Tag: 2016

Baroness Tonge – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Tonge on 2016-06-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether current female genital mutilation protection orders contain information on girls’ country of origin and nationality.

Lord Faulks

An application for an FGM protection order may include information in relation to the country of origin or nationality of the person to be protected if it is relevant to the application. This information would not necessarily be included in every application or order granted.

01/01/2023
Mark Durkan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Durkan on 2016-09-02.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to introduce a MP hotline number for Concentrix.

Mr David Gauke

I refer the Right Honourable gentleman to the answer I gave on 1 December 2015 (17151).

01/01/2023
Christopher Chope – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 20 September 2016 from the hon. Member for Christchurch on the involvement of his Department with the consultation document and questionnaire on possible Dorset local government reorganisation.

Mr Marcus Jones

A reply was sent to my hon Friend on 20 October.

01/01/2023
Lord Rennard – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rennard on 2016-01-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to ascertain how many people shown as having voted on the marked register for the General Election on 7 May 2015 were on the electoral register at that time solely by virtue of the household based electoral registration system; whether they will make any such data available, broken down by (1) country, (2) constituency, and (3) local authority; how many of those voters were removed from the electoral registers on 1 December 2015; and what plans they have to help ensure that those voters are included on electoral registers based on Individual Electoral Registration.

Lord Bridges of Headley

While data is not available on the number of non-IER registered electors who voted at the 2015 General Election, the Electoral Commission found 96% of the entries on the electoral register in May 2015 were already registered under IER. The remaining non-IER registered electors will have been contacted as part of the annual canvass, and specifically targeted by Electoral Registration Officers, to encourage them to submit an application under IER ahead of the end of the transition to IER.

01/01/2023
Gordon Marsden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2016-02-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the funding under the European Social Fund programme assigned to his Department he expects to allocate in the current funding round.

Anna Soubry

The Skills Funding Agency, one of the partner organisations of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has secured approximately £725,624,976 including administration costs from the European Social Fund (ESF) on behalf of 38 Local Enterprise Partnership areas. The Skills Funding Agency is currently procuring learning and skills activity identified by local areas. These funds are profiled to be spent by end March 2018.

01/01/2023
Tristram Hunt – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tristram Hunt on 2016-02-24.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of National Infrastructure Pipeline spending has been allocated to projects in (a) Stoke-on-Trent local authority, (b) Cheshire East local authority, (c) the West Midlands region, (d) the South East region and (e) London.

Greg Hands

The information requested can be obtained from “National Infrastructure Pipeline”, published in July 2015 and is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-july-2015

01/01/2023
Andrew Rosindell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Wales Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2016-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on Wales of measures announced in the Budget 2016.

Alun Cairns

Last month’s Budget demonstrated the scale of this Government’s ambition for Wales, delivering a historic City Deal for Cardiff and a commitment to Swansea Bay, cutting tax for 1.4 million Welsh men and women, as well as opening the door for a growth deal for North Wales.

01/01/2023
Lord Scriven – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Scriven on 2016-04-28.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 27 April (HL7786), what temporary measures they plan to take, pending the review by the Lord Chancellor of the recommendations arising out of the review of extremism, to ensure that literature of a homophobic nature is not handed out by prison chaplains.

Lord Faulks

Prison chaplains are already aware that they should not distribute any unacceptable material, including material of a homophobic nature, to prisoners. My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Justice is considering the recommendations of the review of Extremism. As the Secretary of State told the House on 26 April, a summary document will be published in due course. The full report cannot be published due to sensitive security issues.

01/01/2023

Lord Freyberg – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Freyberg on 2016-06-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what success Genomic England has had in engaging the NHS with (1) the number of informed consents captured by each of the 13 Genomic Medical Centres (GMCs), (2) the number of samples supplied by each of the 13 GMCs to Genomic England, (3) the number of usable samples received from each of the 13 GMCs by Genomic England, (4) the number of Binary Alignment Map files generated to date for each of the 13 GMCs, (5) the number of variant files (VCF) generated to date for each of the 13 GMCs, and (6) the number of clinical reports returned to patients for each of the 13 GMCs, in (a) the rare disease and (b) the cancer programme.

Lord Prior of Brampton

Genomics England (GeL) and NHS England have confirmed that:

The total number of informed consents as reported by NHS Genomic Medicine Centres (GMCs) is 9,939. The breakdown by NHS GMC can be found in the table below.

The total number of samples sent to the United Kingdom biobank from NHS GMCs is 6,777. The breakdown by GMC can be found in the table below.

Over 99% of samples have passed quality control first time in the biorepository, and the others are being followed up with NHS GMCs directly to obtain replacement samples.

In terms of the number of Binary Alignment Map files generated to date, GeL does not break its figures down in this way. It has confirmed that the number of completed Whole Genome Sequences (WGS) is 10,079 consisting of 8,408 rare disease and 1,671 cancer.

In terms of the number of variant files generated to date, GeL does not break its figures down in this way. It has confirmed that the number of completed WGS is 10,079 consisting of 8,408 rare disease and 1,671 cancer. GeL is in the process of developing rare disease and cancer reports and is discussing these with clinical sites. GeL has returned 39 reports to pilot sites and expects the number of reports to increase steadily over the coming year.

NHS GMC	GMC self- reported recruitment	Samples received at UK Biobank
North East and North Cumbria	426	357
West London	307	262
Greater Manchester	666	232
South London	1,436	1,316
East of England	923	795
Oxford	927	678
South West	337	221
North Thames	2,483	1,290
Wessex	638	510
West Mids	1,327	786
North West Coast	434	321
Yorks and Humber	35	0
Total	9,939	6,777

01/01/2023

Craig Whittaker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Craig Whittaker on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to support business growth and economic development within their areas ahead of them fully retaining business rates.

Mr Marcus Jones

The Government is committed to reforming the local government finance system to make local authorities more self-sufficient, including by allowing them to retain locally-raised business rates. This will ensure that authorities benefit from business rates growth providing them with an important incentive to support and develop their local economies. The reforms including the nature of the incentives to boost growth are subject to an ongoing consultation.

01/01/2023