Tag: 2014

  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-05-12.

    To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 971W, on the Electoral Administration Act 2013, whether non-individual electoral registration entries will be included on the register by the time of the freeze date for the next boundary review on 1 December 2015.

    Greg Clark

    It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.

  • Alison Seabeck – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Leader of the House

    Alison Seabeck – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Leader of the House

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Seabeck on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Leader of the House, how many questions to each department did not receive a substantive answer by the time of prorogation; and how long each question had been waiting for an answer.

    Mr Andrew Lansley

    This information is not held centrally and would be a matter for the individual departments concerned.

    My office collates wider departmental performance information for Ordinary and Named Day Parliamentary Questions, which I submit in relation to each session to the Procedure Committee. Each department is required to set out in its evidence to the Procedure Committee, any factors which have caused delays in answering written questions.

    Statistics relating to departmental performance for the 2012/13, 2010/12 and 2009/10 Parliamentary sessions were previously provided to the Committee and are available on the Parliament website. I expect to provide data for the last Parliamentary session shortly.

  • Mark Williams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Mark Williams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Williams on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average waiting time was in each local authority for an assessment for a disabled facilities grant in the most recent period for which figures are available.

    Kris Hopkins

    The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect this information.

  • 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 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of extending the human papilloma virus vaccination programme to include all boys aged 12 and 13 years.

    Jane Ellison

    We have not made any estimate of extending the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme to include boys aged 12 and 13 years, as the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has not yet completed its consideration of whether HPV vaccine should be offered to males.

  • Eilidh Whiteford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Eilidh Whiteford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Eilidh Whiteford on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been provided to disabled people in Scotland and the UK through the Access to Work scheme in each of the last three years.

    Mike Penning

    Please see figures for the last full three financial years for which data is available

    Access to Work programme spend in Scotland:

    2010/11: £6.5m

    2011/12: £6.0m

    2012/13: £5.9m

    Access to Work programme spend in Great Britain:

    2010/11: £105.5m

    2011/12: £98.3m

    2012/13: £99.0m

  • David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) headteachers, (b) deputy headteachers and (c) teachers in Bolton Local Education Authority took early retirement on the grounds of ill-health in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.

    Mr David Laws

    Between April 2010 and March 2013 there were seven teachers who retired on ill-health grounds from publicly-funded schools in Bolton local authority.

    Given the very small number of people involved, the statistics provided have not included a grade or year split to avoid disclosing data on specific individuals.

  • David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the operation of (a) section 1 and (b) section 2 of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; what recent representations he has received on the operation of this Act; and what responses he gave to such representations.

    Gregory Barker

    The Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 has been amended through the Energy Act 2013. In line with the provisions of the amended Act, the Government will lay draft Regulations in Parliament setting out a new fuel poverty objective for England. Once the new objective has been made in Regulations, we will publish a strategy for meeting that objective.

    Both my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and I receive representations and meet with stakeholders regularly to discuss a range of issues relating to fuel poverty. For example, we attend meetings of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group when possible, most recently in April 2014.

  • David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women (a) of each age group, (b) in each health authority area and (c) suffering from each type of complication suffered health complications following abortion procedures in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014 to date.

    Jane Ellison

    The following table shows categories of information collected on form HSA4 about complications of abortion up to time of discharge. The categories are headed ‘none’, ‘haemorrhage’, ‘uterine perforation’, ‘sepsis’, and ‘other’. Health Authority data is not available. Data were analysed by local authority and grouped into regions to protect patient confidentiality. The data is for 2012 only, 2013 and 2014 data has not been published yet.

    Abortions with complications by age, residents of England and Wales, 2012

    Age

    Total

    Under 20

    35

    20-24

    73

    25-29

    72

    30-34

    57

    35 and over

    41

    Total

    278

    Abortions with complications by region, residents of England and Wales, 2012

    Region

    Total

    Yorkshire and the Humber

    30

    North West

    32

    North East

    12

    West Midlands

    25

    East

    36

    London

    48

    South East

    34

    South West

    22

    Wales

    17

    Total

    278

    Total abortions by complication, residents of England and Wales, 2012

    Complication*

    Total

    Haemorrhage

    216

    Uterine Perforation

    22

    Sepsis

    40

    Other

    0

    Total

    278

    *Complications are those reported up to the time of discharge

  • Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington North constituency received universal credit at any time since the start of the Warrington pilot; and how many were in receipt of it on 1 April 2014.

    Esther McVey

    The Department published the latest set of experimental Official Statistics on UC on the 14th May 2014 which can be found at:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics

      

    Statistics covering the periods to the end of March and April 2014 will be published on the 11th June and 16th July 2014 respectively.

  • Tom Watson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Tom Watson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2014-06-05.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what role the Information Commissioner’s Office has in (a) the trial of the Aeroyn Skyranger drone around Gatwick Airport and (b) any other use of other surveillance aircraft operated by Government departments, agents or public bodies in the UK.

    Simon Hughes

    The Information Commissioner’s Office has no specific role in the trial of the Aeryon Skyranger drone around Gatwick Airport. Members of the Information Commissioner’s staff sit on the Cross-Government Working Group on Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems. They advise on any data protection compliance issues that arise.

    In addition the ICO is currently consulting on its revised CCTV code of practice which includes a section on remotely operated vehicles, or drones:

    http://ico.org.uk/about_us/consultations/our_consultations