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 Biography information for Christopher Chope on Work and Pensions.
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Mike Penning
Further to my letter of 4 June Ms E Stewart’s assessment was completed on 16 June and a decision made on 23 June. Ms Stewart will be notified of this decision on 24 June.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Charlie Elphicke on Treasury.
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Mr David Gauke
Previous replies have explained that further discussions in relation at Priory Court in Dover are a matter for Mapeley who own the land. While HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) occupy the property under the STEPS contracts and will consider any reasonable proposals, resolution of commercial considerations are for Network Rail and Mapeley.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Sharon Hodgson on Justice.
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Simon Hughes
I have not discussed the legal status of Islamic marriages with any of the organisations listed.
There are no plans to change the law to recognise in English law Muslim marriages and divorces which do not conform to the Marriage Act 1949.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Chi Onwurah on Cabinet Office.
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Mr Francis Maude
The Taskforce has recently been reconstituted.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Luciana Berger on Health.
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Norman Lamb
NHS England recognises that the number of adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) is gradually increasing over time. The growth in numbers is taken into account by NHS England as part of its annual commissioning process and will be considered in the ongoing development of its five year specialised commissioning strategy.
Information concerning the number of people living with CF in each of the last four years is not available. In the following table we have provided the number of CF patients (adults and children) cared for by specialist centres in England in each of the last three years. This data has only been collected since the introduction of the tariff for CF services in 2011.
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Year |
Patients |
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2011 |
7,291 |
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2012 |
7,620 |
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2013 |
7,778 |
We would expect all CF patients to have a CF specialist in charge of their care and, as part of the ongoing support they receive, to be assessed at specialist centres.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Ian Murray on Justice.
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Mr Shailesh Vara
The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly official statistics on the tribunals which come under it, including Employment Tribunals. These are produced by statisticians in the Analytical Services Division using data produced by HM Courts and Tribunals Service. There are no plans for a review of the statistics at this time.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Liam Byrne on Business, Innovation and Skills.
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Mr David Willetts
No estimate of retention rates at alternative providers has yet been made. The designation conditions that apply from 2014/15 onwards require alternative providers to provide a data return to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). This data once available will help inform BIS decisions on designations and enable the Department to estimate retention rates across the sector.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by what steps they will take to ensure that the current proposals (1) to introduce auctioning of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for only one particular group of technologies in October 2014 on Energy and Climate Change.
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Baroness Verma
The EU ‘Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020′, which were adopted in principle on 9 April 2014, set out a requirement to introduce technology neutral competition for renewable technologies, including a transitional phase, with a number of derogations. In May 2014 the Government confirmed proposals to move straight to competition for more established technologies. For less established technologies, if there is insufficient budget in a CfD allocation round to satisfy all bids, a competitive auction will apply. We believe our proposals are consistent with the guidelines.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by col 970).” on Energy and Climate Change.
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Baroness Verma
We anticipate that some generators will seek to establish the terms of any PPA and financing arrangements before they participate in the CfD allocation round, in order to understand better their likely costs. Such conditional PPAs could take a number of forms, from indicative terms to a signed contract.
In 2013, DECC officials established an industry Market Readiness group to prepare the market for offering CfD PPAs. There are now a number of PPA providers discussing terms with potential developers but these discussions are commercially sensitive.
The Offtaker of Last Resort will allow generators to develop their projects using shorter-term PPAs with smaller suppliers. We are on track to introduce enabling regulations to have the OLR mechanism in place ahead of the first CfD allocation in Autumn 2014.