The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2016-07-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to ensure that environmental standards currently enforced by the EU are written into UK law.
Dr Thérèse Coffey
I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given on 21 July 2016 to PQ UIN 43235.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Kyle on 2016-10-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has made to the Prime Minister on the Apprenticeships Adviser role since the current Prime Minister took office.
Robert Halfon
Please refer to the answer given by the Prime Minister to PQ 46313 on 10 October 2016. This is available at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-09-13/46313/
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark on 2015-11-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote walking football.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
We are investing in walking football via Sport England as part of the FA’s new National Game Strategy toget more people playing football. Sport England is currently working closely with the FA to understand the growing market for walking football.In partnership with the FA, the Premier League and Football League Community Foundations are also getting people playing walking football.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to reform the (a) work allowances and (b) taper rate within universal credit during the current Parliament.
Priti Patel
There are no plans to amend the work allowances and taper rates beyond those set out by the Government at the 2015 Autumn Statement.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-01-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to report on the findings of his Department’s consultation on changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Mr Marcus Jones
A consultation and draft regulations proposing amendments to the scheme’s investment framework were published on 25 November 2015. The closing date for responses is 19 February. The Government’s response to the consultation will be published in the normal way.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tristram Hunt on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the supply of newly-qualified mathematics teachers in Stoke-on-Trent.
Nick Gibb
The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to estimate the national requirements for the number of postgraduate Initial Teacher Training places to meet demand, including mathematics.
The 2016/17 version of the TSM, which was used to inform the 2016/17 ITT recruitment process, along with a user guide explaining the methodology in detail, is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mackintosh on 2016-03-15.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) recent steps he has taken and (b) mechanisms he has introduced to increase the efficiency of work between government departments.
Matthew Hancock
Improving efficiency, both across Government and between government departments, is central to the work of the Cabinet Office. By 2014/15 the Government had saved £18.6 billion through efficiency and reform, and tackling fraud, error and uncollected debt (against a 2009/10 baseline). This includes saving:
£6.1bn by improving how government buys goods, and services.
Generating £1.8bn net capital receipts and saving £750 million from reducing the annual running cost of the estate.
£4.6bn by addressing waste and inefficiency in construction and reducing costs in major projects.
£700m through reducing losses from fraud and error.
In autumn 2015 the Spending Review announced a range of additional measures to further improve effect and joint working between departments. These include co-locating Civil Servants though the Government Hubs programme, and introducing shared ICT though Common Technology Services and the Common Platforms Programme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Myners on 2016-04-19.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the new unnamed holding company to be created by the takeover of the London Stock Exchange by Deutsche Bourse will be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Lord O’Neill of Gatley
I refer the noble Lord to my written answers of 26 April (HL7583, HL7584, HL7585, and HL7586)
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Brown on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to findings presented at the 2015 European Cancer Congress on Lutathera, what assessment he has made of the reported benefits of that drug on treating patients with neuroendocrine tumours.
George Freeman
The clinical research findings on Lutathera, presented to the European Cancer Congress, have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been asked to develop technology appraisal guidance on lutetium-177 dotatate for the treatment of unresectable, somatostatin receptor-positive, gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours. NICE’s guidance is based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and is developed through wide consultation with stakeholders.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2016-07-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he and his Department have discussed the position of the bedoon community with the Kuwaiti government.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
We regularly raise the issue of the Bidoon at the highest levels of Kuwait’s Government. Human rights, including the status of the Bidoon, are also discussed bilaterally at the biannual UK-Kuwait Joint Steering Group meetings, the most recent of which was held in London at the end of May.