The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kelly Tolhurst on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Hungarian counterpart on the sale of Hungarian residency bonds through off-shore companies.
Mr David Lidington
The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), has had no discussions with the Hungarian government on this issue.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Johnson on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of efficiency savings made from use of video link technology in criminal cases.
Mr Shailesh Vara
Use of video in criminal cases provides efficiencies which benefit all criminal justice agencies, and support victims and witnesses. In particular video links allow police officers to give evidence to the court from a police station, rather than attending a courthouse, making significant savings in working hours for the police.
The use of video within Police Forces is well established for the giving of evidence. HMCTS is also working with Police Forces to extend the use of video to applications for search warrants and other warrants.
The Government is investing over £700m to modernise the courts and tribunals. This investment will not only mean an extension in the extent of video usage by police, but also an increase in benefits.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2016-05-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Fit For Work scheme have a musculoskeletal condition.
Justin Tomlinson
2,144 people have been referred to Fit for Work with a musculoskeletal condition since the launch of the programme in March 2015.
All statistical information has been provided by either HML or Scottish Government. It has not previously been published and is non-validated.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hodgson of Abinger on 2016-06-27.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will include information on twins and multiple births in any formal updates on progress towards their aim of halving the rates in England of stillbirths, neonatal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030.
Lord Prior of Brampton
In November 2015, the Secretary of State announced a national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030. This ambition applies to both single and multiple pregnancies.
The Department will publish an annual report on the progress towards achieving this aim and will include information on twins and multiple births. The first report will be published later this year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-09-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for replacing or renewing the National Stroke Strategy when it expires in 2017.
David Mowat
The National Stroke Strategy remains valid and implementation of it continues. There are, therefore, no current plans to renew the national stroke strategy. Action is being taken to ensure the progress made on stroke continues. This includes;
– publication of the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Outcomes Strategy in 2013, which includes many stroke specific strategic ambitions;
– a CVD expert forum, hosted by NHS England, to coordinate delivery of the work which was initiated in the CVD Outcomes Strategy; and
– NHS England’s National Clinical Director for stroke working with the Strategic Clinical Networks, Urgent and Emergency Care Networks, clinical commissioning groups, Sustainability and Transformation Plans, voluntary agencies and individual providers to support better commissioning and provision of stroke care.
More generally, the NHS Five Year Forward View recognises that quality of care, including stroke care, can be variable and that patients’ needs are changing and new treatment options are emerging. The Five Year Forward View sets out high level objectives to address these issues.
There has been no formal evaluation of the National Stroke Strategy. However there is a continuous evaluation of the quality of stroke care via the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP). This measures most of the key indicators defined as important in the strategy and findings are available on the SSNAP website:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Miller on 2015-11-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions and convictions have been obtained under sections 60 and 79 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 since that Act came into force.
Andrew Selous
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how agreement was sought on how to amend the investment regulations as recommended in the report by the Law Commission, Fiduciary Duties of Investment Intermediaries, published in June 2014.
Justin Tomlinson
Between February and April 2015, the Government consulted on amending the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations in line with the Law Commission’s recommendations. 47 responses were received, from a variety of organisations. While these responses demonstrated some support for changing the regulations, having considered the range of responses the Government concluded that there was not a compelling case to amend these regulations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Flello on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new entrants there were for religious education initial teacher training courses in each of the last five years.
Nick Gibb
The numbers of new entrants to religious education initial teacher training (ITT) courses in England, and the target levels, for each of the last five years are as shown in Table 1 below.
The numbers of people achieving qualified teacher status (QTS) in religious studies in each of the last five years are as shown in Table 2 below.
Table 1: New entrants to Religious Education ITT courses.
|
Year |
Postgraduate ITT new entrants |
Postgraduate ITT target |
Percentage of the postgraduate target achieved |
Undergraduate ITT new entrants |
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2011/12 |
463 |
446 |
104% |
15 |
|
2012/13 |
471 |
439 |
107% |
12 |
|
2013/14 |
367 |
450 |
82% |
12 |
|
2014/15 |
386 |
537 |
72% |
8 |
|
2015/16 |
411 |
650 |
63% |
14 |
Table 2: Final year religious education trainees obtaining QTS awards.
|
Year |
Postgraduate |
Undergraduate |
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|
Number awarded QTS |
Number not awarded QTS |
Total |
Percentage awarded QTS |
Number awarded QTS |
Number not awarded QTS |
Total |
Percentage awarded QTS |
|
|
2009/10 |
755 |
96 |
851 |
89% |
12 |
2 |
14 |
86% |
|
2010/11 |
762 |
78 |
840 |
91% |
19 |
2 |
21 |
90% |
|
2011/12 |
464 |
71 |
535 |
87% |
17 |
7 |
24 |
71% |
|
2012/13 |
419 |
65 |
484 |
87% |
25 |
5 |
30 |
83% |
|
2013/14 |
321 |
23 |
344 |
93% |
12 |
0 |
12 |
100% |
Further information is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 2016-02-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how many individuals would receive medical or health benefits from eating bread fortified by folic acid.
Lord Prior of Brampton
We have made no such assessment.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 26820, what the job title is of the official in receipt of an allowance for home to work travel.
Karen Bradley
The individual’s job title cannot be revealed without making the individual easily identifiable, in contravention of the Data Protection Act.