Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-02-22.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estate agents in (a) England and Wales and (b) London have been penalised for failing to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations 2007.

    Harriett Baldwin

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is unable to provide any information which would identify its customers. The Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 gives HMRC a duty of confidentiality which applies to all information it holds in connection with its functions.

    In 2014-15 HMRC issued 677 penalties to the total value of £768,000. This is for all HMRC supervised businesses in the UK. The total includes estate agency businesses which HMRC supervised from 1 April 2014. This is three times the total value of penalties issued in 2013-14.

  • Paul Flynn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Paul Flynn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-03-16.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.215 of the Budget 2016, whether he plans to make additional resources available to HM Revenue and Customs to implement the comprehensive package of measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.

    Mr David Gauke

    The Government will ensure that HM Revenue and Customs has the resources it requires to implement the package of measures announced at Budget 2016 to tackle avoidance and evasion.

  • Tristram Hunt – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Tristram Hunt – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tristram Hunt on 2016-04-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department’s non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority by 2020.

    Mike Penning

    Within the Ministry of Justice, only the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services (Cafcass) have or have had offices within the East Cheshire postal address.

    In September 2010 Cafcass closed its Sandbach office following consultation with staff. All 11 posts were relocated to the nearby Warrington office.

    Within HMCTS, one post has been re-located from the East Cheshire Local Authority Area since 2010 and 16 posts have not been replaced when vacated by the previous post-holder. As part of the HMCTS Estates Reform Programme, both Macclesfield Magistrates’ and Macclesfield County Courts are due to close in September 2016. Discussions are ongoing with HMCTS staff in post as to potential redeployment options that include courts in Crewe, however no decisions have yet taken place.

  • Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have made to Coventry in each of the last five years.

    Karen Bradley

    Details of Ministerial visits and those made by senior officials can be found on the gov.uk website. Details of all visits made by officials who are not Senior Civil Servants, are not centrally recorded. Therefore providing this information would incur a disproportionate cost.

  • Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2016-07-11.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the EU Unit has to recruit staff (a) from within and (b) externally to the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr David Davis

    A new Department for Exiting the European Union has been established by the Prime Minister. The staffing requirements for the new department are now being identified.

  • Dominic Raab – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Dominic Raab – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dominic Raab on 2016-10-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date her Department began to record details of sponsorship of non-EU nationals entering the UK on student visas.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    The sponsorship of non-EU students was introduced in three stages:

    Educational Institutions were able to make an application for a licence to sponsor non-EU students under Tier 4 of the Points Based System from July 2008.

    Non–EU student applications under Tier 4 of the Points-Based System were introduced on 31 March 2009, and from this date onwards institutions had students linked to their sponsor licence.

    From 22 February 2010 all non-EU Tier 4 student applications had to be supported by a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies, an electronic document assigned by a Tier 4 sponsor, which institutions are required to monitor and report against, and this activity was recorded by the Home Office.

  • Richard Burden – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Richard Burden – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2015-11-23.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars the DVLA clamped in each month of each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

    Andrew Jones

    Andrew Jones

    The table below shows the information requested.

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    January

    9,023

    8,370

    5,131

    5,197

    5,696

    8,890

    February

    10,892

    10,550

    4,947

    5,391

    5,115

    8,741

    March

    12,722

    9,517

    5,356

    5,450

    5,333

    8,630

    April

    8,978

    8,911

    4,636

    5,802

    5,214

    8,228

    May

    8,887

    8,265

    5,065

    5,450

    5,549

    8,511

    June

    8,790

    8,217

    4,339

    4,968

    5,530

    9,957

    July

    8,970

    7,365

    5,257

    4,238

    5,634

    10,554

    August

    8,883

    7,947

    4,644

    2,079

    5,384

    8,050

    September

    8,562

    7,472

    4,525

    3,918

    5,530

    9,444

    October

    9,435

    5,533

    4,275

    4,576

    5,806

    9,778

    November

    9,873

    2,828

    4,349

    4,791

    5,756

    December

    7,587

    4,507

    1,870

    4,283

    6,740

    Total

    112,602

    89,482

    54,394

    56,143

    67,287

    90,783

    By way of context, the equivalent total figure for 2009 is 123,695 cars.

    These vehicles would have been clamped by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s national wheelclamping contractors or by local authorities and police forces with devolved powers to clamp and impound unlicensed vehicles.

  • Diana Johnson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Diana Johnson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2015-12-14.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many press, communication and public relations staff are employed by (a) his Department, (b) Public Health England, (c) NHS England, (d) Monitor, (e) the Care Quality Commission, (f) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (g) NHS Blood and Transplant, (h) the NHS Litigation Authority, (i) the Trust Development Authority, (j) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, (k) the Human Tissue Authority, (l) the NHS Business Service Authority, (m) Health Education England and (n) the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency; how many of those employees are paid more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and communication by each of those organisations in the most recent year for which figures are available.

    Jane Ellison

    Below are details of communications headcount and spend for the organisations requested.

    On headcount, to ensure consistency, all organisations have provided information according to the following criteria for public relations (PR) and communications staff:

    – Press and PR

    – Stakeholder relations

    – Campaigns (including marketing and strategic communications)

    – Digital Communications (not IT/digital service teams)

    – Internal Communications

    On communications spend, we have provided figures for 2014/15, which is the most recent year for which figures are available.

    The figures on spend are split between major communications and marketing spend costs (submissions of above £100,000 which are assessed through the Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group process) and the remaining admin and minor programme spend costs. Major programme spend costs cover budgets for public information campaigns – such as smoking cessation, blood and organ donor recruitment, dementia friends, cancer diagnosis and immunisation campaigns.

    The figures on major campaign programme spend (in column three below) reflect the amount of money requested in the Cabinet Office submission. In some instances, the final spend on communications was lower, as some of the budget was reappropriated for operational requirements or was unused and returned to central budgets.

    Organisation

    Number of Communications Staff

    Major campaign programme spend (Activity over £100,000 approved in 2014/15)

    Admin (staff / non-staff) and minor programme spend 2014/15 (£)

    Department of Health

    106.5

    1,129,507

    6,968,643

    Public Health England

    115.5

    57,162,157*

    8,134,900

    NHS England

    69

    9,721,465

    3,292,340

    Monitor

    21

    n/a

    1,697,000

    Care Quality Commission

    34

    650,000

    6,671,635

    NICE

    74

    n/a

    2,427, 944

    NHS Blood & Transplant

    124.59

    4,862,257

    8,689,004

    NHS Litigation Authority

    3

    n/a

    315,329

    NHS Trust Development Authority

    12

    n/a

    926,023

    Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority

    6.5

    n/a

    381,443

    Human Tissue Authority

    3.2

    n/a

    291,454

    NHS Business Services Authority

    17.6

    1,028,800

    823,586

    Health Education England

    32

    n/a

    2,219,301

    Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority

    28

    n/a

    1,987,441

    *See breakdown of Public Health England campaign spend in table below

    Public Health England Campaign Spend in 2014/15

    Cost

    Smokefree (tobacco control) includes Stoptober and January Health Harms campaigns

    £11,580,000

    PHE Smokefree Cars

    £1,400,000

    Be Clear on Cancer

    £11,685,000

    Stroke- ACT Fast

    £975,000

    Change4life

    £11,514,248

    Start4life

    £3,200,000

    Rise Above

    £1,970,000

    DH PHE Dementia Friends Campaign

    £4,000,000

    HIV Prevention England 14/15

    £550,000

    Sexual Health Information Family Planning Association

    £262,000

    Care & Support Reforms Phase 1

    £1,950,000

    Dementia Friends Phase 2

    £1,500,000

    Seasonal Flu Campaign

    £1,868,000

    PHE Alcohol Campaign

    £1,825,000

    PHE, Seasonal Flu, respiratory and hand hygiene 2014/15

    £500,000

    TOTAL

    £54,779,248

    We can provide information on staff paid in different salary bands. However, due to differing bands between organisations and differing geographical weighting, this does not allow us to provide figures for the number of employees paid more than £50,000 and £100,000.

  • Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-01-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many requests has he received from local planning authorities to exempt particular properties or areas in their boroughs from the provisions of Section 25A of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973 on the short-term use of London accommodation; which local planning authorities have made such requests; and how many such requests has he refused.

    Brandon Lewis

    My rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government(Greg Clark) has received one request from a local planning authority to exempt particular properties or areas under section 25A of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973. The request was made by Westminster City Council, and is currently under consideration by Ministers. The Secretary of State has not used his powers under Section 25B (5) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973.

  • Carolyn Harris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Carolyn Harris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Carolyn Harris on 2016-02-22.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the economic impact of fixed odds betting terminals; and if he will make a statement.

    Damian Hinds

    HM Treasury has not carried out any assessment of the overall economic impact of gaming machines. The Gambling Commission regularly publishes a range of statistics relating to the gambling industry.