The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Mental Capacity Act 2005 has been found to have been wrongly applied to exclude a relative of a resident from visiting a care home.
Alistair Burt
The information requested is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tania Mathias on 2016-07-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to commence the Triennial Review of Sales and Prizes.
Tracey Crouch
As previously stated in the House of Commons, Government is reviewing the situation and I hope to announce details of a review in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of staff on the payroll of his Department who work in Westminster are (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of another country.
Joseph Johnson
All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.
Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.
More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame Morris on 2016-01-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of progress by the UK maritime sector in establishing a single promotional body.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The recommendation in the Maritime Growth Study concerning the establishment of a single promotional body was directed at industry.
We understand that discussions in respect of this recommendation are currently taking place within industry and we await the outcome of those discussions.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the progress made by South Yorkshire Police in its review of its handling of allegations made against Sir Cliff Richard in August 2014; and what discussions her Department has had with South Yorkshire Police on that review.
Mr John Hayes
Any investigation, or subsequent review of any investigation, is an operational matter for the relevant Chief Officer. The Department does not routinely discuss, or seek information, from the force concerned and is not aware of the review into the force’s handling of allegations made against Sir Cliff Richard referred to by the Rt. Hon. Member.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 29383, how many (a) miles and (b) lane miles on which sections of the network Highways England plans to convert to Managed Motorways – All Lane Running (MM-ALR) status by the end of the current Road Investment Period; and how many (a) miles and (b) additional lane miles Highways England intends to convert to MM-ALR status in the next Round Investment Period.
Andrew Jones
The information requested is in the table below:
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All Lane Running Schemes – To be started but not finished by the end of the current Road Investment Period (2015 – 2020) |
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Scheme Name |
Scheme Length (miles) |
Additional |
Open For Traffic Commitment |
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M4 J3-12 |
31.8 |
63.6 |
2021/22 |
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M1 J13-19 |
36.9 |
73.8 |
2021/22 |
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M6 J13-15 |
17.4 |
34.8 |
2021/22 |
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M27 J4-11 |
15.2 |
30.3 |
2020/21 |
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M56 J6-8 |
4.1 |
8.2 |
2021/22 |
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M3 J9-14 |
9.3 |
18.6 |
2021/22 |
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M62 J10-12 |
8.5 |
16.9 |
2022/23 |
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A1(M) Jct 6 – 8 |
7.5 |
15.0 |
TBC * |
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M1 Junctions 23A-24 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
TBC * |
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M25 Junctions 10-16 |
19.3 |
38.5 |
TBC * |
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M40/M42 Interchange Smart Motorways |
7.7 |
10.4 |
TBC * |
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M53 Junctions 5-11 |
6.0 |
12.1 |
TBC * |
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M62 Junctions 20-25 |
11.9 |
23.7 |
TBC * |
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Further All Lane Running Schemes Announced for Development in next Road Investment Period (2020 – 2025) |
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Scheme Name |
Scheme Length (miles) |
Additional |
Open For Traffic Commitment |
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M1 Junctions 19-23A |
30.9 |
61.8 |
TBC * |
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M1 Junctions 35A-39 |
13.7 |
27.4 |
TBC * |
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M42 Birmingham Box Phase 4 |
6.7 |
13.4 |
TBC * |
TBC * = no Open For Traffic commitment currently exists.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a bedroom which is currently unusable pending repairs by a social landlord is included by his Department in its assessment of whether a household under-occupying accommodation.
Justin Tomlinson
This is a matter between the claimant and the landlord and we would always advise claimants in this situation to contact their landlord in the first instance.
Some landlords may choose to reduce the rent whilst the bedroom is uninhabitable others may not. The reduction that applies for under-occupation depends on whether the rent has been reduced to reflect that the property temporarily has one less bedroom.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent of the practice among clinical commissioning groups in England of offering only one fresh cycle of IVF treatment.
Jane Ellison
The Government has not made an assessment of the annual cost to the National Health Service of high risk pregnancies caused by patients going abroad for in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
Multiple births are the single biggest risk to the health and welfare of children born following fertility treatment and present significant health risks to mothers and babies. Over recent years, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has worked to drive down multiple birth rates whilst maintaining consistent treatment success rates.
To minimise the risk of multiple pregnancies, there has been a growing trend for IVF providers to only transfer one embryo, even when more are available, in patients who have a good chance of successful treatment. Elective single embryo transfer is the most effective way of reducing multiple pregnancies. The HFEA has advised that most clinics have shown significant progress in reducing multiple births without compromising pregnancy rates. In 2008 nearly one in four IVF births resulted in a multiple birth but now, with a concerted multiple births reduction policy, this number is one in six.
Although progress has been made, this number is still higher than the rate in conceptions that do not involve assisted reproduction treatment. The overall goal is to reduce multiple births to one in ten.
The level of provision of infertility treatment, as for all health services they commission, is decided by local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and will take into account the needs of the population overall. The CCG’s decisions are underpinned by clinical insight and knowledge of local healthcare needs. As such, provision of services will vary in response to local needs.
Information about CCGs approach to commissioning or compliance with the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence guidelines regarding IVF services is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-07-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times air quality safety levels were breached in Greater Manchester in each year since 2011.
Rory Stewart
Defra uses both monitoring and modelling to assess air quality in the UK. The Department has five monitoring stations in the Greater Manchester Urban Agglomeration, at: Bury Whitefield Roadside, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Sharston, Salford Eccles and Shaw Crompton Way. Information about the sites and the pollutants measured is available on Defra’s UK-Air website.
Nitrogen dioxide pollution from road transport is the predominant source of air pollution in the Greater Manchester area.
There have been two measured exceedances of the annual mean air pollution objective for nitrogen dioxide in the Greater Manchester Urban Agglomeration since 2011. These were recorded in the Bury Whitefield Roadside and Manchester Piccadilly monitoring sites in 2011 and 2012. However, based on both modelling and monitoring carried out for compliance purposes, the zone was reported to have exceeded the annual mean limit value for nitrogen dioxide for all years between 2011 and 2014.
Local authorities have a crucial role to play in improving air quality in their areas. They are required to review and assess air quality in their areas and to designate Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) and put in place Air Quality Action Plans (AQAPs) to address air pollution issues where national air quality objectives are not being met.
The ten local authorities in the Greater Manchester area designated AQMAs between 2001 and 2007. In 2016 the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) amalgamated all AQMAs across the region into a single AQMA. The GMCA has put in place an AQAP that sets out measures aimed at promoting sustainable transport initiatives, including proposals to introduce Ultra-Low Emission Zones.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his Department’s capital and current budgets are for (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
Greg Hands
The newly created Department for International Trade (DIT) has been formed from the previous UK Trade and Investent (UKTI) and from the Trade Policy Unit of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade also has responsibility for UK Export Finance (the Export Credits Guarantee Department), which has its own budget.
The estimated annual budgeted operating costs of the department for the next four years are currently being established and will be submitted to parliament later this financial year.