Tag: Philip Davies

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has to ensure that financial grants made by his Department to Action on Smoking and Health are not used to fund activities intended to influence (a) Parliament, Government or political parties, (b) the awarding or renewal of Government contracts and grants and (c) legislative or regulatory action.

Jane Ellison

The conditions applicable to grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) are set out in the grant award letters.

ASH’s compliance with the conditions of the grant is assessed at the grant monitoring meetings held between the Deputy Director of tobacco control and representatives from ASH as well as in the final full year grant monitoring and governance reports.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of smokers who have switched to e-cigarettes; and what estimate he has made of the effect of that switch on the NHS budget.

Jane Ellison

Survey data suggests the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among adults in Great Britain has increased to 2.6 million in 2015, of whom 1.1 million have completely stopped smoking.

The Department recognises that e-cigarettes can help smokers to quit and the evidence indicates that they are less harmful to health than smoking tobacco. There is not yet enough evidence on which to make an estimate of the impact on National Health Service costs of smokers switching to e-cigarettes.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any grant monitoring forms in relation to funds awarded by his Department to Action on Smoking and Health were submitted late.

Jane Ellison

Action on Smoking and Health provided grant Monitoring Reports on completion of each project. The timing of the submission of these reports was agreed with the Tobacco Control policy team.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many grades there are in the Civil Service.

Mr Francis Maude

Arrangements for setting grades below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) are delegated to departments and not held centrally. For the SCS, grading arrangements are determined centrally by the Cabinet Office. There are four main grades in the SCS.

To deliver a flatter structure in the Civil Service, departments are, as set out in the Civil Service Reform Plan, reviewing their structures as part of ongoing change programmes and departmental improvement plans.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 575W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission, when she plans to place the requested information on the Dignity at Work conferences in the libraries of both Houses.

Mrs Helen Grant

Information on the Dignity at Work conferences is in the process of being placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were sentenced to a custodial sentence of 12 months or less for each offence by each Crown Court in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mike Penning

The information you have requested cannot be extracted from our raw data due to the extensive nature of what you have requested. I will therefore write to my honourable Friend as soon as it is available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has given to local authorities on dealing with trees that are subject to a preservation order.

Nick Boles

In March we issued new web-based planning guidance on the Tree Preservation Order system. It is available at http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/tree-preservation-orders/.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-01-15.

To ask the Attorney General, what the sex was of the (a) complainant and (b) defendant in each of the cases of stalking brought since the implementation of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; and what the outcome was in each such case.

Mr Robert Buckland

The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the sex of either complainants or defendants prosecuted in cases where charges of stalking under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 have been brought. Obtaining this information would require a manual review of individual case files which would incur a disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders given custodial sentences for offences committed during the public disorder in London in August 2011 were given terms of imprisonment of 12 months or less.

Mike Penning

Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent judiciary, taking account all of the circumstances of the case. Numerous offences were committed during the disorder including theft, criminal damage, burglary and various disorder offences but most commonly violent disorder. As of 10 August 2012, of the 2,138 persons sentenced, 1,396 (65 per cent) were sentenced at the Crown Court, of which 1,137 (81 per cent) received immediate custodial sentences with an average custodial sentence length (ACSL) of 19.6 months. This compares to an ACSL of 11.3 months for offenders committed for sentence at the Crown Court for similar offences in England and Wales 2010.

The latest available data shows that the number of offenders given a custodial sentence of 12 months or less for offences committed during the public disorder in London in August 2011 was 640.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that participants in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 are prevented from staying in the UK illegally after the Games have finished.

Karen Bradley

The rigorous Accreditation Process that contributed to the success of the
Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 has also been central to our preparations
for Glasgow 2014.

To minimise attempts to abuse our hospitality after the Games have ended,
comprehensive record checks on all Commonwealth Games participants and Games
Family Members are conducted before they are cleared to enter the UK. We have
also introduced arrangements to confirm that people given Commonwealth Games
clearance have left the UK within their permitted time limits.