Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Biography information for Douglas Carswell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Biography information for Douglas Carswell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Douglas Carswell on Home Office.

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    Damian Green

    There have been no specific discussions with the Police and Crime Commissioner
    for Essex on incidents involving knives in Clacton.

    The Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme was announced by the Home Secretary on
    30 April 2014, and the intention is to launch the Scheme in the summer. The
    Scheme aims to achieve greater transparency and community involvement in the
    use of stop and search by the police and support a more intelligence-led
    approach leading to better outcomes, particularly improving the stop and search
    to arrest ratio.

    Only 9% of the 1.2 million stop and searches that took place in 2011/12 led to
    an arrest. The adoption of an intelligence-led approach to stop and search by
    the Metropolitan Police in January 2012 coincided with a fall of a third in the
    number of recorded stop and searches taking place between 2011/12 and 2012/13,
    while the proportion of resultant arrests increased from 8% to 12%. Meanwhile
    in the same period, offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police involving
    knives or sharp instruments fell by 20%.

  • Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 994, on energy efficiency, how many of the 600,000 households that have received energy-efficiency improvements received assistance under the (a) Energy Company Obligation and (b) Green Deal.

    Gregory Barker

    The number of households benefitting from energy efficiency measures installed through ECO and Green Deal are published in Table 1a of my Department’s monthly Official Statistics release on Green Deal and ECO statistics. The latest published figures show that, up to the end of February 2014, 569,234 households had measures installed under ECO and 883 had measures installed using the option of Green Deal finance. Some households may have had measures installed through more than one delivery mechanism and there is therefore a small level of double counting. Further installations that have been funded through the cashback scheme are also reported in Table 1a.

    The monthly release can be found at:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-april-2014.

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  • Biography information for Gerald Kaufman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Biography information for Gerald Kaufman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Gerald Kaufman on Home Office.

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    James Brokenshire

    I wrote to the Rt. Hon. Member on 15 May 2014.

  • Andrew Percy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Andrew Percy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign-registered vehicles were reported by the public to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for being untaxed in the last five years.

    Stephen Hammond

    The number of reports received specifically from the public is not captured.

    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency records information notified about foreign registered vehicles, including those that are unlicensed, from offence reports provided by the police, other enforcement agencies and sightings from members of the public. Between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2014, 20,349 notifications were received.

  • Biography information for Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Biography information for Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Stephen Timms on Work and Pensions.

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    Esther McVey

    There is one single plan for a Universal Credit on-line service. The current live service is already offering more online services than ever before, with stronger work incentives to get people back into work, and this week we started its expansion across the North West of England. The enhanced digital system is an extension of the current online services and will integrate work and benefits activity, making best use of technology.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research he commissioned on the effects of the closure of the Hull Official Receiver’s office before the decision to close that office; and if he will make a statement.

    Jenny Willott

    Before taking the decision to close the Hull office the Insolvency Service reviewed the impact on customers, employees, and the agency’s finances; the strategic viability of the move; and how it could be delivered.

  • Biography information for Michael Dugher – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Biography information for Michael Dugher – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Michael Dugher on Education.

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    Matthew Hancock

    Dominic Cummings has not accompanied the Secretary of State on any official visits in 2014.

  • Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the government of the Irish Republic currently owes the UK; and when he expects the amount outstanding to be repaid in full.

    Nicky Morgan

    In accordance with the Loans to Ireland Act 2010, HM Treasury reports to Parliament every six months including information on the outstanding principal. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the report laid on 28 April 2014 which is also available online, alongside all previous reports submitted by HM Treasury, on the following site:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bilateral-loan-to-ireland.

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  • Biography information for Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Biography information for Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Ian Murray on Justice.

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    Mr Shailesh Vara

    The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly official statistics on the tribunals which come under it, including Employment Tribunals. These are produced by statisticians in the Analytical Services Division using data produced by HM Courts and Tribunals Service. There are no plans for a review of the statistics at this time.

  • Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many months of imports the UK’s reserves can cover; and if he will make a statement.

    Nicky Morgan

    The UK has not operated an exchange rate targeting monetary policy regime since 1992. Rather, foreign exchange reserves are currently held on a precautionary basis, to be used in the event of unexpected shocks.

    Latest data shows that the value of the reserves is $110.9bn, up from $71.2bn in June 2010. UK imports averaged £44.4bn per month over 2013.