The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many relatives have been banned from visiting family members resident in local authority-funded care homes in each year since 2010.
Alistair Burt
The information requested is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-07-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities provide adequate support to single people who are at risk of homelessness.
Mr Marcus Jones
One person without a home is one too many, that is why the Government is clear that prevention must be at the heart of everything we do to tackle homelessness. We have protected homelessness prevention funding for local authorities, which will amount to £315 million by 2020, to help them provide quality advice and assistance to everyone who approaches them for help. We are also exploring options, including legislation, to prevent more people from becoming homeless in the first place.
And we have also increased central investment to tackle homelessness over the next four years to £139 million, including to fund a £10 million Social Impact Bond to support rough sleepers with the most complex needs. We also announced at Budget £100 million of funding for low-cost move-on accommodation, including for rough sleepers leaving hostels.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what level of funding his Department has allocated to schemes that encourage investment in wind energy in each of the last five years.
Jesse Norman
Over the past five years, solar photovoltaic (PV), wind, wave and tidal electricity projects have received support from either the Renewables Obligation (RO) or the Feed-in Tariff (FITs).
Expenditure through the Renewables Obligation in 2011/12 to 2015/16 can be broken down by power generation technology shown in the table (£million in nominal prices). Solar PV and some small-scale onshore wind are also supported by the Feed In Tariff scheme, but costs are not available disaggregated by technology. Total support is shown below (£million).
|
RO (£million) |
11/12 |
12/13 |
13/14 |
14/15 |
15/16 |
|
Onshore wind |
£482.6 |
£557.1 |
£755.6 |
£786.8 |
£803.0 |
|
Offshore wind |
£371.1 |
£698.5 |
£988.7 |
£1,108.0 |
£1,429.7 |
|
Solar PV |
£0.1 |
£0.9 |
£34.9 |
£133.9 |
£264.8 |
|
Wave & Tidal |
£0.1 |
£0.4 |
£0.4 |
£0.1 |
£0.2 |
|
TOTAL RO |
£1,457.7 |
£1,991.3 |
£2,599.3 |
£3,114.2 |
£3,743.2 |
|
TOTAL FITs |
£151 |
£506 |
£691 |
£866 |
£1,110 |
Renewables Obligations: Source Ofgem:
www.ofgem.gov.uk/publication-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2014-15
www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&ReportCategory=0
FITs: Source Ofgem:
The Contracts for Difference Scheme opened for delivery from 2015/16 onwards. No projects started deploying in 2015/16 so no payments were made.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations have been commenced by the National Crime Agency into human trafficking, in each of the last three years.
Karen Bradley
The National Crime Agency was established on 7 October 2013 and, at that time there were eight human trafficking investigations under way.
Between 7 October 2013 and 6 October 2014 the NCA commenced a further eight NCA human trafficking investigations.
Between 7 October 2014 and 7 Oct 2015 the NCA commenced a further 11 human trafficking investigation. In addition, over the same period, the NCA has provided specialist support to over 60 investigations led by other law enforcement agencies involving human trafficking.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions Government departments have reported an information security breach since 2010.
Matthew Hancock
Information regarding information security breaches is held by individual departments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2016-01-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring into force section 165 of the Equality Act 2010.
Andrew Jones
The Government is considering how best to address problems wheelchair users face when using taxis and private hire vehicles, including the possible commencement of Sections 165 and 167 of the Equality Act 2010.
Both taxis and private hire vehicles are a particularly valuable form of transport for disabled people. We would strongly encourage all taxi and private hire vehicle drivers to assist wheelchair users, wherever possible, and would also strongly discourage the practice of making additional charges to assist a disabled passenger.
Notwithstanding the status of section 165 of the Equality Act, disabled taxi and private hire vehicle passengers are protected from discrimination under the general provisions of the Act which prohibit any form of discrimination in the provision of good and services.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Thangam Debbonaire on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions she has visited Cedars pre-departure accommodation.
Karen Bradley
The Home Secretary and Home Office Ministers conduct visits, and host meetings, on the whole spectrum of Home Office business regularly. As with the previous administration, it is our policy not to provide details of such visits.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of freight capacity in freight sites owned by Network Rail.
Claire Perry
The capacity of a freight site is determined by a number of factors including the parameters of the site, the loading capabilities within the site and the capacity of the rail network connecting to the site. The department has not made any assessment of the capacity in freight sites owned by Network Rail. Network Rail does not hold all the information required to make such an assessment as this is partly held by those freight operators who manage the sites.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Youth Obligation can be extended beyond six months for a participant who is not work-ready at the end of that period.
Priti Patel
The Youth Obligation will be introduced from April 2017 for 18-21 year old Universal Credit claimants (UC) in the all work related requirements conditionality group.
At the 6 month stage, UC claimants who are not in work, on an Apprenticeship or participating in work-related training, will be required to go on a mandatory work placement to give them the skills they need to get on in work.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Oliver Colvile on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure levels of bursaries and salary support for trainee clinical psychologists for the 2017-18 cohort are adequate to ensure a diverse future workforce.
Ben Gummer
Health Education England (HEE) funding for trainees in clinical psychology is currently determined at a local level based on local need and is subject to annual workforce planning. For 2016-17, HEE will fund those commissions set out in the HEE Commissioning and Investment Plan for 2016-17. HEE’s plans for training clinical psychologists remain unchanged from 2015-16 with 526 commissions proposed for 2016-17. HEE will set out its plans for 2017-18 training commissions in its next annual Commissioning and Investment Plan or Workforce Plan for England which is expected to be published in December 2016 prior to the start of the financial year.
The Government is currently consulting on the implementation of the education funding reforms for pre-registration undergraduate and postgraduate nursing, midwifery and allied health courses which are currently funded through both HEE funded tuition, a National Health Service bursary and reduced rate loan for maintenance. Respondents to the consultation may wish to raise issues relating to the funding for courses operating outside of this model, such as clinical psychology training programmes. The Government will consider these in the context of its consultation response.