The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kelvin Hopkins on 2016-07-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of non-planned Govia Thameslink Railway services were cancelled in each reporting period since July 2015.
Claire Perry
There have not been, and there are, no ‘non-planned’ services.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the (a) value and (b) volume of imports by sector, from non-EU countries that were exported to countries in the EU as (i) components and (ii) free standing items in each of the last five years.
Mr David Jones
My Department, working with officials across government, continues to undertake a wide range of data analyses to inform the UK’s position for the upcoming negotiations with our EU partners. We have been clear that we will not provide a running commentary that might undermine our negotiating position.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-01-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support Liverpool’s status as a City of Music as declared by UNESCO.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The Government will be providing over £12 million of public funding via the Arts Council to support arts organisations in Liverpool in 2015/16. The Arts Council has also supported major capital projects in Liverpool including over £16 million towards the redevelopment of the Everyman Theatre and over £7 million towards the refurbishment of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Venues in Liverpool such as Constellations, Lomax and the Zanzibar Club demonstrate the impact of Government’s approach to entertainment licensing, planning guidance and business rates relief, all aimed at supporting and promoting music across the UK.
The Government supports the UNESCO Creative City Network, including Liverpool as a designated City of Music through its membership of UNESCO. The UK National Commission for UNESCO will be holding a workshop with Liverpool and the UK’s other Creative Cities to consider new opportunities and practical ways of working together to enhance the benefits that UNESCO accreditation brings, both nationally and internationally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Stevens on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken as a result of the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons’ report on HM Prison Rochester, published in September 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Andrew Selous
HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ (HMIP) report on HMP Rochester was published on 13 January this year.
Rochester prison faces a significant challenge from new psychoactive substances, which the Governor and his staff are determined to tackle. They have already put in place additional security measures, along with measures to increase awareness of substance misuse issues and extend support to overcome it. Progress has also been made since this inspection to improve safety and purposeful activity with more prisoners engaged in high quality work and training opportunities.
The Governor will use the recommendations in this report to drive further improvements over the coming months. An action plan responding to all the recommendations in the report will be published at the following link in due course: http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspections/
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Empey on 2016-03-08.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of persons involved in each of the following proscribed terrorist organisations: (1) Continuity Army Council; (2) Cumann na mBan; (3) Fianna na hEireann; (4) Irish National Liberation Army; (5) Irish People’s Liberation Organisation; (6) Irish Republican Army; (7) Loyalist Volunteer Force; (8) Orange Volunteers; (9) Red Hand Commando; (10) Red Hand Defenders; (11) Saor Eire; (12) Ulster Defence Association; (13) Ulster Freedom Fighters; and (14) Ulster Volunteer Force.
Lord Dunlop
It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate of the number of people involved in these organisations. Involvement and support for illegal proscribed organisations can take many different forms and the true extent of involvement is often hidden.
Statistics on charges brought in relation to support for paramilitary organisations can be found in Northern Ireland Terrorism Legislation: Annual Statistics 2014/15, Table 9 on the following link:
The relevant information is also shown below for ease of reference:
Table: Charges brought against persons detained in Northern Ireland under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000
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Number of Charges |
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Offence |
19 Feb 2001-Mar 2013/14 |
April-Sept 2014/15 |
Oct-Mar 2014/15 |
2014-15 Total |
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Supporting a proscribed Organisation |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Making contributions to a proscribed organisation |
47 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Dressing as a member of a proscribed organisation |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Moynihan on 2016-04-13.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how long the washout time is for meldonium and whether UK Anti-Doping consider that an athlete who took meldonium when it was not considered a performance-enhancing drug and not on the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list before January could have still tested positive in January, February or March.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
There is currently limited data available on excretion studies relating to meldonium and, as such, several studies are currently being conducted involving WADA accredited laboratories, which WADA will share when available. UK Anti-Doping is following the guidance of the World Anti-Doping Agency who recently issued a Notice regarding meldonium.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jack Dromey on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Arrest Warrant surrenders (a) to and (b) from each UK law enforcement agency there have been in each year since 2010; and what type of offence each of those surrenders related to.
James Brokenshire
These statistics are available on the National Crime Agency Website at: http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics
Figures for Scotland were not included prior to 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Kinnock on 2016-07-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department carried out an assessment prior to the introduction of personal independence payments for existing disability living allowance recipients of the effect of that introduction on advice services such as Citizens Advice Bureaux.
Justin Tomlinson
No specific such assessment was carried out.
Citizens Advice Bureaux have been, and continue to be, members of the Personal Independence Payment Implementation Stakeholder Forum and regularly engage with the Department on PIP issues.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool on 2016-10-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Sudan about the arrest and continuing detention of Reverend Hasan Kodi Taour, Reverend Kuwa Shamal Kori, Abdelmonim Abdelmawla and Petr Jasek.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
We are aware that the four men in question remain in detention. Officials from our Embassy in Khartoum were present in court to observe the most recent hearing on 26 September, and are in close contact with the lawyers representing the defendants. We regularly raise our concerns over this case with the government of Sudan, most recently during the visit of the UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan to Khartoum in September. We will continue to monitor this case closely.
More widely, freedom of religion or belief remains a consistent theme in our ongoing human rights dialogue with the government of Sudan. We consistently call on them to ensure all legislation is consistent with the commitment to their citizens in the Interim Constitution of 2005, within which religious freedom is enshrined.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Caulfield on 2016-01-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what equality impact assessment he has made of the effect of extending entitlement to the human papilloma virus vaccination only to designated categories of people and not to others.
Jane Ellison
In November 2015, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the expert body that advises the Government on all immunisation matters, advised that a targeted human papillomavirus vaccination programme should be undertaken for men who have sex with men up to 45 years of age who attend genitourinary medicine and HIV clinics. They noted that this should be subject to procurement of the vaccine and delivery of the programme at a cost-effective price.
The Department is considering the JCVI’s advice and is undertaking a full equality analysis. The Department will confirm its plans in due course.