Tag: 2016

Douglas Chapman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2016-02-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an evaluation of which assets will be transferred from the fleet of T23 Frigates to the fleet of T26 Frigates.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Type 23 capability sustainment programme will de-risk the introduction of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, and deliver cost savings by bringing equipment into service in the Type 23 Frigates before transitioning to the Type 26. The Sea Ceptor Anti-Air Missile system and the Artisan 997 Air Surveillance Radar are examples of this.

January 1, 2023

Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

The Foreign Commonwealth and Office has paid the following amounts to its UK-based staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months:

March 2014	£196,203
April 2014	£222,453
May 2014	£152,223
June 2014	£165,017
July 2014	£225,892
August 2014	£246,323
September 2014	£240,939
October 2014	£466,415
November 2014	£167,582
December 2014	£159,043
January 2015	£159,538
February 2015	£122,033
March 2015	£203,532
April 2015	£178,879
May 2015	£132,817
June 2015	£192,890
July 2015	£189,593
August 2015	£205,078
September 2015	£93,259
October 2015	£216,031
November 2015	£196,363
December 2015	£208,858
January 2016	£113,002
February 2016	£222,666

Staff can only claim overtime when required by management to work more than their conditioned hours. In the majority of cases claims are made after exceptional demands on Foreign Office staff during global crises, such as the Nepal earthquake and terrorist shootings in Tunisia.

January 1, 2023

Rebecca Long Bailey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rebecca Long Bailey on 2016-03-24.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether revenue raised from the planned soft drink industry levy will be hypothecated for the public health budget.

Mr David Gauke

In England, revenue from the soft drinks industry levy will be used to double the PE and sport premium for primary schools, expand school breakfast clubs and support more secondary schools to offer a longer school day, including more sport. The Barnett formula will be applied to spending on these new initiatives in the normal way.

January 1, 2023
Andrew Percy – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the Information Commissioner’s Office reasons to refer consumer complaints to equivalent bodies overseas in addressing nuisance telephone calls from abroad.

Mr Edward Vaizey

This Government recently made an amendment to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), requiring direct marketing companies registered in the UK and those making calls on behalf of UK companies from outside the UK, to display Calling Line Identification. This measure will make it easier for the ICO to investigate and take enforcement action against callers who persistently and deliberately flout the rules.

In addtion, both the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Ofcom engage with the Do Not Call Forum of the London Action Plan, which includes overseas regulators with responsibility for tackling nuisance calls. The ICO is joint secretariat and works with other members, including the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, to target organisations, share investigation methods and drive forward coordinated actions. The group are drafting an operational plan to strengthen cooperation at international level

January 1, 2023
Jonathan Edwards – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2016-06-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the Iranian government on the treatment of (a) Maryam Nasim Naghash Zargaran and (b) other Christian prisoners in that country.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

We regularly raise our concerns on human rights issues, both in London and Tehran, including our concerns about the treatment of religious minorities. We call on Iran to cease harassment of all religious minorities and to fulfil its international and domestic obligations to allow freedom of religion to all Iranians.

January 1, 2023
Jim McMahon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim McMahon on 2016-09-02.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how much fuel duty was collected by filling stations in Greater Manchester in each year since 2011.

Jane Ellison

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not collect fuel duty from filling stations. Fuel duty is paid on hydrocarbon oil when it is released for consumption in the UK, either from a UK refinery or an excise warehouse. HMRC therefore does not collect the data to produce a reliable estimate.

Fuel duty receipts for the whole of the UK are published by HMRC, and are available in the Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletin:

https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx

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January 1, 2023
Maria Eagle – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2016-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with key stakeholders in the pharmaceutical sector on the effect of the UK leaving the EU since 23 June 2016.

Alok Sharma

The details of meetings between Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Ministers and external organisations are published in quarterly returns, which are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data

The details of meetings between external organisations and officials across the FCO network are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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January 1, 2023
Michael Dugher – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Dugher on 2016-01-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average hospital waiting time was for NHS patients in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) Yorkshire and the Humber since 2010.

Jane Ellison

The table attached shows average median waiting times in weeks to start consultant-led elective treatment for National Health Service commissioning organisations and regions which most closely match those requested.

January 1, 2023
Graham Brady – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Brady on 2016-02-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children obtained five or more good GCSEs including English and Mathematics in (a) selective, (b) partially selective and (c) comprehensive local authority areas in 2015; and what that proportion was by ethnic group in each of those categories.

Nick Gibb

The proportion of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at A*-C, including English and mathematics, by local authority and ethnic group was published in the GCSE and equivalent statistical first release for 2015.[1]

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2014-to-2015

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January 1, 2023

Ivan Lewis – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ivan Lewis on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for an operation in (a) Pennine Acute NHS Trust and (b) Bolton NHS Trust was in the last year for which figures are available.

Jane Ellison

Patients have a legal right, set out in the NHS Constitution, to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions. The following table shows the average median waiting time in weeks for patients whose wait ended during the month with an inpatient or day case admission to Pennine Acute NHS Trust or Bolton NHS Trust. Only a proportion of inpatient or day case admissions would have resulted in an operation.

Table: average median waiting times^{1, 2} in weeks for patients whose wait ended during the month with an inpatient or day case admission³, 2015

Month	Bolton NHS Trust	Pennine Acute NHS Trust
January 2015	8.2	10.8
February 2015	8.7	11.1
March 2015	7.6	9.8
April 2015	7.6	10.6
May 2015	7.9	10.6
June 2015	7.0	11.4
July 2015	6.6	11.1
August 2015	6.3	10.9
September 2015	6.9	10.9
October 2015	7.1	11.1
November 2015	7.0	10.6
December 2015	5.7	10.5

Source: Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times, NHS England

Notes:

Median waiting times are calculated from aggregate data, rather than patient level data, and therefore are only estimates of the position on average waits.
Until September 2015, adjustments were permitted for clock pauses, where a patient declined reasonable offers of admission and chose to wait longer. From October 2015, there is no longer any provision to report pauses or suspensions in waiting time clocks.
Not every admission to hospital is for an operation, but hospital episode statistics suggest that 94% of elective finished admission episodes involve some form of procedure or intervention.

January 1, 2023