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.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-07-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has raised with his Turkish counterpart the issue of Turkish academics being banned from international travel.
Sir Alan Duncan
The UK Government has strongly condemned the attempted coup on 15 July and stands firmly in support of Turkey’s democratically elected government and institutions. I visited Turkey on 20-21 July to reiterate our support for democracy in Turkey. In meetings with Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, amongst others, I stressed the need for Turkey to respect human rights and the rule of law.
We have been concerned to hear reports of academics being suspended and investigated. Freedom of expression is vital in a democratic society, and especially in education. That includes the right to express views we might think are mistaken, or one-sided. Public debate should be encouraged –not suppressed. Private travel for most academics remains unimpeded. As with all Special Passport holders, academics with a Special Passport need a letter from their employer stating they have permission to travel. Academics can travel abroad for work with permission from their rectors and a written invitation from the hosts.
We will continue to monitor the situation closely and to stress to the Turkish government the importance of ensuring that all measures taken are proportionate and justified
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has allocated to schemes to encourage investment in solar energy in each of the last five years.
Jesse Norman
Over the past five years, solar photovoltaic (PV), wind, wave and tidal electricity projects have received support from either the Renewables Obligation (RO) or the Feed-in Tariff (FITs).
Expenditure through the Renewables Obligation in 2011/12 to 2015/16 can be broken down by power generation technology shown in the table (£million in nominal prices). Solar PV and some small-scale onshore wind are also supported by the Feed In Tariff scheme, but costs are not available disaggregated by technology. Total support is shown below (£million).
|
RO (£million) |
11/12 |
12/13 |
13/14 |
14/15 |
15/16 |
|
Onshore wind |
£482.6 |
£557.1 |
£755.6 |
£786.8 |
£803.0 |
|
Offshore wind |
£371.1 |
£698.5 |
£988.7 |
£1,108.0 |
£1,429.7 |
|
Solar PV |
£0.1 |
£0.9 |
£34.9 |
£133.9 |
£264.8 |
|
Wave & Tidal |
£0.1 |
£0.4 |
£0.4 |
£0.1 |
£0.2 |
|
TOTAL RO |
£1,457.7 |
£1,991.3 |
£2,599.3 |
£3,114.2 |
£3,743.2 |
|
TOTAL FITs |
£151 |
£506 |
£691 |
£866 |
£1,110 |
Renewables Obligations: Source Ofgem:
www.ofgem.gov.uk/publication-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2014-15
www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&ReportCategory=0
FITs: Source Ofgem:
The Contracts for Difference Scheme opened for delivery from 2015/16 onwards. No projects started deploying in 2015/16 so no payments were made.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans continued participation in the European Intellectual Property Office after the UK leaves the EU.
Joseph Johnson
The European Intellectual Property Office is a decentralised Agency of the European Union. After leaving the EU, UK businesses will continue to be able to apply to that organisation for EU Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs covering the member states of the EU.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her counterparts in (a) Haiti, (b) Jamaica, (c) Cuba and (d) the Bahamas on humanitarian aid to address the damage caused by hurricane Matthew.
Rory Stewart
The Secretary of State has been monitoring the impact of Hurricane Matthew closely and has announced up to £5 million to support Haiti where many of those most affected live. The DFID team in Haiti and Foreign and Commonwealth Office embassies and High Commissions in the region are in close contact with relevant authorities in order to understand the impact and programme these funds effectively.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-10-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on the death penalty in that country.
Alok Sharma
The UK remains firmly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances. Abolitionist work is high on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) agenda and is part of the day-to-day work of all diplomatic missions to countries that retain the death penalty. The FCO human rights and democracy report 2015 makes clear our views on the death penalty and the resumption of executions in Pakistan.
The former Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Philip Hammond), raised the issue of the death penalty with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2015, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Tobias Ellwood), wrote subsequently to the Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK expressing deep concern about ongoing executions. Together with our EU partners, we continue to raise our concerns about the death penalty with the Government of Pakistan and urge compliance with its international obligations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-10-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his recent assessment is of the (a) security situation and (b) state of human rights in Rojava region of Syria.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The security situation in Syria remains extremely volatile and dangerous. There is widespread fighting throughout Syria. Full scale military operations involving the use of small arms, tanks, artillery and aircraft are ongoing. We advise against all travel to Syria, without geographic exception.
The UK Government does not recognise the self-declared Rojava region in Syria. We continue to have concerns about the human rights situation in areas under the control of the PYD and its allies. Human Rights Watch and others have reported the abduction and arbitrary arrest of political opponents. Amnesty International has also highlighted reports of arbitrary detentions and unfair trials of those deemed to support Daesh without credible evidence, and the demolition of civilian homes and forced displacement of civilians. We continue to press the PYD to address these concerns; and for the PYD and all other actors to adopt a pluralistic approach, inclusive of all ethnic groups, and to abide by international human rights standards.