Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • John Randall – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    John Randall – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Randall on 2014-04-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that assets of human traffickers are frozen within 48 hours of their arrest; and if he will make a statement.

    Karen Bradley

    The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, published in October 2013, sets out
    how the Government will make it harder for criminals to use, hide and move the
    proceeds of crime. The Government will, as soon as parliamentary time allows,
    seek to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act to enable assets to be frozen more
    quickly and easily.

    Section 60B of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 allows for relevant land vehicle,
    ship or aircraft to be detained where a person has been arrested for a human
    trafficking offence. These powers will be brought forward and consolidated
    into the Modern Slavery Bill.

  • Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions on climate change he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive.

    Gregory Barker

    My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on climate change.

  • Laurence Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Laurence Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Laurence Robertson on 2014-05-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last amended his Department’s guidelines on the authorising of abortions; and if he will make a statement.

    Jane Ellison

    The Chief Medical Officer for England has written twice (on 23 February 2012 and 22 November 2013) to all medical practitioners reminding them of their responsibilities under the Abortion Act.

    The Department will be providing further guidance to all those involved in providing abortion care on compliance with the Act; this will be published shortly.

  • Steve Reed – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Steve Reed – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Reed on 2014-05-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to consult on the introduction of custodial sentences under section 77 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 relating to data protection breaches; and if he will make a statement.

    Simon Hughes

    The Government is currently reviewing the sanctions available for breaches under the Data Protection Act 1998. This includes considering whether to consult on introducing section 77 (CJIA) and commence the enhanced public interest defence under section 78 (CJIA).

  • Ann Coffey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Ann Coffey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ann Coffey on 2014-05-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were on child protection plans in each Greater Manchester local authority area in the last three years for which data is available.

    Mr Edward Timpson

    The data requested can be found online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/characteristics-of-children-in-need-in-england-2012-to-2013

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  • Lord Maginnis of Drumglass – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

    Lord Maginnis of Drumglass – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass on 2014-05-08.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Randerson on 26 March (WA 124) and 3 April (WA 226), and by Lord Bates on 6 May(WA 410–11), whether they have any plans to reconsider the scope of Lady Justice Hallett’s inquiry into on the runs or to assess its possible impact on the judicial, financial or community processes.

    Baroness Randerson

    The Government has no plans to reconsider the scope of Lady Justice Hallett’s inquiry, nor to assess the impacts on the judicial, financial or community processes.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-05-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of cases costs have been awarded to an employer following an unsuccessful claim being brought against them at each stage of the proceedings at an employment tribunal in each of the last five years.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    The Ministry of Justice publishes Official Statistics, annually, on costs awards made in employment tribunal claims. It also reports on the numbers of cases disposed of by employment tribunals. Data on costs awards are at table E12, and data on disposals of complaints are available at table E2 which shows distribution of disposed complaints by type and by jurisdiction in the latest release, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-05-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of incidents of domestic violence involving a legally owned (a) firearm and (b) airgun in each of the last five years.

    Norman Baker

    The requested information is not available centrally.

    The Home Office is notified by police forces in England and Wales of how many
    domestic abuse incidents they have dealt with but it is not possible from this
    information to say how many involved firearms (whether legally owned or not) or
    air weapons.

  • Angie Bray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Angie Bray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angie Bray on 2014-05-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W and of 14 January 2014, Official Report, column 481W, on human trafficking: victim support schemes, for what reason the gender and location of each individual is not included in the information for February 2014; and if she will provide this information for future questions on the subject.

    Karen Bradley

    The requested information on the gender of potential victims and the regions in
    which they were found (answer 30 April 2014 refers) was not withheld and is
    provided in a table below.

    The victim care contract does not require support providers to maintain any
    form of formal contact with victims after the recovery and reflection period.
    All support providers work with victims throughout their support period to help
    them move on from the service. Through the National Referral Mechanism review
    and the re-tender of the adult victims care contract, we are looking at what
    more we can do to help victims recover and reintegrate effectively.

    The table below contains the requested details of the 126 referrals in February
    2014.

  • Charlie Elphicke – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Charlie Elphicke – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlie Elphicke on 2014-05-07.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has paid to Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited since the sale of HM Revenue and Customs’ estate to that company.

    Mr David Gauke

    Since the financial year 2006-2007, the earliest year for which records are held on HMRC accounting systems, HMRC has paid £2,364m to Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited. This amount includes VAT and utility and other non STEPS costs. Payments to Mapeley are published in Departmental Spending Reports at data.gov.uk