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  • 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 2014-05-01.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which sites were affected by the failure of UK Border Agency computers at passport control on 30 April 2014; what steps she is taking to investigate and rectify the problem; and what assessment she has made of the reasons for the computer failure.

    James Brokenshire

    This was a national issue and all ports were affected. The issue was rectified
    as soon as possible, with national security our first priority at all times. An
    urgent investigation is being conducted to examine the circumstances
    surrounding this incident.

  • Andy Sawford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Andy Sawford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Sawford on 2014-05-01.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the creation of a Single Fraud Investigation Service on the level of fraud against local authorities.

    Esther McVey

    The introduction of single fraud investigation service will ensure that all allegations of local authority welfare benefit fraud are investigated appropriately in accordance with a single policy. As such the SFIS project strengthens the approach to investigating and tackling welfare benefit fraud in local authorities.

  • Jim Fitzpatrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Jim Fitzpatrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Fitzpatrick on 2014-05-01.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding the tolling of proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how that will impact on traffic levels at the Dartford Crossing.

    Stephen Hammond

    The Secretary of State for Transport has regular meetings with the Mayor of London at which a range of London transport measures are discussed. Other Ministers also discuss various London transport issues and projects with senior officials from Transport for London.

    The Mayor of London wrote to the then Secretary of State for Transport on 1 June 2012 to request the designation of the proposed Silvertown tunnel as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. The Secretary of State responded on 26 June 2012 outlining her agreement to grant the request.

    On 16 July 2013, the Mayor of London wrote to me to respond to the Department’s consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing proposals.

    The Department’s review of options for a new Lower Thames Crossing included a sensitivity test to assess whether the proposed Silvertown Crossing scheme would be likely to impact on the forecast flows for the existing Dartford crossing, and any potential new crossing.　The conclusion of that test was that the effect was likely to be negligible. The review findings were published in May 2013 as part of consultation on the options.

  • Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne McIntosh on 2014-05-01.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made on the review of partnership funding for flood defences; and when the results of this review will be published.

    Dan Rogerson

    The independent evaluation of the Flood and Coastal Resilience Partnership Funding approach was published on 23 April 2014. The report is available on the Defra R&Dwebpages at the following the link:

    http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID=18734&FromSearch=Y&Publisher=1&SearchText=fd2663&SortString=ProjectCode&SortOrder=Asc&Paging=10#Description

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  • Charlotte Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Charlotte Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2014-05-01.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each NHS trust and foundation trust spent on legal costs on individual employment cases in each of the last 10 years.

    Dr Daniel Poulter

    The Department does not collect data about how much each National Health Service trust and foundation trust spends on legal costs on individual employment cases.

  • Richard Fuller – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Richard Fuller – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-05-01.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings which were not counted as closed had fewer than five cases listed for each week in the preceding (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months at 31 March 2014; and what the location was of each such building.

    Jeremy Wright

    Providing a detailed response to these questions will require officials to manually collate data. This cannot be accomplished in the time available. My honourable friend Shailesh Vara will therefore write with a detailed response as soon as possible, and will place a copy of this letter in the library of the house.

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

    Andrew Smith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Smith on 2014-04-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications have been made in Oxfordshire under the National Assistance Act 1948 by people without resources to meet their requirements or whose resources must be supplemented in order to meet their requirements in the last five years.

    Norman Lamb

    Information on the number of adult social care clients receiving council-funded services, including residential and domiciliary care, is collected by the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).

    The HSCIC has provided the available information for Oxfordshire County Council over the five years 2008-09 to 2012-13. This is shown in the table.

    Type of service

    2008-09

    2009-10

    2010-11

    2011-12

    2012-13

    Residential care

    1,350

    1,245

    1,155

    1,170

    1,120

    Domiciliary care, of which:

    Home care

    4,625

    5,010

    3,675

    3,125

    2,820

    Day care

    1,880

    1,820

    1,680

    750

    630

    Meals

    465

    330

    295

    175

    155

    Short term residential care (not respite)

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    Direct payments

    925

    1,040

    1,400

    1,530

    Existing/new direct payments and personal budgets

    1,050

    Professional support

    12,485

    12,315

    5,750

    1,760

    1,275

    Equipment and adaptations

    1,000

    1,305

    1,270

    875

    865

    Other

    1,125

    1,045

    2,285

    505

    445

    Notes:

    1. Data relates to adults 18 and over

    2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5

    3. All data are published and final

    4. The ‘Existing/new direct payments and personal budgets’ columns in return P2f was introduced in 2009-10 to capture personal budgets and reverted back to direct payments in 2010-11. Service users who were receiving council commissioned services via a personal budget or direct payment were only included under this heading and not under the specific service received.

    Sources:

    Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care (RAP) returns, tables P1 and P2f

  • Alex Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Alex Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2014-04-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to bring forward regulations for the introduction of the ban on smoking in cars with children present.

    Jane Ellison

    The Children and Families Act 2014 contains regulation making powers to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying children. The Department is currently drawing up proposals for how this could be achieved, which we will consult on. We plan to introduce these regulations during the lifetime of this Parliament.

  • Christopher Chope – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Christopher Chope – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2014-04-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date officials of his Department were informed that arrangements had failed for a commercial bank to facilitate payments to overseas pensioners out of funds reserved by the government of Zimbabwe; and when he expects an alternative service provider to be in place.

    Mark Simmonds

    We were in regular contact with the commercial bank following the request by the Government of Zimbabwe to facilitate the payment of pensions. They formally confirmed to the Government of Zimbabwe on 6 November that they were unable to act as the service provider, though had informed us of this decision in the preceding weeks.

    The payment of Zimbabwe public service pensions is the responsibility of the Government of Zimbabwe. We will continue to encourage them, and any possible service provider, to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

  • Harriet Harman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Harriet Harman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Harriet Harman on 2014-04-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the Nigernian government in its efforts to protect schools in north-eastern Nigeria and to re-open schools that have closed for security reasons.

    Lynne Featherstone

    DFID is supporting the Nigerian government to reduce instability in the north-east of Nigeria, helping to provide a more stable and secure environment for schools to operate. This approach includes DFID Nigeria’s Stability and Reconciliation Programme which promotes conflict resolution and supports local organisations to tackle violence against women and girls. DFID also supports the Presidential Initiative for the North East which is promoting economic recovery and meeting basic needs, including education.

    DFID’s education programme operates in eleven states in Nigeria, including the north-eastern state of Bauchi. Here DFID is working with UNICEF and the state government to improve girls’ access to better education.