Tag: Catherine West

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-01-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) number and (b) quality of Overseas Territories’ adoptions of public registers of beneficial ownership since his meetings with them on 15 June 2013 and his letter to them on 24 April 2014.

James Duddridge

The Government is in discussion with the Governments of the Overseas Territories on their plans to improve company transparency. The Territories have agreed to hold beneficial ownership information in central registers or similarly effective systems. Such systems will need to meet the following criteria: a) UK law enforcement and tax authorities must be able to access company beneficial ownership information without restriction, subject to relevant safeguards; b) These competent authorities should be able to quickly identify all companies that a particular beneficial owner has a stake in without needing to submit multiple and repeated requests; and c) Companies or their beneficial owners must not be alerted to the fact that an investigation is underway.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-01-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times personnel from UK Reaper Squadrons 39 and 13 have used the red card system in 2015 in joint operations.

Penny Mordaunt

I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24110, whether he plans to publish the terms of reference for the Reaper User Group before the Group meeting on 14 to 18 March 2016.

Penny Mordaunt

The release of the Terms of Reference for the Reaper User Group will be discussed at the next meeting from 14 to 18 March 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of pay is for cleaners in 10 Downing Street.

Matthew Hancock

All staff and contractors based in Downing Street are paid at least the London Living Wage.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the rate of pay is for cleaners in his Department.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The hourly rate of pay for cleaners directly employed by the Department for Transport is £8.94.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-03-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much security guards in his Department are paid.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Only the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency directly employs security guards, employing 54 full time and part time security guards at a total salary cost of £868,475. All other security guards in the Department for Transport are employed and managed under outsourced contracts; pay data in such situations is not held by the Department.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibility NHS England has to fund HIV prevention programmes.

Jane Ellison

From 2013, local authorities became responsible for the commissioning of most sexual health services, including the testing and treatment for sexually-transmitted infections and HIV testing and prevention. NHS England is responsible for commissioning of treatment for HIV.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support the learning of the Cornish language.

James Wharton

The United Kingdom has recognised seven languages under the Council of Europe’s European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, Scots, Ulster Scots, Cornish and Manx. Cornish is the only language in England to have this status and since April 2010 the Department for Communities and Local Government has provided £650,000 to Cornwall Council for the development of the Cornish Language.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-05-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paramedics were employed by the London Ambulance Service in each of the last five years.

Jane Ellison

London Ambulance Service currently has a national and international campaign to recruit additional paramedics which seeks to address the fall in staffing over recent years.

The table below shows the Full Time Equivalent (FTE) numbers of ambulance paramedics at London Ambulance Service. This information is sourced from HSCIC Monthly Workforce Statistics, January 2016.

Date	September 2011	September 2012	September 2013	September 2014	September 2015
Sum of Total FTE	1,871	1,885	1,892	1,778	1,762

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-05-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors were employed by the NHS in (a) London and (b) England in each of the last five years.

Ben Gummer

The information is shown in the following table:

Doctors in Training as at 30 September between 2011 and 2015 in England and London.

Year	England	London
2011	50,059	11,684
2012	50,318	11,902
2013	51,013	11,985
2014	51,686	12,136
2015	51,308	11,830

Source: Health & Social Care Information Centre

Notes: The figures include Specialty Registrars, Core Medical Training, Core Dental Training, Foundation Doctor Years 1 and 2.