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  • Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins on Home Office.

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    Norman Baker

    The Advisory Board is a strategic sounding board for the Alcohol Impact pilot, providing NUS with advice to enable it to:
    • maximise the impact and success of the pilot;
    • identify, and react to, strategic barriers and opportunities in the short,
    medium and long-term;
    • identify, and develop, influential and effective strategic partnerships for
    the Programme;
    • develop a strong legacy plan beyond the pilot.

    Representatives for the board were selected by the NUS, in consultation with the Home Office, to provide a cross-section of groups who have expertise in a project that combines alcohol and the night-time economy, crime, higher education and community interests.

    In addition to officials from the NUS and Home Office, 19 external advisors form the NUS Alcohol Impact Advisory Board.

    They are representatives of:
    • Association of Managers of Student Services in Higher Education
    • Association of University Directors of Estates
    • Addaction
    • Portman Group
    • Association of Town and City Management
    • British Universities and Colleges Sport
    • Research and Analysis
    • Leeds University Union
    • Universities UK
    • Best Bar None
    • GuildHE
    • Newcastle University
    • Northamptonshire Police
    • Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers
    • Greater Manchester Police
    • British Beer and Pub Association
    • Public Health England
    • Best Bar None

  • Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons cage trapping and shooting of badgers was implemented during the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire in 2013 when the culls were testing for effectiveness, humaneness and safety of free shooting.

    George Eustice

    Both controlled shooting and cage trapping and shooting methods were always available to the cull companies. There was no compulsion on the contractors to use a defined proportion of cage trapping and controlled shooting. How they used these two methods was a decision for them to make. As the pilot culls progressed, cull companies decided to use more cage trapping, as this technique was found to work well under certain circumstances. Ministers were kept informed of progress during the pilot culls from an early stage.

  • Biography information for Lord Coaker – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Biography information for Lord Coaker – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Lord Coaker on Defence.

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    Anna Soubry

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 June 2014, (Official Report, column 364W) to the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green).

    Reservists are treated exactly the same as regulars in terms of operational training and support while mobilised, including access to the same welfare support and medical treatment through the Defence Medical Services (DMS). They are retained in service and will receive treatment and rehabilitation until they are medically assessed as having reached a steady state of fitness, at which point they will be demobilised. If they have continuing healthcare needs following demobilisation, they will be taken through a transition from military to NHS care. Reservists who are medically discharged as a result of injuries sustained during deployment are also entitled to resettlement training and to the same range of services available to regular veterans. Where service is the only or main cause of injury or illness, members or former members of the reserve forces may qualify for awards under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS).

    The level and quality of post-operational support provided to injured mobilised reservists is exactly the same as that provided to regulars, with full access to all the facilities and expertise provided under the Army Recovery Capability, and it is a level of support of which the Army and the Ministry of Defence are extremely proud.

    Following the Reserves 2020 White Paper, which proposed improvements to occupational health provision to ensure consistent access to these services for all reservists, the MOD committed to extending DMS occupational health provision to non-mobilised reservists. Rehabilitation services are also being extended to members of the reserve forces who are injured during reserve training. This is in addition to the procedure in place since 2006, whereby reservists can obtain DMS mental health treatment through the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health Programme. Implementation of the new measures started in April 2014.

  • Ian Lucas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Ian Lucas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lucas on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the security and humanitarian situation in Kessab.

    Hugh Robertson

    We remain deeply concerned about the safety of all in Kessab and in all areas affected by the conflict. We believe that the majority of Kessab’s inhabitants, including most of the ethnic Armenian population, left the town because of fighting in the area. They join the more than 9 million Syrians of all faiths and ethnicities who have been driven from their homes by the ongoing conflict.

  • Biography information for Sharon Hodgson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Biography information for Sharon Hodgson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Sharon Hodgson on Justice.

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    Simon Hughes

    I have not discussed the legal status of Islamic marriages with any of the organisations listed.

    There are no plans to change the law to recognise in English law Muslim marriages and divorces which do not conform to the Marriage Act 1949.

  • Cathy Jamieson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Cathy Jamieson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cathy Jamieson on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the £32 million for the creation of a new catalytic fund, announced at the Nutrition for Growth summit, has been disbursed.

    Lynne Featherstone

    The new catalytic financing mechanism will aim to provide incentives to attract new private funds alongside increased domestic budgets for high impact nutrition interventions. The scope and governance of the fund is being developed with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. No funds have been disbursed. DFID will consider its own contribution once the mechanism and governance have been agreed.

  • Biography information for Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Biography information for Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Chris Ruane on Health.

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    Norman Lamb

    The 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey is due to report by end of March 2017.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions drugs were found in parcels containing books destined for prisoners in each of the last four years.

    Jeremy Wright

    Prisons employ a range of measures to detect, disrupt and deter the trafficking of drugs into prisons.

    Details of how many occasions drugs were found in parcels containing books destined for prisoners in each of the last four years are recorded on a central incident reporting system as a drug-related incident. To establish a figure for the period in question would require the interrogation of over 18,000 individual electronic incident files. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.

  • Biography information for Jim Dobbin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Biography information for Jim Dobbin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Jim Dobbin on Health.

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    Jane Ellison

    The information requested in shown in the following table:

    Years

    Licensable treatment cycles where at least 20 eggs were collected

    2008

    2,910

    2009

    3,095

    2010

    3,435

    2011

    3,466

    2012

    3,464

    20131

    1,764

    Note:

    1The year 2013 only covers the period 1 January to 30 June 2013.

    Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

  • Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to Jobcentre Plus on giving written appointment cards to claimants with details of future appointments.

    Esther McVey

    Jobcentre staff are advised to confirm, in writing, the details of all appointments a claimant is required to attend. This includes the date, time and location of the appointment, what the claimant must do if they cannot attend and the consequences of failing to attend any of these appointments without good reason.