Category: Speeches

Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-09.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the annual level of fraud involving the existing one pound coin in order to inform the decision to introduce a new style coin.

Nicky Morgan

At Budget the government announced that it will introduce a new and highly secure £1 coin.

According to Royal Mint estimates counterfeiting of the £1 coin has been on an upwards trend for the past decade. The latest data shows an increase in the counterfeiting rate to 3.04%. This data is based on a survey undertaken in November 2013. Further information can be found at www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/counterfeit-one-pound-coins

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01/11/2022
Alison Seabeck – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Seabeck on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of armoured fighting vehicles which will be (a) returned to the UK, (d) destroyed or (c) sold by the time of the main withdrawal from Afghanistan; and what the costs associated with each of those categories are to date.

Mr Mark Francois

All armoured fighting vehicles deployed to Afghanistan will be returned to the UK. None of these have been destroyed and none are currently due to be sold.

The information on costs associated with this activity cannot be readily broken out from the wider costs of all equipment and personnel recovery.

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

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on implementing a regional wildlife enforcement strategy in the Horn of Africa and addressing the illegal trade in shark fins.

George Eustice

Countries and stakeholders in the Horn of Africa held a wildlife trafficking workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 3 to 4 October 2012 to discuss the formation of a regional enforcement network to address the illegal wildlife trade. Participants concluded that a Horn of Africa Wildlife Enforcement Network (HAWEN) should be set up. Ethiopia, on behalf of Horn of Africa countries that attended the workshop, submitted a progress report to the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP16) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which took place in Bangkok from 3 to 14 March 2013.

The work of Wildlife Enforcement Networks was welcomed at the recent London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade, chaired by my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary. Action XVI in the Declaration adopted at the Conference commits participating governments to strengthening cross‐border and regional co‐operation, through better co‐ordination and full support for regional wildlife law enforcement networks. Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, all of which are members of HAWEN, attended the London Conference.

The UK Government is wholly opposed to the wasteful and unsustainable practice of shark finning, and the illegal trade in fins. We continue to lead the way in pressing for the adoption of appropriate fisheries and trade controls within bodies such as the Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and CITES, in order to ensure any trade in shark products is rooted in sustainable fishing practices. At CoP16 the UK played a critical role in securing increased protection under CITES for five shark species, all of which form an important component of the shark fin trade. This now means that these species will be protected from unmanaged and unsustainable trade in their fins. UK officials continue to work closely with other likeminded countries and non-governmental organisations to help build capacity and ensure that the CITES rules are fully implemented.

01/11/2022
Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the UK contributed towards the funding of the United Nations and International Monetary Fund in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.

Mr David Lidington

The UK makes numerous contributions to the many different parts of the UN system and UN-led activities. Payments come from a wide range of British Government Departments. Our two largest assessed, or mandatory, payments are for the UN Regular Budget and the UN Peacekeeping Budget.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) pays the UK’s share of the UN Regular Budget, which covers core UN Secretariat costs and the UN’s political activities. During the last three calendar years the UK made assessed contributions to the UN Regular Budget in US dollars as follows:

2011 $155.3 million
2012 $156.1 million
2013 $132.0 million

The UN Peacekeeping Budget follows the UN’s financial year (July-June). The UK’s assessed contributions in the last four UN financial years in US dollars were:

2010-11 $602.8 million
2011-12 $576.4 million
2012-13 $477.1 million
2013-14 $476.6 million

The UK, typically through the relevant lead Whitehall department in the appropriate field, also makes many other substantial payments into the UN system. For UN specialised agencies these are mostly voluntary contributions, with some assessed contributions e.g. for core costs. Additionally there are many significant voluntary contributions to UN funds and programmes and other UN bodies depending on how they support UK objectives and priorities. The Department for International Development is the largest contributor of voluntary funding, of all British Government Departments.

The UK does not have an annual subscription to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and does not contribute to its administration costs. These are financed out of the IMF’s own revenue. As per the annual accounts of the National Loan Fund, published to Parliament, the Government’s Quota Subscription and Lending to the IMF at the end of each financial year stood at:

Quota (£m) Lending (£m) Total (£m)

31 March 2011 10,581 1,109 11,690

31 March 2012 10,391 2,030 12,421

31 March 2013 10,638 2,320 12,958

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Caroline Lucas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report of Parliamentary Ombudsman into the complaint raised by a constituent of the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion regarding her Department’s oversight of CDC Group Investments published in February 2014 and her letter of 19 November 2013 to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion stating that she would reply in full after the publication of the Ombudsman’s report, when she plans to make that full reply.

Justine Greening

I have replied to the Hon. Member’s latest correspondence on this issue.

01/11/2022
Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 17 year olds have been held in police custody in the UK in each year since 2010.

Damian Green

This information is not held centrally.

01/11/2022
Pauline Latham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pauline Latham on 2014-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make representations to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence regarding its technology appraisal of ipilimumab.

Norman Lamb

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave her on 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 663W.

01/11/2022
Tim Loughton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he took to publicise the consultation on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex partners.

Mrs Helen Grant

On 23 January 2014, when the consultation document was published, I made a Ministerial Written Statement to bring it to the attention of honourable members. This statement was repeated in the House of Lords, by my colleague, Baroness Northover. The publication of the consultation was also announced on the Culture, Media and Sport website. DCMS officials directly contacted around 50 organisations with an interest in the issues and asked other Departments to do the same. Officials also offered meetings to the principal stakeholders, several of which took up the offer, and emailed more than 1300 organisations and individuals who had registered an interest in receiving updates on equal marriage or related issues and highlighted the consultation in the February edition of the Women’s Engagement Newsletter, which is circulated to more than 2000 organisations and individuals.

01/11/2022
Mike Kane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Kane on 2014-04-29.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government is giving to credit unions to help extend access to fair credit.

Andrea Leadsom

The Government is supportive of credit unions and has taken a number of steps to assist them, most recently including:
- The Department for Work and Pensions investment of up to £38 million in an expansion project for credit unions. The project aims to help credit unions expand and grow, enabling them to provide financial services to more people.
- From 1 April this year the Government increased the cap on the maximum interest rate a credit union can charge for loans from 2% to 3% per month. This will allow credit unions to make more loans to their members without making a loss. Even if they choose to charge the higher rate of interest the cost of borrowing from a credit union will still be significantly cheaper than many high cost lenders.
The Government intends that these measures will help the credit union sector go from strength to strength, so it can be a viable option for financial services provision for an even wider range of consumers.
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Nick Gibb – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Gibb on 2014-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for a routine new referral to Ophthalmology in the Western Sussex Hospitals Trust area; and if he will make a statement.

Dr Daniel Poulter

Information on the median average waiting time for patients waiting to start consultant-led ophthalmology treatment for all National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts in England is shown in the following table.

Latest data for February 2014 shows that the median average waiting time for patients waiting to start consultant-led ophthalmology treatment in the Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is 8.6 weeks.

Monthly Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times for incomplete pathways in ophthalmology, February 2014

Provider Name	Average (Median) Waiting Time (In Weeks)
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4.7
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust	4.1
Ashford And St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4.9
Barts Health NHS Trust	6.2
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust	6.0
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	7.3
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust	5.5
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4.9
Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	5.7
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	10.2
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.7
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	4.9
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.2
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.3
Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5.1
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	6.5
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	5.1
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust	4.7
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	6.4
County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	6.8
Coventry And Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust	4.4
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust	4.9
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust	5.3
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.0
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	6.9
Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust	8.8
East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust	4.5
East Cheshire NHS Trust	6.1
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust	4.9
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	4.2
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	6.0
Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	4.9
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	6.5
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	2.7
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4.3
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	7.5
Guy’s And St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust	4.2
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.7
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust	5.5
Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust	5.3
Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust	3.6
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	3.0
Hull And East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	5.5
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	5.1
Isle Of Wight NHS Trust	5.5
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4.8
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5.7
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	6.1
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4.6
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.0
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	4.8
Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust	5.1
Luton And Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5.1
Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust	6.3
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.6
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust	5.7
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust	4.7
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	5.4
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	4.0
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5.7
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	6.4
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust	7.2
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	6.0
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust	3.8
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust	4.2
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	5.5
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust	5.4
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	5.3
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust	8.5
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	5.4
Peterborough And Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.4
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	5.8
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5.7
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust	5.6
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	8.8
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	6.7
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	5.5
Royal Devon And Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	4.8
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	6.8
Royal Liverpool And Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust	4.6
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5.9
Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust	5.2
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	4.0
Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	4.5
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.6
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.6
Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust	10.4
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	4.2
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	6.3
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust	6.8
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust	5.8
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5.4
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust	4.4
Southport And Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust	3.5
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust	7.0
St Helens And Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	4.7
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	6.7
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	6.2
Taunton And Somerset NHS Foundation Trust	8.3
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust	5.8
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4.1
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	4.7
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	5.4
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust	3.2
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	2.1
The Royal Bournemouth And Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.2
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust	4.5
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust	6.2
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	5.9
University Hospital Of North Staffordshire NHS Trust	4.8
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust	5.6
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	5.3
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust	5.3
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust	5.2
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust	5.8
University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust	5.2
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust	5.5
Warrington And Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	3.4
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust	10.8
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	3.1
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	8.6
Weston Area Health NHS Trust	5.6
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	6.0
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	4.7
Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust	4.2
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust	4.0
Wye Valley NHS Trust	5.6
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	3.0
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	5.4

Notes:

1. Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits.

2. Median waiting times are not calculated for organisations (and treatment functions) with less than 50 pathways in the month.

3. The following trusts did not submit any RTT incomplete pathway data for February 2014:

– Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust;

– Barking, Havering & Redbridge NHS Trust;

– Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

– Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

– The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust; and

– Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust.

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	Quota (£m)	Lending (£m)	Total (£m)
31 March 2011	10,581	1,109	11,690
31 March 2012	10,391	2,030	12,421
31 March 2013	10,638	2,320	12,958