Category: Speeches

Gareth Thomas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2016-10-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the UK received from the European Regional Development Agency in (a) total, (b) each action region of the UK and (c) each local authority area in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Margot James

The UK was allocated €7.8 billion from the European Regional Development Fund for the period 2007-16. This was broken down between the different parts of the UK for each year as follows:

€m	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
England	545.3	515.9	485.2	453.0	414.6	427.7	436.3	Nil	985.8	507.8
Wales	177.9	181.5	185.1	188.8	192.6	196.5	200.4	189.2	193.0	196.9
Scotland	80.5	77.6	74.6	71.5	68.1	64.6	61.0	64.1	65.4	66.7
Northern Ireland	41.3	42.1	42.9	43.8	44.7	45.6	22.5	41.4	42.2	43.1

Within England, the European Regional Development Fund for 2007-2013 was administered on the basis of NUTS 1 regions (as defined by the European Statistical Office). The breakdown for each year was as follows:

€m	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
North West	156.8	138.5	119.5	99.6	78.9	80.4	82.0
Yorkshire & Humber	127.1	110.8	93.7	76.0	57.5	58.7	59.8
North East	50.5	51.5	52.6	53.6	54.7	55.8	56.9
East Midlands	36.1	36.8	37.6	38.3	36.5	39.9	40.7
West Midlands	53.8	54.9	56.0	57.1	58.2	59.4	60.6
East of England	14.9	15.2	15.5	15.8	16.2	16.5	16.8
London	24.5	25.0	25.5	26.0	26.5	27.0	27.6
South East	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	1.4	3.5	3.6
South West	16.8	17.1	17.4	17.8	18.2	18.5	18.9
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly	61.6	62.8	64.1	65.4	66.7	68.0	69.4

For the 2014-2020 period, England’s share of the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund was allocated across Local Enterprise Partnership areas (see list of allocations at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf). Local partners decided how the total in each area should be split between the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund.

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01/01/2023

Luciana Berger – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-01-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2015 to Question 20082, what the (a) dates, (b) locations and (c) organisations of the 19 visits and meetings referred to in that Answer were.

Alistair Burt

Details of the 19 visits to or meetings with mental health trusts undertaken by Simon Stevens and Sir Bruce Keogh since their appointments as Chief Executive and Medical Director respectively are given on the attached table Details of meetings with and visits to mental health trusts undertaken by Simon Stevens and Sir Bruce Keogh since their appointments as Chief Executive and Medical Director respectively of NHS England.

01/01/2023
Diana Johnson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2015-11-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2015 to Question 13491, if she will make it her policy to designate all the areas supplying aquifers used for drinking water as Source Protection Zones 1.

Andrea Leadsom

Source Protection Zones identify the area of an aquifer that provides the water abstracted at the drinking water supply borehole. Source Protection Zones 1 (SPZ1) are the area within which pollution would take less than 50 days to reach an abstraction point and where the consequences of groundwater pollution would therefore be greatest. They are used by the Environment Agency as a tool for regulation. The Environment Agency will not permit drilling for oil or gas in an SPZ1. Outside SPZ1s the Environment Agency will require a site specific risk assessment and will only permit drilling for oil or gas if it is satisfied that there is no significant risk to supplies of drinking water and no unacceptable impact on groundwater.

01/01/2023
Baroness Jolly – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2015-11-23.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which foreign governments were consulted as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.

Lord Bridges of Headley

Discussions were offered to all London-based foreign diplomatic missions.

01/01/2023
Clive Efford – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Efford on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Colombian authorities about reducing the practice of locating military bases in rural villages.

Mr Hugo Swire

The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reached a number of agreements in September 2015, which I welcomed at the time. These agreements included one on rural development.

I also welcomed the commitment made by both sides to sign a final peace deal by the end of March 2016. We continue to offer advice to the government of Colombia on implementation of the Peace Process and the potential role of the military in the post conflict phase.

01/01/2023
Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Prime Minister

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-02-01.

To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions (a) he, (b) Edward Llewellyn, (c) Camilla Cavendish and (d) staff of the Number 10 Policy Unit have had with representatives of (i) the Food and Drink Federation, (ii) Coca-Cola, (iii) PepsiCo and (iv) the British Soft Drinks Association in each of the last 18 months; and what the subject was of each such meeting.

Mr David Cameron

Details of my meetings with external organisations are released on a quarterly basis and can be accessed via the gov.uk website.

My officials and special advisers have meetings with a wide range of organisations and individuals on a range of subjects.

01/01/2023
Virendra Sharma – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Leader of the House

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Leader of the House, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in his Office.

Chris Grayling

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 29 February 2016, to Question UIN 27946.

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01/01/2023
Charles Walker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charles Walker on 2016-03-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of its senior civil servants who will potentially fall under the provisions of the fourth EU Money Laundering Directive, 2015/849; and what assessment he has made of which of his Department’s agencies or other public bodies will potentially be classed as holding a prominent public function for the purposes of that directive.

Brandon Lewis

The Government’s view is that the Directive permits a risk-based approach to the identification of whether an individual is a politically exposed person and, when identified, the Directive enables the application of different degrees of enhanced measures to reflect the risks posed.

The Government will be setting out this view in a consultation which will be published shortly.

The changes proposed under the Directive should not prevent any individual in this category from gaining or maintaining access to financial services. HM Treasury regularly raises these issues with financial institutions and the regulator, and we encourage financial institutions to take a proportionate, risk-based approach when applying these measures.

01/01/2023
Antoinette Sandbach – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Antoinette Sandbach on 2016-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any ground investigation work has been carried out in Eddisbury constituency in relation to the High Speed 2 project.

Mr Robert Goodwill

No intrusive ground investigation work has been carried out at this stage. Some preparatory elements of ground investigation such as the study of available information and consultation with related stakeholders has been undertaken.

Following a route decision in autumn 2016 HS2 Ltd will begin production of a full Environmental Impact Assessment.

01/01/2023
Lord Ouseley – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Ouseley on 2016-05-24.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether elderly and disabled patents are being discharged from hospitals without adequate on-going care arrangements in place in order to free up beds for other hospital admissions.

Lord Prior of Brampton

No patient with on-going care and support needs should be discharged from hospital without appropriate arrangements for meeting those needs being put in place. We expect the National Health Service and local authorities to work together to ensure that patient safety and social care needs are taken into account when decisions are made to discharge patients from hospital.

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