Tag: Nicholas Soames

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department has received on reasons for absences of train drivers and cancellations of services operated by Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd.

Claire Perry

The Department receives regular reports from Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) regarding train operating performance. These reports include reasons for driver absences and train cancellations. Department officials routinely meet with GTR managers and senior directors to review all performance issues and cancellations due to driver resources.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in local authority social care budgets on the prevalence of delayed discharges in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

The Department has not formally assessed the relationship between local authority social care budgets and the prevalence of delayed discharges in the National Health Service.

Internal analysis has been unable to demonstrate a statistical relationship between local authority budgets and delayed transfer of care performance, although qualitative evidence from the sector does indicate the importance of strong and effective social care services in supporting delivery of NHS services.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on retuning systems it operates as a result of the release of 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz spectrum bands.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Ministry of Defence is currently forecasting a £47.1 million spend on remediation costs retuning systems from the 2.3GHz spectrum band. There are currently no known remediation costs associated with 3.4GHz.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid in spectrum charges in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Ministry of Defence paid the following amounts in radio spectrum fees:

2010-11 £63,382,464

2011-12 £154,878,400

2012-13 £154,878,400

2013-14 £154,878,400

2014-15 £154,878,400

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of spectrum charges payable by his Department for each financial year from 2015-16 to 2019-20.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Ministry of Defence estimates the following amounts in radio spectrum fees:

2015-16 £121,900,000

The radio spectrum fees for financial years 2016-17 to 2019-20 have yet to be agreed and are subject to negotiations with HM Treasury.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) direct resource and (b) capital departmental expenditure limit funding his Department received from the Department for Health in relation to the (i) provision of improved psychiatric support to the armed forces and (ii) Midlands Medical Accommodation project in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.

Mark Lancaster

The Department of Health (DoH) has provided Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) funding in support of improved mental health care for the Armed Forces and Capital DEL funding for the Midlands Medical Accommodation (MMA) project. These funding arrangements between the DoH and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) commenced in Financial Year 2011-2012. DoH funding in each of the last four Financial Years was:

Financial Year	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
Improved mental health care	1.01	1.01	1.79	0.71
MMA	19	26.67	25	10

DoH funding in support of improved mental health care has been spent in a number of areas including, but not limited to; the provision of mental health social workers; civilian and locum manpower and enhanced training, assessment and support tools.

The figures shown in the table exclude DoH funding spent on MOD research associated with mental health issues, as it has not been possible to separately identify this from other expenditure.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on redundancy schemes in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.

Mr Philip Dunne

The table below shows the annual costs for military and civilian Voluntary Early Release Scheme and redundancy payments for the last five financial years.

Financial Year	MOD Annual Report and Accounts Figures (£million)
2010-11	£189.22
2011-12	£293.79
2012-13	£180.82
2013-14	£218.72
2014-15	£141.68

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on liabilities arising from contract renegotiations in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.

Mr Philip Dunne

Ministry of Defence contracts are negotiated and amended as necessary during the course of normal business. In terms of which contracts were renegotiated and the liabilities paid, I am withholding the information as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the Exchequer of the asylum and immigration system once fee income has been deducted has been in each of the last seven years.

Karen Bradley

Because of several restructures over the past seven years this information is
not available in line with the question posed. Published accounts for the
former UK Border Agency break down income and expenditure information since
2009 and further information is available in the Home Office Report and
Accounts for 2013-14.

These can be accessed from the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446
/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of delayed discharges to the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

The Department has made no formal estimate of the costs of delayed discharge to the National Health Service. It is recognised that such delayed discharges do use resource which could be deployed elsewhere, and all parts of the NHS and those with responsibility outside it, are continually looking for ways in which to reduce the number of delays.