The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of the Flexible Support Fund was spent on female jobseekers in 2014-15.
Priti Patel
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Valerie Vaz on 2016-03-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effect of recent floods on small businesses.
Anna Soubry
The most recent available data indicated that 4,940 businesses across northern England had been flooded following this winter’s exceptional rainfall. The vast majority of these will be small and medium size businesses. Impacts included flooded property, loss of stock and equipment and interruption to trading.
Our interventions, include business recovery grants (a total of £11 m from BIS, of which £4,572,000 has been paid out), business rate relief (£4.26 m from DCLG), and property level resilience scheme (£5,000 per household or business, to incorporate greater flood resilience into property repairs).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-04-18.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) full-time equivalent civil servants work in his Department and (b) civil servants work full-time on the Northern Powerhouse agenda.
Harriett Baldwin
Data for full-time equivalent Civil servants working in HM Treasury are published on .gov.uk and can be found using the link below.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmt-workforce-management-information-december-2015
We are unable to supply information on employees who may work on the Northern Powerhouse agenda as our system does not give a breakdown of staff to that level. Therefore to supply this information would be at a disproportionate cost.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2016-05-19.
To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer of 10 May 2016 to Question 36679, which of those specific groups of people referred to in that Question he has shared a speaking platform with in an official capacity.
Mr David Cameron
Details of my official speeches are available on the gov.uk website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Hollinrake on 2016-07-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) the effect of the National Tariff on the choice of antibiotic therapy available in hospitals and (b) the implications of the cost of such therapy for that availability.
Nicola Blackwood
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 Act transferred responsibility for developing payment systems for health care services from the Department to NHS England and NHS Improvement (formerly Monitor). The costs of drugs that are used in the course of a patient’s stay in hospital are reimbursed via the Healthcare Resource Group tariff that the provider receives for that spell.
We are advised by NHS England that they are not aware of issues with the national tariff having an impact on the choice of antibiotic therapy available in hospitals.
The decision on whether to prescribe an antibiotic is entirely a matter for the clinician, based on his or her clinical judgement.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on developing a futures market for UK dairy farmers.
George Eustice
Analysis recently completed by Defra, working with HM Treasury and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), has identified that futures markets have a role to play in tackling price risks, improving price transparency and encouraging the development of longer-term contracts across the supply chain. We are now working closely with AHDB’s Volatility Forum to see how this work can be taken forward, although it would be for the financial exchanges to come up with a specific proposition. It is encouraging that some UK dairies are already offering their farmers opportunities to trade on futures markets
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fabian Hamilton on 2016-01-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 11026, whether the Inter-Ministerial Group on International Animal Welfare has met; when that group’s next meeting will be; and who will be chairing that group.
George Eustice
The IMG has yet to formally reconvene and therefor membership of the group is yet to be finalised. However, I have had discussions with Ministerial colleagues about reconvening the group.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Boateng on 2016-02-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions in each of the last three years the Ambassador of Burundi to the UK has been (1) called to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to discuss events in Burundi, and (2) met a minister.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Mr Deo Sindayihebura became the first Burundian Ambassador to the UK in May 2014. Until then the position was based in Paris. The most recent meeting between the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge), and the Burundian Ambassador was on Wednesday 3 February.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers have regular contact with Ambassadors and High Commissioners during their normal diplomatic duties. We do not hold central records of all such meetings.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill on 2016-03-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for maintaining the scale and scope of the BBC’s coverage on all platforms.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
These issues are being considered as part of Charter Review. The Government will set out its proposals in the forthcoming White Paper.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2016-04-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the number and location of overseas deployments of Army Reserve personnel were in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of potential increases in the number of such deployments in the next 12 months.
Mr Julian Brazier
The number and location of Army Reserve deployments in the last 12 months are shown in the following table:
|
Location |
Personnel Number |
|
Afghanistan |
65 |
|
Algeria |
~ |
|
Bahrain |
~ |
|
Cyprus |
175 |
|
Egypt |
~ |
|
Ethiopia |
~ |
|
Falkland Islands |
10 |
|
Iraq |
35 |
|
Italy |
~ |
|
Jordan |
~ |
|
Kenya |
5 |
|
Kuwait |
~ |
|
Latvia |
15 |
|
Malawi |
~ |
|
Nigeria |
15 |
|
Oman |
~ |
|
Senegal |
10 |
|
Sudan |
~ |
|
Sierra Leone |
15 |
|
Somalia |
~ |
|
Tunisia |
~ |
|
Ukraine |
~ |
|
Uganda |
~ |
Rounding is necessary, as a means of disclosure control and the preservation of anonymity; it also improves the clarity of output and conveys an appropriate level of precision to users.
‘~’ is less than five.
It is expected that reserve mobilisation is likely to double during 2016.
Formed Reserve bodies will be deploying on some 23 overseas exercises this year; the majority of these will be at Company level. 4 PARA will also deploy for one rotation of the Falkland Islands Reinforcement Company in June-July 2016, while the intent is for 4 LANCS to be the Cyprus lead in October 2016.