The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when he plans for Stormshadow and Brimstone missile systems to be integrated with Typhoon aircraft.
Mr Philip Dunne
The Strategic Defence and Security Review included a commitment to invest further in Typhoon’s capabilities, including ground attack. Under current plans, the in-service dates on Typhoon will be August 2018 for Storm Shadow and December 2018 for Brimstone.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Thangam Debbonaire on 2016-01-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which export licences since 2008 relate to BAE Systems’ Eurofighter Typhoon sales to Saudi Arabia; how much each such licence was for; whether each such licence is extant or has expired; and whether each such licence was used in full or in part.
Anna Soubry
Since 2008 six licences have been granted that relate to the sale of complete Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to Saudi Arabia. Four of these licences are linked. Where licences expired before they were fully exhausted the exporter submitted a new application to cover those aircraft not exported under previous licences. The values therefore relate to exports licensed rather than actual exports.
Typhoon transfers per year are declared in the UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Reports and can be found on GOV.UK
|
Year |
Value of Licence(s) |
Licence Extant or Expired? |
Licence used in full or in part |
|
2009 |
£1,476,666,648 |
Expired |
Used in part |
|
2011 |
£1,555,833,315 |
Expired |
Used in part |
|
2011 |
£129,652,776 |
Expired |
Used in full |
|
2013 |
£1,564,666,650 |
Expired |
Used in part |
|
2015 2015 |
£1,564,666,650 £129,652,776 |
Extant Extant |
Used in part Used in part |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-01-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct the Working Group conducting the Post Implementation Review of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 to (a) review and (b) make recommendations on enforcement of the national minimum wage for seafarers employed on (i) UK and (ii) non-UK registered vessels.
Mr Robert Goodwill
I refer the honourable Member to my response of 29 January 2016 (UIN 24307) http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=24307.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Holly Lynch on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to employment and support allowance for new claimants in the work-related activity group on the mental health of those affected.
Priti Patel
We have fully assessed the impacts on equality of the welfare measures in the Bill and the wider budget, meeting our obligations as set out in the Public Sector Equality Duty. An impact assessment was published on 20 July last year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Barker on 2016-03-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was their bilateral spending on technical assistance to programmes funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in the financial years from 2010–11 to 2014–15 in addition to their commitment of up to £1 billion for the Global Fund.
Baroness Verma
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a critically important part of the international architecture for fighting the three diseases. The UK provides technical assistance to programmes funded by the Global Fund through the following organisations: the Stop-TB Partnership, Roll Back Malaria, UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation’s Global Malaria Programme. The table (below) shows DFID’s spend to these organisations over the last five financial years.
(£ Millions)
|
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
|
|
WHOs Global Malaria Programme |
– |
1.50 |
3.50 |
1.50 |
3.50 |
|
Roll Back Malaria |
0.52 |
1.00 |
1.63 |
0.63 |
1.23 |
|
Stop TB Partnership |
1.00 |
1.90 |
1.50 |
0.50 |
1.00 |
|
UNAIDS |
10.00 |
10.00 |
15.00 |
15.00 |
15.00 |
|
Total (£ Millions) |
11.52 |
14.40 |
21.63 |
17.63 |
20.73 |
The UK is committed to remaining a world leader in tackling global diseases and ending the epidemics of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 2030. Our future contributions to the Global Fund will be determined following the completion of the Bilateral and Multilateral Aid Reviews.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2016-04-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the combined effect of the (a) increase in national insurance contributions and (b) one per cent 2015-16 pay increase for NHS staff which both took effect from 1 April 2016 on the take-home pay of NHS nurses.
Alistair Burt
The impact on take-home pay for National Health Service nurses, of the combined effect of these measures will depend on individual circumstances, in particular how much they are paid, whether they are members of the NHS Pension Scheme, whether they also received an annual increment and their personal tax allowance.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Lammy on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure that information held by the Land Registry that is subject to Freedom of Information requests will continue to be covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the event of the privatisation of the Land Registry.
Anna Soubry
A Government consultation seeking views on options to move Land Registry operations to the private sector closed on 26 May. My department is analysing these responses and the Government will issue a response in due course. Transparency protections are amongst the factors being considered. No decision has been taken on the future of Land Registry.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of GDP has been spent on healthcare in each of the last five years.
Mr Philip Dunne
The table below shows United Kingdom public spend on health as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 2011-12 to 2015-16.
|
Year |
UK public health spend £ billion |
UK public spend on health as % of GDP |
|
2011-12 |
121.3 |
7.4% |
|
2012-13 |
124.3 |
7.4% |
|
2013-14 |
129.4 |
7.4% |
|
2014-15 |
134.1 |
7.3% |
|
2015-16 |
138.7 |
7.4% |
Source: Table 4.2/Table 4.4 HMT Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2016
Latest available data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that the estimated 2015 UK spend on health, both public and private, is 9.8% of GDP which is higher that the OECD average of 9.0%.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-10-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prevent wage discrepancies between male and female apprentices.
Robert Halfon
The Apprentice National Minimum Wage (NMW) applies equally to all apprentices regardless of gender (for the first year, if aged 19, the appropriate NMW for age applies). From October 2016, this rate increased to £3.40 per hour.
Most apprentices receive more than the minimum wage; the latest Apprenticeship Pay Survey (2014) estimates that the median hourly pay for Level 2 and Level 3 apprentices across Great Britain is £6.31. For males it was £6.19 and for females it was £6.36. Differences in pay may occur due to the proportion of males and females in higher or lower paid apprenticeships.
The Government places importance on compliance with minimum wage legislation and the effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-10-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions there were to psychiatric inpatient wards for psychosis in each year from 2010 to 2015.
Alistair Burt
Data for admissions to psychiatric inpatient wards for psychosis in England is provided in the following table:
Count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of psychosis in England, 2010-11 to 2014-15
|
Year |
FAEs |
|
2010-11 |
12,852 |
|
2011-12 |
13,150 |
|
2012-13 |
14,221 |
|
2013-14 |
14,658 |
|
2014-15 |
14,856 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
Notes: Data for 2014/15 is provisional.
Activity is in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.