Tag: Parliamentary Question

Stephen Doughty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2016-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants were loaned or seconded from the (a) Department for International Development to the Ministry of Defence, (b) Ministry of Defence to the Department for International Development, (c) Department for International Development to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (d) Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the Department for International Development, (e) Department for International Development to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, (f) Department of Energy and Climate Change to the Department for International Development, (g) Cabinet Office to the Department for International Development and (h) Department for International Development to the Cabinet Office in each of the last six years.

Mr Nick Hurd

The data below shows the numbers of civil servants on loan or secondment during each of the periods indicated. Civil servants may have been on loan or secondment for part or all of the periods indicated. Some civil servants may have been on secondment/loan for more than one year. DFID HR system does not hold historical loan/secondment data, this information has therefore been manually collated.
1. DFID to MoD
  
  1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0
  
  1/1/2012-31/12/2012 0
  
  1/1/2013-31/12/2013 0
  
  1/1/2014-31/12/2014 1
  
  1/1/2015-31/12/2015 0
  
  1/1/2016-31/12/2016 1
2. MoD to DFID
  
  1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0
  
  1/1/2012-31/12/2012 0
  
  1/1/2013-31/12/2013 1
  
  1/1/2014-31/12/2014 1
  
  1/1/2015-31/12/2015 2
  
  1/1/2016-31/12/2016 2
3. DFID to FCO
  
  1/1/2011-31/12/2011 9
  
  1/1/2012-31/12/2012 14
  
  1/1/2013-31/12/2013 16
  
  1/1/2014-31/12/2014 32
  
  1/1/2015-31/12/2015 52
  
  1/1/2016-31/12/2016 44
4. FCO to DFID
1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0

1/1/2012-31/12/2012 3

1/1/2013-31/12/2013 11

1/1/2014-31/12/2014 17

1/1/2015-31/12/2015 19

1/1/2016-31/12/2016 12
1. DFID to DECC
1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0

1/1/2012-31/12/2012 0

1/1/2013-31/12/2013 0

1/1/2014-31/12/2014 0

1/1/2015-31/12/2015 0

1/1/2016-31/12/2016 0
1. DECC to DFID
  
  1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0
  
  1/1/2012-31/12/2012 2
  
  1/1/2013-31/12/2013 3
  
  1/1/2014-31/12/2014 5
  
  1/1/2015-31/12/2015 8
  
  1/1/2016-31/12/2016 3
2. CABINET OFFICE TO DFID
  
  1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0
  
  1/1/2012-31/12/2012 1
  
  1/1/2013-31/12/2013 1
  
  1/1/2014-31/12/2014 2
  
  1/1/2015-31/12/2015 3
  
  1/1/2016-31/12/2016 3
3. DFID TO CABINET OFFICE
  
  1/1/2011-31/12/2011 1
  
  1/1/2012-31/12/2012 2
  
  1/1/2013-31/12/2013 3
  
  1/1/2014-31/12/2014 3
  
  1/1/2015-31/12/2015 3
  
  1/1/2016-31/12/2016 2
January 1, 2023
Rebecca Long Bailey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rebecca Long Bailey on 2016-03-01.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government’s memorandum submitted to the Lords Secondary Legislation Committee on 28 January, how many of the 800,000 tax credit claimants with a reduced award to an income rise above the new level of disregard are in receipt of child tax credit.

Damian Hinds

From April 2016, the income rise disregard – the amount by which a tax credit claimant’s income can increase within a year before their tax credit award is adjusted – will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,500.

The only people who will be affected by this will be those who see an increase in their in-year income by more than £2,500. There will be no net cash losers because their income will have increased.

In the subsequent tax year, a claimant’s tax credits award will be calculated in the usual way, using their full annual income for the previous year to determine their tax credit entitlement. This means that after the change in the tax year, whether the claimant’s increase in income was above or below the disregard level, their tax credit award for the following year will be adjusted to what it would have been had no disregard existed.

January 1, 2023
Cat Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2016-04-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to include duties on wheelchair accessibility from the platform to the train in the next franchise for the West Coast Mainline at (a) Lancaster and (b) Wigan North Western.

Andrew Jones

Both Lancaster and Wigan North Western stations have full step free access to and between‎ platforms, with staff operated boarding ramps provided for wheelchair users to board or alight from trains. These facilities will be retained under the next franchise.

January 1, 2023
Heidi Alexander – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-05-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department will make available for Public Health England’s awareness campaign on the symptoms of serious infections; and what proportion of that funding will be spent on sepsis awareness.

Jane Ellison

The Department funds Public Health England to undertake a range of social marketing campaigns to support behaviour change and public awareness. This work will be funded within the annual budget as will the work on other infections, such as influenza, as well as non-infectious diseases. Further planning work will be undertaken to determine the budget for this activity.

January 1, 2023
Tom Watson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2016 to Question 42517, how many members of staff who are in receipt of a private secretary allowance are Senior Civil Servants.

Ben Gummer

There are currently 11 members of the Senior Civil Service who are in receipt of a private secretary allowance. Staff at Band B2 or above who currently work in the Private Office of a Director General, Permanent Secretary or Minister are entitled to receive the Private Office allowance. The authorisation process is robustly enforced within the department, with accountability resting with the Head of Private Office Group.

January 1, 2023

Philip Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-10-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much coal the UK carbon fibre industry has used per annum in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Jesse Norman

(a) The table below gives the amount of coal used for non-power generating purposes:

	UK coal demand for non-electricity generating purposes⁽¹⁾ (thousand tonnes)
2006	10,156
2007	10,158
2008	10,577
2009	9,037
2010	9,827
2011	9,658
2012	9,141
2013	10,139
2014	10,021
2015	8,174

(1) Includes coal used for heat generation, coke manufacture, blast furnaces, patent fuel manufacture, energy used in coal extraction and final consumption by industry, transport, domestic and other users.

Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) table 2.4 available at

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-chapter-2-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes

(b) BEIS does not hold data at that level. BEIS cannot disaggregate coal used by the carbon fibre industry from coal used by all industries.

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January 1, 2023

Steven Paterson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steven Paterson on 2015-11-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the seaworthiness is of HMS (a) Astute and (b) Ambush.

Mr Philip Dunne

The safety of the UK submarine fleet is of paramount importance. The Ministry of Defence assesses seaworthiness for submarines through a robust sea clearance process. This assessment is kept under continuous review.

I am withholding the seaworthiness state of each submarine as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.

January 1, 2023
Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who his Department has consulted on the development of the UK’s Air Power Doctrine; and when he expects to publish that doctrine.

Penny Mordaunt

Work will commence on the next UK Air and Space Doctrine in the summer of 2016 and it is expected to be published in 2017. As with the previous version published in 2013, the RAF will consult widely across Defence as well as in the academic community. Research will draw on similar work from sources such as NATO and the United States Air Force.

In addition, the Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) will review the related Joint Doctrine Note (JDN): The UK Approach to Unmanned Systems. The intention is to publish the revised doctrine by autumn 2016.

January 1, 2023
Mark Durkan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Durkan on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ report entitled, Core Standards for Pain Management Services in the UK, published in October 2015, whether his Department has given any consideration to the contents of that report.

Jane Ellison

NHS England has welcomed the publication of the Core Standards for Pain Management report in the United Kingdom, published by the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in October 2015. Andrew Baranowski, the Chair of NHS England’s Clinical Reference Group for Specialised Pain contributed to this work, which sets out core standards and key recommendations in the management of pain; the commissioning of pain management services and the development of the workforce.

The report is available at:

http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/system/files/FPM-CSPMS-UK2015.pdf

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January 1, 2023
Douglas Chapman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2016-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 5.14 of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, what the timetable is for the establishment of Defence Staffs in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Mr Julian Brazier

The British Defence Staffs in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa will be established by the end of 2016. The exact timetable is under consideration. Once decisions have been made I will write to the hon. Member to inform him of the dates when the British Defence Staffs will be in operation.

January 1, 2023