The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been received from the EU to meet expenditure arising from or in connection with High Speed 2 since 2009.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Department for Transport was awarded €39.2 million for HS2 under the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility. This funding will be provided in stages between 2015 and 2019.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-05-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people carrying passports from other EU member states were refused entry to the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
James Brokenshire
I refer my Rt. hon. Friend to the answer given to Question 31328.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-07-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to support the Department of International and European Affairs of the German Ministry of Health’s draft resolution on sepsis for the World Health Assembly General Assembly meeting in 2017.
Mr Philip Dunne
The Department is committed to improving diagnosis and management of sepsis and has a wide programme of work underway. We will consider the German Ministry of Health’s draft resolution to the World Health Assembly in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-10-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the job vacancy notice DFT/649/16/DFTC, published by his Department in October 2016, who will be responsible for editing the report and slide pack which form part of the project to write the story of High Speed 2 from inception to the present day.
Andrew Jones
It is important that we do ensure good documentation of major projects across government to learn from the past and ensure knowledge is shared easily. I will consider in due course what is the right way to do this but the advertised recruitment is not going ahead.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who will be eligible to apply for the High Speed 2 (a) Community and Environment Fund and (b) Business and Local Economy Fund.
Andrew Jones
The Community and Environment Fund is open to constituted community groups along the Phase One route, including registered charities, community interest companies and Local Authorities. The Business and Local Economy Fund is open to organisations that represent the collective business community of areas along the Phase One route, such as Chambers of Commerce, Business Improvement Districts, Local Authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-01-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2016 to Question 20755, when the visits to clinical commissioning groups referred to in that question are planned to start; and when he expects the findings of such visits to be reported to him.
Alistair Burt
NHS England with support from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, is visiting a selection of areas to talk to clinical commissioning groups and local authorities about their Autism Diagnostic Care Pathways. Based on information provided in the most recent local authority Autism Self-Assessment exercise, the areas selected include those areas that have assessed themselves as having a diagnostic pathway in place, those who appear to be facing obstacles, and those who have no pathway in place. A report on the work will be completed by the end of April 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the UK paid to the EU for agricultural levies in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
George Eustice
UK Contributions to the EU budget are set out in Table C3 of HM Treasury publication “European Union Finances 2015: statement on the 2015 EU Budget and measures to counter fraud and financial mismanagement” in December 2015.
The contribution from sugar levies for the previous 5 years were:
2010: £8m
2011: £8m
2012: £10m
2013: £9m
2014: £2m
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-03-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many lorry movements there have been to remove spoil excavated in Greater London related to the construction of High Speed 2.
Mr Robert Goodwill
There have been no lorry movements to remove spoil excavated in Greater London related to the construction of High Speed 2.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-05-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Statements of Special Educational Needs and (b) Education, Health and Care Plans were issued for each year from 2013; and how many such (i) statements and (ii) plans were issued in each of those years.
Edward Timpson
Information on the number of statements or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans issued by local authorities in England based on the SEN2 return is available on GOV.UK in Table 2 of the Statistical First Release Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England 2015: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2015
Data for January 2016 will be published on 26 May 2016.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been disbursed from the public purse in legal fees for solicitors, parliamentary agents, barristers and their staff who have been working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
Andrew Jones
The Department has appointed a joint team of solicitors/parliamentary agents from Winckworth Sherwood and Eversheds LLP to provide support in relation to the HS2 Phase 1 hybrid Bill. The current spend on this contract is £9,594,124.36.
The Department has also appointed a joint team of solicitors/parliamentary agents from Winckworth Sherwood and Eversheds LLP to support the preparation of the HS2 Phase 2a hybrid Bill, which is expected to be deposited in 2017. The current spend on this contract is £146,265.10.
The Department continues to instruct a team of barristers to support the HS2 project. Each barrister is remunerated at agreed government hourly rates. The spend on these barristers for the period from 2013 to the present is £2,219,872.30.
All figures are correct up to 5 September 2016 and are exclusive of VAT.
Since approximately 2010, the Department has also instructed a number of barristers on other HS2 related work, primarily litigation. These barristers will have been remunerated at agreed government hourly rates, but unfortunately it would involve disproportionate cost for the Department to provide precise figures.