The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Seabeck on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
Gregory Barker
None. All questions in the last parliamentary session received a substantive answer.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of employees in her Department of what (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
The figures for staff in my Department falling under these work patterns by grade and gender are as follows:
(i) Zero;
(ii) Flexi-time is granted under local arrangements between line managers and their staff and the details are not held centrally;
(iii) None of the staff in my Department work from home on a full time basis;
(iv) Band A 9% male;
(v) No one in my Department job shares;
(vi) Band B (SEO) 8% female;
(vii) Figures for part time working in my Department are given below:
|
Male |
Female |
|
|
Band A |
9% |
– |
|
Band B |
14% |
– |
|
Band C |
– |
– |
|
Band D |
– |
8% |
|
Band E |
– |
33% |
|
Band F |
– |
22% |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Freer on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Lithuanian government to secure restitution for British citizens who had assets seized by the Nazis as soon as possible.
Mr David Lidington
The Government attaches great importance to supporting the families tragically affected by the Holocaust – including on the issue of property restitution. I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 689W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish and place in the Library all correspondence sent in the last five years between the Welsh and UK Governments on electrification of the mainline between Swansea and London.
Stephen Hammond
My officials will collate the key correspondence sent in the last five years between Ministers in Welsh and UK Government on electrification of the mainline between Swansea and London and deposit this in the Libraries of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of stress on heart failure.
Jane Ellison
Information onsurvival rates for patients who suffer an out of hospital heart attack or an out of hospital cardiac arrest are not collected centrally.
The British Heart Foundation suggests that between 2-12% of people treated by the emergency services after suffering an out of hospital cardiac arrest survive to be discharged from hospital.
The Department has made no assessment of the effect of stress on heart failure, nor has it made any estimate of heart attacks among workers who work 40 or 60 hours per week.
However, researchers analysing data from the Whitehall II study observed that people who believed stress was significantly affecting their health had double the risk of suffering from coronary heart disease, compared to people who did not believe stress was having an impact.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Teresa Pearce on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department paid the majority of the support package for former Remploy workers to Job Centre Plus for a rapid response team; what that rapid response did to assist former Remploy employees; and what the outcome of that assistance was.
Mike Penning
The Rapid Response Service (RRS) was made available to all former affected Remploy employees and was funded separately to the £8 million People Help and Support Package (PHSP), which provides help all disabled former Remploy workers made redundant as a result of factory closures.
RRS support was made available to all affected Remploy employees at the earliest opportunity following the announcement of a Remploy factory closure. Working with Remploy a range of support was agreed taking into account local circumstances and involved partner organisations where appropriate, for example the National Careers Service.
Typically, RRS included on-site support and advice that helped with; providing information about being made redundant, identifying transferable skills, job options and training needs, learning new skills appropriate to the local labour market, job search skills and finding a new job, overcoming barriers to work and settling into a new job.
Together, with the PHSP, as at 21 March this support has helped 716 former Remploy workers who are now in work.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Flello on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase the transparency of NICE’s decisions on the Cancer Drugs Fund to remove any restrictions on treatment use arising from budgetary pressures and increase its level of engagement with members of the public.
Norman Lamb
The operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund is the responsibility of NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence does not have a role in the management of the Fund.
NHS England has a standard operating procedure for the Fund, which is available at:
www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/cdf/
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Adrian Sanders on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the capability of the Work Programme to provide adequate support to jobseekers with long-term medical conditions.
Esther McVey
The Department has commissioned an independent evaluation of the Work Programme, and will publish findings once the evaluation is complete.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 288W, on Parkinson’s Disease, over what timeframe NHS England will improve its collection of data concerning individual funding requests for treatments of progressive conditions.
Norman Lamb
NHS England has advised us that it is aiming to complete work on improving data collection for individual funding requests in the autumn.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2014-03-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
Elizabeth Truss
The Department for Education is currently undertaking a review of the check-off union subscription provision.