Tag: 2014

  • Richard Harrington – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Richard Harrington – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Harrington on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps UK Visas and Immigration can take to prevent no cases of Ebola reaching the UK.

    James Brokenshire

    The UK does not specifically screen pre or at entry for Ebola.

    Public Health England has assessed the risk of importation of Ebola in the UK
    as very low. It is extremely unlikely that an outbreak of Ebola would occur in
    the UK even if there was to be an imported case, as there are factors operating
    in West Africa which would not be seen in the UK. The outbreak in West Africa
    is driven by person to person spread in the absence of any infection control
    precautions. Human cases of Ebola virus disease have never yet been exported
    from an outbreak zone to a European country.

    All UK ports have systems and plans for dealing with issues of public health
    concern. However, they all require that the public health system is firstly
    notified of the arrival of someone with a suspected disease of concern. Crew
    are trained to do this by their respective companies and an example of the type
    of guidance that they work towards can be found on the International Air
    Transport Association (the international airline trade body) website at:

    https://www.iata.org/whatwedo/safety/health/Documents/health-guidelines-cabin-cr
    ew-2011.pdf .

    At all UK ports, there is a system for routing reports, produced by the
    commander of a craft, to a local health protection team who are available on a
    24/7 basis throughout the year. Health protection teams have generic
    responsibility for managing incidents of public health concern in all settings
    including our ports. They will then take the lead in managing the incident from
    a public health perspective with the NHS being responsible for the provision of
    healthcare.

    The International Health Regulations (IHR), which entered into force on 15 June
    2007, require countries to report certain disease outbreaks and public health
    events to WHO, including Ebola.

  • Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage more rape victims to report that crime to the police and to ensure that they are treated appropriately when they do so.

    Norman Baker

    Rape and sexual violence are devastating and unacceptable crimes. The
    Coalition Government’s continued approach to tackling such violence and abuse
    is set out in our Violence against Women and Girls Action Plan, updated in
    March 2014. Supporting victims is at the heart of this approach, which
    includes giving victims more confidence to report crimes, and it is encouraging
    that police recorded crime figures show more victims are having the confidence
    to come forward.

    We want every report of rape to be treated seriously from the point of
    disclosure, every victim to be treated with dignity and every investigation and
    every prosecution to be conducted thoroughly and professionally.

    We have ring-fenced funding for 87 Independent Sexual Violence Advisers to
    provide appropriate and independent support for victims.

    We have supported the publication of data on rape for every police force in the
    country as a basis for improving recording and investigations of rape and
    ensure that guidance on investigating and prosecuting rape is implemented in
    every police force area. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary is
    inspecting the recording of rape as part of a wider crime recording audit, and
    the police and Crown Prosecution Service have published a joint action plan to
    improve how these cases are handled within the criminal justice system.

  • Stephen O’Brien – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Stephen O’Brien – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen O’Brien on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what monetary thresholds were applied to the cost-per-quality adjusted life year quoted in the evidence submitted as part of his Department’s work with the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008.

    Stephen Hammond

    As suggested by the evidence submitted as part of the Department’s work with the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008, the Department for Transport does not use cost per quality adjusted life year in its analysis.

  • Kate Green – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Kate Green – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on disabled people in work of the closure of the Independent Living Fund.

    Mike Penning

    The potential implications of closing the Independent Living Fund are set out clearly in the Equality Analysis that was published on 6 March alongside the Written Ministerial Statement announcing the closure.

  • Stewart Jackson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Stewart Jackson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stewart Jackson on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths related to respiratory disease there were in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) the UK in each year since 2001.

    Mr Nick Hurd

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Fabian Hamilton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Fabian Hamilton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fabian Hamilton on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements his Department has made with the US administration on control of the base at NSA Menwith Hill.

    Mr Mark Francois

    RAF Menwith Hill is made available to the United States under the terms of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement. The Ministry of Defence retains ownership of the base and operations are carried out with the full knowledge and consent of the UK Government.

  • 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 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the committee of legislative reform in Egypt on the proposed new parliamentary elections law in that country.

    Hugh Robertson

    The new parliamentary elections law was enacted by decree of the former interim President Adly Mansour on 5 June. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office did not have direct discussions with the committee of legislative reform in Egypt.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote best practice for sexual health amongst local authorities and (b) disseminate good practice shown by local authorities on sexual health.

    Jane Ellison

    The Government’s ambitions for sexual health are set out in A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England (March 2013); a copy of which has already been placed in the Library. The first annual review of progress towards the ambitions in the Framework is in development and will include case studies of good and promising local practice. The Department, in partnership with other organisations including Public Health England, Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Public Health, has also produced a number of documents to assist local authorities to fulfil their new role in relation to sexual health commissioning.

  • Stephen O’Brien – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Stephen O’Brien – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen O’Brien on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department’s submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and all evidence submitted to the series of interviews with her Department’s staff conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds in 2008.

    Norman Baker

    A copy of the Home Office’s written response to the 2008 Survey of Departmental
    Practice in the Valuation of Life and Health will be placed in the Library. The
    Home Office does not have a record of its response to the questions in Stage 2
    of the Survey. This is because the interviews were carried out face-to-face
    with researchers at the University of Leeds.

    The Home Office first estimated the social and economic costs of crime in 2000:
    http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/r
    ds/pdfs/hors217.pdf.

    The most recent update to these estimates prior to the Department’s submission
    to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in
    2008 was published in 2005:
    http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/www.homeoffice.go
    v.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr3005.pdf.

    The monetary value per quality-adjusted life year used in the 2005 report was
    £80,620 in 2003 prices. This was based on a paper by Carthy et al. (1999).

  • Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the success criteria against which the secure college pathfinder will be evaluated.

    Jeremy Wright

    The Ministry of Justice is developing a robust monitoring and evaluation strategy for the Secure College Pathfinder. This will ensure that the most appropriate methods for measuring the performance of the Secure College Pathfinder are in place.

    Detail relating to performance measures against which the Secure College Pathfinder’s construction and operation providers’ performance will be measured will be contained within their individual contracts, which will be published on Contract Finder in due course.