Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships there were in London on 31 May (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Information on Apprenticeship starts and participation by Region are published in Supplementary Tables to a Statistical First Release:
Apprenticeship data are presented by academic year. Final data for the full 2013/14 academic year will be published in November 2014.
Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
Answered by Helen Grant
The number of creditors that remained unpaid by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport at 1 June were:
a | 45 days and over | 12 |
b | 60 days and over | 9 |
c | 75 days and over | 5 |
d | 76 days and over | 5 |
Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
During the 13/14 financial year my Department paid 98.7 per cent of invoices within 30 days.
On 31 May 2014, the following creditors were unpaid by the Cabinet Office – all were in dispute:
Number of days unpaid | Number of creditors |
45 - 59 | 13 |
60-74 | 24 |
75 and over | 30 |
Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
Answered by Norman Lamb
As at 1 June 2014, the Department had three creditors that remained unpaid for between 45-59 days.
The Department had no creditors that remained unpaid for between 60-74 days.
The Department had no creditors that remained unpaid for 75 days.
Following the abolition of primary care trusts (PCTs) and strategic health authorities (SHAs) on 31 March 2013, the Department took over responsibility for ensuring that legacy invoice payments were made correctly. Legacy PCT and SHA teams remained in place, to process creditor payments for prior to 1 April 2013, until 31 August 2013. Those outstanding at that point were transferred to successor organisations, including the Department. As at 1 June 2014, there were 270 creditors that remained unpaid. This is due to the careful diligence taking place in order to mitigate the risk of making fraudulent or duplicate payments.
Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. In common with other government departments, the
Annual Report and Accounts for the Department for Education, which are available in the libraries of both Houses, contain information on supplier payment performance.
Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will invite the Sentencing Council to consult and report on the adequacy of current sentences available for killing with one punch.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
Manslaughter has a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Whilst sentence lengths for manslaughter have increased by almost 50% since 2008 there remains clear public concern about the sentences imposed in so called “one punch” manslaughter cases.
Clarification of the sentencing of these difficult cases would assist the courts and be helpful to the public. The Secretary of State therefore wrote to Lord Justice Treacy, the Chair of the Sentencing Council on 8 May 2014, to make a formal request that the Council gives consideration to producing guidance on the sentencing of these cases.
Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) managerial, (b) teaching and (c) clerical staff in schools in Enfield were paid more than (i) £42,000, (ii) £69,000 and (iii) £100,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by David Laws
The table below provides the full- and part-time numbers of qualified leadership and classroom teachers in publicly-funded schools in Enfield local authority area who are paid salaries of more than £42,000, £69,000 and £100,000.
Over £42,000 | Over £69,000 | Over £100,000 | |
Leadership | 390 | 80 | 10 |
Classroom | 580 | - | - |
Total | 970 | 80 | 10 |
The information provided is from the November 2012 School Workforce Census. Local authority area figures from the November 2013 School Workforce Census will be published in summer 2014.
Data is not available for managerial and clerical staff.
Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the expected cost to the economy of (a) detected and (b) undetected personal injury insurance fraud in 2014-15.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
No figures are available for the number of victims of, or average loss incurred from, personal injury fraud. Figures for 2011 published by the Association of British Insurers describe 7% of all motor claims in 2011 - worth £441m - as fraudulent. In addition, they estimate that a further £1 billion of motor insurance fraud went undetected in 2011.
The Government is committed to turning the tide on fraudulent personal injury claims. To this end we are working closely with stakeholders across the industry to secure better data on motor accident cases, including the number of fraudulent cases.
No estimate is available of the economic effects that might accrue from clarifying the courts' powers to strike out claims that are exaggerated or fabricated. However, we are considering what reform might be appropriate to the law in this area.
Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the economy of (a) detected and (b) undetected personal injury insurance fraud in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
No figures are available for the number of victims of, or average loss incurred from, personal injury fraud. Figures for 2011 published by the Association of British Insurers describe 7% of all motor claims in 2011 - worth £441m - as fraudulent. In addition, they estimate that a further £1 billion of motor insurance fraud went undetected in 2011.
The Government is committed to turning the tide on fraudulent personal injury claims. To this end we are working closely with stakeholders across the industry to secure better data on motor accident cases, including the number of fraudulent cases.
No estimate is available of the economic effects that might accrue from clarifying the courts' powers to strike out claims that are exaggerated or fabricated. However, we are considering what reform might be appropriate to the law in this area.
Asked by: Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on the economy of reforming the UK's civil procedure rules to clarify courts' powers to strike out cases due to exaggerated or fabricated personal injury claims; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
No figures are available for the number of victims of, or average loss incurred from, personal injury fraud. Figures for 2011 published by the Association of British Insurers describe 7% of all motor claims in 2011 - worth £441m - as fraudulent. In addition, they estimate that a further £1 billion of motor insurance fraud went undetected in 2011.
The Government is committed to turning the tide on fraudulent personal injury claims. To this end we are working closely with stakeholders across the industry to secure better data on motor accident cases, including the number of fraudulent cases.
No estimate is available of the economic effects that might accrue from clarifying the courts' powers to strike out claims that are exaggerated or fabricated. However, we are considering what reform might be appropriate to the law in this area.