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  • Karl Turner – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Karl Turner – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl Turner on 2015-11-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of claims management companies on the number of unmeritorious claims brought forward in clinical negligence cases.

    Ben Gummer

    The Department is working closely with stakeholders to develop the proposal to introduce fixed recoverable costs. We have undertaken a pre-consultation exercise with a number of key stakeholders, including representatives of claimant lawyers, and are planning an open public consultation shortly. We welcome views on the proposal from all sectors.

    The consultation documentation, including the Impact Assessment, will be published in early 2016 subject to relevant Committee clearances. We are working upon the assumption that there is nothing about Fixed Recoverable Costs regime which will alter the percentage of unmeritorious claims.

    Any scheme proposed will include consideration of the right incentives to support a fairer and quicker process that provides the improvements to the system whilst maintaining access to justice.

    The NHS Litigation Authority reported in their annual report for 2014/15 that it resolves over 4,000 clinical negligence cases annually for no payment of damages and in 2014/15 it saved over £1.2 billion for the National Health Service in rejecting claims which had no merit.

  • Natalie McGarry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Natalie McGarry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Natalie McGarry on 2015-12-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of poverty and inequalities on entrepreneurialism and economic growth.

    Anna Soubry

    Economic growth is the best way to reduce poverty. We are providing opportunity and training for all, so that everyone can secure their own economic future. That might be through setting up their own business and Government has so far backed over 33,500 Start-Up Loans, worth over £180m. There are a record 5.3 million small businesses in the UK.The Mone Review, led by entrepreneur Michelle Mone, is bringing forward recommendations for how best to support entrepreneurship in disadvantaged communities.

  • Gloria De Piero – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Gloria De Piero – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2015-11-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions bed occupancy rates were (a) 85, (b) 90, (c) 95 and (d) 100 per cent in each hospital trust in Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.

    Ben Gummer

    Official statistics for average daily occupancy rates for beds open overnight are published every quarter by NHS England on its website at the following address:

    https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/

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  • Chris Law – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Chris Law – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Law on 2015-12-09.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to relocate all 650 HM Revenue & Customs jobs at Sidlaw House, Dundee, to the Department for Work and Pensions.

    Mr David Gauke

    I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on December 7th. http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-12-01/18395/

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  • Alex Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Alex Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2015-11-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to fully integrate physical activity into the care pathways of all long-term conditions where it has a proven beneficial effect.

    Jane Ellison

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published various pieces of guidance covering long-term conditions, and this guidance promotes physical activity where is it shown to have a beneficial effect.

    In addition to this, Public Health England (PHE) has highlighted the important role of physical activity in the prevention, treatment and management of many long-term conditions in Everybody Active Every Day, a national evidence-based framework for action to reduce inactivity in England launched in 2014.

    Since then there has been sustained action to support the integration of physical activity into clinical practice.

    This has included:

    – The launch of a new set of teaching resources designed to integrating into the curriculum on physical activity for medical, nursing and allied health professional university departments. To date these have been taken up by 15 United Kingdom medical schools, 4 UK Schools of Health (dietetics/physio/OT and AHPs) and 5 international schools of Allied Health Professionals;

    – The launch of a series of nine e-learning modules on physical activity in the treatment and prevention of long term conditions on the BMJ E-learning platform alongside e-learning on Motivational interviewing techniques, funded by PHE;

    – The launch of a new info-graphic to support healthcare professionals to understand and put into practice the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines on physical activity for adults, a further graphic is in development to support the guidelines for children and young people;

    – An expanded pilot of the general practitioner clinical champion programme by PHE;

    – Continued work with the Richmond group of charities who are building on the work of Macmillan and Breakthrough Breast Cancer to support integration of physical activity into clinical practice and care pathways and also raise the understanding amongst the third sector and wider communities of its important role; and

    – Continued work with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Chartered Institute of Physiotherapists and other professional bodies to raise the awareness across the profession, and ensuring that physical activity is considered as a key part of the Making Every Contact Count approach across health and social care.

    Further work is being considered for 2016/17 around how better to support the commissioning of evidence-based exercise referral programmes for specific conditions as recommended by NICE.

  • Chi Onwurah – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Chi Onwurah – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-12-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the total declared claw back from BT under National Broadband Scheme contracts has been reallocated to local authorities for additional roll-out under the Scheme.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    All of the£129 million clawback funding that has been announced by BT is available to the local authorities to support additional roll-out, subject to suitable deployment opportunities being identified which ensure value for money.

  • Lyn Brown – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Lyn Brown – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lyn Brown on 2015-11-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has allocated to work on the strategic communications plan for making (a) young and (b) other people aware of the blanket ban on legal highs proposed in the Psychoactive Substances Bill.

    Mike Penning

    A strategic communications plan to make people aware of the intended blanket ban on psychoactive substances is currently being developed. We are working with key partners and agencies such as Pubic Health England to develop a comprehensive plan that will explain the legislative changes and consequences to sellers, young people and other users and signpost support and advice. A budget has not yet been allocated for this work.

  • Madeleine Moon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Madeleine Moon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2015-12-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2015 to Question 17678, how many (a) military and (b) civil servant personnel of each rank and grade are employed at (i) MoD Grantown-on-Spey, (b) MoD Llanwrst, (c) MoD Fairbourne and (d) MoD Crickhowell; and if he will make a statement.

    Mark Lancaster

    Information on the rank and grade of personnel Stationed at the listed locations as at 1 October for each year is provided in the tables below. The data has been rounded in accordance with data protection principles, where ~ denotes less than 5.

    NATO Rank

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    Llanrwst

    OR-6

    ~

    ~

    ~

    10

    10

    10

    10

    10

    0

    OR-4

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    5

    5

    5

    ~

    0

    Fairbourne

    OF-3

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    OF-2

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    0

    0

    OR-7

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    OR-6

    5

    5

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    OR-4

    10

    10

    15

    15

    10

    15

    10

    10

    5

    Crickhowell

    OF-4

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    OF-3

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    OF-2

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    OF-1

    ~

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    0

    0

    0

    0

    OR-8

    0

    0

    ~

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    OR-7

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    OR-6

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    OR-4

    5

    5

    ~

    5

    10

    10

    5

    10

    5

    OR-3

    ~

    ~

    5

    10

    5

    ~

    0

    0

    0

    OR-2

    ~

    5

    10

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    0

    0

    Grantown-on-Spey

    OF-3

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    ~

    0

    ~

    0

    ~

    OF-2

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    0

    0

    0

    OR-9

    0

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    OR-7

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    ~

    ~

    OR-6

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    ~

    5

    5

    10

    10

    OR-4

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    5

    Grade Levels

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    Llanrwst

    Band D

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    Band E

    5

    5

    5

    5

    5

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    Industrial

    5

    ~

    5

    ~

    5

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    Fairbourne

    Band E

    10

    10

    5

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    Industrial

    10

    10

    5

    10

    10

    10

    ~

    ~

    ~

    Crickhowell

    Band C

    0

    ~

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    ~

    Band D

    5

    5

    5

    5

    5

    5

    5

    5

    5

    Band E

    5

    10

    5

    10

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    Industrial

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    Grantown-on-Spey

    Band E

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    Industrial

    ~

    5

    ~

    5

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

    ~

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  • Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2015-11-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional support her Department plans to give to Ethiopia because of drought in that country in 2015-16.

    Grant Shapps

    We are extremely concerned about the impact of the current drought on the food security situation in Ethiopia. A joint Government of Ethiopia and UN assessment is underway and we are in touch with our UN and Non-Governmental Organisation partners on the ground to determine the extent of need.

    In October, the Government of Ethiopia announced that about 8.2 million people are in need of emergency food aid, up from the 4.5 million estimated in August. The number of severely malnourished children under five years old admitted to therapeutic feeding programmes this year has increased notably.

    Britain has acted quickly and decisively by providing emergency support for 2.6 million people. This includes food aid for 2.1 million people for a month. The Government of Ethiopia has also committed its largest ever response to a drought. The international community will need to work hard with the Government of Ethiopia to prevent the crisis from worsening in the coming months.

    DFID is at the forefront of resilience work to reduce the impact of crises in developing countries. In Ethiopia, DFID’s Productive Safety Nets Programme (PSNP) has helped turn desert land into land that can be farmed again.

  • Stella Creasy – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Stella Creasy – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stella Creasy on 2015-12-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will publish the guidance it has issued to schools and colleges for the implementation of Prevent strategy activities for all age groups.

    Edward Timpson

    The government published statutory guidance on the Prevent duty for specified authorities, including schools, in March 2015. In September 2015 the government published Prevent duty guidance specifically for colleges and universities.

    To complement the statutory guidance, the Department for Education has issued practical advice to schools and childcare providers to help them understand their role under the new Prevent duty. Together with Home Office, the Department also published a briefing note on how social media is used to encourage travel to Syria and Iraq. The Department’s core statutory safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges, Keeping Children Safe in Education, was updated in July to reflect the Prevent duty.

    All of the above documents are publicly available via the Department’s dedicated preventing extremism website on gov.uk. (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-extremism-in-schools-and-childrens-services/preventing-extremism-in-the-education-and-childrens-services-sectors).

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