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Jim Fitzpatrick – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Fitzpatrick on 2016-09-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what type of support his Department plans to provide for initiatives mentioned as best practice in the Childhood Obesity Plan in its roll-out in England.

Nicola Blackwood

We will measure progress annually through the National Child Measurement Programme and Health Survey for England. We are confident that the measures we have announced will make a real difference and estimate could reduce childhood obesity rates by about a fifth (330,000) over the next 10 years and the assessment of reformulation progress by food manufacturers will be undertaken independently by Public Health England. Moreover, if we do not see the desired progress then the Government does not rule out taking further measures.

We will continue to work with the National Health Service, local authorities and other partners to deliver the proposals in our plan. For example, we are doubling the Primary PE and Sport Premium to £320 million from September 2017 and we will continue to fund a number of areas to support the plan’s ambitions including healthy start vouchers which gives healthy food support to the families that need it most. Alongside this, local authorities will receive over £16 billion to spend on public health over the next five years. We are confident they will want to prioritise action to tackle obesity according to local need.

January 1, 2023

Kirsty Blackman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsty Blackman on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 4 November 2015 to Question 14206, for what reason his Department’s quarterly report of transparency information from October to December 2014 was not ready for publication until 15 October 2015.

David Mundell

The Government publishes an unprecedented range of Transparency data. This is a significant task across all Departments, and Information is published as quickly as is possible.

January 1, 2023

Richard Arkless – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Arkless on 2015-12-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought to court under the provisions of the Human Rights Act in each year since 2005.

Dominic Raab

Prosecutions are not brought under the provisions of the Human Rights Act. A person may bring a civil claim under the Act or rely on Convention rights in any legal proceedings.

January 1, 2023

Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Thames Barrier has been used in each of the last 30 years.

Rory Stewart

The following table shows the number of Thames Barrier closures in each flood season since its opening in 1982. A “flood season” is defined as the time period from September to April.

Year	Combined Tidal/Fluvial	Tidal	Grand Total
1982 – 1983	0	1	1
1983 – 1984	0	0	0
1984 – 1985	0	0	0
1985 – 1986	1	0	1
1986 – 1987	0	1	1
1987 – 1988	0	0	0
1988 – 1989	0	1	1
1989 – 1990	3	1	4
1990 – 1991	0	2	2
1991 – 1992	0	0	0
1992 – 1993	0	4	4
1993 – 1994	4	3	7
1994 – 1995	2	2	4
1995 – 1996	0	4	4
1996 – 1997	0	1	1
1997 – 1998	0	1	1
1998 – 1999	0	2	2
1999 – 2000	3	3	6
2000 – 2001	8	16	24
2001 – 2002	1	3	4
2002 – 2003	12	8	20
2003 – 2004	0	1	1
2004 – 2005	0	4	4
2005 – 2006	0	3	3
2006 – 2007	0	8	8
2007 – 2008	0	6	6
2008 – 2009	4	1	5
2009 – 2010	3	2	5
2010 – 2011	0	0	0
2011 – 2012	0	0	0
2012 – 2013	5	0	5
2013 – 2014	41	9	50
2014 – 2015	0	1	1
Grand Total	87	88	175

January 1, 2023

Lord Taylor of Warwick – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Taylor of Warwick on 2016-02-09.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to support small and medium-sized enterprises in the light of the number of cyber attacks against them in 2015.

Baroness Shields

The Government’s National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) aims to tackle cyber crime and make the UK the safest place in the world to do business in the world. This includes the Cyber Essentials Scheme to protect businesses against common cyber threats and the cyber streetwise campaign which offers simple cyber security advice to small businesses and consumers. In addition to the £860 million investment under the NCSP between 2011-2016, in November 2015 the Chancellor announced a new five year £1.9 billion investment in cyber security to make the UK one of the best protected countries in cyber space.

January 1, 2023

Tom Elliott – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Elliott on 2016-03-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Scottish Government on the potential for a further independence referendum in the event of the UK leaving the EU.

David Mundell

I have had no discussions with the Scottish Government on this subject and do not expect to do so. A clear majority of voters in Scotland voted No in the independence referendum in 2014. That referendum was widely accepted to be a ‘once in a generation’ or ‘once in a lifetime’ event.

At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government’s position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.

January 1, 2023

Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) merchant ships, (b) fishing vessels, (c) Port State Control and (d) other vessel surveys were conducted by Maritime and Coastguard Agency surveyors based at the Marine Office in (i) Brixham, (ii) Leith, (iii) Newlyn, (iv) Tyne, (v) Plymouth, (vi) Beverley, (vii) Orpington, (viii) Harwich and (ix) Norwich in each year since 2009-10.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The table below shows the number of vessel surveys and inspections undertaken by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year since

2009-10:

i)

Brixham*

ii)	Leith
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	43	44	54	48	42	25	11
Fishing Vessels	22	12	8	5	1	3	–
PSC	30	35	41	29	21	26	14
Other	31	41	63	57	46	23	5

iii)

Newlyn*

iv)	Tyne
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	181	173	173	141	163	164	104
Fishing Vessels	60	125	114	94	87	91	98
PSC	68	204	127	146	154	144	102
Other	26	20	45	37	53	46	40

v)	Plymouth*
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	243	215	223	217	205	195	148
Fishing Vessels	318	462	421	265	176	105	157
PSC	31	35	15	11	16	12	9
Other	89	112	75	60	42	40	53

vi)	Beverley/Hull
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	221	170	141	127	126	120	108
Fishing Vessels	135	171	126	182	139	141	130
PSC	227	237	254	211	299	230	146
Other	127	119	118	105	102	90	75

vii)	Orpington
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	567	504	551	628	555	564	529
Fishing Vessels	–	–	2	5	6	1	–
PSC	206	202	172	170	149	79	63
Other	86	76	56	62	52	50	35

viii)	Harwich
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	101	118	86	82	79	86	80
Fishing Vessels	52	90	39	–	5	–	2
PSC	98	111	126	79	59	78	52
Other	42	29	21	16	6	15	16

ix)	Norwich**
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	–	–	–	–	76	96	93
Fishing Vessels	–	–	–	–	22	88	96
PSC	–	–	–	–	40	36	20
Other	–	–	–	–	98	141	122

ix)	Great Yarmouth**
Surveys:	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16
Merchant Ships	99	95	111	97	14	–	–
Fishing Vessels	59	81	77	68	22	–	–
PSC	74	56	60	58	41	–	–
Other	105	115	99	126	31	–	–

* Newlyn and Brixham were sub-offices of Plymouth Marine Office; all work related to vessels was coordinated through Plymouth.

** Work coordinated from the Marine Office located at Great Yarmouth office moved to Norwich Marine Office on 16 May 2013.

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January 1, 2023

Nic Dakin – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2016-05-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of enlisted soldiers attain (a) Level 1 and (b) Level 2 literacy and numeracy skills by the end of their third year of service.

Penny Mordaunt

The Army has traditionally linked the recording and attainment of english and maths qualifications to the point at which an individual is ready for promotion to Corporal or Senior Non Commissioned Officer ranks, rather than as a factor of time. The growth in numbers of personnel joining the Army and pursuing an apprenticeship has changed this approach and simplified the measurement of attainment by time.

Between 1 August 2012 and 31 July 2015 1,028 soldiers gained both Level 1 functional skills (FS) english and maths qualifications; and a further 722 soldiers gained the comparable qualifications at Level 2. This represents 11.8% of those enlisting (14,816) during the same period. This does not include those who gained just a functional skill in english or a functional skill in maths qualification, nor those who already held english and maths qualification on enlistment.

In total 23,699 FS (english and maths) qualifications at Level 1 and 2 were gained by Regular soldiers through apprenticeship and AEC provision in 2014-15. Of these 41% were at Level 1 and 59% at Level 2.

January 1, 2023

Lord Storey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-06-27.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many clinical negligence legal cases there have been in the last five years; and how many of those were settled by way of a payment for damages within six months of the trial date.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHS LA) has provided the following data.

In the five financial years 2010/11 to 2014/15, the NHS received a total of 51,369 new clinical negligence claims. Many of these were resolved without the commencement of legal proceedings.

This figure relates to England only and does not include claims dealt with by insurers or Medical Defence Organisations, which between them handle the vast majority of claims involving private treatment and general practitioners.

Data on the payment of damages within six months of a trial date is not held.

January 1, 2023

Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-09-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had discussions with NICE on the Afinitor form of everolimus.

Nicola Blackwood

Departmental officials are in regular contact with their counterparts at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) about a range of issues, including individual medicines. This includes discussions on everolimus through the established topic selection processes for NICE’s technology appraisal programme and in relation to potential patient access schemes proposed by the manufacturer.

NICE has appraised everolimus for a number of indications and is currently appraising it for others.

January 1, 2023

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