First elected: 9th April 1992
Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
These initiatives were driven by Richard Ottaway, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Richard Ottaway has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Richard Ottaway has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Richard Ottaway has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Richard Ottaway has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
The following table gives the salary range for each DFID pay band in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
Civil Service | DFID | DFID Pay Range | DFID Pay Range | DFID Pay Range |
Perm Sec | Perm Sec | £141,836 - £277,349 | £141,836 - £277,349 | £141,836 - £277,349 |
SCS 3 | SCS 3 | £101,500 - £208,100 | £103,000 - £208,100 | £104,000 - £208,100 |
SCS 2 | SCS 2 | £82,900 - £162,500 | £84,000 - £162,500 | £85,000 - £162,500 |
SCS 1 | SCS 1 | £58,200 - £117,800 | £60,000 - £117,800 | £62,000 - £117,800 |
Grade 6 | A1 | £59,265 - £69,585 | £61,381 - £70,290 | £61,381 - £70,290 |
Grade 7 | A2 | £47,459 - £57,441 | £49,410 - £58,160 | £49,410 - £58,160 |
Senior Executive Officer | A2(L) | £38,894 - £44,817 | £41,218 - £45,380 | £41,218 - £45,380 |
Higher Executive Officer | B1 | £29,118 - £35,225 | £31,320 - £35,680 | £31,320 - £35,680 |
Fast Stream | B1(D) | £26,800 - £36,827 | £26,800 - £37,195 | £26,800 - £37,195 |
Executive Officer | B2 | £22,106 - £27,850 | £23,930 - £28,210 | £23,930 - £28,210 |
Administrative Officer | C1 | £19,249 - £22,981 | £19,500 - £23,275 | £19,500 - £23,275 |
Administrative Assistant | C2 | £15,866 -£19,839 | £16,080 - £20,090 | £16,080 - £20,090 |
The six monthly report on Hong Kong covering the period July-December 2014 was published on 26 February.
On the day of my visit, the Hong Kong Government was focused on the launch of the second public consultation on constitutional reform. They were consequently unavailable to meet me. It was nevertheless valuable for me to visit Hong Kong on my way back from mainland China, in light of recent events and our ongoing interest under the Joint Declaration. I was able to meet the President of the Legislative Council and a wide range of legislators, which was particularly important given their key role in the next stage of the constitutional reform process, as well as Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma and representatives of the business community.
In June 2014, there were 97 referrals to the Government-funded support service
for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales administered by the
Salvation Army, of which 59 were female victims, 37 were male victims and 1 was
a transgender victim. In the interests of victim safety only the region in
which the victim was encountered is provided, and not the county, parliamentary
constituency or details of the specific shelters at which victims are
supported. The scope of the victim care contract does not extend (a) beyond the
date on which a victim exits government funded support or (b) to the safety and
protection of victims post the recovery and reflection period. The Salvation
Army therefore does not routinely maintain contact with victims outside the
scope of the victim care contract.
Details are provided in the table below.
In 2014-15, the London Borough of Croydon is forecast to receive £428 million in government grants, excluding mandatory housing benefits, equivalent to £2,877 per dwelling. Including mandatory housing benefits, the forecast is £693 million (source: Revenue Account budget returns). The Greater London Authority also delivers services (police, fire, transport, strategic housing and planning) in Croydon, and is forecast to receive £4.5 billion in government grants in 2014-15, equivalent to £1,311 per dwelling. Taken together, this is equivalent to £4,189 per dwelling in Croydon.
Leaving aside education spending which has changed due to the funding shift from local authorities to academies directly, in 2014-15 Croydon’s net current expenditure excluding education is forecast to be £546 million (source: Revenue Account budget returns). This compares with £490 million in 2009-10 (source: Revenue Outturn returns). This represents an 11 per cent increase in cash terms.
It has been brought to my attention that the Council has put up posters on council-owned billboards asserting: “Government is cutting its funding to you by £100 million over the next three years”. This is factually incorrect, given no decisions have been made on local government funding beyond 2015-16. Moreover, such polemical publicity is not only potentially contrary to the provisions of the local government Publicity Code, but is in itself a waste of money – the Council could be using its advertising space to sell commercial advertising and generate revenue to support frontline services, rather than peddle political messages.
Selective licensing allows local authorities to license all privately rented housing in a designated area that suffers from low housing demand and/or significant anti-social behaviour. The Department does not routinely collect information on the number or extent of licensing schemes although local authorities were asked on a one-off voluntary basis to provide this information last year. 194 local authorities responded, of which 14 had introduced licensing. While an assessment of the impact of licensing on private sector rents has not been undertaken, we believe that licensing puts unnecessary extra costs on good landlords, thereby pushing up rents, and reduces choice.
We plan to publish an analysis of the replies and proposed next steps, including any decision that may be made on restrictions of borough wide licensing schemes, in the Summer.