The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have (a) applied for and (b) been successful in obtaining a visa to enter the UK from the Republic of Ireland in the last 12 months.
James Brokenshire
The Home Office does not hold this information in the format requested. To obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Patten on 2016-04-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the trade and other economic links between the UK and Djibouti.
Lord Price
HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics report the value of UK trade in goods with Djibouti. In 2015 the UK exported £11.9 million of goods to Djibouti, in the same year the UK imported £1.4 million of goods from Djibouti.
Data on the value of trade in services and other types of economic transaction between the UK and Djibouti is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Menzies on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support innovation in assistive technology for use by people with dementia.
Jane Ellison
Dementia is a key priority for the Government. That is why in February 2015, the Prime Minister launched his Challenge on Dementia 2020. The Government will implement the Prime Minister’s Challenge in full to make sure that dementia care, support, awareness and research are transformed by 2020.
As part of the 2020 Challenge, we want to see greater provision of innovative and high quality dementia care, delivered in a way that is personalised and appropriate to the specific needs of the person with dementia, their family and carers. This includes providers incorporating new ideas including technology solutions into everyday practice. We also want to see research on assistive technologies and assisted living, including research on how information and communication technologies can best help people with dementia and carers.
The Department and NHS England recently launched seven ‘Test Bed Sites’ in England. These sites will evaluate the real world impact of technologies, testing them together with innovations in how the NHS services are delivered, to improve health and care outcomes. Three of the Test Beds will have a focus on dementia.
A number of programmes have been launched to support usage of technology for the benefit of people including those with dementia and their carers. These include:
– The Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) Programme;
– A TECS resource for Commissioners; and
– The Small Business Research Initiative Healthcare and Regional Innovation Fund initiative.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Nuttall on 2016-07-07.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that all outstanding complaints relating to class 2 national insurance contributions are resolved before those contributions are abolished.
Mr David Gauke
Each year HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) receives and responds to 50 million phone calls and 15 million letters from Self Assessment and PAYE customers. HMRC commits to responding to complaints within 15 days of receipt and therefore expects that, excluding any that may be received in the last few weeks before abolition, outstanding complaints will have been cleared.
The number of complaints relating to Class 2 contributions received in the last three years is set out in the table below:
|
Year |
No. of complaints |
|
2013/14 |
1122 |
|
2014/15 |
1210 |
|
2015/16 |
831 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Callum McCaig on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the budget for the National Measurement System was spent through (a) NEL Ltd, (b) the National Physical Laboratory and (c) LGC over the last five years.
Margot James
The National Measurement System (NMS) is funded by BEIS, on behalf of Government as a whole, through a portfolio of programmes encompassing a wide range of scientific disciplines.
The budget distribution across the NMS programmes was informed by the NMS Strategy 2009-2016.
|
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
|
|
NPL* |
£39.2M |
£39.4M |
£39.3M |
£39.3M |
£40.3M |
|
LGC |
£6.7M |
£6.8M |
£6.9M |
£7M |
£7.1M |
|
NEL |
£3.6M |
£3.5M |
£3.5M |
£3.4M |
£3.5M |
|
NMO |
£1M |
£1M |
£1M |
£1M |
£1M** |
|
NGML |
£75k |
£75k |
£75k |
£75k |
£75k |
|
Int. Subs |
£900k |
£900k |
£900k |
£900k |
£900k |
* Figure quoted for NPL is adjusted to reflect the rent returned to the department by NPL.
**Now included within BEIS operating costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charles Walker on 2016-01-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has conducted research on the average hourly pay after business expenses of private hire vehicle drivers in London.
Andrew Jones
The Department for Transport has not undertaken any research on the income of private hire vehicle drivers in London or elsewhere.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department and non-departmental public bodies receive (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance.
Jane Ellison
The Department and its non-Departmental public bodies (NDPBs) can confirm that the numbers of employees receiving: a) home to work travel allowance; b) a car allowance; and c) subsidised health insurance are as follows:
|
Department of Health (DH) & NDPBs |
a) Home to Work Travel Allowance |
b) Car Allowance |
c) Subsidised Health Insurance |
|
DH |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Health Education England |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
NHS England |
Nil |
7 |
Nil |
|
Monitor |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Care Quality Commission |
Nil |
1431 |
Nil |
|
Health and Social Care Information Centre |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) |
Nil |
11 |
5 |
|
Human Tissue Authority |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Health Research Authority |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Subsidised health insurance relates to optical and dental services that form part of the terms and conditions of employment by former employees of the Health Development Authority when they joined the NICE.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will issue guidance on whether junior government ministers who are in favour of UK membership of the EU are to be allowed full access to documents in situations where the departmental Secretary of State is in favour of the UK leaving the EU.
Mr David Cameron
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 7 March 2016, UIN 29278, and to the evidence given by the Cabinet Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 1 March 2016, a transcript of which can be found on the Committee’s website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Bridgen on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will (a) commission research to estimate the number of people from other EU member states who receive support through the Work Programme and (b) publish that information before 23 June 2016.
Mr Shailesh Vara
There are no current plans to conduct the analyses listed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Lammy on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the provision of A&E services at North Middlesex Hospital.
Ben Gummer
We are advised that NHS Improvement (NHSI) is working with NHS England to bring together colleagues from across the local health and social care system to support North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (NMUH) to work to deliver improvements to patients.
We are informed by NHSI that to address the poor performance in NMUH’s accident and emergency, it has devised a plan titled Safer, Faster, Better. This is a whole system programme with the primary objective of improving performance, patient experience and outcomes for patients. This will build on the recent Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust analysis of the trust’s emergency care pathway, and complement previous reviews identifying root causes of the problem.