The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what EU directives related to his Department’s responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
Alun Cairns
None.
Tag: 2016
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Gareth Johnson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Johnson on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Attorney General, how many people have applied for sentences to be reviewed under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years.
Jeremy Wright
The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering its approach.
The number of offenders who have had their sentence increased under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Offenders who have had their sentence increased by the Court of Appeal
95
62
61
106
102
Some cases attract multiple referrals from various sources and we do not record how many referrals each case has received. The total number of cases where requests were received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Total number of referrals received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed under the scheme
377
435
498
674
713
The number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Total number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal
117
82
70
122
136
Total number of sentences that were increased
95
62
61
106
102
Total number of sentences that remained unchanged
22
20
9
16
34
The number of referrals under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that have been rejected due to falling outside the remit of the scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Number of referrals that have been rejected due to the offence falling outside the remit of the scheme
62
75
131
194
228
Number of referrals received out of time
3
12
9
10
16
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Alex Salmond – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Salmond on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect children in Yemen.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
We are very concerned by the impact the current conflict is having on children in Yemen. The UK is the fourth largest humanitarian donor to the Yemen crisis having pledged a total of £100m this year. This is helping to supply Yemenis with food, medical supplies, water, and emergency shelter. An enduring cessation of hostilities and peace talks remain a top priority in order to bring stability to Yemen and alleviate the suffering.
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Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support global efforts against schistosomiasis.
Mr Nick Hurd
DFID is a leading donor in the fight against schistosomiasis which is not only an incredibly debilitating disease, but holds back 200 million people globally from achieving their potential and contributing to the success of their country, not least economically. For this reason we are providing £50 million to deliver over 200 million treatments for schistosomiasis in ten Sub-Saharan African countries (2010-2018). These treatments are delivered by the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative which is based at Imperial College, London. To date nearly 60 million treatments have been distributed.
The programme is also making a significant contribution to developing new knowledge on how to best reach our goal of elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem through operational research and working with partners globally.
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Tom Brake – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-02-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to increase spending on research into brain tumours to enable faster diagnosis.
George Freeman
Spend by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in the Health Research Classification System (HRCS) health category ‘cancer’ has increased by a third from £101 million in 2010/11 to £135 million in 2014/15. There are no HRCS health sub-categories such as for brain tumours or other specific cancer sites and information on total current NIHR spend on brain tumour research is not held.
The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including brain tumours. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.
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Martin Docherty-Hughes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Martin Docherty-Hughes on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information or documents on the Clydebank Blitz of March 1941.
Mark Lancaster
A search of the MOD archive has not identified any records on the Clydebank Blitz of March 1941; surviving documentation of that age is held at the National Archives at Kew.
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Robert Syms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Syms on 2016-03-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cumulative loss in revenue to HM Treasury has been as a result of the effect of tobacco control measures over the last 10 years.
Jane Ellison
The Department assesses the impact of all proposed measures before laying legislation using standard government methodology. These assessments are set out in Impact Assessments which are scrutinised by the Regulatory Policy Committee before publication alongside the Statutory Instrument. Impact Assessments include a thorough analysis of the costs, benefits and risks associated with policy options.
A number of the tobacco measures contain commitments to further review the impact of the legislation within five years of them coming into force.
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Wendy Morton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wendy Morton on 2016-05-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on improving safety in maternity care.
Ben Gummer
In November, we announced a national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030. Since then progress has included the launch of the ‘Spotlight on Maternity’ initiative and distribution of a £2.24 million capital fund for safety equipment.
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer on 2016-06-20.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many masters degree courses on soil science are currently offered by UK universities.
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Information on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions are collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The latest data for the 2014/15 academic year suggests there were about 40 full-person equivalent postgraduate students enrolled in soil science across three UK universities and colleges; these are the University of Aberdeen, University of Nottingham and the University of Reading. Of these, about 15 full-person equivalents were masters students studying at the University of Aberdeen.
Soil science has a Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) code of F770. This is a detailed level code and some universities may occasionally allocate students to more general codes.
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Conor McGinn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Conor McGinn on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding per head his Department has given to support children and young adults in social care in (a) St Helens North, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
Mr Marcus Jones
We do not provide funding specifically for children and adults in social care. Local authorities were provided with formula grant in the period 2010-11 to 2012-13, and Revenue Support Grant from 2013-14 onwards, both of which are unringfenced and it is a matter for local discretion how this is spent.