The below Parliamentary question was asked by Owen Smith on 2015-11-03.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Pontypridd of 9 October 2015 on the cumulative effect on working families of his reforms to tax credits and benefits.
Damian Hinds
I have replied to the hon member.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made in achieving seven day services in the NHS which provides the same consultant assessment, diagnostic tests and consultant led interventions for patients seven days a week for (a) 50 per cent of the population by 2018 and (b) 100 per cent of the population by 2020.
Ben Gummer
The Government has set out that hospitals will achieve more seven day services by delivering four priority clinical standards developed by the NHS Services, Seven Days a Week Forum. NHS England will work with the National Health Service and NHS Improvement to support the NHS to meet the four clinical standards and realise the benefits of seven day services for patients.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Hepburn on 2016-01-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker’s allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK who have disputed the sanction of their benefit have had that sanction overturned after reconsideration in each of the past five years.
Priti Patel
The latest available information on Jobseeker’s Allowance sanctions, including the number of Mandatory Reconsiderations and Appeals, is published at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/:
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started—SuperWEB2.html
Please note Mandatory reconsiderations were introduced in 28th October 2013.
Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:
http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2016-01-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the UN stabilization meeting in Haiti in maintaining security in Haiti.
Mr Hugo Swire
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office maintains close links with the UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) through our Embassies in Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo, and our offices at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. MINUSTAH has made a significant contribution to Haiti’s stability and law and order. However the main focus now should be continuing to build the capacity of the justice sectors and Haitian National Police to allow the Haitian government to take responsibility for their own national security.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in her Department.
Nick Gibb
All of the special advisers support the Secretary of State and Ministerial team across the full range of departmental business, reflecting the role description set out in the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468340/code_of_conduct_for_special_advisers_-_15_october_2015_final.pdf
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Tonge on 2016-03-21.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority regarding reported Palestinian General Intelligence Service raids on female students’ houses in Hebron at night.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Officials from our Consulate-General raised this issue with the Palestinian Authority on 23 March.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who had either a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan were excluded from schools in England in each of the last five years.
Edward Timpson
The transition period from statements to Education, Health and Care plans (EHCPs) runs until April 2018. Every local authority has published an individual Local Transition Plan setting out the timings for transfers to the new system. We are monitoring local authority progress and published figures about transition up to January 2015, returned by local authorities, in the Special Educational Needs in England Statistical First Release of May 2015[1]. We will publish the figures up to January 2016 in May 2016.
The Department does not collect information on the number of children who are home educated. Some local authorities choose to maintain registers so that parents can voluntarily register children being educated at home.
The number and proportion of school pupils who had a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an EHCP in each of the last five years is as follows:
|
x |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Pupils with statements or EHCPs |
224,210 |
226,125 |
229,390 |
232,190 |
236,165 |
|
Pupils on roll |
8,123,865 |
8,178,200 |
8,249,810 |
8,331,385 |
8,438,145 |
|
Incidence (%) |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8[2] |
The number of permanent and fixed period exclusions received by pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs in each of the last five years for which data is available is as follows:
|
x |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
|
Fixed period exclusions |
37,140 |
36,740 |
35,640 |
32,210 |
33,190 |
|
Permanent exclusions |
420 |
430 |
380 |
330 |
330[3] |
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2015
[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2016-05-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that training in the diagnosis and treatment of ME forms part of medical students’ training.
Ben Gummer
It is the responsibility of the professional regulators, such as the General Medical Council (GMC), to set the standards and outcomes for education and training and approve training curricula to ensure newly qualified healthcare professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide high quality patient care.
Higher Education Institutions are responsible for ensuring the programmes they provide allow healthcare students to meet the outcomes set out by the regulators upon graduation.
The royal colleges, for example the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Surgeons, also have responsibility for developing curricula for doctors and nurses, in particular postgraduate curricula.
Health Education England works with bodies that set curricula such as the GMC and the royal colleges to seek to ensure training meets the needs of patients.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Judith Cummins on 2016-07-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had their payment of employment and support allowance suspended whilst waiting for a work capability assessment to be completed in Bradford South constituency in each of the last three years.
Penny Mordaunt
Information on Employment and Support Allowance, outcomes of Work Capability Assessments and Mandatory Reconsiderations are published at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/statistics.
Constituency level information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-10-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many civil servants are employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
Mr David Jones
All departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 250 staff plus the expertise of over 120 officials in Brussels, and we are still growing rapidly.
The term ‘secondment’ to refers to an interchange of staff between the Civil Service and an external organisation as such we have not brought any secondees into the Department from elsewhere in the Civil Service. All joiners from other Government departments have been on a loan basis, which refers to an interchange of staff between Civil Service departments or Agencies.