Tag: Parliamentary Question

Helen Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2016-02-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of whiplash claims each year which are fraudulent; and if he will place in the Library the evidence used to produce this estimate.

Dominic Raab

Information on prosecutions for fraudulent whiplash claims is not held centrally, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The Government remains concerned about the number and cost of personal injury claims and the impact they have on motor insurance premiums. At 760,000 (of which 690,000 were for whiplash) in 2014/15, personal injury motor claims volumes are still at historically high levels, being some 50% higher than in 2006 when there were around 520,000 such claims.

The Insurance Fraud Taskforce published their final report on 18 January which was supportive of the Government’s proposals to tackle fraudulent and unnecessary claims. The Government will consider their recommendations closely.

The Association of British Insurers regularly publishes data on the number of detected fraudulent claims made, and the most recent published data can be found here: https://www.abi.org.uk/News/News-releases/2015/07/You-could-not-make-up-Savings-honest-customers-insurers-expose-3-6-million-worth-insurance-frauds

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January 1, 2023
Gloria De Piero – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2016-02-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) England that will be affected by reductions in employment and support allowance.

Priti Patel

The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the welfare policies in the Bill on 20th July last year. However forecasts for Employment and Support Allowance are made only for Great Britain and are not broken down to the level requested. As such, the information requested is not available.

January 1, 2023
Charles Walker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charles Walker on 2016-03-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of its senior civil servants who will potentially fall under the provisions of the Fourth EU Money Laundering Directive, 2015/849; and what assessment he has made of which of his Department’s agencies or other public bodies will potentially be classed as holding a prominent public function for the purposes of that directive.

Mr Julian Brazier

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to his Question 31527 on 22 March 2016.

January 1, 2023
Jack Dromey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jack Dromey on 2016-04-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on the ratio of firearms instructors to police officers of the Government’s policy to train an extra 1,500 firearms officers by April 2018.

Mr John Hayes

At the Spending Review in December 2015, the Chancellor announced a major investment of £143 million to uplift armed policing capacity to respond more quickly and effectively to a marauding firearms attack.

The police have been working to allocate that spending to ensure maximum effect and are arranging for sufficient instructors and training places to be in place.

January 1, 2023
Maria Eagle – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2016-05-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to pages 13 and 39 of the White Paper, A BBC for the future: a broadcaster of distinction, published in May 2016, what his Department plans to spend the £85 million of new funding for the World Service on.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The additional Government funding for the BBC World Service was agreed as part of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 and will be provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It will be used to provide additional language services subject to agreement by the Foreign Secretary and the BBC Trust.

January 1, 2023
Helen Goodman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-07-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with (a) her international counterparts, (b) international organisations and (c) NGOs on the situation in Yemen.

Rory Stewart

The UK is playing a leading role in responding to the crisis in Yemen. DFID Ministers regularly have discussions with international counterparts, organisations, and NGOs on the situation in Yemen. The World Humanitarian Summit in May was obviously a key moment for such discussions.

Senior officials also have regular discussions on the situation in Yemen. Mark Lowcock, DFID Permanent Secretary, recently discussed the humanitarian and economic situation in Yemen with international counterparts on 11 July, at the annual Tidewater conference of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-ordination and Development (OECD-DAC).

January 1, 2023
John Pugh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of his Department.

Mr John Hayes

The Department does not directly employ any cleaning staff on its Westminster estate. All cleaning staff are employed and managed under outsourced estates and facilities contracts. Information on nationality in such situations is not held by the Department.

January 1, 2023
Gloria De Piero – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families with children living in bed and breakfast have been so accommodated for more than six weeks; and how many families with children were living in bed and breakfast accommodation in (a) each local authority in the East Midlands and (b) England in each year since 2010.

Mr Marcus Jones

The Department for Communities and Local Government collects figures for the number of households in temporary accommodation as snapshot figures at the end of each quarter. Theattached table shows the number of families with children who were accommodated in Bed & Breakfast hotels (including shared annexes) on 31^st December for each year 2010–2014, who were resident for more than 6 weeks, in the East Midlands and England.

Numbers for individual local authorities have not been provided, as they generally relate to very small numbers of households and therefore risk disclosing personal information.

The law is clear that bed and breakfast accomodation should only be used to house homeless in an emergency, and for no longer than six weeks.

January 1, 2023

Madeleine Moon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian personnel, (b) uniformed personnel and (c) civil servants were employed at (i) MOD Grantown-on-Spey, (ii) MOD Llanwrst, (iii) MOD Fairbourne and (iv) MOD Crickhowell in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Lancaster

Information available on the number of personnel at each of the locations requested is provided in the tables below. The number of military personnel and civil servants is as at 1 October for each year. Data for military personnel can only be provided for the last nine years as prior to this information is not held centrally. The number of contractors can only be provided by financial year.

The data has been rounded in accordance with data protection principles where ~ denotes less than 5.

Military Personnel as at 1 October
	Grantown-on-Spey	Llanwrst	Fairbourne	Crickhowell
2007	0	~	20	20
2008	0	~	20	20
2009	0	~	20	30
2010	~	10	20	30
2011	10	10	20	30
2012	10	10	20	30
2013	10	10	20	10
2014	10	10	10	10
2015	20	0	10	20

Civil Servant Personnel as at 1 October
	Grantown-on-Spey	Llanwrst	Fairbourne	Crickhowell
2006	10	10	20	10
2007	10	10	20	20
2008	10	10	20	20
2009	10	10	10	20
2010	10	10	10	20
2011	~	10	10	10
2012	~	10	10	10
2013	~	~	10	10
2014	~	10	10	10
2015	~	~	10	10

Contractors by Financial Year
	Grantown-on-Spey	Llanwrst	Fairbourne	Crickhowell
2007-08	~	0	0	~
2008-09	~	0	0	~
2009-10	~	0	0	~
2010-11	~	0	0	~
2011-12	~	10	10	~
2012-13	~	10	10	~
2013-14	~	10	10	10
2014-15	~	10	10	10

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January 1, 2023

Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-01-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees were resettled in each (a) region and (b) parliamentary constituency in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.

Richard Harrington

The Home Office is committed to publishing data on the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme as part of the regular quarterly Immigration Statistics, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. The next set of figures will be in the quarterly release on 25 February 2016 and will cover the period October – December 2015.

This information will not show where refugees have been resettled, as resettlement under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme by local authorities is voluntary. It is a matter for each local authority to decide whether they want to publish the fact of their participation and the numbers of refugees they take.

January 1, 2023