Category: Speeches

Mr Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Gregory Campbell on 2014-03-12.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps are being taken by the Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland to promote electoral registration in rural areas where residents live some distance from permanent electoral offices.

Gary Streeter

The Electoral Commission informs me that it runs public awareness campaigns across Northern Ireland to encourage electors to register to vote. Its most recent campaign was conducted during the 2013 canvass of electors when all households in Northern Ireland were contacted. It also plans to conduct a public awareness campaign ahead of the upcoming elections this May.

The Chief Electoral Officer is responsible for maintaining the electoral register in Northern Ireland and the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland run a number of registration and electoral identity clinics throughout Northern Ireland.

01/11/2022
Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which mental health services he and each Minister in his Department have visited since they were appointed; and what the date of each such visit was.

Dr Daniel Poulter

The following list provides details of the visits undertaken by my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his ministerial team to mental health services in an official capacity, since their appointment.

Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt):

06 February 2014
Redwoods Centre, South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust

13 March 2014
Springfield Hospital, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

1 May 2014
East London NHS Foundation Trust

Minister of State for Care and Support (Norman Lamb):

13 November 2012
Raid Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

19 December 2012
South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Trust

7 February 2013
The Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme and Child and Adolescent, Mental Health services project, Oxford

4 July 2013
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust

19 August 2013
Leicester Mental Health Triage Care Project

5 September 2013
Gnosall Surgery, Stafford

12 September 2013
Yeovil Hospital

12 September 2013
Royal United Hospital, Bath

31October 2013
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust

19 December 2013
Broadmoor Hospital

3 January 2014
Bethnal Green Police Station (Bi-lateral visit with Damian Green MP Home Office), London (A Liaison and Diversion scheme, this scheme brings together three large mental health trusts)

17 February 2014
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Crisis Resolution Service

12 March 2014
Humphrey Booth Resource Centre, Manchester

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health (Dr Daniel Poulter):

11 July 2013
Disraeli School and Children’s Centre, High Wycombe

17 October 2013
Parkview Clinic, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

8 May 2014
Bethlem Royal Hospital- Channi Kumar Mother and Baby Unit (Perinatal mental health)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health (Earl Howe):

18 April 2012
BuddyApp – Mental health innovation product launch – Maudsley Hospital

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison):

15 April 2014
Roshni Ghar Mental Health Charity, Keighley

01/11/2022
Julie Hilling – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Hilling on 2014-03-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of the removal of the under-occupancy penalty on the number of children living in relative income poverty.

Esther McVey

This information could be only provided at disproportionate cost.

This Government has made good progress in tackling the root causes of child poverty and has recently published the 2014-17 draft child poverty strategy for consultation which outlines the actions we are taking. The latest figures from 2011/12 show that 2.3m (17%) children are in relative income poverty – down 300,000 since 2009/10. These are the lowest level since the mid-1980s.

01/11/2022
Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Farming Recovery Fund to cover the cost of restoration of agricultural land following the recent floods has been received by farmers and businesses to date.

Dan Rogerson

As of 10 June 2014 a total of 131 applications have been received with a total grant request of £1,173,310.

Of these, 62 applications have been approved with a total grant request of £403,617.

In view of the continued level of interest in the Farming Recovery Fund we are exploring with officials the possibility of extending the closing date beyond 27 June 2014.

You will also wish to be aware that the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS) which supports investments targeting farming competitiveness closed on 4 April having received more than 2,700 applications and a national grant request of over £27m.

01/11/2022
Ms Karen Buck – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ms Karen Buck on 2014-03-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of London households in temporary accommodation were in (a) private sector leased properties, (b) hotels, (c) bed and breakfast, (d) local authority registered social landlord property and (e) other accommodation (i) at the most recent date for which figures are available and (ii) at 31 March 2010.

Kris Hopkins

[Holding Reply: Monday 17 March 2014]

To assist public scrutiny, I have placed in the Library of the House, a table which provides quarterly figures for the last ten years.

Over that period, the numbers of households in temporary accommodation in London in this Government is far lower than averaged under the last Administration. The peak of 63,800 households in December 2005 compares to 42,430 in December 2013.

Councils have a responsibility to move homeless households into settled accommodation as quickly as possible and we made common sense changes to the law to enable them to use suitable private rented homes. The average stay in temporary accommodation in England has been reduced from 20 months at the beginning of 2010 to 14 months now, which means that people on average are spending far less time in such temporary accommodation.

We have also seen a 42% reduction in the numbers of families with children in Bed and Breakfast for more than six weeks on this time last year across the country. The seven local authorities that my Department has funded to tackle families in Bed and Breakfast have made significant progress, achieving an overall reduction of 96% since the funding began.

01/11/2022
Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what modifications to the original design of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers were necessary to accommodate repeated vertical landings by the Joint Strike Fighter; what estimate he has made of the heat produced by vertical landing by the Joint Strike Fighter which has the heaviest safe configuration to allow the procedure; and whether vertical landings can take place on any flat area of the carrier deck.

Mr Philip Dunne

The ability of the ship to support F-35B vertical landings has been incorporated into the design of Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carrier from the outset. Environmental considerations including heat generation & dissipation have been thoroughly evaluated, including assessments from trials on the USS Wasp. UK assessments have covered all necessary aircraft configurations.

The QEC Flight Deck has been designed with specific operating spots for vertical landing to deliver maximum Sortie Generation Rate. These are the spots where the F-35B will plan to land vertically on a routine basis. If required, in the event of an emergency the whole flight deck can support vertical landing.

01/11/2022

Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-03-11.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in Warrington North constituency in the recent confirmation dry run.

Gary Streeter

The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

The ward results for the Warrington North constituency were as follows:

Ward	Green matches	Amber matches	Red matches
Birchwood	83.9%	1.1%	14.9%
Burtonwood and Winwick	83.4%	2.3%	14.3%
Culcheth Glazebury and Croft	85.5%	1.5%	12.9%
Fairfield and Howley	75.1%	1.8%	23.1%
Orford	83.7%	1.5%	14.8%
Poplars and Hulme	83.9%	1.0%	15.2%
Poulton North	84.0%	1.1%	14.9%
Poulton South	86.9%	0.8%	12.3%
Rixton and Woolston	86.7%	1.3%	12.0%
Westbrook	83.4%	1.5%	15.0%

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01/11/2022

Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the disposal cost for BAE System’s Woodford site.

Mr Mark Francois

The Ministry of Defence has made no estimate for the disposal cost for the Woodford site; it is a matter for BAE Systems.

01/11/2022
Andrew Rosindell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2014-03-11.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people living in the London Borough of Havering have moved off unemployment benefit as a result of gaining employment in 2013.

Nick Hurd

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

01/11/2022
Nigel Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have registered an interest in the contract for the JAMES requirement.

Mr Philip Dunne

The current contract for the Joint Asset Management Engineering Solution (JAMES) was let on 1 July 2004. A restricted competition is currently underway to provide JAMES capability from expiry on 31 December 2015.

I am withholding information on those companies which have registered an interest as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.

01/11/2022