Tag: Parliamentary Question

Carolyn Harris – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Carolyn Harris on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the timetable for the proposed change of status of the Land Registry before a public consultation on that matter takes place; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

In the Spending Review Autumn Statement 2015 the Chancellor announced the Government’s intent to consult on options to move operations of the Land Registry into the private sector from 2017.

We intend to launch the consultation in the New Year setting out Government’s proposals. Final decisions on the options to be included in the consultation have not yet been made.

No decisions on the options will be taken until after the consultation, but, if Government chose to proceed we would look to then introduce any legislation required.

January 1, 2023
Lord Laird – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2016-01-21.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultation they have had with community groups, organisations, and individuals to assess whether the policy of parity of esteem set out in the Belfast Agreement 1998 is working effectively, and what action they have taken as a result.

Lord Dunlop

I have nothing further to add to my earlier responses on parity of esteem.

January 1, 2023
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2016-02-10.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the NHS Trust Development Authority has not published the findings of the review of whistle-blowing and governance at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The NHS Trust Development Authority intends to publish the review as soon as possible. It is making publication arrangements in the light of its legal advice.

January 1, 2023
Lord Teverson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Teverson on 2016-03-07.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to review Best Available Techniques permissible with respect to environmental permits for back-up electricity generating plant.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Back-up electricity generating plants with a rated thermal input of 20MW or more are currently regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations. Guidance on Best Available Techniques that plants should use is periodically reviewed. The Best Available Techniques for plants with a rated thermal input above 50MW are currently being reviewed. Research is also being undertaken to assess Best Available Technique for combustion plants operating in the capacity market.

Defra is reviewing environmental legislation for back-up generators and will consult on options to set emissions for relevant air pollutants for some plants such as diesel engines. We will consider the coherence of existing legislation with measures we will be introducing as a result of the review and the Medium Combustion Plant Directive.

January 1, 2023
David Mackintosh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mackintosh on 2016-04-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage car manufacturers to adopt green and hybrid technologies.

Andrew Jones

The UK offers one of the most comprehensive packages of support for ultra low emission vehicles in the world. This includes the plug-in car and van grants, support for infrastructure, investment in R&D, and the ground breaking government-industry communications campaign, ‘Go Ultra Low’.

The government recently committed over £600m over the course of this parliament to support the take up and manufacture of ultra low emission vehicles, and has set itself the ambitious goal that by 2050 nearly all cars and vans should be zero emission.

We are also active in the EU in pushing for ambitious regulation of the CO₂ emissions of new cars, which will encourage the increasing deployment of new greener technologies.

January 1, 2023
Royston Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-06-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.

Karen Bradley

The Local Government Association (LGA) has worked in consultation with the Government to develop bespoke guidance for local authorities on the enforcement of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 and their new powers. This has been disseminated to local authorities across the country and is available at: http://www.local.gov.uk/web/guest/publications/-/journal_content/56/10180/7838372/PUBLICATION

In February, we held joint operational workshops with the National Police Chief’s Council for enforcement partners across the UK, including trading standards officers, to raise operational awareness of the Act.

We have also produced a forensic strategy for all enforcement partners on the new forensic requirements to support prosecutions under the Act.

January 1, 2023
Alison Thewliss – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Thewliss on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure mandatory assessment of sources of additional evidence supplied by claimants of personal independence payments.

Penny Mordaunt

The Department always considers a range of evidence from a variety of sources when making a decision on an individual’s PIP claim and is robust in asking for further information if it feels this will be beneficial for the claimant. In addition, the department will always consider any additional evidence provided at the Mandatory Reconsideration or appeal stage.

January 1, 2023
Gareth Thomas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2016-10-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many letters his Department received from the Mayor of London between May 2010 and April 2016; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Marcus Jones

The Department is not able to confirm the total number of letters received by the Department from the Mayor of London since 2010 as this would incur disproportionate cost.

January 1, 2023
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.

January 1, 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.

January 1, 2023