The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of preparing and publishing the Shaw Report on the future shape and financing of Network Rail, published in November 2015.
Claire Perry
The Department’s estimated incremental costs for preparing and publishing the Shaw Report scoping document is £8356.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Geoffrey Clifton-Brown on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to the public purse was of processing a UK visitor visa through centres in China in the last 12 months.
James Brokenshire
These costs are not broken down to show costs by location.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keir Starmer on 2016-05-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people on the Warnings Index her Department knows to have entered the UK since 6 May 2010.
James Brokenshire
It is longstanding policy not to disclose details of records which may be held in relation to individuals’ arrival in the United Kingdom as to do so would not be in the interests of national security.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2016-06-28.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster continues to chair the National Flood Resilience Review following his appointment to lead the EU Unit.
Mr Oliver Letwin
I continue to chair the National Flood Resilience Review Group. The review’s report is currently being finalised and is due to be published this summer.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2016-09-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 1.10 of his Department’s paper, Inflected blood: Government Response to Consultation on Reform of Financial and Other Support, published in July 2016, whether survey respondents were asked whether they were infected with both HIV and hepatitis C.
Nicola Blackwood
Responses to the consultation were provided on a voluntary basis and none of the questions asked were compulsory. Consultation respondents were asked in separate questions to indicate if they had hepatitis C and/or HIV, from infected National Health Service supplied blood/blood products. Whilst respondents were not asked specifically whether they had stage 1 or stage 2 hepatitis C, many voluntarily offered this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2015 to Question 14108, which projects are part of the Green Investment Bank’s forward business plan; what the (a) stage of completion and (b) amount of funding given is for each of those projects; and what guarantees are in place to ensure that these schemes are completed by any new owners of the Green Investment Bank.
Anna Soubry
Potential investment opportunities identified in the forward business plan of UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), and the company’s estimates of what level of financing it might commit to these, are commercially sensitive matters and are not made public. Potential investors in GIB will be invited to consider the company’s business plan in accordance with appropriate confidentiality agreements.
Irrespective of whether GIB remains in Government ownership or is moved into the private sector, there is no way to guarantee that any of the projects identified in GIB’s business plan will in fact proceed nor any certainty that GIB will be involved in their financing if they do – they remain only potential investment opportunities.
Details of the commitments GIB has entered into to date can be found on the company’s website at: http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/our-investments/.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diane Abbott on 2016-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department’s funding to sea search and rescue programmes are due to end; what future funding is planned for such programmes; and if she will make a statement.
Karen Bradley
Border Force is undertaking a vital role in the search and rescue of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, as part of a Frontex led programme. Border Force carried out for the Department for International Development (DFID) funded search and rescue missions in Summer 2015 and is currently undertaking a second DFID funded deployment, which is due to end on 30th April 2016. Given the significant contribution made to date, it is likely that Frontex will invite Border Force to continue its involvement in future search and rescue programmes and Border Force is therefore currently establishing its Mediterranean role after 30th April 2016 and the availability of further DFID funding.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alistair Carmichael on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which infrastructure projects in Scotland have received European Commission funding in each of the last five years; and how much each project received in each year.
Anna Soubry
The Scottish Government, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), funded 148 infrastructure projects during the 2007-2013 period totalling in excess of £128m. Lists of all projects funded under both the Highlands and Islands, and the Lowlands and Uplands ERDF programmes can be found on the Scottish Government website.
Scotland’s infrastructure continues to benefit through the following projects:
Information on transport projects funded by the European Commission under the TEN-T programme and the Connecting Europe Facility can be found at the Innovation and Networks Agency website. Scotland is involved in the Intelligent Transportation Systems Deployment project led by the Department for Transport (Arc Atlantique) which is listed there.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dawn Butler on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Equality (Language Analysis – Palestinian, Syrian and Kuwaiti Testing) Authorisation (No. 2) 2013, whether any further nationalities have been added to the list of exceptions.
James Brokenshire
The Government has no current plans to revise the existing Equality Act exemptions relating to language analysis testing.
No further nationalities have been added to the Equality Act exemption authorisation since it was introduced in 2013.
A review on language analysis use was undertaken in 2011 and published in 2012.
(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/257177/language-analysis.pdf).
No further such review is presently planned. However, we do monitor the use of language analysis regularly to ensure it is used as effectively as possible and to identify new trends in nationality swapping.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-05-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government takes to ensure that all companies which receive support from her Department are committed to responsible tax behaviour.
Mr Desmond Swayne
All organisations that DFID contracts with are subject to the standard DFID Terms and Conditions. These are clear on the organisations responsibility for establishing specific country tax obligations and payment requirements. Supplier compliance expectation is reinforced through DFID’s Statement of Priorities and Expectations (SOPE) which specifies the Department’s position regarding tax avoidance.