Tag: Nicholas Soames

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-06-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the local management structure is of the NHS in West Sussex.

Jane Ellison

NHS Improvement advises that the following National Health Service organisations operate in West Sussex and each has its own management structure:

― Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust:

https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/about-us/

― Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation:

http://www.westernsussexhospitals.nhs.uk/your-trust/about/plans-strategies/

― Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:

http://www.qvh.nhs.uk/about-us/

― Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust:

http://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/downloads/services/about-us.pdf

― Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust:

http://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/about-us

― South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust:

http://www.secamb.nhs.uk/about_us.aspx

― Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust:

http://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/about-us/about-the-trust/

― Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG):

http://www.coastalwestsussexccg.nhs.uk/about-cwsccg

― Crawley CCG:

http://www.crawleyccg.nhs.uk/about-us/

― Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG:

http://www.horshamandmidsussexccg.nhs.uk/about-us/

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grants her Department has paid to the RSPB in each of the last five years; and for what purpose each such grant was paid.

Dr Thérèse Coffey

Grant payments made by core Defra to the RSPB during financial years 2011-12 to 2015-16 are shown the table attached.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made with the government of France on developing the scale and scope of the unmanned combat aerial vehicle programme agreed in January 2014.

Harriett Baldwin

The two year £120 million UK/France Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) Feasibility Phase commenced in October 2014 and is due to be completed in January 2017. In Amiens in March 2016, we agreed with the French Government to extend the Feasibility Phase through 2017. As well as developing jointly our understanding of the required technologies for future combat air systems, this will further define the scope of the next phase of the UCAS programme which is due to begin in late 2017 and will develop two full-scale UCAS demonstrators by 2025.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s (a) 2015 and (b) 2020 liability baseline is for service personnel for each top level budget.

Michael Fallon

The liability baseline for September 2015 and the predicted liability baseline for April 2020 are shown in the attached tables. This represents the implementation of decisions made in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 and the three Month Exercise.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals aged (a) between 15 and 64 and (b) over 65 from each EEA country were granted permanent residence in each year from 1997-98 to 2014-15.

James Brokenshire

Under the EU law, EEA nationals (and their family members) have an initial right to reside in the UK for three months without conditions. To have a right to reside in the country longer than this the EEA national must be exercising a Treaty Right, described in the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006 as being a qualified person. To be considered a quali-fied person, they must be a jobseeker, worker, self-employed person, self-sufficient or a student. After living in the UK for a continuous period of five years in accordance with the conditions set out in the EEA Regulations, an EEA national and any family member will acquire the right of permanent residence in the UK and apply for documentation confirming this right.

The total numbers of documents certifying permanent residence by country of nationality are published in table ee_02 ‘Immigration Statistics, April-June 2015’ table ee_02 for 2004 to 2014, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics . Corresponding data for 2015 will be published on 26 May 2016. A breakdown by age grouping is not published.

The issuing of permanent residence documents to EEA nationals commenced in April 2006 and therefore there are no statistics relating to EEA nationals available prior to that date.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the public purse on the payment of the state pension to non-UK citizens in each non-European Economic Area country in each year from 1997-98 to 2014-15.

Justin Tomlinson

Entitlement to UK State Pension is based on UK national insurance contributions and credits which enables pensioners, many of whom are UK nationals, to receive their state pensions abroad.

The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold data on the nationality of State Pension claimants however;

State Pension expenditure by country of residence is published on Gov.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464096/state-pension-by-country-2014-15.xlsx.

Expenditure is not broken down by nationality.

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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 consumed domestically 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 Education, how many new schools were built in each local education authority area between 1997 and 2015.

Edward Timpson

The government provides local authorities and other bodies responsible for school buildings with capital funding for schools through condition funding and basic need funding for new school places. Local authorities can spend this money on new school buildings but the department does not collect the data centrally on the number of new school buildings. Information on the impact of this funding in each local authority and parliamentary constituency could therefore be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The government does directly deliver new schools, in new or refurbished buildings, through the Free Schools, University Technical Colleges and Studio Schools programmes. There are currently 383 schools that are open through these programmes.

A list of all open free schools can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-open-schools-and-successful-applications.

A list of all open University Technical Colleges and Studio Schools can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/utcs-and-studio-schools-open-schools-and-applications-received.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-01-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the level of security of supply of rare earth metals required by industry.

Anna Soubry

There has been no recent assessment for the UK. However, the EU critical raw material list is reviewed every 3 years and the most recent review of that list, which currently includes rare earth elements, took place in May 2014. The UK uses this list to help in its assessment of which materials are of particular significance to UK manufacturing.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to commemorate the Battle of Jutland.

Mark Lancaster

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) will be commemorating the Battle of Jutland with a significant and extensive programme of events, not least as the principal delivery partner to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for the national commemorations in the Orkney Islands and on Jutland Bank on 31 May 2016.

The Royal Navy will be holding and supporting events throughout the UK and, in addition, will be supporting events in Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

The MOD welcomes the opportunity to make such a significant contribution to the commemoration of this historic Naval battle and the wider Great War at Sea.