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  • Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town on Justice.

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    Lord Faulks

    The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 provides the necessary enabling powers to put in place the funding arrangements for the Legal Ombudsman to deal with complaints against claims management companies. These provisions were commenced on 21 March 2014. They include a power for the Lord Chancellor to make Regulations to charge fees to recover the costs he has incurred in meeting the expenditure of the Legal Ombudsman in relation to claims management complaints.

    The Government consultation on the proposed structure of the Lord Chancellor’s cost recovery fee ended on 6 June and the responses are being analysed. Once the fee structure is finalised, the Fee Regulations will be laid in Parliament for approval and the consultation response will be published at that time.

  • Jeremy Browne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Jeremy Browne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jeremy Browne on 2014-04-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what occasions he has met representatives of the Crown Estate since May 2010.

    Nicky Morgan

    Treasury Ministers meet the Crown Estate Board and staff several times a year.

  • Sarah Champion – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Sarah Champion – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Champion on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to publish data on (a) women’s homelessness, (b) the number of women who become homeless in a reporting period and (c) the length of their homelessness.

    Kris Hopkins

    I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 311-312W.

  • Biography information for Anas Sarwar – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Biography information for Anas Sarwar – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Anas Sarwar on International Development.

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    Lynne Featherstone

    The roots of the conflict in Central African Republic (CAR) are complex and whilst the recent inter-communal violence is primarily targeting Muslim inhabitants, Christian communities have also fallen victim to sectarian killings. Much of the Muslim population of CAR has fled, including traders who were overwhelmingly Muslim.

    DFID is funding agencies such as UNHCR, Mercy Corps and the ICRC to implement protection programmes in CAR, including conflict resolution and social cohesion activities. DFID has contributed £18 million in 2014 towards the crisis. The UK is also supporting the international efforts to restore peace and security and has welcomed the adoption of UNSCR 2149 authorising the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission (MISCA).

  • Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department’s output maps.

    Mr Philip Hammond

    I regret that I must withhold the requested information as its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.

  • Mike Crockart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Mike Crockart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Crockart on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the future of the feed-in-tariff scheme in Scotland in the event of a Yes vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.

    Gregory Barker

    The UK and Scottish Governments have both said that there can be no pre-negotiations on what the terms of Scottish independence might be before the referendum takes place on 18 September.

  • Lindsay Roy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Lindsay Roy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lindsay Roy on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements his Department plans to leave in place in Afghanistan to protect education for female children.

    Justine Greening

    The UK Government supports girls’ education in Afghanistan through DFID’s Girls’ Education Challenge programmes and our financial support to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund – a multi-donor fund that supports the provision of primary education across Afghanistan. We are committed to Afghanistan for the long term, including supporting education for girls.

  • 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 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings of the Overseas Domestic Workers Steering Group have been held since 2010.

    Karen Bradley

    The Overseas Domestic Worker Steering Group no longer meets, therefore there is
    no current membership. The last meeting was on 19 November 2010.

    The Home Office is carefully considering all the recommendations of the
    Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Committee’s report on the Modern Slavery Bill.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what books are banned from being kept in prison libraries.

    Jeremy Wright

    Prison Service Instruction 45/2011 states that censorship will not usually be exercised except in the case of offensive or illegal material. Some materials may be banned by the prison governor on a case-by-case basis.

    The Custodial Public Protection Manual contains a list of publications that prisoners are not allowed to possess. It focuses on child sex offending. No books on the list are obtainable through prison libraries. Apart from this, the Ministry of Justice does not maintain a list of books which are not allowed to be kept in prison libraries.

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decision makers within the jobseeker’s allowance framework in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) North Lanarkshire and (d) Airdrie and Shotts constituency had a complaint issued against them in each of the last four years; and how many of those complaints led to disciplinary action.

    Mike Penning

    The information sought is contained in individual personnel records. DWP cannot provide this information as it could only be collated at a disproportionate cost to the department.