The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2016-05-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 9722, what proportion of land is now covered by a local plan.
Brandon Lewis
239 of 338 local planning authorities (71%) have an adopted Local Plan and 287 (85%) have published a Local Plan. Approximately 67% of England’s land area is covered by adopted Local Plans and 87% covered by published plans.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2016-05-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Sport England’s (a) implementation of the strategy to tackle inactivity and (b) use of funding for that purpose.
David Evennett
Government is determined to tackle physical inactivity. Around one in two women and a third of men in England are damaging their health through a lack of physical activity.
In December 2015, Government published ‘Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation", which set out a new vision for a successful and active sporting nation, with a strong focus on reaching inactive people and helping them to get moving in ways that suit them.
Sport England’s new strategy ‘Towards an Active Nation’, published on 19 May, is consistent with, and takes forward, the Government’s vision and relevant recommendations from Sporting Future, including those on inactivity. It sets out the organisation’s plans for tackling inactivity, including by tripling its current investment to over £250m over 4 years, making it the largest single national investor in tackling inactivity. As part of that it will create a new, dedicated fund of £120 million to tackle inactivity over the next four years, building on the insight gained from pilots of their Get Healthy Get Active fund.
Government will report annually on progress in implementing ‘Sporting Future’.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2016-05-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the National Pollinator Strategy.
George Eustice
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given the hon. Member for Eastleigh, Johnny Mercer, on 4 February 2016, PQ UIN903446.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2016-05-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Italian model of cardiac screening for young people involved in sport.
Jane Ellison
There are a number of questions relating to the effectiveness of the Italian programme that are not available in published literature. The screening programme had been asked previously to provide unpublished data and information but have not to date done so. I wrote to the Italian government again in February 2016 with no response received. Departmental officials will continue to follow this up.
The most recent review of risk of sudden cardiac death reviewed published evidence and literature relating to a variety of programmes including that in Italy;
http://legacy.screening.nhs.uk/suddencardiacdeath
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2015-09-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many confirmed cases of bovine tuberculosis there were in each of the last five years.
George Eustice
Statistics on the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle within Great Britain are published monthly on GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/incidence-of-tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce avoidable mortality in hospitals.
Jane Ellison
This Government is strongly committed to improving patient safety, including encouraging greater transparency about the performance of hospitals against key indicators for safety.
We are leading an ambitious programme of work to help trusts understand and act on their own mortality rates: the focus of this work is to support improvement at local level.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2015-09-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many enterprise zone bid applications have been received in each region.
James Wharton
I am delighted to confirm that we received 54 applications in the new Enterprise Zone bidding round by the closing date of Friday 18 September. The breakdown of applications is as follows;
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Area |
Number of bids received |
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East of England |
6 |
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East Midlands |
9 |
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North East |
2 |
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North West |
9 |
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South East |
9 |
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South West |
8 |
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West Midlands |
6 |
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Yorkshire & Humber |
5 |
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TOTAL |
54 |
In view of the number of applications received, it will be a very competitive process and only the strongest bids will be selected.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by MiDavies on 2015-09-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new houses was built on brownfield land between May 2010 and May 2015.
Brandon Lewis
Statistics for 2013/14 were published in August 2015. These statistics showed that in 2013/14, 60 per cent of new residential addresses, including conversions to residential use, were created on previously developed land.
The figures in the 2013/14 publication are the first in the new series and so are not directly comparable to the previous Land Use Change Statistics which last published data covering the year 2011.
The Land Use Change Statistics provide the Department’s official source for estimating the proportion of new residential development on previously developed land (brownfield). They were historically collected from 1985 to 2011. The previous data collection was expensive to run. By switching to an innovative new methodology the Department has made significant savings whilst providing a statistical series more suitable for detailed statistical and spatial analysis than before.
Historical Land Use Change statistics are available on the Department’s website https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/land-use-change-statistics#archived-publications
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