spent on UK defence attachés in each country in each year to 2020.

    Mike Penning

    We are unable to be specific regarding the requirements in each country, as detailed figures have yet to be set for future years. Table 1 below provides a forecast of in-year expenditure for each Defence Section for financial year (FY) 2016-17, including the British Defence Staff in Washington. Table 2 shows an estimate of expenditure for Defence Sections from 2017-18 to 2019-20.

    Table 1

    LOCATION

    Forecast of Outturn 2016-17

    ALGIERS

    £257,000

    BAGHDAD

    £1,373,000

    NEW YORK

    £666,000

    SARAJEVO

    £324,000

    KHARTOUM

    £715,000

    TRIPOLI*

    £258,000

    MOGADISHU

    £935,000

    RIGA

    £130,000

    HANOI

    £475,000

    OTTAWA

    £523,000

    WELLINGTON

    £357,000

    SINGAPORE

    £394,000

    BEIRUT

    £502,000

    BUCHAREST

    £272,000

    KATHMANDU

    £187,000

    MEXICO CITY

    £453,000

    RABAT

    £363,000

    BRASILIA

    £441,000

    SANTIAGO

    £371,000

    SEOUL

    £715,000

    JUBA

    £252,000

    VIENNA

    £375,000

    ACCRA

    £357,000

    BOGOTA

    £536,000

    MUSCAT

    £608,000

    KIEV

    £492,000

    PRETORIA

    £506,000

    AMMAN

    £690,000

    KUWAIT CITY

    £345,000

    RIYADH

    £863,000

    MADRID

    £299,000

    MOSCOW

    £949,000

    OSLO

    £303,000

    NEW DELHI

    £577,000

    NAIROBI

    £822,000

    KUALA LUMPUR

    £385,000

    ABUJA

    £294,000

    ISLAMABAD

    £711,000

    ABU DHABI

    £623,000

    DUBLIN

    £237,000

    HARARE

    £302,000

    PARIS

    £1,453,000

    FRANCE**

    £1,294,000

    RANGOON

    £341,000

    STOCKHOLM

    £386,000

    DOHA

    £319,000

    CANBERRA

    £668,000

    NICOSIA

    £229,000

    ZAGREB

    £223,000

    BANGKOK

    £368,000

    BELGRADE

    £467,000

    BERLIN

    £900,000

    BUENOS AIRES

    £499,000

    COPENHAGEN

    £273,000

    THE HAGUE

    £303,000

    ROME

    £563,000

    ANKARA

    £658,000

    ATHENS

    £566,000

    JAKARTA

    £414,000

    BEIJING

    £1,380,000

    PRAGUE

    £355,000

    TEL AVIV

    £766,000

    TOKYO

    £547,000

    WARSAW

    £398,000

    KINGSTON

    £566,000

    CAIRO

    £523,000

    KAMPALA

    £275,000

    DHAKA

    £346,000

    YEMEN

    £249,000

    BAHRAIN

    £336,000

    BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

    £375,000

    TBILISI

    £361,000

    SKOPJE

    £473,000

    FREETOWN

    £266,000

    VILNIUS

    £33,000

    ASTANA

    £247,000

    TASHKENT

    £248,000

    KABUL

    £406,000

    ADDIS ABABA

    £519,000

    TALLINN

    £291,000

    WASHINGTON

    £3,749,000

    DEFENCE SECTIONS CENTRAL FUNDING

    £9,882,000***

    TOTAL

    £52,752,000

    * Currently operating from Tunis

    ** UK Exchange Officers in France paid for through the Defence Engagement budget.

    *** Central funding covers expenditure on the Defence Attaché network not attributable to a specific Defence Section.

    Table 2

    FY 2017-18

    FY 2018-19

    FY 2019-20

    Estimated Attaché Costs

    £39,372,162

    £39,899,766

    £40,433,147

    Estimated FCO Platform Charges

    £15,470,882

    £15,689,819

    £15,970,923

    Estimated Total

    £54,843,044

    £55,589,585

    £56,404,070

  • Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-10-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been convicted of animal cruelty offences in each of the last five years.

    George Eustice

    Details of convictions for animal cruelty cases for 2010 to 2015 can be found on the Government’s official website relating to Criminal Justice System Statistics in the document “Outcomes by Offence”. A link to the document can be found below. The data for animal cruelty is under the category “108 Cruelty to Animal”.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015

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  • Louise Haigh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Louise Haigh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-29.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase participation in all-employee tax-advantaged share plans; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr David Gauke

    The tax-advantaged Save As You Earn (SAYE) and Share Incentive Plan (SIP) limits were significantly increased from April 2014. The increases the Government have made are reasonable, given the average monthly SAYE savings and the value of awards currently made to employees under SIP, and they represent the best use of resources. The Government will continue to keep the SAYE and SIP limits under review.

    In addition to increasing the SAYE and SIP limits, the rules of the schemes were substantially reviewed and simplified following the recommendations made by the Office of Tax Simplification in March 2012. Last year, the requirement that these schemes must be approved by HM Revenue and Customs to qualify for favourable tax treatment was replaced by self-certification. Coupled with other changes to simplify some technical aspects of the rules, this will make these schemes more attractive to businesses and employees.

    No data is collected and no estimates are made of the income levels of the participants in SAYE schemes.

    Permitting private equity backed companies to offer all-employee tax advantaged schemes would be likely to involve significant changes to the rules of the schemes, and there would be a number of other factors to consider carefully, including the increased cost and complexity of any extension.

  • Luciana Berger – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Luciana Berger – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-11-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many requests under section 42 of the Data Protection Act have been made in respect of (a) Google Commerce Limited, (b) Google Inc., (c) Google Payment Limited and (d) Google UK Limited.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    Information relating to the number of requests under section 42 of the Data Protection Act that have been made in respect of (a) Google Commerce Limited, (b) Google Inc, (c) Google Payment Limited and (d) Google UK Limited is outlined below:

    Year

    Google Inc

    Google UK Ltd

    Google Payment Limited

    2012/2013

    4

    16

    0

    2013/2014

    1

    4

    0

    2014/2015

    3

    0

    3

    2015/2016

    1

    0

    0

  • John Healey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    John Healey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Healey on 2016-01-07.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what organisations he has met to discuss the introduction of the capping of housing benefit for tenants in supported housing at the local rate of local housing allowance.

    Damian Hinds

    Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-giftsand-overseas-travel The lead department for this measure, the Department for Work and Pensions, has regular meetings with relevant organisations and will meet with them to discuss how the application of local housing allowance rates to social sector tenants, including those living in supported housing, will work as the policy is developed.

  • Gavin Shuker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Gavin Shuker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

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

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of her Department’s staff of each grade attended the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2016.

    Justine Greening

    The DFID staffing requirements for this event are yet to be confirmed.

  • Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-02-23.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on children whose refugee shelters in Calais are due to be demolished by the French government.

    James Brokenshire

    The UK is working closely with the French Government on all aspects of the migrant situation in Calais; however the management of the migrant camps in France is the responsibility of the French Government. They have recently increased capacity in heated container accommodation for vulnerable groups in the Calais camp, where women, children and the sick and injured are given priority.

    Both the UK and France are clear that the right course of action is to move migrants away from Calais and for genuine refugees to be offered protection within the French asylum system. That is why as part of the UK-France Joint Declaration of 20 August 2015, the UK has provided £3.6million (or €5 million) per year for two years to help provide support and facilities for migrants at centres elsewhere in France.

  • Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2016-03-22.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 21 March (HL7013), why the NHS Strategic Projects Team was said to have employees in view of it not being an organisation and therefore not able to employ staff.

    Lord Prior of Brampton

    The Strategic Projects Team is hosted by Arden GEM Commissioning Support Unit. The staff referred to in HL7013 were on secondment from the CSU and NHS England and were therefore employees.