Tag: Philip Davies

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-01-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of prisoners who have converted to Islam in prisons in each of the last five years.

Andrew Selous

Information on the number of prisoners that have converted to Islam while in prison is not held centrally. The data held relates to a prisoner’s current declared religion, not any previously declared religion.

In order to provide data relating to offender conversions to Islam in prison, it would be necessary to manually examine individual prison records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department and non-departmental public bodies receive (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance.

Nick Gibb

The Department for Education (which includes the Education Funding Agency, National College for Teaching and Leadership and the Standards and Testing Agency) does not offer any of the above allowances to its staff. We do not hold information in relation to non-departmental public bodies.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect on UK GDP of the National Grid issuing Notification of Inadequate System Margin notices; and if she will make a statement.

Andrea Leadsom

A NISM is a notification issued to the electricity market to ask power stations to make more generation available for a short, specified, period of time. It doesn’t mean demand is about to outstrip supply, only that National Grid would like a larger cushion of spare capacity in the short term.

DECC has not made an assessment of the impact of NISMS on GDP. There have been 2 NISMs since 2010 and these have only lasted a few hours on each occasion and have had virtually no impact on consumer bills.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer has collected as a result of the Carbon Price Support mechanism in each of the last five years.

Damian Hinds

The latest available information can be found at the following web address:

https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will ask her Chinese and Japanese counterparts to supply the Government with cost data relating to their new ultra super-critical coal-fired power stations.

Andrea Leadsom

Cost data relating to new ultra super-critical coal fired power stations in Japan and China are likely to be commercially sensitive to those directly involved. Whilst super-critical power stations are more efficient than earlier technologies, coal remains the most carbon intensive source of electricity generation.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-04-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her Department’s definition is of abated coal-fired electricity generation; and if she will make a statement.

Andrea Leadsom

Any new coal plant must demonstrate carbon capture and storage on at least 300 MW of its proposed generating capacity and comply with the Emissions Performance Standard. The Department will be launching a consultation on closing unabated coal-fired power stations and will ask for views on what measures might be suitable for existing coal.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to place the offences committed by offenders who participate in out-of-court restorative justice on the Police National Computer and make them available to courts dealing with any future offending.

Mike Penning

It is vital that victims see swift and certain justice delivered to their offender. It is also vital that victims of crime get the help they need to cope with, and recover from, crime.

That is why we have protected the victims’ budget and given Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) greater flexibility to decide which services are needed in their local area.

Restorative Justice can be a part of a wide range of services offered to victims of crime, and we are providing advice and guidance to help PCCs deliver it.

Restorative justice is not a disposal in its own right and there are no plans to record participation in restorative justice on the Police National Computer unless this is already recorded as part of a conditional caution or other formal disposal.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) out-of-court restorative justice resolutions and (b) cautions were given to (i) people on suspended prison sentences and (ii) prisoners released on licence in the latest year for which information is held.

Mike Penning

The information requested, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the methodology used to calculate the employment tribunal fees increase in preventing a reduction in the number of cases coming to tribunal.

Dominic Raab

The Ministry of Justice is currently undertaking a post-implementation review of the impact of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The review will report in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-07-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place a copy of the grant application for funding for 2016-17 from Action on Smoking and Health in the Library.

Nicola Blackwood

A grant of £160,000 has been awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) for financial year 2016/17 and a copy of the signed award letter, including the detailed deliverables of the grant, is attached.

Grants made under Section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 can be made in a number of ways. The grant awarded to ASH has been assessed as most appropriate for the non-competed route.

The Department received a complaint about the deliverables of the 2015/16 grant awarded to ASH in June this year. The Department responded to the complainant, confirming it was satisfied that none of the deliverables were in breach of the provisions of Section 64.