The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Graham P Jones on Health.
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Norman Lamb
No such discussions have taken place.
The Responsible Gambling Trust expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014-15 and is funded by the gambling industry and further donations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Offord on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many law firms were permitted to resubmit their tenders to the then Legal Services Commission bid for a contract to provide publicly funded immigration services in the 2010 tender round after the deadline set out in the tender rules.
Mr Shailesh Vara
These questions relate to ongoing litigation against the Lord Chancellor and in the circumstances it would be inappropriate to respond at the current time.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Geoffrey Cox on Energy and Climate Change.
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Gregory Barker
The supply of LPG is subject to UK competition law under the Competition and Markets Authority.
The study by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into the off-grid energy market, published in October 2011, found that there is a generally positive initial impact of the Competition Commission (CC) Orders from 2009 to make it easier for consumers to switch Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) supplier.
In April 2012, the OFT also secured voluntary agreements from the major LPG suppliers to make changes to their domestic bulk customer contracts and improve transparency around switching and cancellation rights. These changes apply for both individual tank and metered estate customers.
The Competition and Markets Authority will continue to keep the Orders under review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Garnier on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the performance of London Midland commuter trains.
Stephen Hammond
We do not monitor train operator performances by service type (i.e. commuter trains only) under the Franchise Agreement; we monitor each operator’s performance across their whole network against benchmarks under the Franchise Agreement.
The Department monitors each train operator’s overall performance against these benchmarks and there are clear actions set out in the Franchise Agreement should performance drop below what is expected. This regular monitoring includes monthly meetings with their senior management where performance figures are scrutinised and challenged.
At present London Midland are assessed as being within their contracted performance benchmarks as set out in the Franchise Agreement.
In 2002 when Network Rail took control of Britain’s Rail infrastructure, train performance was languishing at record low levels (78.6% of trains arriving on time nationally). Since then, it has risen to averaging around 90%. Network Rail has been tasked with ensuring that 92.5% of trains arrive on time nationally by 2019.
We are determined that improvements in infrastructure across the network, as evidenced by the £38 billion investment agreed with Network Rail for the next 5 years, will further improve the performance of all train operators.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Jim Dobbin on Health.
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Jane Ellison
The information requested in shown in the following table:
|
Years |
Licensable treatment cycles where at least 20 eggs were collected |
|
2008 |
2,910 |
|
2009 |
3,095 |
|
2010 |
3,435 |
|
2011 |
3,466 |
|
2012 |
3,464 |
|
20131 |
1,764 |
Note:
1The year 2013 only covers the period 1 January to 30 June 2013.
Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish details of who considered the proposals for a property bond in relation to High Speed 2; and what the reasons were for rejecting that proposal.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Secretary of State considered the option of a property bond for Phase One of HS2 and has ruled out this option for the reasons set out in Property Compensation Consultation 2013 for the London-West Midlands HS2 route: Decision Document published on 9 April 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jesse Norman on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of links between tobacco smuggling and organised crime.
Karen Bradley
Tobacco smuggling is a global, highly-profitable business, dominated by organised crime groups with the resources to continually adapt their methods in an attempt to evade UK controls. Border Force and HMRC are working collaboratively across Government and with overseas partners to disrupt tobacco smuggling and implement civil penalties and sanctions against criminals.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Watson of Invergowrie on 2014-04-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have carried out an assessment of the number of children likely to be separated from their parents as a result of the provisions of the Immigration Bill.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Our starting-point is that it is generally in the best interests of the child to remain with their parents, including where the parents are removed from the UK. We have therefore made no assessment of the number of children who might be separated from their parents as a result of the provisions of the Immigration Bill.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2014-04-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the rates of (1) total deaths from liver disease, and (2) age-standardised deaths from liver disease in (a) England, and (b) each parliamentary constituency, in each year since 1997.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 2014-04-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they are doing to help young people buy their own homes.
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
This Government is committed to supporting people’s aspirations to own their own home. That is why we have introduced schemes such as Help to Buy Equity Loan and Mortgage Guarantee, and reinvigorated Right to Buy. Since the spring of 2010, these, together with our affordable housing schemes have helped or are helping nearly 112,000 people to buy a home of their own. Since April 2010, 420,000 homes have been built, with new housing construction output now at its highest level since 2007.