Tag: Tulip Siddiq

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many calls the Pay and Work Rights helpline received in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16; and how much funding that helpline received in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.

Nick Boles

Table 1: Total enquiries to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline, 2009/10 to 2014/15.

2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Total	66,300	50,500	47,500	41,300	42,900	41,500

Source: Pay and Workers Rights Helpline

Notes: 1. Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2009/10 as the Helpline opened in May 2009.

Since 1 April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline (PWRH). Between April 2015 and January 2016, the latest period for which data is available, Acas have handled 768,849 calls on workplace relations and employment law. This figure is not directly comparable to the number of calls received by the PWRH in previous years as Acas handle a much wider range of enquiries on employment matters. It is not possible to specifically identify the number of calls received by Acas that would previously have been handled by the PWRH.

The allocated funding for the PWRH was as follows:

2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14
Total	£588,185	£588,185	£655,760	£802,500.

Notes: 2. Reporting years are based on April to March with the exception of 2010/11 and 2011/12 which are based on 11 May to 10 May.

All figures are ex-VAT.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding from NHS England General Practices under (a) General Medical Services and (b) Personal Medical Services contracts in Hampstead and Kilburn (i) was allocated in 2014-15, (ii) has been allocated in 2015-16 and (iii) is forecast to be allocated for each financial year to 2021-22.

Alistair Burt

The information is not available in the format requested. Information provided by NHS England is in the attached table.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided to the Association of Independent Local Safeguarding Children’s Board Chairs in each financial year since its establishment.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The Department for Education has provided the Association of Independent Local Safeguarding Children Board Chairs with funding totalling £460,000 between September 2012 and March 2016, as follows:

Financial year	Total
2012 – 2013	£60,000
2013 – 2014	£180,000
2014 – 2015	£130,000
2015 – 2016	£90,000

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities do not require Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for taxis and private hire vehicles; and what representations his Department has made to those local authorities to encourage the use of DBS checks for taxis and private hire vehicles.

Andrew Jones

The Department for Transport does not hold details of the checks that individual local licensing authorities undertake on taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.

All taxi and private hire vehicle drivers can be subject to an enhanced criminal record check, which includes a check of the children’s and adults barred lists, through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). In the Department’s Best Practice Guidance for taxi and private hire vehicle licensing and through engagement with licensing authorities, we strongly encourage licensing authorities to carry out an enhanced DBS check on all applicants.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the costs to Ofcom of couriering documents to its (a) board members and (b) Chief Executive in each of the last five years.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The department does not hold this information

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many arbitration proceedings were started by Acas (a) in each employment sector and (b) relating to each topic on its database in each year since 2009-10.

Nick Boles

The table below provides details of Acas collective arbitrations between 2009-10 and 2014-15 broken down by employment sector and topic:

	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Total arbitrations	44	31	21	17	15	19
By sector:
Aerospace	1	0	2	0	0	2
Clothing	0	1	0	0	0	0
Education	3	3	0	0	0	0
Energy	24	11	9	10	9	7
Engineering	0	0	0	1	0	1
Food	0	0	0	1	0	0
Health	1	0	1	0	0	0
Law	0	0	0	1	0	0
Logistics	0	5	4	1	0	3
Manufacturing	0	0	0	0	1	2
Media	1	1	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0	3	0
Ports and Shipping	0	0	0	0	0	2
Public	2	4	3	2	1	2
Retail	5	2	0	1	0	0
Security	1	2	0	0	0	0
Transport	2	2	2	0	0	0
Waste	1	0	0	0	0	0
Logistics	3	0	0	0	1	0
By topic:
Annual pay	13	8	2	4	2	6
Other pay / employment conditions	6	2	8	1	1	2
Dismissal / Discipline	24	11	8	10	8	10
Grading	0	2	2	0	0	0
Other	1	8	1	2	4	1

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-04-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on whether the same data protection and privatisation obligations will apply for the company carrying out the functions of the Land Registry in the event that it is privatised under the (a) Government’s preferred model of privatisation with a contract between the Government and a private operator and (b) alternative model of privatisation with independent economic regulation.

Anna Soubry

Government recognises the importance of data protection and data security. Data protection maintains confidence in the integrity of the register and the services of Land Registry. Under all the proposals put forward in the consultation, statutory data collected through core statutory functions would continue to be owned by government.

In addition, a private sector operator would be a data processor and would be required to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. This controls how personal information is used by organisations, businesses or government.

Everyone responsible for using data has to follow strict rules called ‘data protection principles’. They must make sure the information is:

• used fairly and lawfully;
• used for limited, specifically stated purposes;
• used in a way that is adequate, relevant and not excessive;
• accurate and kept up to date;
• kept for no longer than is necessary;
• handled according to people’s data protection rights;
• kept safe and secure.

All data controllers are accountable to the Information Commissioner who has powers to enforce data protection law and impose sanctions.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-04-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many cases of alleged malpractice by directors of companies the Insolvency Service investigated in each year since 2009; and in each of those years how many directors of such companies were disqualified from practising on account of offences committed (a) in the UK and (b) abroad.

Anna Soubry

When a company enters into formal insolvency proceedings, the insolvency practitioner (IP) has to file a report on the conduct of the directors unless an official receiver is in office; and each of those reports is assessed by the Insolvency Service to determine if a more detailed investigation is appropriate. When a company enters into compulsory liquidation, although this is not itself an indication of misconduct, the official receiver will in all cases make enquiries to determine the cause of insolvency and the conduct of the directors of the company.

The number of reports of misconduct submitted by IPs is detailed in the table below, alongside the total number of compulsory liquidations each year.

Reporting year	IP reports of misconduct	Compulsory liquidations	Total disqualifications
09/10	7,030	5,418	1,386
10/11	5,373	4,573	1,453
11/12	5,401	5,125	1,165
12/13	5,335	4,001	1,034
13/14	4,671	3,734	1,282
14/15	4,620	3,588	1,210
15/16	4,277	2,778	*810

*Disqualifications in the period from April 2015 to December 2015, the latest period for which official statistics are available.

All of these cases relate to companies based in and trading in the UK. In many cases, a disqualification will be obtained in a period subsequent to the submission of a report or the insolvency of the company. Each case may encompass a number of directors.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-05-04.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in HM Revenue and Customs’ Criminal Finance Intelligence Operations branch in each year since 2009-10; and (a) how much was recovered by that branch, (b) how many bank accounts were closed by that branch and (c) how many referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service were made by that branch in each of those years.

Mr David Gauke

The information is not held in the form requested.

The Criminal Finance Intelligence Operations team in HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was formed on 1 April 2015 and so statistics for periods before this are not available.

The team is an intelligence gathering operation. The intelligence they gather assists others in HMRC to recover funds and refer cases onto the Crown Prosecution Service.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-05-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraphs H.21 to H.6 of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) document, Measuring tax gaps 2015 edition: methodological annex, published in October 2015, for how many large businesses HMRC tax specialists carried out a detailed review of accounts and CT returns when working out their tax under consideration in each year since 2009-10.

Mr David Gauke

Until 31 March 2014, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Large Business Service dealt with the tax affairs of around 800 of the largest businesses in the UK. From 1 April 2014 HMRC’s Large Business directorate deals with the tax affairs of around 2,000 large businesses.

HMRC subject large businesses to an exceptional level of scrutiny for all taxes and duties, with half of all the large businesses managed by HMRC’s Large Business directorate under active enquiry at any one time (rising to over two thirds of the very largest and most complex 800 businesses in the UK).