0 143 10 Veterans: Northern Ireland Mr Marcus Jones 254180 2019-05-17T13:46:38.257Z Milton Keynes North Mark Lancaster false 2019-05-17 Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to undertake a public consultation on legal protections measures for personnel deployed on operations overseas, including a statutory presumption against prosecution of current or former personnel for alleged offences committed in the course of duty abroad more than 10 years previously. Prosecutions in such circumstances would not be considered to be in the public interest, except in “exceptional circumstances”. The presumption measure would not apply to historical alleged offences in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State for Defence will continue to work with the Northern Ireland Secretary on the proposals for addressing Northern Ireland legacy issues. The MOD provides veterans, including those who served in Northern Ireland, who are subject to investigation and potential prosecution with legal, welfare and pastoral support.</p> 252557 252559 1 House of Commons false Ministry of Defence Defence Nuneaton 2019-05-14 11 Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones Defence To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to protect veterans accused of historic allegations relating to service in Northern Ireland. Wales 28 Biography information for Tom Brake Wales Carshalton and Wallington 2019-05-17T09:24:23.933Z Torbay Kevin Foster false 2019-05-17 Biography information for Kevin Foster <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is unable to disclose the number or proportion of officials in the Department citing stress as a reason for sick absence in the last twelve months as the data relates to fewer than five staff, and releasing the data would risk the identification of individuals.</p><p>Sick leave for reasons relating to stress amounted to 33% of total sick leave days in the Department in the 12 months to 31 March. The cost of officials taking sick leave was £14,117.</p><p>The physical and mental wellbeing of our staff is crucially important to the department and staff have access to all employee services that help to sustain physical and mental wellbeing, including Occupational Health and a 24-hour employee assistance helpline.</p><p> </p> false Wales Office: Sick Leave 1 254077 To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last 12 months; what proportion that leave was of total sick leave taken in his Department; and what the cost was to his Department of officials taking sick leave over that period. Wales Office 2019-05-14 Tom Brake 2019-05-13 2019-05-17T09:05:32.71Z Weston-super-Mare John Penrose false 2019-05-17 Biography information for John Penrose <p>Health is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. Richard Pengelly, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health, has asked that such detailed questions be sent to the department. I therefore request that the honourable Member contact Mr Pengelly directly. His email is: <a href="mailto:richard.pengelly@health-ni.gov.uk" target="_blank">richard.pengelly@health-ni.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> 253573 253574 Northern Ireland Strangford false Northern Ireland Office Northern Ireland Biography information for Jim Shannon Obesity: Northern Ireland 21 To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Tier 3 obesity services in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. Jim Shannon 253572 1 Strangford Northern Ireland Office 2019-05-13 1 Northern Ireland 2019-05-17T09:05:32.773Z Weston-super-Mare John Penrose false 2019-05-17 <p>Health is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. Richard Pengelly, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health, has asked that such detailed questions be sent to the department. I therefore request that the honourable Member contact Mr Pengelly directly. His email is: <a href="mailto:richard.pengelly@health-ni.gov.uk" target="_blank">richard.pengelly@health-ni.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> 253572 253574 false 21 Jim Shannon To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans her Department has to establish a Tier 3 obesity service in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. 253573 Obesity: Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2019-05-17T09:05:32.82Z Weston-super-Mare John Penrose false 2019-05-17 <p>Health is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. Richard Pengelly, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health, has asked that such detailed questions be sent to the department. I therefore request that the honourable Member contact Mr Pengelly directly. His email is: <a href="mailto:richard.pengelly@health-ni.gov.uk" target="_blank">richard.pengelly@health-ni.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> 253572 253573 Northern Ireland Office 21 To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March to Question 236379 on Obesity: Northern Ireland, what representations her Department has (a) received from and (b) made to the Northern Ireland Department of Health on the establishment of a bariatric obesity service; whether she has plans to undertake a public consultation on the potential merits of establishing that service; and if she will make a statement. 1 Northern Ireland Jim Shannon false Obesity: Northern Ireland 253574 2019-05-13 Strangford Northern Ireland 253614 false Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Former Ministers 2019-05-17T12:34:14.42Z Rossendale and Darwen Jake Berry false 2019-05-17 Biography information for Sir Jake Berry <p>Any such payments are published in the Department’s audited annual accounts, and these accounts can be found on gov.uk through the following links:</p><p>Complete set of annual reports and accounts</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p><p>2017-18 (pg. 47)</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727588/MHCLG_ARA_2017_18_WEB_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727588/MHCLG_ARA_2017_18_WEB_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p>2016-17 (pg. 49)</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624324/59955_DCLG_ARA_2017_Web_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624324/59955_DCLG_ARA_2017_Web_Accessible.pdf</a></p> 7 Justin Madders 2019-05-13 Biography information for Justin Madders To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016. Housing, Communities and Local Government 1 Ellesmere Port and Neston Housing, Communities and Local Government Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Wales Office false Justin Madders 2019-05-13 1 Ellesmere Port and Neston Wales Wales Office: Former Ministers To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016. Wales 28 253617 2019-05-17T11:40:14.527Z Torbay Kevin Foster false 2019-05-17 <p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State role is unpaid. No Ministers paid by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales have left under severance terms since 13 July 2016 and no payments have therefore been made. This is confirmed in the Department’s annual reports and accounts.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016. 253619 1 21 Northern Ireland Office: Former Ministers Justin Madders false 2019-05-17T09:26:46.627Z Weston-super-Mare John Penrose false 2019-05-17 <p>Any such payments are published in the Department’s audited annual accounts, and these accounts can be found on gov.uk.</p> Ellesmere Port and Neston Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Office Northern Ireland 2019-05-13 Courts 253550 Bolton South East 2019-05-17T11:19:54.727Z Blackpool North and Cleveleys Paul Maynard false 2019-05-17 Biography information for Paul Maynard <p>Published data for criminal cases show the number of trials which were vacated or ineffective (and therefore do not go ahead) in the criminal courts and for ineffective trials, the reasons why the trial was ineffective. One of these is ‘court administrative issues including a lack of court time and court accommodation failures’, – however it is not possible to identify instances where this is specifically due to reasons of ‘insufficient court space’.</p><p> </p><p>Available data on vacated and ineffective trials is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics are currently published up to December 2018. Data for January – March 2019 are due to be published on 27 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to rescheduled cases and the reasons for them in the civil and family courts are not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> 54 1 false Justice Justice To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were rescheduled in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Greater London due to insufficient court space in the months of (i) February, (ii) March and (iii) April 2019. Yasmin Qureshi Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi 2019-05-13 Ministry of Justice Tom Brake Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 201 false 253456 1 2019-05-17T08:54:47.92Z Pendle Andrew Stephenson false 2019-05-17 Biography information for Andrew Stephenson <p>BEIS has a significant EU Exit portfolio and as such has not transferred or seconded staff to work on EU Exit in, or on behalf of, other Departments.</p> Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit Carshalton and Wallington To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff in his Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU, have since returned to his Department. 2019-05-13 1