Parliamentary Question – Page 303

Royston Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve the level of expertise and knowledge amongst 111 NHS staff.

Jane Ellison

As part of the process of moving to a new integrated urgent care service, accessed through the 111 telephone number, NHS England has established a Workforce Development Programme. This includes the development of a competency framework, which will set out the skills, behaviours and competencies needed for both clinical and non-clinical staff to continually improve the safety and quality of patient care. In addition, NHS England’s NHS 111 Workforce Investment Fund is supporting a number of projects that will test and evaluate a number of initiatives for improving the effectiveness of the NHS 111 workforce.

January 1, 2023

Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34838, under which clauses of the National Health Service Act 2006 he exercised the range of powers used in deciding to proceed to introduce a new contract.

Ben Gummer

The Secretary of State is exercising his powers under the National Health Service Act 2006 (in particular sections 1, 1A, 1B, 1F, 1G and 2), working with NHS employers who, as they are the employers of junior doctors, are using their employment powers.

January 1, 2023

Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-06-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make representations to Ryanair on the cost of amending boarding passes and other travel documents.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Government and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) continue to emphasise to the airlines the importance of compliance with ticket transparency obligations, ensuring that terms and conditions (including any administration fees and charges) are clear to passengers when they choose between airlines.

To enhance consumer protection in this area, the CAA will start work on unfair contract terms with the airlines this summer, in accordance with the CAA’s Strategic Plan 2016-2021. The work will include a review of the airlines’ terms and conditions (Conditions of Carriage) with the aim of ensuring the rights and obligations of the consumers and businesses are fair and balanced and consumers are not being penalised by unfair contract terms. The administration fees the industry currently charges are part of the terms and conditions and as such, will form a part of this work. The Government supports this work and will follow the progress with interest.

January 1, 2023

Michelle Donelan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michelle Donelan on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on the award of Innovate UK Smart funding for Type 1 diabetes research of the outcome of the EU referendum.

Joseph Johnson

Innovate UK has simplified the way it provides support to innovative businesses – through a new sector focus with two broad competitions in each sector per year. It also runs open programmes available to all businesses irrespective of the technology or sector in which they operate. Innovate UK’s first such competition opened in June 2016 and applications are now being processed. In the last 5 years, through the former Smart programme, Innovate UK committed around £553,000 into research for Type 1 diabetes, although technologies have also been supported which relate to the management and prevention of Type 2 diabetes. The outcome of the EU referendum is not expected to impact on the delivery of these programmes.

January 1, 2023

Barry Sheerman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2016-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure that the law on labelling foods that contain genetically modified products is complied with.

Nicola Blackwood

Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed requires that food derived from genetically modified (GM) sources must be labelled, regardless of the presence of detectable GM material in the final product or of the quantity of intentionally used GM ingredients.

Businesses must take all reasonable precautions and exercise due diligence to ensure that the food they sell meets the requirements of the GM food and feed Regulation. The Food Standards Agency provides guidance on the Regulation on its website and local authorities are responsible for ensuring compliance with the labelling requirements set out in this Regulation.

January 1, 2023

Lord Falconer of Thoroton – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 2015-11-04.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many hours on average each prisoner spent per week (1) in a cell, and (2) on purposeful activity, in (a) each prison, (b) each category of prison, and (c) the entire prison estate, in each year since 2010.

Lord Faulks

Time unlocked and purposeful activity were two of the National Offender Management Service’s performance indicators for prisons until 2011/2012. These indicators were discontinued from the start of 2012/13. However, the figures requested are provided for 2010/11 and 2011/12 in the tables below.

Tables 1 and 2 cover time spent in cell. Average time in cell is measured per weekday and this information is provided by individual prison establishment, by prison category and across the prison estate. The figures for time in cell are derived from information collected on the average hours per weekday that prisoners are unlocked and using these to estimate hours spent locked in cell. It should be noted that time in cell includes time when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.

Tables 3 and 4 show the reported average hours of purposeful activity per prisoner per week at establishment level, for each category of prison and across the prison estate

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Table 1: Time in Cell by Prison Establishment: Average Hours per Prisoner per Week Day

Establishment Name	2010-11	2011-12
Acklington	15.5	–
Albany	–	–
Altcourse	11.1	12.6
Ashfield	14.0	14.1
Ashwell	14.5	–
Askham Grange	8.0	8.0
Aylesbury	16.8	16.6
Bedford	14.3	14.4
Belmarsh	15.9	24.0
Birmingham	16.2	16.1
Blantyre House	6.0	6.0
Blundeston	14.0	12.4
Brinsford	14.1	24.0
Bristol	15.1	15.7
Brixton	17.4	17.4
Bronzefield	14.1	14.1
Buckley Hall	15.2	15.4
Bullingdon	16.1	15.6
Bullwood Hall	10.3	10.1
Camp Hill	–	–
Canterbury	13.7	13.3
Cardiff	15.9	16.7
Castington	16.6	–
Channings Wood	15.3	15.4
Chelmsford	14.7	14.4
Coldingley	14.4	14.6
Cookham Wood	15.2	14.3
Dartmoor	13.6	13.4
Deerbolt	17.5	17.2
Doncaster	13.4	11.6
Dorchester	18.2	18.5
Dovegate	14.8	14.3
Dover	11.4	11.4
Downview	13.8	14.2
Drake Hall	5.3	6.5
Durham	16.1	16.2
East Sutton Park	7.0	7.0
Eastwood Park	13.1	15.0
Edmunds Hill	10.2	–
Elmley	–	–
Erlestoke	14.3	14.4
Everthorpe	16.7	16.7
Exeter	16.2	15.9
Featherstone	13.1	14.5
Feltham	16.3	17.1
Ford	11.5	11.5
Forest Bank	13.7	13.7
Foston Hall	12.5	14.5
Frankland	15.1	14.9
Full Sutton	15.1	15.0
Garth	15.1	15.3
Gartree	15.2	15.5
Glen Parva	16.4	17.0
Gloucester	15.6	16.1
Grendon	10.3	10.3
Guys Marsh	13.6	13.7
Haslar	12.0	12.0
Haverigg	9.2	9.7
Hewell	13.3	13.0
High Down	16.2	16.5
Highpoint	14.5	13.3
Hindley	13.9	13.7
Hollesley Bay	8.0	8.0
Holloway	15.0	15.0
Holme House	16.1	15.4
Hull	16.0	16.1
Huntercombe	13.5	14.1
Isis	–	17.4
Isle of Wight	14.8	14.5
Kennet	13.8	13.7
Kingston	14.0	14.3
Kirkham	9.2	9.2
Kirklevington	5.0	5.0
Lancaster	14.9	–
Lancaster Farms	16.3	16.4
Latchmere House	0.0	1.9
Leeds	16.2	13.8
Leicester	16.5	16.1
Lewes	15.3	15.0
Leyhill	8.0	8.0
Lincoln	17.0	16.2
Lindholme	15.7	15.9
Littlehey	16.3	15.1
Liverpool	15.7	15.8
Long Lartin	14.7	15.7
Low Newton	13.4	13.5
Lowdham Grange	13.2	12.9
Maidstone	15.2	15.0
Manchester	13.8	13.4
Moorland	12.7	11.8
Morton Hall	10.4	24.0
Mount	13.1	13.0
New Hall	14.8	15.7
North Sea Camp	6.5	6.5
Northallerton	15.7	15.0
Northumberland	–	15.6
Norwich	15.2	15.8
Nottingham	16.2	16.2
Onley	14.8	14.4
Parc	14.6	14.9
Parkhurst	–	–
Pentonville	16.3	16.6
Peterborough	14.7	14.8
Portland	15.1	15.4
Preston	15.7	15.7
Ranby	14.3	14.6
Reading	15.1	14.4
Risley	15.0	15.0
Rochester	14.3	14.0
Rye Hill	14.8	14.3
Send	12.1	12.1
Sheppey Cluster	15.0	15.2
Shepton Mallet	14.6	14.5
Shrewsbury	15.4	15.4
Stafford	16.6	16.4
Standford Hill	–	–
Stocken	16.1	16.5
Stoke Heath	16.2	15.5
Styal	10.5	11.5
Sudbury	5.0	5.0
Swaleside	–	–
Swansea	15.5	15.4
Swinfen Hall	16.2	17.8
Thorn Cross	9.0	10.2
UskPrescoed	11.6	11.4
Verne	9.0	9.1
Wakefield	14.9	14.8
Wandsworth	17.4	16.7
Warren Hill	14.6	15.2
Wayland	12.6	11.7
Wealstun	16.5	15.7
Wellingborough	14.2	15.0
Werrington	14.3	14.8
Wetherby	14.2	14.4
Whatton	14.2	13.6
Whitemoor	15.5	15.2
Winchester	15.0	16.5
Wolds	12.1	12.0
Woodhill	15.0	14.5
Wormwood Scrubs	16.8	16.9
Wymott	15.5	15.5
National Total	14.5	14.5

‘-‘ Data not available

Table 2: Time in Cell by Prison Category: Average Hours per Prisoner per Week Day

Category	2010-11	2011-12
Category B	14.1	13.9
Category C	14.2	14.1
Dispersal	15	15.1
Female closed	12.8	13.6
Female local	13.5	14.1
Female open	7.6	7.6
Male closed young offender	15.8	16.2
Male juvenile	14.3	14.4
Male local	15.5	15.4
Male open	8.1	8.1
Male open young offender	9	10.2
Semi open	6	6.2
Cluster	14.5	14.5
National Total	14.5	14.5

Note: In the above table prisons are categorised according to their predominant function, though some establishments will have more than one function.

Table 3: Average number of hours per prisoner per week in purposeful activity by establishment

Establishment name	2010/11	2011/12
Acklington	20.7	–
Albany	24.2	24.6
Altcourse	35.2	33.7
Ashfield	29.1	26.7
Ashwell	29.1	–
Askham Grange	40.7	40.0
Aylesbury	20.7	21.9
Bedford	19.2	18.5
Belmarsh	18.5	18.4
Birmingham	21.3	21.3
Blantyre House	52.1	52.2
Blundeston	25.5	24.6
Brinsford	28.0	29.9
Bristol	25.2	22.9
Brixton	17.5	17.7
Bronzefield	26.6	26.9
Buckley Hall	27.0	26.5
Bullingdon	22.6	20.9
Bullwood Hall	24.5	24.0
Bure	21.2	24.6
Camp Hill	22.4	23.7
Canterbury	19.7	21.6
Cardiff	22.6	20.0
Castington	22.3	–
Channings Wood	24.0	23.7
Chelmsford	25.8	26.5
Coldingley	25.6	25.7
Cookham Wood	23.6	26.8
Dartmoor	24.1	23.1
Deerbolt	21.2	22.8
Doncaster	23.4	22.1
Dorchester	17.7	17.2
Dovegate	31.8	33.3
Dover	–	–
Downview	31.4	28.5
Drake Hall	34.4	36.0
Durham	16.9	18.2
East Sutton Park	45.0	45.3
Eastwood Park	21.5	22.4
Edmunds Hill	24.8	–
Elmley	17.1	17.5
Erlestoke	24.6	24.8
Everthorpe	22.5	22.7
Exeter	17.9	18.9
Featherstone	26.4	25.7
Feltham	22.2	20.3
Ford	41.6	41.8
Forest Bank	25.7	25.3
Foston Hall	30.9	29.7
Frankland	19.7	20.8
Full Sutton	20.5	21.1
Garth	25.9	26.2
Gartree	26.4	28.7
Glen Parva	20.7	20.8
Gloucester	20.7	19.5
Grendon	31.9	33.7
Guys Marsh	24.7	23.8
Haslar	–	–
Hatfield	–	–
Haverigg	27.6	25.3
Hewell	25.6	25.2
High Down	19.2	18.6
Highpoint	25.1	0.0
Hindley	30.9	33.4
Hollesley Bay	43.1	43.3
Holloway	23.1	21.8
Holme House	18.9	22.0
Hull	19.8	19.6
Huntercombe	27.0	28.4
Kennet	25.6	25.7
Kingston	29.2	27.3
Kirkham	47.1	49.3
Kirklevington	53.0	51.5
Lancaster	26.7	–
Lancaster Farms	26.9	27.0
Latchmere House	56.5	56.5
Leeds	18.6	18.9
Leicester	18.8	18.9
Lewes	23.0	20.3
Leyhill	39.5	40.0
Lincoln	19.3	18.9
Lindholme	21.4	21.5
Littlehey	20.6	22.5
Liverpool	20.2	20.8
Long Lartin	20.0	21.4
Low Newton	23.8	23.7
Lowdham Grange	27.3	27.9
Maidstone	25.1	25.9
Manchester	23.8	24.7
Moorland	29.0	31.1
Morton Hall	30.9	0.0
Mount	24.4	24.8
New Hall	27.2	25.0
North Sea Camp	45.9	43.1
Northallerton	23.7	23.5
Northumberland	–	20.0
Norwich	24.8	23.9
Nottingham	26.3	27.0
Onley	25.4	26.0
Parc	26.8	26.8
Parkhurst	21.3	22.9
Pentonville	18.1	18.4
Peterborough	–	–
Portland	27.6	–
Preston	20.7	20.6
Ranby	23.9	24.0
Reading	22.4	22.5
Risley	27.1	27.2
Rochester	22.0	22.3
Rye Hill	27.9	28.7
Send	30.6	31.2
Shepton Mallet	23.2	24.0
Shrewsbury	25.8	27.1
Stafford	26.2	26.6
Standford Hill	36.7	40.1
Stocken	25.7	24.8
Stoke Heath	25.6	28.1
Styal	24.7	23.1
Sudbury	43.6	45.8
Swaleside	24.3	26.6
Swansea	21.6	20.4
Swinfen Hall	26.3	23.8
Thameside	–	–
Thorn Cross	45.3	47.0
UskPrescoed	35.0	33.7
Verne	26.7	25.9
Wakefield	20.5	21.2
Wandsworth	17.2	17.6
Warren Hill	29.5	28.5
Wayland	25.2	25.8
Wealstun	20.4	21.7
Wellingborough	26.8	25.4
Werrington	30.8	27.6
Wetherby	29.7	27.5
Whatton	26.0	25.2
Whitemoor	24.1	25.5
Winchester	19.1	18.0
Wolds	24.4	24.1
Woodhill	21.2	20.0
Wormwood Scrubs	17.2	16.8
Wymott	25.7	26.2
National Total	24.7	24.9

‘-‘ Data not available

Table 4: Average number of hours per prisoner per week in purposeful activity by prison category

Category	2010/11	2011/12
Category B	27.1	30.1
Category C	24.8	25.2
Dispersal	20.7	21.7
Female closed	30.9	29.5
Female local	24.7	23.8
Female open	42.5	42.3
Male closed young offender	24.2	24.0
Male juvenile	28.9	27.5
Male local	21.4	21.4
Male open	42.5	44.2
Male open young offender	45.3	47.0
Semi open	43.9	45.6
Cluster	25.6	24.7
National Total	24.7	24.9

Note: In the above table prisons are categorised according to their predominant function, though some establishments will have more than one function.

January 1, 2023

Lord Greaves – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Greaves on 2015-12-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of (1) batteries, and (2) other waste electrical and electronic equipment, are recycled by (a) domestic households, (b) small and medium-sized commercial enterprises, (c) large commercial enterprises, (d) government departments, (e) local authorities, and (f) other public sector bodies.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The Government does not hold information in the form requested, but the overall collection and recycling rates for 2014 for these products and equipment expressed as a percentage of tonnage placed on the market is: –

36% of portable batteries;

37% of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

Industrialand automotive batteries are subject to a landfill disposal ban. Accordingly, all such batteries have to be recycled.

January 1, 2023

Lord Laird – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2016-01-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who supervises and audits public funding of universities in the UK.

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

Responsibility for higher education is devolved.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has responsibility for oversight of the higher education sector in England.

For Higher Education Institute’s that receive HEFCE funding, the individual HEI’s external auditor is required to provide a statement in their audit report that public funding has been used for the purposes for which it was provided. HEFCE also seeks a range of other accountability returns from each HEI and carries out periodic ‘HEFCE Assurance Reviews’ of all HEIs.

Similar arrangements are in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. BIS is responsible for “alternative HE providers”, which includes some private universities, who are not in receipt of funding from HEFCE.

Individual public bodies (such as Government Departments and Research Councils) are separately accountable for any public funding that they distribute.

January 1, 2023

Brendan O’Hara – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Brendan O’Hara on 2016-02-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British military advisers have been present in control rooms of the Saudi-led coalition engaged in conflict in Yemen.

Penny Mordaunt

We have deployed a small number of military personnel serving as liaison officers in Saudi headquarters to provide insight into Saudi operations. They remain under UK command and control. These liaison officers are not involved in the targeting process – whether it be the selection, decision making or directing.

British personnel are not involved in carrying out strikes, directing or conducting operations in Yemen or selecting targets and are not involved in the Saudi targeting decision-making process.

January 1, 2023

Oliver Dowden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Oliver Dowden on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information relating to infertility and its treatment is available to those affected.

Jane Ellison

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have a statutory duty to publish information for patients and donors about fertility treatment and the clinics that it licenses. The Authority is currently reviewing the information published on its website following extensive research and is working with NHS Choices to make sure that all patients are directed to the right information at the right time.

Individuals with fertility problems can discuss these issues with their general practitioners and ask to be referred to a fertility specialist to discuss the difficulties that they are having in conceiving and the options that are open to them.

January 1, 2023

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