The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sentences were handed down to people convicted of each type of terrorist offence in the last year for which information is held.
Mr John Hayes
The attached table provides data on the sentences received by persons convicted of terrorism-related offences in the year ending December 2015, broken down by the primary offence for which they were convicted.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time is from first appearance to trial in magistrates’ courts.
Mr Shailesh Vara
In 2015, of defendants whose cases were completed in the magistrates’ courts, 14% went on to have a trial after first listing. Of those cases, the mean duration from date of first listing to date of trial was 67 days and the median duration was 61 days.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) fast and (b) standard delivery pre-sentence reports were prepared for offenders with each band number of previous convictions in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Andrew Selous
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-07-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors trained in the UK in each of the last five years subsequently moved abroad to practice.
Ben Gummer
The Department does not hold this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of medical staff to administrators is in the NHS.
Mr Philip Dunne
The ratio of medical staff to administrators in the National Health Service is 1:1.05. The number of medical staff includes only doctors and does not include roles such as nurses, midwives and other non-medical clinicians.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-09-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on gender equality of school uniforms.
Caroline Dinenage
The department has published advisory guidance on school uniform policy. The guidance makes clear that it is for the governing body of a school to decide whether there should be a school uniform policy and if so what that should be. It also makes clear that, when deciding on uniform policy, a school will have to consider its obligations not to discriminate unlawfully, including on the basis of gender.
The guidance can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-05.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which regulations his Office introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations his Office expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
Matthew Hancock
No regulations were introduced by the Cabinet Office as a result of EU legislation in 2013 and 2014.
So far in 2015 the Cabinet Office has introduced the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which have estimated net annual savings of £3.6 Billion. No further regulations arising from EU legislation are planned for introduction in 2015.
Looking ahead to 2016 two regulations are expected to be implemented by the Cabinet Office as a result of EU legislation. These are the Utilities Contract Regulations and Concessions Contract Regulations.
Details of all the estimated costs to the Public Purse and Private Sector are provided in the table below:
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Year |
Title of Regulation |
Cost to Business |
Cost to Public Purse |
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2013 |
None |
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2014 |
None |
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2015 |
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 |
£3.6Billion saving |
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2016 |
Utilities Contract Regulations |
£0.14M |
£0.09M |
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Concessions Contract Regulations |
£0.3M |
£0.85 |
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2017 |
None |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which regulations his Department introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations his Department expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
David Mundell
I refer the hon Member to the answer given by my Rt hon Friend the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise (Anna Soubry) on 11 November 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remote sites (a) are operational to enable witnesses to give evidence away from court, (b) were available for use by children under the age of 18 in 2014-15 and (c) were used by children under the age of 18 in that year.
Mike Penning
The Ministry is committed to supporting all victims and witnesses, including children, when giving evidence in criminal trials. All victims and witnesses are eligible for special measures to relieve stress when giving evidence, including giving evidence by video remotely.
We have secured over £700m of funding to invest in our courts and tribunals. We have worked closely with the senior judiciary to develop a plan for investing this in reforming the courts and tribunals so they can deliver swifter, fairer justice at a lower cost. This will include digitisation and modernisation of our IT infrastructure. This will mean court users can attend hearings remotely, and not be inconvenienced by having to take a day off work to come to court. It will also mean victims of crime can give evidence from somewhere they feel safe.
Since March 2015 vulnerable and intimidated witnesses, including child abuse victims, can give evidence from a remote site which is away from the court environment. There is at least one remote site in each of the seven Regions in England and Wales, and twelve sites in total.
In addition, the court estate is video-enabled so that any victim or witness can give evidence from a court building other than the trial site to ensure they do not come into contact with the defendant, or their family and supporters.
Whilst HMCTS collates data on the number of witnesses giving evidence by video, the ages of the victims and witnesses are not recorded.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2015 to Question 13471, if he will assess the proposed standardised packaging of tobacco against the revised one in, two out framework criteria published by the Better Regulation Executive in its publication entitled, Better Regulation Framework Manual, published in March 2015.
Jane Ellison
Government policies, including standardised packaging of tobacco products, are assessed against the Better Regulation Framework in place at the time.