Tag: 2016

Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many portions of milk have been reimbursed by his Department under the nursery milk scheme in each month of the last 10 years.

Jane Ellison

The Nursery Milk Scheme allows for the reimbursement of the cost of providing portions of one-third of a pint of milk per day to children under the age of five attending childminders or private and local authority nurseries for at least two hours a day. The Scheme covers England, Scotland and Wales; Northern Ireland has its own arrangements. The Department holds information relating to the number of portions of milk reimbursed in respect of claims from eligible settings in Great Britain since January 2009 and this information is in the following table.

Date	Total Portions (1/3 pints) Claimed
January 2009	18,123,707
February 2009	17,637,807
March 2009	21,558,309
April 2009	17,371,970
May 2009	16,221,249
June 2009	13,432,093
July 2009	15,464,454
August 2009	11,467,147
September 2009	16,389,034
October 2009	20,382,597
November 2009	16,079,212
December 2009	17,391,428
January 2010	15,680,452
February 2010	24,496,820
March 2010	33,011,644
April 2010	22,567,652
May 2010	17,782,066
June 2010	21,798,146
July 2010	21,923,309
August 2010	23,117,196
September 2010	15,810,902
October 2010	20,081,579
November 2010	23,160,564
December 2010	20,662,622
January 2011	23,048,244
February 2011	25,351,169
March 2011	26,415,006
April 2011	22,494,397
May 2011	18,211,857
June 2011	24,807,226
July 2011	24,435,096
August 2011	20,694,290
September 2011	15,889,141
October 2011	20,655,967
November 2011	21,672,552
December 2011	24,047,889
January 2012	23,045,503
February 2012	25,555,512
March 2012	29,047,089
April 2012	26,723,281
May 2012	21,223,680
June 2012	23,990,408
July 2012	23,634,192
August 2012	23,634,192
September 2012	10,813,985
October 2012	18,973,780
November 2012	22,527,849
December 2012	21,635,603
January 2013	20,907,751
February 2013	27,996,321
March 2013	23,764,641
April 2013	23,390,936
May 2013	20,100,589
June 2013	21,982,896
July 2013	23,393,113
August 2013	22,317,209
September 2013	13,218,322
October 2013	22,600,819
November 2013	25,334,664
December 2013	24,340,053
January 2014	20,978,012
February 2014	26,176,219
March 2014	26,673,043
April 2014	22,229,447
May 2014	20,175,242
June 2014	22,182,139
July 2014	26,207,194
August 2014	20,259,095
September 2014	13,121,733
October 2014	22,573,963
November 2014	26,413,799
December 2014	24,221,524
January 2015	24,901,748
February 2015	25,079,913
March 2015	25,432,666
April 2015	25,831,561
May 2015	19,519,236
June 2015	23,815,213
July 2015	27,758,159
August 2015	20,262,151
September 2015	16,068,770
October 2015	25,258,995
November 2015	26,127,900
December 2015	28,076,574

January 1, 2023

David Davis – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Davis on 2016-01-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written statement of 20 July 2015, HCWS 149, whether his Department has completed its collation of information on UK personnel embedded on operations; and whether he plans for that collation to include information on intelligence analysts and RPAS operators working remotely.

Michael Fallon

I refer my right hon. Friend to my Written Ministerial Statement of 17 December 2015 (HCWS431) which details UK Service personnel embedded in another nations’ armed forces, who are deployed on operations together with those who work on operations in deployed coalition or single nation headquarters roles. Intelligence analysts or remotely piloted air systems operators meeting this criteria would be included in the data but for personal and operational security reasons these numbers will not be separately identified.

January 1, 2023
Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received in the last 12 months on low turnouts in certain previous elections for Mayors.

Mr Marcus Jones

We have had a number of representations on a range of issues regarding mayoral elections.

January 1, 2023
Charlotte Leslie – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-03-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to respond to Ofcom’s review of the Terms of Trade.

Mr Edward Vaizey

I am considering Ofcom’s report on the independent production sector regulations and will respond in due course.

January 1, 2023
David Amess – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2016-04-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that all clinical commissioning groups increase investment in mental health services each year at a level which at least matches their overall expenditure increase.

Alistair Burt

The Government’s Mandate to NHS England sets out an expectation for NHS England to achieve measurable progress towards the parity of esteem for mental health enshrined in the NHS Constitution. Progress is being monitored as part of NHS England’s planning and financial reporting process.

Delivering the Forward View: NHS planning guidance for 2016-17 requires clinical commissioning groups (CCG) to increase investment in mental health services above their overall increase in allocation each year. This can include investment in primary or secondary mental health services, which should be aligned with delivery of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: a report from the Independent Mental Health Taskforce published in February 2016.

Where a CCG is not investing in mental health services as planned and without providing adequate justification, NHS England will work with the CCG to bring their spending back in line with their plan.

January 1, 2023
Rachel Reeves – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rachel Reeves on 2016-05-23.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 11 May 2016 to Question 36241, what assumptions were made about the number of people (a) taking up a Lifetime ISA and (b) subscribing the maximum annual amount to an ordinary ISA in calculating the estimated Exchequer impacts set out in that Answer.

Mr David Gauke

The Lifetime ISA is a voluntary product. For further information on the costing of this policy, please see page 9 of the Budget 2015 Policy Costings document: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508147/PU1912_Policy_Costings_FINAL3.pdf

ISA statistics are published on the GOV.UK website. Table 9.7 sets out the number of individuals subscribing to ISAs by income and amount subscribed: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individuals-subscribing-to-an-individual-savings-account-isa-by-income.

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January 1, 2023
Nigel Evans – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2016-07-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of drug-related visits to accident and emergency units involved the use of legal highs in the last six months.

Nicola Blackwood

This information is not collected centrally.

January 1, 2023
Andy McDonald – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy McDonald on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguards were employed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year since 2010-11.

Mr John Hayes

The number of Coastguards employed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year since 2010/11 is as follows:

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

517

491

469

418

386

416

424

When interpreting the above numbers, it is important to note that the new HM Coastguard structure enables the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC) and nine Coastguard Operation Centres (CGOC) to coordinate any incident around the UK coast. Workload and incidents continue to managed locally but all Coastguard Centres now have a national support network available to them during busy periods. These arrangements are most effectively deployed from a smaller national footprint.

January 1, 2023
Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of delaying the introduction of a fixed recoverable costs regime for medical negligence cases until the planned reductions in costs resulting from the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 have been made.

Ben Gummer

The intention is to introduce fixed recoverable costs (FRC) for clinical negligence claims from 1 October 2016, following the outcome of the public consultation. The Department is aware that there are pre-Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 cases in the system and will be for a number of years. However, FRC for clinical negligence is not a new concept and had been proposed by Lord Woolf and Lord Justice Jackson in 1996 and 2009 respectively in order to better manage clinical negligence claims through the legal process.

January 1, 2023
Mrs Sharon Hodgson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mrs Sharon Hodgson on 2016-01-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will issue a notice to improve to local authorities where Ofsted identify significant concerns over provision for children with special educational needs or disabilities in a local area.

Edward Timpson

The Department continues to monitor progress with implementation of the special educational needs duties set out in the Children and Families Act 2014. Our intention is that a combination of local accountability measures, data and analysis and independent inspection will show how the SEND system is performing, which parts are working well and less well and whether outcomes are improving for children and young people. The Department will consider the findings from the local area inspections as part of our approach to monitoring progress to assess where additional support and challenge may be required.

January 1, 2023

2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
517	491	469	418	386	416	424