The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-04-25.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many brokers and traders who work in finance have lost their Financial Industry Regulatory Authority licence as a result of financial misconduct since 2008.
Harriett Baldwin
This is an operational matter for the FCA which is an independent regulator. I have transferred this question across to them and they will respond fully in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lyn Brown on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Education Funding Agency guidance, Building Bulletin 100: Design for fire safety in schools, published on 11 March 2014, how many schools with pupils with Special Educational Needs have scored (a) high, (b) medium and (c) low on the fire risk assessment.
Edward Timpson
Building Bulletin 100 advises on fire safety design for new school buildings and includes a fire risk assessment within its suite of guidance. This risk assessment is not intended to be part of a data collection exercise and therefore the Department does not hold the information requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Baker on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it his policy to (a) establish a prosperity zone among countries with similar approaches to the UK to have trade, completion and property rights and (b) negotiate and inherit bilateral trade deals with nations whose markets are more distorted.
Greg Hands
In due course, Britain will be leaving the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world. The Prime Minister has established the Department for International Trade to promote British trade across the world and ensure the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. The Government is currently reviewing its trade policy. We will engage fully on this with a broad range of stakeholders over the coming weeks and months.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rupa Huq on 2016-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether prospective EU national students will not be subject to tuition fee increases for the academic years 2018-19 and 2019-20.
Joseph Johnson
EU students wishing to start a higher education course in England in the 2017/18 academic year will be subject to the same maximum fees that apply to English domiciled students. This will apply in each year of their course and for the duration of the course.
The Government makes its decisions on higher education student support, including the maximum tuition fees, on an annual basis.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-01-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Afghan and (b) Pakistani government on reducing the influence of the Taliban in that country.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) held a trilateral meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in December 2015, where they discussed reducing the influence of the Taleban on Afghanistan. The Prime Minister also spoke to President Ghani and Prime Minister Sharif individually on the topic. Both President Ghani and Prime Minister Sharif reiterated their commitment to an Afghan owned and led peace process as the only route to a stable and secure Afghanistan.
In September, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) met with the Afghan Chief Executive Officer Dr Abdullah Abdullah and discussed the situation in Afghanistan. Since August 2015, the Foreign Secretary has spoken with a number of senior Pakistani figures including: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar; former National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz; and Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif.
I discussed the Taleban influence in Afghanistan and Pakistan with a number of senior interlocutors, including President Ghani, during my visit to Pakistan in September 2015 and my visit to Afghanistan in December 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Jones on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to Christian militias in the fight against Daesh in Iraq and Syria.
Penny Mordaunt
We are not providing support on the basis of faith or religion. In Iraq, our focus has been on the Iraqi security forces, including the Kurdish Peshmerga, to whom we have provided training in infantry skills and tactics to counter improvised explosive devices. We have also provided medical training. In Syria, we have delivered over £4 million of life-saving equipment to moderate opposition groups including communications, medical and logistics equipment, and protection against chemical weapons attacks.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many consultants’ contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.
Mr David Lidington
This information is not held centrally and the question cannot be answered without incurring disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of UK firms based in the North West of England that trade with other EU member states; and how many people are employed by each such firm.
Anna Soubry
HMRC Regional Trade Statistics on the number of firms trading with the EU are publically available through the UKTradeInfo website.
HM Treasury has published estimates of the number of UK jobs linked to EU exports broken down by region. These are available through the GOV.UK website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by William Wragg on 2016-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support the provision of adult social care in the Stockport local authority area.
Mr Marcus Jones
The Government is providing a package of support – worth up to £3.5 billion a year by 2019-20 – to ensure councils are able to support some of their older and most vulnerable residents. This includes an extra £1.5 billion through the improved Better Care Fund, which will continue to bring together funding and services across health and social care to support the provision of integrated care for older and vulnerable people. Councils will also have the additional freedom to introduce a social care precept onto council tax bills, which will raise up to £2 billion. This year alone, Stockport will raise an additional £2,534,000 through the social care precept and receive £21,276,000 through the Better Care Fund.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christopher Chope on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2016 to Question 38596, on beach huts: Christchurch, how Natural England plans to ensure that the proposal does not cause further harm to the geological interest.
Rory Stewart
Natural England is working closely with Christchurch Borough Council to understand the proposal to install beach huts within the Highcliffe to Milford SSSI. It is also in discussion with local residents and geologists. The council submitted a SSSI consent application for the proposed development on 7 June. Natural England will assess the potential impacts of the proposal against the SSSI interest features and will aim to respond within 28 days.