Tag: Nicholas Soames

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-04-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) prevent and (b) collect litter and waste on the A23/M23.

Andrew Jones

Highways England is responsible for litter clearance on all sections of the M23. It carries out regular inspections to monitor the state of the network and to ensure that they are complying with Environmental Protection Act regulations.

Mid Sussex District Council is responsible for litter picking the A23 trunk road, with the exception of the section between Hooley to Central London which is the responsibility of Transport for London.

Regular meetings between Highways England and the council are held to establish the most appropriate ways to keep the road clear of litter. We are currently agreeing a new framework for working jointly to share traffic management nationally which should be in place in Mid-Sussex and the South East by early June.

Highways England has also set up a liaison group with Surrey County Council and other authorities to look at ways to prevent litter being discarded on our highways and roads.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-05-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides to air cadet units in West Sussex to participate in (a) gliding and (b) other flying activities.

Mr Julian Brazier

We are strongly committed to gliding and flying in the Air Cadet Organisation. Our immediate priority is to get cadets back flying again, after a gap of about two years. That will start again this year, and should be fully delivered by 2018.

The cadets of West Sussex glide with 615 Volunteer Gliding Squadron (VGS) at RAF Kenley and this will continue. This VGS is being expanded as a regional hub, with a project under way to deliver a new operations and accommodation block.

They will also continue to undertake Tutor Air Experience Flights with 6 Air Experience Flight based at RAF Benson.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-05-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which GP practice lists in West Sussex have been closed in the last 12 months; and for what reasons each such list was closed.

Alistair Burt

NHS England has advised that two surgeries in West Sussex have closed their practice lists. This information does not account for any practice list closure that may have occurred in April 2016 and May 2016.

Ship Street Surgery in East Grinstead applied to formally close their patient list to new patient registrations, which was approved for a six month period from 1 April 2016, with a review after three months. Additionally, Bridge Medical Centre in Crawley also recently applied to NHS England to formally close its list to new patients, which was approved for a period of 12 months from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017, subject to a review at three months.

NHS England advises there has been increased demand on general practitioner services in the area due to new housing developments. NHS England is working with the practices and Horsham and Mid Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group to put in place action plans to address the situation in East Grinstead.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the failures identified by the Care Quality Commission in the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust were first drawn to his Department’s attention.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Department’s attention was first drawn to issues in relation to South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB) NHS Foundation Trust’s NHS 111 service in autumn 2015.

In March 2015, NHS England convened a risk summit meeting involving all partners following the suspension by SECAMB of their unofficial call-handling project. NHS England commissioned an external investigation which was published on 5 November 2015, while an initial report was shared with families involved with the SECAMB’s project in September 2015.

Monitor, the then independent regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts (now part of NHS Improvement), announced on 28 October 2015 that it was taking action against SECAMB. Monitor’s requirements included the development of three reviews. The first; a forensic review of the project itself undertaken by Deloitte was published on 15 March 2016. Second, the Trust has commissioned an independent expert to lead a patient impact review following the call-handling project, which will be finalised shortly. Third, the Trust is required to undertake a full governance review and this will take place once the substantive board is in place.

In the meantime NHS Improvement are working closely with the Trust to support it in addressing known governance, operational and quality issues.

The Government has no plans to set up an inquiry.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-09-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on delivering the integration of primary and community services with seven-day access in Mid Sussex constituency since 2015-16.

David Mowat

NHS England advises that it is working closely with NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG and local general practitioner (GP) practices to implement seven-day access to primary care. All practices within the Mid Sussex constituency are already operating some level of extended access to patients, including appointments before 8am, evening appointments, and Saturday appointments.

Plans to further integrate local primary and community services are well advanced. Community teams are coming together with groups of GP practices to create a more co-ordinated service. This will improve patient experience and outcomes, ensuring that people see the right healthcare practitioner first time in the right setting, rather than having multiple assessments and appointments.

This work will inform the development of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for Sussex and East Surrey, which will determine how the local health and care system will evolve over the coming years. The development of the STP is being led locally by clinical commissioning groups, health providers, local authorities and other local partners, and the Department would encourage local hon. Members to contribute to the process.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-09-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the Sussex Area-Based Review post-16 education and training.

Robert Halfon

As confirmed in the Area Review Guidance published in March 2016, we will publish the area review reports and we expect to publish the Sussex area review in the near future.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-10-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department is funding on the effects of climate change on agricultural production in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

Rory Stewart

Under the Climate Change Act 2008, the Government has a statutory role to produce, on a five-yearly cycle, an assessment of the risks and opportunities for the UK arising from climate change. The first Climate Change Risk Assessment was published in 2012. Work is underway on the second CCRA, for which Defra is funding the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change to produce the underpinning Evidence Report by July 2016. This will include an up-to-date review of evidence on the effects of climate change on agriculture, and all other sectors. The CCRA Government Report will be laid before Parliament no later than January 2017.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department retains any formal interest in the site of the Royal Hospital Haslar.

Mr Julian Brazier

The Haslar Hospital site in Gosport was sold in November 2009 to Our Enterprise (Haslar) Ltd for £3 million. The Department retains no formal interest in the site.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the reliability of the power and propulsion systems of the Type 45 Destroyer.

Mr Philip Dunne

I refer my right hon. Friend to the reply given by my noble Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence, Lord Astor of Hever on 2 March 2015, to the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Stamford, in the House of Lords to Question HL 5030.

Progress continues to be made over the reliability of the existing power and propulsion system.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the location in the UK is of each army regiment.

Mark Lancaster

The UK locations of the major British Army units, as at 26 November 2015, are given below. In line with standard practice, information on Special Forces is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security.

Major Unit	Town
Household Cavalry Regiment	Windsor
Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment	London
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery	Tidworth
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery	Harlow Hill
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery	Colchester
1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards	Swanton Morley
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers And Greys)	Leuchars
The Royal Dragoon Guards	Catterick
The Royal Lancers	Catterick
The King’s Royal Hussars	Tidworth
The Light Dragoons	Catterick
The Royal Tank Regiment	Tidworth
4th Regiment Royal Artillery	Topcliffe
5th Regiment Royal Artillery	Catterick
12th Regiment Royal Artillery	Thorney Island
14th Regiment Royal Artillery	Larkhill
16th Regiment Royal Artillery	Emsworth
19th Regiment Royal Artillery	Tidworth
29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery	Plymouth
32nd Regiment Royal Artillery	Larkhill
47th Regiment Royal Artillery	Larkhill
21 Engineer Regiment	Ripon
22 Engineer Regiment	Perham Down
23 Parachute Engineer Regiment	Woodbridge
24 Commando Engineer Regiment	Chivenor
26 Engineer Regiment	Perham Down
32 Engineer Regiment	Catterick
33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)	Wimbish
36 Engineer Regiment	Maidstone
39 Engineer Regiment	Kinloss
42 Engineer Regiment (Geographical)	Huntingdon
101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)	Wimbish
62 Works Group Royal Engineers	Chilwell
63 Works Group Royal Engineers	Chilwell
64 Works Group Royal Engineers	Chilwell
66 Works Group Royal Engineers	Chilwell
20 Works Group Royal Engineers (Air Support)	Peterborough
1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment	Chatham
3 Roay School of Military Engineering Regiment	Minley
1st Signal Regiment	Stafford
2nd Signal Regiment	York
3rd Signal Regiment	Bulford
10th Signal Regiment	Corsham
11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment	Blandford
14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)	Brawdy
15th Signal Regiment (Information Support)	Blandford
16th Signal Regiment	Stafford
21st Signal Regiment	Colerne
22nd Signal Regiment	Stafford
30th Signal Regiment	Bramcote
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards	Aldershot
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards	Windsor
1st Battalion Scots Guards	Aldershot
1st Battallion Irish Guards	London
1st Battalion Welsh Guards	Pirbright
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland	Holywood
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland	Edinburgh
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland	Inverness
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland	Catterick
1st Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment	Catterick
2nd Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment	Preston
1st Battalion The Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers	Tidworth
1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment	London
2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment	Cottesmore
1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment	Warminster
2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment	Catterick
1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment	Bulford
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Foresters, and Staffords)	Chester
1st Battalion The Royal Welsh	Tidworth
1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment	Tern Hill
2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment	Colchester
3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment	Colchester
2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles	Shorncliffe
1st Battalion The Rifles	Beachley
2nd Battalion The Rifles	Lisburn
3rd Battalion The Rifles	Edinburgh
4th Battalion The Rifles	Bulford
1 Regiment Army Air Corps	Yeovilton
2 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps	Middle Wallop
3 Regiment Army Air Corps	Wattisham
4 Regiment Army Air Corps	Wattisham
5 Regiment Army Air Corps	Aldergrove
7 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps	Middle Wallop
9 Regiment Army Air Corps	Dishforth
3 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Abingdon
4 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Abingdon
7 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Cottesmore
9 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Hullavington
10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment	Aldershot
11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Didcot
13 (Air Assault) Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Colchester
17 Port And Maritime Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Marchwood
27 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Aldershot
29 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	South Cerney
Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion	Innsworth
5 Training Regiment the Royal Logistic Corps	Grantham
25 Training Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Deepcut
2 Medical Regiment	North Luffenham
3 Medical Regiment	Preston
4 Armoured Medical Regiment	Aldershot
5 Armoured Medical Regiment	Catterick
16 Medical Regiment	Colchester
22 Field Hospital	Aldershot
33 Field Hospital	Gosport
34 Field Hospital	Strensall
1 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Catterick
2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Leuchars
4 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Tidworth
6 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Tidworth
7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Wattisham
5 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Tidworth
1st Regiment Royal Military Police	Catterick
3rd Regiment Royal Military Police	Bulford
4th Regiment Royal Military Police	Aldershot
Special Investigation Branch Regiment Royal Military Police	Bulford
Specialist Operations Regiment Royal Military Police	Southwick Park
Military Provost Staff Regiment	Colchester
1st Military Working Dog Regiment	North Luffenham
1 Military Intelligence Battalion	Catterick
2 Military Intelligence Battalion	Upavon
4 Military Intelligence Battalion	Bulford
Specialist Group Military Intelligence	Hermitage
15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operation Group	Hermitage
The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)	Monmouth
The Honourable Artillery Company	London
The Royal Yeomanry	London
The Royal Wessex Yeomanry	Bovington
The Queen’s Own Yeomanry	Newcastle Upon Tyne
The Scottish And North Irish Yeomanry	Edinburgh
101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery	Gateshead
103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery	St Helens
104th Regiment Royal Artillery	Newport
105th Regiment Royal Artillery	Edinburgh
106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery	Grove Park
71 Engineer Regiment	Leuchars
75 Engineer Regiment	Warrington
65 Works Group Royal Engineers	Chilwell
32nd (Scottish) Signal Regiment	Glasgow
37th Signal Regiment	Redditch
39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment	Bristol
71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment	London
52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland	Glasgow
51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland	Perth
3rd Battalion The Princess Of Wales’s Royal Regiment	Canterbury
4th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment	Preston
5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers	Newcastle Upon Tyne
3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment	Bury St Edmunds
4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment	York
4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Forsters, and Staffords)	Wolverhampton
3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh	Cardiff
2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment)	Lisburn
4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment	Pudsey
The London Regiment	London
6th Battalion The Rifles	Exeter
7th Battalion The Rifles	Reading
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit	London
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit	Birmingham
6 Regiment Army Air Corps	Bury St Edmunds
150 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Hull
151 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Croydon
152 (North Irish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Holywood
156 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Liverpool
158 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Peterborough
154 (Scottish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Dunfermline
157 (Welsh) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Cardiff
162 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Grantham
165 Port And Maritime The Regiment Royal Logistic Corps	Plymouth
159 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Coventry
167 Catering Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps	Grantham
2 Operational Support Group The Royal Logistic Corps	Grantham
201 (Northern) Field Hospital	Newcastle Upon Tyne
202 (Midlands) Field Hospital	Birmingham
203 (Welsh) Field Hospital	Cardiff
204 (North Irish) Field Hospital	Belfast
205 (Scottish) Field Hospital	Govan
207 (Manchester) Field Hospital	Manchester
208 (Liverpool) Field Hospital	Liverpool
212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital	Sheffield
225 (Scottish) Medical Regiment	Dundee
243 (The Wessex) Field Hospital	Bristol
253 (North Irish) Medical Regiment	Belfast
254 (East of England) Medical Regiment	Cambridge
256 (City of London) Field Hospital	Walworth
306 Hospital Support Medical Regiment	Strensall
335 Medical Evacuation Regiment	Strensall
Operational Headquarters Support Group	Strensall
101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Wrexham
102 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Newton Aycliffe
103 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Crawley
104 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Northampton
105 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Bristol
106 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	East Kilbride
3 Military Intelligence Battalion	London
5 Military Intelligence Battalion	Coulby Newham
6 Military Intelligence Battalion	Rusholme
7 Military Intelligence Battalion	Bristol