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  • Ian Paisley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Ian Paisley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Paisley on 2015-10-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to preserve the teaching of Design and Technology within school curriculums.

    Nick Gibb

    Design and Technology (D&T) is compulsory in the national curriculum in England at key stages 1 to 3. By introducing a new, more rigorous D&T curriculum in 2014 and reforming the subject’s GCSE and A level qualifications, we have taken important steps to make D&T a more attractive subject to study, paving the way for young people to progress into careers in a vast range of engineering and design fields.

  • Ian Paisley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Ian Paisley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Paisley on 2015-10-26.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has consulted UK-based soft drinks producers about the economic effect a potential excise duty on sugary drinks would have on those businesses.

    Damian Hinds

    At present the Government has no plans to introduce new taxes on sugary drinks.

    Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.

    Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel

  • Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Antoinette Sandbach on 2015-10-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS pharmacy services have transferred to the private sector in each of the last five years; what the value of each of those contracts for those services was; and what change to the cost of those services arose to each NHS Trust as a result of those changes.

    Alistair Burt

    The information requested is not held centrally. Such arrangements are made directly between National Health Service trusts and independent pharmacy providers.

  • Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Antoinette Sandbach on 2015-10-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to extend the Independent Police Complaint Commission’s remit to oversee complaints against private security companies performing outsourced policing functions.

    Mike Penning

    The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Complaints and Misconduct) (Contrac-tor) Regulations 2015, provides the IPCC with the power to deal with complaints, conduct matters and matters relating to deaths and serious injury (DSI) involving those who have entered into a contract with a local policing body or a chief officer to provide services to a chief officer.

  • Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Antoinette Sandbach on 2015-10-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s consultation entitled, Future Regulatory Regime for the Private Security Industry, what steps she is taking to introduce business licensing in that industry.

    Karen Bradley

    The Government is committed to ensuring the integrity of the private security industry and this includes the possible introduction of business licensing.

    In July. the Government committed to a review (formerly triennial review) of the Security Industry Authority. That review may make further recommendations for legislative change that the Government would want to consider as a composite package.

  • Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Antoinette Sandbach on 2015-10-26.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend VAT relief to NHS pharmacies.

    Mr David Gauke

    NHS grant funding takes account of all costs incurred by pharmacies, including VAT.

  • Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Antoinette Sandbach on 2015-10-26.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent private pharmacies from being able to reclaim the 20 per cent VAT they pay suppliers for medicines.

    Mr David Gauke

    In common with other businesses, private pharmacies are entitled to reclaim the VAT paid on costs connected with their taxable activity.

  • Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Antoinette Sandbach on 2015-10-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to impose restrictions on the free movement of camelids in the UK to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis.

    George Eustice

    The Tuberculosis (Deer and Camelid) (England) Order 2014 provides powers to restrict the movement of a camelid that shows clinical signs of bovine TB, tests positive to the disease or has been exposed to the infection. These powers may require the keeper to take reasonable steps to prevent the affected animal from coming into contact with any other farmed animal on the same premises or on adjoining premises and prevent the movement of camelids on to or off such premises except under a licence issued by an inspector. In addition, my Department has worked with the British Alpaca and Llama Societies on the design and promotion of a TB testing regime that includes voluntary routine surveillance. A call for views on control of bovine TB in non-bovine farmed animals, including camelids, is currently in progress and will run until 20 November.

  • Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Antoinette Sandbach – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Antoinette Sandbach on 2015-10-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2015 to Question 11572, what steps he is taking to ensure that Connecting Cheshire delivers superfast broadband on schedule; and what penalties are in place to ensure that Broadband Delivery UK projects are delivered on time.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    The supplier to the Connecting Cheshire project is paid only on completion of the milestones, and will only receive revenues from customers once the network is operational. BDUK works closely with the Connecting Cheshire project team to ensure delivery is on track and that action is taken to deal with any delays.

  • Peter Grant – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

    Peter Grant – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Grant on 2015-10-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions officials of his Department have contacted representatives of a foreign government to ask for an account of private meetings or discussions held between representatives of that government and Scottish Government Ministers in each of the last five years.

    David Mundell

    On no occasion have Scotland Office officials contacted representatives of a foreign government to ask for an account of private meetings or discussions held between representatives of that government and Scottish Government Ministers.