The technical report issued by Norfolk County Council on 1 June 2016.
Technical Report (in .pdf format)
Tag: 2016
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Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on eradication of polio.
Mr Nick Hurd
The UK and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are both committed to global polio eradication. The Secretary of State and officials from her Department have had a number of meetings with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to discuss polio. Officials also have regular policy discussions through both organisations’ participation on the Global Polio Oversight Board and its Finance and Accountability Committee.
The UK is a top three donor to polio eradication, with a £300 million commitment from 2013 to 2018. UK support has been critical in bringing us one step closer to the finish line of a world free from polio, something people across the country can be immensely proud of.
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David Simpson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2016-02-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for implementing a meningitis vaccination programme for older adults.
Jane Ellison
The Department has no plans to introduce a meningitis vaccination programme for older adults.
National immunisation programmes are introduced following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the expert body that advises the government on all immunisation matters. JCVI reviewed all available evidence and advised that immunisation against meningococcal group B should be routinely offered to infants from two months of age and immunisation against meningococcal A, C, W and Y should be routinely offered to teenagers aged around 14 years.
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George Kerevan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by George Kerevan on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the applicability of the 1951 Refugee Convention to the migrants who arrived in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus in 1998.
Penny Mordaunt
The 1951 Refugee Convention places no obligation on the UK to consider asylum claims made outside its immediate territory. The Sovereign Base Area is an overseas territory and separate by legal jurisdiction to the UK. The Convention has not been extended to the Sovereign Base Areas. Representations challenging the applicability of the 1951 Refugee Convention are currently being made to the High Court on behalf of a group of refugees who have been resident in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus since 1998.
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Justin Madders – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-03-23.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Office for Budget Responsibility on the potential implications of the UK withdrawing from the EU.
Mr David Gauke
The Office for Budget Responsibility have set out their approach to assessing the implications of a UK withdrawal from the EU in their March 2016 Economic and fiscal outlook (see Box 3.4).
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Ian Blackford – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Blackford on 2016-05-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of recent trends in life expectancy.
Jane Ellison
We welcome the overall trend to longer life expectancy. Annual fluctuations in life expectancy do occur, but the overall trend remains positive. We are committed to helping people live longer, healthier lives. Tackling health inequalities amongst people of ages is embedded in policy right across the Department.
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer on 2016-06-20.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how soils research sponsored by the Research Councils is translated into practical measures that can be readily adopted at farm level.
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
The findings from soils research are translated into practical measures that can be applied at farm level in a number of ways. This includes testing of measures as part of the research, reviews of the evidence base feeding into the development of farmer guidance or direct knowledge transfer as part of the research project.
No formal assessment has been made of how soils research sponsored by the Research Councils is translated into practice. However, the part-Defra funded Soil Evidence Review, published in 2015 as part of the Natural Environment Research Council’s Soil Security Programme, emphasised the importance of engagement between researchers and farmers as being a priority to ensure understanding of agricultural issues (e.g. practical and economic challenges) and to aid the effective implementation of new knowledge and technologies.
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Christopher Chope – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on whether responses from residents to public consultation questionnaires issued by local authorities should be anonymous or identified by name and address.
Mr Marcus Jones
The Department for Communities and Local Government does not publish guidance on local authority consultations. However, Local authorities should have regard to the rules on data protection when dealing with any personal information about residents, including personal information contained on consultation responses.
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George Howarth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by George Howarth on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of (a) medical and (b) nursing training in hepatology.
Mr Philip Dunne
It is the responsibility of the professional regulators such as the General Medical Council or the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to set the standards and outcomes for education and training and approve training curricula to ensure newly qualified healthcare professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide high quality patient care.
Hepatology is a medical sub-specialty of gastroenterology. In Health Education England’s 2016/17 Workforce Plan for England, there are 450 training commissions proposed for gastroenterology, an increase from 431 in 2015/16.
Whilst the NMC does not recognise hepatology in its standards for specialist education and practice, the Royal College of Nursing has written a comprehensive competence framework which outlines the training, skills and competence required to develop and maintain a special interest in hepatology:
https://www2.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/641425/004-983_WEB.pdf
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Lilian Greenwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department collects statistics for the purposes of monitoring on the types of tickets purchased by bus passengers.
Andrew Jones
The National Travel Survey collects annual statistics from a sample of individuals in England on trips by various modes, including data on ticket types used for bus journeys.