The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Murrison on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community hospitals have closed in each year since 2005.
Ben Gummer
The Department does not hold this information.


The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Murrison on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community hospitals have closed in each year since 2005.
Ben Gummer
The Department does not hold this information.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Holly Lynch on 2016-03-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provisions are in place to ensure that provision of court time for non-molestation orders between parents is dealt with as a matter of urgency.
Caroline Dinenage
The family court takes the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously and can list urgent applications for a non-molestation order for the same day.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Morris on 2016-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the crime rate in Morecambe and Lunesdale in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2014-15; and if she will make a statement.
Mike Penning
The Crime Survey statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that crime in England and Wales fell by 7% in the year to the end of December 2015 (the latest period for which data is available), and by 7% in the year to the end of December 2014. Over the same period, the number of crimes recorded by the police rose (including in the Lancaster Community Safety Partnership area, which covers Morecombe and Lunesdale). ONS have been clear that rises in police recorded crime are largely the result of more victims coming forward to report certain offences and improvements in police crime recording practices.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stewart Malcolm McDonald on 2016-05-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the independent testing of Vauxhall Zafiras meets the aims set out for that independent testing.
Andrew Jones
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working closely with Vauxhall to ensure it discharges its responsibility to conduct investigations into the cause of any vehicle safety defects, as set out in the Code of Practice on Vehicle Safety Defects.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2016-07-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies each regional schools commissioner has issued with formal intervention measures in the last 12 months.
Edward Timpson
In the last 12 months Regional Schools Commissioners (RSC) took formal intervention measures in 116 academies and free schools; 66 academies and free schools were moved to a different trust or sponsor and 50 academies were issued with a formal notice.
The table below shows the number of interventions in each RSC region in the last 12 months.
|
RSC region |
Number of warning notices issued in the last 12 months |
Number of academies moved to different trust or sponsor |
|
East Midlands & Humber |
13 |
18 |
|
Lancashire & West Yorkshire |
2 |
5 |
|
North |
2 |
3 |
|
North East London & East |
8 |
3 |
|
North West London & South Central |
14 |
2 |
|
South London & South East |
7 |
4 |
|
South West |
2 |
21 |
|
West Midlands |
2 |
10 |
|
Total |
50 |
66 |

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2016-10-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the UK received from the European Regional Development Agency in (a) total, (b) each action region of the UK and (c) each local authority area in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
Margot James
The UK was allocated €7.8 billion from the European Regional Development Fund for the period 2007-16. This was broken down between the different parts of the UK for each year as follows:
|
€m |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
England |
545.3 |
515.9 |
485.2 |
453.0 |
414.6 |
427.7 |
436.3 |
Nil |
985.8 |
507.8 |
|
Wales |
177.9 |
181.5 |
185.1 |
188.8 |
192.6 |
196.5 |
200.4 |
189.2 |
193.0 |
196.9 |
|
Scotland |
80.5 |
77.6 |
74.6 |
71.5 |
68.1 |
64.6 |
61.0 |
64.1 |
65.4 |
66.7 |
|
Northern Ireland |
41.3 |
42.1 |
42.9 |
43.8 |
44.7 |
45.6 |
22.5 |
41.4 |
42.2 |
43.1 |
Within England, the European Regional Development Fund for 2007-2013 was administered on the basis of NUTS 1 regions (as defined by the European Statistical Office). The breakdown for each year was as follows:
|
€m |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
North West |
156.8 |
138.5 |
119.5 |
99.6 |
78.9 |
80.4 |
82.0 |
|
Yorkshire & Humber |
127.1 |
110.8 |
93.7 |
76.0 |
57.5 |
58.7 |
59.8 |
|
North East |
50.5 |
51.5 |
52.6 |
53.6 |
54.7 |
55.8 |
56.9 |
|
East Midlands |
36.1 |
36.8 |
37.6 |
38.3 |
36.5 |
39.9 |
40.7 |
|
West Midlands |
53.8 |
54.9 |
56.0 |
57.1 |
58.2 |
59.4 |
60.6 |
|
East of England |
14.9 |
15.2 |
15.5 |
15.8 |
16.2 |
16.5 |
16.8 |
|
London |
24.5 |
25.0 |
25.5 |
26.0 |
26.5 |
27.0 |
27.6 |
|
South East |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
1.4 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
|
South West |
16.8 |
17.1 |
17.4 |
17.8 |
18.2 |
18.5 |
18.9 |
|
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly |
61.6 |
62.8 |
64.1 |
65.4 |
66.7 |
68.0 |
69.4 |
For the 2014-2020 period, England’s share of the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund was allocated across Local Enterprise Partnership areas (see list of allocations at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf). Local partners decided how the total in each area should be split between the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2016-01-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will define the future (a) role and (b) powers of the Visit England Board.
Tracey Crouch
The VisitEngland Board will be an advisory body, responsible for advising the executive and board of the British Tourist Authority on how best to deliver and monitor English activity. The statutory duties and functions of the VisitEngland Board remain as set out in the Development of Tourism Act 1969 and it will remain a unfunded advisory non-departmental public body.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 24627, on mental health: tribunals, if he will make it his policy to record this information.
Caroline Dinenage
As noted in my response to PQ 24627, the Ministry of Justice does not hold this information and has no plans to record it.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maggie Throup on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support NHS England plans to provide clinical commissioning groups relating to the transfer of obesity surgery commissioning responsibilities from NHS England after that transfer.
George Freeman
Although the transfer is effective from April 2016, the handover process will be agreed between specialised commissioning and individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), in line with their preparedness.
Specialised commissioning teams will continue to provide advice and support CCGs post-handover in line with the CCG’s need. CCGs already have mechanisms in place to monitor provider performance and quality through the existing quality assurance processes.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Thomas-Symonds on 2016-03-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will conduct a revised impact assessment for universal credit on the effect of reforms to its design since 2012.
Priti Patel
Whilst there have been changes to Universal Credit since the impact assessment in 2012, these have not fundamentally altered the service, which remains on course to deliver stronger work incentives and simplicity in the welfare system.