The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Kane on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review the licensing arrangements for airside bars and restaurants in airports.
Karen Bradley
Under the Licensing Act 2003, airside bars and restaurants at airports designated by the secretary of state do not require a licence. There are no plans to review this.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2016-02-02.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the cost to the public purse in each year since 1998 of the operation of the secretariat of the North/South Ministerial Council agreed to in the Belfast Agreement 1998.
Lord Dunlop
The North/South Ministerial Council is funded jointly by the Irish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive. The operating costs of the secretariat are published by the NSMC in their Annual Reports which are available on their website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ben Howlett on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to secure the appropriate data to monitor the progress of programmes which encourage the uptake of STEM subjects by girls.
Nick Gibb
The Government funds a number of programmes which encourage the uptake of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects by girls. We monitor the progress of these programmes against their key performance indicators through regular reports and by evaluating their impact.
In 2014 the Government published for the first time data showing the proportion of girls and boys studying A levels in science and maths at each post-16 institution, and in 2016 time series data of students entered for mathematics and science A level subjects by number of subjects and gender. Both sets of data will continue to be published on an annual basis.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tristram Hunt on 2016-04-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department’s non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority by 2020.
Mr Robert Goodwill
In the Department for Transport itself, no posts have been based in East Cheshire Local Authority since 2010.
The Department’s Executive Agencies (Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Vehicle Certification Agency and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) have had no posts based in East Cheshire Local Authority since 2010, other than DVLA.
DVLA Chester Local Office was closed in November 2013, as part of a programme of closures, rationalising the DVLA estate and centralising work at the main headquarters in Swansea. There were 16 Civil Service posts based out of this office. Staff were offered the opportunity to relocate to the DVLA in Swansea. Two staff chose to transfer out to other government departments within the region; one member of staff came to the end of their contract and 13 staff chose to take redundancy rather than relocate.
There are currently no plans to increase or decrease the number of posts in the East Cheshire Local Authority between now and 2020.
We are not aware of any jobs being based in East Cheshire Local Authority since 2010 in the wider accountable statutory bodies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rebecca Long Bailey on 2016-05-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding the Government provides to the Protection of Basic Services Programme in Ethiopia.
Mr Nick Hurd
The Government no longer provides funding to the Protection of Basic Services (later known as the Promotion of Basic Services) Programme in Ethiopia. The International Development Secretary announced withdrawal of funding to this programme in February, 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stuart C. McDonald on 2016-07-11.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the value of debts written off during HM Revenue and Customs’ switch from the Business Review of the Collection Service to the Real Time Information system.
Mr David Gauke
The transition from the Business Review of the Collection Service, more commonly known as BROCS, to the Real Time Information System did not cause the write off of debt.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Shabana Mahmood on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to improve forensic pathology services in England and Wales other than those based on the Hutton review of forensic pathology since the General Election in 2015.
Brandon Lewis
The Home Office Forensic Pathology Unit has worked alongside the forensic pathology profession, National Police Chief’s Council, Chief Coroner, the Royal College of Pathologists and other senior stakeholders towards continuous improvement of the service. Improvements include the delivery of a robust system of annual appraisal and revalidation, an annual audit of pathology reports and ongoing oversight of standards through monitoring individual pathologist’s workload and quality.
Together this package of improvements ensures that forensic pathologists’ work is now quality assured in order to protect the Criminal Justice System. The Home Office continues to support and fund trainee forensic pathologists to maintain long-term capability.
Furthermore, the Home Office Pathology Unit identified a shortage of sub-speciality pathologists who support forensic pathologists in complex cases. To resolve the capability gap a recruitment and training programme has been established that has resulted in greater resilience in paediatric, bone, eye and neuro-pathology support to the service.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Owen Smith on 2015-11-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the under-occupancy penalty on people with disabilities.
Justin Tomlinson
People with disabilities are entitled to an extra bedroom for non-resident overnight carers and disabled children who are unable to share with another child.
Since 2013, we have provided local authorities with £470 million in Discretionary Housing Payments funding. This has enabled local authorities to give additional support to claimants where appropriate. This includes £175 million specifically for those affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy, of which £75 million is for those living in significantly adapted properties.
We will continue to provide additional support through Discretionary Housing Payments and have made a further £800 million in DHP funding available for the next 5 years of this Parliament.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nadine Dorries on 2015-12-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains were cancelled on the Govia Thameslink rail line due to driver shortage in the most recent four time periods for which figures are available.
Claire Perry
Figures for driver attributed cancellations the whole of the TSGN franchise in the last four periods are below. This data represents the first four periods since Southern Railway joined Govia Thameslink Railway at the end of July. This data does not differentiate between cancellations due to driver shortage and operational issues.
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Rail Period 1605 26/7-22/8 |
Rail Period 1606 23/8-19/9 |
Rail Period 1607 20/9-17/10 |
Rail Period 1608 18/10-14/11 |
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Full cancellations |
1093 |
1331 |
723 |
706 |
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Part cancellations |
458 |
410 |
406 |
411 |
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Total |
1551 |
1741 |
1129 |
1117 |
The Department does not hold information on cancellations due to sickness.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many potential overlapping payments between those processed through the universal credit live service and those processed for housing benefit have been identified in the East London Jobcentre Plus district since 2013.
Priti Patel
We do not retain statistics to identify the information requested, however we have safeguards in place to ensure an effective transition in these instances to avoid overlapping benefits.