Tag: Parliamentary Question

Lilian Greenwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 December 2015 HDVS 369 on rail franchising, when he expects to publish the new franchise agreements for the Northern and TransPennine Express franchise awards.

Andrew Jones

The draft franchise agreements are already published by the Department:

TransPennine Express (TPE): https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417830/franchise-agreement.pdf

Northern: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417807/northern-franchise-agreement.pdf

and the final agreements will be published after the agreed redactions have taken place.

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01/01/2023
Cat Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2016-01-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps UK forces take to avoid civilian casualties when targeting (a) oil facilities and (b) other infrastructure in Syria.

Penny Mordaunt

Regardless of the type of target being considered, the UK performs an assessment prior to every UK strike to assess the likelihood of any civilian casualties. This examines the impact of the strike on the surrounding area and whether there are likely to be any civilians present.

The UK military takes every possible step to avoid civilian casualties.

01/01/2023
Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-02-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions custody nurses were not available in police stations when required in each year since 2010.

Mike Penning

The provision and commissioning of police custody nurses is the responsibility of individual Police and Crime Commissioners, and police custody nurse staffing and availability levels are an operational policing matter in conjunction with the custody healthcare service provider. Information on these issues is not held centrally by the Home Office.

01/01/2023
Philip Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prosecutions for smoking in vehicles with children present have been carried out under the Smoke-free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015.

Jane Ellison

The Department assesses the impact of tobacco control measures on an ongoing basis as it develops policy. The Smoke-Free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015 include a requirement to review the regulations within five years of them coming into force, which will include an assessment of the effect on children’s exposure to secondhand smoke in private vehicles.

In changing the law we always said the measure of success would be in changes in attitude and behaviour, not the number of enforcement actions. Information on prosecutions for the period since the regulations were introduced has not yet been published, however we would expect very few fixed penalty notices issued for these offences would lead to court appearances.

01/01/2023
Tania Mathias – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tania Mathias on 2016-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the security of airports of security scanning all bags before they are allowed into an airport building.

Mr Robert Goodwill

We regularly assess all threats to aviation security along with appropriate response measures. Following the recent attacks at Brussels Airport, measures were put in place to enhance the protection of public areas at UK airports. We do not currently assess that requiring all bags to be scanned at the entrance to airport building would be an effective and proportionate response, but we will continue to work with airports and the police to keep this and other possible measures under review.

01/01/2023
Baroness Tonge – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Tonge on 2016-05-24.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding the arrest of 13 Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints in the West Bank between 12 and 18 May.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

We have no plans to raise these arrests with the Israeli authorities.

01/01/2023
Tom Blenkinsop – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2016-07-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle obesity in (a) the North East and (b) England.

Nicola Blackwood

We launched Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action on 18 August. A copy of the plan is attached and is available at:

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf

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01/01/2023
Rupa Huq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rupa Huq on 2016-10-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is investigating allegations that the Saudi-led coalition deployed UK manufactured cluster munitions; and whether UK military personnel or UK aircraft were involved in the deployment of such munitions.

Sir Michael Fallon

We are aware of reports, including from Amnesty International on 6 June 2016, of the alleged use of UK-supplied cluster munitions in the Saudi-led coalition campaign in Yemen. We take this allegation very seriously, have analysed the case carefully and raised the issue with the Saudi-led coalition.

The UK is not a member of the coalition and there are no Royal Air Force aircraft in coalition operations. British military personnel are not involved in carrying out strikes, directing or conducting operations in Yemen or in the targeting process.

01/01/2023

Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-11-02.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many (a) EU and (b) Commonwealth citizens from which countries were registered in each London borough to vote by October 2015.

Mr Gary Streeter

The Electoral Commission holds data on the the number of European Union (EU) citizens (including attainers) on the electoral registers in December 2014. These figures are collected annually by the Office of National Statistics for England and Wales. Data is not available on the number of registered Commonwealth citizens as the registers do not distinguish Commonwealth citizens as they are entitled to vote in all elections.

London borough	Number of registered EU citizens
Barking and Dagenham	11,552
Barnet	23,174
Bexley	5,148
Brent	30,107
Bromley	8,742
Camden	17,654
City of London	748
Croydon	15,731
Ealing	31,339
Enfield	16,803
Greenwich	15,217
Hackney	18,145
Hammersmith and Fulham	18,965
Haringey	21,020
Harrow	14,641
Havering	5,282
Hillingdon	12,935
Hounslow	21,089
Islington	16,334
Kensington and Chelsea	20,670
Kingston upon Thames	8,971
Lambeth	28,035
Lewisham	16,651
Merton	16,725
Newham	25,562
Redbridge	13,999
Richmond upon Thames	9,580
Southwark	20,368
Sutton	7,848
Tower Hamlets	19,910
Waltham Forest	22,269
Wandsworth	24,764
Westminster	19,565

01/01/2023

Jo Stevens – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Stevens on 2015-11-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the FA, the Premier League and the Football League on the cost to supporters of following football.

Tracey Crouch

I have raised the issue of costs to supporters with the football authorities but it is important to remember this is a matter for individual clubs. However I am pleased to hear of some excellent examples of clubs reducing ticket prices such as Coventry City and Doncaster Rovers – in line with the Football Supporters’ Federation ‘Twenty Plenty’ campaign, and that Premier League clubs are also considering an extension of the Away Supporters’ Initiative.

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