Asked by: Austin Mitchell (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts signed by her Department with suppliers of services or consultants include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Home Department does not have any contracts with suppliers of services or consultants which include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income. No contracts have been identified which include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010.
All contractual liabilities require prior approval and Legal advisors agreement according to our processes. We do have contract conditions covering the right to terminate for convenience and these cover relevant costs. These are subject to limits and conditions.
Asked by: Austin Mitchell (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to her Department's press office on answering queries from student journalists.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Home Secretary has not issued any guidance to the press office on dealing with student journalists.The press office receives between 100 and 200 calls a day from accredited regional, national, international and specialist journalists from both print and broadcast media. Any student journalist who contacts the Home Office press office in relation to a student publication is advised that statistics, departmental announcements,
ministerial speeches and quotes, which may assist their enquiries, are available on the government website, gov.uk. We do not have the resources to deal with any student request related to their studies.This is a common approach adopted by other government departments and organisations of a similar size which receive significant media interest.
Asked by: Austin Mitchell (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many responses her Department's press office has made to enquiries from student journalists in the last year.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Home Office press office does not collate this data.
Asked by: Austin Mitchell (Labour - Great Grimsby)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were murdered by people classified as severely mentally ill in each of the last 15 years.
Answered by Norman Baker
The Home Office Homicide Index collects information on whether the homicide was linked to the mental state of the suspect but does not contain information on whether the suspect was ‘severely’ mentally ill. Information on whether the homicide was linked to the mental state of the suspect for 2007/08 onwards (the first year these data were collected) is given in the following table.