Category: Speeches

  • Lord Naseby – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Lord Naseby – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Naseby on 2016-01-28.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each year in which a grant was provided to the group Action on Smoking and Health, how much (1) was spent against the original grant, (2) constituted underspend, and (3) was returned to the Department of Health.

    Lord Prior of Brampton

    The conditions applicable to grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) are set out in the grant award letters. The Department has made clear that none of this funding is to be used for lobbying purposes.

    The Section 64 grant must be spent in delivering the the agreed project outputs set out in the grant award letter and it does not fund secretariat support for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health.

    ASH’s compliance with the conditions of the grant is assessed at the grant monitoring meetings held between the Deputy Director of tobacco control and representatives from ASH as well as in the final full year grant monitoring and governance reports.

    The Department is required to retain information relating to Section 64 grants for six years. The full amount of the grant was spent for each year that a grant was provided to ASH in the past six years.

  • Michael Dugher – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Michael Dugher – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Dugher on 2016-02-23.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the level of installed capacity was for (a) wind and (b) solar energy in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last 10 years.

    Andrea Leadsom

    The level of installed capacity for wind and solar PV in Yorkshire and the Humber, for the ten years to 2014, is given in the attached table. Data for 2015 will be available on 29 September, 2016.

  • Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-03-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date his Department met Professor Walton to discuss the findings of his interim report on the insolvency litigation landscape, published on 10 December 2015.

    Dominic Raab

    Ministry of Justice officials met Professor Walton and others on 12 October last year to discuss his report, but the Ministry of Justice did not agree with his conclusions. Our changes to no win no fee deals have tackled the increasing costs of litigation. We delayed bringing the law in for insolvency proceedings to allow the industry time to prepare. The no win no fee reforms in Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 will come into force for insolvency proceedings on 6 April this year.

  • Lord Alton of Liverpool – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Lord Alton of Liverpool – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool on 2016-04-27.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the attacks on 26 April on the Christian neighbourhood of Sulaymaniyah in Aleppo, and of reports that at least eight children were among those killed.

    Baroness Anelay of St Johns

    We are aware of reports of attacks on the Sulaymaniyah neighbourhood in Aleppo, and of reports that at least eight children were among those killed. We are deeply concerned about the increasing numbers of violations of the Cessation of Hostilities, especially around Aleppo. In the overwhelming majority of cases, it is the Asad regime that is responsible for the breaches, including when it has bombed schools, marketplaces, hospitals and a search and rescue centre in the last week. As the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), said in a press statement on 28 April, we call on those with influence to apply real pressure to end this spiral of violence. The UK will continue to support the Syrian people to secure their future, free from Asad, and push for progress with our international partners.

  • Gordon Marsden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Gordon Marsden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2016-06-06.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the expected Resource Accounting and Budgeting charge is for student loans paid out to EU students studying in England.

    Joseph Johnson

    The Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge, which represents the value of the part of the loan that is not expected to be repaid, is not calculated separately by the nationality of the students. We estimate that the RAB charge for full time tuition fee and maintenance loans is between 20% and 25%.

    My Department publishes an updated estimate of the RAB charge each year, close to the time of the publication of BIS accounts. The most recent estimate of the RAB charge was published on 18 February 2016. The estimate, together with a simplified version of the model for calculating the RAB charge can be found here:

    http://tinyurl.com/stepmodel

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  • David Burrowes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    David Burrowes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2016-09-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will remove the local housing allowance cap for people living in supported housing; and if he will make a statement.

    Caroline Nokes

    The Secretary of State has confirmed that the Government expects to make an announcement on the way forward for supported housing in early autumn.

  • Jamie Reed – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Jamie Reed – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2016-10-17.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet the hon. Member for Copeland to discuss the effect of the exit payment cap on nuclear workers in Copeland constituency.

    Mr David Gauke

    The government announced in May 2015 that it intends to take forward its manifesto commitment to end six-figure exit payments for public sector workers. The Enterprise Act, which contains provisions for the £95,000 public sector exit payment cap, received Royal Assent on 4 May 2016.

    Public sector exit payments cost around £2 billion a year and it is important that they are fair, proportionate and provide value for money to the taxpayer that funds them. The proposed cap, amounting to 3.5 times the average public sector salary, will still offer a significant level of compensation and support to an employee, and will apply to only a small percentage of public sector exits. The exit payment cap will apply to organisations classified as within the public sector by the Office for National Statistics, with a small number of exceptions.

    I am aware that the hon. Member for Copeland is discussing the effect of the cap on nuclear workers in his constituency with my noble friend the Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). That is the appropriate route for these discussions as BEIS is the department responsible for the nuclear industry.

  • Gavin Newlands – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Gavin Newlands – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-11-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 11080, on deportation: appeals, in how many of the 426 cases which were appealed were those appeals dismissed by the relevant tribunal.

    James Brokenshire

    Of the 426 cases referred to in answer of 14 October to Question 11080:

    – none were certification withdrawn

    – 359 have been certified under Regulation 24AA

    – all data provided relates to the First Tier Tribunal only

    – 25 are listed as abandoned or withdrawn by the appellant

    – 89 were dismissed by the relevant tribunal

    The Home Office does not disclose country specific information as its disclosure could prejudice relations between the UK and foreign governments.

    Notes : (1) All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.

    (2) Data Extracted on 28th September, 2015 in line with response to Question 11080

  • Nicholas Soames – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Nicholas Soames – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the location in the UK is of each army regiment.

    Mark Lancaster

    The UK locations of the major British Army units, as at 26 November 2015, are given below. In line with standard practice, information on Special Forces is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security.

    Major Unit

    Town

    Household Cavalry Regiment

    Windsor

    Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

    London

    1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

    Tidworth

    3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

    Harlow Hill

    7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

    Colchester

    1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards

    Swanton Morley

    The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers And Greys)

    Leuchars

    The Royal Dragoon Guards

    Catterick

    The Royal Lancers

    Catterick

    The King’s Royal Hussars

    Tidworth

    The Light Dragoons

    Catterick

    The Royal Tank Regiment

    Tidworth

    4th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Topcliffe

    5th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Catterick

    12th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Thorney Island

    14th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Larkhill

    16th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Emsworth

    19th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Tidworth

    29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery

    Plymouth

    32nd Regiment Royal Artillery

    Larkhill

    47th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Larkhill

    21 Engineer Regiment

    Ripon

    22 Engineer Regiment

    Perham Down

    23 Parachute Engineer Regiment

    Woodbridge

    24 Commando Engineer Regiment

    Chivenor

    26 Engineer Regiment

    Perham Down

    32 Engineer Regiment

    Catterick

    33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)

    Wimbish

    36 Engineer Regiment

    Maidstone

    39 Engineer Regiment

    Kinloss

    42 Engineer Regiment (Geographical)

    Huntingdon

    101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)

    Wimbish

    62 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    63 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    64 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    66 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    20 Works Group Royal Engineers (Air Support)

    Peterborough

    1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment

    Chatham

    3 Roay School of Military Engineering Regiment

    Minley

    1st Signal Regiment

    Stafford

    2nd Signal Regiment

    York

    3rd Signal Regiment

    Bulford

    10th Signal Regiment

    Corsham

    11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment

    Blandford

    14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)

    Brawdy

    15th Signal Regiment (Information Support)

    Blandford

    16th Signal Regiment

    Stafford

    21st Signal Regiment

    Colerne

    22nd Signal Regiment

    Stafford

    30th Signal Regiment

    Bramcote

    1st Battalion Grenadier Guards

    Aldershot

    1st Battalion Coldstream Guards

    Windsor

    1st Battalion Scots Guards

    Aldershot

    1st Battallion Irish Guards

    London

    1st Battalion Welsh Guards

    Pirbright

    The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Holywood

    The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Edinburgh

    The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Inverness

    The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Catterick

    1st Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment

    Catterick

    2nd Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment

    Preston

    1st Battalion The Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers

    Tidworth

    1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

    London

    2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

    Cottesmore

    1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment

    Warminster

    2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment

    Catterick

    1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment

    Bulford

    2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Foresters, and Staffords)

    Chester

    1st Battalion The Royal Welsh

    Tidworth

    1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment

    Tern Hill

    2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment

    Colchester

    3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment

    Colchester

    2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles

    Shorncliffe

    1st Battalion The Rifles

    Beachley

    2nd Battalion The Rifles

    Lisburn

    3rd Battalion The Rifles

    Edinburgh

    4th Battalion The Rifles

    Bulford

    1 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Yeovilton

    2 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps

    Middle Wallop

    3 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Wattisham

    4 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Wattisham

    5 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Aldergrove

    7 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps

    Middle Wallop

    9 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Dishforth

    3 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Abingdon

    4 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Abingdon

    7 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Cottesmore

    9 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Hullavington

    10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment

    Aldershot

    11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Didcot

    13 (Air Assault) Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Colchester

    17 Port And Maritime Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Marchwood

    27 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Aldershot

    29 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    South Cerney

    Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion

    Innsworth

    5 Training Regiment the Royal Logistic Corps

    Grantham

    25 Training Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Deepcut

    2 Medical Regiment

    North Luffenham

    3 Medical Regiment

    Preston

    4 Armoured Medical Regiment

    Aldershot

    5 Armoured Medical Regiment

    Catterick

    16 Medical Regiment

    Colchester

    22 Field Hospital

    Aldershot

    33 Field Hospital

    Gosport

    34 Field Hospital

    Strensall

    1 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Catterick

    2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Leuchars

    4 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Tidworth

    6 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Tidworth

    7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Wattisham

    5 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Tidworth

    1st Regiment Royal Military Police

    Catterick

    3rd Regiment Royal Military Police

    Bulford

    4th Regiment Royal Military Police

    Aldershot

    Special Investigation Branch Regiment Royal Military Police

    Bulford

    Specialist Operations Regiment Royal Military Police

    Southwick Park

    Military Provost Staff Regiment

    Colchester

    1st Military Working Dog Regiment

    North Luffenham

    1 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Catterick

    2 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Upavon

    4 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Bulford

    Specialist Group Military Intelligence

    Hermitage

    15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operation Group

    Hermitage

    The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)

    Monmouth

    The Honourable Artillery Company

    London

    The Royal Yeomanry

    London

    The Royal Wessex Yeomanry

    Bovington

    The Queen’s Own Yeomanry

    Newcastle Upon Tyne

    The Scottish And North Irish Yeomanry

    Edinburgh

    101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery

    Gateshead

    103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery

    St Helens

    104th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Newport

    105th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Edinburgh

    106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery

    Grove Park

    71 Engineer Regiment

    Leuchars

    75 Engineer Regiment

    Warrington

    65 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    32nd (Scottish) Signal Regiment

    Glasgow

    37th Signal Regiment

    Redditch

    39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment

    Bristol

    71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment

    London

    52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Glasgow

    51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Perth

    3rd Battalion The Princess Of Wales’s Royal Regiment

    Canterbury

    4th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

    Preston

    5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

    Newcastle Upon Tyne

    3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

    Bury St Edmunds

    4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment

    York

    4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Forsters, and Staffords)

    Wolverhampton

    3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh

    Cardiff

    2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment)

    Lisburn

    4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment

    Pudsey

    The London Regiment

    London

    6th Battalion The Rifles

    Exeter

    7th Battalion The Rifles

    Reading

    1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit

    London

    1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit

    Birmingham

    6 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Bury St Edmunds

    150 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Hull

    151 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Croydon

    152 (North Irish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Holywood

    156 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Liverpool

    158 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Peterborough

    154 (Scottish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Dunfermline

    157 (Welsh) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Cardiff

    162 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Grantham

    165 Port And Maritime The Regiment Royal Logistic Corps

    Plymouth

    159 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Coventry

    167 Catering Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Grantham

    2 Operational Support Group The Royal Logistic Corps

    Grantham

    201 (Northern) Field Hospital

    Newcastle Upon Tyne

    202 (Midlands) Field Hospital

    Birmingham

    203 (Welsh) Field Hospital

    Cardiff

    204 (North Irish) Field Hospital

    Belfast

    205 (Scottish) Field Hospital

    Govan

    207 (Manchester) Field Hospital

    Manchester

    208 (Liverpool) Field Hospital

    Liverpool

    212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital

    Sheffield

    225 (Scottish) Medical Regiment

    Dundee

    243 (The Wessex) Field Hospital

    Bristol

    253 (North Irish) Medical Regiment

    Belfast

    254 (East of England) Medical Regiment

    Cambridge

    256 (City of London) Field Hospital

    Walworth

    306 Hospital Support Medical Regiment

    Strensall

    335 Medical Evacuation Regiment

    Strensall

    Operational Headquarters Support Group

    Strensall

    101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Wrexham

    102 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Newton Aycliffe

    103 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Crawley

    104 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Northampton

    105 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Bristol

    106 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    East Kilbride

    3 Military Intelligence Battalion

    London

    5 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Coulby Newham

    6 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Rusholme

    7 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Bristol
  • Rosie Cooper – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Rosie Cooper – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rosie Cooper on 2016-01-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will reconsider the decision that West Lancashire Borough Council be allowed the special levy contribution towards the operation of an Internal Drainage Board to take account of the recent flooding in West Lancashire.

    James Wharton

    The decision on whether to support the creation of an Internal Drainage Board is a local matter. We welcome the establishment of new Internal Drainage Boards where these are proposed and supported by the local community.

    These are funded through drainage rates paid directly by agricultural landowners and special levies issued on district and unitary authorities. Local authorities take account of the need to pay levies as part of their annual budget setting process.