Tag: Liz McInnes

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of rough sleeping in town centres on the use of town centres by the general public.

Mr Marcus Jones

The Government remains committed to protecting the most vulnerable in society. But one person without a home is one too many, which is why we are maintaining homelessness funding over this Spending Review period, building on our significant investment since 2010. We will increase central investment over the next four years to £139 million for innovative programmes to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. We have also protected homelessness prevention funding for local authorities, through the provisional local government finance settlement totalling £315 million by 2019/20.

It is for local authorities to determine what homelessness services are required to best meet the needs of their local area, including provision of suitable accommodation. More rough sleepers are being found and helped quicker thanks to our investment in StreetLink, which gives the public a means to act when they see someone sleeping rough. Since the launch of StreetLink in December 2012, over 16,000 rough sleepers have been found and connected with local services so that they can get the help that they need to get them off the streets. We are committed to do more to improve services for homeless people with complex needs. Building on London’s approach of using social investment to improve outcomes for rough sleepers, we will be setting up a new Social Impact BondFund to help the most complex and entrenched rough sleepers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of freight capacity in freight sites owned by Network Rail.

Claire Perry

The capacity of a freight site is determined by a number of factors including the parameters of the site, the loading capabilities within the site and the capacity of the rail network connecting to the site. The department has not made any assessment of the capacity in freight sites owned by Network Rail. Network Rail does not hold all the information required to make such an assessment as this is partly held by those freight operators who manage the sites.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-09-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the role of his Department was in drafting the Government’s childhood obesity plan.

Margot James

The Department of Health led on drawing up the action plan to tackle childhood obesity with input from across Government, including this Department.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home fire safety checks were completed by fire and rescue services in 2013-14.

Mike Penning

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office.

Fire and rescue services reported that they undertook around 627,000 Home Fire Safety checks during 2013-14.

Data are also collected on fire safety campaigns and initiatives. These include, but do not separate out, schools visits.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many visits fire and rescue services made to schools in 2013-14.

Mike Penning

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office.

Fire and rescue services reported that they undertook around 627,000 Home Fire Safety checks during 2013-14.

Data are also collected on fire safety campaigns and initiatives. These include, but do not separate out, schools visits.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-02-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private prescriptions for (a) benzodiazepines, (b) z drugs and (c) antidepressants were issued in 2013; and whether such private prescriptions are included in the analysis by the NHS of prescription costs.

George Freeman

Information is held by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) on the numbers of original private prescriptions for controlled drugs that are listed in Schedules 2 or 3 to the Misuse of Drug Regulations 2001 (as amended) (“the 2001 Regulations”) and dispensed in the community in England by NHS community pharmacies. These pharmacies submit regular returns to the NHSBSA for monitoring purposes only with no cost information collected.

No benzodiazepine drugs are listed in Schedule 2 to the 2001 Regulations. The benzodiazepines, flunitrazepam, midazolam and temazepam are listed in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations. In 2013, the NHSBSA recorded 3,021 private prescriptions for these drugs, as defined within the British National Formulary Section 4.1.1 Hypnotics, Section 4.8.2 Drugs used in status epilepticus and Section 15.1.4 Sedative and analgesic peri-operative drugs. Other benzodiazepine drugs are listed in Schedule 4 to the 2001 Regulations. No “Z” drugs or antidepressants are listed in Schedules 2 or 3 to the 2001 Regulations.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Public Health England and NHS England’s improvement framework for hepatitis C will be published.

Jane Ellison

A publication date for the hepatitis C framework has not yet been confirmed. While NHS England is progressing the hepatitis C framework, Public Health England continues working with NHS England and Operational Development Networks to establish a process of monitoring of treatment access and uptake.