The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steven Paterson on 2015-11-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Artful is planned to be in active service.
Mr Philip Dunne
It is planned that Artful will be handed over to the Royal Navy in December 2015. I cannot comment on when Artful will be deployed on active service as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2015-12-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the (a) London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) and (b) Mayor of London on releasing the LLDC West Ham United Football Club contract.
Tracey Crouch
The contract relating to West Ham United Football Club’s use of the Olympic Stadium is between the West Ham and the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). Any decision regarding whether to release contract details is a matter for the LLDC.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2015-11-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many responses her Department received to the recent consultation on a review of the feed-in tariff scheme.
Andrea Leadsom
We have received nearly 55,000 responses. We currently estimate that just over 2,600 are unique and detailed responses; the rest are briefer and more uniform responses, generated by campaigns. We will assess and evaluate all responses and will respond in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-12-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out what his Department’s expenditure on television recruitment campaigns was for the (a) army and (b) army reserve in each of the last five years.
Penny Mordaunt
The table below details how much each of the three Services spent on television recruitment campaigns for both Regular and Reserve Armed Forces personnel in each of the last five financial years.
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Financial Year/Service |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
£ millions |
|||||
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Royal Navy |
1.80 |
1.50 |
2.80 |
4.45 |
7.46 |
|
Army |
Not held |
Not held |
2.99* |
1.28 |
1.42** |
|
Royal Air Force |
– |
3.1 |
2.25 |
2.67 |
3.92 |
*From 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013
**Figure for Financial Year 2014-15 is less than previously reported. This is because the previous figure included production and other costs.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Beecham on 2015-11-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have refused to answer freedom of information requests from The Guardian in relation to non-UK migrant families.
Lord O’Neill of Gatley
The Guardian has received responses to their requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mrs Sheryll Murray on 2015-12-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2015 to Question 16561, if she will publish her response to the European Commission’s proposals referred to on bass management.
George Eustice
I am finalising the UK approach on management of all stocks, including bass, for negotiation at the December Fisheries Council. We do not publish the UK negotiating position, however my officials, in consultation with me and their counterparts in the Devolved Administrations, have been discussing our views with the European Commission, the Presidency and other Member States. We have also been taking on board the views of stakeholders. I can assure the honourable member that I will be seeking an outcome on bass management which is based on achieving sustainability of the stock and which recognises the interests of the commercial and recreational fishing sectors.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Warner on 2015-11-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the real-term expenditure on local authority-brokered social care in each of the last five years for which information is available.
Lord Prior of Brampton
Based on existing data, the last five years of adult social care spend (including transfers from the National Health Service) in real terms (2014-15 prices) are as follows:
2010-11 £17.19 billion
2011-12 £16.35 billion
2012-13 £15.89 billion
2013-14 £15.72 billion
2014-15 £15.51 billion
This information is based upon Department for Communities and Local Government budget data.
The real terms figures (2014-15 prices) for gross spend on children and young people’s services (including capital expenditure from revenue), calculated from the Department for Education section 251 data returns, are:
2010-11 £9.92 billion
2011-12 £9.12 billion
2012-13 £9.20 billion
2013-14 £9.12 billion
2014-15 data will be available later in this financial year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2015-12-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what non-military steps he is taking to prevent Daesh from selling oil; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent Daesh raising capital to finance their activities by other means.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
We hold regular bilateral and multilateral discussions on Daesh funding, including within the Global Coalition’s Counter ISIL Finance Group, which is co-chaired by the US, Saudi Arabia and Italy. Daesh has three main sources of funding: extortion from communities living in territory under its control; selling oil and antiquities; and donations from individuals. The UK has led efforts to create and enforce an international sanctions regime to cut off financial support for Daesh and other terrorist groups. We work with allies, particularly in the region, to ensure sanctions are enforced and that measures are being taken to stop the Daesh trade in oil and hydrocarbon products. Examples of this work include training local customs officials in the region to prevent oil smuggling. We are also focused on ensuring that individuals involved in brokering oil deals between Daesh and the Assad regime have been or will be sanctioned by the EU.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Taylor of Warwick on 2015-11-10.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote the role of women researchers in the global agriculture sector.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Government is committed to developing a strong, diverse research community. The Research Councils and National Academies share this commitment.
Government is working with its partner organisations to promote equality across all research disciplines and has established a Diversity Steering Group to guide this work.
To improve the diversity of research fellowship awards, the National Academies are working to encourage more applications from under-represented groups and to guard against discrimination in the selection process. Government has also commissioned the Research Councils to develop an action plan to improve the diversity of grant applications and peer-review rates.
As an international example, Government and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have jointly funded four research programmes involving collaborative projects between UK researchers and partners in sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.
All programmes have included research capacity building in developing countries and have had an increasing focus on integrating gender into agricultural research.
The most recent programme, Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) includes a studentship programme and of the twelve PhD students who have been appointed, eight are women.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2015-12-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the change in the publication date of the Mental Health Taskforce report to January 2016.
Alistair Burt
The independent Mental Health Taskforce has committed to delivering a costed five year mental health strategy for the NHS. Following the important announcement in the Spending Review that the Government is investing an additional £600m in mental health during this period, in line with the priorities identified in the strategy, the Taskforce is now finalising its recommendations and supporting analysis to ensure these are robust. Their report is due to be ready for publication by NHS England in the New Year.