The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-10-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the service capitation rates for (a) Navy, (b) Army and (c) Air Command.
Mark Lancaster
I will place a copy of the Military Manpower Capitation Rates for financial year 2015-16 in the Library of the House, subject to the redaction of personal information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has attracted in investment to regenerate the site of the Royal Hospital Haslar; and if he will make a statement.
Anna Soubry
UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) Regeneration Investment Organisation is promoting the Royal Haslar Hospital site for international investment. To date, no investment has been attracted into the site by UKTI.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-06.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the vulnerability of the UK banking system to a Russian debt default; and if he will make a statement.
Harriett Baldwin
The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) within the Bank of England identifies, monitors and addresses risks to the UK financial system; including overseas exposures.
The FPC regularly publishes the indicators that it considers when formulating policy, and this includes all countries to which UK banks have large or rapidly growing total exposure. The most recent indicators (for Q2 2015) can be found on the Bank of England’s website using the link below.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/financialstability/Pages/fpc/coreindicators.aspx
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) volume and (b) value of (i) raw milk, (ii) butter, (iii) cheese, (iv) cream and (v) condensed milk was produced in each year from 1995-96 to 2014-15.
George Eustice
The information requested is set out in the tables attached.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-12-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) location and (b) budget is for each agri-tech centre in each year from 2016-17 to 2020-21.
Anna Soubry
The planned budgets (2016/17 to 2020/21) and locations of the four Centres for Agricultural Innovation are:
Centre for Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) – headquarters in York at the National AgriFood Innovation Campus in Sand Hutton
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16/17 |
17/18 |
18/19 |
19/20 |
20/21 |
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|
£m |
6.5 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) – headquarters in York at the National AgriFood Innovation Campus in Sand Hutton
|
16/17 |
17/18 |
18/19 |
19/20 |
20/21 |
|
|
£m |
8.6 |
6.0 |
4.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre (Agri-EPI) – hubs in Edinburgh, Harper Adams University (Shropshire) and Cranfield University (Bedfordshire)
|
16/17 |
17/18 |
18/19 |
19/20 |
20/21 |
|
|
£m |
5.3 |
3.6 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Centre for Agricultural Informatics (Agrimetrics) – headquarters in Harpenden (Hertfordshire) at Rothamsted Research
|
16/17 |
17/18 |
18/19 |
19/20 |
20/21 |
|
|
£m |
3.2 |
2.9 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-01-20.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what he assesses to be the major risks to the UK economy.
Harriett Baldwin
Britain is in a much stronger economic position than five years ago, with employment at 74% and the deficit down. However, as the Chancellor set out in his speech on 7 January, we face a dangerous cocktail of economic risks from around the world this year. The International Monetary Fund has revised down their forecasts for world growth in 2016 and 2017, while the UK forecasts remain unchanged. This shows that the best thing that we can do is to continue to fix our public finances, back business and deliver our long-term economic plan.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the security of supply of (a) the rare earths neodymium and dysprosium and (b) tellurium.
Anna Soubry
Neodymium and dysprosium are rare earth elements, which means that they are included on the EU’s list of critical raw materials because of their high economic importance and high supply risk. Tellurium is not on that list but the Government is aware of its scarcity and importance to manufacturing of alloys and some electronic equipment. The UK is working with European partners and others in global organisations to ensure that there is sufficient supply in the future that is available in accordance global trade rules.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the operational readiness of UK-based tanks; and if he will make a statement.
Penny Mordaunt
As at February 2016 the Challenger 2 fleet was assessed to meet 100% of the fleet size and deployability requirements as set out in the 2015/16 Army Readiness Order.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to use big data in healthcare.
George Freeman
The pace of technological advance and digitisation of healthcare is transforming the way healthcare systems use data and informatics to provide individual care, system safety and performance, and research for new treatments and cures. The Government is committed to complete the digitisation of the National Health Service and, through the National Information Board and implementation of the Personalised Health and Care 2020 Strategy, to deliver a series of important digital milestones on the road to a paperless NHS by 2020.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has set up a new Centre of Excellence for big data and data science under the Government’s Data Science Programme to support the use of big data and data science. Patient trust, confidentiality and consent is crucial to delivering the better use of data which is why the Government has commissioned Dame Fiona Caldicott to advise on the right approach to patient consent and ensuring confidentiality.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who is responsible for litter clearance on the A1.
Andrew Jones
Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Highways England is responsible for litter clearance on all England’s motorways and a few selected A roads or trunk roads for specific operational reasons. Local authorities are responsible for litter on all local roads, including the vast majority A roads on the strategic road network.
Highways England is responsible for litter clearance on all sections of the A1(M). All sections of the A1 in England are cleared by the relevant local authorities, with the exception being of a short section of the A1 from the A1(M) junction 1 to the boundary between the Borough of Hertsmere and the London Borough of Barnet.
Litter clearance of the A1 within the Greater London Authority boundary is the responsibility of Transport for London or the relevant London Boroughs. Litter clearance of the A1 in Scotland is a matter for the devolved administration.