The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fabian Hamilton on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the use of drones originating at (a) USAF Croughton, (b) RAF Marham, (c) NSA Menwith Hill and (d) RAF Waddington; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Mark Francois
The UK’s Reaper Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) are remotely operated from RAF Waddington. The US does not operate RPAS from the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lucas on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the predicted cost of the implementation of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security is in each of the next three years.
Mark Simmonds
The National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security was launched at the Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit and builds on lessons to date, and address some of the challenges in the previous NAP. The NAP’s Implementation Plan will be launched later this year.
In line with our UN commitments on women, peace and security we will continue to address violence against women and support women’s role in building peace and promote their participation, with a particular focus on Afghanistan, Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, Somalia and Syria.
The aims of the NAP and Implementation Plan are to ensure a more coherent and effective approach to the work on Women, Peace and Security. They provide the frameworks for activities which are funded through existing departmental budgets. Those budgets include: the Conflict Pool (the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund from 2015-16), the Human Rights and Democracy Fund, the Arab Partnership Fund and Official Development Assistance – all of which help to fund the work on women, peace and security across the world.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he or other Ministers of his Department have visited a liver unit since taking office.
Dr Daniel Poulter
Since May 2010 the following visits were undertaken by Ministers in the Department to liver units.
23 November 2010 Anne Milton King’s College Hospital
Tour of our Haematology and Liver Transplantation
departments
13 January 2011 Mr Andrew Lansley King’s College Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust
Tour of Liver Intensive Therapy Unit (LITU) on Cheyne Wing
Since May 2010, the following visits were undertaken by Ministers in the Department to alcohol dependency units that also specialise in liver treatment.
16 December 2010 Anne Milton Hope House in Clapham
(Drugs/alcohol dependency)
21 July 2011 Earl Howe Royal Bolton Hospital
(Alcohol dependency)
1 March 2012 Mr Andrew Lansley The Carpenters Arms
(Rehabilitation charity for alcohol and drugs)
25 October 2012 Anna Soubry Bristol Tranquiliser Project
(Drugs/alcohol dependency)
29 March 2012 Earl Howe Mossley Hill Hospital
(Alcohol dependency treatment centre)
24 January 2013 Anna Soubry Mount Carmel (charity)
(Alcohol Treatment Centre)
6 June 2013 Dr Daniel Poulter Brighton Housing Trust
(Meeting Community Alcohol NHS Team)
13 February 2014 Dr Daniel Poulter The Habour centre, Alcohol and drug service, Plymouth
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Davis on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been dropped by the National Crime Agency due to insufficient or missing communications data to date.
James Brokenshire
Communications data is a vital tool needed by law enforcement agencies to investigate crime, protect the public and ensure national security. These
agencies’ capability to access this data when it is needed is degrading as a result of rapidly changing technology. The figures quoted in the speech at
Mansion House on 24 June demonstrate the impact that capability gaps are having on investigations.
With reference to the 13 incidents involving children, these cases could not be pursued because the data needed to identify them from their activities online was not available. The current status of these children is therefore unknown. Where the Single Point of Contact in a law enforcement agency knows that data is not held by the service provider in question, they will not process a request for the data in the first place (as it would not be an appropriate use of their powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged between (a) 10 and 12, (b) 13 and 14 and (c) 15 and 17 years were held in each secure training centre and secure children’s home in each year since May 2010.
Jeremy Wright
Informed by advice from local Youth Offending Teams, the Youth Justice Board places young people who are remanded or sentenced to custody in the secure establishment most appropriate to their needs.
The spreadsheet shows the average number of children and young people aged between a) 10 and 12, b) 13 and 14 and c) 15 and 17 held in each secure training centre and secure children’s home in each year since 2009/10 (April to March).
The 2013/14 figures will be published in the 2013/14 Youth Justice Statistics in January 2015.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Falkner of Margravine on 2014-06-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to complete their inquiry into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood; and whether they intend to publish their complete findings.
Baroness Warsi
The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), asked Sir John Jenkins to complete the review of the Muslim Brotherhood before Parliament rises and will make public its findings after the Government has considered them.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Black of Brentwood on 2014-06-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to improve the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation.
Earl Howe
NHS England is taking a number of actions to improve the care and management of people with atrial fibrillation (AF). It has published Our Ambition to Reduce Premature Mortality: A resource to support commissioners in setting a level of ambition, which identifies improved management of AF as a priority for reducing premature mortality. The resource can be found at:
www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/sop/red-prem-mort/
National Health Service Improving Quality’s Living Longer Lives programme includes promoting the use of a simple but effective audit tool called Guidance on Risk Assessment and Stroke Prevention for Atrial Fibrillation (GRASP-AF) which simplifies the process of identifying patients with AF who are not receiving the right treatment. NHS Improving Quality is currently collaborating with partner organisations, including charities, to support the nationwide roll-out of GRASP-AF.
This work will be supported by the publication of an economic analysis commissioned by NHS Improving Quality using GRASP data which demonstrates both the current and potential impact of atrial fibrillation management on the number of AF related strokes.
Discussions are also underway to consider whether opportunistic testing for atrial fibrillation (AF) should be encouraged nationally as part of the NHS Health Check programme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Ahmed on 2014-06-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Bodu Bala Sena Buddhist Power Force” in Sri Lanka.”
Baroness Warsi
In the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Human Rights and Democracy Report for 2013, we note that non-governmental organisations documented hundreds of attacks against minority religions, including violence, vandalism, and hate speech in Sri Lanka. We also note that statements by nationalist Buddhist groups, including the Bodu Bala Sena, fuelled concern over rising religious tensions.
Our High Commissioner to Colombo has discussed these matters with members of the Government of Sri Lanka. We have encouraged early action to promote peaceful co-existence between all communities, noting the importance of ensuring any acts of violence, intimidation or threats are thoroughly investigated and those responsible brought to justice. Officials from our High Commission in Colombo also met with representatives of the Bodu Bala Sena last year in order to discuss the organisation’s activities and religious tensions in Sri Lanka. During the meeting, British officials expressed concern at attacks directed at Muslim and other minority religious communities.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many outstanding protective awards to be paid by the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Services are owed to firms in which less than 20 people are employed on one site.
Jenny Willott
Under legislation, a protective award can be made where it is determined that there was insufficient consultation in situations involving 20 or more redundancies in one establishment. The Redundancy Payments Service makes payments, to affected employees, where an employment tribunal has made an award and the employer is insolvent.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal, in the Woolworths case (USDAW v WW Realisations 1 Ltd and others), decided that it should remove the European test of ‘establishment’ from UK law. The Department is appealing this judgment as we do not agree with this interpretation of the law.
We think the right interpretation of the law is that employers must consult employee representatives if making 20 or more redundancies at one establishment. In a dispute, it is for the employment tribunals to decide what is an establishment on the facts of each individual case.
Until the Woolworths appeal is determined, employment tribunals are staying (not deciding) claims from employees who worked on sites with fewer than 20 proposed redundancies and the RPS is unable to make payments to such employees.
Information on the number of affected cases is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has issued to schools on the role of special educational needs coordinators in decisions on spending the pupil premium.
Mr Edward Timpson
The Department for Education has not issued guidance to schools on the role of the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) in decisions on how to spend the Pupil Premium. We expect that schools will want to involve the SENCO in determining how to use the Pupil Premium to fund support for those pupils with special educational needs who are economically deprived, looked after by the local authority or who have left care via adoption or other routes.
It should also be noted that the draft 0-25 Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice states that the SENCO, headteacher and governing body or proprietor should consider their strategic approach to meeting special educational needs in the context of the total resources available to the school, including any resources targeted at particular groups, such as the Pupil Premium. The draft SEND Code of Practice was laid before Parliament on 11 June 2014 and must be approved by Parliament before it comes into force on 1 September 2014.