The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 26820, what the job title is of the official in receipt of an allowance for home to work travel.
Karen Bradley
The individual’s job title cannot be revealed without making the individual easily identifiable, in contravention of the Data Protection Act.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Danny Kinahan on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on the (a) positive and (b) negative effects of e-cigarettes on people who try to stop smoking.
Jane Ellison
The best thing a smoker can do to improve their health is to quit smoking for good.
The Department recognises that electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) can help smokers quit and the evidence indicates that they are considerably less harmful to health than cigarettes.
This Government has committed to publishing a new tobacco control plan to further reduce the prevalence of smoking in England. The development of this plan is underway and will be published later this year. The new strategy will consider the role of e-cigarettes in further reducing the prevalence of smoking in England. To help inform this element of the strategy the Department has been engaging with e-cigarette experts to ensure that local authorities and Stop Smoking Services are provided with up to date, evidenced based advice on e-cigarettes.
Whilst the Department has not made a formal assessment of the number of e-cigarette users who have resumed smoking, the evidence suggests that in the short-term, relapse rates are lower in those using e-cigarettes to quit.
The Department has not made an assessment of the number of e-cigarette users who have purchased vaping supplies from black market sources.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2016-05-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the resignation of Ahmet Davutoğlu as Prime Minister of Turkey on the viability of the agreement between the EU and Turkey on migrants.
Mr David Lidington
I pay tribute to Prime Minister Davutoğlu for his partnership with the UK both as Prime Minister and previously as Foreign Minister. Turkey is a vital friend and ally with whom we cooperate on a host of issues, including tackling the migration crisis. We look forward to continuing that strong cooperation with President Erdoğan and a new Prime Minister once installed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Boateng on 2016-06-28.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what level of resourcing from the international community needs to be applied to meet the Global Fund’s target of saving an additional eight million people at risk of dying from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Baroness Verma
The investment case for the Fifth Replenishment of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) projects that a successful replenishment of $13bn will enable the Global Fund to save 8 million lives and avert up to 300 million new infections over the period 2017-2019.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charles Walker on 2016-09-08.
To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2016 to Question 43403, what the evidential basis is for his assertion that no hon. Members have handed in the text of their Bill; what discussions he and his officials have had with House authorities on the status of each of the Private Members’ Bills presented on 29 June 2016; and which Bills have been received by Parliamentary Counsel in draft as part of the process of discussion with Departments.
Mr David Lidington
Bills formally submitted to the Public Bill Office are available to all Members and are published online. Government Departments are holding discussions with several Members about their Bills.
The Government will set out its position on each Bill at the relevant Second Reading.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2015-11-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the need for increased quarrying capacity to meet the stone demand for new house building.
Brandon Lewis
The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that mineral planning authorities should plan for a steady and adequate supply of minerals (aggregates), for example stone which is used in construction. All mineral planning authorities in England are members of one of the nine Aggregate Working Parties. These Parties publish annual reports which provide survey data on the extraction, sales, supply and forecast demand for aggregates in their area.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christina Rees on 2015-12-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget is for prison libraries in (a) total and (b) each prison in 2015; and what the cost was in each of the last five years.
Andrew Selous
All prisons in England and Wales have a library. NOMS has been responsible for funding prison library services in England from April 2011.
The total NOMS allocated budget for prison libraries in 2015/16 in England was £7,592,414
The attached table shows both the provider and allocated library budget for each prison in England since 2010. NOMS is not responsible for funding library services in prisons in Wales as this is a devolved function of the Welsh Government so data is not included. Privately managed prison contracts put in place since 2011 have identified levels of funding for libraries and so are included in the table. The table does not include library provision at privately managed prisons whose contracts were awarded before 2011 as this was part of the overall included contract price and so it is not possible to extract a specific cost element to this part of the contract. This equates to 10 prisons.
On 8 September 2015 the Secretary of State announced a review of the quality of education in prisons, chaired by Dame Sally Coates, which will report later in the year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Thames Barrier has been used in each of the last 30 years.
Rory Stewart
The following table shows the number of Thames Barrier closures in each flood season since its opening in 1982. A “flood season” is defined as the time period from September to April.
|
Year |
Combined Tidal/Fluvial |
Tidal |
Grand Total |
|
1982 – 1983 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1983 – 1984 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1984 – 1985 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1985 – 1986 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
1986 – 1987 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1987 – 1988 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1988 – 1989 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1989 – 1990 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
1990 – 1991 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
1991 – 1992 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1992 – 1993 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
1993 – 1994 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
|
1994 – 1995 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
1995 – 1996 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
1996 – 1997 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1997 – 1998 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1998 – 1999 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
1999 – 2000 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
2000 – 2001 |
8 |
16 |
24 |
|
2001 – 2002 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
2002 – 2003 |
12 |
8 |
20 |
|
2003 – 2004 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
2004 – 2005 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
2005 – 2006 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
2006 – 2007 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
2007 – 2008 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
2008 – 2009 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
2009 – 2010 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
2010 – 2011 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2011 – 2012 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2012 – 2013 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
2013 – 2014 |
41 |
9 |
50 |
|
2014 – 2015 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
87 |
88 |
175 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Tyler on 2016-02-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department of Health will publish records of external meetings held by special advisers to its ministers.
Lord Prior of Brampton
The Government publishes an unprecedented amount of data; departments publish details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries’ meetings with external organisations, and special advisers’ meetings with senior media figures. The information requested is not held centrally and there are no plans to extend current arrangements.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment to date.
Justin Tomlinson
Information on whether claimants of Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment is not centrally recorded and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.