Tag: 2014

  • Robert Flello – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Robert Flello – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Flello on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart supporting the requests for an investigation into the death of Thomas Rodriguez Cantillo, a SINTRAINAGRO trades union member killed on 9 May 2014.

    Mr Hugo Swire

    I met representatives from six human rights organisations, including Oxfam and Christian Aid as well as Colombian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) during my visit to Bogotá last week. I also met two Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs, heads of the Colombian Government’s major human rights agencies and representatives of the Attorney-General’s office. I set out HM Government concern about the reported rise in attacks against human rights defenders and a lack of sentences for those responsible.

  • Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2014-06-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time was taken between an application being made and benefit paid for (a) attendance allowance, (b) bereavement benefits, (c) carer’s allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) employment and support allowance, (f) jobseeker’s allowance, (g) maternity benefits, (h) housing benefit, (i) council tax benefit and (j) pension credit in (i) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years including the most recent period for which figures are available.

    Mike Penning

    The information regarding when a benefit is paid is not available as this can vary from each claim depending on circumstances, payment type and frequency of payment.

  • John Denham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    John Denham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Denham on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department’s policy is on funding organisations that restrict their employment to members of particular faiths.

    Mr Francis Maude

    All organisations funded by the Cabinet Office have to adhere to relevant employment legislation including the Equal Opportunities Act and Sex Discrimination Act.

  • Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much mainstream grant funding was allocated by the Training and Development Agency for Schools to (a) the University of York and (b) York St John University in (i) cash terms and (ii) at constant prices in 2000-01 and in each year since.

    Mr David Laws

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 9 July 2013, Official Report column 232w.

    The latest figures available are provided below.

    Mainstream Funding (£)

    Mainstream Funding (£)

    Academic Year

    University of York

    York St John

    2013/14

    0

    610,470
  • Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waste collected in City of York has been recycled in each year since 2008-09; and what funding his Department provided to City of York local authority to increase recycling rates in each of those years.

    Dan Rogerson

    The proportion of household waste collected in City of York which was recycled for the five years since 2008/9 is presented in the table below:

    Year

    Percentage
    (Rounded)

    2008/9

    45%

    2009/10

    43%

    2010/11

    45%

    2011/12

    46%

    2012/13

    46%

    The proportion of all waste collected by City of York Council (household and non-household) which was recycled for the five years since 2008/9 is as follows:

    Year

    Percentage
    (Rounded)

    2008/09

    44%

    2009/10

    42%

    2010/11

    44%

    2011/12

    46%

    2012/13

    45%

    These statistics are taken from data submitted by the Council.

    Local authorities receive revenue support grant and council tax to fund waste collection and disposal. These funds are not ring-fenced. We have no record of funding to York City Council specifically to increase recycling rates over this period.

  • Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients had been waiting for (a) over six months and (b) three months for in-patient admission at York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in March 1997 and in each year since.

    Jane Ellison

    Information is not available in the format requested. Information on the number of patients waiting over six months and three months for in-patient admission at what is now York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from March 1997 to March 2010 is shown in the attached table.

    Since 2007, waiting times on a referral to treatment (RTT) basis have been published. Information on the number of patients who waited over six months and over three months on an admitted RTT pathway at York Teaching Hospital NHS FT between March 2008 and March 2012 is shown in the attached table.

  • David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the British Medical Association’s press release of 27 May 2014 entitled Abortion guidance ignores gender complexity; and if he will make a statement.

    Jane Ellison

    We have noted the views of the British Medical Association on this issue.

  • Katy Clark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Katy Clark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Katy Clark on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether MRCC Aberdeen was staffed at below risk assessed levels on any shifts between 20 May and 22 May 2014.

    Stephen Hammond

    Aberdeen Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was fully staffed with five qualified officers during each of the day watches over the period 20 to 22 May 2014. On the night of 20 May, the watch was reduced to three qualified officers, and on the night of 21 May, four qualified officers. This had no impact on search and rescue operational capability for that period.

    Aberdeen MRCC could also have called on further experienced and capable support from five other MRCCs, should this support have been required.

  • Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-27.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have become ineligible for the benefit as a consequence of increased income since October 2013.

    Esther McVey

    The information requested is not currently available.

    The Department published its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in September 2013 which can be found at:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics

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  • Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2014-06-27.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how Chin and Karenni children are likely to be reached by the Myanmar Education Consortium in Myanmar.

    Baroness Northover

    A local partner of the Myanmar Education Consortium (MEC), Kayan New Generation Youth, is working with Karenni communities in four states: Kayah, Kayin, Naypyidaw and Shan (south). The MEC is not currently supporting partners in Chin State. However, it is supporting a local organisation, Linguistic Society, working in Rakhine, which is developing early childhood care and development material in one of the ethnic languages used in Southern Chin and adjoining Myebone township in Rakhine.