The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Leader of the House, what levels of stock his Office holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
Mr Andrew Lansley
The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is part of the Cabinet Office. The information requested is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Naomi Long on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will press for the immediate release of Meriam Ibrahim and her two children who are imprisoned in Sudan.
Mark Simmonds
Meriam Ibrahim was released on 23 June, which we strongly welcomed. She has subsequently been detained again by the Sudanese authorities. Together with our international partners we are urgently seeking clarity on the precise details of her re-arrest and to seek her immediate release.
Before her short release, the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Development and I had all issued statements calling for Meriam Ibrahim to be released immediately. We also raised our concerns directly with the Government of Sudan: my colleague Lynne Featherstone with the Sudanese Foreign Minister; and our Ambassador in Khartoum with other ministers and senior officials. We will continue to press for her freedom
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Esterson on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguard operations room staff have applied for posts in the restructured coastguard service.
Stephen Hammond
As at 14 April 2014, of those Coastguards currently working in a Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, 86 have applied for both new posts in the new coastguard structure and voluntary redundancy, 140 have applied for voluntary redundancy only and 128 have applied for a new post in the new coastguard structure only.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bob Ainsworth on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
Damian Green
The following table contains the requested data for police community support
officers in:
(a) Coventry Basic Command Unit, from 31 March 2009 to 31 March 2011. Figures
at basic command unit level ceased to be collected from then to reduce the
administratvie burden on the police.
(b) figures for Coventry North East constituency are not collected by the Home
Office.
(c) (d) the West Midlands police force, the West Midlands region and England,
from 31 March 2009 to 30 September 2013.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Garnier on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Capita on processing medical assessment reports for personal independence payments.
Mike Penning
The Department’s contract with Capita for the delivery of assessments for Personal Independence Payment includes a full set of service level agreements setting out the Department’s expectations for service delivery. We are closely monitoring their progress against these and are taking action to drive up performance where this does not meet the required standards.
We are aware that, in many cases, it is taking longer than we would like for claimants to have their assessments with Capita. We are working closely with our supplier to speed up the process for claimants.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Johnson on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles were seized by the police as a result of being driven without insurance in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
Damian Green
The Home Office does not hold this information.
The police have the power under the Road Traffic Act (1988) to seize vehicles
driven without insurance. Enforcement of vehicle seizures is an operational matter for the police.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Fabricant on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on developing the role of the Crown Commercial Service; what savings to the public purse he expects to accrue from commercial reform of government procurement; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Nick Hurd
The Crown Commercial Service is now a fully operational legal entity providing expert commercial services to the public sector.
It is at the heart of the Government’s Commercial Reform Programme and will continue to drive further savings for the taxpayer and improve the quality of commercial and procurement activity across government.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the National Probation Service will have access to case records of community rehabilitation companies.
Jeremy Wright
Staff in the National Probation Service (NPS) and the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) have, and will continue to have, necessary access to each other’s case records. NPS staff are able to read all CRC records and update any case they are working on. CRC staff will be able to see and update records that relate to offenders they are working with.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill on 2014-04-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 2 April (WA 208–12), how many prosecutions brought in the last 10 years in connection with religious hatred offences (as distinct from homophobic hatred offences) under 29B and 29C of the Public Order Act 1986 and in connection with religiously aggravated offences (as distinct from racially aggravated offences) under sections 31 and 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have resulted in a guilty verdict.
Lord Faulks
It is not totally possible to identify separately offences of religious hatred from those of homophobic hatred or religious aggravation from those offences of racial aggravation. Relevant details may be held on the court record, which can only be checked at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Fox on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the spread of Islamic extremism among the prison population.
Jeremy Wright
We are alert to the risks posed by individuals who may wish to radicalise others, and we are committed to tackling radicalisation in the prison environment as an important element of our responsibility to protect the public and reduce re-offending.
NOMS has in place a wide-ranging programme of work to manage individuals convicted of terrorist or related offences. This programme focuses on: increasing the counter-terrorism intelligence infrastructure working with partner agencies; ensuring provision of an effective Chaplaincy which can challenge extremist ideology; structured risk assessment tools and bespoke interventions; staff briefing and training, and robust processes for the management of offenders on release.
NOMS contributes to the cross-Government CT strategy CONTEST, and works alongside other Departments to manage the threat posed. As with all significant criminal threats, a multi-agency approach is taken to ensure that information and learning is shared between agencies.