Tag: Parliamentary Question

Margaret Hodge – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Hodge on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the time taken for Montserrat to respond to his Department’s consultation on a public register of beneficial ownership.

James Duddridge

I refer the Right Honourable Lady to the answer given by my Hon Friend the member for Hertfordshire South West (David Gauke), the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to questions 10437, 10438 and 10448, which sets out the criteria we expect the Overseas Territories to meet in relation to their central register of company beneficial ownership, or similarly effective system. We are in discussions with the Montserrat authorities on this and are offering technical assistance as they develop their proposals.

01/01/2023

Karin Smyth – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karin Smyth on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) outpatient appointments and (b) elective operations took place in England in each week of 2014-15.

Jane Ellison

The information is shown in the following table.

Number of outpatient appointments and finished admission episodes (FAEs) with an elective main procedure by week in 2014-15 in England.

Week Number	Date	Outpatient appointments	FAEs with an elective procedure
1	06 April 2014	2,074,064	152,037
2	13 April 2014	1,715,345	125,191
3	20 April 2014	1,722,450	125,185
4	27 April 2014	2,181,289	156,085
5	04 May 2014	1,782,607	129,711
6	11 May 2014	2,201,615	155,936
7	18 May 2014	2,154,486	153,252
8	25 May 2014	1,615,198	123,484
9	01 June 2014	2,175,157	153,496
10	08 June 2014	2,134,887	153,826
11	15 June 2014	2,128,058	151,508
12	22 June 2014	2,090,872	153,915
13	29 June 2014	2,091,790	152,098
14	06 July 2014	2,108,843	150,721
15	13 July 2014	2,079,438	150,166
16	20 July 2014	2,052,164	151,164
17	27 July 2014	1,963,411	145,641
18	03 August 2014	1,985,519	145,254
19	10 August 2014	2,017,505	145,912
20	17 August 2014	1,981,831	145,873
21	24 August 2014	1,599,651	122,184
22	31 August 2014	2,121,461	149,563
23	07 September 2014	2,118,810	150,024
24	14 September 2014	2,107,008	150,727
25	21 September 2014	2,142,081	153,790
26	28 September 2014	2,147,352	152,751
27	05 October 2014	2,174,051	153,818
28	12 October 2014	2,183,576	154,977
29	19 October 2014	2,126,467	154,331
30	26 October 2014	1,968,069	147,658
31	02 November 2014	2,215,685	157,287
32	09 November 2014	2,211,873	158,772
33	16 November 2014	2,190,637	160,205
34	23 November 2014	2,185,994	159,304
35	30 November 2014	2,210,964	159,359
36	07 December 2014	2,210,624	157,525
37	14 December 2014	2,223,306	156,081
38	21 December 2014	1,038,841	76,842
39	28 December 2014	1,175,849	87,790
40	04 January 2015	2,254,400	147,233
41	11 January 2015	2,245,845	155,277
42	18 January 2015	2,208,941	156,642
43	25 January 2015	2,154,520	156,841
44	01 February 2015	2,192,970	158,333
45	08 February 2015	2,198,622	160,376
46	15 February 2015	1,980,011	151,461
47	22 February 2015	2,199,551	161,546
48	01 March 2015	2,196,041	161,144
49	08 March 2015	2,172,174	160,707
50	15 March 2015	2,141,290	158,423
51	22 March 2015	2,106,928	160,091
52	29 March 2015	2,528,302	185,415
England Total	107,188,423	7,756,932

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre

Notes:

Includes activity in English NHS hospital trusts and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.
Outpatient appointments are the number of booked appointments for outpatients, whether they were attended or not.
Finished admission episodes (FAEs) are the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
A main procedure is the first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, but a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures.

01/01/2023

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2016-01-21.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the response made by human rights groups to figures released by the UK that it sold Saudi Arabia over £1 billion of weapons and air-to-air missiles between July and September 2015.

Lord Maude of Horsham

The UK operates one of the most rigorous and transparent export control regimes in the world. No licence would be issued if to do so would contravene the UK’s strict export control criteria. In this case a single licence accounted for 90% of the total value of potential exports authorised by the licences. This was for a long-term contract for the delivery of a new air-to-air munitions capability over a number of years [and is unconnected to current operations by the Royal Saudi Air Force in Yemen.

Licences granted in a given period do not equate to goods shipped The Department for Business (BIS) export licensing statistics only indicate the number and value of licences granted in a specified period, not the value of actual exports. Licences are usually valid for up to two years and the value of the licence therefore represents an estimate of future export value. As such, the value of licences granted in any one quarter will generally not be the same as the value of goods actually exported and does not provide an indication of goods shipped.

01/01/2023
Lord Patten – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Patten on 2016-02-10.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 2 February (HL5483), when they next expect to review their national policy on development in Green Belt land in England.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

At the General Election this Government reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining the strong protection for the Green Belt set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. The Framework makes clear that most new building is inappropriate there, and that a Green Belt boundary may be altered only in exceptional circumstances, using the Local Plan process. We have no plans for a review of Green Belt policy. However, we are consulting on proposals to allow development on brownfield sites in Green Belt for starter homes, and for neighbourhood plans to be able to allocate Green Belt land for small starter home developments where locally approved.

01/01/2023
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2016-03-07.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current availability of school places.

Lord Nash

Local authorities are rising to the challenge of creating new school places where they are needed – 445,000 new places were added between 2010 and 2014, with many more delivered since then. This was supported by £5 billion of funding allocated to local authorities to create new places between 2011 and 2015.

Supporting local authorities in their responsibility to ensure sufficient school places in their area remains one of this Government’s top priorities. That is why we have committed to investing £23 billion in school buildings between now and 2021 to create a further 600,000 new places, open 500 new schools and address essential maintenance needs.

01/01/2023
Lord West of Spithead – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord West of Spithead on 2016-04-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the date for first entry into Portsmouth of HMS Queen Elizabeth has been decided, and if so, what it is.

Earl Howe

Construction of both HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH and HMS PRINCE OF WALES is progressing in Rosyth. The date for first entry into Portsmouth of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH will be confirmed once the current testing and commissioning has been completed in Rosyth and once contractor-led sea trials have progressed. These trials are planned to complete in 2017.

01/01/2023
Rupa Huq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rupa Huq on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government plans to take to address musculoskeletal conditions in its childhood obesity strategy.

Jane Ellison

Our Childhood Obesity Strategy, which will be launched in the summer, will look at everything that contributes to a child becoming overweight and obese.

01/01/2023
Charles Walker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charles Walker on 2016-07-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish the final Accelerated Access Review related to drug development and innovation; and if he will make a statement.

George Freeman

The Government expects to publish the review it commissioned on the independently chaired Accelerated Access Review shortly. The Review team are currently considering publication dates.

01/01/2023
Danny Kinahan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Danny Kinahan on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to guarantee to match any EU funding lost to universities and colleges.

Joseph Johnson

University researchers can continue to bid for competitive EU research funding while we remain a member of the EU. We will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. HM Treasury will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. Further details about Government safeguarding funding can be found in the statement Jo Johnson made on 13 August: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/safeguarding-funding-for-research-and-innovation

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01/01/2023
Sharon Hodgson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current average waiting time is for therapeutic services at each sexual assault referral centre for (a) adults and (b) children under 18.

Jane Ellison

NHS England has set out care pathways for adult and child Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) services in its `Commissioning Framework for Adult and Paediatric Sexual Assault referral Centre (SARC) Services’, published in August 2015. Pathway services are wide-ranging, including safeguarding, social care, housing, other medical support and therapeutic counselling. The framework is now being rolled out across England and outlines the expected core service.

Data on waiting times into care pathways or therapeutic services in SARCs or referred to by SARCs, is not collected centrally.

01/01/2023