The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-02-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the NHS England plans to publish its consultation on the future of mental health support for veterans of the armed forces, referred to in the NHS England Mental Health Taskforce.
Alistair Burt
NHS England published its consultation on Developing the mental health services for veterans in England on 25 January 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne Main on 2016-03-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 to require nationals from other EU member states exercising their free movement right to register.
James Brokenshire
There are currently no plans to amend the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations to introduce a mandatory registration system for EU nationals.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Crispin Blunt on 2016-04-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made since the publication of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 on the Trident renewal programme in November 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Philip Dunne
Further to the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, we are investing an additional £642 million in the design of the Successor submarine and ordering additional long-lead items, including for the fourth submarine. Negotiations with industry remain on-going on options for the subsequent investment stages and their scope, time and cost. The 2016 Annual Update to Parliament, which sets out progress on the Successor submarine programme, is planned for later this year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Gardiner on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the National Emissions Target Board met to discuss setting the fifth carbon budget; and who attended those meetings of that board.
Andrea Leadsom
Some of the governance arrangements related to carbon budgets were amended last year. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster now chairs an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on Clean Growth, which considers issues relating to air quality and decarbonisation, where these have a cross-departmental aspect. The group meets as and when required. Its members include ministers and officials from the relevant departments, including Defra, DECC, DfT, DCLG and BIS.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2016-07-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that the UK continues to have access to EU security agreements and policing protocols used to combat terrorism following withdrawal from the EU.
Mr Ben Wallace
The Government continues to work closely with European partners, as with other international allies, to combat the threat from terrorist groups. That includes strong bilateral cooperation and the continued use of a range of EU tools that contribute to keeping our citizens safe. Following the referendum, the UK retains its rights and obligations as a full member of the EU, up to the point at which we exit.
The Government is clear that effective cooperation with EU Member States on security and policing in order to combat terrorism will continue to be a UK priority, and key partners have confirmed their commitment to continue to work closely in an area where the UK has played a key role in advancing European capability.
As part of the exit negotiations, we will need to consider the full range of options to ensure effective cooperation after the UK leaves the EU. This will include taking into account the evolving nature of the terrorist threat we face.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gethins on 2016-10-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to make available research funding at the same level as currently received after the UK leaves the EU.
Joseph Johnson
The Government is committed to maintain and enhance the strength of our research base. This is why we have protected the science resource budget in real terms from its 2015/16 level of £4.7 billion for the rest of the parliament, as well as committing to invest in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale – £6.9 billion over the period 2015-2021.
The Treasury decision to underwrite the grants of competitively bid for EU research funding will give British participants and their EU partners the assurance and certainty needed to plan ahead for projects that can run over many years. We will ensure that the UK continues to be a world leader in international research and innovation.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many hours on average each prisoner spent per week (1) in a cell, and (2) on purposeful activity, in (a) each prison, (b) each category of prison, and (c) the entire prison estate, in each year since 2010.
Lord Faulks
Time unlocked and purposeful activity were two of the National Offender Management Service’s performance indicators for prisons until 2011/2012. These indicators were discontinued from the start of 2012/13. However, the figures requested are provided for 2010/11 and 2011/12 in the tables below.
Tables 1 and 2 cover time spent in cell. Average time in cell is measured per weekday and this information is provided by individual prison establishment, by prison category and across the prison estate. The figures for time in cell are derived from information collected on the average hours per weekday that prisoners are unlocked and using these to estimate hours spent locked in cell. It should be noted that time in cell includes time when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.
Tables 3 and 4 show the reported average hours of purposeful activity per prisoner per week at establishment level, for each category of prison and across the prison estate
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Table 1: Time in Cell by Prison Establishment: Average Hours per Prisoner per Week Day
|
Establishment Name |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
|
Acklington |
15.5 |
– |
|
Albany |
– |
– |
|
Altcourse |
11.1 |
12.6 |
|
Ashfield |
14.0 |
14.1 |
|
Ashwell |
14.5 |
– |
|
Askham Grange |
8.0 |
8.0 |
|
Aylesbury |
16.8 |
16.6 |
|
Bedford |
14.3 |
14.4 |
|
Belmarsh |
15.9 |
24.0 |
|
Birmingham |
16.2 |
16.1 |
|
Blantyre House |
6.0 |
6.0 |
|
Blundeston |
14.0 |
12.4 |
|
Brinsford |
14.1 |
24.0 |
|
Bristol |
15.1 |
15.7 |
|
Brixton |
17.4 |
17.4 |
|
Bronzefield |
14.1 |
14.1 |
|
Buckley Hall |
15.2 |
15.4 |
|
Bullingdon |
16.1 |
15.6 |
|
Bullwood Hall |
10.3 |
10.1 |
|
Camp Hill |
– |
– |
|
Canterbury |
13.7 |
13.3 |
|
Cardiff |
15.9 |
16.7 |
|
Castington |
16.6 |
– |
|
Channings Wood |
15.3 |
15.4 |
|
Chelmsford |
14.7 |
14.4 |
|
Coldingley |
14.4 |
14.6 |
|
Cookham Wood |
15.2 |
14.3 |
|
Dartmoor |
13.6 |
13.4 |
|
Deerbolt |
17.5 |
17.2 |
|
Doncaster |
13.4 |
11.6 |
|
Dorchester |
18.2 |
18.5 |
|
Dovegate |
14.8 |
14.3 |
|
Dover |
11.4 |
11.4 |
|
Downview |
13.8 |
14.2 |
|
Drake Hall |
5.3 |
6.5 |
|
Durham |
16.1 |
16.2 |
|
East Sutton Park |
7.0 |
7.0 |
|
Eastwood Park |
13.1 |
15.0 |
|
Edmunds Hill |
10.2 |
– |
|
Elmley |
– |
– |
|
Erlestoke |
14.3 |
14.4 |
|
Everthorpe |
16.7 |
16.7 |
|
Exeter |
16.2 |
15.9 |
|
Featherstone |
13.1 |
14.5 |
|
Feltham |
16.3 |
17.1 |
|
Ford |
11.5 |
11.5 |
|
Forest Bank |
13.7 |
13.7 |
|
Foston Hall |
12.5 |
14.5 |
|
Frankland |
15.1 |
14.9 |
|
Full Sutton |
15.1 |
15.0 |
|
Garth |
15.1 |
15.3 |
|
Gartree |
15.2 |
15.5 |
|
Glen Parva |
16.4 |
17.0 |
|
Gloucester |
15.6 |
16.1 |
|
Grendon |
10.3 |
10.3 |
|
Guys Marsh |
13.6 |
13.7 |
|
Haslar |
12.0 |
12.0 |
|
Haverigg |
9.2 |
9.7 |
|
Hewell |
13.3 |
13.0 |
|
High Down |
16.2 |
16.5 |
|
Highpoint |
14.5 |
13.3 |
|
Hindley |
13.9 |
13.7 |
|
Hollesley Bay |
8.0 |
8.0 |
|
Holloway |
15.0 |
15.0 |
|
Holme House |
16.1 |
15.4 |
|
Hull |
16.0 |
16.1 |
|
Huntercombe |
13.5 |
14.1 |
|
Isis |
– |
17.4 |
|
Isle of Wight |
14.8 |
14.5 |
|
Kennet |
13.8 |
13.7 |
|
Kingston |
14.0 |
14.3 |
|
Kirkham |
9.2 |
9.2 |
|
Kirklevington |
5.0 |
5.0 |
|
Lancaster |
14.9 |
– |
|
Lancaster Farms |
16.3 |
16.4 |
|
Latchmere House |
0.0 |
1.9 |
|
Leeds |
16.2 |
13.8 |
|
Leicester |
16.5 |
16.1 |
|
Lewes |
15.3 |
15.0 |
|
Leyhill |
8.0 |
8.0 |
|
Lincoln |
17.0 |
16.2 |
|
Lindholme |
15.7 |
15.9 |
|
Littlehey |
16.3 |
15.1 |
|
Liverpool |
15.7 |
15.8 |
|
Long Lartin |
14.7 |
15.7 |
|
Low Newton |
13.4 |
13.5 |
|
Lowdham Grange |
13.2 |
12.9 |
|
Maidstone |
15.2 |
15.0 |
|
Manchester |
13.8 |
13.4 |
|
Moorland |
12.7 |
11.8 |
|
Morton Hall |
10.4 |
24.0 |
|
Mount |
13.1 |
13.0 |
|
New Hall |
14.8 |
15.7 |
|
North Sea Camp |
6.5 |
6.5 |
|
Northallerton |
15.7 |
15.0 |
|
Northumberland |
– |
15.6 |
|
Norwich |
15.2 |
15.8 |
|
Nottingham |
16.2 |
16.2 |
|
Onley |
14.8 |
14.4 |
|
Parc |
14.6 |
14.9 |
|
Parkhurst |
– |
– |
|
Pentonville |
16.3 |
16.6 |
|
Peterborough |
14.7 |
14.8 |
|
Portland |
15.1 |
15.4 |
|
Preston |
15.7 |
15.7 |
|
Ranby |
14.3 |
14.6 |
|
Reading |
15.1 |
14.4 |
|
Risley |
15.0 |
15.0 |
|
Rochester |
14.3 |
14.0 |
|
Rye Hill |
14.8 |
14.3 |
|
Send |
12.1 |
12.1 |
|
Sheppey Cluster |
15.0 |
15.2 |
|
Shepton Mallet |
14.6 |
14.5 |
|
Shrewsbury |
15.4 |
15.4 |
|
Stafford |
16.6 |
16.4 |
|
Standford Hill |
– |
– |
|
Stocken |
16.1 |
16.5 |
|
Stoke Heath |
16.2 |
15.5 |
|
Styal |
10.5 |
11.5 |
|
Sudbury |
5.0 |
5.0 |
|
Swaleside |
– |
– |
|
Swansea |
15.5 |
15.4 |
|
Swinfen Hall |
16.2 |
17.8 |
|
Thorn Cross |
9.0 |
10.2 |
|
UskPrescoed |
11.6 |
11.4 |
|
Verne |
9.0 |
9.1 |
|
Wakefield |
14.9 |
14.8 |
|
Wandsworth |
17.4 |
16.7 |
|
Warren Hill |
14.6 |
15.2 |
|
Wayland |
12.6 |
11.7 |
|
Wealstun |
16.5 |
15.7 |
|
Wellingborough |
14.2 |
15.0 |
|
Werrington |
14.3 |
14.8 |
|
Wetherby |
14.2 |
14.4 |
|
Whatton |
14.2 |
13.6 |
|
Whitemoor |
15.5 |
15.2 |
|
Winchester |
15.0 |
16.5 |
|
Wolds |
12.1 |
12.0 |
|
Woodhill |
15.0 |
14.5 |
|
Wormwood Scrubs |
16.8 |
16.9 |
|
Wymott |
15.5 |
15.5 |
|
National Total |
14.5 |
14.5 |
‘-‘ Data not available
Table 2: Time in Cell by Prison Category: Average Hours per Prisoner per Week Day
|
Category |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
|
Category B |
14.1 |
13.9 |
|
Category C |
14.2 |
14.1 |
|
Dispersal |
15 |
15.1 |
|
Female closed |
12.8 |
13.6 |
|
Female local |
13.5 |
14.1 |
|
Female open |
7.6 |
7.6 |
|
Male closed young offender |
15.8 |
16.2 |
|
Male juvenile |
14.3 |
14.4 |
|
Male local |
15.5 |
15.4 |
|
Male open |
8.1 |
8.1 |
|
Male open young offender |
9 |
10.2 |
|
Semi open |
6 |
6.2 |
|
Cluster |
14.5 |
14.5 |
|
National Total |
14.5 |
14.5 |
Note: In the above table prisons are categorised according to their predominant function, though some establishments will have more than one function.
Table 3: Average number of hours per prisoner per week in purposeful activity by establishment
|
Establishment name |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
|
Acklington |
20.7 |
– |
|
Albany |
24.2 |
24.6 |
|
Altcourse |
35.2 |
33.7 |
|
Ashfield |
29.1 |
26.7 |
|
Ashwell |
29.1 |
– |
|
Askham Grange |
40.7 |
40.0 |
|
Aylesbury |
20.7 |
21.9 |
|
Bedford |
19.2 |
18.5 |
|
Belmarsh |
18.5 |
18.4 |
|
Birmingham |
21.3 |
21.3 |
|
Blantyre House |
52.1 |
52.2 |
|
Blundeston |
25.5 |
24.6 |
|
Brinsford |
28.0 |
29.9 |
|
Bristol |
25.2 |
22.9 |
|
Brixton |
17.5 |
17.7 |
|
Bronzefield |
26.6 |
26.9 |
|
Buckley Hall |
27.0 |
26.5 |
|
Bullingdon |
22.6 |
20.9 |
|
Bullwood Hall |
24.5 |
24.0 |
|
Bure |
21.2 |
24.6 |
|
Camp Hill |
22.4 |
23.7 |
|
Canterbury |
19.7 |
21.6 |
|
Cardiff |
22.6 |
20.0 |
|
Castington |
22.3 |
– |
|
Channings Wood |
24.0 |
23.7 |
|
Chelmsford |
25.8 |
26.5 |
|
Coldingley |
25.6 |
25.7 |
|
Cookham Wood |
23.6 |
26.8 |
|
Dartmoor |
24.1 |
23.1 |
|
Deerbolt |
21.2 |
22.8 |
|
Doncaster |
23.4 |
22.1 |
|
Dorchester |
17.7 |
17.2 |
|
Dovegate |
31.8 |
33.3 |
|
Dover |
– |
– |
|
Downview |
31.4 |
28.5 |
|
Drake Hall |
34.4 |
36.0 |
|
Durham |
16.9 |
18.2 |
|
East Sutton Park |
45.0 |
45.3 |
|
Eastwood Park |
21.5 |
22.4 |
|
Edmunds Hill |
24.8 |
– |
|
Elmley |
17.1 |
17.5 |
|
Erlestoke |
24.6 |
24.8 |
|
Everthorpe |
22.5 |
22.7 |
|
Exeter |
17.9 |
18.9 |
|
Featherstone |
26.4 |
25.7 |
|
Feltham |
22.2 |
20.3 |
|
Ford |
41.6 |
41.8 |
|
Forest Bank |
25.7 |
25.3 |
|
Foston Hall |
30.9 |
29.7 |
|
Frankland |
19.7 |
20.8 |
|
Full Sutton |
20.5 |
21.1 |
|
Garth |
25.9 |
26.2 |
|
Gartree |
26.4 |
28.7 |
|
Glen Parva |
20.7 |
20.8 |
|
Gloucester |
20.7 |
19.5 |
|
Grendon |
31.9 |
33.7 |
|
Guys Marsh |
24.7 |
23.8 |
|
Haslar |
– |
– |
|
Hatfield |
– |
– |
|
Haverigg |
27.6 |
25.3 |
|
Hewell |
25.6 |
25.2 |
|
High Down |
19.2 |
18.6 |
|
Highpoint |
25.1 |
0.0 |
|
Hindley |
30.9 |
33.4 |
|
Hollesley Bay |
43.1 |
43.3 |
|
Holloway |
23.1 |
21.8 |
|
Holme House |
18.9 |
22.0 |
|
Hull |
19.8 |
19.6 |
|
Huntercombe |
27.0 |
28.4 |
|
Kennet |
25.6 |
25.7 |
|
Kingston |
29.2 |
27.3 |
|
Kirkham |
47.1 |
49.3 |
|
Kirklevington |
53.0 |
51.5 |
|
Lancaster |
26.7 |
– |
|
Lancaster Farms |
26.9 |
27.0 |
|
Latchmere House |
56.5 |
56.5 |
|
Leeds |
18.6 |
18.9 |
|
Leicester |
18.8 |
18.9 |
|
Lewes |
23.0 |
20.3 |
|
Leyhill |
39.5 |
40.0 |
|
Lincoln |
19.3 |
18.9 |
|
Lindholme |
21.4 |
21.5 |
|
Littlehey |
20.6 |
22.5 |
|
Liverpool |
20.2 |
20.8 |
|
Long Lartin |
20.0 |
21.4 |
|
Low Newton |
23.8 |
23.7 |
|
Lowdham Grange |
27.3 |
27.9 |
|
Maidstone |
25.1 |
25.9 |
|
Manchester |
23.8 |
24.7 |
|
Moorland |
29.0 |
31.1 |
|
Morton Hall |
30.9 |
0.0 |
|
Mount |
24.4 |
24.8 |
|
New Hall |
27.2 |
25.0 |
|
North Sea Camp |
45.9 |
43.1 |
|
Northallerton |
23.7 |
23.5 |
|
Northumberland |
– |
20.0 |
|
Norwich |
24.8 |
23.9 |
|
Nottingham |
26.3 |
27.0 |
|
Onley |
25.4 |
26.0 |
|
Parc |
26.8 |
26.8 |
|
Parkhurst |
21.3 |
22.9 |
|
Pentonville |
18.1 |
18.4 |
|
Peterborough |
– |
– |
|
Portland |
27.6 |
– |
|
Preston |
20.7 |
20.6 |
|
Ranby |
23.9 |
24.0 |
|
Reading |
22.4 |
22.5 |
|
Risley |
27.1 |
27.2 |
|
Rochester |
22.0 |
22.3 |
|
Rye Hill |
27.9 |
28.7 |
|
Send |
30.6 |
31.2 |
|
Shepton Mallet |
23.2 |
24.0 |
|
Shrewsbury |
25.8 |
27.1 |
|
Stafford |
26.2 |
26.6 |
|
Standford Hill |
36.7 |
40.1 |
|
Stocken |
25.7 |
24.8 |
|
Stoke Heath |
25.6 |
28.1 |
|
Styal |
24.7 |
23.1 |
|
Sudbury |
43.6 |
45.8 |
|
Swaleside |
24.3 |
26.6 |
|
Swansea |
21.6 |
20.4 |
|
Swinfen Hall |
26.3 |
23.8 |
|
Thameside |
– |
– |
|
Thorn Cross |
45.3 |
47.0 |
|
UskPrescoed |
35.0 |
33.7 |
|
Verne |
26.7 |
25.9 |
|
Wakefield |
20.5 |
21.2 |
|
Wandsworth |
17.2 |
17.6 |
|
Warren Hill |
29.5 |
28.5 |
|
Wayland |
25.2 |
25.8 |
|
Wealstun |
20.4 |
21.7 |
|
Wellingborough |
26.8 |
25.4 |
|
Werrington |
30.8 |
27.6 |
|
Wetherby |
29.7 |
27.5 |
|
Whatton |
26.0 |
25.2 |
|
Whitemoor |
24.1 |
25.5 |
|
Winchester |
19.1 |
18.0 |
|
Wolds |
24.4 |
24.1 |
|
Woodhill |
21.2 |
20.0 |
|
Wormwood Scrubs |
17.2 |
16.8 |
|
Wymott |
25.7 |
26.2 |
|
National Total |
24.7 |
24.9 |
‘-‘ Data not available
Table 4: Average number of hours per prisoner per week in purposeful activity by prison category
|
Category |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
|
Category B |
27.1 |
30.1 |
|
Category C |
24.8 |
25.2 |
|
Dispersal |
20.7 |
21.7 |
|
Female closed |
30.9 |
29.5 |
|
Female local |
24.7 |
23.8 |
|
Female open |
42.5 |
42.3 |
|
Male closed young offender |
24.2 |
24.0 |
|
Male juvenile |
28.9 |
27.5 |
|
Male local |
21.4 |
21.4 |
|
Male open |
42.5 |
44.2 |
|
Male open young offender |
45.3 |
47.0 |
|
Semi open |
43.9 |
45.6 |
|
Cluster |
25.6 |
24.7 |
|
National Total |
24.7 |
24.9 |
Note: In the above table prisons are categorised according to their predominant function, though some establishments will have more than one function.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2015-12-21.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the risk of a conflict of interest when members of the Association of Pharmaceutical Specials Manufacturers both provide the reference prices from which to set the NHS tariff prices for specials in the primary care sector and supply those specials to community pharmacists.
Lord Prior of Brampton
Members of the Association of Pharmaceutical Specials Manufacturers do not provide the Department with reference price data for their products. Individual manufacturers provide data on their sales volumes and selling prices to the Department under a memorandum of understanding between manufacturers and the Department. This data is then used to set a reimbursement price which reflects the price at which community pharmacies purchased these products in the quarter before.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno on 2016-01-28.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average cost of deporting a person deemed to be an illegal immigrant.
Lord Bates
The Home Office has published information on the average cost of detention and removal but this is not broken down by initial application type, and to do so would incur disproportionate cost. Further information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costs-involved-in-detaining-and-removing-illegal-migrants
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne McLaughlin on 2016-02-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was for an application for British citizenship from submission of initial application to decision in the last 12 months.
James Brokenshire
The average length of time taken to consider an application for British citizenship in the period 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015 was 108.89 calendar days. This is the most recent period for which statistics on the number of applications considered have been published. The service standard for citizenship applications is to decide 98.5% of cases within 6 months (183 calendar days).