Category: Speeches

  • Steve McCabe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Steve McCabe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-05-06.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that unemployed people who volunteer for the Help to Work Scheme do not do the same work as offenders on community service orders.

    Esther McVey

    These are two entirely different schemes and we would expect the requirements of placements for offenders to be very different. The welfare to work companies we have contracted to provide Community Work Placements are experienced at delivering different programmes across different areas of Government.

  • Nadine Dorries – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Nadine Dorries – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nadine Dorries on 2014-03-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on dealing with people who have had one member of their group detained at a Border Force checkpoint.

    James Brokenshire

    All members of a group of adult travellers are assessed individually on arrival to ensure that they qualify for admission in line with immigration legislation. If one member of the group is detained for further enquiries but the rest of the group are granted admission then they are free to proceed without the detained person if they so wish.

  • Baroness Greengross – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Baroness Greengross – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Greengross on 2014-05-06.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) non-cancer and (2) cancer-based lymphoedema and lipoedema patients were identified by the National Health Service in each of the last three years; how many such patients were treated by the National Health Service in each of the last three years; and what was the cost of those treatments.

    Earl Howe

    Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data does not separately identify those cases of lymphoedema that are associated with cancer from those that are not, and is unable to identify cases of lipoedema as there is no coding available for this condition, based on the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).

    Further to this, HES data is not linked to costing information and therefore this information cannot be provided.

    In the following table we have provided the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) for patients with a primary diagnosis of lymphoedema from 2010-11 to 2012-13.

    Year

    FAE

    2010-11

    1,887

    2011-12

    2,026

    2012-13

    2,099

    Note:

    An FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission

  • Mr Andrew Smith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Mr Andrew Smith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Andrew Smith on 2014-03-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department used in the decision to include the Garden Bridge in the Government’s National Infrastructure Plan.

    Stephen Hammond

    The National Infrastructure Plan 2013 sets out the government’s long-term plan to ensure that it can deliver the investment required to meet the UK’s infrastructure needs to 2020 and beyond. The Garden Bridge is not one of the Government’s ‘Top 40′ projects as set out in the Plan, but it is part of the ‘infrastructure pipeline’, which includes large capital programmes of investment worth £50 million or over.

  • The Lord Bishop of Coventry – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The Lord Bishop of Coventry – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Lord Bishop of Coventry on 2014-05-06.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the displacement of people from the Syrian town of Kessab.

    Baroness Northover

    According to UN sources, approximately 1,500 to 1,600 families have been displaced from the city of Kessab.

  • Hywel Williams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Hywel Williams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hywel Williams on 2014-03-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what agreement his Department has reached with the Welsh Government regarding the funding of electrification of the Great Western Line to Swansea and the Valleys lines.

    Stephen Hammond

    The Welsh and UK Governments agreed in 2012 to fund the electrification of the Valley Lines and the South Wales Main Line between Cardiff and Swansea. That agreement still stands and Network Rail is developing plans for electrification.

  • Lord Berkeley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Lord Berkeley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Berkeley on 2014-05-06.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the additional annual cost at 2014 prices of the further tranche of Intercity Express Programme electric trains for the Intercity East Coast Franchise under the contract signed on 16 April.

    Baroness Kramer

    In April 2014 financial and commercial close was reached for the full fleet of trains for the East Coast Main Line (ECML). The net present value (NPV) of the deal was £2.7bn in 2009 prices.

    It is not possible to disaggregate the different elements of the ECML fleet as the contract was completed for the full fleet. All figures for the Programme are presented in 2009 prices to allow comparison, it is therefore not possible to provide any figures in 2014 prices.

  • Lord Mendelsohn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Lord Mendelsohn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Mendelsohn on 2014-03-17.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what customer, user and satisfaction surveys were conducted in the last 12 months in the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the agencies that report to it; which of them have been reported to the management board in the last 12 months; and which were commissioned by the management board.

    Baroness Verma

    The Department of Energy and Climate Change has conducted 15 quantitative customer, user and satisfaction surveys in the last 12 months, the details of which are appended below. The results of all these surveys have been, or will be, published on gov.uk/decc.

    The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not have any agencies which report to it.

    No surveys were commissioned by the DECC Executive Committee: surveys are managed within individual policy areas, programmes and projects, with results reported to relevant internal boards.

    1. DECC Public Attitudes Tracker survey

    Quarterly waves

    2. Quantitative research into public awareness, attitudes, and experience of Smart Meters

    Two waves

    3. Smart Meters Early Learning Project Consumer Survey*

    One-off survey

    4. DECC Community Energy Survey

    One-off survey

    5. Green Deal Supply Chain research

    One-off survey

    6. Non-Participants in GD Supply Chain

    One-off survey

    7. Green Deal Household Tracker

    Three waves

    8. Green Deal assessments research

    Three waves

    9. Green Deal assessments research: Wave 1 follow up

    One-off survey

    10. Green Deal customer journey research

    One-off survey

    11. Research to explore consumer response to the potential use of winter fuel payments to invest in energy efficiency home improvements

    One-off survey

    12. Questions on GfK Omnibus survey exploring ways to paying for energy saving home improvements*

    One-off survey

    13. Questions on GfK Omnibus survey on Energy Performance Certificates and cash back incentives*

    One-off survey

    14. Survey of applicants to the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive*

    One-off survey

    15. Renewable Heat Premium Payment 2 evaluation*

    Two surveys of participating households.

    *Publication date to be confirmed.

  • – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

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

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the value of the grey economy”

    Lord Wallace of Saltaire

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Margaret Curran – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Margaret Curran – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Curran on 2014-04-03.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the last Finance Ministers Quadrilateral met; and if he will place in the Library the minutes of that meeting.

    Danny Alexander

    The last Finance Quadrilateral was held on 18 November 2013.

    No formal minutes of the meeting were taken, but Ministers present discussed the general economic outlook for the UK and for each of the devolved administrations, as well as looking forward to the forthcoming Autumn Statement. Agreement was reached at the meeting regarding the framework under which the devolved administrations could carry forward Financial Transactions capital into future years.

    The Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Finance Ministers from the devolved administrations aim to meet regularly in Quadrilateral format, complimenting bi-lateral meetings and conversations throughout the year. It is anticipated the next Quadrilateral will take place over the coming months. No date or agenda has yet been set.