The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of begging in the latest period for which information is available.
Andrew Selous
The number of people convicted at all courts of offences related to begging in 2014 (latest available) is available at the following link under offence code 182 (begging).
These figures relate to offences under Section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-01-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) white and (b) non-white people convicted of a crime were sentenced to immediate custody for each category of offence in each of the last five years.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The proportion of persons sentenced to immediate custody for indictable offences, can be calculated through table 5.20, part of chapter 5: defendants tables of the Race and the Criminal Justice System: 2014 which can be located at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/race-and-the-criminal-justice-system-2014
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.
George Eustice
The following table sets out the number of staff in receipt of each type of allowance in 2014/15.
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Home to Work Travel |
Car |
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Core Department |
7 |
0 |
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Animal and Plant Health Agency |
185 |
0 |
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Environment Agency |
829 |
10 |
|
Rural Payments Agency |
79 |
14 |
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Total |
1,100 |
24 |
Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Consumer Council for Water, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Marine Management Organisation, Natural England and Veterinary Medicines Directorate have no staff in receipt of these allowances.
No staff were in receipt of subsidised health insurance.
The Home to Work Travel Allowance mainly relates to staff receiving the Excess Cost of Travel Allowance (ECTA). This is paid as a result of ongoing estates rationalisation where the home to work commute for a staff member has increased because of an office closure or move. Where there is a requirement for a limited number of RPA managers to operate out of more than one location, RPA also pay home to work travel costs to ensure the individual is not disadvantaged as a result of business needs. The EA figure includes staff in receipt of Overtime Attendance Allowance which is a fixed amount that is paid when they are required to respond to an unplanned incident.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve educational standards in Bradford.
Nick Gibb
This Government is committed to educational excellence everywhere. The new powers in the Education and Adoption Bill are designed to help raise standards in underperforming areas such as Bradford, ensuring all failing maintained schools become academies with strong sponsors, and coasting schools are challenged to improve.
The Regional Schools Comissioner has already prioritised Bradford for the Northern Fund and brought two new sponsors into the area.
We have also significantly expanded School Direct and Teach First, to ensure schools in Bradford have access to high-quality teachers. The new National Teaching Service, which will place outstanding teachers and middle leaders into schools which most need additional support to improve their teaching, will begin with a pilot later this year; Bradford will be one of the areas eligible to participate in this pilot.
I recently had the pleasure of being able to see some of the excellent work that is already being done to raise standards in Bradford, when I visited the outstanding Beckfoot School in Bingley, where 46% of pupils achieve the E-Bacc combination of core academic GCSEs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2016 to Question 26815, what the job titles are of those people in receipt of paid car allowances.
Andrea Leadsom
Please note: this list excludes those in receipt of the essential car user allowance (29 people as of 23 February). This is allocated to those that require considerable business travel at a particular point in time, where a car is the most appropriate and cost efficient form of transport. The job titles will therefore vary.
The job titles of those in receipt of paid car allowances are in the attached.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that three per cent of GDP annually be invested in infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.
Greg Hands
The government prioritises long-term investment over day-to-day expenditure, and is on course to exceed its commitment to invest £100 billion in infrastructure by 2020-21. This includes the largest programme of rail investment since Victorian times, the biggest investment in roads since the 1970s, and doubling the affordable housing budget. The Spending Review 2015 set out the government’s decision to invest £12 billion more through departmental capital budgets than was planned at Summer Budget 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas convictions of UK nationals have been recorded on the Police National Computer in the last year for which information is available.
James Brokenshire
The ACRO Criminal Records Office recorded on to the Police National Computer (PNC) conviction notifications of UK nationals convicted (or conviction updated) in the EU and outside the EU for the years specified, as follows:
EU
FY13/14 -number of notifications added to PNC – 5,797
FY 14/15 -number of notifications added to PNC – 8,334
FY 15/16 -number of notifications added to PNC – 5,873
Non-EU
FY13/14 –number of notifications added to PNC – 175
FY 14/15 -number of notifications added to PNC – 341
FY 15/16 -number of notifications added to PNC – 593
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of first-time offenders (a) of each ethnic group and (b) for each offence were sentenced to immediate custody in the latest year for which figures are available.
Dominic Raab
This information is published routinely in the Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly bulletin, and can be accessed from the Offending History data tool from the following web link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2015
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Ministers of his Department plan to attend the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in India in 2016.
Jane Ellison
The United Kingdom will be represented at the 7th Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, to be held in November 2016. The composition of the UK’s delegation has not yet been decided. The delegation will be led by the Department and there is no intention to include representatives from organisations outside of Her Majesty’s Government.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-06-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on interpreters in each of the last three years.
Alistair Burt
This information is not held centrally.