Tag: Parliamentary Question

Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-09-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her article in the Daily Mail, entitled Too much of your money is simply stolen or squandered, published on 13 September 2016, in what areas of her Department’s spending funding is being stolen or wasted.

Rory Stewart

DFID has a zero tolerance approach to fraud and has a wide range of robust measures and controls in place to protect UK aid and ensure we maximise value for money. My department works in challenging areas and operates a comprehensive risk management framework which assesses and responds to the risk of fraud at every stage of the project cycle. The Counter Fraud Section responds firmly to any allegation of fraud recovering funds wherever possible. We expect our partners to account for losses from their own funds to minimise the impact on UK taxpayers and the recipients of aid.

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Marie Rimmer – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Marie Rimmer on 2015-11-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the building of homes for social rent.

Brandon Lewis

We have already allocated £1 billion towards our commitment to deliver 275,000 affordable homes by 2020. This will be the fastest rate of affordable housing building in the last 20 years.

Since April 2010 we have delivered over 260,000 affordable homes, with almost 60,000 delivered last year.

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Jim Shannon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2015-11-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women were injured while serving in Afghanistan in each year of the UK’s engagement in war in that country.

Penny Mordaunt

The table below provides a summary of the number of UK female Service personnel injured in Afghanistan in each year between 7 October 2001 (start of operations in Afghanistan) and 30 November 2014 (end of NATO combat operations).

Female UK Service Personnel Injured in Afghanistan by injury classification and year, 7 October 2001- 30 November 2014. 1.

Female Military in Afghanistan	All	7 Oct 2001-31 Dec 2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
All injured female personnel	206	0	2	3	3	23	19	24	30	23	31	34	14
Battle injury	24	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	4	4	3	1
Non-Battle injury	181	0	2	3	3	22	18	20	24	19	26	31	13
Disease/ Non-Battle injury 2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

1 Based on year of Injury, numbers exclude female personnel who were injured and subsequently died.

2 For these UK Female Service Personnel it has not been possible to determine from electronic records held by Defence Statistics if they were injured or had an illness. The record identifies these personnel as Disease/Non Battle Injury.

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Lord Roberts of Llandudno – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno on 2016-01-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was paid in each of the last five years to assist failed asylum seekers who, on reaching the age of 18, were deported from the UK.

Lord Bates

Those who depart from the UK with the additional support of an assisted package may qualify for a combination of cash and in-kind support. Asylum seekers may qualify for assistance up to a maximum of £1,500, and families up to £2,000 per family member.

The approximate value of the overall returns assistance provided to people, who applied for asylum in the UK as a child and received an assisted return to support a voluntary return to their country of origin, is given in the table below.

It is not Home Office policy to deport asylum seeking children.

Year	Value of assisted voluntary return packages, provided to (former) asylum seeking children.
2011	£115,500
2012	£133,500
2013	£114,500
2014	£69,000
2015	£47,500
The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.

*Removal data uses Removal historical data provided to end of September 2015 in line with Published Statistics.

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Chris Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Davies on 2016-02-03.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of guidance published on the gov.uk website in each of the last five years; what the mean and range costs are of producing each piece of advice; and how many pieces of guidance were produced in each of the last five years.

Matthew Hancock

The costs for GOV.UK are accounted for with other costs for the Government Digital Service and published in the Cabinet Office Report and Accounts as part of the Efficiency and Reform Group.

Departments also produce and publish their own material onto GOV.UK so some costs will rest with them.

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Neil Coyle – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Coyle on 2016-02-24.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support the British gin industry.

Damian Hinds

The government is committed to supporting the British gin industry. The duty on gin was cut by 2% at March Budget 2015, building on the duty freeze at Budget 2014.

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David Davis – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Davis on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse is of civil servants seconded to the Cabinet Office Referendum Unit.

John Penrose

I refer my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden and the hon. Member for Clacton to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for St Albans on 18 April 2016 to UIN: 32678.

The cost of the secretariat, including the Referendum Unit, will be accounted for in the Department’s annual report and accounts.

01/01/2023
Caroline Lucas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-05-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he make representations to the Ethiopian government on establishing an independent inquiry into the reported use of excessive force during protests in the Oromia region in December 2015.

James Duddridge

The UK Government remains deeply concerned about the handling of demonstrations in Oromia and the reported deaths of a number of protestors, and has repeatedly made representations to the Ethiopian Government over the ongoing situation in Oromia. Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for International Development, raised our concerns with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on 21 January, as did I, with the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Dr Tedros, at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on 27 January. Our Ambassador did the same in a meeting with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on 26 April.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been appointed to look into the handling of the protests in Oromia, and we await the publication of its report. We will continue to urge the EHRC and the Government of Ethiopia to ensure that their report is credible, transparent and leads to concrete action.

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Lord Hylton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hylton on 2016-06-27.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the result of the EU referendum, what is the current position of the British members of the European Parliament.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

While the UK remains a member of the EU, we retain the rights and obligations of membership.

British members of the European Parliament were elected to serve their constituents and will be able to do so until the UK leaves the EU.

01/01/2023
Diana Johnson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2016-09-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many business cases for infrastructure projects submitted in previous years by his Department were accepted in the 2015-16 financial year in each region; and what the (a) value was of (i) public and (ii) private funds allocated to those projects in total in each region and (b) average length of time taken was for the Department to accept those cases.

Mr John Hayes

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) provides expertise, practical help and independent assurance of major projects, working with all partners in infrastructure and major projects (government departments, project teams, HMT, Cabinet Office, and the private sector). The remit of the IPA does not include providing formal approval and as such departments do not submit business cases to the IPA for approval.

The IPA publish an annual comprehensive forward-looking assessment of the current and planned investment in UK economic infrastructure across both the public and private sectors (The National Infrastructure Pipeline). This document contains financial information of the level of public and private infrastructure investment broken down by region currently in development and planned to 2021 and beyond. The Spring 2016 update can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-2016.

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