The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in real terms the NHS spent on administration in each year since 2011-12.
Alistair Burt
The information is not available in the format requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2015-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Disclosure and Barring Service checks were carried out in (a) the UK, (b) Lancashire and (c) Ribble Valley constituency in the last 12 months.
Karen Bradley
Between 1 October 2014 and 30 September 2015, the Disclosure and Barring Service issued 4,209,742 disclosures. Of these, 102,252 were received from individuals living in Lancashire. The DBS does not hold information to show the number of certificates by constituency.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Smith on 2015-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps Community Rehabilitation Companies are taking to engage with local charities to prevent prisoners from reoffending.
Andrew Selous
Charities and the voluntary sector have long played an important role in rehabilitating offenders and continue to do so under the Government’s reforms to rehabilitation services. Under the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms, we opened up the market in order to get the best out of the public, private and third sectors. 19 out of the 21 CRCs are being run with assistance from staff mutual or VCSE, and all contracted probation providers have included VCSE organisations in their supply chains.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (a) spoke at and (b) attended scheduled events during London International Shipping Week 2015.
Mr Robert Goodwill
Sir Alan Massey, Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, spoke at a scheduled event to promote the UK Ship Register, and 39 officials attended scheduled events during London International Shipping Week 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2015-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support to meet caring needs is available for older people with a disability whose principal carer is engaged in education for more than 21 hours per week.
Justin Tomlinson
People in full-time education, including those with caring responsibilities, are not normally entitled to benefits. Rather they are supported through the educational maintenance system, via its range of loans and grants. Support may also be available through local councils and health services.
Students undertaking a part-time course have access to carer related benefits in the usual way.
People with a disability can claim benefits in their own right in order to meet their needs. Depending on individual circumstances, such financial support can be through universal, extra costs benefits and/or means-tested benefits. Means-tested benefits, such as Pension Credit, include an additional amount for people with a severe disability (currently £61.85 a week for a single person) which can be paid to a disabled person to help meet the costs of caring if their carer is not receiving Carer’s Allowance.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many branches of Jobcentre Plus employed at least one full-time equivalent (a) disability employment adviser and (b) income support adviser in each of the last five years.
Priti Patel
We are committed to doing all we can to ensure all those who can work into employment, including claimants of all backgrounds, lone parents and disabled people.
As part of our continuous improvement, we are rolling out the use of Work Coaches across Jobcentre Plus who are trained in all areas. This means that a claimant remains with the same adviser (Work Coach) regardless of their journey within the benefit system. As a result, the need for some specific advisers is reducing.
The number of Jobcentre Plus branches employing at least one full-time equivalent Disability Employment Adviser and Income Support Adviser in each of the last five years is in the table below.
|
Year |
Number of Jobcentres Employing at least One Full-Time Equivalent Disability Employment Advisor |
Number of Jobcentres Employing at least One Full-Time Equivalent Income Support Adviser |
|
2011/12 |
226 |
474 |
|
2012/13 |
190 |
384 |
|
2013//14 |
145 |
357 |
|
2014/15 |
118 |
443 |
|
2015/16 (part year) |
90 |
441 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2015-10-13.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why patients in England cannot access the drug Docetaxel, in contrast to patients in Scotland.
Lord Prior of Brampton
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body which, for England, makes decisions on the clinical and cost effectiveness of products based on thorough assessment of the best available evidence. NICE has recommended docetaxel for the treatment of hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer (where the disease becomes unresponsive to hormone treatment). It has not appraised docetaxel for use alongside hormone treatment.
In the absence of guidance from NICE, it is for commissioners in England to make funding decisions on drugs and treatments based on the available evidence. Although docetaxel is not licensed for this indication, there is no funding, legal or regulatory barrier to prescribing drugs off-licence. Where clinically appropriate, off-licence prescribing is safe and legal and most clinicians regularly prescribe in this way.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Tonge on 2015-10-13.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the leaked 2009 report by the United States Central Intelligence Agency that drone strikes are ineffective and counter-productive.
Earl Howe
The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. It has been the policy of successive British Governments not to comment on leaked documents.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2015-10-13.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 18 September (HL2210), whether they can confirm that the government of the Republic of Ireland has not had representatives at any discussions other than those allowed by the 1998 Belfast Agreement.
Lord Dunlop
The involvement of the Irish Government in cross-party talks is in accordance with the established three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs and the 1998 Belfast Agreement. A commitment always to uphold the three-stranded approach was also contained in the Government’s Northern Ireland manifesto at the General Election.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alan Brown on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury’s publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy, published in October 2010, what the total expenditure was on UKAEA-Decommissioning between 2010 and 2015; and what the forecast expenditure in which locations is on such decommissioning in each of the next five years.
Joseph Johnson
The data in the HM Treasury publication Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales an Northern Ireland Assembly, Statement of Funding Policywas compiled in 2010 using a different financial database system to the one subsequently in use by BIS and its delivery partners. This means that the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However the UK Atomic Energy Authority, which is responsible for the UK fusion programme, has provided the following information.
|
Year |
Legacy costs1 |
JET decommissioning costs1, 5 |
|
2010/11 |
8,279 |
29 |
|
2011/12 |
10,798 |
37 |
|
2012/13 |
7,356 |
43 |
|
2013/14 |
6,814 plus 1,050 capital2 |
62 |
|
2014/15 |
6,024 plus 1,554 capital2 |
42 |
|
2015/16 |
8,315 (est.) plus 6,010 capital2 (est.) |
166 (est.) |
|
2016/17 |
See note 3 |
214 (est.) |
|
2017/18 |
See note 3 |
943 (est.) |
|
2018/19 |
See note 3 |
16,3064 (est.) |
|
2019/20 |
See note 3 |
28,251 (est.) |
Notes
1. Figures in £000s.
2. Capital costs cover new facilities on the Culham site such as the Materials Research Facility and RACE (Remote Applications in Challenging Environments) funded partly through the National Nuclear Users Facility and Oxford City Deal.
3. Subject to next Spending Review.
4. The costs rise substantially in 2018/19 due to the expected closure of JET in 2018 and start of decommissioning. However this date is under review with the European Commission with an extension proposed.
5. These costs are undiscounted and form part of the total undiscounted liability for decommissioning JET of £256,544k as stated in the 2014/15 UKAEA Annual Report and Accounts.