Category: Speeches

  • 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 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of extending the human papilloma virus vaccination programme to include all boys aged 12 and 13 years.

    Jane Ellison

    We have not made any estimate of extending the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme to include boys aged 12 and 13 years, as the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has not yet completed its consideration of whether HPV vaccine should be offered to males.

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

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

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gilbert on 2014-03-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker’s allowance and (c) employment and support allowance were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.

    Esther McVey

    The information requested is not readily available and can only be be provided at a disproportionate cost.

  • Eilidh Whiteford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Eilidh Whiteford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Eilidh Whiteford on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been provided to disabled people in Scotland and the UK through the Access to Work scheme in each of the last three years.

    Mike Penning

    Please see figures for the last full three financial years for which data is available

    Access to Work programme spend in Scotland:

    2010/11: £6.5m

    2011/12: £6.0m

    2012/13: £5.9m

    Access to Work programme spend in Great Britain:

    2010/11: £105.5m

    2011/12: £98.3m

    2012/13: £99.0m

  • Mr Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Mr Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Jim Cunningham on 2014-03-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the role of firefighters in responding to the recent floods.

    Brandon Lewis

    [Holding Reply: Monday 31 March 2014]

    More than 1,000 firefighters from across the country assisted with the flood response over December, January and February. We are extremely grateful for the work that they did to reduce water levels and help communities deal with the flooding.

  • David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) headteachers, (b) deputy headteachers and (c) teachers in Bolton Local Education Authority took early retirement on the grounds of ill-health in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.

    Mr David Laws

    Between April 2010 and March 2013 there were seven teachers who retired on ill-health grounds from publicly-funded schools in Bolton local authority.

    Given the very small number of people involved, the statistics provided have not included a grade or year split to avoid disclosing data on specific individuals.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-03-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 which (a) corresponds to an offence contrary to any provision specified in part 1 of the table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 and was committed in circumstances specified in the entry in the second column of that part of that table which corresponds to the relevant entry in the first column of that part of that table or (b) corresponds to an offence contrary to a provision specified in part 2 of that table in each of the last four years.

    Anna Soubry

    The information will take time to collate, I will write to the hon. Member shortly.

  • David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the operation of (a) section 1 and (b) section 2 of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; what recent representations he has received on the operation of this Act; and what responses he gave to such representations.

    Gregory Barker

    The Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 has been amended through the Energy Act 2013. In line with the provisions of the amended Act, the Government will lay draft Regulations in Parliament setting out a new fuel poverty objective for England. Once the new objective has been made in Regulations, we will publish a strategy for meeting that objective.

    Both my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and I receive representations and meet with stakeholders regularly to discuss a range of issues relating to fuel poverty. For example, we attend meetings of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group when possible, most recently in April 2014.

  • – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by on 2014-03-26.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remark by Lord Nash on 9 July 2013 (HL Deb, col 225), that they are focusing heavily on ensuring that teachers have the resources to deliver the new curriculum

    Lord Nash

    The new national curriculum sets out very clearly what should be taught to pupils. However, it deliberately gives teachers the flexibility to decide how to teach it. We expect schools to identify the support that they need to prepare for the new curriculum, recognising that different schools will face different challenges.

    The Department for Education has provided funding to teaching schools to work with their alliances and beyond, and we have been signposting schools to the range of free support that is available in English and mathematics including the resources developed by the National Literacy Trust and the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics. The sector-led expert subject groups have been providing audit tools and guidance, and publishers are bringing a variety of new materials to market.

    The Government is funding a national network of around 30 Maths Hubs to drive up the quality of mathematics teachers. Each hub will be led by an outstanding school and will provide support to all schools in the area, across all areas of mathematics education. Systematic phonics has been emphasised in the teaching of early reading in the new national curriculum because evidence shows that it is the most effective way of teaching all children to begin to read. We have provided match-funding of £23 million to primary schools to purchase high quality phonics resources.

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

    David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women (a) of each age group, (b) in each health authority area and (c) suffering from each type of complication suffered health complications following abortion procedures in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014 to date.

    Jane Ellison

    The following table shows categories of information collected on form HSA4 about complications of abortion up to time of discharge. The categories are headed ‘none’, ‘haemorrhage’, ‘uterine perforation’, ‘sepsis’, and ‘other’. Health Authority data is not available. Data were analysed by local authority and grouped into regions to protect patient confidentiality. The data is for 2012 only, 2013 and 2014 data has not been published yet.

    Abortions with complications by age, residents of England and Wales, 2012

    Age

    Total

    Under 20

    35

    20-24

    73

    25-29

    72

    30-34

    57

    35 and over

    41

    Total

    278

    Abortions with complications by region, residents of England and Wales, 2012

    Region

    Total

    Yorkshire and the Humber

    30

    North West

    32

    North East

    12

    West Midlands

    25

    East

    36

    London

    48

    South East

    34

    South West

    22

    Wales

    17

    Total

    278

    Total abortions by complication, residents of England and Wales, 2012

    Complication*

    Total

    Haemorrhage

    216

    Uterine Perforation

    22

    Sepsis

    40

    Other

    0

    Total

    278

    *Complications are those reported up to the time of discharge

  • Lord Ouseley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Lord Ouseley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Ouseley on 2014-03-25.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action has been taken against those responsible for the abandoned case involving eight South Wales police officers charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in the 1988 Lynette White murder inquiry.

    Lord Taylor of Holbeach

    This case is the subject of civil litigation. HM Government is, therefore, unable to comment at the present time.