The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-11-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Specialist Training 4 psychiatry posts were filled in each year since 2010.
Ben Gummer
The information requested, which has been provided by Health Education England, can be found in the attached document. The Department does not hold data prior to 2011.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-01-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conditions the Government considers need to be met for the UK to divest itself of nuclear weapons through international negotiations.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
The UK has a strong record on nuclear disarmament. As The Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Mr Fallon) set out in his Written Ministerial Statement of 20 January 2015 (Official Report, column 4WS) the Government has met its commitment to implement the changes announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 to reduce the number of operationally available warheads from fewer than 160 to no more than 120.
As set out in the recent 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, we consider that our nuclear deterrent is the ultimate means to deter the most extreme threats. The UK will retain a credible, continuous and effective minimum nuclear deterrent for as long as the global security situation makes it necessary.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2016-02-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2016 to Question 23324, for what reasons her Department has decided not to publish A-level data split by type of special educational need or to collect additional data on the outcomes achieved by students who have a disability but not an identified special educational need in 2015.
Edward Timpson
The statistical first release Level 2 and 3 attainment by young people aged 19 [1] includes attainment data broken down by School Action, School Action Plus and those with statements of SEN at academic age 15. The 2015 update will be published in April 2016.
The Revised A level and other level 3 results in England statistical first release does not currently provide SEN or disability breakdowns but, as part of our reforms to 16-19 accountability measures, we will consider if it is possible to provide these breakdowns at national level in the future.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19-in-2014
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Champion on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 26129, in which constituencies the £380,000 that the Government spent on community organisations preventing female genital mutilation and forced marriage in 2014-15 was spent.
Karen Bradley
In 2014/15, the Government provided over £380,000 to community organisations through the Home Office’s Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Community Engagement Initiative and the Department for Communities and Local Government’s FGM and forced marriage prevention projects.
Many of the projects had regional or national remits, or both, meaning it is not possible to breakdown the project spend by constituency. However, areas covered included:
Birmingham
Leeds
Bolton
Liverpool
Bradford
London
Bristol
Milton Keynes
Cambridgeshire
Nottinghamshire
Cardiff
Oxford
Coventry
Portsmouth
Derby
Rotherham
Essex
Solihull
Exeter
Stoke-on-Trent
Gloucester
Surrey
Greater Manchester
Wales
Hertfordshire
Yorkshire
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Monaghan on 2016-04-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 sets the retirement age for new entrants to the Civil Nuclear Constabulary at 68; and for what reasons the retirement age of those people is not comparable with officers in other forces.
Andrea Leadsom
This matter is currently the subject of a Judicial Review and I cannot comment further at this time.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s Level Crossing Reform Action Plan, published in December 2014, how many officials of his Department are currently working full-time or equivalent on the level crossing reform programme.
Claire Perry
The level crossing reform programme forms part of the responsibilities of the Head of Railway Safety Policy who is working closely with the Office of Rail and Road to develop proposals.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rachel Reeves on 2016-07-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the financial costs relating to asbestos surveying and removal in buildings being converted to free schools have been since the free school programme began.
Edward Timpson
The Education Funding Agency does not have access to the breakdown of cost information in relation to asbestos surveys and asbestos removal works.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-09-15.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much in research grants UK universities received from the EU in the last year for which figures are available.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
In 2014/15 UK universities and other higher education institutions received £836,388,000 in research grants from EU sources.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Zeichner on 2015-11-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths occurred on rural roads in 2014 to 2015.
Andrew Jones
In 2014, 1,063 people were killed in reported personal injury road accidents on rural roads in Great Britain. This compares to an annual average of 1,702 people killed in reported personal injury road accidents on rural roads in Great Britain over 2005-2009.
Rural roads are roads outside settlements with a population of 10 thousand or more, excluding motorways.
Data for 2015 will be available in June 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2015-11-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual police expenditure on joint operations with the Gangmasters Licensing Authority has been in each of the last five years.
Karen Bradley
This information is not held centrally. It is an operational decision for Chief Constables, working with the relevant Police and Crime Commissioner, to determine the level of resources used in such instances.