Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Crime Agency International Corruption Unit, what data his Department holds on the (a) number and proportion of permanent staff who were in the unit for more than 12 months, (b) staff attrition rate and (c) average of years of service in (i) anti-money laundering and (ii) anti-bribery in the (A) 2021-22 and (B) 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The International Corruption Unit (ICU) in the NCA investigates serious criminal allegations of bribery and corruption. In 2022/23 86% of staff had been in the unit for more than 12 months compared to 84% in 2021/22.
The ICU staff annual attrition rate was recorded at 5.5% in both 2021/22 and 2022/23. I am unable to provide the average years of staff service.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, published on 22 November 2023, which organisations will receive the £7 million funding to help tackle antisemitism in schools and universities in the next three years.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
Following the Autumn Statement announcement, the government is preparing to issue an invitation for interested organisations to tender, to tackle anti-semitism in schools, colleges, and universities. The department encourages all interested organisations to consider submitting a bid in response to the invitation to tender.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many live births have been recorded at the Barking Birth Centre in each month since it first opened.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The information requested is shown in the attached table and covers the period since December 2012 up to its closure in June 2023.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many live births there were in the Barking Birth Centre in each (a) calendar month and (b) week between January and November 2023.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Department does not hold the information in the format requested. The following table shows the average number of births per week in Barking Birth Centre between January 2023 to June 2023, as the centre closed for live births from that date:
Month and year | Average number of births per week |
Jan-23 | 1.75 |
Feb-23 | 1.25 |
Mar-23 | 1.5 |
Apr-23 | 2.5 |
May-23 | 1.75 |
Jun-23 | N/A |
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of when (a) the Bailiwick of Jersey, (b) the Bailiwick of Guernsey and (c) the Isle of Man will implement a publicly accessible register of beneficial ownership.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
In 2019, the Bailiwick of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey and Isle of Man (the Crown Dependencies) committed to implement publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership in line with principles adopted by the European Union.
In December 2022, following the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the Crown Dependencies issued a statement announcing that they were pausing work on their public commitments while they sought legal advice.
Currently 14 EU Member States allow public access to their beneficial ownership registers. Gibraltar has maintained a publicly accessible beneficial ownership register since 2020 and has not noted any negative economic impacts resulting from implementation of its public register.
The UK and the Crown Dependencies have differing legal views on implementing publicly accessible registers in light of the CJEU ruling. The UK is satisfied with the lawfulness of our own publicly accessible registers and continues to believe that the CDs could legally implement public registers of their own.
The Home Office is actively engaging the Crown Dependencies to understand their position. We will keep Parliament updated in the weeks ahead.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications to restrict publication of personal data under section 790ZG of the Companies Act 2006 Companies House were (a) received and (b) granted in each of the last three years.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The table below sets out the number of applications received to restrict the publication of personal data under section 790ZG of the Companies Act 2006
Year | Applications received | Applications granted |
2021 | 42 | 10 |
2022 | 72 | 25 |
2023 | 95 | 7 |
There is 1 application currently pending. These figures have been manually collated. This is supplied as management information; it is unaudited and is subject to change. It should, therefore, be used for indicative purposes only.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many refusals by Companies House to grant an application to restrict publication of personal data under section 790ZG of the Companies Act 2006 were subject to (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful judicial review in each of the last three years.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
There have been no judicial reviews against Companies House for refusal to grant applications to restrict personal data under section 790ZG of the Companies Act 2006 in the last three years.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of the proposed merger between Barts Health and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trusts.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
National Health Service trusts or foundation trusts undertaking a merger go through appropriate due process, which includes assurance from NHS England that the transaction provides material improvements in performance and real patient benefits before Secretary of State approval.
We are not aware of any proposed merger between Barts Health and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2021, the two trusts began to engage local stakeholders about developing deeper collaboration. They are now working closely together as part of an acute provider collaborative within the integrated care system of NHS NorthEast London. The trusts remain separate statutory bodies accountable to NHS England and regulated by the Care Quality Commission.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has for the governance of the merger between Barts Health and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trusts.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
National Health Service trusts or foundation trusts undertaking a merger go through appropriate due process, which includes assurance from NHS England that the transaction provides material improvements in performance and real patient benefits before Secretary of State approval.
We are not aware of any proposed merger between Barts Health and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2021, the two trusts began to engage local stakeholders about developing deeper collaboration. They are now working closely together as part of an acute provider collaborative within the integrated care system of NHS NorthEast London. The trusts remain separate statutory bodies accountable to NHS England and regulated by the Care Quality Commission.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when planning began for increased collaboration between Barts Health and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trusts.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
National Health Service trusts or foundation trusts undertaking a merger go through appropriate due process, which includes assurance from NHS England that the transaction provides material improvements in performance and real patient benefits before Secretary of State approval.
We are not aware of any proposed merger between Barts Health and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2021, the two trusts began to engage local stakeholders about developing deeper collaboration. They are now working closely together as part of an acute provider collaborative within the integrated care system of NHS NorthEast London. The trusts remain separate statutory bodies accountable to NHS England and regulated by the Care Quality Commission.