Category: Speeches

  • Ruth Cadbury – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Ruth Cadbury – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-10-21.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to include legislation for exceptional hardship pleas within the forthcoming review of motoring offences and penalties.

    Mr Sam Gyimah

    Information about drivers who have not been disqualified from driving as a result of a court accepting that disqualification would lead to exceptional hardship is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

    The Government is committed to making sure that sentencing for those who kill or cause serious injury on the roads is proportionate within the context of our wider sentencing framework. It is our intention to commence a consultation on driving offences and penalties before the end of the year.

  • Seema Malhotra – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Seema Malhotra – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Malhotra on 2015-11-09.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of increasing the provision of export finance in productivity.

    Greg Hands

    Trade increases UK productivity by allowing firms to specialise in sectors in which the UK has a comparative advantage, and through exposure to new ideas and international competition.

  • The Marquess of Lothian – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The Marquess of Lothian – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Marquess of Lothian on 2015-12-02.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have that air strikes in Syria would reduce ISIL’s ability to attack the UK; and what assessment they have made of the terrorist threat to the UK posed by British-born ISIL recruits as a direct result of such air strikes.

    Baroness Anelay of St Johns

    The threat to the UK is already at Severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. In just over a year, our police and security services have stopped no fewer than 7 different terrorist plots in Britain, all linked to or inspired by Daesh. By attacking Daesh in its heartland in Syria, from where many of its plans are directed, we are taking the fight to Daesh and degrading their capability to plot to kill British people. There is already a significant threat to the UK from British Islamist extremists who have travelled to Iraq and Syria. Around 800 Britons of national security concern are known to have travelled to Iraq and Syria, and over half of those have already returned.

  • Teresa Pearce – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Teresa Pearce – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Teresa Pearce on 2016-01-13.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for consumer credit licences for debt advice and debt adjusting on a commercial basis have been made in the last 12 months; and how many such applications have been (a) granted, (b) rejected, (c) withdrawn and (d) await a decision.

    Harriett Baldwin

    These questions have been passed on to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA will reply to directly to the Honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

  • Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-02-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in each of the last five years.

    Alistair Burt

    We do not have information on the numbers of people diagnosed with age related macular degeneration in each of the last five years.

    What we do have is the number of finished admission episodes, for England, for the last five years, where the primary diagnosis was ‘degeneration of the macular and posterior pole’.

    Age group

    2010/11

    2011/12

    2012/13

    2013/14

    2014/15

    0-4

    2

    2

    3

    2

    3

    5-9

    1

    2

    7

    3

    6

    10-14

    6

    9

    8

    8

    3

    15-19

    9

    18

    10

    11

    9

    20-24

    43

    32

    21

    36

    20

    25-29

    51

    29

    33

    47

    45

    30-34

    61

    42

    57

    56

    58

    35-39

    95

    73

    101

    100

    73

    40-44

    162

    156

    162

    229

    148

    45-49

    256

    254

    319

    377

    386

    50-54

    417

    439

    477

    636

    603

    55-59

    980

    812

    973

    1,216

    1,283

    60-64

    2,617

    2,589

    2,647

    2,833

    2,767

    65-69

    4,740

    5,153

    5,982

    6,427

    6,729

    70-74

    8,685

    8,937

    9,770

    9,847

    10,671

    75-79

    12,998

    14,051

    15,347

    14,506

    16,069

    80-84

    16,568

    17,083

    18,765

    17,747

    18,847

    85-89

    13,114

    13,960

    15,550

    14,262

    15,497

    90+

    5,382

    6,179

    7,320

    7,318

    8,580

    Unknown

    8

    6

    7

    11

    18

    TOTAL

    66,195

    69,826

    77,559

    75,672

    81,815

    This would include age related macular degeneration, as well as other conditions. It also only relates to people admitted to hospital not those seen in outpatients or primary care.

    Notes:

    A finished admission episode is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider.

    Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the same period.

  • Oliver Colvile – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Oliver Colvile – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Oliver Colvile on 2016-02-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when investments pledged under the Ross Fund will be made available for research and development into infectious diseases.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    The Ross Fund is a new £1 billion fund that will be used to support the global fight against malaria and other infectious diseases.

    Programmes under the Ross Fund will be led by either the Department of Health or the Department for International Development. Details about the exact nature and timing of investments pledged under the Ross Fund are still under development.

  • Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-03-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to his Department in the last year of appeal hearings at the First Tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) which were adjourned because the Department of Work and Pensions did not send a representative in the last 12 months.

    Mike Penning

    The information requested is not held centrally.

  • Nick Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Nick Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Smith on 2016-05-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of dairy products procured for her Department was sourced from British producers in the latest period for which figures are available.

    Nick Gibb

    As of March 2016, the Department for Education sources approximately 90% of its dairy products from British producers.

  • Lord Beecham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Lord Beecham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Beecham on 2016-06-09.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the fact that four million people have been added to the electoral register in recent months, whether they will publish details of the comparison between the final register for the EU referendum and that as at December 2015, and if so when.

    Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

    The Electoral Commission will publish the total electorate for the EU referendum in due course.

  • Lord Roberts of Llandudno – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Lord Roberts of Llandudno – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno on 2016-09-06.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many fatalities there were on the A55 in Wales in (1) 2010, (2) 2011, (3) 2014 and (4) 2015.

    Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

    The number of road traffic fatalities on the A55 in Wales in each year since 2010 are as follows:

    Number of fatalities

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    1

    2

    2

    1

    2

    3

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