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  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK were (i) on zero-hours contracts and (ii) temporary staff in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.

    Karen Bradley

    The UK Border Agency was absorbed into the Home Office on 1 April 2013; its
    successor business areas are UK Visas & Immigration and Immigration Enforcement.

    (i) The Home Office and its Agencies do not employ and have not employed staff
    on zero-hours contracts.

    (ii) A geographical breakdown of temporary staff employed in UK Border Agency
    successor business areas in each of the last two years is shown at Table 1.

    [ATTACH TABLE]

    NOTE: Office for National Statistics defines temporary staff as those civil
    servants with contracts of employment of less than one year; staff with Fixed
    Term Appointments and Permanent staff are reported separately by all government
    departments, as are Agency and Contingent Workers.

  • Kerry McCarthy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Kerry McCarthy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to enforce the waste hierarchy in managing food waste and to prioritise prevention and redistribution for human consumption ahead of anaerobic digestion and composting

    Dan Rogerson

    In accordance with the waste hierarchy, voluntary agreements with business and the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s (WRAP’s) Love Food Hate Waste Campaign encourage action by households, food manufacturers, retailers and the hospitality and food service sectors to prevent food waste.

    If surplus food cannot be prevented, the next best option is to ensure it is redistributed for human consumption, and I have met with a number of companies and organisations which are looking at innovative ways to redistribute food.

    The Courtauld Commitment 3 supply chain target includes action on both prevention and redistribution. This dual target approach encourages redistribution as the most desirable route for any surplus food suitable for human consumption. Defra convened a Ministerial round table in July 2012 and requested WRAP to lead an industry working group to follow up on recommendations. As a key output of the group, WRAP has recently published research, guiding principles and good practice case studies to help industry take action. Further information is available at http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/foodredistribution.

    There will always be some unavoidable food waste. The Government’s Anaerobic Digestion Strategy is in place to reduce the amount of organic material going to landfill and drive the waste that is produced into energy recovery or recycling.

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  • Gregg McClymont – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Gregg McClymont – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregg McClymont on 2014-04-29.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the savings to the public purse provided by the recent award of the mail management contract to the EDM Group.

    Mr David Gauke

    Over the three year contract term it is estimated that there is a minimum £8.9m saving to the public purse when comparing the contract cost with an in house provision.

  • Andrew Gwynne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Andrew Gwynne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in real-terms was spent on cancer services in each of the last five years.

    Jane Ellison

    The information is shown in the following table:

    Estimated expenditure on cancer services and radiotherapy, 2008-09 to 2012-13, £ millions in 2012-13 prices

    Year

    Cancers and tumours

    Radiotherapy

    2008-09

    5,281

    401

    2009-10

    5,908

    435

    2010-11

    5,685

    467

    2011-12

    5,565

    473

    2012-13

    5,681

    485

    Sources:

    Programme budgeting data, NHS England

    Reference costs, Department of Health

    It is not appropriate for a given service to present reference costs as a proportion of programme budgeting expenditure. This is because radiotherapy data are calculated from reference costs, which are the unit costs to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs do not represent all expenditure in the NHS, and are costs to NHS providers whereas programme budgeting data are expenditure by NHS commissioners.

  • Ian Austin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Ian Austin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the changes to Network Rail’s planned redevelopment of the western elevation of New Street Station, set out in planning application 2014/02551/PA to Birmingham City Council.

    Stephen Hammond

    Network Rail has proposed a change to the　Navigation Street　footbridge and the cladding to the existing station building which forms part of the western elevation of the　Birmingham New Street　redevelopment　to deliver a simpler and more cost effective design.

    Detailed structural analysis has proved that the existing 1960s built structures cannot support the proposed cladding and would need significant strengthening to support the additional weight and loading.　 This would require extended railway closures causing delays and disruption to passengers.

    The proposed new design would look very similar to the original plan from the street but would be significantly more cost effective, straightforward to construct and avoid the need for lengthy possessions of the railway below, thereby minimising disruption to passengers. 　It will continue to be a great improvement over the existing 1960s built structure.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of Public Health England’s total budget has been allocated to (i) tobacco, (ii) obesity, (iii) alcohol, (iv) TB, (v) dementia and (vi) the Best Start in Life strategy for 2014-15.

    Jane Ellison

    Public Health England’s (PHE) financial reporting is currently based upon the Directorates and teams around which their work is focused. The six areas of focus identified in the Parliamentary Questions are currently supported by individuals and teams across PHE’s various directorates (Operations, Health Protection, Health and Wellbeing, Knowledge etc.), so the total cost of each of the above areas cannot currently be accurately provided.

    During the course of 2014-15, one of the priorities identified by PHE’s Finance team is to enhance and tailor their inherited financial reporting arrangements so that it can report on their activities and priorities as well as its Directorates and teams. PHE will be able to provide this information in the future, but it is unfortunately not available now. Once PHE has developed new financial reporting arrangements they will ensure that this is published transparently.

  • Andrew Percy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Andrew Percy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

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

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cellular devices have been confiscated from prisons in each of the last five years by establishment.

    Jeremy Wright

    Since April 2010, prisons have been asked to send all unauthorised phones and SIM cards found to a central unit for interrogation, or to notify the unit if an unauthorised phone or SIM card has been found but not sent for analysis. Data prior to April 2010 is not held centrally and data for 2013 and 2014 is being verified and is not yet available.

    The table below shows the number seizures of mobile phones and/or SIM cards reported by each prison between April 2010 and December 2012. One seizure may constitute a handset containing one SIM card or media card, a handset only, or a SIM card only.

    ESTABLISHMENT

    2010

    2011

    2012

    ACKLINGTON

    54

    28

    ALBANY

    3

    4

    ALTCOURSE (C)

    790

    609

    534

    ASHFIELD(C)

    1

    2

    2

    ASHWELL

    2

    7

    ASKHAM GRANGE

    2

    AYLESBURY

    278

    97

    29

    BEDFORD

    27

    55

    29

    BELMARSH

    15

    25

    9

    BIRMINGHAM

    248

    537

    302

    BLANTYRE HOUSE

    19

    12

    4

    BLUNDESTON

    27

    1

    11

    BRINSFORD

    12

    76

    45

    BRISTOL

    54

    33

    26

    BRIXTON

    46

    67

    28

    BRONZEFIELD(C)

    34

    12

    3

    BUCKLEY HALL

    11

    22

    149

    BULLINGDON

    42

    16

    6

    BULLWOOD HALL

    1

    8

    15

    BURE

    5

    1

    CAMP HILL

    98

    52

    22

    CANTERBURY

    22

    10

    21

    CARDIFF

    19

    36

    7

    CASTINGTON

    10

    11

    CHANNINGS WOOD

    64

    63

    15

    CHELMSFORD

    42

    38

    11

    COLDINGLEY

    37

    52

    42

    COOKHAM WOOD

    6

    1

    1

    DARTMOOR

    27

    16

    2

    DEERBOLT

    3

    15

    2

    DONCASTER(C)

    15

    6

    24

    DORCHESTER

    20

    14

    8

    DOVEGATE (C)

    5

    24

    15

    DOVER

    14

    21

    10

    DOWNVIEW

    5

    5

    2

    DRAKE HALL

    10

    2

    3

    DURHAM

    24

    41

    23

    EAST SUTTON PARK

    1

    5

    4

    EASTWOOD PARK

    3

    9

    1

    EDMUNDS HILL

    25

    22

    ELMLEY

    45

    47

    53

    ERLESTOKE

    62

    176

    137

    EVERTHORPE

    50

    32

    26

    EXETER

    14

    21

    15

    FEATHERSTONE

    39

    29

    133

    FELTHAM

    84

    65

    45

    FORD

    61

    250

    200

    FOREST BANK (C)

    122

    37

    105

    FOSTON HALL

    1

    2

    FRANKLAND

    6

    2

    7

    FULL SUTTON

    10

    4

    9

    GARTH

    76

    32

    39

    GARTREE

    14

    22

    65

    GLEN PARVA

    2

    4

    8

    GLOUCESTER

    1

    4

    3

    GRENDON

    17

    10

    3

    GUYS MARSH

    77

    182

    175

    HASLAR

    2

    HATFIELD

    10

    58

    154

    HAVERIGG

    107

    134

    291

    HEWELL

    76

    289

    335

    HIGHDOWN

    23

    68

    49

    HIGHPOINT

    80

    55

    180

    HINDLEY

    1

    4

    6

    HOLLESLEY BAY

    193

    129

    90

    HOLLOWAY

    7

    7

    10

    HOLME HOUSE

    18

    15

    5

    HULL

    23

    25

    13

    HUNTERCOMBE

    2

    36

    9

    ISIS

    8

    52

    39

    KENNET

    4

    5

    9

    KINGSTON

    6

    KIRKHAM

    273

    390

    493

    KIRKLEVINGTON GRANGE

    13

    15

    19

    LANCASTER CASTLE

    18

    LANCASTER FARMS

    89

    79

    25

    LATCHMERE HOUSE

    69

    40

    LEEDS

    53

    59

    27

    LEICESTER

    27

    26

    15

    LEWES

    38

    46

    30

    LEYHILL

    83

    27

    30

    LINCOLN

    28

    33

    4

    LINDHOLME

    164

    96

    145

    LITTLEHEY

    13

    34

    4

    LIVERPOOL

    138

    118

    88

    LONG LARTIN

    12

    31

    77

    LOW NEWTON

    3

    LOWDHAM GRANGE (C)

    27

    10

    26

    MAIDSTONE

    6

    34

    22

    MANCHESTER

    41

    36

    23

    MOORLAND

    111

    65

    13

    MOORLAND OPEN

    10

    MORTON HALL

    4

    5

    MOUNT

    86

    78

    182

    NEW HALL

    2

    1

    NORTH SEA CAMP

    86

    63

    67

    NORTHALLERTON

    7

    3

    NORTHUMBERLAND

    9

    15

    109

    NORWICH

    30

    15

    11

    NOTTINGHAM

    11

    38

    17

    OAKWOOD

    33

    ONLEY

    53

    68

    65

    PARC(C)

    32

    79

    16

    PARKHURST

    6

    8

    20

    PENTONVILLE

    207

    199

    124

    PETERBOROUGH(C)

    141

    145

    60

    PORTLAND

    24

    6

    11

    PRESCOED

    2

    4

    PRESTON

    18

    15

    9

    RANBY

    90

    124

    300

    READING

    12

    25

    7

    RISLEY

    72

    12

    37

    ROCHESTER

    6

    10

    23

    RYE HILL(C)

    42

    79

    70

    SEND

    3

    12

    11

    SHEPTON MALLET

    3

    7

    4

    SHREWSBURY

    3

    SPRING HILL

    12

    13

    34

    STAFFORD

    12

    69

    14

    STANDFORD HILL

    150

    186

    127

    STOCKEN

    26

    12

    30

    STOKE HEATH

    8

    28

    19

    STYAL

    7

    7

    9

    SUDBURY

    72

    120

    124

    SWALESIDE

    100

    58

    107

    SWANSEA

    2

    1

    SWINFEN HALL

    32

    44

    14

    THAMESIDE

    8

    THORN CROSS

    74

    79

    84

    USK

    2

    1

    1

    VERNE

    67

    144

    161

    WAKEFIELD

    1

    2

    3

    WANDSWORTH

    157

    131

    119

    WARREN HILL

    5

    10

    5

    WAYLAND

    20

    30

    17

    WEALSTUN

    57

    145

    155

    WELLINGBOROUGH

    61

    195

    181

    WERRINGTON HOUSE

    12

    4

    9

    WETHERBY

    5

    3

    5

    WHATTON

    9

    1

    WHITEMOOR

    18

    28

    17

    WINCHESTER

    39

    3

    31

    WOLDS(C)

    104

    96

    44

    WOODHILL

    4

    58

    74

    WORMWOOD SCRUBS

    141

    267

    39

    WYMOTT

    58

    50

    11

    Total

    6756

    7789

    7301

    All figures provided have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

  • David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the volume of overseas applications for passports has been in each month since her Department assumed responsibility for such applications.

    James Brokenshire

    The table below shows the number of overseas passport applications received by Her Majesty’s Passport Office each month since it assumed responsibility for such applications.

    Month

    Number of overseas applications received*

    December 2012

    145

    January 2013

    1014

    February 2013

    2401

    March 2013

    2767

    April 2013

    3543

    May 2013

    4662

    June 2013

    5862

    July 2013

    7053

    August 2013

    7216

    September 2013

    11035

    October 2013

    13832

    November 2013

    10881

    December 2013

    12324

    January 2014

    26897

    February 2014

    43327

    March 2014

    40935

    *Note: HMPO took responsibility for overseas passports applications in April 2011, commenced the repatriation of the printing of overseas passports in summer 2011, but only commenced repatriating application processing in December 2012 with that repatriation completed in February 2014.

  • Adam Afriyie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Adam Afriyie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adam Afriyie on 2014-04-29.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Office of Tax Simplification.

    Mr David Gauke

    At Budget 2014 the government announced it will implement Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recommendations to simplify the taxation of employee benefits and expenses, employee share schemes, and partnerships. It will also simplify National Insurance contributions (NICs) for the self-employed by collecting class 2 NICs through Self Assessment from April 2016, as recommended by the OTS.

  • Douglas Carswell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Douglas Carswell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Carswell on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police and crime commissioners will be able to decide on the applicability of the adoption of her Department’s new guidelines on the use of stop and search by police to the area they represent.

    Damian Green

    It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to make decisions about whether and when to adopt the scheme.