The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) domestic and (b) sexual abuse were reported by victims attending a police station in each year since May 2010.
Norman Baker
The requested information is not held centrally. The Home Office holds data on
offences recorded by the police.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has co-sponsored with its US, French and German counterparts at the Sandia National Laboratory into the safety and security of spent nuclear fuel casks; and if he will publish details of the reports arising from such research.
Michael Fallon
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has not funded any co-sponsored research with US, French and German counterparts, at the US Sandia National Laboratories into the safety and security of spent nuclear fuel casks.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 in each of the last four years.
Damian Green
Section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 was enacted to deal with the situation where it was clear that one of a number of members of a household was responsible for the death of a child or vulnerable adult in that household but it could not be proved which one.
This Government is committed to protecting the rights of children and vulnerable adults. Since 2010 those who commit a serious offence are more likely to go to prison and go for longer. The average custodial sentence length for indictable offences is now the highest in more than a decade.
The number of offenders found guilty at all courts for offences under section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 as it applies to causing or allowing death, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2012 (latest data available) can be viewed in the table.
The number of people convicted in a year, does not reflect the number of cases going through the system, as this could be carried on from previous years.
The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 amended section 5 of the 2004 Act to extend it to causing or allowing serious physical harm to a child or vulnerable adult.
Court proceedings data for 2013 are planned for publication inMay 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Phillips on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to work with his international counterparts on ensuring that the Afghanistan government continues to maintain security in sparsely populated areas of that country following the withdrawal of international troops.
Mr Mark Francois
The International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) combat mission will end this year and the Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) will assume full responsibility for security across Afghanistan. The UK and our international partners have committed to providing long-term support to the Afghan Government, including continued development of the ANSF, as part of the follow-on Resolute Support Mission. This is subject to the necessary legal permissions being in place before the end of this year. The UK is also contributing an additional £70 million per year until 2017 towards ANSF sustainment.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
Stephen Hammond
The Department does not hold this information centrally and commissioning a stock take of stationery stock levels would represent a disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to take to ensure that Trafford Commissioning Group provides the full treatment for IVF as recommended by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in 2004.
Jane Ellison
The level of provision of infertility treatment, as for all health services they commission, is decided by local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and will take into account the needs of the population overall. The CCG’s decisions are underpinned by clinical insight and knowledge of local healthcare needs. As such, provision of services will be tailored to local requirements.
NHS England expects all those involved in commissioning infertility treatment services to be fully aware of the importance of having regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence fertility guidelines. In February 2013, NHS England issued a factsheet to support CCGs in taking on those responsibilities.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
Stephen Crabb
As a small Government Department the Wales Office does not keep large amounts of stationery or other office consumables. The level of stock is monitored regularly, and replenished as necessary to meet business needs.
The Wales Office uses IT services under Ministry of Justice contracts which include the supply of printer cartridges. Cartridges are ordered automatically and we hold no reserves.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pete Wishart on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the savings generated by closing passport offices in the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the total cost of (a) cancelled and (b) altered flights due to delayed passport applications in 2014.
James Brokenshire
No passport offices have been closed in the last five years.
Restructuring of passport operations between 2010 and 2012 entailed the closure
of some interview offices and relocation of the Newport passport office. These
changes realised annual savings of approximately £7.2 million per year.
We do not collect data on the costs of cancelled and altered flights
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lindsay Roy on 2014-04-10.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of how much the reduction in the additional rate of income tax to 45 per cent will be worth each year for a person earning £1 million a year.
Mr David Gauke
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave today to the hon. Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bob Ainsworth on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department allocated to the Conflict Pool for South Asia in each of the last three years.
Mr Alan Duncan
The Conflict Pool is funded from an HM Treasury settlement which is separate from and additional to departmental budgets. Details of Conflict Pool allocations are provided to Parliament annually in a Written Ministerial Statement. The statements for Financial Years 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 are available on the parliament.uk website.
A Statement giving details of Conflict Pool allocations for FY 2014/15 will be laid before the House shortly.