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  • Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2016-02-19.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps the Government has taken to support the reopening of peace talks in Yemen and the establishment of a ceasefire.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    We welcomed and fully supported the UN facilitated talks held in Switzerland in December 2015 and the commitment to engage in a new round of talks in the near future. We are working closely with the UN to encourage parties to engage in good faith without preconditions in future talks. We are encouraging all parties to reinstate a ceasefire at the next round of talks and are working closely with the UN to achieve this. This is being achieved through Ambassadorial and Ministerial engagement with the Yemeni government and the UN. I spoke to the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (IOCA) at the start of February.

  • Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2016-02-23.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much compensation the former Chairman of East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust will receive as a result of her resignation from that post.

    Jane Ellison

    The NHS Trust Development Authority advises that the Chair of the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust has not resigned. However, the Chief Executive, Sue Noyes, will be leaving her post in June 2016 and will be paid in line with the terms of her contract.

  • Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2016-03-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans that Spirit Healthcare’s type 2 diabetes education programme will provide education for those with established diabetes.

    Jane Ellison

    Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for making decisions on the commissioning and funding of local services, such as structured education programmes, to meet the health needs of their local population, taking into account issues of safety, clinical and cost effectiveness.

  • Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2016-05-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle extremism and facilitate youth engagement in Yemen.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    Peace talks are the top priority. A political solution is the best way to bring long-term stability to Yemen. We are working closely with the UN to encourage parties to engage in good faith, without preconditions in the UN-facilitated talks which started on 21 April in Kuwait. Our support to the UN Council Resolution 2216 shows our commitment to engaging with civil society and youth as conditions allow. We are working closely with international partners to share learning and expertise in the support of positive alternative messages, and disruption of poisonous extremism propaganda.

  • Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2016-09-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports the Government has received on the operations of Daesh in Yemen.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    We assess that there is a risk that terrorist groups such as Daesh-Yemen, as well as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) may take advantage of the continued instability in Yemen. Countering such terrorist threats remains a priority for Her Majesty’s Government. We continue to work with regional and international partners to understand, assess and counter the terrorist threat from Yemen.

  • Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Keith Vaz – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2016-09-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK Government staff were present at the UN-sponsored Yemeni peace talks in Kuwait in August 2016.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    The UK fully supports the efforts of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and his tireless efforts in working with all parties to bring about peace in Yemen. We deeply regret the failure of the parties to reach an agreement in Kuwait and we urge them to find the compromises that will end the current conflict. Our Ambassador to Yemen and other personnel were present at the Kuwait talks, however the Ambassador and other members of the international community did not participate directly in the talks.

  • Keith Vaz – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Keith Vaz – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2014-02-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases were awaiting decision for travel documents on 1 February 2014.

    James Brokenshire

    We are unable to provide figures specific to asylum cases awaiting travel
    documents. This information is only held within paper case files, which would
    mean this question could only be answered through a disproportionately
    expensive manual case search.

  • Keith Vaz – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Keith Vaz – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2014-01-07.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-UK EEA nationals had dependants eligible to receive child benefit where the dependant is (a) in the UK and (b) outside the UK on 1 January 2014; and how much has been paid in such a fashion in each of the last three years.

    Nicky Morgan

    HMRC are not able to provide the information in the manner requested. HMRC do not record the nationality of the claimant receiving Child Benefit for children living in another member state.

    Published Child Benefit statistics provide annual estimates of the number of families and children claiming. The latest available (August 2012) show that there were 7.92 million families, responsible for 13.77 million children and qualifying young people receiving Child Benefit.

    The main purpose of Child Benefit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.

    Nevertheless, Child Benefit is a family benefit under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.

    HMRC holds information on the number of Child Benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004. As at 31 December 2013, there were 20,400 ongoing Child Benefit awards under the EC Regulation in respect of 34.268 children living in another member state.

    This is a fall of 3,682 (15.3%) awards in respect of 5,903 (14.7%) fewer children since 31 December 2012.

    The breakdown by member state is as follows:

    *We have withheld the number where it is fewer than 5, as there is risk that the information could be attributed to an identifiable person, which would prejudice their right to privacy and would therefore be a breach of Principle 1 of the Data Protection Act.

    Child Benefit

    Country of residence of children

    Number of awards

    Number of children

    Austria

    23

    37

    Belgium

    75

    140

    Bulgaria

    186

    245

    Croatia

    *5

    *5

    Cyprus

    39

    61

    Czech Republic

    124

    203

    Denmark

    13

    23

    Estonia

    45

    65

    Finland

    12

    23

    France

    789

    1429

    Germany

    283

    495

    Greece

    44

    69

    Hungary

    136

    196

    Iceland

    *5

    *5

    Italy

    156

    273

    Latvia

    797

    1091

    Liechtenstein

    0

    0

    Lithuania

    1215

    1712

    Luxembourg

    7

    14

    Malta

    15

    22

    Norway

    30

    61

    Poland

    13174

    22093

    Portugal

    202

    309

    Republic of Ireland

    1231

    2505

    Romania

    230

    392

    Slovakia

    692

    1232

    Slovenia

    11

    21

    Spain

    600

    1019

    Sweden

    49

    95

    Switzerland

    77

    150

    The Netherlands

    142

    288

    Totals

    20400

    34268

    As announced in the 2014 Budget, to prevent EEA migrants claiming benefits they are not entitled to, the Government will increase compliance checks to establish whether EEA migrants meet the entitlement conditions to receive Child Benefit

    Under domestic law, in order to claim Child Benefit EEA Migrants must be present in the UK, ordinarily resident and have a right to reside in the UK and their children must live in the UK.

    The recent changes to migrants’ access to benefits announced by the Government sends a strong message that the UK benefit system is not open to abuse, as well as deterring those who may seek residence in the UK primarily to claim benefits.

    Strengthening compliance checks will help prevent EEA migrants from claiming, and continuing to claim, benefits they are not entitled to. Checks will be applied to both new claims and existing awards.

  • Keith Vaz – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Keith Vaz – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) diagnosed and (b) currently undiagnosed with diabetes in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland.

    Jane Ellison

    The information on estimates of people in each county who have diabetes is not available in the format requested. The table below shows the estimated number of people with diabetes for upper tier district authorities. The estimates ranges from 5.4% in the City of London, to 10.7% in Brent.

    Estimated ranges of people with diabetes for upper tier district authorities for 2014

    2014

    Number

    Prevalence

    England

    3,279,925

    7.5%

    Buckinghamshire CC

    28,986

    7.1%

    Cambridgeshire CC

    35,215

    6.7%

    Cumbria CC

    33,879

    8.0%

    Derbyshire CC

    48,864

    7.6%

    Devon CC

    52,629

    8.1%

    Dorset CC

    30,060

    8.7%

    East Sussex CC

    37,859

    8.6%

    Essex CC

    87,202

    7.2%

    Gloucestershire CC

    36,877

    7.4%

    Hampshire CC

    77,073

    7.1%

    Hertfordshire CC

    62,079

    6.8%

    Kent CC

    90,195

    7.5%

    Lancashire CC

    76,349

    7.8%

    Leicestershire CC

    40,535

    7.4%

    Lincolnshire CC

    48,338

    8.0%

    Norfolk CC

    59,406

    7.9%

    Northamptonshire CC

    41,475

    7.1%

    North Yorkshire CC

    39,207

    7.7%

    Nottinghamshire CC

    49,494

    7.5%

    Oxfordshire CC

    35,376

    6.6%

    Somerset CC

    36,052

    8.0%

    Staffordshire CC

    52,956

    7.6%

    Suffolk CC

    47,835

    7.7%

    Surrey CC

    62,828

    6.8%

    Warwickshire CC

    34,255

    7.5%

    West Sussex CC

    52,761

    7.8%

    Worcestershire CC

    36,287

    7.8%

    City of London LB

    693

    5.4%

    Barking and Dagenham LB

    9,942

    7.5%

    Barnet LB

    23,493

    8.2%

    Bexley LB

    13,716

    7.3%

    Brent LB

    21,497

    10.7%

    Bromley LB

    18,676

    7.2%

    Camden LB

    12,758

    6.1%

    Croydon LB

    23,737

    8.5%

    Ealing LB

    22,765

    8.8%

    Enfield LB

    19,233

    8.2%

    Greenwich LB

    13,330

    7.3%

    Hackney LB

    13,882

    8.1%

    Hammersmith and Fulham LB

    9,120

    6.5%

    Haringey LB

    14,316

    7.7%

    Harrow LB

    18,567

    9.6%

    Havering LB

    14,746

    7.5%

    Hillingdon LB

    16,509

    7.6%

    Hounslow LB

    16,311

    8.3%

    Islington LB

    10,389

    6.3%

    Kensington and Chelsea LB

    11,515

    7.6%

    Kingston upon Thames LB

    9,119

    6.2%

    Lambeth LB

    16,069

    6.6%

    Lewisham LB

    15,799

    7.1%

    Merton LB

    11,751

    6.6%

    Newham LB

    17,950

    10.1%

    Redbridge LB

    19,326

    8.8%

    Richmond upon Thames LB

    10,345

    6.3%

    Southwark LB

    16,709

    6.5%

    Sutton LB

    11,149

    6.9%

    Tower Hamlets LB

    14,360

    7.2%

    Waltham Forest LB

    14,919

    8.5%

    Wandsworth LB

    14,232

    5.8%

    Westminster LB

    15,354

    6.4%

    Bolton MD

    17,905

    8.4%

    Bury MD

    11,054

    7.5%

    Manchester MD

    27,051

    6.5%

    Oldham MD

    14,368

    8.4%

    Rochdale MD

    13,608

    8.4%

    Salford MD

    13,212

    6.9%

    Stockport MD

    17,225

    7.4%

    Tameside MD

    14,001

    7.9%

    Trafford MD

    12,732

    7.2%

    Wigan MD

    18,785

    7.4%

    Knowsley MD

    9,246

    7.7%

    Liverpool MD

    26,281

    7.1%

    St Helens MD

    11,119

    7.6%

    Sefton MD

    17,851

    8.0%

    Wirral MD

    19,508

    7.9%

    Barnsley MD

    14,456

    7.6%

    Doncaster MD

    18,782

    7.9%

    Rotherham MD

    16,434

    7.8%

    Sheffield MD

    33,060

    7.0%

    Gateshead MD

    12,158

    7.6%

    Newcastle upon Tyne MD

    16,034

    6.6%

    North Tyneside MD

    12,242

    7.3%

    South Tyneside MD

    9,982

    7.8%

    Sunderland MD

    17,552

    7.5%

    Birmingham MD

    72,576

    8.8%

    Coventry MD

    20,609

    7.9%

    Dudley MD

    20,361

    8.0%

    Sandwell MD

    22,244

    9.5%

    Solihull MD

    13,109

    7.7%

    Walsall MD

    18,340

    9.0%

    Wolverhampton MD

    19,090

    9.8%

    Bradford MD

    35,136

    8.5%

    Calderdale MD

    12,987

    7.7%

    Kirklees MD

    27,064

    8.1%

    Leeds MD

    45,596

    6.5%

    Wakefield MD

    20,763

    7.6%

    Hartlepool UA

    5,690

    7.6%

    Middlesbrough UA

    8,791

    7.7%

    Redcar and Cleveland UA

    9,121

    8.1%

    Stockton-on-Tees UA

    11,330

    7.1%

    Darlington UA

    6,314

    7.6%

    County Durham UA

    32,455

    7.6%

    Northumberland UA

    21,048

    8.0%

    Cheshire East UA

    22,235

    7.3%

    Halton UA

    7,168

    7.5%

    Warrington UA

    11,560

    7.0%

    Cheshire West and Chester UA

    19,617

    7.2%

    Blackburn with Darwen UA

    9,525

    8.9%

    Blackpool UA

    9,541

    8.4%

    Kingston upon Hull UA

    15,411

    6.8%

    East Riding of Yorkshire UA

    23,168

    7.8%

    North East Lincolnshire UA

    9,927

    7.7%

    North Lincolnshire UA

    10,872

    7.9%

    York UA

    10,873

    6.1%

    Derby UA

    15,433

    7.5%

    Leicester UA

    24,459

    9.5%

    Rutland UA

    2,379

    7.5%

    Nottingham UA

    16,958

    6.4%

    Herefordshire County UA

    12,831

    8.4%

    Telford and Wrekin UA

    9,834

    7.4%

    Shropshire UA

    19,867

    8.0%

    Stoke-on-Trent UA

    15,358

    7.9%

    Bath and North East Somerset UA

    9,907

    6.4%

    Bristol UA

    23,189

    5.9%

    North Somerset UA

    14,094

    7.6%

    South Gloucestershire UA

    14,422

    6.3%

    Cornwall UA

    37,893

    8.1%

    Plymouth UA

    14,805

    6.7%

    Torbay UA

    9,947

    8.6%

    Bournemouth UA

    10,006

    7.1%

    Poole UA

    9,052

    7.6%

    Swindon UA

    11,443

    6.7%

    Wiltshire UA

    27,724

    7.2%

    Peterborough UA

    10,850

    7.6%

    Luton UA

    12,685

    8.2%

    Bedford UA

    10,228

    7.7%

    Central Bedfordshire UA

    14,494

    6.7%

    Southend-on-Sea UA

    10,646

    7.7%

    Thurrock UA

    8,951

    6.7%

    Medway UA

    14,548

    7.0%

    Bracknell Forest UA

    5,833

    6.1%

    West Berkshire UA

    8,445

    6.7%

    Reading UA

    7,789

    6.0%

    Slough UA

    9,181

    8.8%

    Windsor and Maidenhead UA

    8,256

    6.9%

    Wokingham UA

    8,408

    6.1%

    Milton Keynes UA

    13,397

    6.7%

    Brighton and Hove UA

    13,933

    6.3%

    Portsmouth UA

    10,862

    6.1%

    Southampton UA

    12,622

    6.0%

    Isle of Wight UA

    10,614

    8.5%

    Source: Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory Diabetes Prevalence Model

    Diagnosed diabetes prevalence across the four nations of the United Kingdom are taken from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and represents all patients age 17 and older who have been diagnosed with diabetes and included on general practitioner registers.

    In 2013/14, QOF showed that there were 3.3 million people aged 17 years and older with diagnosed diabetes with equals 6.2% of this age group. The break down by country can be found in the following table:

    Diagnosed diabetes across the four nations of the United Kingdom -2013/14

    Number

    %

    England

    2,814,004

    6.2%

    Wales

    177,212

    6.9%

    Scotland

    259,986

    5.9%

    Northern Ireland

    81,867

    5.3%

    United Kingdom

    3,333,069

    6.2%

    Source: Quality and Outcomes Framework (Health and Social Care Information Centre)

    Public Health England’s diabetes prevalence model estimates total diabetes prevalence for England and for all local authorities and clinical commissioning groups in England. The model reflects the prevalence of diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed) and adjusts for the age, sex, ethnic group and deprivation pattern of the local population.

    The estimated total diabetes prevalence using the diabetes prevalence model is 7.5% in England in 2014.

  • Keith Vaz – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Keith Vaz – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2015-10-13.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Saudi Arabian authorities on pursuing a negotiated solution to the conflict in Yemen.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    The UK Government is in regular contact with the Saudi authorities about the situation in Yemen through our Embassy in Riyadh and our Yemen Office based in Jeddah. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) spoke to Saudi Foreign Minister Al Jubeir on 29 September in the margins of the UN General Assembly. He underlined the importance of a political solution to the current crisis as soon as possible and reinforced the necessity of compliance with international humanitarian law. I also chaired a high level meeting at UNGA focused on pursuing a political solution.