The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical care practitioners have practised in the NHS in each year since 2005.
Dr Daniel Poulter
The information is not held centrally. The number of surgical care practitioners who have practised in the National Health Service in each year since 2005 are not identified separately in the annual NHS workforce census.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Huppert on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that accommodation provided by the COMPASS contracts meets the Decent Homes Standards.
Karen Bradley
It is a statutory requirement that social housing meets the Decent Homes
Standard as defined in the Housing Act 2004.
All COMPASS contracts incorporate the requirements of the Decent Home Standards
for social housing as part of the contractual performance management
arrangements and are robustly monitored through three key performance
indicators which relate specifically to property standards.
Providers are required to inspect all properties on a monthly basis or at the
point when a service user first occupies the property. In addition, the Home
Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who also closely monitor
property standards as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.
Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were employed in work in jails on 1 April in each of the last four years.
Jeremy Wright
Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.
The number of prisoners working in industrial activity in public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. Private sector prisons have also been supporting this agenda and have reported that they delivered over 1½ million prisoner working hours in commercial and industrial workshops in 2012-13 which provided work for over 1,200 prisoners.
In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.
Figures for public sector prisons are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf
Figures for the number of prisoners working in the community are not held centrally and could only be obtained from local records at disproportionate cost.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dominic Raab on 2014-06-17.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been brought for tax offences in each year since 2008-09.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority. Where cases do proceed to the criminal courts the prosecution is carried out by the relevant independent prosecuting authority. This is the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in England and Wales, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in Scotland, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI).
Please note that figures for tax evasion exclude those cases prosecuted for money laundering, other prohibitions and restrictions and other non-fiscal offences.
We can provide the following information in respect of totals of tax evasion prosecutions
|
Year |
Total number of persons prosecuted for tax evasion |
|
2010-11 |
372 |
|
2011-12 |
501 |
|
2012-13 |
739 |
|
2013-14 |
880 |
HMRC is not able to supply a time series of full year prosecution decisions and convictions resulting from their criminal investigations for years up to 2009–10. Complete, comparable data is only available from 2010–11 onwards.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults against prison staff there have been in HM Prison High Down in each month since September 2013.
Jeremy Wright
The number of assaults on staff and prisoner on prisoner assaults at HMP High Down between September 2013 and December 2013 can be found in Table 1. The monthly figures between September 2013 and December 2013 are broadly in line with the average number of assaults at HMP High Down over the last 5 years. Assault statistics by establishment are published annually in April with the latest statistics published covering up to 2013.
There are many factors that can drive changes in the number of assaults at individual establishments from one month to the next, including changes in admissions rates and composition of the prison population. Short-term monthly figures do not give a good indication of trends, and a view over a long time period should be taken when considering trends.
Table 1: Number of assaults, HMP High Down, September 2013 to December 2013
|
September |
October |
November |
December |
|
|
Assaults on staff |
2 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
|
Prisoner on prisoner assaults (including fights) |
19 |
11 |
12 |
8 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses have given evidence from insside a court building in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Damian Green
We must do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.
The department does not hold data on the number of child victim and witnesses that use video links to give evidence (either a court building, or from a remote site).
The list below sets out the number of courthouses in each of the seven HMCTS Regions in England & Wales; criminal justice is a devolved matter for Scotland and Northern Ireland. These facilities enable any victim or witness to appear by video link from a different court location to that of the trial court; it is also possible for third party users to access the court system through a secure bridge.
|
HMCTS Region |
Number of courthouses enabled for remote video link. |
|
Wales |
22 |
|
London |
32 |
|
South East |
52 |
|
South West |
35 |
|
Midlands |
40 |
|
North West |
31 |
|
North East |
37 |
|
Total |
249 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the (a) fairness and (b) viability of reforming the firefighters’ pension scheme allow members to retire on the basis of length of service rather than age.
Brandon Lewis
The Government is reforming all public service pension schemes to ensure that they remain fair to workers and sustainable for taxpayers. The transitional protection arrangements for the firefighters’ pension schemes are set out in the Proposed Final Agreement which was published in May 2012. The transitional protections use age to calculate a member’s entitlement to protection. More firefighters are protected from changes than any other large public service workforce.
There has been recent correspondence with the Fire Brigades Union on the scope and timing of discussions on this issue. Copies of this correspondence can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/firefighters-pension-scheme-reforms.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims have been submitted for personal independence payment in each month since its introduction.
Mike Penning
Further to the figures published on 5th June 2014. The table below shows how many claims have been submitted for Personal Independence Payment:
|
New claims not made under Special Rules for Terminally Ill People |
New claims made under Special Rules for Terminally Ill People |
All PIP New Claims |
|
|
Apr-13 |
3000 |
200 |
3100 |
|
May-13 |
4800 |
200 |
5000 |
|
Jun-13 |
23000 |
900 |
23800 |
|
Jul-13 |
34200 |
1500 |
35700 |
|
Aug-13 |
30600 |
1300 |
31900 |
|
Sep-13 |
33800 |
1300 |
35100 |
|
Oct-13 |
35600 |
1500 |
37100 |
|
Nov-13 |
33300 |
1400 |
34700 |
|
Dec-13 |
22000 |
1200 |
23200 |
|
Jan-14 |
38000 |
1600 |
39500 |
|
Feb-14 |
39000 |
1400 |
40400 |
|
Mar-14 |
37900 |
1500 |
39500 |
|
Apr-13 – Mar 14 |
335100 |
13900 |
349000 |
· Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100, therefore totals may not sum due to rounding.
· Whether a claim is a ‘New claim made under Special Rules for Terminally Ill People’ has been determined at the point of registration.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many landlords have been prosecuted in England for (a) illegal evictions and (b) harassment in the latest three years for which figures are available.
Kris Hopkins
The table below lists figures from 2009 to the most recent period for which information is held:
|
Statute |
Offence description |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Protection from Eviction Act 1977 S.1(2) |
Unlawful eviction of occupier |
24 |
22 |
23 |
23 |
|
Protection from Eviction Act 1977 S.1(3) |
Unlawful harassment of occupier |
15 |
9 |
15 |
9 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for David Hanson on Home Office.
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Karen Bradley
Combating cyber crime is a core part of the National Cyber Security Strategy,
which is underpinned by the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) with £860
million of new investment over five years. The NCSP funds a range of work to
tackle cyber crime, including strengthening law enforcement capabilities with
the establishment of the National Cyber Crime Unit in the National Crime
Agency, and cyber teams within each of the Regional Organised Crime Units
(ROCUs) across England and Wales, as well as developing the capability of local
police forces. It also funds the Cyber Streetwise campaign, and the Action
Fraud reporting system for cyber crime that is run by City of London Police.