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Steven Paterson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steven Paterson on 2015-11-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the seaworthiness is of HMS (a) Astute and (b) Ambush.

Mr Philip Dunne

The safety of the UK submarine fleet is of paramount importance. The Ministry of Defence assesses seaworthiness for submarines through a robust sea clearance process. This assessment is kept under continuous review.

I am withholding the seaworthiness state of each submarine as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.

January 1, 2023

Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who his Department has consulted on the development of the UK’s Air Power Doctrine; and when he expects to publish that doctrine.

Penny Mordaunt

Work will commence on the next UK Air and Space Doctrine in the summer of 2016 and it is expected to be published in 2017. As with the previous version published in 2013, the RAF will consult widely across Defence as well as in the academic community. Research will draw on similar work from sources such as NATO and the United States Air Force.

In addition, the Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) will review the related Joint Doctrine Note (JDN): The UK Approach to Unmanned Systems. The intention is to publish the revised doctrine by autumn 2016.

January 1, 2023

Kate Green – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2015-11-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of her Department’s policies have been assessed against the family test; what steps she has taken to publish the outcome of such assessments that have been carried out; and if she will make a statement.

Andrea Leadsom

The Family Test was announced by my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister in August 2014, and introduced in October 2014. DWP published guidance for Departments and officials on how the test should be applied when formulating policy and the Department follows that guidance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf.

The Family Test is an integral part of the policy making process and is applied in a proportionate way in the development of all new policy in line with the Family Test guidance.

The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.

DECC has not applied the Test to date but is considering where it is appropriate to do so. In addition where relevant, DECC already publishes in Impact Assessments analysis of the impact of policies on energy bills across different types of households.

January 1, 2023

Stephen Timms – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2015 to Question 18390, if she will include within the scope of character education referred to teaching on the dangers of problem gambling.

Edward Timpson

All young people need strong academic skills as well as a complementary set of character attributes to be successful in life. That is why we have invested £5 million in character and resilience and made it very clear that schools should teach personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE).

The non-statutory PSHE programme of study, published by the PSHE Association, includes teaching about all forms of gambling and its psychological and financial impact. The programme of study is available online at:

https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/

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January 1, 2023

Baroness Hamwee – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hamwee on 2015-11-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) parents of a minor, (2) siblings of a minor, and (3) other persons, were granted, on the basis of exceptional compelling, compassionate circumstances outside the Immigration Rules, a family reunion visa for reunion with a family member in the UK with refugee leave or humanitarian protection, in each year from 2011 to date; and from which countries those persons have come.

Lord Bates

Family reunion applications are considered within the scope of the Immigration Rules. Under these Rules, only pre-existing families are eligible for family reunion i.e. spouse, civil partner, unmarried/same sex partner and minor children who formed part of the family unit at the time the sponsor (the person granted protection in the UK) fled to seek asylum.

Family reunion visas are available to help families that become fragmented. Family reunion is intended to allow family members who formed part of the family unit before the refugee fled their country of origin, to reunite in the UK.

The number of Family reunion visas issued and the country of application from 2011 to date can be found in the table below. It is not possible to break down the data to the applicant’s relationship with the individual that has already gained asylum in the UK.

To note: ‘*’ appears where there are less than three applications.

	Applications issued
Country of application	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 (Jan-Jun)
Albania	*	*	*	5	–
Algeria	–	–	*	–	5
Bahrain	*	15	10	5	5
Bangladesh	–	10	5	10	10
Belarus	*	5	–	5	–
Belgium	–	5	5	–	5
Burma	20	25	5	5	5
Cameroon	60	40	30	55	15
Canada	*	*	*	–	*
China	25	15	20	20	10
Congo (Dem. Rep.)	80	55	70	45	15
Cuba	–	*	–	5	–
Denmark	–	*	5	–	5
Egypt	20	50	145	135	120
Ethiopia	685	475	450	295	85
France	5	–	5	*	–
Gambia	40	40	40	80	50
Georgia	–	5	5	*	–
Germany	*	–	5	–	–
Ghana	15	25	25	30	10
Greece	*	5	5	10	5
India	45	30	30	25	15
Iran	190	55	*	–	–
Iraq	–	–	*	35	30
Irish Republic	*	5	–	–	–
Israel	5	*	10	15	–
Italy	5	5	5	5	*
Ivory Coast	–	–	–	10	*
Jamaica	5	–	–	*	–
Jordan	20	40	95	385	60
Kazakhstan	*	*	–	–	–
Kenya	160	160	105	80	20
Kuwait	25	25	30	40	40
Lebanon	10	110	280	405	260
Libya	*	*	5	5	*
Morocco	–	–	*	10	5
Mozambique	*	*	–	–	–
Namibia	*	*	*	*	–
Nepal	10	–	10	15	5
Netherlands	*	*	5	5	–
New Zealand	*	–	–	–	–
Nigeria	5	10	10	10	5
No biometrics	775	595	740	630	80
Pakistan	345	305	360	525	300
Portugal	–	–	5	–	–
Qatar	–	*	5	*	5
Romania	–	–	5	–	–
Russian Federation	5	5	*	10	–
Rwanda	5	5	5	5	–
Saudi Arabia	5	10	10	25	40
Senegal	5	5	5	5	5
Sierra Leone	35	10	15	20	5
South Africa	55	25	20	25	10
Sri Lanka	305	250	305	220	105
Sudan	215	380	360	355	230
Sweden	–	5	5	*	*
Switzerland	–	–	5	–	*
Syria	235	105	5	–	–
Tanzania	15	5	10	10	5
Trinidad and Tobago	–	–	–	*	5
Tunisia	5	5	–	*	–
Turkey	55	215	330	550	215
Uganda	85	135	225	195	45
Ukraine	*	5	*	*	–
United Arab Emirates	25	100	120	75	70
United States	*	–	5	5	5
Uzbekistan	10	5	5	*	–
Vietnam	5	–	–	5	*
Zambia	10	*	–	10	*
Zimbabwe	640	265	145	110	25
Grand Total	4305	3670	4120	4540	1940

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January 1, 2023

Roger Godsiff – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Answers of 16 November 2015 to Question 16305 and of 23 November 2015 to Question 17205, whether agreed funding is now in place for the National Wildlife Crime Unit beyond March 2016.

Rory Stewart

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, on 7 December 2015, PQ18354.

January 1, 2023

Lord West of Spithead – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord West of Spithead on 2015-11-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reintroduce charges for museum entry in the next year.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

This Government is committed to maintaining free admission to the permanent collections of major museums and galleries, as set out in the 2015 Conservative Party general election manifesto.

January 1, 2023

Yasmin Qureshi – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards he plans to put in place to ensure that the proposed £22 billion NHS efficiency savings do not adversely affect the quality of services to people with Parkinson’s disease.

Jane Ellison

The Government has committed to invest an additional £10 billion in the National Health Service over this Parliament. Efficiency and high quality care go hand-in-hand; cutting waste and safer care are integral to ensuring better outcomes at a lower cost. The efficiencies the NHS needs to find are linked to the challenge of continued improvements in care across all services, including for people with Parkinson’s disease.

January 1, 2023

Lord Touhig – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Touhig on 2015-11-10.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase staff retention in the Defence Medical Services.

Earl Howe

The Defence Medical Services (DMS) takes very seriously the issue of retention and ensures the views expressed by personnel in exit interviews, conducted when they leave the Service, inform policy in this area.

There are no Financial Retention Incentives for personnel within the DMS as a whole. However, the Royal Navy has introduced Financial Retention Incentives for Submariner Medical Assistants based on their Return of Service. In addition, Medical and Dental Officers, Nurses (Officers and Other Ranks) and Veterinary Officers have bespoke pay spines which are seen as retention positive. Specialist Nurses are also able to claim Recruitment and Retention Pay.

There are a number of non-remunerative incentives for DMS personnel and these include access to funded Continuing Professional Development courses; career opportunities outside the main clinical roles and responsibilities; inter trade transfers (predominantly from Combat Medical Technicians and Medical Assistants into an Allied Health Professional trade or Nursing) and the availability of post graduate training.

January 1, 2023

Norman Lamb – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on incorporating discussion of organ donation and transplantation into the school curriculum.

Jane Ellison

The National Curriculum sets the minimum requirements for what schools should teach and schools can build on that knowledge to cover topics such as organ donation and transplantation based on the needs of their pupils. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have recently launched updated resources for teachers and others to promote discussion around organ donation in learning environments. These resources will be promoted to teachers in England early in the New Year. The lessons packs are available online at

https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/about-donation/educational-resources/

In addition Anthony Nolan, an organisation part-funded by the Department of Health, delivers an education programme in partnership with NHSBT, through which volunteers deliver talks in schools and colleges to students aged 16 -18.

Departmental officials and NHSBT will continue to explore additional opportunities to promote organ donation and transplantation to school age children.

January 1, 2023

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