Category: Speeches

Louise Haigh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which bodies he met for his Department’s investigation into tips, gratuities, covers and service charges; and on how many occasions and when such meetings with such bodies took place.

Nick Boles

My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills launched the Call for Evidence into tips, gratuities, cover and service charges on 30 August 2016. This closed on 10 November 2016. The Government received a total of 183 responses from a range of sources during the investigation. In addition to this, officials of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have met with the British Hospitality Association, UnitetheUnion and the Association of Licenced Multiple Retailers during the call for evidence period.

Departments publish details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations. BIS transparency data is published online at www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012.

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01/01/2023

Lord Touhig – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the regular army annual recruitment target for each year from 2015–16 to 2020–21.

Earl Howe

The Army’s annual recruitment targets for regulars for each year from 2015 to 2021 are as follows:

Type	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
Officers	738	740	733	723	720	719
Other Ranks	9,561	10,427	10,370	10,316	10,241	10,242
Total	10,299	11,167	11,103	11,039	10,961	10,961

*These figures do not include the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.

01/01/2023

Lord Black of Brentwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Black of Brentwood on 2016-07-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prosecutions there have been in the last five years for cruelty to animals arising from the death of a domestic animal being locked in a car or other motor vehicle.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

The Government does not keep records of numbers of animals that die as a result of being locked in cars. Records of prosecutions related to animals dying in vehicles would fall under the general offence of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal which do not provide details of individual cases.

01/01/2023
Margaret Ritchie – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ritchie on 2016-10-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to take to retain the network of electoral offices in Northern Ireland.

Kris Hopkins

A consultation paper on the future delivery of electoral services in Northern Ireland has now been published. The paper discusses a range of issues relating to the delivery of electoral services in Northern Ireland, including the provision of local services following the introduction of digital registration. I look forward to receiving the views of all those with an interest in this important issue.

The consultation paper is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications.

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01/01/2023
Nicholas Soames – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-10-30.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the earnings from UK overseas assets were in each of the last 30 years.

Greg Hands

Earnings from UK overseas assets are below.

Year Earnings From Overseas Assets
(£bn)
1985 50.1
1986 45.5
1987 46.4
1988 54.6
1989 71.7
1990 76.5
1991 73.9
1992 65.4
1993 71.2
1994 72.9
1995 85.8
1996 90.1
1997 96.2
1998 105.9
1999 103.4
2000 134.5
2001 139.9
2002 124.2
2003 124.9
2004 140.9
2005 193.0
2006 249.3
2007 307.9
2008 287.9
2009 175.1
2010 174.0
2011 200.0
2012 170.4
2013 148.5
2014 141.1

Further information can be found in the ONS UK Balance of Payments.

01/01/2023
Maria Eagle – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31 of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs likely to be sustained by the Apache helicopter upgrade.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Apache Capability Sustainment Programme is currently in the Assessment Phase and the investment decision is anticipated in summer 2016 to enable orderly upgrade of our existing fleet as they reach their out-of-service date.

01/01/2023
Liz Kendall – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the highest salary is of a (a) woman and (b) man in the Government Equalities Office.

Caroline Dinenage

The highest salary for a woman in the Government Equalities Office (GEO) is between £90,000 and £94,999.

The highest salary for a man in GEO is between £75,000 and £79,999.

01/01/2023
Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-01-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statistics his Department collects on the body mass index of patients admitted as in-patients or out-patients at hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

Jane Ellison

The information requested is not collected centrally. The Health and Social Care Information Centre does not collect body mass index details as part of the accident and emergency or Hospital Episode Statistics datasets.

01/01/2023
Lilian Greenwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-02-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost to Network Rail was of acquiring the ownership of freight sites under Project Mountfield; and what overall revenue received by Network Rail from those sites in 2014-15.

Claire Perry

This was a commercial matter for Network Rail. I understand that the total cost to Network Rail of acquiring the ownership of freight sites under Project Mountfield was £220 million.

The overall revenue figure for 2014/15 was £5.2 million which represents a 5 month period – November to March – given the transfer of sites occurred in October 2014.

Network Rail is forecasting this to grow to £16 million per annum by 2017 alongside realising significant operational efficiencies.

01/01/2023
Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-03-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which road projects his Department plans to finance from the (a) £49 million previously announced to repair roads following Storms Desmond and Eva and (b) £130 million set out in paragraph 1.239 of the Budget 2016; and how much he plans to allocate to each such project.

Andrew Jones

The Department for Transport is allocating £180 million to help assist local highway authorities affected by the storms this winter season. This includes a further £130 million as announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Budget 2016.

It will be for each local highway authority to decide on how this funding will be spent in in Cumbria, Lancashire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Greater Manchester and Durham in repairing damaged local highway infrastructure.

01/01/2023