The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in need whose primary assessment of need was abuse or neglect were within 12 months of a previous referral in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Edward Timpson
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wes Streeting on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) NHS England, (b) Public Health England, (c) Monitor and (d) the Care Quality Commission has spent on overseas visits since 2012-13; and what the date, destination and purpose was of each such visit.
Jane Ellison
Using information from central travel systems the Arm’s Length Bodies have advised their costs for the years specified. Costs for 2015-2016 will be available after the end of the financial year.
(a) NHS England
Since 2012-13 NHS England has spent £167,492.78 on overseas travel. See attached spreadsheet for a breakdown of the costs including date, destination and purpose of visit. A summary table of annual costs is included here.
Cost of overseas travel 2012/13 – 2015/16 – NHS England
|
Financial Year |
Total Spend |
|
2012 -2013 |
– |
|
2013 – 2014 |
£97,389.30 |
|
2014 – 2015 |
£70,103.48 |
|
Total |
£167,492.78 |
(b)Public Health England
Since 2012-13 Public Health England has spent £2,991,553.00 20 on overseas travel. See attached table for a breakdown of destination and type of cost. Detail of individual trips can only be supplied at disproportionate cost. PHE is the lead for the UK on International Health Regulations, which extends to playing its part in protecting the UK from international health hazards, most obviously from communicable diseases. PHE’s expert scientific and medical staff are routinely deployed across the world, for example: to respond to public health incidents of international concern, such as with the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). A summary table of annual costs is included here.
Cost of overseas travel 2012/13 – 2015/16 – Public Health England
|
Financial Year |
Total Spend |
|
2012 -2013 |
– |
|
2013 – 2014 |
£1,565,958 |
|
2014 – 2015 |
£1,425,595 |
|
Total |
£2,991,553.00 |
(c) Monitor
Since 2012-13 Monitor has spent £9,552.96 on overseas travel. See attached table for a breakdown of the costs including the date, destination and purpose of visit. A summary table of annual costs is included here.
Cost of overseas travel 2012/13 – 2015/16 – Monitor°
|
Financial Year |
Total Spend |
|
2012 -2013 |
£994.39 |
|
2013 – 2014 |
£3,833.07 |
|
2014 – 2015 |
£4,725.50 |
|
Total |
£9,552.96 |
°Figures include central travel bookings, expenses and credit cards
(d) Care Quality Commission
Since 2012-13 CQC has spent £16,548.32 on overseas travel. CQC have advised that they do not collect the level of data asked for and to collate it would incur disproportionate cost. They have provided a table of year on year costs of overseas travel.
Cost of overseas travel 2012/13 – 2015/16 – Care Quality Commission°
|
Financial Year |
Total Spend |
|
2012 -2013 |
£3,136.73 |
|
2013 – 2014 |
£5,067.78 |
|
2014 – 2015 |
£8,343.81 |
|
Total |
£16,548.32 |
°Figures include flights and travel expenses
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Callum McCaig on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the probability of the UK having to export electricity across the interconnectors to the continent at times of peak demand during winter 2015-16.
Andrea Leadsom
As indicated by National Grid’s 2015 Winter Outlook, forward power prices for this winter suggest that we will see net imports to GB over electricity interconnectors with continental Europe (IFA and Britned).
Beyond these market arrangements, should GB need additional support, it is also possible for National Grid as the System Operator to call upon interconnectors at a time of system stress.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department’s consultation on a new system of maintenance support for higher education students wishing to study part-time from 2018-19 will be launched.
Joseph Johnson
The consultation will be launched in the new year.
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.