Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1016439

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tonnage Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the gross value added to the economy was from the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2003-04.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	196870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/12/2018 11:16:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1131655

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement’s targeted enforcement work in Lowestoft on 17 June 2019 will cover shipping companies working in the offshore wind supply chain from Port of Lowestoft.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	263803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>HMRC does not comment on operational activity.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC regularly undertakes targeted NMW enforcement based on the identification of the risk of non-compliance. This compliance work is informed using a combination of HMRC’s risk modelling, BEIS and Director of Labour Market Enforcement priorities and analysis, and third party intelligence, and will typically investigate a number of related risks.</p><p> </p><p>If anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on 0300 123 1100 or submit a query online using the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints</a> .</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/06/2019 12:59:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

918536

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Tonnage Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's statistical release, Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2017, published on 30 May 2018, how many merchant ships owned by members of the UK Chamber of Shipping qualify for the Tonnage Tax scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	150652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify the type of vessel used by each company qualifying for Tonnage Tax or those who are members of the UK Chamber of Shipping from the data held by HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/06/2018 15:46:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

78279

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	904828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Tackling youth unemployment remains a critical issue but specific measures to address it in Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the Executive.</p><p>The Government is reducing the largest structural deficit in UK peacetime history and this more than anything will help deliver a sustainable economic recovery and so directly assist young people get into employment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 16/07/2014 14:16:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

389917

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants in criminal proceedings in (a) police stations and (b) courts in each region of England and Wales have been unable to secure legal representation in each week since 1 July 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	6894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>In the vast majority of cases requiring a solicitor at the police station, a solicitor has been deployed within an hour. The Ministry of Justice does not retain details of detainees at police station who, having requested legal advice, do not then obtain it. There have always been a number of reasons why an individual might not receive advice, such as the detainee changing their mind or the police releasing the detainee before advice is provided.</p><p> </p><p>The courts are sitting as usual. The representation status and the number of adjournments in magistrates’ court proceedings, and the reasons for them, are not centrally recorded. For Crown Court cases, data on reasons for adjournments are centrally recorded, but a lack of legal representation is not included within the list of possible reasons for an adjournment. Further, representation status is centrally recorded, but the reasons why an individual might be unrepresented are not.</p><p> </p><p>Experimental data on the number of defendants dealt with in the Crown Court who are known to have had legal representation at their first hearing was published for the first time in the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly publication on 25 June 2015, covering the period 2010 and 2014. These statistics are available via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a> <br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 6895 6897 6898 question first answered 22/07/2015 15:25:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

389918

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants in criminal proceedings in (a) police stations and (b) courts in each region of England and Wales were unable to secure legal representation in each week between 3 June 2015 and 1 July 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	6895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>In the vast majority of cases requiring a solicitor at the police station, a solicitor has been deployed within an hour. The Ministry of Justice does not retain details of detainees at police station who, having requested legal advice, do not then obtain it. There have always been a number of reasons why an individual might not receive advice, such as the detainee changing their mind or the police releasing the detainee before advice is provided.</p><p> </p><p>The courts are sitting as usual. The representation status and the number of adjournments in magistrates’ court proceedings, and the reasons for them, are not centrally recorded. For Crown Court cases, data on reasons for adjournments are centrally recorded, but a lack of legal representation is not included within the list of possible reasons for an adjournment. Further, representation status is centrally recorded, but the reasons why an individual might be unrepresented are not.</p><p> </p><p>Experimental data on the number of defendants dealt with in the Crown Court who are known to have had legal representation at their first hearing was published for the first time in the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly publication on 25 June 2015, covering the period 2010 and 2014. These statistics are available via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a> <br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 6894 6897 6898 question first answered 22/07/2015 15:25:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

389919

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Public Defender Service: Solicitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Public Defender Service solicitors have been used as a direct result of the work to rule action that began on 1 July 2015; and what the total cost to the public purse has been of the use of such solicitors to date.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	6896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>In addition to their routine allocated police station work, PDS attended 21 additional police stations cases between 1 July 2015 - 13 July 2015.</p><p>As salaried staff, no additional salary cost will be paid.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/07/2015 15:44:16 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

389920

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjournments occurred because of lack of legal representation for defendants in criminal proceedings in each week since 1 July 2015; and what the duration of each such adjournment was.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	6897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>In the vast majority of cases requiring a solicitor at the police station, a solicitor has been deployed within an hour. The Ministry of Justice does not retain details of detainees at police station who, having requested legal advice, do not then obtain it. There have always been a number of reasons why an individual might not receive advice, such as the detainee changing their mind or the police releasing the detainee before advice is provided.</p><p> </p><p>The courts are sitting as usual. The representation status and the number of adjournments in magistrates’ court proceedings, and the reasons for them, are not centrally recorded. For Crown Court cases, data on reasons for adjournments are centrally recorded, but a lack of legal representation is not included within the list of possible reasons for an adjournment. Further, representation status is centrally recorded, but the reasons why an individual might be unrepresented are not.</p><p> </p><p>Experimental data on the number of defendants dealt with in the Crown Court who are known to have had legal representation at their first hearing was published for the first time in the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly publication on 25 June 2015, covering the period 2010 and 2014. These statistics are available via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a> <br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 6894 6895 6898 question first answered 22/07/2015 15:25:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

389921

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjournments occurred because of lack of legal representation for defendants in criminal proceedings in each week between 3 June 2015 and 1 July 2015; and what the duration of each such adjournment was.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	6898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>In the vast majority of cases requiring a solicitor at the police station, a solicitor has been deployed within an hour. The Ministry of Justice does not retain details of detainees at police station who, having requested legal advice, do not then obtain it. There have always been a number of reasons why an individual might not receive advice, such as the detainee changing their mind or the police releasing the detainee before advice is provided.</p><p> </p><p>The courts are sitting as usual. The representation status and the number of adjournments in magistrates’ court proceedings, and the reasons for them, are not centrally recorded. For Crown Court cases, data on reasons for adjournments are centrally recorded, but a lack of legal representation is not included within the list of possible reasons for an adjournment. Further, representation status is centrally recorded, but the reasons why an individual might be unrepresented are not.</p><p> </p><p>Experimental data on the number of defendants dealt with in the Crown Court who are known to have had legal representation at their first hearing was published for the first time in the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly publication on 25 June 2015, covering the period 2010 and 2014. These statistics are available via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a> <br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 6894 6895 6897 question first answered 22/07/2015 15:25:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

424984

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Agency: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training was provided to the people who assessed bids for legal aid duty solicitor contracts in administering and assessing such contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	14004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>13 temporary staff were employed through the Brook Street Agency and a Crown Commercial Services Recruitment framework and were selected by the Legal Aid Agency and interviewed by permanent members of staff to ensure their suitability. These individuals made up 19% of the overall assessment team. In addition contracts were entered into with legal practices to provide additional resource.</p><br /><p>The key criteria for employment were analytical skills and the ability to conduct a qualitative assessment. A legal or procurement background was considered an advantage but not essential, given that they would be supervised by permanent staff from the Legal Aid Agency.</p><br /><p>The procurement was undertaken in line with the Public Contract Regulations and applicant organisations were required to pass a number of stages of assessment in order to be considered suitable to hold a duty provider contract. The criteria against which organisations were assessed is set out in the Information For Applicants which govern this procurement process.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 14001 14002 14003 14005 question first answered 06/11/2015 10:46:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner