Category: Speeches

Derek Twigg – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Derek Twigg on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS England on increasing the amount of funding available to GP practices.

Alistair Burt

The Department has regular discussions with NHS England on various measures to support general practice, including funding.

NHS England has confirmed that it will increase funding for general practice by an average of 4.5% each year to 2020/21.

01/01/2023

Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-04-27.

To ask the Attorney General, (a) how much funding he has allocated to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the (i) Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and (ii) SFO’s Proceeds of Crime Division in each year since 2009.

Jeremy Wright

The information requested is contained in the following tables.

	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
SFO gross budget	£44.6m	£41.3m	£40.1m	£43.7m	£54m	£59.4m	£62.2m
SFO Proceeds of Crime Division ²	£0.920m	£1.021m	£1.571m	£1.683m	£1.931m	£2.304m	£2.674m

Full time equivalent staff ³	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
SFO	307	305	306	292	305	401⁴	393
SFO Proceeds of Crime Division	13	17	21	20	23.43	32.71	31.43

The figures includes any blockbuster funding received in each year. They exclude capital expenditure, annually managed expenditure.
The Proceeds of Crime figures include the budget for the current year and outturn for the previous years. They do not include £110k funding received from the Department for International Development in the financial years 2014-15 & 2015-16.
This data covers FTE staff in post as at 31^st March each year including fixed term contractors, but not agency staff. Complete records for staff in post in the Proceeds of Crime division before 2011-12 are not held centrally and the figures provided for these years are based on available data.
This is a revised figure which corrects the number previously published in the SFO Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15.

01/01/2023

Caroline Lucas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-06-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects part-time season tickets to be available to all rail passengers.

Claire Perry

Progress is being made on the delivery of more flexible tickets. We are challenging operators to introduce products which give passengers more flexibility. This month c2c launched their flexi-day season on their smartcard. Passengers who commute three times a week to London from Southend can save over £135 a year with the new ticket. Other operators such as Govia Thameslink Railway and Arriva Trains Wales already offer flexible products on selected routes that can provide passengers who work or commute part-time a better deal.

01/01/2023
Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-09-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraphs 5.36 to 5.38 of the Cabinet Manual, what the Government’s policy is on whether the convention that a debate in Parliament should be held before troops are committed in military action applies if troops are deployed in a non-combat role but then subsequently become involved in sustained and proactive combat activities as a result of a change in circumstances or a change in mission.

Michael Fallon

The Government has been clear that before troops are committed, the House of Commons should have an opportunity to debate the matter except when there was an emergency and such action would not be appropriate. We will continue to ensure that Parliament is kept informed of significant major operations and deployments of the Armed Forces. In observing the convention, we must ensure that the ability of our Armed Forces to act quickly and decisively, and to maintain the security of their operations, is not compromised.

01/01/2023
Khalid Mahmood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Khalid Mahmood on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total amount of capital spending per capita by Highways England was in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands Metropolitan County and (c) each region of England from 2009-10 to the most recent financial year for which information is available.

Mr John Hayes

The majority of the capital investment made by Highways England (and the Highways Agency prior to April 2015) is in large schemes that cross city, county and regional boundaries. Data cannot be meaningfully collected on this basis.

However, for the purpose of national transport statistics, spend is apportioned between regions using an established estimation process and is published up to the financial year 2013/14 at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/transport-statistics-great-britain in the series of tables TSGB0717 / RDE0101.

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01/01/2023
Sharon Hodgson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2015 to Question 10790, who (a) the chair and (b) other members of the National Infant Feeding Steering Group are.

Ben Gummer

There is no fixed chair of the group. It rotates between the Department of Health, UNICEF and Public Health England (PHE).

The members of the group are:

Madeleine Percival – Department of Health

Bridget Halnan – Institute of Health Visitors

Dr Helen Duncan – PHE

Kate Thurland – PHE

Alison Burton – PHE

Francesca Entwhistle – National Infant Feeding Network

Sue Ashmore – UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative

Viv Bennett – PHE

Sue Hatton – Health Education England (HEE)

Lisa Bayliss Pratt – HEE

There is also a representative on the group from the Royal College of Midwives.

01/01/2023
Nic Dakin – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of classroom teachers earning £65,000 or more per year are women.

Nick Gibb

The data provided to the Department for Education by schools in the School Workforce Census, November 2014, shows that 72 per cent of classroom teachers earning £65,000 or more were women.

01/01/2023
Tim Loughton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency arrangements her Department has made for the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.

Nick Gibb

I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to question 21952 by my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister on 14 January.

01/01/2023
Lord Wigley – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Wales Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Wigley on 2016-02-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of holding a referendum in June on the UK’s membership of the EU on the elections to the National Assembly for Wales.

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

As the Prime Minister has consistently said, what will determine the timing of the referendum is the outcome of the negotiation. The only deadline we have set is to hold the referendum by the end of 2017. The Government has made no decisions on the date, except to specifically rule out holding it on 5 May 2016 or 4 May 2017.

As the Foreign Secretary has said – ultimately, the decision will be made by the House, as the date will be decided by a statutory instrument brought before it.

01/01/2023
Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield on 2016-02-29.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many extended ministerial offices have been established, and in which departments; which staff have been recruited to them; and which of those were drawn from outside the civil service.

Lord Bridges of Headley

Extended Ministerial Offices have been established (or are being established) in the Cabinet Office, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Education, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Scotland Office.

The government regularly publishes information on the job titles and pay grades of senior civil servants along with the numbers of staff they manage and the budgets they are responsible for. A similar approach will apply to staff in extended ministerial offices.

01/01/2023