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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the economic effects on (a) the road haulage industry and (b) the Kent economy of the implementations of Operation Stack on the M20 between 17th March 2004 and 17th March 2005; what representations he has received...

Asked by

Damian Green (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1566-7W;432 c1562-3W; 224455;224456

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations were received by (a) her Department, (b) Postwatch and (c) the Royal Mail from the honourable Member for South Dorset in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004 regarding the proposed closure of seven sub-post offices in Weymouth.

Asked by

Michael Fabricant (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1633W;432 c1628-9W; 222598

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the closure of the University of Ulster's Jordanstown swimming pool.

Asked by

Roy Beggs (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1681-2W;432 c1676-7W; 224961

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many private children's homes have been registered to operate in each of the last eight years; and how many have closed during that time.

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1593W;432 c1589W; 222069

House

House of Commons

Untitled Debate on bill

Railways Bill. Consideration of Commons amendments and reasons. Lords amendments to which Commons have disagreed not insisted on. Lords amendments to which Commons have disagreed not insisted on and Commons amendments in lieu agreed to.

Department

Department for Transport

Type

Debates on bills

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

671 c918-28

House

House of Lords

Untitled Debate on bill

Education Bill (HL). Consideration of Commons amendments. Commons amendments debated and agreed to.

Department

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Debates on bills

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

671 c943-7

House

House of Lords

Untitled Written question

Whether British embassies will close if, in the future, European Union ambassadors become more important than British ambassadors. [HL 1865]. - Inc ref to 4 April 2005, 671 c71WA.

Asked by

Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

671 c113-4WA; HL 1865

House

House of Lords

Observations by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs on the petition dated 15 March 2005 from residents of North Nantymoel to restore the polling station at Bryants centre in North Nantymoel. (Circulated with the Vote 7 April 2005)

Lead member

David Lammy

Department

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Observations on petitions

Date

6 April 2005

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason one of the mother and baby units at HMP Askham Grange is to be closed; and if he will make a statement; how many mothers with babies have been moved to establishments (a) closer to and (b)...

Asked by

Vera Baird (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 March 2005

For answer on

6 April 2005

Answered on

6 April 2005

Vera Baird: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) for what reason one of the mother and baby units at HMP Askham Grange is to be closed; and if he will make a statement; [220610] (2) how many mothers with babies have been moved to establishments (a) closer to and (b) further from, their homes following the closure of the Mother and Baby Unit at HMP Askham Grange; and if he will make a statement; [220611] (3) what financial savings will be made from the mothballing or closure of the Mother and Baby Unit at HMP Askham Grange; and if he will make a statement; [220612] (4) how many mothers have been refused places on mother and baby units due to lack of availability of places in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement; [220613] (5) how many places are available in each mother and baby unit within prison establishments; and what the occupancy levels of each are. [220614] Paul Goggins: [holding answer 8 March 2005]: The demand for mother and baby places at Askham Grange has declined over the last 12 months. A decision was therefore made to reduce the number of mother and baby places available at that establishment. The change was carried out through natural reductions without the need to relocate mothers and babies. The decision was taken in order to match supply more closely to demand and provide more flexible use of existing accommodation. It was not taken to achieve savings and no estimate has been made of any reduction in mother and baby unit costs. The decision to reduce capacity at Askham Grange was taken as part of a wider review of all mother and baby places. No women have been refused admission because of lack of capacity in the units. The new capacities and occupancy figures at 14 March 2005 are set out in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Prison Places Occupancy at 14 March 2005 Askham Grange, north Yorkshire 10 7 Holloway, London 13 13 New Hall, west Yorkshire 9 6 Styal, Cheshire 12 9 Eastwood Park, Gloucestershire 12 8 Bronzefield, London 12 7 Peterborough (unit opening April 2005) 12 0 Total 79 50 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

432 c1498-9W;432 c1494-5W; 220610;220611;220612;220613;220614

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the grant assistance which was offered to TK-ECC in 1999 has been clawed back since its closure; and if he will contribute funds clawed back to the company's pension fund.

Asked by

Iris Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

432 c1542W;432 c1538W; 213549

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to close airfields; what assessment he has made of the impact of reductions in the number of airfields on Air Training Corps gliding activities; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Ann Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

432 c1512W;432 c1508W; 218236

House

House of Commons

Untitled Debate on bill

Railways Bill. Consideration of Lords amendments. Lords amendment 1 to clause 13 disagreed to on division (198 to 63). Lords amendments 2 to 7 disagreed to. Lords amendments 8-13 agreed to. Lords amendment 14 to schedule 4 disagreed to. Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords amendment 14 agreed...

Department

Department for Transport

Type

Debates on bills

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

432 c1525-37

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special schools have closed in (a) Coventry and (b) England since 1997.

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1350W;432 c1346W; 224089

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the reason was for the closure of the Intensive Care Unit at Tyrone County Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Roy Beggs (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1425-6W;432 c1421-2W; 224171

House

House of Commons

FACTORY CLOSURES IN THE TEXILE INDUSTRY

That this House notes that there has been a series of takeovers of small companies in the textile industry recently which has led directly to closure of established industries, many redundancies and the appearance of asset-stripping, not least in the cases of Huddersfield Fine Worsted, Globe Worsted of Huddersfield and...

Primary sponsor

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

1026

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what school closures are planned in Northern Ireland for each year in the period 2005 to 2012, broken down by (a) school type and (b) education board area.

Asked by

David Lidington (Conservative)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 March 2005

For answer on

4 April 2005

Answered on

4 April 2005

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what school closures are planned in Northern Ireland for each year in the period 2005 to 2012, broken down by (a) school type and (b) education board area. [223223] Mr. Gardiner: All proposals for school closures are subject to the formal Development Proposal process which ensures that all interested parties are consulted and have an opportunity to comment. There are currently three schools which are the subject of Development Proposals, two of which if approved would close in 2005 (ie Antiville and St. Mary's), with Tullymacarette Primary School scheduled to close in 2007. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name of school Type Education and Library Board area Antiville Primary School Controlled primary North Eastern Tullymacarette Primary School Controlled primary Southern St. Mary's Primary School Maintained primary Western _________________________________________________________________________________________________. No decisions have yet been taken on any of these proposals. There are 29 other schools which have already been approved for amalgamations which will result in 12 replacement schools. Unless indicated to the contrary, these involve amalgamations into one new replacement school as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Name of schools Type Education and Library Board Estimated completion date area St. John's Primary School/St. Maintained primary Belfast 2005 Catherine's Primary School/St. Gall's Primary School Belfast Clough Primary School/Downshire Controlled primary South Eastern 2005 Primary School Hillsborough Primary Controlled primary South Eastern 2005 School/Newport Primary School Dervaghroy Primary Controlled primary Western 2005 School/Sixmilecross Primary School/The Hutton Primary School All Saints Primary School/St. Amalgamation into two North Eastern 2006 Mary's Primary School/St. maintained primary schools Joseph's Primary School/St. Louis Primary School Ballymena Charley Primary School/Lambeg Controlled primary South Eastern 2006 Primary School/Drumbo Primary School/Hillhall Primary School Annaghmore Primary Controlled primary Southern 2006 School/Tullyroan Primary School Burnfoot Primary School/Dungiven Controlled primary Western 2006 Primary School/Largy Primary School Coranny Primary School/Cornagague Maintained primary Western 2006 Primary School Limegrove Special School, Controlled special Western 2006 Limavady/Glasvey Special School, Ballykelly St. Patrick's Boys' Academy/St. Voluntary grammar Southern 2008 Patrick's Girls' Academy, Dungannon _________________________________________________________________________________________________. School authorities are expected to plan for the future level of provision needed and further closures are likely to occur in the period to 2012 as relevant authorities bring forward Development Proposals for approval.

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1303-4W;432 c1302-4W; 223223

House

House of Commons

Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

What is their response to the statement by Mr Brian Crowe, a former European Union diplomat, that, in future, European Union ambassadors are likely to be more important than national ambassadors and that, over time, this will lead to the closing of many national embassies. [HL 1826].

Asked by

Lord Stoddart of Swindon (Independent Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

671 c71WA; HL 1826

House

House of Lords

Treasury

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many businesses were found to be employing workers for less than the minimum wage in (a) Leicester and (b) England, in each year since the minimum wage was introduced; and how many (i) were fined and (ii) were forced...

Asked by

Parmjit Singh Gill (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 March 2005

For answer on

4 April 2005

Answered on

4 April 2005

Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many businesses were found to be employing workers for less than the minimum wage in (a) Leicester and (b) England, in each year since the minimum wage was introduced; and how many (i) were fined and (ii) were forced to cease trading. [223488] Mr. Timms: I have been asked to reply. The Inland Revenue did not start recording the information requested until April 2000. The number of cases identified by NMW teams based in England where non compliance of minimum wage was identified: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 1,505 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 1,345 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 1,476 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 1,660 1 April 2004 to date 1,153 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. For these cases a total of 55 Penalty notices have been issued throughout this period. A penalty notice may be issued where an employer fails to comply with an enforcement notice. The Leicester NMW team was formed in April 2002 and the number of cases identified where non compliance of NMW was identified is as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 38 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 83 1 April 2004 to date 50 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Leicester team have not issued any penalty notices to date. We do not hold information on the number of employers who ceased trading.

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1219-20W; 223488

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres there are in the UK; and how many are to be closed as part of the Jobcentre roll-out programme and centralisation of benefit processing.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 February 2005

For answer on

4 April 2005

Answered on

4 April 2005

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many job centres there are in the UK; and how many are to be closed as part of the Jobcentre roll-out programme and centralisation of benefit processing. [219299] Jane Kennedy: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, David Anderson. He will write to the hon. Member. Letter from David Anderson to Mr. David Willetts dated 4 April 2005: The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the number of offices we have and the number that will close due to the roll-out of the new service and the centralisation of benefit processing. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus. When Jobcentre Plus was formed in 2002 we inherited the infrastructure of the former Employment Service and those parts of the Benefits Agency delivering services to people of working age. The estate comprised some 1,100 Jobcentres and 450 social security offices and was entirely unsuitable for delivering the new service and operating the new processes. Over a four year period we are introducing the new, integrated service across the country and we are acquiring, building and refurbishing premises to enable us to deliver the new service. Once the roll-out is completed nationwide the total number of outlets from which our services can be accessed is likely to be around 1000. A full list of sites already closed or planned for future closure as part of the Jobcentre Plus rollout programme can be found in the Library. This list includes a number of sites which are closing through merging with co-located offices. While the majority of these sites will be disposed of in due course, a number will be retained by Jobcentre Plus to accommodate non-customer facing activity. I should stress that this is a snapshot of our plans based on the best information available. The list of offices will inevitably change as we progress through rollout of the new, integrated service and continue to refine our plans for centralising benefit processing in Jobcentre Plus. For example, a significant number of the site closures are dependent on construction of new buildings or acquisition of new premises and these are often subject to delays and other issues. We continue to review the plans for our network, and will ensure that local stakeholders are kept informed of progress and any changes to our plans. I hope this is helpful.

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

219299; 432 c1265-6W;432 c1263-4W

House

House of Commons

Observations by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the petition from residents of High Folkestone, Hythe and the surrounding area against the proposed closure of New Romney Jobcentre. (Circulated with the Vote 7 April 2005)

Lead member

Alan Johnson

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Observations on petitions

Date

4 April 2005

House

House of Commons

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