The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time is from first appearance to trial in magistrates’ courts.
Mr Shailesh Vara
In 2015, of defendants whose cases were completed in the magistrates’ courts, 14% went on to have a trial after first listing. Of those cases, the mean duration from date of first listing to date of trial was 67 days and the median duration was 61 days.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philippa Whitford on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child refugees have been reunited with relatives in the UK in the last year.
Mr Robert Goodwill
Data on cases progressed under the Dublin III Regulation is recorded on the main immigration database. However, this data is not held in a way that allows it to be reported on automatically and is therefore not currently available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno on 2016-09-05.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many unaccompanied child refugees have been accepted into the UK since the passing of the Immigration Act 2016.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Our records currently indicate that since Royal Assent, 30 children who meet the criteria in the Immigration Act 2016 have been transferred to the UK. This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many detailed inquests have taken place in relation to deaths at Beachy Head in each of the last five years; and what proportion of verdicts for those inquests returned suicide as the cause of death.
Dr Phillip Lee
The information requested is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Conor McGinn on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households which have access to superfast broadband in (a) St Helen North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK.
Mr Edward Vaizey
Ofcom reported in its Strategic Review of Digital Communications in July 2015 that Superfast broadband is available to over 83 per cent of homes and businesses in the UK. The UK Government aims to increase this to 95 per cent of UK homes and businesses by 2017. Ofcom has not published data for Merseyside or at constituency level, however data for the five Local Authorities constituting Merseyside: Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, St. Helens and Knowsley is published here:http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Carolyn Harris on 2015-12-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the next Triennial Review of Gaming Machine Stake and Prize Limits will begin.
Tracey Crouch
The government, along with Gambling Commission colleagues, are in the process of evaluating the regulations which came into force in April this year which required customers in bookmakers to interact either over the counter or via account based play in order to stake over £50. The last triennial review of stakes and prizes was in 2013, and the findings of the evaluation will inform the timing of the start of the next review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision there is for ICT training for recipients of universal credit.
Priti Patel
People without digital skills will be offered support to make and manage their Universal Credit (UC) claim online, to acquire and to improve their digital skills. This help will be provided by work coaches in Jobcentres and by Local Authorities and other partner organisations via the ‘Universal Support delivered locally’ programme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Condon on 2016-02-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to prevent children being detained in police cells overnight because no suitable local authority accommodation is available.
Lord Bates
The Government is committed to ensuring that young people are protected and treated appropriately while in police custody. This is why in January last year, the Home Secretary commissioned a multi-agency Working Group on Section 38(6) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which concerns the transfer of children from police custody to local authority care when charged and denied bail. The purpose of the group is to better understand the problems with the operation of the law and to develop solutions to enable forces and local authorities to meet their respective statutory responsibilities. The group is currently finalising a package of measures and will present these to the Home Secretary once the work is complete.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wes Streeting on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK-registered patients received treatment in other European Economic Area countries under the European Health Insurance Card scheme in each of the last five years.
Alistair Burt
The United Kingdom European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) means that people living in the UK are able to travel to the European Economic Area (EEA) safe in the knowledge that they will be able to receive free or reduced cost healthcare should they need it.
EEA countries reimburse the UK for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to EEA EHIC holders, just as the UK reimburses other EEA countries for the cost of them providing healthcare to UK EHIC holders.
The Department does not hold information on how many people have used their UK EHIC to obtain state provided healthcare in another EEA country in any 12 month period. This is because data on UK EHIC usage is recorded by individual treatment episode rather than the card holder.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones of Cheltenham on 2016-03-23.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for those countries and territories in which those in receipt of the UK state pension are subject to the frozen pensions regulations, what is the process necessary to negotiate reciprocal agreements for pensions to be uprated annually.
Baroness Altmann
There are a number of considerations around whether to initiate the negotiation of reciprocal agreements for pensions and other social security benefits. These include reciprocity between the social security systems in the respective countries, the movement of people between the two countries, and the affordability of concluding and administering an agreement.