All 3 Ministerial Corrections debates in the Commons on 2nd Dec 2014

Ministerial Corrections

Tuesday 2nd December 2014

(9 years, 5 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Tuesday 2 December 2014

Defence

Tuesday 2nd December 2014

(9 years, 5 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Reserve Recruitment
The following is an extract from Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence on 24 November 2014.
John Baron Portrait Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con)
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25. However these figures are dressed up, the Ministry of Defence’s own figures show that the trained strength of the Army reserve has actually fallen over the last 18 months. Given that the Government have had to throw more money at the reforms, including added incentives to join up, will the Minister answer the one question that the Government have so far ducked: how much extra are these reforms costing, over and above original estimates?

Julian Brazier Portrait Mr Brazier
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Over the past six months, the trained strength of the volunteer reserves has increased by 400, and it is only in the last three months that most of the reforms we have introduced have bitten. The answer to my hon. Friend’s question is that we are confident that the figure that we originally offered—1.8, over the 10-year period—will be adequate for the purpose. We are still aiming to reach our targets. Numbers are growing and recruiting is increasing rapidly.

[Official Report, 24 November 2014, Vol. 588, c. 624.]

Letter of correction from Mr Brazier:

An error has been identified in the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon and Billericay (Mr Baron) during Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence.

The correct response should have been:

Julian Brazier Portrait Mr Brazier
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Over the past six months, the trained strength of the volunteer reserves has increased by 400, and it is only in the last three months that most of the reforms we have introduced have bitten. The answer to my hon. Friend’s question is that we are confident that the figure that we originally offered—£1.8 billion, over the 10-year period—will be adequate for the purpose. We are still aiming to reach our targets. Numbers are growing and recruiting is increasing rapidly.

Home Department

Tuesday 2nd December 2014

(9 years, 5 months ago)

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Asylum: Deportation
David Hanson Portrait Mr Hanson
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010.

[Official Report, 13 May 2014, Vol. 580, c. 450W.]

Letter of correction from James Brokenshire:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) on 13 May 2014.

The answer was given as follows:

James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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The information requested is shown in the following table:

People removed

Number

2010

1,449

2011

1,308

2012

970

2013

1,020

Note:

The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.



Removals fell in 2011 and 2012 because we stopped transferring asylum applicants to Greece under the Dublin Regulation in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of ECHR. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.

The correct answer should have been:

James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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The information requested is shown in the following table:

People removed

Number

2010

1,351

2011

1,188

2012

902

2013

935

Note:

The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.



Removals fell in 2011 and 2012 because we stopped transferring asylum applicants to Greece under the Dublin Regulation in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of ECHR. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.