Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Nic Dakin – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Nic Dakin – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2016-10-13.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department had with UK steelmakers before the decision was made to use French steel in the construction of Trident successor submarines.

    Harriett Baldwin

    The management of the steel procurement process for the Successor Programme is the responsibility of the Prime Contractor, BAE Systems. The Ministry of Defence’s involvement with suppliers was limited to conducting a technical assessment during the tendering process to ensure bids met specifications.

    The tendering process was progressed and concluded by the Prime Contractor, no viable UK bid was received for this part of the Successor submarine manufacture. Other stages of construction will include grades of steel manufactured by British suppliers and I encourage them to take the opportunity to bid.

    Overall, 85% of BAE System’s supply chain for the new submarines is based in the UK.

  • Jim Fitzpatrick – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Jim Fitzpatrick – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Fitzpatrick on 2015-11-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how often have the noise quotas for London airports been reviewed or updated since their designation in the Civil Aviation Act 1982.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    Night flight restrictions of some form have been in place at Heathrow since 1962, Gatwick since 1971 and Stansted since 1978. Since 1993, the night noise regime has limited the number of flights and amount of noise energy that can be emitted at each airport. These limits are reviewed approximately every 5 years and there has been three consultations since 1993. The current regime ends in October 2017 and the Government will be consulting next year on a regime to replace it.

  • – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    – 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

  • Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    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.

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

    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.

  • Matthew Offord – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Matthew Offord – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Offord on 2016-03-01.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has received from hon. Members since the coming into force of the Act.

    Matthew Hancock

    Due to the nature of the way FOI requests are recorded it is unfortunately not possible to identify the number of requests from all former and existing Cabinet Office Ministers or honourable members except at disproportionate cost.

  • Andrew Rosindell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Andrew Rosindell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2016-04-25.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic security implications of the proposed merger between the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Borse.

    Harriett Baldwin

    I refer the honourable Member to my previous written answer 34500 of 25 April 2016.

  • Lyn Brown – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Lyn Brown – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lyn Brown on 2016-06-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Education Funding Agency guidance, Building Bulletin 100: Design for fire safety in schools, published on 11 March 2014, how many schools that scored high or medium on the risk assessment have not been fitted with sprinklers.

    Edward Timpson

    Building Bulletin 100 advises on fire safety design for new school buildings and includes a fire risk assessment within its suite of guidance. This risk assessment is not intended to be part of a data collection exercise and therefore the Department does not hold the information requested.

  • Brendan O’Hara – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    Brendan O’Hara – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Brendan O’Hara on 2016-09-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much (a) government and (b) industry funding the UK Defence Solutions Centre received in the financial year 2015-16; and how much such funding is projected for 2016-17.

    Jesse Norman

    The Defence Growth Partnership (DGP) is an industry led group, established jointly by industry and government to deliver export-led growth within the Defence sector. It does not receive any public funding. Since 2014, it has enabled joint industry and government resource equivalent to £50 million over three years to achieve its agenda: £30 million for strengthening the UK Defence & Security Organisation and establishing the UK Defence Solutions Centre (UKDSC). The remaining £20 million is currently delivered through a number of initiatives supporting the DGP’s growth agenda: establishment of the Centre of Maritime Intelligent Systems (CMIS); Dual Use Technology Exploitation (DUTE) cluster and the MOD Innovation Challenge fund.

    Government and industry have committed through a mix of cash and resource equivalent to £3.8m in 2015-16 to the UKDSC and a similar figure is predicted for 2016-17. As of 1 April 2016, there were 4 staff directly employed by the UKDSC and 28 secondees from across the 16 DGP Partner Companies.

  • Rupa Huq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Rupa Huq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rupa Huq on 2016-10-13.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to retain visa exemptions for PhD-level jobs after the UK leaves the EU.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    Future immigration arrangements for EU citizens are still to be determined. However, the Government has consistently enhanced the treatment of PhD-level jobs in the immigration system.

    Immigration reforms since 2010 have explicitly taken account of the needs of academics, scientists and researchers and will continue to do so.