Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each headquarters is of regiments from (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The headquarters for the regular Regiments associated with each Devolved Nation are:
Scotland:
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Edinburgh
19th Regiment Royal Artillery - Tidworth
Scots Guards - London
The Royal Regiment of Scotland - Edinburgh
Wales:
The Queen's Dragoon Guards - Cardiff
Welsh Guards - London
The Royal Welsh - Cardiff
Northern Ireland:
Irish Guards - London
The Royal Irish Regiment - Holywood
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each (a) resettlement and (b) rehabilitation centre is for people leaving the armed forces.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
There are ten resettlement centres for people leaving the Armed Forces, run by the Careers Transition Partnership on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The locations of the centres are shown at https://www.ctp.org.uk/contact-us.
Medical rehabilitation for all Armed Forces personnel, including those preparing to leave the Services, is provided by the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, currently located at Headley Court in Surrey. When personnel leave the Armed Forces their healthcare becomes the responsibility of the NHS, although the MOD continues to provide a range of services in support of veterans.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of recruits to the armed forces came from (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England in each of the last 5 years.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The requested information is provided in the attached tables, based on single Service estimates. In the time available, it has not been possible to provide information for the Army. I will write to the hon Member with that information in due course.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for criminal offences were committed in North Wales for each (a) category and (b) offence in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The number of offenders convicted in North Wales, broken down by (a) offence group, and (b) offence, can be found in the ‘Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool’ at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017
To produce the data requested, click anywhere on the table to open the ‘field list’ and then re-create the following steps:
Other categories of interest can be found in the ‘filters’ section of the pivot table.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding he has allocated for the construction of custody provision at Wrexham Magistrates Court; on what the timetable is for the start of that construction.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Funding approval has been given to the cost of a new custody suite reported to officials in September 2017 at a total project cost of £3.5m. The cost, in part due to increased planning constraints, has continued to increase. Officials are currently working with professional advisers to understand the costs and timeframes associated with the design to deliver the programme. A revised funding requirement will be subject to internal governance consideration, once a deliverable costed scheme is finalised.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences have been prosecuted in (a) magistrates courts and (b) Crown Courts in North Wales for the last five years for which information is available.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The number of defendants prosecuted in the last five years in North Wales at (a) magistrates’ courts was 89,363 and (b) in the Crown Court was 5,435.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the start of building work to construct new custody provision at Wrexham Magistrates Court.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
We do not currently have a date for the building work to start.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will itemise and publish a list of meetings between hon. Members in Wales and officials from HM Court Service in Wales in the last 12 months.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
There have not been any meetings with honourable Members in Wales and officials from HM Courts & Tribunals Service in Wales in the last twelve months.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps HM Courts and Tribunals Service in Wales is taking to consult (a) service users and (b) the public in north Wales on the provision of court services.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
HMCTS in Wales will consult service users and the public should any proposals be made to permanently alter the provision of court services in north Wales.
Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for NHS England to respond to its service review on specialist spinal cord injury services; and what the timetable is for further steps to be taken in relation to that review.
Answered by Steve Brine
In September 2017 the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group at NHS England approved the recommended Case for Change for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) services. Recommendations include improvements in efficiency and standardisation within the current eight SCI centres, and an increase in SCI service provision. No timeline has yet been determined by NHS England for implementation.