The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2015-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Written Statement of 10 February 2015, HCWS273, on gifting of counter-IED equipment to Iraq, what ranks the members of the Armed Forces being deployed as part of the C-IED training package in Erbil are.
Michael Fallon
The ranks of the UK Armed Forces Personnel being deployed as part of the C-IED training package in Erbil will range from Private to Major.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Smith of Basildon on 2015-02-10.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have been stopped by the police resulting in action being taken for road traffic offences in each year since 2010.
Lord Bates
Data on the number of people stopped by police for road traffic offences is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2015-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222435, what the (a) rank, (b) function and (c) location is of the five personnel from the UK Reaper Force on loan service to US Forces.
Mr Mark Francois
There are four Flight Lieutenant Instructors at 49th Operations Group, Holloman Air Force Base. There is also one Flight Lieutenant at 53rd Test and Evaluation Group, Creech Air Force Base in a test and evaluation role. None of the five personnel on loan are conducting operational mission flying.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hylton on 2015-02-10.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are making representations to the government of Bahrain about its revocation of nationality of citizens of that country.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Our Ambassador to Bahrain has raised the revocation of citizenship of 72 Bahraini nationals at Ministerial level with the Government of Bahrain. All of the individuals affected have the right to appeal. Our Embassy in Bahrain will continue to follow these cases closely.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2015-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department’s expenditure was in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales in 2014.
Amber Rudd
The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s expenditure for the financial year 2013-2014 was in (a) England £2,445.6m, (b) Scotland £437.2m, (c) Northern Ireland £1.8m and (d) Wales £117.4m.
Expenditure that is incurred for the benefit of the UK as a whole and cannot be disseminated by individual country or region is excluded from these amounts.
The figures are published annually and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, want his policy is on promoting the demilitarisation of Gaza.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The organisations involved in the process of clearing home-owners’ applications to the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) are the UN agencies doing the damage assessment, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Public Works and Housing and Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Government of Israel.
No individuals have been rejected to date, but a number of the assessments submitted require review ahead of further processing. These were mostly caused by repetition of names of individuals or where the assessments were recorded under the names of owners who are deceased for example. The GRM does not allow for the disqualification of individuals assessed for shelter repair on grounds of political association or geographic location in Gaza.
The Government of Israel, like all participants in the mechanism, is able to object to individuals participating in the GRM.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ritchie on 2015-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the diagnosis and treatment of motor neurone disease.
Norman Lamb
Motor neurone disease (MND) is a rare incurable neurodegenerative condition and there are estimated to be up to 5,000 people with MND in the United Kingdom. In its early stages the disease can be difficult to diagnose because the symptoms a patient may present with, such as fatigue, clumsiness and muscle weakness are shared with more common, less serious conditions. No two people with MND will be affected in exactly the same way and there is no one test to diagnose the condition.
To support general practitioners (GPs) to spot the potential symptoms of MND, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGPs) and the MND Association have worked together to produce a ‘Red Flag Tool’ which sets out key signs of MND to help GPs to identify suspected cases and refer them promptly to a neurologist for appropriate investigation. The RCGP and British Medical Journal have also both produced MND e-learning courses which together cover both signs and symptoms as well disease management.
All services for people with MND should be commissioned as a specialised service in line with NHS England’s neurosciences service specification. This sets out what providers must have in place to deliver high quality specialised neurological care.
Specialist MND care can include a range of services such as counselling and emotional support, respiratory care, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, respiratory secretion management, neurorehabilitation, physiotherapy and palliative care. Drugs can be used for symptom management, but riluzole is the only pharmacological drug licensed in the UK to slow the progression of MND.
Finally, the Department has asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to produce a clinical guideline on MND. Development is currently underway and the guideline is anticipated for publication in February 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of application backlogs at the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Karen Bradley
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) receives around 4 million disclosure
applications a year and provides the Home Office with monthly updates on its
performance. Latest data for the 2014-15 operational year, covering the period
from April 2014 to January 2015, shows that 95.4% of disclosure certificates
were issued within 40 working days – well above the DBS service standard to
issue 88% of all disclosures within this time.
A key aspect of DBS administration is to ensure that disclosure checks are both
accurate and completed within service standard timescales. In the small
proportion of cases where checks have not been completed within these
timescales, the DBS is expected to take the necessary steps to progress the
case including, as appropriate, working with the police and other parties
involved in the checking process.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Turner on 2015-02-10.
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the average daily number of letters sent from the House of Commons to Government departments was in each year since 2000.
John Thurso
The number of letters sent from the House of Commons to Government Departments via the Inter-Despatch Service (IDS) over the period for which records are held is listed below. No count was made of individual items before May 2012 and so no information is available prior to this date.
| Number of items | |
| 2012 (May–Dec) | 31,849 |
| 2013 | 42,243 |
| 2014 | 36,512 |
| 2015 (Jan) | 3,426 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Lewis on 2015-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the frequency with which the level crossing at Junction Road, Totton, will have to be operated resulting from increased use of the railhead at Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre, following the awarding of a lease at the site to a private enterprise.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre is still under consideration for possible sale or lease by the MOD. Any subsequent use of the land would be for consideration at the local level along with an assessment of the transport implications on the surrounding network. The transport assessment would not be the responsibility for the Department for Transport but would be for the local highway authority to consider. In addition, it is a matter for Network Rail to make an assessment of the risk at the level crossing at Junction Road, Totton.