Tag: Cheryl Gillan

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-01-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 11.10 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, how the £55 billion budget for High Speed 2 has been split between phase 1 and phase 2 of that project.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Spending Review 2015 set out a long-term budget of £55.7bn (2015 prices) for delivering HS2. Of this, approximately £27.2bn has been apportioned to Phase One and £28.5bn to Phase Two.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-01-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vacancies there were for jobs with HS2 Ltd in each of the last 12 months.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The table below provides detail of advertised vacancies* by HS2 Ltd in each month since March 2015. Information relating to previous months is not held centrally.

Month	Vacancies
Mar	49
Apr	30
May	31
June	62
July	25
Aug	28
Sep	39
Oct	41
Nov	44
Dec	42
Jan	13

*NB: This does not represent the number of people employed/hired or recruited by HS2 Ltd during this time period.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-03-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make an application under Article 16 of the EU Habitats Directive for a derogation in relation to species protected under Annex IV of that Directive which may be affected by Phase 1 of High Speed 2.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Where effects on protected species are identified, the appropriate licenses will be obtained from Natural England prior to any works being undertaken. This includes species protected by the Habitats Regulations 2010 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Natural England is working with HS2 ltd in scoping the required licences through 2016 in the run up to Royal Assent.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the observations from the Minister for Children and Families of 1 February 2016, Official Report, volume 605, column 8P, when the consultation on mandatory reporting of child abuse will commence.

Edward Timpson

The Government will launch its consultation on mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect in due course. The consultation will run for the full twelve weeks. The Government will carefully consider the need for any further statutory measures in the light of responses.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-07-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total expenditure on the High Speed 2 project has been in each year since 2010.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The table below sets out the spend on HS2 project in each year since 2009/10. Data for 2015/16 is provisional and is currently not included, pending publication of the HS2 Ltd Accounts shortly at GOV.UK, which will set out the precise level of expenditure for 2015/16.

	2009/10 £m	2010/11 £m	2011/12 £m	2012/13 £m	2013/14 £m	2014/15 £m
Total HS2	9.43	24.3	54	207.6	318.2	362.7

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of skills within the NHS England workforce to deliver mechanical thrombectomy to stroke patients.

David Mowat

NHS England’s National Clinical Director (NCD) for stroke is leading work to develop a full proposal which will consider the evidence and logistical issues involved in delivering mechanical thrombectomy to stroke patients across the country. This includes working with the relevant specialist societies, Royal Colleges and Health Education England to consider the workforce implications. Once the proposal has been developed, NHS England will decide whether the procedure should be made widely available.

The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) is now collecting data on patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy and the latest data shows that 124 patients were treated between October 2015 and March 2016. It should be noted, however, that this may not reflect all patients treated as some may not have had their data entered into SSNAP.

The SSNAP team is addressing this issue with the relevant clinicians. SSNAP data is freely available at:

https://www.strokeaudit.org/

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-10-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the National College for High Speed Rail will be operational.

Andrew Jones

The college is due to open to students in September 2017.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-01-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff at HS2 Ltd and his Department have gone through or are going through disciplinary or employment tribunal process since HS2 Ltd was formed.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Part A

Within HS2 Ltd, 4 staff have gone through a disciplinary process since March 2013. Only one of these cases has proceeded to an Employment Tribunal. There are no central records prior to this date.

Part B

Within the Department for Transport (excluding its Agencies), there have been 49 disciplinary cases and 12 Employment Tribunals since April 2013. Information prior to this date is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-01-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Promoter’s response to the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Committee’s First Special Report of Session 2014-15, June 2015, paragraph 160, how many cases have been received for exceptional consideration; how many such applications have been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful; and how many such applications remain under consideration.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Since June 2015 HS2 Ltd and DfT have received one retrospective compensation requests under the Atypical property and special circumstances approach. This is currently under consideration.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-03-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of staff of HS2 Ltd have been provided with (a) mobile telephones, (b) tablet devices and (c) corporate credit cards in each of the last three years.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The information listed in the table below provides information for the last three complete calendar years:

	Mobile Phones	Tablets	Government Procurement Cards (GPC*)
2013	140	30	10
2014	226	120	25
2015	670	263	30

*HS2 Ltd does not have Corporate Credit Cards, it has Government Procurement Cards (in line with Government policy they have recently been renamed as Electronic Purchasing Card Solutions).