The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2015 to Question 9695, on telecommunications: Sheffield, Heeley, whether the problem referred to has now been resolved.
Mr Edward Vaizey
BT have confirmed that the work to provide a telephone and internet connectivity to the new build site has been completed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.
George Eustice
No estimate of value has been made as there were no reported losses or thefts of stationery from the Department in the last five fiscal years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2015-11-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is offered to families with children suffering from life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in England.
Jane Ellison
Information is not held centrally on how many children in England required 24-hour care due to life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in 2014-15. The local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) do not collect information for the North East and Sunderland.
CCGs (and in the case of specialised services, NHS England), will commission a range of care to support children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, including paediatric care, and community-based nursing. A child with a life-limiting condition may be eligible for a package of continuing care, where their needs are such that they require clinical care in addition to that routinely commissioned. This might include one-to-one support. NHS England also allocates an annual grant of £11 million to children’s hospices to support their provision of palliative and respite care.
Children and young people with complex needs may also be eligible for local authority-commissioned social care to support living, short-breaks, and special educational support, where they have a special educational need.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department’s primary objectives are at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
Mr Hugo Swire
The 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is an opportunity to demonstrate the continued relevance of the organisation in the 21st century. The British Government will pursue its commitment to strengthen the Commonwealth’s focus on promoting democratic values and development. We will also use the Heads of Government Meeting to shape a Commonwealth role in implementing the new Sustainable Development Goals, and consider how the organisation can help address other global challenges. A new Secretary General will also be announced at this meeting.
The Heads of Government Meeting also takes place the week before the Paris Climate Conference. The British Government will therefore use the meeting as an opportunity to build support amongst Commonwealth members for an ambitious agenda and targets.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Tyrie on 2015-11-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account the Airports Commission took of the concern raised by its expert advisors that the failure to account for high value-added international sectors in measuring the agglomeration benefits of the three shortlisted projects was a significant limitation.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Government is currently considering the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report before taking any decisions on next steps.
The Government will carefully consider all the evidence set out, including that on costs, when making a decision on additional runway capacity.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rosie Cooper on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many days Ms Patricia Hart worked on the Review of the NHS Hospitals Complaints Systems in 2013.
Ben Gummer
Professor Patricia Hart worked for 20.3 days on A Review of the NHS Hospitals Complaints System in 2013.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2015-11-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they treat universities that receive public funding as private or public institutions.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
In general, universities that receive public grant funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England are private institutions.
However there are instances where the law does consider them to be public authorities. For example, they are listed in Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as public authorities for the purposes of that Act. However, for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998, they are considered to be ‘hybrid’ public authorities, which means that that Act only applies to their public functions, and not their private ones.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2015 to Question 13212, by when the assurance of clinical commissioning groups’ (CCG) local transformation plans by NHS England’s regional teams are planned to be completed; and whether he plans that the additional £30 million that has been allocated to CCGs will be spent in full in 2015-16.
Alistair Burt
The deadline for clinical commission groups to submit their Local Transformation Plans was Friday 16 October, and plans were submitted covering all local areas. These plans are currently being assured by NHS England’s regional assurance teams and this is intended to be completed during November.
The £30 million NHS England allocated to clinical commissioning groups for improving children and young people’s eating disorders is intended to be spent in 2015-16.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Wakeham on 2015-11-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated financial contribution of central government to local government (1) for the year ending 5 April 2016, and (2) for each of the years to 5 April 2020, in the light of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
Lord O’Neill of Gatley
The local government departmental expenditure limit (LG DEL) is £11.5bn in 2015/16 with the Spending Review announcing that it will reduce to £5.4bn by 2019/20. With forecast increases to other sources of local government income, overall local government spending will be higher in cash terms by 2019/20 than in 2015/16, an estimated rise from £40.3bn to £40.5bn.
The total financial contribution made to local authorities by central government will be dependent on the grants made available by individual government departments. As departments will not yet have determined how much funding will be made available as grant across all years, it is not possible to provide a definitive end of parliament total.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-11-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS workforce he expects to receive a real-terms pay increase over the next four years; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
The Government announced that it would fund public sector pay increases at an average of 1% for four years from 2016/17. For National Health Service staff, the NHS Pay Review Body and Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration will take evidence from a range of stakeholders, including Government, trades unions, NHS Providers, NHS Employers, NHS England and Health Education England and will make recommendations to Government.