The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christian Matheson on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2016 to Question 42328, for what reasons his Department did not provide the schedule of documents requested in that Question relating to the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Further to your meeting with consular officials in August, a schedule of documents has been provided to you.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anna Turley on 2016-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from women’s groups on the problems associated with harmful speech on the internet.
Sarah Newton
The Home Office routinely meets with women’s groups to discuss a range of issues around ending violence against women and girls, including problems associated with harmful speech on the internet. The Government continues to work closely with social media companies and other relevant stakeholders and experts to make sure they are doing all they can to protect those who use their platforms.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2015-11-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Iraqi interpreters contracted by the armed forces during military operations between 2003 and 2009 have applied for asylum in the UK in each year from 2009 to 2015.
Lord Bates
Information on the previous occupations of asylum applicants is not centrally recorded and is held in an individual’s paper case file or within the notes section of the case information database (CID). Such data are not aggregated in national reporting systems, which would mean this question could be answered only through a disproportionately expensive manual case search to collate the data.
The Home Office publishes immigration statistics annually and quarterly, which are available from the Home Office research and statistics website.
This includes information on asylum applications by nationality. The latest statistics can be found in asylum volume 1, data table as_01 at the following link : https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2015-data-tables
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lyn Brown on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many training courses on cyber-crime are provided for police officers.
Mike Penning
There are a number of training courses dealing with cyber crime available to police officers, for example, through the College of Policing and other external providers. The Home Office does not hold a central record of the number of such training courses. Furthermore, the Home Office does not hold a central record of how many police officers have completed training courses on cyber crime in the last six months or in the last year. However, the Government recognises that driving up cyber knowledge and capabilities at the local policing level is very important, that is why we are delivering training in cyber crime to officers in local police forces funded by the National Cyber Security Programme. The second phase of the Mainstream Cyber Crime Training course was launched on 30 September 2015 by College of Policing. This is a modular course consisting of a series of self-teach and interactive modules accessible to all police officers and staff, and which gives an introduction to how to recognise and investigate cyber crimes.
Cyber Security, including combating cyber crime, is a top priority threat to national security. That is why we have invested over £90 million over the last five years to bolster the law enforcement response, and we will continue to invest. As the Chancellor announced on 17 November, we plan to almost double investment in cyber security, including cyber crime, to £1.9 billion over the next five years. This will enable us to continue to invest in training for police officers at the national, regional and local levels.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Condon on 2016-01-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made regarding Chief Constable David Shaw’s Use of Force Data Review.
Lord Bates
Further to the Noble Lord’s previous question HL2559, the Home Secretary has received the conclusions of Chief Constable David Shaw’s Use of Force Review and will report on its recommendations shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones of Cheltenham on 2016-02-23.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the regulations relating to frozen state pensions.
Baroness Altmann
The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.
Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.
The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2016-03-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish her Department’s Spending Review Settlement letter from HM Treasury.
George Eustice
The Spending Review settlement for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was presented to the House on 25 November 2015, as part of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015. Further details of Defra’s spending priorities for 2015-2020 are set out in its Single Departmental Plan published on 19 February 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-04-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have taken time off work due to stress in each of the last five years.
Mike Penning
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the number of police officers who have taken time off work due to stress.
Policing, by its nature, can be a stressful and demanding job and it is the responsibility of chief officers, supported by the College of Policing, to ensure that good management systems are in place to support police in their work.
The Home Office recognises the importance of police welfare – last October we allocated £10 million to help support emergency services personnel and volunteers, focused on mental health, physical recuperation and bereavement support for those who need it.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-06-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment Outcomes Made on Paper Evidence, published on 19 November 2012, if he will publish the figures for tables 1, 2 and 3 for the financial years 2102-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16.
Priti Patel
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by George Howarth on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the findings of the report of CLIC Sargent, Cancer costs: financial impact of childhood cancer revealed, published on 1 September 2016, how he plans to ensure that his Department’s guidance on hospital car parking is applied consistently across England.
Mr Philip Dunne
The National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles (first published in August 2014 and then updated in October 2015), set out a nationally consistent approach to determining car parking policies, making clear the rules which NHS trusts should follow when making decisions about car parking.