Tag: 2014

Simon Kirby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Kirby on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with cities outside London on interoperability of smart tickets between rail and bus services; and if he will make a statement.

Stephen Hammond

The Department for Transport is working closely with nine major cities and regions outside London to establish how plans to accelerate smart ticketing on bus and rail can be achieved. The initiative known as the ‘Smart Cities Partnership’ and funded by the Department brings together the authorities concerned, the operators and the policy makers to address some of the technical and commercial challenges.

This programme will pave the way for other cities and authorities with similar ambitions to have smart interoperable ticket offers to passengers. It will also build upon the South East Flexible Ticketing programme which the Department is leading on which will see rail stations suitably equipped for smart ticketing, and more flexible smart ticket products on offer which are better suited to meet modern working and leisure patterns.

November 1, 2022

David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time for each category of call was in Bolton in each year since 2010.

Jane Ellison

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.

The median response times to treatment for category A¹ calls in the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust², April 2011³ to April 2014

Month	Median time (in minutes)
April 2011	4.2
May 2011	5.0
June 2011	5.2
July 2011	5.0
August 2011	4.7
September 2011	4.8
October 2011	4.9
November 2011	4.9
December 2011	5.0
January 2012	4.8
February 2012	5.1
March 2012	5.0
April 2012	5.6
May 2012	5.7
June 2012	5.1
July 2012	5.1
August 2012	5.2
September 2012	5.3
October 2012	5.4
November 2012	5.4
December 2012	5.7
January 2013	5.5
February 2013	5.6
March 2013	5.6
April 2013	5.8
May 2013	5.4
June 2013	5.5
July 2013	5.8
August 2013	5.7
September 2013	6.1
October 2013	6.0
November 2013	6.1
December 2013	6.1
January 2014	5.8
February 2014	6.1
March 2014	6.1
April 2014	6.1

Source: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England

Notes:

¹Category A calls are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.

²North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides services to the Bolton area. Ambulance response times are not readily available for areas smaller than those covered by one Ambulance Trust.

³Information is not available before April 2011.

November 1, 2022

Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Preston constituency are subject to sanction of their (a) employment and support allowance and (b) jobseeker’s allowance.

Esther McVey

Statistics on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance benefit, and Employment and Support Allowance claimants in the Preston parliamentary constituency who have been sanctioned, from April 2000, the earliest data we have, up to September 2013 which is the latest data available, are published and can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance for users is available at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm

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November 1, 2022
Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that patient data extracted under care.data shared with countries inside the European Economic Area cannot be shared outside that area.

Dr Daniel Poulter

The Data Protection Act (1998) allows personal data to be transferred to countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) on the same basis as transferring data within the United Kingdom. Personal data can only be sent to a country or territory outside the EEA if an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of individuals when processing their personal data is ensured.

Every application for information will be considered by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), in line with the Data Protection Act, taking account of their location if it is outside the UK.

Recipients of data from the HSCIC must agree to certain terms and conditions of use, i.e. a data sharing contract, before any data is disclosed. Those terms and conditions include measures intended to safeguard the use of information that may identify individuals, including:

– limiting the use of information to a specific purpose, which must also be both legitimate, compatible and shared only for the benefit of the health and social care system;

– prohibiting onward disclosure of information to an additional organisation;

– ensuring the security of the data once it is in the possession of another organisation that applied successfully for the data; and

– the right of HSCIC to audit where it is suspected the terms and conditions have not been complied with.

The HSCIC announced on 17 June 2014 that a new, strengthened audit function will monitor adherence to data sharing agreements and halt the flow of data if there are any concerns exposed. This will include scrutiny of how the data is being used and stored by those receiving it. This will also monitor that data has been deleted when an agreement comes to the end. Any failure on the part of data users to abide by their agreements will entail no further release of data to them.

November 1, 2022
Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Government funding is given to the UK film industry; what contribution the UK film industry makes to the UK economy; and what steps the Government is taking to attract overseas film production and investment to the UK.

Mr Edward Vaizey

In 2012-13 the Government provided around £80m in grant in aid and lottery funding to the British Film Institute (BFI) to support film in the UK, and paid out £205million in Film Tax Relief. The UK film industry makes a significant contribution to the UK economy, directly generating 43,900 jobs and contributing £1.6billion to national GDP (Oxford Economics Report 2012). The UK has one of the world’s most generous film tax reliefs which attracted over £1billion in inward investment in 2013. Recent changes to the Film Tax Relief announced at Budget 2014 will also encourage further film production to the UK.

November 1, 2022
Jamie Reed – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who were able to see their preferred GP in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Dr Daniel Poulter

Data from the most recent GP Patient Survey found that 55% of patients have a particular general practitioner (GP) that they usually prefer to speak to or see. Of those, 61.7% of respondents said they could see or speak to their preferred GP ‘always or almost always’ or a ‘lot of the time’.

November 1, 2022

Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Evans on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 7 April 2014, Official Report, columns 114-5W and of 14 January 2014, Official Report, columns 481-6W, on human trafficking: victim support schemes, for what reason information on each individual, whether male or female, and location found, is excluded from the figures for January 2013; and if she will provide this information for future questions on the subject.

Karen Bradley

The requested information on the gender of potential victims and the regions in
which they were found in January 2014 was provided in the Answer of 7 April
2014, Official Report, columns 114-5W, on human trafficking: victim support
schemes. However, this data was provided in a number of separate tables. The
information was not withheld and is provided below in an alternative format,
giving the same data broken down by individual case, in one table.

The victim care contract does not require support providers to maintain any
form of formal contact after the recovery and reflection period. However, some
survivors do maintain informal contact with their support provider. All support
providers will work with victims throughout their support period to help them
move on from the service. We are looking at what more we can do to help victims
reintegrate effectively.

Nationality	Gender	Region	Agency Type
Nigerian	Female	South	Self Referral
Lithuanian	Female	South	Police
Vietnamese	Male	East	NGO
Romanian	Female	West Midlands	NGO
Lithuanian	Male	South West	Police
Lithuanian	Male	South West	Police
Albanian	Female	Wales	Self Referral
Bulgarian	Female	South	Police
Polish	Male	West Midlands	GLA
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	NGO
Nigerian	Female	South	Home Office
Sierra Leonean	Female	South	Home Office
Indian	Male	South East	Home Office
Vietnamese	Female	North West	Home Office
Nigerian	Female	South East	Home Office
Ugandan	Female	South East	Home Office
Vietnamese	Male	South East	Legal Representative
Ghanaian	Male	South	Police
Ghanaian	Male	South	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Romanian	Male	West Midlands	Police
Togolese	Female	East	Police
Nigerian	Female	South East	Local Authority
Czech	Male	Yorkshire	NGO
Albanian	Female	South East	Home Office
Ugandan	Female	East	Self Referral
Indian	Female	South East	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South East	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Not Known	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South	Police
Vietnamese	Female	Not Known	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South	Home Office
Slovakian	Male	Yorkshire	Local Authority
Slovakian	Female	Yorkshire	Local Authority
Nigerian	Female	South	Other
Moroccan	Female	West Midlands	Home Office
Cameroonian	Male	North East	Other
Not known	Female	South	Home Office
Nigerian	Female	Not Known	Home Office
Chinese	Male	West Midlands	NGO
Hungarian	Male	Yorkshire	NGO
Polish	Male	Yorkshire	Police
Nigerian	Female	South	NGO
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Lithuanian	Male	South West	Police
Romanian	Female	West Midlands	Police
Czech	Male	North West	Other
Sri Lankan	Female	South	Police
Pakistani	Male	Yorkshire	Home Office
Vietnamese	Male	South	Legal Representative
Romanian	Female	South	Other
Albanian	Female	South	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Nigerian	Female	South	NGO
Albanian	Female	West Midlands	NGO
Kenyan	Female	East	Home Office
Hungarian	Female	South East	Police
Slovakian	Male	Yorkshire	Local Authority
Slovakian	Female	Yorkshire	Local Authority
Kenyan	Female	South	Self Referral
Cameroonian	Female	North West	NGO
Albanian	Female	South	Police
Slovakian	Female	West Midlands	Police
Albanian	Male	South East	Police
Iranian	Male	South	NGO
Nigerian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South East	Other
Czech	Female	South West	NGO
Bulgarian	Male	South West	Police
Hungarian	Male	South	NGO
Albanian	Female	South	Home Office
Albanian	Female	South	NGO
Nigerian	Female	Wales	Home Office
Polish	Male	Yorkshire	Police
Ugandan	Female	South	Legal Representative
Vietnamese	Male	East Midlands	Legal Representative
Slovakian	Male	Yorkshire	Police
Slovakian	Female	Yorkshire	Police
Albanian	Female	South	Legal Representative
Ethiopian	Female	South	NGO
Albanian	Female	South	NGO
Iraqi	Female	East Midlands	NGO
Albanian	Female	Yorkshire	NGO

November 1, 2022

Brooks Newmark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Brooks Newmark on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has in response to the HM Inspector of Constabulary Inquiry into police response to domestic violence in creating a culture change towards domestic violence.

Norman Baker

Last September, the Home Secretary commissioned Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of
Constabulary to conduct a review of the response to domestic abuse
across all police forces. HMIC published its findings in March 2014,
emphasising that the key priority is a culture change in the police so that
domestic violence and abuse is treated as the crime that it is and that the
police use the full range of tools already available to them.

In response to the Review, the Home Secretary has established a new national
oversight group, which she is chairing, and on which I sit, to oversee delivery
against each of HMIC’s recommendations. Their first meeting was held
on 10 June. The Home Secretary has also written to chief constables making it clear
that every police force must have an action plan in place by September 2014.

There are a number of offences that make domestic abuse illegal, including
actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm and assault. Assault can extend to
non-physical harm. This Government has introduced stalking and harassment
legislation which can apply to coercive control and psychological abuse.
However, the Government will continue to consider what measures will drive
culture change in the police in response to the findings of the HMIC review.

November 1, 2022
Fiona O’Donnell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fiona O’Donnell on 2014-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of statutory maternity and paternity pay to parents of premature and sick babies.

Jenny Willott

The UK’s maternity leave provision is one of the most generous in the world; all employed women have a “day one” entitlement to 52 weeks of maternity leave. Mothers with 26 weeks qualifying service and meeting the earnings requirement are entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP). Those mothers who do not qualify for SMP may be entitled to Maternity Allowance. This means that expectant mothers and mothers can take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and bond with their babies, and to deal with unexpected eventualities including ill health, premature births and any complications associated with sick babies.

Through the Children and Families Act 2014, the Government is introducing a new system of shared parental leave which will give parents much more flexibility in how to use their leave entitlement. This flexibility will be particularly valuable to parents who have to deal with difficult or unexpected circumstances and it will allow parents, for the first time, to take leave together in a way that suits them. The system will be available for working parents whose baby is due on or after 5 April 2015 (irrespective of when the baby is born), and will be introduced later this year so that it catches babies who are born early.

The Government has committed to explicitly considering the issues facing families with babies admitted to neonatal care within the context of the review that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced it will undertake on the review of changes to employment law enacted by the Children and Families Act after 2018.

November 1, 2022
Jim Murphy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with non-governmental organisations in Pakistan and neighbouring countries about honour killings.

Justine Greening

Following the brutal murder of Farzana Parveen in Lahore on 27 May, I raised this issue at various levels in the Government of Pakistan. The Foreign Secretary and senior HMG officials in Pakistan have also publically and privately condemned the appalling crime of ‘honour killings’ and called for immediate action to bring the culprits of the 27 May attack to justice.

HMG regularly engages with the government and civil society in Pakistan on women’s rights and violence against women, including so-called ‘honour killings’. Across DFID’s programmes in Pakistan we are helping women and girls to live healthy and secure lives.

November 1, 2022