The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with HM Treasury on the removal of the fuel duty escalator for liquefied petroleum gas as part of government proposals to reduce emissions from road transport.
Rory Stewart
Defra has had no discussions with HM Treasury about the removal of the fuel duty escalator for liquefied petroleum gas.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2015 to Question 223992, how many applications were made to the Access to Elected Office Fund in each year following its establishment; how many of those applications were (a) granted and (b) refused; and what the total amount paid to successful applicants was.
Caroline Dinenage
The number of people who have applied to the Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund is in the table below:
|
Financial Year |
Number of applicants (some applicants made more than one application) |
|
2012/13 |
27 |
|
2013/14 |
34 |
|
2014/15 |
48 |
The total amount claimed by successful applicants was £271,260 (out of awards totalling £418,733)
An evaluation of the pilot fund is currently being undertaken and will be published in due course. An announcement regarding the future of the fund is anticipated early in 2016.
The information on regional breakdown of expenditure and the diversity of candidates can be found in the tables below:
|
Region (location of election seat) |
Amount claimed and paid (£) |
|
East Midlands |
1,099 |
|
East of England |
480 |
|
Greater London |
89,399 |
|
North East England |
4,382 |
|
North West England |
20,567 |
|
South East England |
69,474 |
|
South West England |
21,260 |
|
West Midlands |
20,281 |
|
Yorkshire and Humberside |
17,882 |
|
Total (rounded) |
271,260 |
|
Political Party |
Amount claimed and paid (£) |
|
Conservative |
32,361 |
|
Democracy 2015 |
350 |
|
Green |
5,791 |
|
Labour |
120,846 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
32,601 |
|
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
276 |
|
UKIP |
53,236 |
|
Independent |
25,798 |
|
Total (rounded) |
271,260 |
|
Gender |
Amount claimed and paid (£) |
|
Male |
139,524 |
|
Female |
131,736 |
|
Total |
271,260 |
|
Ethnic Group |
Amount claimed and paid (£) |
|
White; all backgrounds |
218,117 |
|
Mixed ethnic origin |
1,348 |
|
Asian; all backgrounds |
26,680 |
|
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British |
22,977 |
|
Other ethnic group |
350 |
|
Prefer not to say |
1,788 |
|
Total |
271,260 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Hodge on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress made by Montserrat in meeting the Prime Minister’s ambition for a public register of beneficial ownership since June 2013.
James Duddridge
I refer the Right Honourable Lady to the answer given by my Hon Friend the member for Hertfordshire South West (David Gauke), the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to questions 10437, 10438 and 10448, which sets out the criteria we expect the Overseas Territories to meet in relation to their central register of company beneficial ownership, or similarly effective system. We are in discussions with the Montserrat authorities on this and are offering technical assistance as they develop their proposals.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Debbie Abrahams on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with a diagnosis of dementia (a) attended A&E and (b) were admitted to hospital in each of the last three years.
Jane Ellison
In the Hospital Episode Statistics data it is not possible to identify patients that attended accident and emergency with a diagnosis of dementia.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre have provided a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) where there was a primary diagnosis of dementia for the years 2012-13 to 2014-15. This is shown in Table A.
Note that this is not a count of people as the same person may have had more than one admission episode within the same time period.
Table A: Count of FAEs where there was a primary diagnosis of dementia for the years 2012-13 to 2014-15
|
Year |
Sum of FAEs |
|
2012-13 |
19,274 |
|
2013-14 |
17,939 |
|
2014-15 |
18,732 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Baron on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how cancer indicators for clinical commissioning groups ratings will be established and employed.
Jane Ellison
NHS England is committed to reworking the clinical commission group (CCG) assurance framework for 2016-17 to reflect the triple aim of closing the gap on health inequalities, improving the quality of care and achieving financial sustainability, in addition to the themes of the Five Year Forward View: prevention; patient and community engagement; clinical priorities; and development of new care models.
Cancer has been identified as one of these clinical priorities, and metrics will be selected which reflect the strategic priorities laid out by the independent Cancer Taskforce, including early diagnosis and supporting people to live well, with, and, beyond cancer.
The assessment framework brings together the assurance framework and key metrics, and will incorporate future transformation as well as current performance. It will drive improvement rather than just assure and assess.
CCGs will receive an overall annual rating and, within the framework, will be rated for six clinical priorities of: cancer, dementia, diabetes, mental health, maternity, and learning difficulties.
CCGs will be rated on the same four point scale used by the Care Quality Commission: outstanding, good, requires improvement, or inadequate. The ratings for the clinical priority areas will be made by independent expert committees.
The metrics are currently in development and NHS England expects to publish a set for consultation in December 2015, at around the same time as the planning guidance, with a final version in March 2016. The assessment framework will come in to operational effect from 1 April 2016 and initial ratings in the six clinical priority areas will be published in June 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mann on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 10 countries will receive the greatest amount of UK overseas aid in 2016.
Justine Greening
The Department is currently undertaking a Bilateral Aid Review, which will determine the countries to which we will provide bilateral assistance over the Spending Review period, and the levels of that assistance.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Durkan on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure to new medicines on the Cancer Drugs Fund list on patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia.
George Freeman
Neither the Department nor NHS England has made any such assessment. NHS England has advised that, although it is not considering new applications to the national Cancer Drugs Fund list at this time, there have been no new drugs launched for chronic myeloid leukaemia in the past 12 months.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated to armed forces veterans’ mental health services in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19, (e) 2019-20.
Alistair Burt
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 December 2015 to question 19176.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures her Department has established to safeguard 16 and 17 year olds who are victims of sexual exploitation.
Karen Bradley
Tackling child sexual exploitation is a top priority for this Government. Significant progress has been made since the launch of the “Tackling CSE” report in March 2015. We have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat in the Strategic Policing Requirement, setting a clear expectation on police forces to collaborate across force boundaries, to safeguard children, to share intelligence and to share best practice. All forces are training all police staff to respond to child sexual abuse, including call handlers, PCSOs, police officers, detectives and specialist investigators. And in January we will be launching a new national whistleblowing helpline for any employee – regardless of sector -to report bad practice in relation to child abuse. We have delivered the vast majority of a £7 million funding programme to support non-statutory organisations that have experienced a surge in demand on their services. This funding is to support the victims and survivors of sexual abuse, including children of all ages.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones of Cheltenham on 2015-12-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will announce the new opening date for the airport on St Helena in order to bring certainty to investors in the island and to enable potential visitors to make appropriate travel plans from January 2016.
Baroness Verma
St Helena Government recently announced that subject to final certification and operational readiness, St Helena Airport is expected to be accepting commercial flights before the planned official opening of the Airport in May 2016. They plan to issue further information at the end of January 2016.