The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2015-01-14.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department defines non-fiscal spend.
Danny Alexander
“Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were excluded from school for (a) possession and (b) supply of illegal drugs in each of the last five years.
Mr Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not collect information on the number of pupils excluded from school for the possession and supply of illegal drugs. The Department publishes information on the number of pupils excluded permanently or for a fixed period for ‘drug and alcohol’ related reasons. Guidance to schools clarifies that this category includes exclusions for alcohol abuse, drug dealing, inappropriate use of prescribed drugs, possession of illegal drugs, smoking and substance abuse.
Information showing the number of drug and alcohol related exclusions for 2008/09 to 2012/13 has been included in the attached Excel document. Further information on permanent and fixed period exclusions can be found in the “Statistics: exclusions” series [1].
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Denham on 2015-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students started a level 5 apprenticeship in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12 in each parliamentary constituency.
Nick Boles
Information on the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts in England by Level and Parliamentary Constituency is attached.
Although level 4 and 5 apprenticeships were available in all three years, level 6 and 7 apprenticeships were only enabled by legislation from April 2013. Official apprenticeship data provides complete information for government-funded apprenticeships and this shows that there were no starts on the four available level 6 apprenticeships during the 2013/14 academic year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame M. Morris on 2015-01-13.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of quantitative easing.
Andrea Leadsom
The UK’s monetary policy framework, set out in the Bank of England Act 1998, gives operational responsibility for monetary policy to the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2014-07-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the responsibilities will be of the Minister of State in her Department, the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton.
Mr Edward Timpson
The full list of Ministerial responsibilities will be published on www.gov.uk in due course.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Kirby on 2014-07-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the annual cost to her Department of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if she will make a statement.
Dan Rogerson
This information is not recorded.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-07-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) Israelis and (b) Israeli children who have been killed as a result of Israeli military action in the last 10 years.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office holds no information centrally on the number of Israelis or Israeli children killed by Israeli military action in the last 10 years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John McDonnell on 2014-07-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments have been received by the NHS in return for the advertising of Optical Express services on the NHS Choices website.
Dr Daniel Poulter
NHS Choices does not advertise services on their website. Optical Express is included within the service directory published on NHS Choices on the basis that it is a provider of NHS services.
NHS Choices has neither sought nor received any payment from Optical Express in return for this inclusion.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hoban on 2014-07-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of supporting people with cerebral palsy.
Norman Lamb
No estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of supporting people with cerebral palsy.
National Health Service expenditure on cerebral palsy is included in the programme budgeting category ‘neurological problems’, but cannot be separately identified. Aggregate annual NHS expenditure in this category in 2012-13, the latest period for which data is available, was £4.44 billion.
The programme budgeting data return is an analysis of commissioning expenditure by healthcare condition and care centre based on figures provided to NHS England by primary care trusts (PCTs) and PCT successor organisations. Programme budgeting data, as well as further information on how these figures were calculated, can be found on the NHS England website at the following link:
www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/prog-budgeting/
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2014-07-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of (a) the tobacco industry and (b) tobacco control charities to discuss proposals for legislation on plain packaging of cigarettes in the last 12 months.
Jane Ellison
Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the Gov.UK website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2012-to-2013