Tag: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle race inequality.

James Wharton

The Prime Minister outlined his 2020 vision last Spring, which set out challenging Government targets across Whitehall to increase BAME opportunities, including take-up of apprenticeships, employment, and recruitment in the police and armed forces.

On 26 October many of the country’s top employers, including the Civil Service, committed to ‘name blind’ recruitment processes.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the UK’s international and diplomatic relations.

Mr Philip Hammond

The decision in the forthcoming referendum is one for the British people alone to make. In the nearly 2 years I have been Foreign Secretary, I have visited over 70 different countries in 6 continents – and in no single one of them have I been told that Britain’s influence would be greater if it were not a member of the EU. On the contrary whether in China, in the USA, in Australia, in Nigeria, Britain is seen as more influential because of its membership of the EU. We get two bites of the cherry: Britain’s is a strong and influential voice in its own right; but it is also the voice of a leading Member State of the world’s largest economic block. Membership of the EU does not diminish Britain’s influence; it enhances it – and I speak from personal experience.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress her Department expects the UK to make towards its obligation to deliver 15 per cent of energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020 in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.

Andrea Leadsom

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich on 6 July 2015 to Question 4832:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-30/4832/

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeal tribunal decisions in relation to re-assessments of entitlement of disability living allowance for children found in favour of the claimant in the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The information requested is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings of the Community Engagement Forum have taken place in 2015 to date; and how many such meetings are planned in the next 12 months.

Karen Bradley

In his speech on countering extremism on 20 July, the Prime MInister said that he wanted to hear directly from all those in our society who are tackling extremism. The Community Engagement Forum is one of the ways the Prime Minister plans to do this. The Forum provides a platform for people to share their experiences and learn from each other. Attendance varies from meeting to meeting to ensure Ministers can hear from a wide range of people.

To date, the Community Engagement Forum has met on 13 October 2015 and 19 November 2015. The attendees have been from a wide range of backgrounds and were representing interests at both a local and national level.

Further Forums are planned for 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rejected mandatory reconsiderations submitted in relation to re-assessments of entitlement of disability living allowance for children resulted in an appeal tribunal being conducted in the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The information requested is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representatives from (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales attended each meeting of the Community Engagement Forum to date.

Karen Bradley

In his speech on countering extremism on 20 July, the Prime MInister said that he wanted to hear directly from all those in our society who are tackling extremism. The Community Engagement Forum is one of the ways the Prime Minister plans to do this. The Forum provides a platform for people to share their experiences and learn from each other. Attendance varies from meeting to meeting to ensure Ministers can hear from a wide range of people.

To date, the Community Engagement Forum has met on 13 October 2015 and 19 November 2015. The attendees have been from a wide range of backgrounds and were representing interests at both a local and national level.

Further Forums are planned for 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeal tribunal decisions in relation to re-assessments of entitlement of disability living allowance for children found in favour of the Department for Work and Pensions in the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The information requested is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he plans to publish the Government’s response to the report, The role and contribution of women in the Scottish economy, published in March 2015.

David Mundell

The Government will be responding to the recommendations in the report in due course, and discussions between Professor Sawers and the UK Government are continuing on this matter.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations were submitted in relation to entitlement to disability living allowance for children in each of the last three years.

Justin Tomlinson

The table below shows the number of Mandatory Reconsiderations received for the last three years.

Disability Living Allowance	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Child Mandatory Reconsiderations received	18,543	21,647	27,015

The information for the second question could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.

Notes: Mandatory Reconsiderations were introduced from October 2013 as part of Appeals Reform. The figures shown in the table above for 2013/14 include reconsideration clearances (pre-reform) to enable the full year to be provided.

Source: Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Living Allowance Computer System

This type of internal management information does not form part of the official statistics outputs that are released by the Department in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice and should be used with caution.