Tag: Parliamentary Question

David Simpson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2016-09-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to encourage and support graduates in finding a job.

Damian Hinds

Jobcentre Plus is committed to providing a high quality service to all jobseekers and this includes graduates looking for employment in high level sectors.

Jobcentre Plus work coaches personalise the support they provide to claimants to help them find work, based on their individual need and circumstances. They have access to a menu of specialist support designed to assist graduates and professional executives.

From April 2017 we are introducing a new Youth Obligation to ensure that young people aged 18–21 are either earning or learning and are given the support, skills and experience they need to move into and get on in work.

January 1, 2023

Michael Dugher – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Dugher on 2016-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per head is received for childcare in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.

Caroline Dinenage

Funding for the free early years entitlements is allocated on a local authority basis. In 2016-17[1], the relevant hourly funding rates per child were as follows:

Local authority	Three and four year old entitlement	Two year old entitlement
Barnsley	£3.99	£4.85
Bradford	£5.19	£4.85
Calderdale	£4.15	£4.85
Doncaster	£3.87	£4.85
East Riding of Yorkshire	£4.40	£4.85
Kingston upon Hull, City of	£4.20	£4.85
Kirklees	£4.37	£4.85
Leeds	£4.09	£4.85
North East Lincolnshire	£3.72	£4.85
North Lincolnshire	£4.39	£4.85
North Yorkshire	£4.49	£4.85
Rotherham	£4.07	£4.85
Sheffield	£4.51	£4.85
Wakefield	£4.14	£4.85
York	£3.63	£4.85

In 2016-17, the national average hourly funding rates paid by the Department for Education to local authorities in England is £4.51 for three and four year olds and £5.09 for two-year-olds.

All funding rates for three and four year olds are exclusive of the Early Years Pupil Premium which is an additional funding stream for disadvantaged children.

The figures given above relate to England. Childcare policy for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is devolved.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017

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January 1, 2023

Neil Coyle – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Coyle on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to update guidance to Jobcentre Plus staff on claimants that report suicidal thoughts; and how such existing guidance is made available to those staff.

Priti Patel

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) takes seriously any declarations of intention to attempt suicide or self harm that are made by its customers. There is a clear, detailed action plan that staff must follow if a customer declares an intention to kill or harm themselves and DWP provides guidance to help its staff deal with these incidents. The policy, procedures and guidance are reviewed regularly to ensure that they continue to meet their objectives and to identify areas for improvement.

DWP raises staff awareness through its own internal communication channels whenever guidance is reviewed and updated. This messaging ensures that related products such as learning and development for staff are also reviewed and updated concurrently.

January 1, 2023
Lord Condon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Condon on 2015-12-02.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in 2015 towards ensuring that people with mental health issues are not detained in police cells because no hospital bed is available for them.

Lord Prior of Brampton

According to data from the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the number of people detained in police custody as a place of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 fell by 34% in England between 2013-14 and 2014-15. This corresponds to an increase in the use of hospital-based places of safety of 14%, according to the Health & Social Care Information Centre. The figure amounts to a 54% reduction in the use of police custody since 2011-12, surpassing the ambition of a 50% reduction set out in the Government’s Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, which was published in February 2014 and is attached. Existing guidance in the Concordat and the Mental Health Act Code of Practice makes it clear that police custody should only be used as a place of safety in exceptional circumstances.

The Concordat – signed by over 25 national organisations – has led to the establishment of 96 local groups covering the entirety of England, consisting of health, policing and local authority partners who have pledged to work together to improve mental health crisis care and set out detailed, publicly available plans, including to reduce the use of police custody for those detained under the Act.

However, although significant progress has been made, the Government has signalled its intention to go further by amending legislation through the forthcoming Police and Criminal Justice Bill, so that, among other measures, police custody can never be used as a place of safety for under-18s and so custody can only be used for adults in the most exceptional circumstances.

Moreover, in May this year the Home Secretary announced that the Government would invest up to an additional £15 million in 2016-17 to reduce the use of police custody as a place of safety. Further announcements around this will be made shortly.

January 1, 2023
Catherine McKinnell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2016-01-13.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the target of 20,000 resettled Syrian refugees is met by the end of this Parliament.

Greg Hands

At the Spending Review we announced that over £460 million of the overseas aid budget will be used by 2019-20 to resettle 20,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees, covering the full first year costs to ease the burden on local communities. The Spending Review also provided around a further £130 million by 2019-20 to local authorities to contribute to the costs of supporting refugees beyond their first year in the UK.

The Home Office will administer this scheme in partnership with other departments, international agencies, local authorities and the voluntary sector.

January 1, 2023
Anne-Marie Trevelyan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne-Marie Trevelyan on 2016-02-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to fill the role previously held by the National Clinical Director for Adult Neurology at NHS England; and what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of that role to NHS services.

Jane Ellison

Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s Medical Director, has undertaken a review of the National Clinical Director (NCD) resource designed to focus clinical advisory resources on areas where major programmes of work are currently being taking forward, or areas identified as priorities for improvement. As a result of the review, NHS England has proposed to change the way in which clinical advice is received in speciality areas in the future.

Where there will no longer be a specific NCD role, NHS England will secure expert clinical advice from its Clinical Networks and through its relationships with professional bodies and by appointing clinical advisors. For neurology it is planned that access to advice will be through clinical leads and members of the NHS England-funded neurology clinical networks, the Neurology Clinical Reference Group and Royal Colleges. It is expected that these new arrangements will be in place from 1 April 2016.

The Neurology Intelligence Network (NIN) is a joint partnership programme between Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England to support the generation and dissemination of neurology related health intelligence. PHE currently funds the on-going design, development and management of the NIN.

January 1, 2023
Philip Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many and what proportion of cases 16 and 17 year olds being convicted of committing a second knife offence the perpetrator received the mandatory four month Detention and Training Order since 17 July 2015.

Andrew Selous

Seventeen 16 to 17 year old offenders were found to have committed the offence between 17th July 2015 and 30th September 2015 and sentenced for the possession of a blade, point or an offensive weapon offence who also have one or more previous knife possession offence. Twelve of these offenders received a Detention and Training Order of at least 4 months.

Any decisions and assessments taken regarding the minimum mandatory penalty are made solely by the courts. Whilst the 4 month DTO is the minimum custodial term available for 16 to 17 year old offenders, the courts also have the power to set aside the minimum term in the event of a guilty plea and/or if time has been served in custody on remand or on a tag. A decision by the courts to reduce the minimum term will result in a community penalty.

These figures are based on information published on 10th December 2015 at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly-brief-july-to-september-2015

and will change when the outcomes of cases passing through the criminal justice system become available on the Police National Computer. On average it takes 86 days from charging an offender for a knife possession offence to the offender receiving the court outcome. Data for the next quarter is due to be published on Thursday 10 March.

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January 1, 2023
Henry Bellingham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2016-04-25.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have been prosecuted for tax evasion during the last 10 years; and what revenue has been recovered as a result of those prosecutions.

Mr David Gauke

The information is not held in the form requested.

January 1, 2023
Paul Blomfield – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-06-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make it her policy for the UK to reduce its actual greenhouse gas emissions by 61 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030.

Andrea Leadsom

This Government remains firmly committed to the Climate Change Act, and to meeting our climate change target of an at least 80% emissions reduction by 2050. We are clear that this must be done while keeping our energy supply secure and low cost.

Discussions on the fifth carbon budget (2028-2032) are continuing and we will make an announcement as soon as possible.

January 1, 2023
Brendan O’Hara – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff worked for the Defence and Security Organisation on 1 April 2016; and what the budget for that organisation is for 2016-17.

Dr Liam Fox

At 1 April 2016 the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation had 122 staff-in-post, with a 2016-17 budget of £9.73M NET.

January 1, 2023