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Andrew Smith – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Smith on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries UK defence attachés are posted.

Mr Julian Brazier

There are resident Defence Attachés in the following countries:

Afghanistan – Kabul

Algeria – Algiers

Argentina – Buenos Aires

Australia – Canberra

Austria – Vienna

Bahrain – Manama

Estonia – Tallinn

Bangladesh – Dhaka

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sarajevo

Brazil – Brasilia

Brunei – Bandar Seri Begawan

Burma – Rangoon

Canada – Ottawa

Chile – Santiago

China – Beijing

Colombia – Bogota

Croatia – Zagreb

Cyprus – Nicosia

Czech Republic – Prague

Denmark – Copenhagen

Egypt – Cairo

Ethiopia – Addis Ababa

France – Paris

Georgia – Tbilisi

Germany – Berlin

Ghana – Accra

Greece – Athens

India – New Delhi

Indonesia – Jakarta

Iraq – Baghdad

Ireland – Dublin

Israel – Tel Aviv

Italy – Rome

Jamaica – Kingston

Japan – Tokyo

Jordan – Amman

Kazakhstan – Astana

Kenya – Nairobi

Korea – Seoul

Kuwait – Kuwait City

Lebanon – Beirut

Libya – Tripoli

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – Skopje

Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur

Mexico – Mexico City

Morocco – Rabat

Nepal – Kathmandu

Netherlands – The Hague

New Zealand – Wellington

Nigeria – Abuja

Norway – Oslo

Oman – Muscat

Pakistan – Islamabad

Poland – Warsaw

Qatar – Doha

Romania – Bucharest

Russia – Moscow

Saudi Arabia – Riyadh

Serbia – Belgrade

Sierra Leone – Freetown

Singapore – Singapore City

Somalia – Mogadishu

South Africa – Pretoria

South Sudan – Juba

Spain – Madrid

Sudan – Khartoum

Sweden – Stockholm

Thailand – Bangkok

Turkey – Ankara

Uganda – Kampala

Ukraine – Kyiv

United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi

United States of America – UK Mission to UN

United States of America – Washington

Uzbekistan – Tashkent

Vietnam – Hanoi

Yemen – Sana’a

Zimbabwe – Harare

There is Non-Resident Accreditation for a further 82 countries.

01/12/2022

Douglas Chapman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all UK service personnel deployed to malarial areas since 2013 have been individually assessed for contraindications for mefloquine; and what the method of assessment was for those who were individually assessed.

Mark Lancaster

Since 2013, it has been Ministry of Defence policy that mefloquine should only be prescribed after an individual risk assessment. To verify that an individual assessment has been undertaken in every case since 2013 would require the examination of the medical records of all individuals who have deployed since 2013. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.

Templates exist to optimise consistency in the preparation of personnel requiring anti-malarials, including mefloquine. Defence Primary Healthcare has a malaria protocol to guide clinicians to use these templates. Work is currently in hand to develop it further, taking previous lessons into account, to ensure that all individuals are assessed in a consistent manner.

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Douglas Chapman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions have been issued to medical or other staff in any of the armed forces regarding the consumption of alcohol while Mefloquine is being taken as medication.

Mark Lancaster

Neither the Patient Information Leaflet for mefloquine issued by the manufacturer, nor the British National Formulary (which provides information on all medicines generally prescribed in the UK), mention alcohol consumption when using mefloquine for the chemoprophylaxis of malaria. Guidance is, however, provided for patients with severe liver problems and other medical conditions that would preclude the use of the drug, and would be part of the clinical risk assessment prior to prescription.

01/12/2022
Greg Mulholland – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support the mental health of armed forces veterans; and how much funding his Department allocated to that purpose in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

Mark Lancaster

The provision of veterans healthcare, including mental healthcare, is primarily the responsibility of the National Health Service in England and the Devolved Administrations who work in close partnership with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and service charities to ensure that veterans get the best possible care.

The MOD is determined to ensure that veterans who require help are provided with appropriate support including through the Veterans UK helpline; Veterans Welfare Service (VWS) and the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health Programme (VRMHP) which provides mental health assessments for veterans with operational Service since 1982. For these services it is not possible to disaggregate specific costs incurred in support of veterans’ mental health from wider budgets.

In addition to the support outlined above, MOD funding is provided for remedial treatment at Combat Stress homes for war pensioners with service related mental illnesses caused before 6 April 2005. In Financial Year (FY) 2014-15 the MOD spent almost £690,000 on this treatment and for FY 2015-16 we have allocated some £665,000.

NHS England spends £1.8 million per year on mental health services for veterans, including 10 veterans’ mental health teams. Up to a further £18 million of NHS England funding is in place to provide the Combat Stress six-week intensive post-traumatic stress disorder programme for veterans, and an additional £2 million of LIBOR funding is being provided to Combat Stress to help veterans with alcohol problems, which can be indicative of underlying mental health issues. Help for Heroes has received £2 million of LIBOR funding for its "hidden wounds" work which offers low-level improving access to psychological therapies services to veterans.

Subject to the forthcoming spending review, a further £8.4 million of Government funding will be provided over the next five years to help the most vulnerable veterans who have mental health problems.

01/12/2022
Keir Starmer – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keir Starmer on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve levels of primary school literacy in England (a) generally and (b) among the poorest socio-economic groups.

Nick Gibb

The government is committed to raising standards of literacy in schools so that every child masters the basics of reading and writing at a young age. Our primary national curriculum for English has been designed with the aim that all children leave primary school fully literate and ready to succeed at secondary school.

This government has placed phonics at the heart of the early teaching of reading.The result from this year’s phonics screening check show that, three years on from its introduction, 120,000 more six-year-olds are now on track to become excellent readers.

This year’s figures show that 99 per cent of pupils who reach or exceed the pass mark in the phonics check go on to achieve at least the expected standard in Key Stage 1 reading, underlining the importance of developing the ability to decode words effectively at an early age. The proportion of six-year-olds achieving the expected standard has risen by 19 percentage points to 77 per cent since 2012.

Over the next five years, we have set ourselves an ambitious challenge to make children in this country the most proficient readers in Europe. We are determined to make sure that every child, no matter where they live or what their background, learns to read well and read widely. We are working with David Walliams to support our mission to tackle child illiteracy and we are funding the Reading Agency to set up 200 new book clubs in schools.

The government is determined that every child receives an education which allows them to achieve to their potential. This is why we introduced the pupil premium in 2011, giving schools extra funding to focus on their disadvantaged pupils. During the last Parliament, the government provided over £6 billion of additional funding to schools through the pupil premium. We are continuing to tackle educational inequality and we have committed to providing a further £2.5 billion of pupil premium this year alone.

The result of the government’s reforms is that disadvantaged pupils are catching up with their peers at both primary and secondary level.

01/12/2022
Jamie Reed – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current status is of schools placed in special measures in Cumbria.

Nick Gibb

As of 30 September there are three schools in Cumbria judged by Ofsted as requiring special measures. Of these:

Two are local authority maintained; the first, a PRU is judged to be making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures. The second, a small community

primary school, is making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures.The third, a sponsored academy has recently been re-inspected. We are awaiting Ofsted’s report from this inspection.

01/12/2022
Andrew Griffiths – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been classified as in need (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) four times (i) in the last 12 months and (ii) during their lifetimes.

Edward Timpson

The information requested is not available.

The proportion of referrals to children’s social care which were within 12 months of a previous referral by local authority, however, is published in the characteristics of children in need statistical first release in table C1 here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014

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01/12/2022
Andrew Griffiths – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in need achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE, including English and mathematics, in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Nick Gibb

The requested information for 2013-14, the most recent year available, was published in table L5 of the ‘Additional tables’ available online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014

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01/12/2022
Stephen Hammond – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Hammond on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to prepare for the implementation of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation; which non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and agencies overseen by her Department will be affected by that regulation; and what estimate she has made of the potential liability of her Department, its agencies and NDPBs in connection with that proposed regulation.

Nick Gibb

Negotiations on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation are still continuing and our negotiating position has taken into account the likely impact on Government Departments, NDPBs and agencies. Once the outcome of negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, and the Regulation has been adopted, the liabilities will be further assessed. There will then follow a maximum implementation period of two years. Between now and then, Government departments which will be affected by the Regulation will be closely involved in work led by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport to consider the implications of the text as it develops through the negotiating process.

01/12/2022
Jamie Reed – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to further education in (a) Copeland and (b) Cumbria in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The Department does not hold the information requested. Published funding allocations are available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations

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