Category: Speeches

Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the amount of (a) net franchise payment and (b) revenue support is for the extension of the Greater Anglia franchise from July 2014 to October 2016.

Stephen Hammond

The Net franchise premium payment contracted for the Greater Anglia Direct Award from July 2014 to October 2016 is c. £266m payment to the Department for Transport. Premium is quoted in January 2014 price.

There will be no Revenue support for the Greater Anglia Direct Award from July 2014 to October 2016.

01/11/2022

David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time for each category of call was in Bolton in each year since 2010.

Jane Ellison

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.

The median response times to treatment for category A¹ calls in the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust², April 2011³ to April 2014

Month	Median time (in minutes)
April 2011	4.2
May 2011	5.0
June 2011	5.2
July 2011	5.0
August 2011	4.7
September 2011	4.8
October 2011	4.9
November 2011	4.9
December 2011	5.0
January 2012	4.8
February 2012	5.1
March 2012	5.0
April 2012	5.6
May 2012	5.7
June 2012	5.1
July 2012	5.1
August 2012	5.2
September 2012	5.3
October 2012	5.4
November 2012	5.4
December 2012	5.7
January 2013	5.5
February 2013	5.6
March 2013	5.6
April 2013	5.8
May 2013	5.4
June 2013	5.5
July 2013	5.8
August 2013	5.7
September 2013	6.1
October 2013	6.0
November 2013	6.1
December 2013	6.1
January 2014	5.8
February 2014	6.1
March 2014	6.1
April 2014	6.1

Source: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England

Notes:

¹Category A calls are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.

²North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides services to the Bolton area. Ambulance response times are not readily available for areas smaller than those covered by one Ambulance Trust.

³Information is not available before April 2011.

01/11/2022

Kerry McCarthy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2014-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for assessing the effect of his Department’s policies on the welfare of children.

Esther McVey

Each of the Department’s Ministers is responsible for assessing the effect of their policies on the welfare of children.

01/11/2022
Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that patient data extracted under care.data shared with countries inside the European Economic Area cannot be shared outside that area.

Dr Daniel Poulter

The Data Protection Act (1998) allows personal data to be transferred to countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) on the same basis as transferring data within the United Kingdom. Personal data can only be sent to a country or territory outside the EEA if an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of individuals when processing their personal data is ensured.

Every application for information will be considered by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), in line with the Data Protection Act, taking account of their location if it is outside the UK.

Recipients of data from the HSCIC must agree to certain terms and conditions of use, i.e. a data sharing contract, before any data is disclosed. Those terms and conditions include measures intended to safeguard the use of information that may identify individuals, including:

– limiting the use of information to a specific purpose, which must also be both legitimate, compatible and shared only for the benefit of the health and social care system;

– prohibiting onward disclosure of information to an additional organisation;

– ensuring the security of the data once it is in the possession of another organisation that applied successfully for the data; and

– the right of HSCIC to audit where it is suspected the terms and conditions have not been complied with.

The HSCIC announced on 17 June 2014 that a new, strengthened audit function will monitor adherence to data sharing agreements and halt the flow of data if there are any concerns exposed. This will include scrutiny of how the data is being used and stored by those receiving it. This will also monitor that data has been deleted when an agreement comes to the end. Any failure on the part of data users to abide by their agreements will entail no further release of data to them.

01/11/2022
Andrew Bingham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Bingham on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small businesses in High Peak constituency have received support from the Regional Growth Fund.

Michael Fallon

We do not hold the information requested. However, businesses in High Peak constituency are eligible to bid to the Regional Growth Fund programme administered by Derbyshire County Council as well as national programmes.

01/11/2022
Jamie Reed – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who were able to see their preferred GP in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Dr Daniel Poulter

Data from the most recent GP Patient Survey found that 55% of patients have a particular general practitioner (GP) that they usually prefer to speak to or see. Of those, 61.7% of respondents said they could see or speak to their preferred GP ‘always or almost always’ or a ‘lot of the time’.

01/11/2022
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, what review was undertaken of the Hull Official Receiver’s office before his Department’s decision to close that office; what the timescale for that review was; and what evidence was collected in that review.

Jenny Willott

The decision on Hull was one of a number of decisions made by the Insolvency Service Board n the context of a review of the Insolvency Service’s estate. That review covered all 36 buildings occupied by the Insolvency Service and had the objectives of ensuring that its estate met the Insolvency Service’s needs to provide efficiency and excellent customer service and to reduce costs against a context of significant falls in case numbers. The review of the estates strategy started in early 2013 and Hull was in the final phase of buildings being reviewed in February 2014. The Board considered the options of remaining in the same accommodation in Hull, moving to alternative Government property in Hull and moving the Hull operation to Leeds. The evidence collected comprised, for each option, impact on customers, impact on employees, an assessment of strategic benefits, financial impact and how any move could be delivered.

01/11/2022
Brooks Newmark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Brooks Newmark on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has in response to the HM Inspector of Constabulary Inquiry into police response to domestic violence in creating a culture change towards domestic violence.

Norman Baker

Last September, the Home Secretary commissioned Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of
Constabulary to conduct a review of the response to domestic abuse
across all police forces. HMIC published its findings in March 2014,
emphasising that the key priority is a culture change in the police so that
domestic violence and abuse is treated as the crime that it is and that the
police use the full range of tools already available to them.

In response to the Review, the Home Secretary has established a new national
oversight group, which she is chairing, and on which I sit, to oversee delivery
against each of HMIC’s recommendations. Their first meeting was held
on 10 June. The Home Secretary has also written to chief constables making it clear
that every police force must have an action plan in place by September 2014.

There are a number of offences that make domestic abuse illegal, including
actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm and assault. Assault can extend to
non-physical harm. This Government has introduced stalking and harassment
legislation which can apply to coercive control and psychological abuse.
However, the Government will continue to consider what measures will drive
culture change in the police in response to the findings of the HMIC review.

01/11/2022
Ian Austin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2014-04-10.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the performance of projects funded by the Landfill Communities Fund; what plans he has for the future of the fund; and if he will make a statement.

Nicky Morgan

The Government regularly meets a range of stakeholders on the Landfill Communities Fund.

The LCF makes a valuable contribution to local communities. All projects have to be approved by ENTRUST as meeting specific criteria, to ensure the project benefits the wider community.The value of the landfill communities fund for 2014-15 will be reduced to £71 million. This reduction takes account of progress that environmental bodies have made to address the government’s challenge to reduce unspent funds. The saving will be used to fund an equivalent one-off increase in Defra’s budget to address waste crime. The government intends that environmental bodies’ performance against the challenge is published once the final information is available later this year.

01/11/2022
Jim Murphy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with non-governmental organisations in Pakistan and neighbouring countries about honour killings.

Justine Greening

Following the brutal murder of Farzana Parveen in Lahore on 27 May, I raised this issue at various levels in the Government of Pakistan. The Foreign Secretary and senior HMG officials in Pakistan have also publically and privately condemned the appalling crime of ‘honour killings’ and called for immediate action to bring the culprits of the 27 May attack to justice.

HMG regularly engages with the government and civil society in Pakistan on women’s rights and violence against women, including so-called ‘honour killings’. Across DFID’s programmes in Pakistan we are helping women and girls to live healthy and secure lives.

01/11/2022