The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Dodds on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other NATO member states on the Middle East.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
I have not yet had discussions with other NATO member states. However, the Government is in regular and frequent close contact with NATO member states on a range of issues across the Middle East.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lucas on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the newly elected President of the Syrian National Council.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
We are in constant contact with the Syrian opposition, including with the newly-elected President of the National Coalition, Hadi al-Bahra. We are increasing our support for them, as they counter the threats from extremists and Assad’s regime. UK Special Representative to Syria, Jon Wilks, met President al-Bahra on 10 and 15 July. In these discussions Mr Wilks stressed the UK’s strong support for the National Coalition’s goal of a transition to peaceful, democratic and inclusive Syria. I look forward to meeting and working with President al-Bahra in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the NHS budget allocated to (a) diabetes, (b) cancer, (c) dementia and (d) cardiovascular disease.
Jane Ellison
NHS England allocates funding to clinical commissioning groups, which are responsible for distributing that funding in line with local clinical need. Funding is not generally allocated by disease area.
However, the following table shows the most recent figures collated by NHS England on Primary Care Trust (PCT) expenditure in 2012-13 on diabetes, cancer, organic mental health disorders (including dementia) and problems of circulation (including cardiovascular disease). These figures exclude strategic health authority and arm’s length body expenditure.
|
Expenditure (£ billion) |
Expenditure (% of overall PCT expenditure) |
|
|
Diabetes |
£1.54 billion |
1.6% |
|
Cancer |
£5.68 billion |
6.0% |
|
Organic Mental Health Disorders (including Dementia) |
£1.52 billion |
1.6% |
|
Problems of Circulation |
£6.90 billion |
7.3% |
NHS England has also identified around £90 million annually that is available nationally to the National Health Service to support timely diagnosis of dementia and to ensure that by 2015, two-thirds of people with dementia have a diagnosis and receive appropriate support following diagnosis.
Notes on interpretation:
Expenditure data included here is taken from the 2012-13 programme budgeting returns. Programme budgeting returns are based on a subset of PCT accounts data and represent a subset of overall NHS expenditure data.
Calculating programme budgeting data is complex and not all healthcare activity or services can be classified directly to a programme budgeting category or care setting. When it is not possible to reasonably estimate a programme budgeting category, expenditure is classified as “Other”. Expenditure on General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services cannot be reasonably estimated at disease specific level, and is separately identified as a subcategory of “Other” expenditure.
The allocation of expenditure to programme budgeting subcategories is not always straightforward, and subcategory level data should therefore be used with caution.
Estimates of expenditure are calculated using price paid for specific activities and services purchased form healthcare providers. PCTs follow standard guidance, procedures and mappings when calculating programme budgeting data.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in each age group had hysterectomies in the UK in each of the last five years.
Jane Ellison
This information is not available in the format requested.
The attached table shows information concerning the number of finished consultant episodes for the years 2008-09 to 2012-13.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Evans on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Wales was in the (a) mild, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) unclassified severity banding at the end of 2013.
Norman Baker
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, was amended following the transposition of European Directive 2010/63EU, which came into force on 1 January 2013. Project licences are no longer accorded a severity banding and accordingly it is not possible to provide the information required as it is no longer collected.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Dodds on 2014-07-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that pay day loan companies are restricted from deliberately intimidating their customers.
Andrea Leadsom
The Government has fundamentally reformed the regulation of the payday lending market. Regulatory responsibility for consumer credit transferred from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 1 April. The FCA has transposed key parts of the OFT’s Debt Collection Guidance into binding rules, which sets out the types of business practices considered unfair and incompatible with fitness to operate.
The FCA is undertaking a thematic review into payday lenders’ debt collection practices to ensure that firms treat customers who are struggling with repayments fairly. The FCA expects to publish the final report early in 2015 which will set out what practices it has found across the market and how it expects all firms in the market to make sure they are observing the right standards of behaviour.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Laurence Robertson on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of times fathers have had access to their children restricted in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what the reasons were for the restrictions; and if he will make a statement.
Simon Hughes
Details of the number of times fathers have had access to their children restricted in each of the last five years and the reasons for those restrictions are not held centrally and can only be obtained by manually checking every case file at disproportionate costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of options for increasing service frequencies on the Nottingham-Lincoln line; and what the revenue subsidy and capital cost of implications are of each such option.
Claire Perry
As stated in the Greater Lincolnshire Deal, which was part of the Local Growth Fund announcement on 7 July, the Department is committed to working with D2N2 and the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership and partners to help achieve their objective of increased service frequency between Lincoln and Nottingham via Newark.
However, this is dependent on the affordability and value for money of the services. In addition, it is dependent on the level of local funding available to support these incremental rail services for the first three years, after which the Department would consider continuing with the services as part of its base specification. We are currently assessing the available options against the criteria above, taking account of likely revenue and cost implications alongside the latest funding offer from the stakeholders.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to promote the use of IT facilities in public libraries by participants in the Work Programme for job search and preparation; and if he will make a statement.
Esther McVey
Work Programme providers have flexibility to innovate and to design support that addresses the needs of individuals and the local labour market, rather than having to follow one size fits all processes. It is at the discretion of providers whether they choose to advise individuals to use any particular public facilities.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chuka Umunna on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total value is of all bids made in each region to each round of the Regional Growth Fund including the Exceptional Regional Growth Fund; how much has been committed to winning bidders in each such region in each such round; and how much such funding has been drawn down.
Greg Clark
The tables below provide a breakdown of the value of Regional Growth Fund (RGF) by region and round for RGF applications; the committed allocation of RGF to projects and programmes following due diligence. This data excludes those projects and programmes that have withdrawn. The third table sets out the amount drawn down by operational RGF awards to date and the financial years in which the remaining RGF and eRGF is committed through to 31st March 2017. The data is correct as at 2nd October 2014.
Projects and programmes in Rounds 1 to 4 have until 31 March 2015 to draw down their funding and projects and programmes in Round 5 will be able to draw down funding until 31 March 2017. The Department agrees a draw down profile with each organisation when they sign their grant offer letter that matches the beneficiary’s own investment schedules and job commitments. The subsequent rate of draw down is then subject to the beneficiaries meeting the conditions.
RGF Applications (£ million)
|
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Round 4 |
Round 5 |
Exceptional |
Total |
|
|
East Midlands |
231 |
529 |
124 |
163 |
56 |
1,103 |
|
|
East of England |
115 |
131 |
61 |
50 |
43 |
400 |
|
|
London |
74 |
117 |
26 |
32 |
4 |
253 |
|
|
North East |
343 |
335 |
353 |
215 |
98 |
34 |
1,378 |
|
North West |
519 |
535 |
414 |
322 |
81 |
9 |
1,880 |
|
South East |
185 |
154 |
145 |
191 |
24 |
22 |
721 |
|
South West |
144 |
232 |
322 |
219 |
57 |
15 |
989 |
|
West Midlands |
569 |
282 |
419 |
176 |
70 |
16 |
1,532 |
|
Yorkshire and The Humber |
327 |
434 |
345 |
240 |
26 |
1,372 |
|
|
Nationwide |
215 |
315 |
565 |
282 |
241 |
1,618 |
|
|
TOTAL |
2,722 |
3,064 |
2,774 |
1,890 |
700 |
96 |
11,246 |
RGF Committed
|
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Round 4 |
Round 5 |
Exceptional |
Grand Total |
|
|
East Midlands |
2 |
64 |
27 |
35 |
20 |
0 |
148 |
|
East of England |
14 |
35 |
25 |
15 |
5 |
0 |
95 |
|
Nationwide |
175 |
95 |
176 |
50 |
107 |
0 |
602 |
|
North East |
34 |
61 |
111 |
30 |
55 |
21 |
313 |
|
North West |
20 |
182 |
105 |
86 |
20 |
5 |
418 |
|
South East |
0 |
60 |
54 |
25 |
6 |
11 |
155 |
|
South West |
4 |
71 |
82 |
13 |
22 |
5 |
197 |
|
West Midlands |
89 |
95 |
151 |
55 |
30 |
17 |
437 |
|
Yorkshire and The Humber |
47 |
78 |
93 |
40 |
27 |
0 |
285 |
|
Grand Total |
385 |
742 |
834 |
349 |
291 |
58 |
2651 |
RGF Drawn Down by year (£ million)
|
Financial Year |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
Total |
|
Actual paid – year to date |
465 |
161 |
551 |
252* |
1,428 |
||
|
Planned for whole financial year |
1165 |
167 |
133 |
2,642 |
The difference between the totals in tables 2 and 3 arises because RGF applicants have not always claimed the full grant available to them.
*This is the actual amount paid to beneficiaries as of 2nd October 2014.