Category: Speeches

  • Adrian Sanders – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Adrian Sanders – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-03-31.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his letter of 20 March 2014, what the evidential basis is for his statement that allowing people receiving employment and support allowance to do some work within a specified 52 week period is the best way of encouraging a move towards work of 16 hours or more a week.

    Esther McVey

    The permitted work rules in Employment and Support Allowance are based on those which applied to Incapacity Benefit. This approach was supported by evidence contained in DWP Research Report 268 “Final outcome from Permitted Work Rules”.

  • Iain Wright – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Iain Wright – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Iain Wright on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Written Statement of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 47WS, on UK Green Investment Bank, what additional funds will be provided to help assess the feasibility of the Green Investment Bank managing UK International Climate Fund projects.

    Michael Fallon

    This work will be funded from the UK’s £3.87bn International Climate Fund and has no effect on the £3.8bn available to the Green Investment Bank for investment within the UK.

  • Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mary Creagh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010, in each force area.

    Karen Bradley

    The number of drivers that opted for a National Driver Offender Retraining
    Scheme (NDORS) speed awareness course rather than accept penalty points on
    their driving licence in 2010 is 447,833, in 2011 is 772,180, in 2012 is 926,155 and
    in 2013 is 953,464. These reflect the latest updated figures.

    The following table shows the figures by police force area for the number of
    drivers that opted for a speed awareness course.

    The offer of a speed awareness course is at the discretion of the police. To be
    deemed eligible there must be no excessive speed or other offences committed at
    the same time. Information on previous motoring convictions is not taken into
    account.

    NDORS Police Force Area 2010 2011 2012 2013
    AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY 0 267 38,244 36,064
    BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE 6,707 11,440 15,370 12,075
    CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTABULARY 17,691 17,301 16,974 9,148
    CHESHIRE 6,066 15,198 16,702 14,490
    CITY OF LONDON POLICE 0 0 0 153
    CLEVELAND POLICE 8,278 12,147 10,282 7,198
    CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY 11,967 18,436 19,878 20,218
    DERBYSHIRE CONSTABULARY 5,657 9,275 14,385 12,666
    DEVON AND CORNWALL CONSTABULARY 8,720 13,516 17,959 16,608
    DORSET POLICE 0 0 0 0
    DURHAM CONSTABULARY 0 1,436 4,517 4,267
    DYFED-POWYS POLICE 100 1,158 1,229 1,870
    ESSEX POLICE 0 8,113 21,957 22,605
    GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY 937 2,317 4,573 5,445
    GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE 39,959 45,639 49,463 45,064
    GWENT POLICE 1 39 34 6
    HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY 0 0 0 36,986
    HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY 8,128 14,802 23,700 20,216
    HUMBERSIDE POLICE 0 0 15,499 29,791
    KENT COUNTY POLICE 3,430 23,787 31,790 27,446
    LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY 13,082 24,949 22,491 27,287
    LEICESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY 14,262 16,055 17,381 16,292
    LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE 4,054 18,083 25,595 19,223
    MERSEYSIDE POLICE 10,923 15,683 17,964 20,022
    METROPOLITAN POLICE 0 0 9,034 31,818
    NORFOLK CONSTABULARY 11,665 16,054 17,054 23,527
    NORTH WALES POLICE 16,843 15,141 16,069 17,711
    NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE 3,332 6,768 9,855 18,049
    NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE 6,671 14,944 11,444 12,520
    NORTHUMBRIA POLICE 28,452 28,195 39,707 40,892
    NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE 15,615 21,728 24,217 25,060
    POLICE SERVICE NORTHERN IRELAND 9,294 19,582 27,020 27,320
    SCOTLAND 0 0 0 0
    SOUTH WALES POLICE 29,587 58,025 55,573 51,182
    SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE 14,453 35,040 27,698 28,035
    STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE 16,040 21,205 25,354 27,987
    SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY 15,507 27,019 20,122 22,461
    SURREY POLICE 4,604 17,845 25,349 23,107
    SUSSEX POLICE 6,194 28,589 33,425 22,328
    THAMES VALLEY POLICE 48,859 73,625 87,199 78,593
    WARWICKSHIRE POLICE 3,584 6,577 6,350 17,482
    WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY 31,347 44,094 41,416 34,277
    WEST MIDLANDS POLICE 2,879 21,033 20,603 14,551
    WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE 22,945 47,075 42,679 31,424
    WILTSHIRE CONSTABULARY 0 0 0 0
    Total: 447,833 772,180 926,155 953,464

  • Anas Sarwar – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Anas Sarwar – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anas Sarwar on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the emergency response fund for the Central African Republic has so far been dispersed; and which international agencies have received such funding.

    Lynne Featherstone

    DFID has contributed a total of £23m in humanitarian aid to the crisis in the Central African Republic since mid-2013, with £700,000 remaining to be distributed according to humanitarian priorities in the coming months.

    DFID allocated £5m to support NGOs in CAR in November 2013 which was increased in February 2014 to £7 million in light of growing needs. The bulk of funding was awarded to five NGOs: Mentor, Save the Children, Solidarites, Mercy Corps and International Medical Corps. Since DFID makes quarterly payments to NGOs, not all funds have been disbursed.

    In addition, DFID allocated humanitarian funds to the ICRC, Common Humanitarian Fund, UNHAS, UNHCR and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

  • Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-03-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department records the number of referrals made to local third-sector advice providers (a) to use the telephone, (b) for help filling in forms and (c) providing other support.

    Esther McVey

    It is not our policy to refer people to third-sector providers to use the telephone or get help in filling in our forms. As such we do not collect this information. Where third party providers are the most suitable people to provide suport or advice we would signpost claimants to them.

  • David Burrowes – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    David Burrowes – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) pharmacological treatments and (b) associated indications the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended only for patients who have not been treated with a previously appraised drug.

    Norman Lamb

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that providing all the information in the format requested would incur disproportionate cost.

    Information about technology appraisals where NICE has recommended a technology only in circumstances in which a patient has not been treated with a previously recommended technology can be found within each published technology appraisal on NICE’s website at:

    www.nice.org.uk

    Information about where NICE has considered or made recommendations regarding the sequential use of technologies can also be found within each published technology appraisal on the website.

  • Vernon Coaker – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Vernon Coaker – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2014-03-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 181W, on D-Day Landings: anniversaries, with which service and veterans’ charities his Department has been liaising for each of the 70th anniversary D-Day commemoration events in the UK.

    Anna Soubry

    The 70th Anniversary D-Day commemorative events in Portsmouth are being organised by Portsmouth City Council, and the military is supporting the event as requested. Similarly, the Services are supporting events planned by the Normandy Veterans Association (NVA). The Department is unable to predict the numbers who may be present at any of these events and has received no requests to facilitate attendance.

    The Ministry of Defence was made aware of Portsmouth City Council’s planned events in April 2013. We were informed about the majority of NVA events in February 2013, and the National Memorial Arboretum event in November 2013. We have been working closely with the Royal British Legion and the NVA on the planned events to mark this significant anniversary, and have ensured that a range of Service charities and associations are kept informed, including COBSEO, the Confederation of Service Charities.

  • Mark Hoban – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Mark Hoban – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hoban on 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal of 8 January 2014, Official Report, column 265W, on general practitioners: Suffolk, how much his Department spent funding each general practice in England in 2012-13; and what spending type and GP Practice code applies in each case.

    Dr Daniel Poulter

    The requested information is not collected centrally. The Investment in General Practice report published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre includes the investment in General Practice and the reimbursement of drugs dispensed in General Practices at national level. A copy has been placed in the Library.

  • Dr Alan Whitehead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Dr Alan Whitehead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Alan Whitehead on 2014-03-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of homes classified as solid wall construction and built before 1920 that possess fillable cavities.

    Gregory Barker

    The English Housing Survey shows there were 4 million homes built in England before 1919 of non cavity wall construction. It is possible that a proportion of these could possess fillable cavities, although no estimate on how many is available.

    The tool used to produce the above figure can be accessed from the following link:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cambridge-housing-energy-tool-guidance-note

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  • 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 2014-06-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of companies who have signed up to one or more pledges set out in the Responsibility Deal; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of those companies which are meeting all of the pledges they have signed up to.

    Jane Ellison

    675 partners are currently signed up the Responsibility Deal. Details of these partners, the pledges they are committed to taking action on and their annual updates are available in full on the Responsibility Deal website at:

    https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/partners/