Category: Speeches

Sheila Gilmore – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sheila Gilmore on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been paid from the Help and Support for Separated Families (HSSF) Innovation Fund to each of the HSSF projects which signed contracts for delivery in April 2013.

Steve Webb

All Innovation Fund projects deliver different services and have different timescales. Their agreed payment schedules are considered commercially sensitive and cannot be shared at this time.

01/11/2022
Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Huppert on 2014-03-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of updating awareness training for public order-trained staff operating alongside water cannon.

Damian Green

The Home Secretary has now received the request to authorise water cannon for
use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this request and
will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant information in
the House Library.

01/11/2022
Stephen O’Brien – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen O’Brien on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve standards of NHS care for dementia sufferers.

Norman Lamb

NHS England has an ambition that two thirds of the estimated number of people with dementia should have a diagnosis and access to post diagnostic support by March 2015. We are informed by NHS England that there is a tremendous amount of work being undertaken by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) across the country to improve diagnosis rates and quality of care for people with dementia. NHS England has found wide variation; with some CCGs having a longer journey to achieve the ambition than others. NHS England is providing a package of support to help CCGs to improve timely diagnosis and post-diagnosis support for people with dementia.

In addition, the Government’s refreshed Mandate to Health Education England, published on 1 May 2014, stated that a further 250,000 NHS staff will receive Tier 1 training on dementia by March 2015, in addition to the 100,000 NHS staff who received Tier 1 training in 2013-14.

01/11/2022
Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department’s policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.

Simon Hughes

I refer the hon Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham on 26 March (Official Report col. 300W).

01/11/2022
John Glen – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Glen on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allow universities offering Initial Teacher Training programmes to apply for additional places when they fill their annual allocation.

Mr David Laws

On 5 June 2014 the National College for Teaching and Leadership announced that a limited number of additional postgraduate places in certain subjects have been made available to higher education institutions (HEIs). Places will only be allocated to the HEIs that have already filled their courses or are close to doing so and have extra candidates looking to train with them.

01/11/2022
Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Wales Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department’s policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.

Stephen Crabb

I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer given by my Rt hon Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General on 26 March, Official Report, Column 300W.

01/11/2022
Lord Ouseley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Ouseley on 2014-06-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in the creation of a bespoke training package by the Independent Advisory Panel on Non-Compliance Managementfor use in deportation removalprocesses; and when will it be available.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

The Independent Advisory Panel on Non-Compliance Management (IAPNCM) was established to provide support to the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) in the design of the new training package for use by Detainee Custody Officers who escort individuals being removed from the United Kingdom. They also provide independent advice to Home Office Immigration Enforcement on the quality and safety of the new package, and in particular on the use of force techniques.

The panel has completed its work and the new training package and implementation are being finalised.

01/11/2022
Tim Loughton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-03-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Innovation Fund to Support Separated Families.

Steve Webb

We are funding 17 projects to help and support separated families in various parts of the country and piloting a range of approaches. The schemes conclude by April 2015 after which we will publish a full, independent evaluation.

01/11/2022

Lord Kennedy of Southwark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark on 2014-06-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what appointments to public bodies the Department of Transport has made in the last 12 months.

Baroness Kramer

The Secretary of State for Transport made 17 new appointments to public bodies in the 12 months from 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014, as shown in the table below.

Name of Body	New Appointments	Date of appointment (s)
Civil Aviation Authority	2 Non executive directors	1/9/2013
British Transport Police Authority	5 Board members	1/9/2013
High Speed 2 Ltd	1 Chair	1/1/2014
Disabled Persons’ Transport Advisory Committee	7 Committee members	1/4/2014
Northern Lighthouse Board	1 Non executive director	1/6/2013
London and Continental Railways	1 Non executive director	1/5/2014

01/11/2022

Lord Rana – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rana on 2014-03-24.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reassure consumers, who for religious or other reasons do not wish to consume halal or kosher meats, about the provenance of the meat they buy, in the absence of any informative labelling as to the method of slaughter used.

Lord De Mauley

The Government is of the view that consumers should have the necessary information available to them to make an informed choice about their food. Any method of slaughter labelling system needs to cover more than just the UK. We are awaiting the results of an European Commission study on method-of-slaughter labelling, which is due this summer. We will look at possible options in light of that report.

01/11/2022