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  • Kerry McCarthy – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Kerry McCarthy – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2016-03-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ensure that the new ship contract agreed for the Pitcairn Islands supply run will include best practice stipulations regarding biosecurity and waste disposal.

    James Duddridge

    The Pitcairn Island Government is currently in the process of tendering for a new freight and passenger service. We will stress to them the importance of the need for best practice for biosecurity and waste disposal.

  • Peter Aldous – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Peter Aldous – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Aldous on 2016-04-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of supported housing in helping people with acute mental illnesses recover and live independently.

    Alistair Burt

    The Department has made no formal assessment of the potential benefits of supported housing in helping older people with support needs and those living with acute mental illness to live independently. However, the Department’s work in this area is underpinned by a variety of evidence – including a report commissioned by the Homes and Communities Agency, Financial benefits of investment in specialist housing for vulnerable and older people (2010), which provides a useful overview. This is based on a review of literature, and is split by different client groups including older people and those living with a mental health condition.

  • Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-05-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from 75 Engineer Regiment were deployed to Germany on training operations in each of the last six years.

    Penny Mordaunt

    The following table shows the number of personnel from 75 Engineer Regiment who have deployed to train in Germany in each of the last six years.

    Year

    Number of personnel

    2010

    0

    2011

    0

    2012

    0

    2013

    115

    2014

    136

    2015

    132

    These figures do not include personnel from the Regiment who are permanently based in Germany.

  • Phil Boswell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Phil Boswell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Phil Boswell on 2016-06-20.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent on television advertising for the Government’s apprenticeship programme in each year since 2006.

    Nick Boles

    The Government has spent the following amounts on TV media to advertise apprenticeships in the financial years since 2006.

    These costs are exclusive of VAT.

    2006/7

    £0

    2007/8

    £0

    2008/9

    £2,764,557

    2009/10

    £0

    2010/11

    £0

    2011/12

    £0

    2012/13

    £0

    2013/14

    £0

    2014/15

    £927,287

    2015/16

    £0

    2016/17

    £1,499,997 (spend to 23 June 2016)

  • Alison Thewliss – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Alison Thewliss – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Thewliss on 2016-09-13.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government donated to the UN Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan in 2015-16; and how much the Government plans to donate to that Plan in 2016-17.

    Rory Stewart

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 15 September to Question number 45832.

  • Imran Hussain – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Imran Hussain – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Imran Hussain on 2015-11-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on community cohesion of the withdrawal of ESOL Plus Mandation funding.

    Nick Boles

    We have not carried out a specific assessment in relation to community cohesion. The decision to withdraw the 2015/16 English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Plus (Mandation) funding was taken in the knowledge that providers could use their adult skills budget to continue to provide ESOL training for jobseekers and therefore mitigate any adverse impact. Our data showed that the numbers of claimants being referred to ESOL Plus (Mandation) provision was significantly lower than originally anticipated.

  • Tulip Siddiq – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Tulip Siddiq – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2015-12-14.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what refurbishments have been carried out by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department’s non-departmental public bodies since May 2010; what the cost of such refurbishments was; what further such refurbishments are planned; and what the estimated cost is of such planned refurbishments.

    Jane Ellison

    Theattached tables provide the cost of refurbishments carried out by the Department and its arm’s length bodiessince May 2010, together with planned refurbishments and their estimated cost. Costs are in £’000.

    Exact financial plans for next year are yet to be determined following the Spending Review.

  • Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-01-19.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) heart, (b) lungs, (c) liver, (d) kidney and (e) cornea transplant donations there have been in each of the last five years.

    Jane Ellison

    The information requested is in the following tables.

    Data extracted from the UK Transplant Registry as at January 2016 on all United Kingdom deceased organ donors in each of the last five financial years.

    2010/11

    2011/12

    2012/13

    2013/14

    2014/15

    Total

    Number of deceased organ donors

    1,010

    1,088

    1,212

    1,320

    1,282

    5,912

    Number of organs donated:

    Hearts

    126

    136

    144

    204

    175

    785

    Lungs

    362

    366

    413

    450

    391

    1,982

    Livers

    712

    783

    825

    932

    924

    4,176

    Kidneys

    1,889

    2,032

    2,265

    2,469

    2,387

    11,042

    Corneas

    340

    359

    378

    461

    401

    1,939

    Source: NHS Blood and Transplant

    Data extracted from the UK Transplant Registry as at January 2016 on all UK living organ donors in each of the last five financial years*.

    Living Donors

    2010/11

    2011/12

    2012/13

    2013/14

    2014/15

    Total

    Kidney

    1,021

    1,006

    1,067

    1,114

    1,049

    5,257

    Liver

    21

    38

    31

    28

    38

    156

    Source: NHS Blood and Transplant

    *Not including those transplants where the recipient receives an organ (s) from a donor, but is able to donate one of their organs to another.

  • Philip Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Philip Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department and non-departmental public bodies receive (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance.

    Nick Gibb

    The Department for Education (which includes the Education Funding Agency, National College for Teaching and Leadership and the Standards and Testing Agency) does not offer any of the above allowances to its staff. We do not hold information in relation to non-departmental public bodies.

  • Heidi Alexander – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Heidi Alexander – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-03-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in the last three months.

    Jane Ellison

    Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for collecting cancer data to support national cancer registration in England and recognises the importance of collecting data on recurrent breast cancer.

    At present pilot work in acute trusts has improved the reporting for breast cancer recurrence and metastasis to the National Cancer Registration Service but the uptake has been slow and the data is not complete. Further work is being scoped by NHS England and PHE based on the recommendation in the recent Independent Cancer Taskforce report to establish robust surveillance systems to collect this data on all cancers.

    Data on the number of people diagnosed with secondary breast cancer is not currently available.