Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will publish the terms of the review of the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association undertaken by Mr Rob Sullivan.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The agreed Terms of Reference for the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Review is attached. This document covers the planned timeframe for publication of the review, which is expected by the end of November 2019.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timeframe is for the publication of the review on Reserve Forces and Cadets Association.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The agreed Terms of Reference for the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Review is attached. This document covers the planned timeframe for publication of the review, which is expected by the end of November 2019.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions she has had with the Chairman of the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association on the contribution that associations make to the defence of the realm; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
As part of the review into the Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations (RFCAs) is currently under way, Ministry of Defence officials are in regular conversation with the Chairman of the Council of RFCAs and key staff at all thirteen RFCAs across the country. The review is looking into the functions carried out by the RFCAs and their contribution to Defence outputs, their efficiency and efficacy of delivery and corporate governance, and potential new tasks the RFCAs may be best placed to deliver on behalf of Defence.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Imagile Infrastructure Management on the delays to its completion of its planned expansion of Malmesbury Academy; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has not met Imagile Infrastructure Management on the delays to its completion of its planned expansion of Malmesbury Academy.
The department has not funded the expansion. The expansion has been funded by Wiltshire local authority, using money they have received from Section 106 funding.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what private finance initiative contracts his Department has awarded to Imagile Infrastructure Management in each year for which such information is available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department has not awarded any private finance initiative contracts to Imagile Infrastructure Management.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he has received about delays to private finance initiative contracts administered by Imagile Infrastructure Management in each year for which such information is available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department is not aware of any complaints received about delays to private finance contracts administered by Imagile Infrastructure Management.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to ensure that (a) Imagile Infrastructure Management and (b) other private finance initiative providers holding contracts with his Department are held to account for their performance.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Imagile Infrastructure Management does not hold any private finance contracts with this Department. The only private finance contracts entered into by this Department are the five private finance 2 contracts procured under the recent Priority School Building Programme. The Department actively manages and enforces those contracts to hold the providers under those contracts to account for their performance.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost to the public purse is of the office of the Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Government does not centrally collate information in respect of the cost of the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Wiltshire.
Under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, it is the responsibility of PCCs to determine how each police area’s funding settlement is allocated, including setting the police force budget and the running of the PCC’s office.
The 2011 Act specifies that PCCs must publish key information as prescribed by the Secretary of State. The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 sets out what information must be published: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3050/contents/made
The publication of this information enables the local electorate to determine whether the PCC is making the best use of public funds so that they can hold commissioners to account for their actions via the ballot box.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the potential annual cost to the public purse of a Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Government does not centrally collate information in respect of the cost of the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Wiltshire.
Under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, it is the responsibility of PCCs to determine how each police area’s funding settlement is allocated, including setting the police force budget and the running of the PCC’s office.
The 2011 Act specifies that PCCs must publish key information as prescribed by the Secretary of State. The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 sets out what information must be published: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3050/contents/made
The publication of this information enables the local electorate to determine whether the PCC is making the best use of public funds so that they can hold commissioners to account for their actions via the ballot box.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours a week the Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner works.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Government does not centrally collate information on how many hours a week the Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner works.