The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on meningitis vaccine stocks in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
Vaccine prices are commercially confidential, and so we are unable to provide this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-03-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reparation orders have been made by HM Courts and Tribunals Service against people convicted of modern slavery offences in each of the last six months.
Mike Penning
The information requested can be found in the CJS Outcomes by Offence data tool at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014
Data for 2015 and 2016 will be published in due course.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Taylor of Warwick on 2016-04-18.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address the pay gap between women and men with vocational qualifications.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Whilst girls outperform boys at school, many still do not choose paths that lead to careers in the highest-paying professions. We know that occupational segregation is a cause of the gender pay gap, and the Government is taking action to address this. Eliminating the gender pay gap is a key priority for this government, and that’s why we are encouraging girls to consider a wide range of careers through the independent ‘Your Life’ campaign, and guidance called ‘Your Daughter’s Future’, which helps parents support their daughters’ subject and career choices.
Last year 53% of apprenticeships were started by women and the number of women starting apprenticeships in engineering and manufacturing, which carry a significant wage premium, has more than tripled since 2009.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Betts on 2016-05-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of his Department’s progress on improving municipal statutory notices since his Department’s press release, Councils and media invited to bring statutory notices into 21st century, published on 23rd December 2014.
Mr Marcus Jones
The Statutory Notices Pilots project is now complete. We are currently in the process of giving careful consideration to the findings of the final reports of the 24 pilots, before drawing any conclusions and deciding what action, if any, to take.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Lewis on 2016-07-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for the security of the UK of the proposed takeover of ARM Holdings by the Japanese company Softbank; and if he will make a statement.
Margot James
I can confirm that the takeover of ARM as currently proposed does not undermine the UK’s national security.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Lord on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children who receive free school meals in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey, (c) the South East and (d) the UK have participated in higher education in each year since 2010.
Joseph Johnson
Information is given on the number and percentage of students completing Key Stage 5 study (A level and other Level 3 qualifications) in mainstream state-funded schools and colleges, before progressing to study at a UK higher education institution for at least two terms the following year, in each of the last five years for which information is available. Free school meal eligibility is as recorded when students were in Year 11.
The table below show figures for the Woking constituency for the years 2010/11 to 2014/15. Numbers of pupils are shown rounded to the nearest ten, in line with how published information was shown in these years. Percentages are calculated using unrounded figures.
In each of the last five years, ten students in the Woking constituency (rounded to the nearest ten), who had been eligible for free school meals in Year 11 and completed Key Stage 5 study, progressed to higher education. This compares to between 180 and 250 students who had not been eligible for free school meals. In 2014/15, this represents 34% of free school meals students and 50% of other students who had completed Key Stage 5 study. Due to the small numbers of students involved, these proportions have varied year on year.
Comparable information on pupil destinations for b) Surrey, c) the South East and d) England is published annually at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations
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Woking constituency |
Number of students completing KS5 |
Number at UK Higher Education Institution |
% at UK Higher Education Institution (calculated on unrounded figures) |
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(rounded to nearest 10) |
(rounded to nearest 10) |
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FSM |
Non-FSM |
FSM |
Non-FSM |
FSM |
Non-FSM |
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2014/15 (2013/14 KS5 cohort) |
30 |
510 |
10 |
250 |
34% |
50% |
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2013/14 (2012/13 KS5 cohort) |
20 |
370 |
10 |
180 |
32% |
49% |
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2012/13 (2011/12 KS5 cohort) |
30 |
450 |
10 |
200 |
31% |
45% |
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2011/12 (2010/11 KS5 cohort) |
20 |
450 |
10 |
230 |
61% |
52% |
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2010/11 (2009/10 KS5 cohort) |
30 |
490 |
10 |
220 |
41% |
45% |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Palmer on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Chairman of Committees how many members of staff in Catering and Retail Services are being made redundant.
Lord Laming
There have been no redundancies in House of Lords Catering and Retail Services this year. Three sous chefs left via a voluntary exit scheme following a restructuring of back of house services.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Laurence Robertson on 2015-11-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department is doing to deliver the full pension entitlement for those people in Northern Ireland who started work at the age of 14.
Justin Tomlinson
Following the fundamental reforms of the National Insurance scheme in 1975 the law provided that only paid contributions and credits from the year in which a person reached age 16 to the year before the one in which they reached state pension age should count for the purposes of entitlement to the state pension. The Government has no plans to review the position reached by Parliament and which has been in place for the past 40 years, since 1975.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-01-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19214 and with reference to Chapter 3 of the National Audit Office Report, entitled The Superfast (Rural) Broadband Programme: update, published in January 2015, for what reason the amount spent per cabinet is approximately double the amount estimated by the National Audit Office.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The costs reported in the January 2015 National Audit Office Report were based on average direct cabinet costs in September 2014, which were lower than envisaged at the time of the contract. Underspends at the end of the projects will be available for further investment in superfast broadband roll-out.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2016 to Question 23898, what (a) estimate he has made and (b) target he has set for the number of the liaison psychiatry services in A&E departments which will meet (i) Core, (ii) Core 24, (iii) Enhanced 24 and (iv) Comprehensive standard as set out by the NHS South West Strategic Clinical Network by 2020.
Alistair Burt
The latest available data, based on the 2nd annual national survey of liaison psychiatry carried out by the University of Plymouth on behalf of NHS England in April 2015, provides the following estimates of service grading in line with NHS South West Strategic Clinical Network’s service model specification:
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Service model |
Number of acute hospitals |
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None |
11 |
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Sub-core |
134 |
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Core |
21 |
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Core 24 |
10 |
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Enhanced 24/Comprehensive |
3 |
The Government announced a £247 million investment over four years to 2020/21 to expand provision of liaison mental health in acute hospital settings. NHS England estimates that this will bring at least 50% of acute hospitals to the ‘Core 24’ service grading.