The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2016-10-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many GP reports were provided as supporting evidence to a universal credit application by universal credit applicants in 2015-16.
Damian Hinds
The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hilary Benn on 2016-01-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the international legal implications of reports of Saudi Arabia bombing the Iranian Embassy in Sana’a; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Philip Hammond
We are currently looking into unverified Iranian reports that a Saudi airstrike hit the Iranian Embassy in Sana’a. The Saudi government has denied that any such attack took place. The priority right now is for all parties to show restraint and responsibility in order to prevent the igniting of further hostilities. The British Government is urging all parties to show calm at this time and to work towards a de-escalation of growing tensions.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-02-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether common system failures contributed to the deaths of Sam Morrish in Devon in December 2010 and William Mead in Cornwall in December 2014; and what steps his Department is taking to address those failures.
Ben Gummer
The Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman’s report into the death of Sam Morrish, published in June 2014, made several recommendations for local National Health Service organisations involved in Sam Morrish’s care to implement. NHS England advises that these have now been implemented.
We are advised by NHS England that there has been ongoing dialogue with the Sam Morrish’s family, including their full involvement in development of an integrated care pathway for paediatric sepsis, which has been piloted in the South Devon and Torbay area and is currently being evaluated.
The (NHS England South) Regional Quality Surveillance Group is responsible for ensuring that all the national recommendations outlined in NHS England’s report on the death of William Mead, in December 2014, are implemented.
The Department will be keeping track of progress on this front.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-02-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce crimes against wildlife in the UK.
Karen Bradley
We fully understand the importance of tackling wildlife crime. This is reflected in the fact that, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office provides specific funding to support the work of the National Wildlife Crime Unit.
The funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit is in addition to the funding central Government provides to the police in England and Wales to tackle all types of crime, including wildlife crime. Additionally, Border Force leads the operational response in respect of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to help more homeless people rent privately.
Mr Marcus Jones
One person without a home is one too many and we are committed to doing all we can to prevent homelessness. That is why we have increased central investment to tackle homelessness over the next four years to £139 million. At Budget, we went one step further and announced £100 million to deliver low cost ‘move on’ accommodation to enable people leaving hostels and refuges to make a sustainable recovery from a homelessness crisis, providing at least 2,000 places for vulnerable people to enable independent living.
We’re determined to create a bigger, better private rented sector and are attracting billions of pounds of investment to build homes specifically for private rent, which will increase choice for tenants. Our £1 billion Build to Rent fund will deliver up to 10,000 new rental homes, with over 4,500 already started, and our £10 billion of debt guarantees programme will also support the delivery of new rental homes, as well as up to 30,000 additional affordable homes.
We have also already made a significant investment of nearly £14 million for Crisis to develop a programme to help single homeless people access private rented sector accommodation. Over 10,000 people have been helped, with over 90% maintaining tenancies for at least 6 months
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2016-04-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations have received public grant funding from her Department in each of the last five years; how much grant funding each organisation received; and what the purpose of each such grant was.
George Eustice
A list of grants by organisation for the last five years (2011-16 inclusive) will be placed in the Library. It is not possible to identify the actual amount each organisation received related to each listed grant without incurring a disproportionate cost to the department, therefore an average value has been apportioned to each requested financial year from the total grant value.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2016-06-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for NHS Protect was in each of the last eight years.
George Freeman
The information requested is in the following table:
|
Year |
NHS Protect Budget (£ million) |
NHS Protect staff |
NHS Protect investigators |
|
2008-09 |
13.379 |
218 |
83 |
|
2009-10 |
13.439 |
204 |
71 |
|
2010-11 |
12.121 |
217 |
68 |
|
2011-12 |
11.381 |
190 |
33 |
|
2012-13 |
11.381 |
173 |
32 |
|
2013-14 |
11.381 |
178 |
32 |
|
2014-15 |
11.154 |
186 |
34 |
|
2015-16 |
10.473 |
174 |
33 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans she has to ensure appropriate arrangements are made available to safeguard vulnerable women who participate in criminal justice proceedings.
Dr Phillip Lee
I am committed to making the process of going to court simpler, easier, and more sympathetic to victims. My department’s court reform programme will make sure victims and witnesses, both male and female, continue to be treated with respect throughout the process. For example, the digitisation of the courts services is having a positive impact on victims by providing the ability to give video evidence rather than facing the trauma of attending court.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rob Marris on 2016-10-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for International Development on the UK’s commitment to weather-indexed insurance.
Jesse Norman
My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not had any discussions with my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development on weather-indexed insurance in the last six months.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-01-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many psychiatric nurses were in post in each financial year since 2010-11.
Ben Gummer
Psychiatric nurses are not identified separately in the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s (HSCIC) workforce statistics. Area of Work, which is identified, is purely the area, function or specialty where the work activity takes place. The attached table shows the number of nurses within the psychiatry area of work from September 2010 to September 2015, the midpoint of the financial year. The data is sourced from the HSCIC’s monthly workforce statistics.