Asked by: Alan Reid (Liberal Democrat - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's plans are for paying pensions and benefits nto Post Office card accounts after April 2015.
Answered by Steve Webb
Discussions continue between Her Majesty’s Government and Post Office LTD to consider the needs of our customers beyond April 2015, announcements will be made when these discussions reach a conclusion.
Asked by: Alan Reid (Liberal Democrat - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to repond to the Law Commission recommendations on reform of the Electronic Communications Code.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Since the Law Commission published its report on the reform of the Electronic Communications Code in February 2013, my Department has been considering the implications of the recommendations on network rollout and service provision to consumers. In January 2014 we published an economic analysis of the impact of various wayleave valuation regimes. A copy of this report has been placed in the House of Commons library. The analysis work is ongoing and I will make public the plans to reform the Electronic Communications Code, and respond to the Law Commission’s report, in due course.
Asked by: Alan Reid (Liberal Democrat - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Indian nationals there are serving a prison sentence in England and Wales.
Answered by Jeremy Wright - Shadow Attorney General
As of 31 December 2013, the latest period for which figures are available, there were 223 Indian nationals serving a prison sentence in England and Wales.
All foreign national offenders (FNOs) sentenced to custody are referred to the Home Office for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible opportunity.