The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-01-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Brimstone missiles have been used in Syria since 2 December 2015.
Penny Mordaunt
Between 2 December 2015 and 12 January 2016 there have been four Brimstone missiles used against Daesh targets by the RAF in Syria.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which (a) academies and (b) free schools applied to the Secretary of State to have their funding arrangements changed to allow them to vary their school admissions requirements in each year since 2009-10; and which such applications were approved.
Edward Timpson
In total, between 2012 and 2016, three requests have been considered by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) to vary in-year admissions arrangements of academies and free schools outside of the normal admissions timeframe. One relates to an academy and two to free schools. The two applications from the free schools were approved. The EFA was established in April 2012. We do not hold figures relating to this question prior to this date.
The table below sets out the number of requests from academies and free schools considered and approved by the EFA from 2012-13:
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Requests to vary admissions requirements |
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Academies |
Free Schools |
Approved |
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|
2012-13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2013-14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2014-15 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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2015-16 Current financial year to date i.e. April 15 to Jan 16 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Total |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent officials are (a) budgeted for and (b) actually employed in each African country in which the UK has an Embassy or High Commission.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The attached spreadsheet (PQ 28132 – FTE Africa v0.3) details the number of UK based FCO staff budgeted for and employed in each African country which the UK has an Embassy or High Commission.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Melanie Onn on 2016-03-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs in Great Grimsby constituency have retired in the last 12 months.
Alistair Burt
This information is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Henig on 2016-04-27.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the successful candidates admitted to the Direct Entry Superintendent programme were still in post as of 1 April.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The direct entry to superintendent scheme has been running since 2014; over the three years of its operation it has had a total of 2,049 applications.
The first direct entry scheme to inspector launched this year. There were 1,647 ap-plications and the selection process is ongoing. The first cohort are expected to start in November.
Details of success and retention for the direct entry to superintendent scheme are outlined in the table below.
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Year |
Applications |
Successful at the assessment centre |
Started the scheme |
In post at 1 April 2016 |
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2014 |
867 |
13 |
9 |
8 |
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2015 |
542 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
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2016 |
640 |
– |
– |
– |
Assessment centres for the 2016 inspectors’ and superintendents’ schemes will take place this summer.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made to date on Recommendation 19 of the NHS England Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.
Alistair Burt
The Government is working with delivery partners to carefully consider the Taskforce’s recommendations and aims to publish a strategic Implementation Plan in the autumn that will set out how Government and partners will deliver the recommendations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Adams on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 2 August 2016 to Question 42624, what the evidential basis is for the conclusion that there has been a decrease in autocomplete suggestions from search engines providing access to stream ripping and online converter websites.
Joseph Johnson
Work to reduce the prevalence of autocomplete suggestions which are likely to lead search engine users to infringing websites is still ongoing, and so it is not yet possible to analyse the resultant effectiveness of these measures.
This work is discussed by representatives of the creative industries and search engines at the round table meetings chaired by my noble Friend Baroness Neville-Rolfe as Minister for Intellectual Property. OFCOM provide research for these meetings utilising results which they take from publicly accessible search interfaces.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2016-10-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of children entering secondary education who are unable to read.
Nick Gibb
The Key Stage 2 National Curriculum tests provide information about the proportion of pupils entering secondary education who have reached the national expected standard in reading. The latest Key Stage 2 results are published in table N2 of the the “National curriculum assessments at key stage 2 in England, 2016 (provisional)” statistical first release (SFR)[1].
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2016-provisional (Table N2)
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rosie Cooper on 2016-01-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will review the decision by the Environment Agency to turn off five satellite pumping stations in 2017 operating in the Alt Crossens catchment.
Rory Stewart
By serving a two-year notice period on the five pumping stations in Alt Crossens, the Environment Agency intends to provide time for all local parties to agree on an alternative solution for managing the pumps. I hope all the local parties will continue to work with the Environment Agency to agree a way forward.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mc Nally on 2016-02-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will apply for funding from the EU Solidarity Fund for relief payments for issues arising from recent flooding.
James Wharton
The Government will consider an application once the full costs are known. The European Union Solidarity Fund does not provide additional funding to local areas. It reimburses emergency costs that the Government would have incurred anyway. For this reason, the Government’s immediate priority remains dealing with the urgent needs of those affected, which is why we have provided just under £200 million to help those affected by the floods to support recovery and repair.