The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the amount it will spend on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billing advertising in the next 12 months.
Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold an advertising budget.
As such there is no expected spend on advertising over the next 12 months other than that for the advertisement of public appointments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2016-02-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were recorded as homeless in each region in each of the last five years.
Mr Marcus Jones
The number of households accepted as being owed a main homelessness duty in each region of England in the last five financial years is shown in the atttached table.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much per capita Arts Council England is spending in each region in 2015-16.
Mr Edward Vaizey
In May, Arts Council England (ACE) announced they will increase the percentage of Lottery funding distributed outside London from 70% to 75% by the end of 2018; and invest over £35 million in the Ambition for Excellence fund – over £31 million of which will be spent outside London. There continues to be a shift in spending on National Portfolio funding away from London. In London, £26.02 is spent per head in 2015/16 – compared with £29.74 in 2009/10, when the Hon Member’s constituents in Yorkshire received £8.00 per head, compared with £10.93 this year.
The table outlines ACE investment by region, and spend per head in 2015/16:
|
2015-16 YTD |
TOTAL |
Spend per head |
|
East |
£35,558,838 |
£5.91 |
|
East Midlands |
£28,393,349 |
£6.12 |
|
London |
£222,182,958 |
£26.02 |
|
North East |
£34,153,682 |
£13.04 |
|
North West |
£65,878,044 |
£9.24 |
|
South East |
£45,263,359 |
£5.10 |
|
South West |
£45,805,668 |
£8.45 |
|
West Midlands |
£70,442,158 |
£12.33 |
|
Yorkshire |
£58,586,846 |
£10.93 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mackintosh on 2016-04-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that employers accord degree apprenticeships the same esteem as traditional university degrees.
Nick Boles
The Government wants young people to have the opportunity to access high quality degree level training, whether through a full-time undergraduate route or a world-class degree apprenticeship.
Both traditional degrees and new degree apprenticeships meet the high quality criteria expected of a higher education qualification. Degree Apprenticeships are designed by groups of employers working with higher education institutions, and provide a valuable route for people to obtain a degree-level qualification alongside training for a career, with the prospect of a job from day one
Degree apprenticeships will feature in the new communications campaign being launched in May, promoting the benefits of apprenticeships to employers and young people.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been received from the European Social Fund via the National Offender Management Service Co-Financing Organisation to help employer roadshows at HM Prison (a) Sudbury, (b) Drake Hall and (c) Wayland.
Andrew Selous
Money received from the European Social Fund (ESF) by the NOMS Co-financing Programme is published in the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts. No ESF funding has been used to finance employer roadshows at Sudbury, Drake Hall and Wayland prisons. Neither has any ESF money been awarded direct to HM Young Offender Institutions Werrington, Feltham or Cookham Wood.
It is a condition of any award of core ESF funding to the NOMS Co-financing programme that it has to be spent on front line services for offenders (excluding the administration budget. Because of this, a separate application was made under the Technical Assistance grant to fund, among other things, the setting up and running of the Employers’ Forum for Reducing Re-offending (EFRR). The aim of the Technical Assistance grant is to fund services that will support the objectives of the main programme – employability of offenders. The amount spent from the ESF Technical Assistance fund on the EFRR from 2010 to 2015 was £280,403.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Farrelly on 2016-07-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Public Health of 17 December 2015, Official Report, column 638WH, when he plans to publish the Public Health Research Consortium report on the effect of e-cigarettes.
Jane Ellison
The Department’s Policy Research Programme funds the Public Health Research Consortium (PHRC). The PHRC is undertaking the project ‘E-Cigarettes: Development of Tools to Measure Norms Towards Ordinary Cigarettes and Nicotine Use’. This started in April 2015 and is currently in the write-up stage. It is due to go to peer review and publication plans will be developed subsequently.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hamwee on 2016-10-03.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are aware of the presence of British citizens, particularly British children, in the La Linière refugee camp outside Dunkirk.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
The Government is not aware of any British citizens, including children, residing in the La Linière migrant camp.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has attracted in investment to regenerate the site of the Royal Hospital Haslar; and if he will make a statement.
Anna Soubry
UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) Regeneration Investment Organisation is promoting the Royal Haslar Hospital site for international investment. To date, no investment has been attracted into the site by UKTI.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Blackford on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the General Medical Council on amending guidance related to the prescription of off-label drugs and subsequent personal liability.
George Freeman
The Government has made no such assessment and has not had discussions with the General Medical Council (GMC) on amending their guidance related to the prescription of off-label drugs and subsequent personal liability. The GMC is responsible for the assessment of its national guidance and this is kept under review as part of GMC’s normal internal governance arrangements.
As part of its response to the Off-Patent Drugs Bill, the Government has discussed a range of issues around off-label prescribing with a wide range of stakeholders, including the GMC. Working with the Department of Health, the GMC has recently published a Hot Topic on ‘Prescribing unlicensed medicines.’ This on-line tool explains GMC’s prescribing guidance and assures doctors of the clinical appropriateness of unlicensed and off-label prescribing. A copy of this is available at:
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/28349.asp
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make representations to the French government on ensuring that NGOs and volunteers are allowed continual access to the Dunkirk refugee camp for the provision of aid and other humanitarian assistance.
James Brokenshire
The UK Government recognises the exceptional pressures on the French Government and its citizens caused by the migrant situation in the Calais region. Both Governments are clear that the right course of action is, as far as possible, to move migrants away from Calais and for genuine refugees, to be offered protection within the French asylum system. This is why the UK has committed to providing £3.6 million (or €5 million) per year for two years to help provide support and facilities elsewhere in France.
The UK is in regular contact with France on all matters related to Calais and the migrant situation. However, operational decisions relating to the management of the camps are the responsibility of the French Government.