Tag: 2016

Greg Mulholland – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-01-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Prime Minister’s announcement of 18 January 2016, Passive tolerance of separate communities must end, how the £20 million fund for English teaching for isolated women will be spent.

Mr Marcus Jones

Our new £20 million community-based English language training offer will be informed by the findings of Louise Casey’s Review into boosting opportunity and integration amongst isolated groups and the learning from the six community projects we have funded as part of our current integration programme. In particular, we will work with Louise Casey to identify the most isolated communities in England to make sure this programme is targeted at those women who need it most.

01/01/2023
Paula Sherriff – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paula Sherriff on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on presumed consent for organ donations in England.

Jane Ellison

There have been no such recent discussions although this subject has been discussed during debates on organ donation. Our efforts remain focussed on the delivery of the seven year United Kingdom-wide organ donation and transplantation strategy published by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) on 11 July 2013. We are taking specific action to encourage registration on the Organ Donor Register, to promote discussion within families about donation and to increase consent rates to organ donation, particularly raising awareness of donation in the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) population.

Organ donation rates are 62% and transplant rates some 44% higher than they were in 2008. This has been achieved mainly through a strengthening of the donation infrastructure, by increasing the number of specialist nurses and by improving retrieval arrangements.

01/01/2023
Stephen Doughty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish the memoranda of understanding between her Department and the Ministry of Defence on international humanitarian law.

Mr Desmond Swayne

DFID does not have a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Defence on International Humanitarian Law.

01/01/2023
Lilian Greenwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-04-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 29382, how many Bikeability training places his Department funded in each school year between 2009-10 and 2015-16.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Bikeability training places are monitored and compiled by financial year. The table below shows the number of Bikeability training places funded by the Department for Transport in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2014-15. Figures for 2015-16 have yet to be compiled.

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

133,984

199,197

293,969

255,833

279,358

350,561

01/01/2023
Luciana Berger – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of clinical commissioning groups increased their spending on children and young people’s mental health as a proportion of their overall budget in 2015-16; and how many are forecast to increase such spending in 2016-17.

Alistair Burt

For 2015-16 we do not hold details on the increase in spend by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on children and young people’s mental health. However a detailed and robust assurance process was set up and 123 Local Transformation Plans to improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing at local level were submitted to NHS England during 2015-16. This process covered every CCG in England. An assurance process was established with detailed financial tracking arrangements to ensure that the additional money was spent for the purposes intended and that locally determined key performance indicators are being met. No funding was allocated without full assurance in place.

For 2016-17 we are currently collecting planned spend on mental health services as part of NHS England financial planning processes. Programme level spend, including children and young people’s mental health spend, will be monitored routinely throughout the year and any adverse variances from agreed plans will be escalated through the routine financial reporting.

01/01/2023
Judith Cummins – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Judith Cummins on 2016-07-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to reduce disparities in spending on culture and the arts between London and cities in the North of England.

Mr Edward Vaizey

Arts and culture has a hugely positive impact on people’s lives and we are committed to broadening access to the arts across the whole country.

Arts Council England are increasing the percentage of Lottery funding distributed outside London from 70 per cent to 75 per cent including over £30 million from their Ambition for Excellence fund that will be spent outside of the capital.

Our Culture White Paper – the first strategy for the sector in more than 50 years – sets out how we will increase access across the country and ensure arts and culture are open to all.

01/01/2023
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Trade

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish his Department’s budget for the next four years.

Greg Hands

The newly created Department for International Trade (DIT) has been forged out of the forerunner (non-ministerial) Departments UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and the Trade Policy Unit responsibilities previously held by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS). My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade also has responsibility for UK Export Finance (the Export Credits Guarantee Department), which has its own budget.

The estimated annual budgeted operating costs of the department for the next four years are currently being established and will be submitted to parliament later this financial year.

01/01/2023

Grahame Morris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame Morris on 2016-01-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many helicopter journeys in the offshore energy sector were aborted due to a mechanical problem in each quarter since Q1 2013l and what mode of helicopter was involved in each such incident.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The number of Mandatory Occurrence Reports received by the Civil Aviation Authority in relation to aborted helicopter journeys due to a mechanical problem in the offshore energy sector, alongside the type of aircraft, is set out in the following table:

Aircraft	2013	2014				2015
Type	Qtr1	Qtr2	Qtr3	Qtr4	Qtr1	Qtr2	Qtr3	Qtr4	Qtr1	Qtr2	Qtr3	Qtr4
AS332	1	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	0	1	0
AS350	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
AS355	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AS365	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
AW139	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	4	2	2	0	0
EC135	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
EC225	0	0	0	3	2	6	3	2	5	6	1	2
S76	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
S92	3	1	3	5	9	3	6	3	4	4	4	3
Total	5	4	9	11	16	15	17	12	14	12	6	6

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01/01/2023

David Hanson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of general aviation flights that arrived in the UK (a) had correctly completed general aviation reports, (b) had incorrectly completed general aviation reports and (c) failed to complete a general aviation report in each of the last five years.

Karen Bradley

This information is not recorded in a reportable field on Home Office databases. Obtaining such information would therefore require a manual search of records and could only be achieved at a disproportionate cost.

01/01/2023
Liz McInnes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation he plans to undertake before any rail freight sites owned by Network Rail are sold.

Claire Perry

The Department for Transport and Network Rail have undertaken early discussions with key stakeholders in the rail freight industry, including a meeting with the Rail Freight Group, regarding options for the sale of rail freight sites owned by Network Rail.

The on-going process of identifying options for the sale of rail freight sites is at a very early stage. Key stakeholders will be engaged throughout the process.

Network Rail is required to consult should it wish to dispose of land in which it has an interest and which may be important to the continuing operation and future development of the network. A full consultation process will be undertaken before any final decision is taken about the sale of freight sites owned by Network Rail.

01/01/2023

2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
133,984	199,197	293,969	255,833	279,358	350,561