The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners recorded as taking car driving lessons or tests in 2013 (a) absconded and (b) attempted to abscond during such lessons or tests.
Jeremy Wright
My officials are currently working to provide the information requested but it has not proved possible to produce it in the time allowed. I will write to you in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) security category and (b) sentence type was of each prisoner recorded as taking car driving lessons and tests in 2013.
Jeremy Wright
My officials are currently working to provide the information requested but it has not proved possible to produce it in the time allowed. I will write to you in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2015-02-09.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many basic rate taxpayers there are in each parliamentary constituency in the UK.
Mr David Gauke
The information requested will be deposited in the Library of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2015-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the advertising budget is for the Troops for Teachers campaign; and how much his Department has spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the phrase Troops for Teachers since January 2012.
Anna Soubry
The Troops to Teachers programme was formally announced in June 2013. The overall marketing spend to 31 December 2014 was £117,796.
The table below details the breakdown of the specific marketing and advertising expenditure.
|
Type of Advertising |
Expenditure Incurred £ |
|
Television |
0 |
|
Newspaper |
17,036 |
|
Online |
3,600 |
|
Radio |
0* |
|
Other forms of advertising (this includes marketing materials and design; development of website and promotional video) |
97,160 |
* The MOD did not incur any costs for the feature on British Forces Broadcasting Service.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2015-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the advertising budget is for the Defence Discount Service campaign; and how much his Department has spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the phrase Defence Discount Service since January 2012.
Anna Soubry
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not incur any costs in respect of advertising the Defence Discount Service. Advertising the scheme is the responsibility of Blue Light Card Ltd which provides this service at no cost to the MOD.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2015-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the phrase Armed Forces Covenant since January 2012.
Anna Soubry
There were no expenses captured centrally. If there are expenses of this kind, they would be at a very local level, and would be extremely difficult to trace.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2015-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the advertising budget was for the Forces Help to Buy campaign in the last 24 months; and how much of that budget has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the phrase Forces Help to Buy in that period.
Anna Soubry
There is no advertising budget for the Forces Help to Buy scheme. The scheme has been communicated through routine internal channels to inform Service personnel of the support available to them.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2015-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the phrase Armed Forces Reserves in the last 24 months.
Mr Julian Brazier
Recruiting to the Armed Forces, including the Reserves, is carried out by the single Services and is supported by single Service advertising. The expenditure figures for advertising by means of the various media stated are commercially sensitive. Details of the overall single Services’ spend on Reserves advertising in Financial Year (FY) 2013-14 and their budgets for 2014-15 are publishable and were provided in response to Question 215731 on 1 December 2014, reproduced below.
During financial year (FY) 2013-14, the total cost of the Maritime Reserves’ recruitment advertising was £2.16 million. The Maritime Reserves’ budget for Reserves recruitment advertising in FY 2014-15 is £2.96 million.
The Army’s ‘More Than Meets The Eye’ recruiting campaign is designed to attract applications to both the Regular and Reserve components of the Army. The cost of the Reserve element of the campaign is, therefore, an estimate based on a 50% share of the overall campaign cost.
During FY 2013-14, the Army estimates that the cost of advertising for Army Reserve recruitment was £1.882 million. The projected share of the budget to be spent on Army Reserve recruitment advertising in FY 2014-15 is £3.8 million.
During FY 2013-14, the total cost of the RAF’s Reserve recruitment advertising was £2.52 million. In 2014-15, the RAF’s budget for Reserves specific recruitment advertising is £2.14 million.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of Child Support Agency enforcement rates for payment of child maintenance.
Priti Patel
The latest published figures show 88% of cases on the 1993 and 2003 schemes and 88% of case groups on the 2012 scheme contributing towards their current maintenance liability.
Where a non-resident parent fails to meet their liabilities, the Child Support Agency has a range of enforcement powers. For example, child maintenance can be taken directly from bank accounts and wages; and the Government has also introduced a new power to disclose non-compliance to credit reference agencies.
The total number of enforcement actions taken by the Agency can be found on page 41 of the Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics June 2015 available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics–2.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued to the Child Support Agency on reporting allegations of fraudulent tax claims to HM Revenue and Customs.
Priti Patel
For any suspected issues of fraud, including those relating to HM Revenue and Customs, the Child Support Agency’s Online Business Procedures (OLBPs) advise caseworkers to complete a referral on the Fraud Referral and Intervention Management System (FRAIMS), which is a single, nationally networked IT system.