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  • Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-10-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions patients were granted weekend leave in each mental health hospital in London in each month since 1 January 2015.

    Alistair Burt

    The information is not available in the format requested. The information in the attached table shows episodes of leave starting on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday for each London mental health trust, between 1 January 2015 to July 2015.

    The attached table is provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

  • Maria Eagle – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Maria Eagle – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans for the first of the Successor submarines to enter service; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    As stated in paragraph 4.76 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 15 (Cm9161), we expect the first Successor submarine to enter service in the early 2030s.

  • Tom Pursglove – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Tom Pursglove – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Pursglove on 2015-10-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many historic crimes will feature in this year’s crime figures.

    Mike Penning

    The Office for National Statistics (ONS) are responsible for crime statistics. Any historical crime that is brought to the attention of and recorded by the police will be included in the quarterly statistics for the period it was recorded in.

    The Home Office (via the Home Office Data Hub) collects limited information on the date of offence for some crime types and some forces. For example, for sexual offences, the Home Office was able to supply data for the ONS to use in their quarterly Crime in England and Wales publications to highlight the impact of Operation Yewtree and the large number of historical offences that were reported to the police.

    The Home Office is also unable to provide prior information of statistics in upcoming publications.

  • Maria Eagle – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Maria Eagle – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for phasing out the commitment bonus for members of the armed forces.

    Mark Lancaster

    Commitment Bonuses are being phased out over the next five years as there is insufficient evidence they significantly influence retention in the Armed Forces.

    In Financial Year 2014-15 approximately 14,000 Service personnel claimed a Commitment Bonus payment. Eligibility for Commitment Bonuses ceases with effect from 1April 2021, providing eligible Other Ranks with the opportunity to claim any payments they might have already included in their financial plans.

  • Richard Burden – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Richard Burden – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2015-10-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of how many (a) drivers and (b) drivers under 25 were using black box technology in each of the last five years.

    Andrew Jones

    The Department for Transport has not made any such estimates. There are a number of behavioural, educational and technological interventions that have the potential to help improve young driver safety. We need better evidence about what works best, so we’re working with insurance companies to see how we can assess the impact of telematics products on young driver safety.

  • Andrew Gwynne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Andrew Gwynne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-11-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on future provision of universal early childhood services through childhood centres.

    Mr Sam Gyimah

    Children’s centres provide access to health services – either by providing the services or by providing advice and assistance on gaining access to services. Local authorities and local health commissioners have statutory duties to consider providing services through children’s centres to ensure that families get access to the services they need. The transfer of responsibility for public health services to local authorities in October this year provides new opportunities for local areas to configure health services to best effect.

    The Department of Health has been working with local authorities in order to ensure sharing regular and timely updates of live birth data between NHS trusts and children’s centres and have mapped out a process for putting in place appropriate arrangements to support a national solution.

    Children’s centres can also have a key role in delivering integrated reviews, which check a child’s health and educational progress at age two.

    Future policy on children’s centres will be informed by the planned consultation on the future of children’s centre services, which is due to be launched shortly.

  • Lord Bradley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Lord Bradley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradley on 2015-10-29.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people serving (1) life sentences, and (2) imprisonment for public protection sentences, were transferred from closed to open prison conditions following authorisation by the Parole Board in each month since January 2013.

    Lord Faulks

    The table below gives a breakdown of the number of indeterminate sentence prisoners who were recommended by the Parole Board for transfer to open conditions.

    The data covers the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 October 2015, broken down by month, and distinguish between those serving a life sentence and those serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection.

    These figures have been drawn from a live administrative IT system which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

    Jan

    Feb

    Mar

    April

    May

    June

    July

    Aug

    Sept

    Oct

    Nov

    Dec

    Totals

    2013

    Open Recommendations made by PB:

    IPP

    57

    62

    66

    73

    69

    78

    61

    68

    67

    60

    64

    54

    779

    Lifer

    59

    48

    40

    48

    51

    51

    46

    43

    37

    47

    41

    27

    538

    Approved for Transfer:

    IPP

    52

    58

    59

    60

    70

    65

    77

    76

    63

    74

    47

    80

    781

    Lifer

    38

    63

    44

    40

    53

    38

    58

    48

    38

    50

    33

    47

    550

    2014

    Open Recommendations made by PB:

    IPP

    62

    68

    41

    74

    54

    49

    69

    48

    35

    44

    50

    48

    642

    Lifer

    44

    31

    31

    28

    36

    33

    40

    28

    17

    24

    38

    24

    374

    Approved for Transfer:

    IPP

    65

    46

    74

    45

    38

    26

    54

    43

    41

    64

    48

    46

    590

    Lifer

    30

    34

    39

    21

    15

    20

    23

    23

    28

    31

    20

    29

    313

    2015

    Open Recommendations made by PB:

    IPP

    61

    47

    49

    48

    46

    56

    38

    32

    33

    32

    N/A

    N/A

    442

    Lifer

    39

    28

    28

    25

    25

    38

    22

    23

    24

    33

    N/A

    N/A

    285

    Approved for Transfer:

    IPP

    57

    41

    54

    40

    42

    63

    55

    34

    35

    35

    N/A

    N/A

    456

    Lifer

    31

    16

    36

    26

    16

    33

    35

    24

    22

    22

    N/A

    N/A

    261
  • Alan Whitehead – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Alan Whitehead – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alan Whitehead on 2015-11-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit hydraulic fracturing from being conducted from wells that are drilled at the surface of sensitive areas within the boundaries of existing petroleum exploration and development licences.

    Andrea Leadsom

    On 4 November 2015, the Government set out proposals to ensure that hydraulic fracturing cannot be conducted from wells drilled at the surface of specified protected areas. [1] With regards to existing Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State is minded not to approve any proposed programme of works which includes carrying out of hydraulic fracturing from new or existing wells drilled at the surface in specified protected areas. We are now consulting with key stakeholders, including the industry and non-governmental organisations and will set out our proposals in a policy statement in due course.

    [1] See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/oil-and-gas-licensing-rounds#surface-development-restrictions

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  • Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2015-10-29.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to the report of the Centre for Health and the Public Interest on contracting in the National Health Service.

    Lord Prior of Brampton

    Under NHS England’s Standard Financial Instruction both clinical commissioning groups and commissioning support units have an obligation to provide NHS England with details of all contracts entered into with third party suppliers. These arrangements are then subject to review by NHS England’s Commercial and Legal Teams.

  • Dawn Butler – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Dawn Butler – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dawn Butler on 2015-11-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to review his Department’s advice against all but essential travel to Tunisia.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    We keep our travel advice for Tunisia under regular review, taking into account the current terrorist threat and the Tunisian capacity to deter and respond to that threat. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) discussed the issue with the Tunisian government when he visited on 27 November.