The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were made by jobseekers about advisers at Plaistow Jobcentre between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014.
Priti Patel
The information is not collated centrally. To provide this information could only be done so at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-11-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish an updated action plan on violence against women and girls.
Karen Bradley
Home Office officials have been working with partners on a refresh of our violence against women and girls strategy. We aim to publish this shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the finance officer at Plaistow Jobcentre until December 2013 was not interviewed in the investigation which led to the dismissal of two advisers from that jobcentre in May 2014.
Priti Patel
Allegations of misuse of the Flexible Support Fund at Plaistow Jobcentre were investigated fully by the Department’s professionally trained investigators.
It is not appropriate for the Secretary of State to disclose detailed information regarding individuals who may or may not have been contacted by investigators, as providing this information would risk individuals being identified.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-11-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many Syrian refugees in the vulnerable persons programme will be resettled in (a) North East England, (b) North West England, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber, (d) the East Midlands, (e) the West Midlands, (f) the East of England, (g) Greater London, (h) South East England, (i) South West England, (j) Wales, (k) Scotland and (l) Northern Ireland by 2020.
Richard Harrington
We are still in discussions with many local authorities to establish whether they wish to participate in the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-12-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2015 to Question 18222, if her Department will put procedures in place to ensure that family members who are not resettled together when they arrive in the UK under the vulnerable persons programme are able to maintain contact with each other.
Richard Harrington
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifies refugees for potential resettlement under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme using their vulnerability criteria, and submits cases for Home Office consideration. The UNHCR links family groups so we can seek to allocate them to the same local authority. We also try and place them close to any family members already residing in the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-12-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the report, Halving the Gap, published by Mencap in December 2015, that the proposed change in employment and support allowance to claimants in the work-related activity group is likely to move those claimants further away from the labour market rather than closer.
Priti Patel
The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in Bill on 20th July and we will review all reports which relate to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-01-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19214 and with reference to Chapter 3 of the National Audit Office Report, entitled The Superfast (Rural) Broadband Programme: update, published in January 2015, for what reason the amount spent per cabinet is approximately double the amount estimated by the National Audit Office.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The costs reported in the January 2015 National Audit Office Report were based on average direct cabinet costs in September 2014, which were lower than envisaged at the time of the contract. Underspends at the end of the projects will be available for further investment in superfast broadband roll-out.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-01-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers have used high-speed rail services from London St Pancras station in each year since such services started.
Claire Perry
Whilst Eurostar services commenced in 1994, St Pancras has only been the London terminus for HS1 services since late 2007. Eurostar journeys originating from St Pancras are as follows:
2008 4.3m
2009 4.3m
2010 4.6m
2011 4.7m
20124.8m
2013 5.0m
2014 5.1m
2015 5.1m
Domestic high speed services, operated by franchised train company Southeastern, commenced in 2010. Southeastern journeys originating from St Pancras are as follows:
2010 0.6m
2011 2.0m
2012 2.5m
2013 2.8m
2014 3.0m
2015 3.4m
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-01-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many completed repeat work capability assessments there have been of people with (a) cystic fibrosis, (b) rheumatoid arthritis, (c) motor neurone disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) Parkinson’s disease in each year since the introduction of employment and support allowance in 2008.
Priti Patel
The information available is shown in the table below. Repeat assessments are conducted to ensure that individuals receive the right level of support.
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Calendar years: |
Cystic Fibrosis |
Spinal Muscular Atrophy |
Parkinson’s Disease |
Multiple Sclerosis |
Other Rheumatoid Arthritis |
|
Oct-08 to Dec-08 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Jan-09 to Dec-09 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Jan-10 to Dec-10 |
– |
– |
100 |
700 |
600 |
|
Jan-11 to Dec-11 |
100 |
100 |
300 |
1,500 |
1,500 |
|
Jan-12 to Dec-12 |
200 |
100 |
500 |
2,900 |
2,500 |
|
Jan-13 to Dec-13 |
100 |
100 |
400 |
2,400 |
2,500 |
|
Jan-14 to Dec-14 |
100 |
– |
300 |
1,900 |
2,100 |
|
Jan-15 to June-15 |
– |
– |
– |
300 |
300 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-01-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan proposals, published in December 2015; and if she will make a statement.
Rory Stewart
The European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan sets out a large number of proposed measures to be delivered between 2015 and 2019 and we are currently considering those in more detail. An Explanatory Memorandum on the Action Plan has been submitted and can be found on the Cabinet Office’s website under European Memoranda:
That document provides further information on the Action Plan and outlines our current views on the policy implications of its proposals.
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