Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will grant Hong Kong Locally Employed Personnel who were full members of the UK armed services before 1997 the same immigration status as applies to Ghurka soldiers.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Under the British Nationality Selection Scheme introduced in 1990, a limited number of Hong Kong Military Service Corps personnel who were settled in Hong Kong could apply to register as a British citizen. The Scheme ran until 1 July 1997.
The Immigration Rules which apply to those who have served in the Brigade of Gurkhas were introduced on the basis of the unique nature of the Gurkhas’ service.
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.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to appoint a Chief Constable for Wiltshire.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Decisions around appointing Chief Constables are entirely a matter for PCCs in consultation with Police and Crime panels in line with requirements set out in legislation.
The College of Policing publishes guidance and provides support for PCCs on the recruitment process.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for selecting a Chief Constable for Wiltshire.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Decisions around appointing Chief Constables are entirely a matter for PCCs in consultation with Police and Crime panels in line with requirements set out in legislation.
The College of Policing publishes guidance and provides support for PCCs on the recruitment process.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Police and Crime Commissioners have deputies.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Government does not centrally collate information on how many Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) employ a deputy commissioner
PCCs may appoint a deputy should they wish, and the decision of who to appoint as a deputy is a matter for the directly-elected and publicly accountable PCC. PCCs appoint their deputies in an open and transparent way. This includes a public confirmation hearing by the relevant Police and Crime Panel, who must review the proposed appointment and make a recommendation on whether the candidate should be appointed.
Under paragraph 1(a) and (c) of Schedule 1 of the Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011, PCCs are obliged to publish the name and salary of each relevant office holder, which includes any deputy PCC.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary is of the Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The salary of the Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioners is £70,000 per year. This information is published on the Wiltshire PCCs website at this link: https://www.wiltshire-pcc.gov.uk/article/1570/Your-PCC
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a) supplying cloud services to her Department and (b) contracted to deliver cloud services on behalf of her Department which is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
We currently store some of our data with cloud services providers using a variety of technologies and services. The complexity and range of services means that we do not explicitly estimate the proportions of citizen-related data that are held. Our cloud services providers meet the requirements of current legislation which, through the EU-US Privacy Shield, imposes obligations on US companies to protect Europeans’ personal data.
Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value of cloud-hosting contracts with (a) Amazon Web Services, (b) Oracle Fusion, (c) Microsoft Azure, (d) Vodafone, (e) DXC, (f) SCC and (g) UKCloud was in financial years (i) 2012-2013, (ii) 2013-2014, (iii) 2014-2015, (iv) 2015-2016 and (v) 2016-2017.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Home Office publishes details of contracts and that may include the key performance indicators used for contract performance management purposes via Contracts Finder https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder