The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been recorded to have died at Beachy Head in each of the last five years; and what the (a) nationality, (b) sex and (c) age was of those people.
Dr Phillip Lee
The information requested is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many detailed inquests have taken place in relation to deaths at Beachy Head in each of the last five years; and what proportion of verdicts for those inquests returned suicide as the cause of death.
Dr Phillip Lee
The information requested is not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Iraq Historic Allegations Team on its contract with the recruitment agency Red Snapper.
Mike Penning
The Secretary of State for Defence has had no discussions with the Iraq Historic Allegations Team specific to its contract with Red Snapper. The contract was awarded following a competition, in line with the Ministry of Defence’s usual procedures for such contracts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2015-11-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon Members for South Ribble and Blaenau Gwent.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) names and (b) salaries of the 10 most senior officials in the Iraq Historical Allegations Team.
Mike Penning
In accordance with normal practice we only provide the names of officials at Senior Civil Service level and their military equivalents. The Iraq Historic Allegations Team’s most senior officials comprise a mix of civilian and military personnel as follows:
Director, Mr Mark Warwick – Senior Civil Service Band 1, £63,000 – £117,000
Royal Navy OF5 (Captain), £84,000 – £93,000
Royal Navy Police OF4 (Commander), £70,000 – £81,000
Royal Navy Police OF3 (Lieutenant Commander), £49,000 – £59,000
Civil Service Band B1, £59,000 – £70,000
2 x Civil Service Band C1, £37,000 – £42,000
4 x Civil Service Band C2, 30,000 – £35,000
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next expects to meet representatives of the care home industry to discuss local authority funding of care homes; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
I regularly meet with representatives of the care home industry to discuss topics including local authority funding of care homes, and will continue to do so.
The Government has shown clear commitment to the adult social care sector, as evidenced during the Spending Review in which local authorities have been given access to £3.5 billion of new support for social care by 2019/20.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Iraq Historical Allegations Team have spent on the contract with Red Snapper Recruitment to date.
Mike Penning
As of 24 October 2016, the total amount paid to the Red Snapper Group for the contract with the Iraq Historic Allegations Team was £20.8 million including VAT.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to amend the annual limit set on nurse educational places; and if he will make a statement.
Ben Gummer
From 2017 we are removing the limit on the number of students that can study nursing. This reform is expected to enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing and other health professional training places over this Parliament. This will open up opportunities for applicants which universities have previously been forced to turn down.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much revenue has been raised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Board through levies collected from the sale of pigs in the last 10 years.
George Eustice
Levies are raised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board on pigs slaughtered for human consumption within England. Approximately 81% of this levy is paid by the pig producer, with around 19% also paid by the pig slaughterer or live exporter.
Over the last 10 financial years ending 31 March 2015, £80 million in English pig levy has been collected. This is broken down as follows:
2014/15 £9.023m
2013/14 £8.735m
2012/13 £8.555m
2011/12 £8.235m
2010/11 £7.735m
2009/10 £7.564m
2008/09 £6.921m
2007/08 £7.986m
2006/07 £7.631m*
2005/06 £7.617m*
The figures are for gross levy before deduction of levy collection costs, and are sourced from Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Audited Annual Report & Accounts. The 2005/06 and 2006/07 figures are sourced from the Meat and Livestock Commission Annual Report and Accounts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Henry Bellingham on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships have been created under the Trailblazer scheme in the last nine months.
Nick Boles
The number of Apprenticeship Starts on Standards (known previously as Trailblazers) is published as part of the Department’s Statistical First Release (first link). Table 20.1 (second link) shows the provisional number of starts on Standards in the 2014/15 academic year, by quarter.
Provisional data for August to October 2015 will be published in January 2016.
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