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This is not an issue my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has discussed directly with Scottish Government Ministers, but he would intend to do so once other ongoing matters around the coal industry have been resolved.<\/p>

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The latest official benefit cap statistics, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics<\/a>, show that in East Ayrshire as at May 2014, there were 16 households subject to the cap.<\/p>

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The latest official benefit cap statistics, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics<\/a>, show that in East Ayrshire between April 2013 and May 2014, a total of 36 households have been capped.<\/p>

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There have been no discussions between the Secretary of State and the Scottish Government on the 101 non-emergency number.<\/p>

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Police Scotland launched the 101 non-emergency service on 1 April 2013. During the period 1 April 2013 to 30 September 2014, 3.3 million calls originated from Scotland. This constitutes 9.3% of total calls to the 101 non-emergency number during this period.<\/p>

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We are currently considering options to review the impact of 101, including the cost.

Research by Ofcom shows that a small fixed charge does not deter people from calling the service and reduces the likelihood of it being used
inappropriately.

The latest Crime Survey (published July 2013) shows that use of the 101 number has increased since 2011.<\/p>

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The Department has received 49 representations about the charge for using the 101 police non-emergency number in the last three years.

The public have always paid to contact the police for non-emergencies and the 15 pence per call charge is a competitive and transparent rate, especially when compared to previous police non-emergency numbers (such as 0845 numbers) which could cost up to 40 pence per minute.<\/p>

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The contract for the 101 service is due to expire on 31 March 2016. The Department plans to start the process of evaluating options for the future
delivery of the service in January 2015.<\/p>

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The Government has played a leading role in the international response to the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls in northern Nigeria. My Rt Hon Friend, the Member for Witney (David Cameron MP), the Prime Minister has condemned this appalling act and we have increased our support in a number of ways to help Nigeria locate the girls and tackle the threat posed by Boko Haram.

In response to the Chibok abductions, My Rt Hon Friend, the Member for Witney (David Cameron MP), the Prime Minister announced on 14 May that the UK would provide surveillance assets and intelligence expertise to help in the search for the missing girls. The UK and its partners continue to work closely with Nigeria using our joint capability in the search for the Chibok girls. On 3 September, My Hon Friend, the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge MP), the Minister for Africa led the UK delegation at a ministerial meeting in Abuja on security in Nigeria. At this meeting he emphasised the importance of regional coordination between Nigeria and its neighbours to defeating Boko Haram and locating the girls.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1408", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Swire"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Devon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Hugo Swire"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-10-21T14:51:19.1392139Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Nigeria"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department continues to take to support efforts to locate and secure the release of kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4011", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Cathy Jamieson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kilmarnock and Loudoun"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Cathy Jamieson"} ], "uin" : "210912"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/92866", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/92866/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Information is not available for each of the last 10 years. Data collected for the police pension scheme valuation recorded 131 cessations of spouse pensions due to remarriages over the period 2008-12.

A small number of letters have been received in the Home Office from widows of police officers on this issue.

Under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, in common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, benefits cease to be payable where a widow or widower remarries or cohabits with another partner. The rules were changed in 2006 for the 2006 Police Pension Scheme which was costed to allow for these benefits, and there are no proposals to apply these changes to the 1987 scheme in England and Wales. The police pension scheme in Scotland is a matter for the Scottish Government.

As part of the police pension scheme valuation as at 2012 the scheme actuary estimated that ignoring cessation on remarriage for current and future widows would increase the schemes\u2019 liabilities in England and Wales by around £50 million based on recent rates of remarriage, not including the cost of reinstating pensions of widows who have already remarried.<\/p>

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