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  • Greg Mulholland – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Greg Mulholland – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-10-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of drugs available on the NHS for the treatment of people diagnosed with (a) MS and (b) Alzheimer’s disease.

    George Freeman

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body which makes decisions on the clinical and cost effectiveness of drugs based on a thorough assessment of the best available evidence. National Health Service commissioners are required to fund drugs and treatments recommended by NICE technology appraisals.

    NICE has recommended a number of drugs as treatment options for multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease and further information is available at:

    www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/neurological-conditions

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  • Ian C. Lucas – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Ian C. Lucas – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian C. Lucas on 2015-11-25.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the size of the Liverpool HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) office will be at the end of the period of reorganisation of HMRC offices.

    Mr David Gauke

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced the planned locations of its future Regional Centres based on a number of key principles that will enable it to deliver more for less. In addition to cost, HMRC has taken account of the quality of local transport links, the local labour market and future workforce supply, and the need to retain the staff and skills it requires to continue its transformation. These changes will reduce HMRC’s estates costs by around £100 million a year by 2025.

    HMRC estimates that Liverpool will be home to between 2,800 and 3,100 full time equivalent employees. Consolidation into the Regional Centre is expected to begin in 2019-20. HMRC plans to open the Regional Centre in Cardiff in 2019-20. It is likely that the office at Plas Gororau in Wrexham will close in 2020-21. HMRC will be holding one-to-one discussions with each of its people to discuss the next steps.

  • Rosie Cooper – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Rosie Cooper – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rosie Cooper on 2015-11-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure that water and sewerage charges for schools reflect actual costs incurred by the water company.

    Rory Stewart

    The amount that water and sewerage companies can charge their customers is subject to a cap set by Ofwat, the independent economic regulator. Ofwat has statutory duties to ensure that customer charges are fair and that the companies are able to finance the essential services they provide.

    Working within Ofwat’s regulatory framework, water companies have choices to make about how they apportion costs for the different services they provide across different groups of customers. All water and sewerage companies have to remove and treat the rainwater that drains into public sewers, so a surface water drainage charge is included in all customers’ bills. Some companies average these costs across all their customers, while others charge their non-household customers according to the amount of water that drains from their property into the sewer. This is known as site area charging; its aim is to ensure that charges reflect the actual costs associated with providing a drainage service to that customer.

    This approach to charging results in reductions to the bills of some customers. However, it can increase the bills of some organisations, such as schools, that manage larger sites. The Government is aware of concerns about the impact of surface water drainage charges on schools in the North West. In light of this we will be reviewing our Guidance to Water and Sewerage Undertakers in relation to Concessionary Schemes for Community Groups for Surface Water Drainage Charges.

  • Ms Margaret Ritchie – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Ms Margaret Ritchie – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ms Margaret Ritchie on 2015-11-25.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett consequentials are for Northern Ireland of the measures announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.

    Greg Hands

    The Northern Ireland Executive’s block grant allocations for the Spending Review period were set out at the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015. The allocations were calculated by the application of the Barnett Formula to UK government departmental settlements in the normal way.

    Further information regarding the Barnett Formula can be found in HM Treasury’s ‘Statement of Funding Policy’.

  • Gavin Newlands – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Gavin Newlands – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-11-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 11080, on deportation: appeals, in how many of the 426 cases which were appealed were those appeals dismissed by the relevant tribunal.

    James Brokenshire

    Of the 426 cases referred to in answer of 14 October to Question 11080:

    – none were certification withdrawn

    – 359 have been certified under Regulation 24AA

    – all data provided relates to the First Tier Tribunal only

    – 25 are listed as abandoned or withdrawn by the appellant

    – 89 were dismissed by the relevant tribunal

    The Home Office does not disclose country specific information as its disclosure could prejudice relations between the UK and foreign governments.

    Notes : (1) All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.

    (2) Data Extracted on 28th September, 2015 in line with response to Question 11080

  • Nicholas Soames – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Nicholas Soames – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the location in the UK is of each army regiment.

    Mark Lancaster

    The UK locations of the major British Army units, as at 26 November 2015, are given below. In line with standard practice, information on Special Forces is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security.

    Major Unit

    Town

    Household Cavalry Regiment

    Windsor

    Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

    London

    1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

    Tidworth

    3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

    Harlow Hill

    7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

    Colchester

    1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards

    Swanton Morley

    The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers And Greys)

    Leuchars

    The Royal Dragoon Guards

    Catterick

    The Royal Lancers

    Catterick

    The King’s Royal Hussars

    Tidworth

    The Light Dragoons

    Catterick

    The Royal Tank Regiment

    Tidworth

    4th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Topcliffe

    5th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Catterick

    12th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Thorney Island

    14th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Larkhill

    16th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Emsworth

    19th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Tidworth

    29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery

    Plymouth

    32nd Regiment Royal Artillery

    Larkhill

    47th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Larkhill

    21 Engineer Regiment

    Ripon

    22 Engineer Regiment

    Perham Down

    23 Parachute Engineer Regiment

    Woodbridge

    24 Commando Engineer Regiment

    Chivenor

    26 Engineer Regiment

    Perham Down

    32 Engineer Regiment

    Catterick

    33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)

    Wimbish

    36 Engineer Regiment

    Maidstone

    39 Engineer Regiment

    Kinloss

    42 Engineer Regiment (Geographical)

    Huntingdon

    101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)

    Wimbish

    62 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    63 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    64 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    66 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    20 Works Group Royal Engineers (Air Support)

    Peterborough

    1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment

    Chatham

    3 Roay School of Military Engineering Regiment

    Minley

    1st Signal Regiment

    Stafford

    2nd Signal Regiment

    York

    3rd Signal Regiment

    Bulford

    10th Signal Regiment

    Corsham

    11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment

    Blandford

    14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)

    Brawdy

    15th Signal Regiment (Information Support)

    Blandford

    16th Signal Regiment

    Stafford

    21st Signal Regiment

    Colerne

    22nd Signal Regiment

    Stafford

    30th Signal Regiment

    Bramcote

    1st Battalion Grenadier Guards

    Aldershot

    1st Battalion Coldstream Guards

    Windsor

    1st Battalion Scots Guards

    Aldershot

    1st Battallion Irish Guards

    London

    1st Battalion Welsh Guards

    Pirbright

    The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Holywood

    The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Edinburgh

    The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Inverness

    The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Catterick

    1st Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment

    Catterick

    2nd Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment

    Preston

    1st Battalion The Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers

    Tidworth

    1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

    London

    2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

    Cottesmore

    1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment

    Warminster

    2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment

    Catterick

    1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment

    Bulford

    2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Foresters, and Staffords)

    Chester

    1st Battalion The Royal Welsh

    Tidworth

    1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment

    Tern Hill

    2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment

    Colchester

    3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment

    Colchester

    2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles

    Shorncliffe

    1st Battalion The Rifles

    Beachley

    2nd Battalion The Rifles

    Lisburn

    3rd Battalion The Rifles

    Edinburgh

    4th Battalion The Rifles

    Bulford

    1 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Yeovilton

    2 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps

    Middle Wallop

    3 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Wattisham

    4 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Wattisham

    5 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Aldergrove

    7 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps

    Middle Wallop

    9 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Dishforth

    3 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Abingdon

    4 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Abingdon

    7 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Cottesmore

    9 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Hullavington

    10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment

    Aldershot

    11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Didcot

    13 (Air Assault) Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Colchester

    17 Port And Maritime Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Marchwood

    27 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Aldershot

    29 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    South Cerney

    Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion

    Innsworth

    5 Training Regiment the Royal Logistic Corps

    Grantham

    25 Training Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Deepcut

    2 Medical Regiment

    North Luffenham

    3 Medical Regiment

    Preston

    4 Armoured Medical Regiment

    Aldershot

    5 Armoured Medical Regiment

    Catterick

    16 Medical Regiment

    Colchester

    22 Field Hospital

    Aldershot

    33 Field Hospital

    Gosport

    34 Field Hospital

    Strensall

    1 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Catterick

    2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Leuchars

    4 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Tidworth

    6 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Tidworth

    7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Wattisham

    5 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Tidworth

    1st Regiment Royal Military Police

    Catterick

    3rd Regiment Royal Military Police

    Bulford

    4th Regiment Royal Military Police

    Aldershot

    Special Investigation Branch Regiment Royal Military Police

    Bulford

    Specialist Operations Regiment Royal Military Police

    Southwick Park

    Military Provost Staff Regiment

    Colchester

    1st Military Working Dog Regiment

    North Luffenham

    1 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Catterick

    2 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Upavon

    4 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Bulford

    Specialist Group Military Intelligence

    Hermitage

    15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operation Group

    Hermitage

    The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)

    Monmouth

    The Honourable Artillery Company

    London

    The Royal Yeomanry

    London

    The Royal Wessex Yeomanry

    Bovington

    The Queen’s Own Yeomanry

    Newcastle Upon Tyne

    The Scottish And North Irish Yeomanry

    Edinburgh

    101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery

    Gateshead

    103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery

    St Helens

    104th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Newport

    105th Regiment Royal Artillery

    Edinburgh

    106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery

    Grove Park

    71 Engineer Regiment

    Leuchars

    75 Engineer Regiment

    Warrington

    65 Works Group Royal Engineers

    Chilwell

    32nd (Scottish) Signal Regiment

    Glasgow

    37th Signal Regiment

    Redditch

    39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment

    Bristol

    71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment

    London

    52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Glasgow

    51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Perth

    3rd Battalion The Princess Of Wales’s Royal Regiment

    Canterbury

    4th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

    Preston

    5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

    Newcastle Upon Tyne

    3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

    Bury St Edmunds

    4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment

    York

    4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Forsters, and Staffords)

    Wolverhampton

    3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh

    Cardiff

    2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment)

    Lisburn

    4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment

    Pudsey

    The London Regiment

    London

    6th Battalion The Rifles

    Exeter

    7th Battalion The Rifles

    Reading

    1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit

    London

    1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit

    Birmingham

    6 Regiment Army Air Corps

    Bury St Edmunds

    150 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Hull

    151 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Croydon

    152 (North Irish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Holywood

    156 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Liverpool

    158 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Peterborough

    154 (Scottish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Dunfermline

    157 (Welsh) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Cardiff

    162 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Grantham

    165 Port And Maritime The Regiment Royal Logistic Corps

    Plymouth

    159 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Coventry

    167 Catering Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps

    Grantham

    2 Operational Support Group The Royal Logistic Corps

    Grantham

    201 (Northern) Field Hospital

    Newcastle Upon Tyne

    202 (Midlands) Field Hospital

    Birmingham

    203 (Welsh) Field Hospital

    Cardiff

    204 (North Irish) Field Hospital

    Belfast

    205 (Scottish) Field Hospital

    Govan

    207 (Manchester) Field Hospital

    Manchester

    208 (Liverpool) Field Hospital

    Liverpool

    212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital

    Sheffield

    225 (Scottish) Medical Regiment

    Dundee

    243 (The Wessex) Field Hospital

    Bristol

    253 (North Irish) Medical Regiment

    Belfast

    254 (East of England) Medical Regiment

    Cambridge

    256 (City of London) Field Hospital

    Walworth

    306 Hospital Support Medical Regiment

    Strensall

    335 Medical Evacuation Regiment

    Strensall

    Operational Headquarters Support Group

    Strensall

    101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Wrexham

    102 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Newton Aycliffe

    103 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Crawley

    104 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Northampton

    105 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    Bristol

    106 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

    East Kilbride

    3 Military Intelligence Battalion

    London

    5 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Coulby Newham

    6 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Rusholme

    7 Military Intelligence Battalion

    Bristol
  • Luciana Berger – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-11-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2015 to Question 12672, how many specialist midwives have been trained since November 2013.

    Ben Gummer

    This information is not collected centrally.

    Specialist training is offered to midwives through Continued Professional Development (CPD). It is the responsibility of individual employers to ensure that their staff are supported to access further training via CPD so that their knowledge and skills remains up to date to deliver the best patient care and meet the changing needs of patients and services.

  • 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 2015-11-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training courses have been completed at (a) MOD Greytown-on-Spey, (b) MOD Llanwrst, (c) MOD Fairbourne and (d) MOD Crickhowell in each year from 2005 to 2010; how many students of each service attended each such course; what the cost of each such course was per trainee; and if he will make a statement.

    Mark Lancaster

    Historical data on the number of students and cost per trainee that took part in adventurous training, at any of the centres, from 2005 to 2010 is not held.

  • Peter Bone – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Peter Bone – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Bone on 2015-11-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on developing energy policy.

    Anna Soubry

    My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has had a number of recent discussions with my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on energy policy.

  • Lucy Powell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Lucy Powell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2015-11-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2015 to Question 13848, with which schools her Department is discussing its STEM international recruitment programme; and how many of these schools are recruiting teachers internationally.

    Nick Gibb

    The Department for Education discusses international recruitment with a number of schools and does not keep a list of the schools with which such discussions take place.

    The department does not monitor individual schools’ recruitment activities. This is a matter for schools.