The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2015-11-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that organic food producers are subsidised under the Common Agricultural Policy.
George Eustice
Organic farmers in England are eligible to claim Common Agricultural Policy support under the Basic Payments Scheme and are also eligible to apply for funding under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-01-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has for the transfer of documents between GP surgeries when a patient moves to a different area.
Alistair Burt
The Department does not collect information on the time taken to transfer documents between general practitioner (GP) surgeries.
The GP contract requires GP practices to use the electronic facility known as “GP2GP” for the safe and effective transfer of any computerised patient records where they have access to this system. As at end September 2015, 97.2% of GP practices were using GP2GP. 5,859,890 patient electronic health records have been transferred by GP2GP to the patient’s new GP since 2007.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-02-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of his Department were in each of the last five years.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The table below shows the average hourly earnings for (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of the Department for Transport which includes:
|
Year |
FY 2010/11 |
FY 2011/12 |
FY 2012/13 |
FY 013/14 |
FY 2014/15 |
|
[a] Female |
£13.58 |
£13.85 |
£14.28 |
£14.75 |
£15.21 |
|
[b] Male |
£15.25 |
£15.43 |
£15.77 |
£16.22 |
£16.50 |
|
[c] Full Time |
£14.85 |
£15.05 |
£15.43 |
£15.91 |
£16.23 |
|
[d] Part time |
£14.00 |
£14.24 |
£14.52 |
£14.78 |
£15.17 |
Please note: the Government Car Services (GCS) does not hold information on FY 2010/2011 and FY 2011/2012 and is therefore not included in the Department return for these years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vessels which displayed the yellow Q flag (a) docked at UK ports and (b) were checked by Border Force officials in each of the last five years.
Karen Bradley
No information is held on the number of vessels which fly the ‘Q’ flag. Border Force utilise an intelligence led approach in deciding which vessels to intercept.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-05-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance she plans to provide for the development of tidal stream power technology.
Andrea Leadsom
That the UK has deployed the world’s first commercial scale tidal stream turbine MCT SeaGen, a 1.2MW project.
The world’s first multi-turbine tidal stream array, MeyGen 1A, received £10m in DECC innovation funding and will be deployed in the UK this year.
We are looking at what more we can do to support these developing technologies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-10-11.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from volatile substance abuse were recorded in each region of England and Wales for each (a) substance, (b) age and (c) gender in 2015.
Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2015-11-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much support from EU agricultural funding has been awarded to UK organic food producers in each of the last five years.
George Eustice
In England between 2010 and 2014, support for organic farmers was provided under the Organic Entry Level Stewardship scheme (OELS) and Organic Higher Level Stewardship scheme (OHLS), which were set up under the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). The following table provides details of the annual funding provided during this period. Organic farmers were also eligible for payments under the Single Payment Scheme.
OELS and OHLS funding in England 2010-2014:
|
Year |
Annual funding for OELS: |
Annual funding for OHLS: |
|
2010 |
£1,986,129 |
£17,454,578 |
|
2011 |
£4,285,822 |
£21,059,841 |
|
2012 |
£6,088,660 |
£24,443,405 |
|
2013 |
£7,503,473 |
£27,495,231 |
|
2014 |
£8,665,682 |
£29,486,762 |
|
Total Funding: |
£28,529,766 |
£119,939,817 |
Footnote 1: Because agriculture is a devolved matter, separate schemes operate in other UK countries. Data on other funding provided is available from devolved administrations.
Footnote 2: These data include payments to organic farmers under conventional land management options in combined organic and conventional agreements and include payments for existing and new agreements each year.
Footnote 3: RDPE funding comprises EU funding allocated under the CAP for England and relevant Exchequer match funding.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-01-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland on the speed and efficiency of transfer of patient records between administrations.
Alistair Burt
We do not have any record of discussions that have taken place between the Secretary of State for Health and the devolved administrations on the speed and efficiency of transfer of patient records between administrations. However, we are aware that Wales has been conducting a pilot of the GP2GP system, which enables patient records to be electronically transferred between one practice and another, and Scotland has also been rolling out the system. In the future this should enable faster, more effective transfer of patient records between administrations.
Additionally, the Summary Care Record Programme in England has a four nations forum with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland that focuses on best practice and lessons learned from the respective national record sharing solutions.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-02-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of his Department were in each of the last five years.
Alun Cairns
The Wales Office is subject to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) policies for HR and pay purposes.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many undeclared passengers were identified by the Border Force in each of the last five years.
James Brokenshire
For the purpose of this question Border Force have assumed that ‘undeclared passenger’ means any passenger travelling in any mode of transport whose movement has not been notified in the prescribed manner.
Border Force does not collate records of ‘undeclared passengers’. But it works closely with aircraft operators, pilots and others to maximise the provision of Advance Passenger Information in all modes.