The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken research on the potential effects of electromagnetic emissions on children who are passengers in autonomous vehicles.
Andrew Jones
All new vehicles are required to comply with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) Regulation 10, which governs the level of electromagnetic emissions from vehicles.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Smith on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 15 July 2013 to Question 164762, what the annual budget is for food produced for the armed forces; and what proportion of food produced for the armed forces was sourced from British producers in the latest period for which figures are available.
Mr Philip Dunne
The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-07-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2016 to Question 40374, what the estimated values are of Network Rail’s costs referred to in that Answer by (a) costs incurred with the supplier, (b) installation and (c) operational costs for the (i) Cardiff and (ii) Romford Rail Operating Centre.
Paul Maynard
The Department for Transport does not hold this level of detail on Network Rail’s costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy McDonald on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue the Office for Road and Rail and its predecessor raised through the Railway Safety Levy in each financial year between 2006-07 and 2015-16.
Paul Maynard
The revenue raised between the years 2006-07 and 2015-16 through the Railway Safety Levy is set out below.
|
Year |
Total (£000) |
|
2006-2007 |
16,562 |
|
2008-2009 |
17,969 |
|
2009-2010 |
19,733 |
|
2010-2011 |
18,461 |
|
2011-2012 |
17,497 |
|
2012-2013 |
17,417 |
|
2013-2014 |
15,939 |
|
2014-2015 |
15,371 |
|
2015-2016 |
15,907 |
|
Total |
154,856 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Hodge on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress made by Montserrat in meeting the Prime Minister’s ambition for a public register of beneficial ownership since June 2013.
James Duddridge
I refer the Right Honourable Lady to the answer given by my Hon Friend the member for Hertfordshire South West (David Gauke), the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to questions 10437, 10438 and 10448, which sets out the criteria we expect the Overseas Territories to meet in relation to their central register of company beneficial ownership, or similarly effective system. We are in discussions with the Montserrat authorities on this and are offering technical assistance as they develop their proposals.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill on 2015-12-22.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will implement the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Joint Committee on Human Rights to raise the minimum age of armed forces’ recruitment to 18; and if not, why not.
Earl Howe
All recruitment into the UK military is voluntary and no young person under the age of 18 years may join our Armed Forces unless their application is accompanied by the formal written consent of their parent or guardian. We take the duty of care towards all recruits seriously, in particular those under 18 years of age. We have robust, effective and independently verified safeguards in place to ensure that under-18s are cared for properly.
The Armed Forces do not intend to phase out the recruitment of personnel under the age of 18. Our policies on under-18s in Service are robust and comply with national and international law. In addition to the comprehensive welfare system that is in place for all Service personnel we remain fully committed to meeting our obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, and have taken steps to bestow special safeguards on young people under the age of 18.
The provision of education and training for 16-year-old school leavers provides a route into the Armed Forces that complies with Government education policy and offers a significant foundation for emotional, physical and educational development throughout an individual’s career.
All recruits aged under 18 receive key skills education in literacy and numeracy, should they need it, and all are enrolled onto apprenticeships. The Armed Forces remain the UK’s largest apprenticeship provider, equipping young people with valuable and transferable skills for life. Over 95% of all recruits, no matter what their age or prior qualifications, enrol in an apprenticeship each year. The Armed Forces offer courses in a wide range of skills, such as engineering, information and communications technology, construction, driving, and animal care. Ofsted regularly inspects our care of newly joined young recruits, and we are very proud of the standards we achieve.
Our policy on under-18s is published in Part 2 of Joint Service Publication 898, "Defence Direction and Guidance on Training, Education and Skills", available at the following website: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433762/20141126-JSP_898_Part2_Guidance_v1_1.pdf
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christina Rees on 2016-01-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to publish statistics on national food bank usage.
Justin Tomlinson
The Government has no plans to collect or publish statistics on food bank usage.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Siobhain McDonagh on 2016-02-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for an outpatient paediatric ophthalmology appointment was in 2014-15.
Alistair Burt
The information is shown in the following table.
Information on outpatient paediatric ophthalmology appointments in 2014-15
|
Median waiting time in days for a first appointment1 |
53 days |
|
Number of appointments that were cancelled by the hospital |
36,533 |
|
Number of appointments that were cancelled by the patient |
33,448 |
|
Number of appointments that the patient did not attend |
65,436 |
|
National average unit cost of a first appointment2 |
£118 |
Sources:
Hospital episode statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre
Reference costs, Department of Health
Notes:
1Waiting time is defined as the time in days between the date the referral request was received and the date of the first appointment, whether it was attended or not.
2Defined as a consultant-led single-professional first appointment. Separate data are collected are collected on non-consultant-led, multi-professional, and follow-up appointments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Durkan on 2016-03-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider a de-linked model for biomedical research and development.
George Freeman
The Department is currently in discussion with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry on models that delink company revenues from usage in the context of pricing of antibiotics.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bob Blackman on 2016-04-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to ensure the adequacy of provision of affordable homes to rent to help house London’s homeless population.
Brandon Lewis
The Government has committed to investing £8 billion to deliver over 400,000 affordable housing starts across the country.
Also we are providing £110 million to tackle rough sleeping and homelessness. This will deliver at least 2,000 accommodation places and will support projects helping to get people off the streets.
We have invested more than £500 million since 2010 to help local authorities prevent almost one million households from becoming homeless.