Category: Speeches

Alex Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2016-01-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to publish sea bass landing data by metier for 2014.

George Eustice

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) publishes annual data which includes total landings by UK vessels for bass in the UK Sea Fisheries Annual Statistics Report 2014. In conjunction with this report, the MMO publishes two more detailed datasets online which show bass landings by, for example, year, month, port of landing, vessel nationality, gear category, over/under 10m, area and rectangle. This information is available at the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/uk-sea-fisheries-annual-statistics-report-2014.

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01/01/2023
Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of dogs put down because they could not be rehomed in each of the last five years.

George Eustice

Statistics of dogs put down because they could not be re-homed are not held by central Government. However, Dogs Trust carry out an annual survey of local authorities. The attached table is taken from information from the last five Dogs Trust surveys.

Apr 2014 – Mar 2015 – 5,142

Apr 2013 – Mar 2014 – 7,058

Apr 2012 – Mar 2013 – 7,319

Apr 2011 – Mar 2012 – 8,903

Apr 2010 – Mar 2011 – 7,121

01/01/2023
Maria Caulfield – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Caulfield on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Israel on the extension of the Separation Barrier in the Cremisan Valley.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have raised the issue of the separation barrier through Cremisan Valley with the Israeli authorities repeatedly, most recently on 1 September 2015. Our Deputy Consul General to Jerusalem visited the Al Walajah and Khirbet Najjar areas of Beit Jala on 9 February 2016, where he was given an update on the impact of the barrier on residents.

01/01/2023
Andrew Rosindell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2016-03-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to monitor the location and use of the recently announced military equipment being given to Ukraine.

Michael Fallon

All equipment being gifted is non-lethal in nature, and includes night vision goggles, global positioning sets (GPS), helmets, body armour, ruggedized laptops, large tents, heating units, cold weather clothing and individual first aid kits.

This equipment has helped save lives in contested areas in the Donbas. Given its non-lethal nature, we see no need routinely to monitor its location and usage.

01/01/2023
Lord Myners – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Myners on 2016-04-27.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the report produced by the Insolvency Service on the collapse of the Comet Group, and whether they will take that report into account when conducting any review of the circumstances leading to the collapse of BHS.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The Insolvency Service investigated Comet under provisions of the Companies Act, which means it is not possible to publish the report.

The Insolvency Service continuously builds on the experience gained in all its investigations to inform its work.

01/01/2023

Royston Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-06-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP premises in the Southampton local authority area are owned by the NHS Property Services.

George Freeman

The following table shows general practitioner practices based in NHS Property Services sites within the Southampton area.

Site name	Address	Town	County	Postcode	Tenure
Aldermoor Health Centre	Aldermoor Close	Southampton	Hampshire	SO16 5ST	Freehold
Shirley Health Centre	Grove Road	Southampton	Hampshire	SO15 3UA	Freehold
Lordshill Health Centre	Lordshill District Centre	Southampton	Hampshire	SO16 8HY	Freehold
Newtown Health Clinic	24-26 Lyon Street	Southampton	Hampshire	SO14 0LX	Part freehold/Part long leasehold
Royal South Hants Hospital	Graham Road	Southampton	Hampshire	SO14 0YG	Freehold

01/01/2023

Karl McCartney – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl McCartney on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for the UK to leave the EU since 23 June 2016; and what further such steps his Department plans to take in the remainder of 2016.

Mr Nick Hurd

The Department is working closely with all interested stakeholders to ensure their views are properly captured. I am working with colleagues across government to make sure we understand all of the potential risks and opportunities across the economy.

01/01/2023
Rupa Huq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rupa Huq on 2016-10-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to retain access for UK universities to EU research programmes after the UK leaves the EU.

Joseph Johnson

The Government is committed to maintaining and enhancing the strength of the UK’s research base. This is why it has protected the science resource budget in real terms from its 2015/16 level of £4.7 billion for the rest of the Parliament, as well as committing to invest in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale – £6.9 billion over the period 2015-2021.

HM Treasury’s decision to underwrite the grants of competitively bid for EU research funding will give British participants and their EU partners the assurance and certainty needed to plan ahead for projects that can stretch over many years. The Government will ensure that the UK continues to be a world leader in research and innovation.

01/01/2023
Rosie Cooper – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rosie Cooper on 2015-11-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many days Ms Patricia Hart worked on the Review of the NHS Hospitals Complaints Systems in 2013.

Ben Gummer

Professor Patricia Hart worked for 20.3 days on A Review of the NHS Hospitals Complaints System in 2013.

01/01/2023
Lord Laird – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2015-11-26.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they treat universities that receive public funding as private or public institutions.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

In general, universities that receive public grant funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England are private institutions.

However there are instances where the law does consider them to be public authorities. For example, they are listed in Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as public authorities for the purposes of that Act. However, for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998, they are considered to be ‘hybrid’ public authorities, which means that that Act only applies to their public functions, and not their private ones.

01/01/2023