The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pete Wishart on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what gestation stage each pregnant women in Scotland granted section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 received the decision to grant that support.
James Brokenshire
The information requested is not routinely collected and could only be provided
by examining individual case records, which would result in disproportionate
cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Seabeck on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the current contract for the post of Chief of Defence Materiel ends; and if he will make it his policy that the post of Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support be no longer merged with this post at that time.
Mr Philip Dunne
The post of Chief Defence Materiel has been merged with that of Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support and therefore no longer exists as a separate post. A competition will be held for the Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support in late 2014 in time for the current incumbent’s contract end date on 3 January 2015
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Esterson on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 29 April 2014, Official Report, columns 559-60W and column 560W, on schools: inspections, for what reason local authorities are inspected separately from schools maintained by local authorities but academies are not inspected separately from the head offices of academy chains.
Mr David Laws
Ofsted can inspect local authorities to see whether they are fulfilling a number of statutory duties. Academy head offices do not have the same statutory duties. However, Ofsted already inspects academy chains through batched inspections. It has recently undertaken focused inspections of academies within E-ACT multi-academy trust, and has previously inspected a group of academies within the AET chain.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Public Health England has spent on consultancy workers in 2013-14.
Jane Ellison
Public Health England (PHE) has incurred no expenditure with professional consultancy firms of the nature described in the Cabinet Office definition of Consultancy.
However, PHE sought approval under the Department’s Professional Services approvals route for £8.1million of contingent labour where the daily rate of the individuals concerned was more than £220 per day. This involves approval by the Chief Executive of PHE, by the Department’s Procurement and by the Department’s Financial Approvals Panel.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, which organisations have been awarded funding to conduct a review into homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.
Jenny Willott
The contract to conduct a review of the available evidence on the most effective practices to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools has been awarded to NatCen Social Research following a rigorous assessment process.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time is between a defendant being charged and the first day of proceedings in court in cases of (a) domestic violence, (b) sexual abuse and (c) rape.
Damian Green
The Government is committed to modernising courts and using technology to improve efficiency.
The average (median) number of days taken from charge to first listing in court for completed criminal cases (domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape) in England and Wales, annually 2010 – 2013, can be found in Table 1.
The way in which offence level data is collected and reported means that some offences are not separately identifiable from others. The information presented in table 1 relates only to those offences which can be separately identified from others and relates specifically to the legislation listed under a given category. Statistics on domestic violence have not been provided due to the reason outlined above and therefore excluded from table 1.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the document Annual Bus Statistics: Revenue, Costs and Government Support Great Britain 2012-13 will be published.
Stephen Hammond
The statistics on bus revenue, costs and government support were updated in March 2014 and can be found on the Department’s website at
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-statistics
in the statistical datasets section.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 473W, on Pakistan, whether Pakistan’s possession of nuclear weapons and the prospects of Pakistan joining the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty were discussed at his 30 April 2014 meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Mr David Cameron
When I met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 30 April, I discussed a range of issues, including on foreign and security policy.
It is the UK’s position that all countries should join and abide by the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Leech on 2014-05-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by strategic health authorities in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how many such staff worked specifically in cancer networks.
Jane Ellison
The information requested on staffing levels is not held centrally. Prior to 1 April 2013, staffing levels for both clinical networks, including cancer networks, and strategic health authorities, including staff working specifically in cancer networks, were a matter for local National Health Service organisations.
NHS England does not employ people to work on disease-specific policy areas. It is structured according to five domains of the NHS Outcomes Framework. Only National Clinical Directors (NCD) are employed to work on specific conditions. There is one NCD for cancer employed on a 0.4 full-time equivalent basis. It is likely that most directorates will have roles contributing to improved outcomes for people with, and at risk of cancer, but NHS England does not record staff time in a way which would make this quantifiable.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-05-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on ways of improving awareness of transient ischaemic attacks on the part of (a) GPs, (b) staff in A&E departments and (c) other health staff.
Jane Ellison
NHS England is responsible for improving awareness of transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) amongst front-line health staff. In addition, both the recent Act FAST campaign conducted by Public Health England and the Stroke Association campaign launched last week will improve awareness of TIAs amongst professionals and the public alike.
The provision of timely access to TIA clinics has greatly improved over recent years and more patients are having carotid surgery in a timely fashion than ever before. However, we recognise that there are still improvements to be made and part of the work of reorganising and modernising stroke services involves ensuring that TIA care is of the highest quality.