The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-04-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Approved Mental Health Professionals were employed in the public sector in each year since 2010.
Alistair Burt
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that there are enough Approved Mental Health Professionals available to meet local need.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-05-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 11 May 2016 to Question 35798, on Academies Sponsorship, how many of the re-brokered schools in each year since 2010 had been graded inadequate by Ofsted.
Edward Timpson
60 of the 130 academies and free schools that have been re-brokered since 2010 had been graded inadequate by Ofsted.
The remaining academies and free schools were re-brokered because Regional Schools Commissioners identified weaknesses in those schools that could be better addressed by a new sponsor.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2016-07-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many 999 calls were made by each prison establishment as a result of substance misuse including alcohol and new psychoactive substances in the last six months; and if he will make a statement.
Andrew Selous
Information about the frequency of emergency call-outs to prisons is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Hayes on 2016-09-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take to support providers of supported housing affected by planned reductions in social housing rents.
Gavin Barwell
The Government is committed to protecting the most vulnerable through our welfare reforms. That is why we have exempted supported housing from the Local Housing Allowance cap until 2019/20, from which point we will bring in a new funding model which will ensure that the sector continues to be funded at current levels, taking into account the effect of Government policy on social sector rents. We will apply the rent reduction to supported housing, with the exception of domestic violence refuges, with rents in these properties decreasing by 1% a year for 3 years, up to and including 2019/20.
Our social rent reduction policy was based on the need to put welfare spending on a sustainable footing whilst protecting the most vulnerable. It is right that supported housing providers make the efficiency savings we are asking of the whole social housing sector, and that’s why the 1% rent reduction will apply to the majority of them. In exceptional circumstances, supported housing providers (as for general needs social sector providers affected by the policy) who feel that compliance with the social rent reduction policy would result in serious financial difficulty or jeopardise their financial viability, can apply for an exemption from the requirement.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-01-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Afghan army have been trained by British servicemen since 2001.
Penny Mordaunt
Since 2001, alongside NATO partners, the UK has played an important role in developing the 350,000 strong Afghan National Security Forces through a range of training, mentoring and advisory activities.
During Operation HERRICK (2002-2014) UK Armed Forces personnel mentored and advised 3rd Brigade, 215 Corps of the Afghan National Army in Helmand. During this time, UK forces partnered Afghan personnel on operations, allowing them to learn from experience and enabling them, over time, to take the lead for operations themselves. The UK also supported the development of Afghan military instructors.
Since the end of 2014, as part of Operation TORAL, the UK has mentored and advised the Afghan instructors at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA) in Kabul. Up to 1140 Afghan cadets can be enrolled at ANAOA each year.
At present as part of wider NATO activity, the UK also has a small team deployed to Helmand to further assist the development of 215 Corps.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that charities or other civil society organisations who wish to object to the admission arrangements of a school can do so on behalf of parents local to that school.
Nick Gibb
The Department’s proposed changes in relation to objections are designed to ensure that the Schools Adjudicator is able to focus on the concerns parents may have about the fairness of the admission arrangements of their local school and is not held up by the need also to consider objections referred by interest groups from outside the area. Local authorities will continue to have the right to object so that they are able to act on behalf of the local community.
We will be conducting a full public consultation in due course and will give careful consideration to all the views expressed in that consultation.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ritchie on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the source was of the military device that washed ashore between Murlough and Newcastle in Northern Ireland on 6 March 2016.
Penny Mordaunt
The item found on Murlough Beach on 6 March 2016 was a High Explosive Anti Tank rocket, which was used by UK Armed Forces from the early 1950s through to the early 1970s. It was destroyed on site by the Explosives Ordnance Disposal team that attended the incident.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2016-04-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS staff in England are not harassed by protestors outside hospitals.
Ben Gummer
There have been no representations from National Health Service staff who feel they are being harassed outside NHS buildings by protesters.
Although protesters are democratically entitled to make their views known on abortion and other issues and can do so outside NHS hospitals and other NHS buildings, we would condemn any harassment of NHS staff, patients and others. We would expect NHS trusts, as responsible for providing a safe environment for all using their facilities, to work with the Police and other agencies as appropriate to ensure they have adequate arrangements in place to prevent harassment of staff and patients. If staff are subject to criminal activity such as physical assaults, these should be reported so that employers can take appropriate action.
Currently, NHS trusts have access to Security Incident Reporting Systems which helps NHS Protect measure the nature and scale of security incidents across the NHS, not just those involving physical assaults on staff but also those involving non-physical abuse and theft of/damage to NHS assets.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl McCartney on 2016-05-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his ministerial colleagues and (b) external organisations on the provision of free prescriptions for those over the age of 60 who are in full-time employment.
Alistair Burt
We have had not had recent discussions at Ministerial level or with external organisations on changing the entitlement to free prescriptions for those age 60 and over who are in full time employment.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-07-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July to Question 41425, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the UK aviation sector on the implications for (a) that sector and (b) the priorities for his Department’s aviation policies of the outcome of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU.
Mr Robert Goodwill
Officials in my Department have regular discussions with representatives of the aviation sector on a range of issues.
The Government’s position on the outcome of the EU referendum is clear: the British people voted for the UK to leave the European Union on 23 June and their will must be respected and delivered.
And as My Right Honourable Friend the Prime Minister has said, it will be for the Government, under a new Prime Minister, to begin negotiations to exit the EU. Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.
There will be no immediate changes to our aviation priorities as a consequence of the vote, and the Government will continue working to deliver its agenda.