Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans on taking to reduce the number of disruptive passenger incidents (a) at airports and (b) onboard commercial airlines.
Answered by Jesse Norman
There should be zero tolerance for disruptive passenger behaviour on flights, whether or not it is caused by excessive alcohol consumption.
The Government welcomes the industry’s approach to this issue through the UK Aviation Industry Code of Practice on Disruptive Passengers, with initiatives such as the ‘One Too Many’ campaign to raise awareness of the penalties of drunken behaviour, and the introduction of tamper-proof bags for duty free alcohol sales.
However, the Government also continues to work with the Civil Aviation Authority, airports and airlines to find other ways to tackle this problem, as part of its consultation on the new UK Aviation 2050 Strategy. The Home Office launched a Call for Evidence on 1 November 2018 to assess the impact which the Licensing Act 2003 could have on reducing alcohol-related passenger disruptions if applied to airside premises at international airports in England and Wales. The Call for Evidence closed on 1 February, and the responses are currently being analysed. Any recommendations will be considered as part of the development of the Aviation 2050 Strategy.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to monitor compliance with bail conditions.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The monitoring of compliance with pre-charge bail conditions is an operational matter for the police, taking into account the circumstances surrounding individual cases.
The Home Office will continue to work with partners across the criminal justice system on matters related to pre-charge bail. The National Police Chiefs’ Council are leading work to ensure the proportionate and effective imposition and management of pre-charge bail and released under investigation.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a person who has been released under investigation to be contacted by an investigating officer.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.
The timely and effective management of investigations is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office continues to work with partners across the criminal justice system, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council to ensure that all investigations are conducted effectively and in a timely fashion.
From April 2017, the Home Office requested information on a voluntary basis from police forces on the number of individuals released on pre-charge bail following arrest, broken down by bail length.
This data collection has been published (as an Annex) within the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, based on data received from 17 forces for the 2017/18 financial period. These figures give an indicative picture only and should be treated with caution – they have been designated as ‘Experimental Statistics’, to acknowledge further development will take place in the future. They can be accessed here:
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were released under investigation by the police in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available by each police authority.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.
The timely and effective management of investigations is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office continues to work with partners across the criminal justice system, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council to ensure that all investigations are conducted effectively and in a timely fashion.
From April 2017, the Home Office requested information on a voluntary basis from police forces on the number of individuals released on pre-charge bail following arrest, broken down by bail length.
This data collection has been published (as an Annex) within the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, based on data received from 17 forces for the 2017/18 financial period. These figures give an indicative picture only and should be treated with caution – they have been designated as ‘Experimental Statistics’, to acknowledge further development will take place in the future. They can be accessed here:
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those released under investigation by the police in the last 12 months for which figures are available had no case brought against them.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.
The timely and effective management of investigations is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office continues to work with partners across the criminal justice system, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council to ensure that all investigations are conducted effectively and in a timely fashion.
From April 2017, the Home Office requested information on a voluntary basis from police forces on the number of individuals released on pre-charge bail following arrest, broken down by bail length.
This data collection has been published (as an Annex) within the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, based on data received from 17 forces for the 2017/18 financial period. These figures give an indicative picture only and should be treated with caution – they have been designated as ‘Experimental Statistics’, to acknowledge further development will take place in the future. They can be accessed here:
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's budget was for its Dynamic Purchasing System for employment in each of the last five years.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information is not available.
The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is used to purchase training provision from a range of providers to help our claimants move into or closer to work.
Expenditure through the DPS is part of the overall expenditure incurred through the Flexible Support Fund (FSF). Whilst there is a budget for FSF as a whole, the budget is not split into individual areas of expenditure. There is therefore no separately identifiable budget allocation for DPS.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations were allocated funding through her Department's Dynamic Purchasing System for employment in each of the last five years; and what the value was of that funding so received for each of those organisations.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is used to purchase training provision from a range of providers to help our claimants move into or closer to work.
Expenditure through the DPS is part of the overall expenditure incurred through the Flexible Support Fund (FSF). In any given month there would typically be over 2,000 transactions relating to FSF Training, of which a proportion would have been made via the DPS.
The Hyperion accounting system used to record transactions does not identify DPS transactions separately. Whilst we could provide total expenditure for each supplier that we have contracted to use DPS with, we cannot easily separate out DPS transactions from other expenditure which may have been incurred with that supplier. A manual interrogation of various other systems would be required in order to provide the information requested, which would incur disproportionate cost.
Attached is a list of suppliers who have been awarded Flexible Support Fund DPS call-off contracts from the commencement of the platform in 2016 until 31 December 2018, which was the latest Contracts Finder publication date for contracts valued at over £10K. The values of each awarded contract can be found on contracts finder https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/
Contracts valued at below £10K are not published on Contracts Finder and are therefore not in the public domain.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of her Department's work coaches have referred people to the Work and Health programme.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Statistics on the Work and Health Programme referral figures by contract package area are published and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-experimental-statistics-to-november-2018.
All Work Coaches have the ability to refer people to the Work and Health Programme; however, on the question of how many work coaches have referred people - this information requested is not available.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people have been referred to Remploy through her Department's Work and Health programme.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Statistics on the Work and Health Programme referral figures by contract package area are published and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-experimental-statistics-to-november-2018.
All Work Coaches have the ability to refer people to the Work and Health Programme; however, on the question of how many work coaches have referred people - this information requested is not available.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been referred onto the Work and Health programme by her Department's work coaches.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Statistics on the Work and Health Programme referral figures by contract package area are published and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-experimental-statistics-to-november-2018.
All Work Coaches have the ability to refer people to the Work and Health Programme; however, on the question of how many work coaches have referred people - this information requested is not available.