Tag: 2015

Carolyn Harris – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Carolyn Harris on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the timetable for the proposed change of status of the Land Registry before a public consultation on that matter takes place; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

In the Spending Review Autumn Statement 2015 the Chancellor announced the Government’s intent to consult on options to move operations of the Land Registry into the private sector from 2017.

We intend to launch the consultation in the New Year setting out Government’s proposals. Final decisions on the options to be included in the consultation have not yet been made.

No decisions on the options will be taken until after the consultation, but, if Government chose to proceed we would look to then introduce any legislation required.

January 1, 2023
Margaret Hodge – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Hodge on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the time taken for Montserrat to respond to his Department’s consultation on a public register of beneficial ownership.

James Duddridge

I refer the Right Honourable Lady to the answer given by my Hon Friend the member for Hertfordshire South West (David Gauke), the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to questions 10437, 10438 and 10448, which sets out the criteria we expect the Overseas Territories to meet in relation to their central register of company beneficial ownership, or similarly effective system. We are in discussions with the Montserrat authorities on this and are offering technical assistance as they develop their proposals.

January 1, 2023

Karin Smyth – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karin Smyth on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) outpatient appointments and (b) elective operations took place in England in each week of 2014-15.

Jane Ellison

The information is shown in the following table.

Number of outpatient appointments and finished admission episodes (FAEs) with an elective main procedure by week in 2014-15 in England.

Week Number	Date	Outpatient appointments	FAEs with an elective procedure
1	06 April 2014	2,074,064	152,037
2	13 April 2014	1,715,345	125,191
3	20 April 2014	1,722,450	125,185
4	27 April 2014	2,181,289	156,085
5	04 May 2014	1,782,607	129,711
6	11 May 2014	2,201,615	155,936
7	18 May 2014	2,154,486	153,252
8	25 May 2014	1,615,198	123,484
9	01 June 2014	2,175,157	153,496
10	08 June 2014	2,134,887	153,826
11	15 June 2014	2,128,058	151,508
12	22 June 2014	2,090,872	153,915
13	29 June 2014	2,091,790	152,098
14	06 July 2014	2,108,843	150,721
15	13 July 2014	2,079,438	150,166
16	20 July 2014	2,052,164	151,164
17	27 July 2014	1,963,411	145,641
18	03 August 2014	1,985,519	145,254
19	10 August 2014	2,017,505	145,912
20	17 August 2014	1,981,831	145,873
21	24 August 2014	1,599,651	122,184
22	31 August 2014	2,121,461	149,563
23	07 September 2014	2,118,810	150,024
24	14 September 2014	2,107,008	150,727
25	21 September 2014	2,142,081	153,790
26	28 September 2014	2,147,352	152,751
27	05 October 2014	2,174,051	153,818
28	12 October 2014	2,183,576	154,977
29	19 October 2014	2,126,467	154,331
30	26 October 2014	1,968,069	147,658
31	02 November 2014	2,215,685	157,287
32	09 November 2014	2,211,873	158,772
33	16 November 2014	2,190,637	160,205
34	23 November 2014	2,185,994	159,304
35	30 November 2014	2,210,964	159,359
36	07 December 2014	2,210,624	157,525
37	14 December 2014	2,223,306	156,081
38	21 December 2014	1,038,841	76,842
39	28 December 2014	1,175,849	87,790
40	04 January 2015	2,254,400	147,233
41	11 January 2015	2,245,845	155,277
42	18 January 2015	2,208,941	156,642
43	25 January 2015	2,154,520	156,841
44	01 February 2015	2,192,970	158,333
45	08 February 2015	2,198,622	160,376
46	15 February 2015	1,980,011	151,461
47	22 February 2015	2,199,551	161,546
48	01 March 2015	2,196,041	161,144
49	08 March 2015	2,172,174	160,707
50	15 March 2015	2,141,290	158,423
51	22 March 2015	2,106,928	160,091
52	29 March 2015	2,528,302	185,415
England Total	107,188,423	7,756,932

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre

Notes:

Includes activity in English NHS hospital trusts and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.
Outpatient appointments are the number of booked appointments for outpatients, whether they were attended or not.
Finished admission episodes (FAEs) are the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
A main procedure is the first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, but a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures.

January 1, 2023

Sharon Hodgson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current average waiting time is for therapeutic services at each sexual assault referral centre for (a) adults and (b) children under 18.

Jane Ellison

NHS England has set out care pathways for adult and child Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) services in its `Commissioning Framework for Adult and Paediatric Sexual Assault referral Centre (SARC) Services’, published in August 2015. Pathway services are wide-ranging, including safeguarding, social care, housing, other medical support and therapeutic counselling. The framework is now being rolled out across England and outlines the expected core service.

Data on waiting times into care pathways or therapeutic services in SARCs or referred to by SARCs, is not collected centrally.

January 1, 2023
John Mann – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mann on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK aid in improving access to family planning in the last five years.

Mr Nick Hurd

Our investments aim to reach 24 million additional women and girls by 2020. We are on track to meet this.

January 1, 2023
David Davis – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Davis on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has paid out any financial compensation on national security directions made under sections 94 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 in the last 30 years.

Mr John Hayes

The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has been briefed on the use of directions under section 94 of the Telecommunications Act 1984.

In accordance with section 94 subsection (6) of the Telecommunications Act 1984, money may be provided for the purpose of compensating for any losses that are sustained by reason of compliance with directions.

On 13 January 2015, the Prime Minister asked the Interception of Communications Commissioner to oversee directions issued under section 94 of the Telecommunications Act. The Commissioner will report on his findings, including on the statistics and wider information that can be published about the use of the power without damage to national security, in his next report.

January 1, 2023
Lilian Greenwood – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 6 of Sir Peter Hendy’s report on the replanning of Network Rail’s Investment Programme, published on 25 November 2015, if he will publish an analysis by cost heading of the £2.8 billion estimate of the cost of Great Western Main Line electrification.

Claire Perry

As the Sir Peter Hendy report states, ‘work to update the programme for Great Western Electrification is being concluded as this report is completed. The latest estimates for cost and delivery milestones have been reflected in this report although this is still subject to final review. Electrification to Cardiff is planned to be completed in Control Period 5 (2014-19) within the estimated total cost of £2.8 billion (in 2012-13 prices). As elements of the design programme mature, a more accurate assessment of the cost and delivery schedule will be established.

January 1, 2023
Jim Fitzpatrick – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Fitzpatrick on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of private hire vehicles illegally plying for hire.

Andrew Jones

The Government is responsible for the legislative structure within which local licensing authorities deliver the licensing regime for taxis and private hire vehicles. Enforcement of the licensing regime, including ensuring that private hire vehicles do not illegally ply for hire, is therefore a matter for local licensing authorities and the police.

January 1, 2023
Lord Scriven – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Scriven on 2015-12-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the status of the Northern Powerhouse rail network, what schemes are incorporated into its remit, what budget it has allocated to it and by whom, what the governance structure is, and what powers it has.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The government and Transport for the North (TfN) published the Northern Transport Strategy in March 2015, setting out the vision for the Northern Powerhouse Rail network: radically improved journey times and frequencies between the major cities of the North, building on the substantial improvements to rail in the North to which the government is already committed.

In November, the government and Transport for the North published the Northern Transport Strategy: Autumn Report, providing a progress update on the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) network.

The government has also committed a total of £50 million of funding over this parliament to Transport for the North, to help it develop plans to transform the North’s rail connections and build a single regional economy.

Work on Northern Powerhouse Rail is governed jointly by the Department for Transport (DfT) and Transport for the North as set out in Principles for Governing the Relationship Between TfN and DfT.

January 1, 2023
Paul Flynn – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Prime Minister

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he wrote to the Commander of the at-sea Trident nuclear submarine giving guidance on the use of Trident ballistic missiles after he assumed the office of Prime Minister in 2010; and on what date he sent a message superseding the message given to the at-sea Commander of Trident by Gordon Brown while he was Prime Minister.

Mr David Cameron

It has been the practice of successive Governments for the incoming Prime Minister to provide written instructions to the Commanders of our nuclear armed submarines.

The letters are one of the first actions carried out by the Prime Minister on assuming office and, given the security implications, it would be wholly inappropriate to comment further on the process.

January 1, 2023