Tag: Parliamentary Question

Andrew Percy – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-05-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that all children are taught in schools about online abuse and how they should report such abuse to the police.

Edward Timpson

E-safety is covered at all key stages in the computing curriculum since its introduction in September 2014. Children in primary schools are taught how to use technology safely and respectfully, how to keep personal information private, and where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet, such as online abuse or other online technologies. Pupils in secondary schools are taught a range of ways to use technology safely, respectfully, responsibly and securely, including protecting their online identity and privacy, how to recognise inappropriate content, contact and conduct and how to report concerns. All schools can choose to teach children about the dangers of social media in an age-appropriate way. Schools are also able to teach pupils about e-safety in personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) lessons. The PSHE Association’s non-statutory programme of study for health and well-being includes ways of keeping physically and emotionally safe, including online.

01/01/2023
Stephen Gethins – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gethins on 2016-07-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what plans he has to engage with Scottish businesses and civic society on the negotiations to exit the EU.

Mr David Davis

The Government will fully involve all parts of the UK, including Scotland, as we prepare for negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU. We are working towards securing the best possible deal for the whole UK, and to achieve this we will work closely with businesses and other interest groups.

01/01/2023
Tim Farron – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-10-10.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement by HM Treasury on EU regional funding, dated 3 October 2016, whether his Department plans to (a) guarantee and (b) replace European Solidarity Funding for flood relief.

Mr David Gauke

The Government finalised its application to the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) in respect of the exceptional flooding in winter 2015-16 on 22 September 2016. Unlike multi-year European Union structural and investment funds, EUSF awards are paid in a single sum to the relevant Member State. If the UK’s current application is approved, any award would be received before the UK leaves the European Union.

01/01/2023
Alistair Carmichael – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alistair Carmichael on 2015-10-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department gave to (a) the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, (b) constables and (c) sergeants ahead of the visit of Xi Jinping to the UK about potential protests during that visit.

Mike Penning

The operational policing of protests and demonstrations, including the use of police powers and search warrants, are principally a matter for Chief Officers of each force in England and Wales. The Metropolitan Police Service informed the Home Office on their operational plans to provide reassurance on the policing and security of the visit. The Metropolitan Police Service also liaised with Chinese counterparts as part of their operational planning.

01/01/2023
Lord Kennedy of Southwark – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark on 2015-11-19.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the changes there have been to structures on the River Thames in the last 10 years.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

Town Planning is the responsibility of London’s boroughs, with a strategic role for the Mayor of London. In this capacity the Mayor has produced a London View Management Framework, which seeks to protect London’s most important views, including along the Thames, from inappropriate development. The Government intends, through the Housing and Planning Bill, to devolve further powers to the Mayor of London over safeguarded wharves and protected vistas to enable him to better manage development on the Thames. Furthermore, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government retains call in powers, which he can use to prevent development that would harm any of the three World Heritage Sites that are adjacent to the Thames.

01/01/2023
Lilian Greenwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2015-12-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of track Network Rail expects to electrify in Control Period 5.

Claire Perry

The Government has learned the lessons from Labour’s failure to invest in electrifying our railways. We remain committed to our modernisation programme of over 850 miles of electrification and have already electrified more than five times the route length that Labour oversaw between 1997 to 2010.

Sir Peter Hendy’s review of the rail upgrade programme details that the vast majority of programmes and projects will go ahead for delivery by 2019 (the end of Control Period 5).

However, some schemes are more immature in their development and, whilst schemes in this category will have significant delivery within Control Period 5, these schemes will span more than one control period.

01/01/2023

Stephen Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Phillips on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2016 to Question 23346, how many of the breaches referred to related to documents categorised before April 2014 as (a) top secret, (b) secret, (c) confidential, (d) restricted, (e) protected and (f) unclassified; and how many such breaches related to documents categorised after April 2014 as (i) top secret, (ii) secret and (iii) official-sensitive or official.

Mark Lancaster

We do not hold information centrally about when the documents were originally classified. However, the classification of the information at the time the security breaches occurred is listed in the table below:

Document Classification	2014	2015
Top Secret	2	0
Secret	15	18
Confidential	8	9
Restricted	37	13
Protected	0	0
Unclassified	1	0
Official Sensitive	18	43
Official	0	0
Unknown	1	2
Total	82	85

These figures include all incidents involving documents in hard copy or stored on magnetic media i.e. CD’s. They include incidents involving the sending of documents over a transmission media not approved for the classification of the document.

01/01/2023

Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Hungarian government on the sale of residency bonds through off-shore companies.

Mr David Lidington

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) has had no discussions with the Hungarian government on this issue.

01/01/2023
Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-03-15.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has put measures in place to ensure that funding raised through the two per cent precept levied by local government will be spent on adult social care.

Greg Hands

Council treasurers will need to certify that the additional revenue will be used to fund adult social care. The Secretary of State will review the arrangements each year as part of the process for setting referendum principles. These are approved by the House of Commons each year and will take into account the way councils have used the additional flexibility when doing so.

01/01/2023
Crispin Blunt – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Crispin Blunt on 2016-04-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made since the publication of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 on the Trident renewal programme in November 2015; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Philip Dunne

Further to the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, we are investing an additional £642 million in the design of the Successor submarine and ordering additional long-lead items, including for the fourth submarine. Negotiations with industry remain on-going on options for the subsequent investment stages and their scope, time and cost. The 2016 Annual Update to Parliament, which sets out progress on the Successor submarine programme, is planned for later this year.

01/01/2023