The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mechanical thrombectomy procedures for the treatment of stroke patients were carried out in England in the latest year for which figures are available.
David Mowat
Information on mechanical thrombectomy is not centrally held, however we can provide information on thrombectomy (mechanical or otherwise), which is set out in the attached tables.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 2.2 of the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 Expenditure Report, 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016, published by his Department in October 2016, if he will detail the reasons, other than the delay in completing the acquisition of large-scale commercial properties, for the £192.7 million underspend referred to in that report.
Andrew Jones
The £192.7m of the Land & Property (L&P) underspend shown in the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 Expenditure Report for 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016 was formed from two elements – strategic property acquisitions and compensation schemes, including providing discretionary assistance to home owners and small businesses.
The majority of the total L&P underspend was caused by delays in completing non-compensation scheme acquisitions. These are generally acquisitions of commercial properties and it is hard to accurately estimate completion dates due to complexity of the deals.
The other part of the L&P underspend was related to acquisitions resulting from the compensation schemes. The suite of schemes are demand led which means HS2 Ltd has very limited control over the timing of property purchases. Successful applicants to the schemes are allowed between one and three years after acceptance to decide on when they want their homes purchased.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-01-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff have transferred from another government department to HS2 Ltd in each year since HS2 Ltd was formed; and from what Departments those staff transferred.
Mr Robert Goodwill
HS2 Ltd do not hold a record of organisations from which employees are hired. However, there are 3 staff known to HS2 Ltd that have transferred during the last two years from Department for Transport, one from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and one from the Cabinet Office.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-02-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will instigate a national public awareness campaign about sepsis.
Ben Gummer
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health asked Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence and make recommendations on the scope for a public-facing campaign to raise awareness of Sepsis. PHE will publish its evidence-based review shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Natura 20000 sites are located within 10 miles of the proposed route of phase two of High Speed 2.
Mr Robert Goodwill
There are 18 Natura 2000 sites within 10 miles of the proposed Phase 2 route. This is the route as proposed in the July 2013 route consultation.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-04-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to launch a public awareness campaign for sepsis.
Ben Gummer
Public Health England has been asked to take forward a national awareness campaign to help parents spot the signs of sepsis, alongside other infections such as meningitis and septicaemia. They will be working with the National Health Service and other partners to ensure the plans are evidence based and effective.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-07-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when and where the next community engagement event for High Speed 2 Phase One in Chesham and Amersham constituency will take place.
Mr Robert Goodwill
HS2 Ltd’s most recent engagement with the Amersham and Chesham community took place at the Amersham Town Carnival on Saturday 9th July, and was part of the project’s more localised approach to community engagement. The HS2 stall presented local information on the project, and was attended by around 180 residents from the Amersham / Chesham community.
HS2 Ltd plans to attend similar existing community events across the Phase One route during the summer months, and is also drawing up a schedule of HS2 Ltd run community events, expected to be delivered in the autumn. Amersham and Chesham will be included as part of this exercise. Further details will be made available once the next event is confirmed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-09-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on the Act FAST campaign in each year since that campaign began.
David Mowat
Public Health England (PHE) took over all the public health campaigns formerly run by the Department on 1 April 2013, including Act FAST.
The funding allocated to the Act FAST media spend is as follows:
2013-14: £870,000
2014-15: £850,000
2015-16: £930,000
Marketing spend is defined for this purpose as advertising spend covering only the media costs (inclusive of agency commission). These figures do not include recruitment/classified advertising costs and ad hoc spend under £10,000. All figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000.
2016-17 media spend figures are not available as the expenditure has not yet been committed.
All PHE spend over £25,000, including on public health campaigns, is published routinely and available on gov.uk:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/phe-spend-over-25000
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual budget for communication and engagement has been for HS2 Ltd in each year since 2010.
Andrew Jones
As is necessary for a project of the nature and scale of HS2, communication and engagement activities are undertaken by teams throughout the HS2 Ltd organisation, supported by a central corporate affairs team. This wide range of engagement includes, for example, local information events for impacted residents to meet with engineers to discuss the proposals; awareness campaigns along the line of route to inform residents about the property compensation schemes and how they can access these; and mobile sound labs for communities near the route of Phase One to come and hear the likely noise levels from the operational railway.
As a result, it is not possible to provide annual budget figures as the amount of time spent on communication and engagement activity is not centrally tracked.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-01-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many personnel employed by or on secondment to HS2 Ltd of each grade have left the organisation in each year since it was formed.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The table below sets out the number of personnel by grade employed by or on secondment to HS2 Ltd who have left the organisation in each year since 2013.
|
HS2 Grade |
Civil Service/DfT Grade |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
22+ |
SCS2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
21 |
SCS1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
20 |
SCS1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
19 |
G6 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
|
18 |
G6 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
|
17 |
G7 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
|
16 |
SEO |
2 |
8 |
12 |
|
15 |
SEO |
2 |
5 |
8 |
|
14 |
HEO |
3 |
8 |
8 |
|
13 |
HEO |
4 |
7 |
10 |
|
12 |
EO |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
11 |
AO |
3 |
11 |
11 |
|
10 |
AO |
4 |
6 |
3 |
|
9 |
AA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
27 |
60 |
81 |