The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of 2014DIN07-082 on 2014/2015 Defence Cyber Practitioner Courses in the Library.
Mr Mark Francois
I have placed a redacted copy of the Defence Information Notice 2014DIN07-082 in the Library of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Iain Wright on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, what progress UK Trade and Investment has made on identifying possibilities for UK-based food and drink producers through the High Value Opportunity Programme for Food Security.
Mr David Willetts
The scope of the High Value Opportunity for Food Security is dependent on the national strategies to be published by key target markets. Prospects for UK-based food and drink producers will become clearer once these strategies are published.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings he has had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser in the last 12 months.
Dan Rogerson
The Secretary of State meets his Chief Scientific Adviser at least weekly, sometimes more frequently.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Infrastructure Organisation will allow the contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour so the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier can navigate it; what estimate he has made of the contract’s cost to the public; and when work will (a) commence and (b) finish.
Mr Philip Dunne
The contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour is expected to be awarded in April 2015 and is worth £20 million to £40 million. Work will commence following the appointment of the successful bidder, and will be completed ahead of HMS Queen Elizabeth’s arrival in late 2016.
The bidders for the contract are Boskalis Westminster Ltd, Van Oord UK Ltd and Dredging International NV.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Carswell on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure GPs are accessible to patients.
Dr Daniel Poulter
Through the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund, more than 7.5 million people in England will start to be offered increased access to local general practitioner (GP) services, including seven-day opening and appointments outside of office hours. The Fund is supporting over 1,110 practices covering every region as part of a pilot scheme.
The PM Challenge Fund is for one year and patients are expected to see positive changes from services from June/July onwards. An interim evaluation report is due in November this year. The full and final report is expected to be published in the early part of 2015-16. There will be a rolling programme of feedback on the pilots with case studies available from the summer onwards to help spread best practice across the country.
In addition, the new GP contract introduced a new Enhanced Service, which includes a commitment to same day phone consultations with a professional in the GP surgery where necessary for the most at risk in the population.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Gapes on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Debate of 3 March 2014, Official Report, columns 726-32W, on Census (Kashmiri ethnic representation), if he will add a category of Kashmiri to the tick boxes on the Census.
Mr Nick Hurd
No decision has been made on the topics or questions that could be considered for a future census.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were working in his Department on sexual health matters in each year since 2010; and how many people have worked in (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England on sexual health matters since the formation of Public Health England.
Jane Ellison
The following table shows staff numbers working directly on sexual health matters within the Department since 2010. There are also a number of senior civil servants and other staff, such as analysts, working in the Department who input to work on sexual health and a wide range of other issues.
|
Year |
Department staff numbers sexual health |
Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) |
|
2010 (estimated) |
19 |
17.2 |
|
2011 |
10 |
10 |
|
2012 |
9 |
8.7 |
|
2013 |
6 |
5.7 |
|
2014 |
6 |
5.7 |
The total number of Public Health England staff working on sexual health is 255.3 WTE.
Public Health England’s head count includes staff working on Health Protection, field epidemiology, microbiology services and Health and Wellbeing staff. Some staff are externally funded and are not exclusive to sexual health, working across disciplines.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun dogs have been stolen in each of the last three years in each region in England.
Norman Baker
The information requested is not available centrally.
It is not possible to identify offences of gun dog thefts from the police recorded crime statistics collected by the Home Office.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bob Ainsworth on 2014-06-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) adult and (b) child passport renewal applications were processed within the three-week service standard in each of the last six months.
James Brokenshire
he table below shows the number of straightforward passport applications
received within the UK which were processed within 3 weeks.
|
Month |
Proportion of straightforward applications processed within 3 weeks |
|
Dec 13 |
99.99% |
|
Jan 14 |
99.99% |
|
Feb 14 |
99.98% |
|
Mar 14 |
99.95% |
|
Apr 14 |
99.59% |
|
May 14 |
92.26% |
Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold a further breakdown of this information by
application type. The cost of bringing that information together would be
disproportionate and so it is not possible to provide the information you have
requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed by Directly Operated Railways in March (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
Stephen Hammond
The total budgeted staff costs for the years in question are as follows.
|
£000’s |
Salaries |
Other Staff Costs |
Consultants |
Total |
|
2010/11 |
539 |
77 |
412 |
1028 |
|
2011/12 |
476 |
52 |
386 |
914 |
|
2012/13 |
194 |
32 |
853 |
1079 |
|
2013/14 |
378 |
10 |
455 |
843 |
|
2014/15 |
1245 |
61 |
187 |
1493 |
|
2015/16 |
No Budget |
As with all other costs associated with Directly Operated Railways (DOR), these are recovered through a combination of a management charge to their subsidiary (East Coast Main Line Company Ltd), charges to the performance bond which was secured from National Express following the early termination of their franchise in 2009 and fees charged to the Department for Transport for services in connection with the Rail Franchising (Direct Awards) programme.
The total headcount in DOR for the years in question are set out in the table below.
|
Year ending March |
Core DOR |
Direct Award |
|
2010 |
7 |
|
|
2011 |
7 |
|
|
2012 |
7 |
|
|
2013 |
8 |
|
|
2014 |
7 |
6* |
*Prior to the year ending March 2014, DOR’s work in respect of the Direct Award programme was staffed by a combination of the core DOR team and consultants.