The below Parliamentary question was asked by Martyn Day on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Turkish counterpart on military action in the south east of Turkey and the consequences of that action for Kurdish civilians.
Mr David Lidington
I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 16 February 2016 (PQ 26321) to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make ithis policy to assess the potential merits of the pledge by the Austrian government set out in the report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, A Pledge to Fill the Legal Gap, published in February 2015 for the work of the UN Open Ended Working Group on multilateral disarmament negotiations.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The UK is committed to creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons in accordance with the goals of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, in a way that promotes international stability, and is based on the principle of undiminished security for all. The Austrian pledge to stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons runs counter to the step-by-step disarmament process; and it does not take into account the current global security and stability challenges. The UN Disarmament machinery and the Non-Proliferation Treaty provide the right framework for working towards a world without nuclear weapons.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials of his Department undertook language classes at (a) his Department and (b) post in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2010.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
I refer my rt hon. Friend to my answer of 10 February 2016 set out in PQ 25525.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) Arabic speakers with an operational level (C1) examination pass and (b) Mandarin Cantonese speakers were employed by his Department in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2010.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
I refer my rt hon. Friend to my answer of 10 February 2016 (PQ 25484).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials of his Department had an operational level (C1) examination pass in which languages in (a) 2001 and (b) 2010.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
I refer my right hon. Friend to my answers of 10 February 2016 (PQs 23665 and 25484). We only record current C1 passes, valid for five years after the date of the exam, and therefore do not have pre-2010 data.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital as a result of NHS 111 calls made in 2015 in (a) Lancashire and (b) Burnley.
Jane Ellison
The data is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS 111 calls were made in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Burnley.
Jane Ellison
The data is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances were called out as a result of NHS 111 calls made in 2015 in (a) Lancashire and (b) Burnley.
Jane Ellison
The data is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Holly Lynch on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times are for access to talking therapies in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire and (c) Halifax.
Alistair Burt
We do not hold the data in the format requested. What data we do hold is provided in the following table:
The number of referrals entering treatment1 in the year, with mean and median waiting times to first treatment (days), for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services in 2014/15. Data shown for NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and all Yorkshire CCGs combined2.
|
Organisation code |
Organisation name |
Total number of referrals entering treatment3 |
Average (mean) waiting time to first treatment appointment (days)4 |
Median5 waiting time to first treatment appointment (days) |
|
All England |
815,665 |
32 |
17 |
|
|
All Yorkshire CCGs combined |
71,690 |
39 |
21 |
|
|
02E |
NHS Calderdale CCG |
4,200 |
14 |
6 |
1In order to enter treatment a referral must have a first treatment appointment (an appointment with a therapy type recorded) in the year.
2CCG is based on general practitioner (GP) Practice. Where GP Practice is not recorded, or cannot be assigned to a CCG, the referral is categorised as ‘Unknown’.
3In order to enter treatment a referral must have a first treatment appointment in the year.
4The mean was used as the average.
5Means and medians have been rounded to the nearest whole number.
Notes:
Waiting time is measured by counting the number of days between a referral being received and the first treatment appointment. For 2014/15, the presence of a valid therapy type is used as an indicator of whether treatment was provided in the course of the appointment.
Entering treatment figures are rounded to the nearest 5.
It is generally advised that the median is used as the more reliable measure of average waiting time, as this accounts better for any outliers in the data.
Source: IAPT
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne Main on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect on survival rates in kidney patients and on the Domain 1 outcomes of the NHS Outcomes Framework of transplants unsuccessful because of the lack of availability of immunosuppression treatments that the patient can tolerate, following the recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (review of TA 85) [ID456] to restrict access to such agents.
George Freeman
We have made no such assessment.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not yet published its final updated guidance on the use of immunosuppressive therapy for kidney transplant in adults (review of TA85) or on the use of immunosuppressive therapy for kidney transplant in children and young people (review of TA99). NICE is developing resource impact reports to support implementation of its guidance which will be published alongside its final technology appraisal guidance.