The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-05-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools projects have been cancelled at any stage in each year since 2011.
Edward Timpson
A list of free school projects that were cancelled or withdrawn between 2011 and 2015, and that have final confirmed expenditure, is published on GOV.UK at:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Thangam Debbonaire on 2016-07-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on implementing pledges on child education made in the Supporting Syria Conference held in the UK in February 2016; and if she will make a statement.
Rory Stewart
The UK has been working closely with the UN, other donors and refugee hosting countries to deliver increased enrolment in formal and informal education. The UK is on track to deliver on its Conference commitments to support education, including spending £40million a year on education in Lebanon and £20million a year in Jordan. We will continue to work closely with these partners to track progress, including on enrolment in the upcoming school year.
The UK is supporting the provision of informal and formal education opportunities to 1.1m children in Syria and the region. In addition, the UK has financed the provision of 350,000 children in Lebanon with textbooks, including over 100,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanese public schools.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations in the UN High Level Panel on Access to Medicines report, published in September 2016, on stimulating research and development in underfunded areas and improving access to medicines; whether he has plans to take those recommendations forward; and if he will make a statement.
David Mowat
The Department for International Development leads on this area and the Department of Health has not made an assessment.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-11-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications his Department has received for the (a) Innovation Excellence and Strategic Development Fund and (b) Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund; and when he plans to announce the 2015-16 grant allocations from those funds.
Alistair Burt
321 applications were received to the 2015-16 Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development Fund and 283 to the 2015-16 Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund scheme.
Decisions on allocating funds have not yet been finalised. We will let applicants know the outcome as soon as possible.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Scully on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on implementing the plan for community pharmacists to access Summary Care Records; and if he will make a statement.
George Freeman
NHS England is now working with stakeholders to develop guidance and the arrangements for deployment so that all community pharmacists in England have access to the Summary Care Record. As this continues to be rolled out, it will enable more pharmacies to provide increased clinical services, helping to reduce the burden on other health and social care providers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Baron on 2016-01-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were (a) eligible and (b) participated in the bowel cancer screening programme in (i) England and (ii) each of that programme’s five hubs and (iii) each of the 63 screening centres included in that programme in 2014-15.
Jane Ellison
The National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening programme is a biennial programme. Coverage data is reported for a preceding two year cohort in arrears.
Roll out of the NHS Bowel screening programme began in 2006 and completed in 2010 offering men and women aged 60-69 the opportunity to be screened. The programme then extended the screening age to 70-74 however this was not fully rolled out until 2014.
The data on eligibility and uptake is yet to be published. At the end of January 2015, nearly 25 million Faecal Occult Blood test kits had been sent out to men and women aged 60-74 to self-sample at home. Over 15 million kits have been returned by post to one of five regional labs (programme hubs).
Since the programme began in 2006, over 21,000 cancers have been detected and over 122,000 patients have been managed for polyps, including polyp removal.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2016-02-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training is provided to specialist contractors hired by her Department to advise regional school commissioners on their responsibilities related to the Civil Service Code.
Edward Timpson
The specialist contractors that support the academies and free school programme are directed in advance of commencing any work that their conduct and behaviour when delivering the Department’s business complies with the Civil Service Code’s principles.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-03-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department had with Mr Paul Newby’s employer on his contributions to the draft Pubs Code.
Anna Soubry
No such discussions were held.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Crispin Blunt on 2016-04-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) night period and (b) night quota period aircraft movements there were at Gatwick Airport for each International Air Transport Association season between winter (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2015-16.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Government only sets restrictions on the number of flights between the hours of 2330 – 0600 – in the period known as night quota period and therefore we only have movement figures for this and not the wider night period hours of 2300 – 0700.
It should be noted that some flights take place during the night quota period but do not count towards the movement limits under the night flight restrictions. These include movements due to certain types of delays, to those issued dispensations by the Government, or to those by aircraft below a certain noise volume.
Two figures are given below for each aircraft season. The first refers to those that count towards the night movement limits at Gatwick Airport, and the second is the total number of movements that did not count towards these limits. This information is also available on the Gatwick Airport website: http://www.gatwickairport.com/
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Period |
Number of movements |
Total number |
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Winter 2007/08 |
2929 |
62 |
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Summer 2008 |
10618 |
90 |
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Winter 2008/09 |
2145 |
62 |
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Summer 2009 |
9099 |
76 |
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Winter 2009/10 |
2199 |
103 |
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Summer 2010 |
9875 |
120 |
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Winter 2010/11 |
2160 |
91 |
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Summer 2011 |
9859 |
85 |
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Winter 2011/12 |
1411 |
62 |
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Summer 2012 |
9837 |
92 |
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Winter 2012/13 |
1603 |
53 |
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Summer 2013 |
9998 |
96 |
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Winter 2013/14 |
1510 |
83 |
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Summer 2014 |
11147 |
138 |
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Winter 2014/15 |
1756 |
135 |
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Summer 2015 |
11149 |
401 |
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Winter 2015/16 |
1872 |
169 |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Smith on 2016-05-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status is of the draft Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations; and when those regulations are expected to be adopted into UK law.
Rory Stewart
Following consultation on proposals to update and consolidate the existing legislation on the control of trade in endangered species last year, work to finalise a new regulation is nearing completion. The aim remains for the new regulation to come into force as soon as possible, in the second half of this year.