Tag: Philip Davies

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders were (a) remanded in custody and (b) released on court bail after being charged with an offence of (i) common assault, (ii) actual bodily harm, (iii) grievous bodily harm and (iv) assault in the latest year for which information is available.

Mike Penning

The number of defendants remanded in custody and released on court bail, at magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court, for the offences listed, in 2015, can be found in the prosecutions, convictions and remands data tool, at the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015

Aggregate remand figures (i.e. across both courts) cannot be provided because defendants committed to the Crown Court have separate remand decisions in both the magistrates’ and Crown courts. Defendants who have a remand decision made at both the Crown Court and magistrates’ court would be counted twice in totals.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the foreign aid budget was given directly to the governments of recipient nations in each of the last three years.

Sir Desmond Swayne

Direct financial aid to governments of recipient nations constituted 14%, 12% and 9% of DFID’s total programme expenditure for years 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 respectively. These are the three most recent years for which this data is currently available. General Budget Support reduced from 2.2% to 0.5% of DFID’s total programme expenditure over the same period.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients in hospitals who are medically fit for discharge on the latest date for which figures are available.

David Mowat

NHS England’s Monthly Situation Report collects data on the number of patients delayed on the last Thursday of each month and the total delayed days during the month, for all patients delayed throughout the month. This data is available by organisation, type of care and reason, for every local authority and NHS Trust in England. The attached link refers.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/2016-17-data/

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-09-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much private funding (a) Heathrow Airport and (b) Gatwick Airport declared to the Government would be invested as part of its expansion plans.

Mr John Hayes

The Airports Commission shortlisted three airport expansion schemes, two at Heathrow and one at Gatwick. The Airports Commission considered that all three of the shortlisted schemes were commercially viable and privately financeable.

The Government is carefully considering all the evidence set out, including that on costs and financing, before making a decision on additional runway capacity.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-05.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.

Mr David Gauke

I refer the hon Member to the answer given by Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Business and Enterprise) the rt hon Anna Soubry on 11 November 2015

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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.

Mr Robert Goodwill

I refer the Hon Member to the answer given by my Hon Friend, the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, the Hon Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) on 11 November, UIN 15037 (http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=15037).

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that fewer children who have been subject to abuse need to attend court to give evidence.

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 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of using the facewatch application to reduce the number of fire engine call outs to false alarms.

Greg Clark

We have made no assessment of the effectiveness of using Facewatch to reduce call outs to false alarms. Decisions on operational matters, including how to reduce and respond to false alarms, are best taken at the local level by fire and rescue authorities and their principal officers in the light of individual circumstances.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much in horserace betting levy payments were received in (a) statutory and (b) voluntary payments from each betting operator in each of the last three years.

Tracey Crouch

Details of Levy payments are held by the Horserace Betting Levy Board. Section 28 (10) of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 bars the Levy Board from disclosing the statutory contribution of individual bookmakers. The Levy Board has adopted a similar approach to contributions made by voluntary means, providing information about collective totals only. The table below sets out collective totals for each year for both statutory and voluntary payments.

(£m)	Statutory payments	Voluntary payments	Total
2012/13	66.751	7.572	74.323
2013/14	70.115	7.904	78.019
2014/15	60.090	11.593	71.683

Source: Horserace Betting Levy Board

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences of each type were committed by (a) sentenced female prisoners and (b) female prisoners held on remand who had their children with them in prison in each of the last three years; and which such offences were of each type in the violence against the person category.

Caroline Dinenage

The information requested is not centrally held, and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.