Category: Speeches

  • Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Newport West of 9 April 2014, Official Report, column 231W, on cycling: Greater London, how many (a) men and (b) women cyclists’ in London suffered (i) fatal and (ii) serious injuries in each of the last 10 years.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    The numbers of reported a) fatal and b) seriously injured male and female cyclist casualties in Greater London for each of the last 10 years are shown in the table below.

    Reported fatal and seriously injured cyclists by gender, Greater London 2003-2012

    Number of Casualties
    Fatal Serious Injuries
    1)Male 2)Female Total 1)Male 2)Female Total
    2003 12 7 19 334 85 419
    2004 6 2 8 269 63 332
    2005 18 3 21 283 68 351
    2006 11 8 19 282 91 373
    2007 11 4 15 353 93 446
    2008 11 4 15 338

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    		 430
    2009 3 10 13 337 83 420
    2010 6 4 10 359 99 458
    2011 10 6 16 437 118 555
    2012 13 1 14 527 132 659

    Data for 2013 will be available in June 2014.

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  • Andrew Gwynne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Andrew Gwynne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of national cancer spend was spent on radiotherapy in each of the last five years.

    Jane Ellison

    The information is shown in the following table:

    Estimated expenditure on cancer services and radiotherapy, 2008-09 to 2012-13, £ millions in 2012-13 prices

    Year

    Cancers and tumours

    Radiotherapy

    2008-09

    5,281

    401

    2009-10

    5,908

    435

    2010-11

    5,685

    467

    2011-12

    5,565

    473

    2012-13

    5,681

    485

    Sources:

    Programme budgeting data, NHS England

    Reference costs, Department of Health

    It is not appropriate for a given service to present reference costs as a proportion of programme budgeting expenditure. This is because radiotherapy data are calculated from reference costs, which are the unit costs to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs do not represent all expenditure in the NHS, and are costs to NHS providers whereas programme budgeting data are expenditure by NHS commissioners.

  • Graeme Morrice – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Graeme Morrice – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what budget is allocated to each Jobcentre Plus office to reimburse jobseekers’ travel expenses; and how each such budget is decided.

    Esther McVey

    Each jobcentre is allocated funding to support claimants move towards and into work, and this could include meeting their travel expenses. For internal planning purposes each District Manager will estimate of the likely number of claimants requiring additional support and the cost within that locality but the information is not routinely collated and reported centrally. District plans are reviewed regularly to ensure they make best use of available funding and all local priorities can be met.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of Public Health England’s marketing budget has been allocated to each of the six Big Ambitions referred to in its 2014-15 business plan.

    Jane Ellison

    The core Public Health England (PHE) marketing budget for 2014-15 is £53 million. The allocation to each of the six big ambition areas is as follows:

    Ambition

    Campaign

    Budget for 2014-15

    Percentage of total budget

    Tobacco

    Smokefree

    £11,689,200

    21.72

    Obesity

    Change 4 Life

    £9,360,000

    17.39

    Dementia

    Vascular dementia programme and dementia friends

    £5,460,000

    10.14

    Best start in life

    Start4Life and Information Service for Parents

    £3,450,000

    6.41

    Alcohol

    Alcohol

    £2,000,000

    3.72

    Tuberculosis (TB)

    £0

    0.0

    £31,959,200

    59.38

    The current assessment of the evidence shows that a national marketing campaign on TB would not be a cost effective investment so there is no marketing budget allocation to this ambition area.

    In addition to the individual campaign costs stated above an additional £3.3 million is also spent on call centres and £2.6 million is also spent on infrastructure costs such as evaluation. The final budget will be subject to clearance by the Cabinet Office’s Efficiency and Reform Group.

    PHE’s 2014-15 Marketing strategy is due for publication in early July and will provide more detailed information on the full marketing programme.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many disqualification reports were submitted by each Official Receiver’s office in the year ending 31 March 2014.

    Jenny Willott

    Detailed in the following table is the office breakdown for the number of disqualification reports submitted in the year ended 31 March 2014.

    OR Offices

    Number of reports submitted

    Anglia

    20

    Central Midlands

    25

    East Midlands & S Yorks

    29

    Greater Manchester

    13

    Humber and E Yorks

    20

    Kent

    9

    London – Essex

    5

    London – Herts, Bucks

    20

    Mid West and N Wales

    21

    North

    5

    North East

    19

    North West

    20

    South Central

    9

    South Wales

    26

    South West

    7

    Surrey and Sussex

    24

    West England

    17

    Total

    289

    PIU

    North

    71

    South

    36

    Total

    107
  • Iain McKenzie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Iain McKenzie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Iain McKenzie on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to reimburse people who have had to pay to upgrade to the premium one-day service to secure a (a) new or (b) renewed passport; and if she will make a statement.

    James Brokenshire

    There are no plans to reimburse customers who choose to use the four hour
    premium service.

    On 12 June, the Home Secretary announced in the House of Commons that where
    people have an urgent need to travel, and their application has been with Her
    Majesty’s Passport Office for longer than the standard processing time of three weeks
    through no fault of their own, they will be able to upgrade their application
    without charge. After their application has been through the proper checks, the
    processing, printing and delivery of the new passport will be fast-tracked for
    free. To qualify, customers must be booked to travel within the next 7 days.
    Customers will be asked to provide details – such as flight numbers and the
    name of the travel company – to confirm their travel plans.

    This policy came into effect immediately after being announced and will be
    available until further notice. This policy will not be applied
    retrospectively.

  • Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Office for National Statistics has had with EU counterparts about differences in the way projected growth is estimated.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Huppert on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure that asylum seekers in COMPASS accommodation are able to register complaints quickly and easily.

    Karen Bradley

    The COMPASS contracts lay down requirements for the management of enquiries and
    complaints received in respect of accommodation services provided to asylum
    seekers.

    COMPASS providers have a complaints service in place through which the asylum
    seeker, their representative, the voluntary sector or local authorities can
    raise concerns or issues direct. Providers also provide asylum seekers with a
    detailed briefing on how they can raise a complaint as part of the move in
    process. Asylum seekers can raise a complaint in a confidential way, and with
    the assistance of an interpreter when required.

    The complaints process is subject to performance management under the Key
    Performance Indicators regime. Providers are required to report their
    performance in terms of dealing with complaints on a monthly basis. In
    addition, the Home Office has a team of 17 contract compliance officers who
    also closely monitor complaints made to providers or made direct to the Home
    Office as part of their contract compliance and assurance role.

    Any failure of the critical service levels may result in financial penalties.

  • Rushanara Ali – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Rushanara Ali – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rushanara Ali on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity in local authority provision of youth services during commissioning processes to tender those services.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    Local authorities are expected to make arrangements for continuity of provision of services and activities to young people throughout any commissioning activity. Statutory guidance on this duty was issued by the Department for Education in July 2012.

    Local authorities are required to submit to Government separate budget and outturn statements outlining planned and actual expenditure for their education and children’s social care functions annually. This includes spend information on youth work and youth services, however this information does not allow a complete breakdown by different categories of organisation to be calculated.

  • David Nuttall – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    David Nuttall – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Nuttall on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what earliest date a still unresolved investigation by the Claims Management Regulation Unit under regulation 35 of the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006 was begun; and on what earliest date such an investigation was begun but no proceedings have yet commenced.

    Mr Shailesh Vara

    The CMR Unit aims to conduct all investigations in a proportionate and efficient manner. This means determining as quickly as possible whether a CMC under investigation is in breach of the conditions of its authorisation. If following an investigation it is clear that those conditions have been breached and there is a public protection issue, any proposed enforcement action will be expedited.

    (1) 6 June 2013 was the earliest date from when the Claims Management Regulation (CMR) Unit began an investigation under regulation 35, which remains unresolved but no enforcement proceedings have yet commenced.

    (2) Information is available for the period, 12 months to 18 June 2014. The CMR Unit conducted 46 investigations under regulation 35, which took an average of 5 months, 21 days before enforcement proceedings were taken, and an average of 2 months, 8 days before being closed without the requirement for enforcement proceedings.

    (3) As at 18 June 2014, the CMR Unit was investigating 24 CMCs under regulation 35.