The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stuart C. McDonald on 2016-02-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what profit has been made by the three contractors and sub-contractors under the provision of contracts for asylum accommodation since the contract with Compass began in 2012-13.
James Brokenshire
The Home Office is unable to release details of the profit / loss made against specific contracts as this information is commercially sensitive.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2016-02-24.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 28 January (HL5591) concerning the Belfast Agreement 1998, why they have not answered the question, and whether the Belfast Agreement applies to members of the British Security Forces.
Lord Dunlop
My previous replies to the Noble Lord on questions about the application of the Belfast Agreement to specific groups explain that the Agreement, with its three-stranded approach, paved the way for power sharing in Northern Ireland and provides the basis for devolved government there. The three-stranded approach is:
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Freer on 2016-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) ministers and (b) officials of his Department will be present at the International Aids Conference in Durban in July 2016.
Jane Ellison
Officials from Public Health England will be attending the conference and feeding back to Ministers on the issues discussed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Boateng on 2016-04-28.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the advice given in the Dancing To Our Own Tunes guidance by the National Survivor User Network, what assessment they have made of the involvement of black and minority ethnic service users in Clinical Commissioning Groups and local authorities.
Lord Prior of Brampton
The Department is committed to involving patients and service users in the development of national mental health policy. However, it does not monitor this engagement centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl McCartney on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what change there was in the amount of funding the EU Commission made available in structural funds to (a) Wales and (b) the Valleys for the period 2014 to 2020 from the period 2007 to 2014; what steps his Department took to limit such change; and if he will estimate the level of such funding that Wales will be allocated after 2020.
Alun Cairns
I refer my hon Friend to the letter signed by the then Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable MP, on ‘European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund: UK allocations 2014-2020’.
The post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework has not been proposed.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) benefits and (b) risks of using electrical socket safety covers or inserts.
Margot James
The Department has not made an assessment of the benefits and risks of using electrical socket covers or inserts.
Under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 all products placed on the UK market must be safe and any products that do not comply can be removed from sale by Trading Standards.
There are no reports of death or injury as a result of the use of socket covers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stewart Malcolm McDonald on 2016-10-19.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy of changes in the timetable to make a decision on airport expansion in the South East.
Mr David Gauke
There has been no change to the timetable for a decision.
The government has taken a decision on its preferred scheme – this will be announced shortly.
Following this a draft National Policy Statement for airports will be published for public consultation, and there will be a vote on the final NPS, which we expect in winter 2017.
The Davies Commission recommended additional south east airport capacity by 2030, and Government still plans to deliver that.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff on 2016-01-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Health Education England to ensure that the number of physiotherapy student commissions for 2016–17 supports the goal of increasing the number of student places outlined in the Comprehensive Spending Review, in the light of the current annual shortfall of 500 physiotherapists required to meet demand reported by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
Lord Prior of Brampton
As set out in the Spending Review, from 1 August 2017, new nursing, midwifery and allied health students will no longer receive National Health Service bursaries. Instead, they will have access to the same student loans system as other students.
We intend that students studying nursing, midwifery and the allied health subjects as a second degree will also be able to get student loans.
The change will only affect new students commencing their courses from 1 August 2017.
We plan to publish a consultation at the end of February 2016, to ask how we can successfully deliver the reforms.
Under the loans system, students on nursing, midwifery and allied health courses will receive around a 25% increase in the financial support available to them for living costs. The precise change for individuals will be dependent on their circumstances – for example, where they study, the length of the course, income and residency.
This will build on the success of wider higher education funding reform, enabling universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing, midwifery and allied health training places over this parliament, so more applicants will have the chance to become a health professional.
As set out in the Health Education England (HEE) commissioning and investment plan for 2016-17, HEE plans to commission 1,439 physiotherapy training places.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Hepburn on 2016-02-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the length of time between a fatal accident and a prosecution over the last five years.
Justin Tomlinson
For fatalities in construction (Standard Industrial Classification Section F) resulting in a prosecution approval by HSE between 2010/11 and 2014/15, the average time between the date of incident and the date prosecution action was approved in each year is as follows:
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Year of approval |
Average number of days between incident and prosecution approval by HSE |
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2010/11 |
877 |
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2011/12 |
841 |
|
2012/13 |
783 |
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2013/14 |
851 |
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2014/15 |
879 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2014.
Anna Soubry
There are no plans to make any amendments to the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004.