The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy McDonald on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Govia Thameslink Railway remedial plan.
Claire Perry
This has been published and is available at:
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Category: Speeches
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Virendra Sharma – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-07-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department employs staff with responsibility for developing best practice on withdrawing bilateral programmes from countries that transition to middle-income status.
Rory Stewart
Transition planning and development of best practice is led by the relevant country office, with support from officials in the UK and across regions. Each transition process has been different depending on circumstance. ICAI is currently undertaking a review of DFID’s approach to transition and their report is due to be published towards the end of 2016.
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Steve McCabe – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44480, what monitoring mechanisms are in place to collect data on the effects of his Department’s devolution policies.
Andrew Percy
The Government believes that local areas are best placed to monitor the effects of devolution policies within their locality. All devolution deals include a commitment to putting in place a monitoring and evaluation plan, which is locally developed and administered with government support and signed off by government.
Combined authorities are also required to have local scrutiny committees, helping to ensure that those best placed to monitor devolution activity are empowered to do so.
It is the government’s view that this is an appropriate and proportionate approach to decentralising power.
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Alison McGovern – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2015-10-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to monitor sustained employment through the Work Based Sector Employment scheme beyond 13 week follow-up enquiries to employers.
Priti Patel
Official statistics record starts to sector-based work academy pre-employment training only. The Department does not collate information on outcomes, nor the number of benefit claimants finding work through a sector-based work academy placement. There are no current plans to do so.
Official statistics are available on GOV.UK at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-contract-april-2012-to-may-2015
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Louise Haigh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts in her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
George Eustice
In financial years 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 this data was not held centrally. Providing an estimate would be at a disproportionate cost. In 2013-14 Defra and its Executive Agencies spent £199,639 and in 2014-15 £103,977 on external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts.
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Maria Eagle – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-12-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what programmes he plans to fund from the Joint Security Fund; and how much each such programme will receive in each year up to 2020.
Michael Fallon
Decisions on programmes to be funded in part or in whole from the Joint Security Fund will be finalised on receipt of the Chancellor’s formal Spending Review settlement for Departments expected shortly.
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Chris Green – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Green on 2016-01-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to NHS’s consultation, Specialised services policy and specifications, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the procedure in use by NHS England to develop commissioning policies for specialised medicines.
George Freeman
NHS England is continuing to refine its standard operating procedure for developing commissioning policies for specialised medicines, taking into account professional and stakeholder feedback. For example, during 2015/16 NHS England introduced a more explicit requirement for external review of the available evidence of clinical and cost effectiveness, and a parallel clinical assurance process to ensure new policies appropriately reflect the available evidence. These evidence reviews are now made available alongside draft policy proposals as part of NHS England’s public consultation process.
NHS England has also commissioned an external review of its current policy development process and will formally consider lessons learned as it refines the process to be adopted in support of the 2016/17 work programme.
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Christopher Chope – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2016 to Question 27033, which governments within the EU support further political integration.
Mr David Lidington
As I said in my response of 23 February 2016 (PQ 27033), there is clearly support in some governments within the European Union for further political integration, but there are other, more sceptical voices too. The recital in paragraph one of section C makes clear that “the United Kingdom, in the light of the specific situation it has under the Treaties, is not committed to further political integration into the European Union”.
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Fabian Hamilton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fabian Hamilton on 2016-03-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for trends in the number of junior doctors electing not to finish their postgraduate training in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
Ben Gummer
The General Medical Council report, “Interactive reports to investigate factors that affect progression of doctors in training”, shows that for 7,423 Foundation Year 2 (F2) doctors who completed foundation training in 2012, the first cohort the General Medical Council began collecting data on:
– 65.8% of these doctors took up a specialty or general practitioner training place immediately after completing foundation training;
– a further 16.6% took up a training place the following year; and
– 92.5% were in further medical training or working as doctors in the United Kingdom within two and a half years of completing F2.
A copy of the report is attached and it can also be found at:
http://www.gmc-uk.org/Briefing_note___Exams_and_recruitment_outcome_reports.pdf_60060997.pdf_60086828.pdf
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Helen Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2016-04-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual costs incurred in clinical negligence legislation due to the failure of the NHS Litigation Authority to (a) properly investigate claims early in the process and (b) offer a realistic settlement at the earliest possible time; and if he will make a statement.
Ben Gummer
The role of the National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHS LA) is to deal efficiently and effectively with clinical negligence cases against the NHS as set out in the framework agreement with the Department.
The NHS LA discharges its functions by:
― paying justified claims promptly and appropriately;
― defending claims without merit;
― undertaking appropriate and proportionate risk management activities with its members with a view to assisting them to minimise their claims and thus improve patient and staff safety; and
― ensuring that the lessons learned from claims and the other activities of the NHS LA are appropriately shared in order to help reduce adverse incidents in the future.
A review of NHS LA by the Department, published in July 2015, concluded that it is a well-led and efficient organisation.