Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Stephen Gethins – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Stephen Gethins – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gethins on 2016-01-06.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to prepare for the outcome of the EU referendum.

    Mr David Gauke

    The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in Britain – so we get a better deal for Britain and secure our future. The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU.

  • Baroness Coussins – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Baroness Coussins – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Coussins on 2016-02-01.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take to ensure that treatment for bladder cancer under the NHS is accessible equally by all patients irrespective of home address.

    Lord Prior of Brampton

    NHS England is not aware of any general variation in access to bladder cancer treatment.

  • Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-02-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many consultants’ contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.

    Joseph Johnson

    During the period of the last six years there have been no early terminations of consultants’ contracts for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.

  • Stephen Doughty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Stephen Doughty – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2016-03-21.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the budgetary implications of lower-than-predicted growth rates for government departments other than the Department for International Development.

    Greg Hands

    Departmental budgets were set at Spending Review 2015.

    Budget 2016 announced an adjustment to Official Development Assistance spend to account for the lower growth forecast.

  • Nicholas Soames – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Nicholas Soames – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-04-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) Royal Air Force aircraft and (b) manpower establishment is of (i) airborne early warning and (ii) air to air refuelling.

    Penny Mordaunt

    The type of aircraft and manpower establishment details are in the table below.

    Aircraft Type

    Manpower Establishment

    Airborne Early Warning

    E3-D Sentry

    321

    Air to Air refuelling

    Voyager

    371

  • Paul Blomfield – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Paul Blomfield – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-06-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will publish a plan setting out how all government departments plan to contribute to reducing the UK’s carbon emissions.

    Andrea Leadsom

    In preparation for our new emissions reduction plan we are working with colleagues across government to identify action that will cut emissions cost effectively. Our new plan will set out our proposals for meeting our carbon budgets and decarbonising through the 2020s. It will be published in due course.

  • Fiona Mactaggart – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Fiona Mactaggart – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fiona Mactaggart on 2016-09-02.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to roll out the independent child trafficking advocate scheme nationally beyond the early adopter sites; what response she has made to the recommendations of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner that a national roll-out should be implemented before the end of the designated second phase trial period if preliminary evaluations are positive; and when she plans to develop the secondary legislation and statutory guidance accompanying that section.

    Sarah Newton

    As the previous Minister for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime set out in June 2016, the Government intends to roll out independent child trafficking advocates nationally as soon as the procedures for Parliamentary commencement and the introduction of statutory guidance secondary legislation are completed. We will consider carefully the evaluation of the early adopter sites which will assist us in ensuring the secondary legislation and statutory guidance provide for the most effective model to be rolled out.

  • Jim Fitzpatrick – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Jim Fitzpatrick – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Fitzpatrick on 2016-10-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government’s policy is on whether the provisions of EU Directive 261/2004, on compensation for denied boarding, cancellation or long delays for air passengers, should continue to apply in the UK (a) until and (b) after the UK leaves the EU.

    Mr John Hayes

    The Government is considering the impacts of the decision to leave the European Union, including future arrangements for existing legislation. Until the UK leaves, EU law continues to apply, so we continue to comply with the existing directives and regulations, such as the common rules on compensation and assistance under Regulation (EC) 261/2004.

  • Mary Creagh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Mary Creagh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2015-11-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2015 to Question 13685, if she will make an assessment of the monetary benefits arising from implementation of the revised EU Waste Framework Directive in each of the last four years.

    Rory Stewart

    An assessment of the costs and benefits of the revised Waste Framework Directive in England and Wales was carried out when laying the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 which transposed the Directive. The assessment was published and is still available on the Legislation.gov webpages. This is the most up to date assessment of the impacts of the Waste Framework Directive, and contains a year-by-year breakdown of the expected costs. As waste is a devolved issue, the Devolved Administrations carried out and published their own impact assessments, which are similarly available online.

    The European Commission are expected to publish on December 2 proposals to amend the revised Waste Framework Directive. Once those proposals are published, we will submit another explanatory memorandum to the House, assessing the potential costs and benefits of those changes.

  • Philip Davies – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    Philip Davies – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-12-01.

    To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of prosecutions involved more than one perpetrator in the latest year for which information is available.

    Robert Buckland

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions involving more than one defendant. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.