The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland who have accessed abortion services commissioned by a clinical commissioning group by registering on a temporary or permanent basis with a general practitioner in England.
Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Sturdy on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of private hire operators straddling licensing authorities in order to avoid more thorough licensing requirements under the Deregulation Act 2015.
Andrew Jones
Before these measures were introduced, the Department undertook an informal targeted consultation, which focused on key stakeholders such as national licencing associations, respected solicitors in the taxi and private hire industry and a union. The Department also conducted an impact assessment for this policy.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Adams on 2016-05-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans her Department has for ensuring an orderly shutdown of coal-fired power plants as the Government moves towards taking all coal-fired power plants offline by 2025; and what consideration her Department has given to the numerous technical mechanisms that necessarily entail removing all coal-fired stations simultaneously.
Andrea Leadsom
My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has announced that the Department will be launching a consultation on proposals to end unabated coal generation by 2025. Options will be set out in that consultation.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Willoughby de Broke on 2016-06-27.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 17 June (HL446), why that answer did not include the information that on 8 June the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, announced an extension until 15 October of the payment window for the Rural Payment Agency to make payments to qualifying farmers.
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Commissioner Hogan announced his intention to allow applications from Member States for CAP direct payments to be made after the closure of the payment window without incurring the penalties that would otherwise fall on paying agencies for making late payments. Defra and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) noted this announcement.
Once we have received information from all UK paying agencies concerning the value of payments made by 30 June, we will be in a position to consider whether the UK should submit a request for such penalties to be waived.
The RPA remains focused on getting top up 2015 BPS payments to those that received bridging payments, out as promptly as possible.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Saville Roberts on 2016-09-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which authority is responsible for the safety of (a) beach users and (b) swimmers at beaches in Gwynedd.
Mr John Hayes
Safety at public beaches is generally the responsibility of the local authority, who carry out risk assessments to determine appropriate safety measures.
Gwynedd Council have information guides about beach and harbour safety on their website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many defibrillators are provided in each building her Department manages.
George Eustice
The Department currently manages a combined estate with the Environment Agency. Across a total of 163 occupied buildings, there are currently 47 with Automated External Defibrillators (AED) installed. Some buildings have more than one AED providing a total of 54 AEDs currently available across the combined estate. 23 further buildings are due to have an AED installed shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Tyler on 2016-02-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether HM Treasury will publish records of external meetings held by special advisers to its ministers.
Lord O’Neill of Gatley
This Government regularly publishes an unprecedented amount of transparency information including Special Advisers’ meetings with senior media figures.
There are no plans to extend current arrangements.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gerald Kaufman on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to answer the letter dated 20 January 2016 from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr D. Zdravkovic.
Mr Robert Goodwill
My Rt. Hon Friend wrote to the Rt. Hon Member on 3 February 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-04-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected savings accruing to the public purse are from the proposed closure of the Marine Offices in (a) Tyne and (b) Plymouth in 2017; and what the value of (i) land and (ii) buildings is on each site.
Mr Robert Goodwill
Both (a) Tyne and (b) Plymouth operate from leasehold properties ((i) land and (ii) building), as such the only value to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency is the cost of the lease.
(a) Assuming that the office at Tyne closes in September 2017, the projected savings realised to the public purse in that year would be £50K. The projected annual steady state savings would be £103K.
(b) Assuming that the office at Plymouth closes in December 2017, the projected savings realised to the public purse in that year would be £12K. The projected annual steady state savings would be £50K.
Through the proposed new ways of working both Tyne and Plymouth would continue to see a surveyor presence through remote working, either within spare civil estate, such as the Marine Management Organisation or the Land Registry, or working from home depending on the operational and business need
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-05-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the (a) land and (b) buildings on the site of the Marine Office in Norwich are worth.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The only value to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) for Norwich Marine Office is the value of the lease, which is 66k per annum. The value of the land and building resides with the landlord.