The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-01-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in payment of tax credits and other benefits as a result of administrative errors; and if he will make a statement.
Priti Patel
Tax Credits are the responsibility of HMRC.
The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to ensuring payments are made in a timely manner and benefit payment times are improving year on year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-01-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trauma cases were recorded across all NHS hospitals in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
Information on the number of trauma cases treated at National Health Service hospitals is not collected centrally. Trauma is not a formal term by which activity is recorded.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his German counterpart on compensation for thalidomide survivors in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
Mr David Lidington
At a meeting with representatives of the Thalidomide Trust on 11 January, I agreed to raise with the German Ambassador the Trust’s request for a further meeting with the German authorities. I wrote in these terms to the Ambassador on 4 February.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to categorise houses which are overcrowded and have fewer than three storeys as houses in multiple occupation; and if he will make a statement.
Brandon Lewis
The Department has recently consulted on options for extending the scope of mandatory licensing to include those Houses in Multiple Occcupation in England with fewer than three storeys. We plan to announce our proposals and next steps in the spring.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on meningitis vaccine stocks in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
Vaccine prices are commercially confidential, and so we are unable to provide this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged under 18 have been placed under an Alcohol Treatment Requirement in each year since 2010.
Andrew Selous
None. This is because the Alcohol Treatment Requirement only applies to adults as part of the community order or suspended sentence order.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to the Libyan government to assist the removal of Daesh from Sirte; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
We must take action to prevent Daesh from using Libya as a base from which to plan and carry out attacks.
That is why we are working closely with international partners to develop a comprehensive approach to defeating it. Initial planning has focused on building the capabilities of Libyan security forces to provide their own security. We will seek early discussions with a Libyan Government of National Accord.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 29560, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of active Daesh fighters in (a) Iraq, (b) Libya and (c) Syria in each of the last 24 months; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
As outlined in our response to PQ 29560 the latest available public figures on the number of Daesh fighters in Iraq and Syria come from the US. These put the number at approximately 19,000 – 25,000, compared to 20,000 – 31,000 fighters in 2014.
Our current estimate for the number of Daesh fighters in Libya is between 3,000 – 6,000. We do not have earlier estimates from which we could extrapolate a trend. The vast majority of Daesh fighters in Libya are foreigners rather than Libyans. While some Daesh figures have called for foreign fighters to go to Libya rather than Iraq/Syria, we have not seen any evidence to suggest this has happened.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the running costs of the Air Cadet Organisation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Julian Brazier
Total running costs of the Air Cadet Organisation including service and civilian manpower but excluding the annual works programme and contracted services was:
£23.8 million in Financial Year (FY) 2011-12
£22.0 million in FY 2012-13
£23.1 million in FY 2013-14
£24.5 million in FY 2014-15
The estimated outturn in FY 2015-16 is £25.7 million.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the NHS budget spent on general practice in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
NHS England has confirmed that the funding it invests in general practice will increase by an average of 4.5% each year from 2016/17 to 2020/21.
The below table shows the proportion of spend on general practice for each of the last five years for which data is available. The figures for spend on general practice are taken from the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s Investment in General Practice 2011-2015 report, which is the most comprehensive source of data on investment in general practice. The NHS Revenue Expenditure data is taken from the Department’s accounts.
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2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
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NHS Revenue Expenditure under Clear Line of Sight Rules (£ billion) |
97.47 |
100.27 |
102.57 |
106.5 |
110.56 |
|
Spend on general practice (£ billion) |
8.350 |
8.397 |
8.459 |
8.766 |
9.001 |
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Spend on General Practice as a proportion of total |
8.6% |
8.4% |
8.2% |
8.2% |
8.1% |