The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dawn Butler on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many equal pay cases were not taken forward after post-claim conciliation in each year since 2010.
Margot James
We are currently collating this information and will place this in the Libraries in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Framlingham on 2016-10-19.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the UK exiting the EU, what steps they plan to take to tighten the rules governing the bio-security of imported trees and other plants.
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
We are committed to protecting our borders from pests and diseases and we are promoting biosecurity internationally, at UK borders, and inland.
We are considering the implications for plant health biosecurity and possible options as part of our planning for, and negotiations on, the UK’s exit from the EU.
Continuing to deliver a risk-based, proportionate plant health regime, that effectively protects the UK from plant pests and diseases, whilst maximising the free movement of goods, remains one of the Government’s highest priorities.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Touhig on 2016-01-12.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review their policy of not offering British passports to former members of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps and the Hong Kong Royal Naval Service.
Lord Bates
We have agreed to undertake a thorough assessment of the request that this group are offered right of abode in the United Kingdom, based on their employment in Hong Kong. This is under consideration.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-02-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on child and adolescent mental health services in (a) England, (b) London, (c) each London boroughs and (d) each London health trust in each year since 2010.
Alistair Burt
The information is not available in the format requested. The following table presents the available information which is taken from reference costs – the average unit cost to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts of providing defined services to NHS patients.
Estimated costs to NHS trusts and foundation trusts1 of providing child and adolescent mental health services2, 2010-11 to 2014-15
|
Name |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
England |
371.0 |
450.2 |
486.7 |
539.4 |
611.6 |
|
London |
104.9 |
118.3 |
112.2 |
133.5 |
135.3 |
|
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust |
4.1 |
14.2 |
11.0 |
12.7 |
11.4 |
|
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust |
14.9 |
13.2 |
14.0 |
18.1 |
16.6 |
|
East London NHS Foundation Trust |
11.7 |
14.7 |
12.9 |
17.5 |
17.2 |
|
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
– |
– |
– |
0.6 |
0.6 |
|
Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust |
– |
0.3 |
– |
– |
– |
|
Islington Primary Care Trust |
4.1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
14.5 |
16.3 |
13.1 |
17.1 |
15.7 |
|
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
|
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
9.3 |
7.6 |
6.9 |
7.0 |
7.6 |
|
Richmond and Twickenham Primary Care Trust |
0.2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
1.0 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
0.6 |
|
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
22.4 |
27.2 |
26.8 |
30.7 |
29.4 |
|
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust |
9.8 |
8.5 |
8.6 |
10.7 |
11.9 |
|
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust |
6.2 |
5.9 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
10.4 |
|
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust |
– |
5.9 |
2.7 |
5.2 |
3.6 |
|
West London Mental Health NHS Trust |
6.6 |
2.6 |
9.0 |
6.3 |
10.1 |
Source: Reference costs, Department of Health
Notes:
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Addington on 2016-02-24.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times since 2006 government-commissioned reports have recommended that more teacher training is necessary in the field of special educational needs to satisfy the duty to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs.
Lord Nash
All initial teacher training (ITT) courses must ensure that trainee teachers can meet the teachers’ standards at the appropriate level. This includes having a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs (SEN). Teachers must also be able to adapt teaching to the needs of all pupils and have an understanding of the factors that can inhibit learning and how to overcome them.
An independent review of ITT, carried out by Sir Andrew Carter, and published in January 2015, found that there is considerable variability in ITT course content across the system, and cites SEN among areas where there are gaps in a range of courses.
In response to the Carter Review, the Government has commissioned an independent working group made up of expert representatives from the sector, including an SEN specialist, to develop a framework of core ITT content. The group is expected to report to Ministers in spring 2016.
Further guidance on teacher’s standards is available on GOV.UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Beresford on 2016-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has had with the professional photographic sector since June 2015; and if he will request that the DVLA meets representatives of the Photo Marketing Association to discuss the future provision of digital ID photographs.
Andrew Jones
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has met with representatives of the professional photographic sector on six occasions since June 2015. My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the minister with responsibility for the DVLA and DVLA officials are due to meet with the Photo Marketing Association on 27 April.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which religious occasions prisoners are eligible for release on temporary licence; and how many prisoners were released on each such occasion in the last year for which information is held.
Andrew Selous
Faith communities can play a significant part in supporting offenders to resettle into the community. Facilities for worship are available in each establishment but, as part of restoring links between the offender and wider community, suitable, risk-assessed offenders may attend worship outside the prison to help them adjust to the climate of non-prison worship and mixing with the community. In addition, temporary release for the purpose of maintaining family ties might be timed so as to coincide with religious occasions. There is no prescription as to the nature of the religious occasion; it is for the governor, on the advice of the temporary release board, to decide whether the activity is linked to the offender’s resettlement plan.
Records show that, in 2015, prisoners were released on temporary licence specifically in order to attend a religious service on 90 occasions.
Releases on temporary licence (ROTL) recorded as "attend religious service", 2011-2015, England & Wales
|
Attend religious service |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Incidences of ROTL |
231 |
217 |
139 |
228 |
90 |
NB. This is number of occasions a prisoner was released, not number of prisoners released.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Knight on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce congestion on the M25 motorway; and if he will make a statement.
Andrew Jones
Highways England is developing road schemes at several locations to help reduce congestion on the M25 including:
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which former Deputy Prime Ministers have claimed expenses under the Public Duty Cost Allowance after leaving office.
Ben Gummer
The purpose of the Public Duties Cost Allowance is to assist former Prime Ministers with the costs of continuing to fulfil duties associated with their previous position in public life. Exceptionally, the then Prime Minister agreed that the former Deputy Prime Minister , the Rt Hon Member for Sheffield Hallam, should be able to have access to the allowance to recognise the special position he held in the Coalition Government. Other former Deputy Prime Ministers are not eligible for the allowance. The allowance is set at a maximum limit of £115,000 per annum. The amounts paid are a reimbursement of expenses, accounted for in the published Cabinet Office Annual Reports and Accounts. The former Deputy Prime Minister is eligible for the allowance from the date of leaving ministerial office for the duration of this Parliament.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark on 2016-10-19.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the fire risk posed by e-cigarettes and what discussion they have had with the LGA, London Councils and the leaders of Fire Authorities in England about this risk.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
We recognise e-cigarettes are an emerging technology and have taken action with the Chief Fire Officers’ Association, the then Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and with Electrical Safety First to develop appropriate fire safety messages for consumers.
These were promoted through the Fire Kills campaign, and continue to be made available on Electrical Safety First’s website – http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/guides-and-advice/electrical-items/e-cigarettes/.