The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Marquess of Lothian on 2016-05-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of visits to hospital Accident and Emergency departments during 2015 resulted in admission to hospital.
Lord Prior of Brampton
In 2015 there were 22,434,007 attendances at accident and emergency departments in England. For 18.2% of these attendances, the patient was admitted as an emergency.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2016-07-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce a government-run website for the purpose of advertising teacher vacancies so as to reduce the cost for schools of advertising such vacancies.
Nick Gibb
In the March 2016 white paper, ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’, the Department announced the following intention: “To reduce costs of recruitment for schools in a more challenging labour market, we will create simple web tools to enable schools to advertise vacancies more easily and a new, free national teacher vacancy website so that aspiring and current teachers can find posts quickly and easily – transforming the current system and reducing the burden on schools when budgets are tight”.
Following the white paper publication, the Department has begun to deliver this in the way that meets the needs of schools and teachers and offers best value for money for the taxpayer.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Elliott on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether BT contributed funding to the phase 1 roll-out of superfast broadband.
Matt Hancock
BT made a total capital commitment for Phase 1 of the programme of £348 million.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the evidential basis which shows that cannabis is harmful, cited in the Government response to the epetition, We demand the British Government reschedule cannabis.
Mike Penning
The government relies on the evidence of the independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, whose most recent report on cannabis, Cannabis Classification and Public Health, concluded that cannabis is a “significant public health issue and can unquestionably cause harm to individuals and society”. The full report can be accessed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/acmd-cannabis-classification-and-public-health-2008.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones of Cheltenham on 2015-12-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for the official opening of the airport on St Helena.
Baroness Verma
The St Helena Government is responsible for planning the official opening of the airport on St Helena.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2016-01-21.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the public sector exit payments cap on morale in the Civil Service.
Matthew Hancock
The Civil Service has successfully changed the way it operates and become more efficient – it is now delivering far more, for less, than it did before 2010. The Government has delivered a range of policy changes over the last five years to modernise the Civil Service and save taxpayers money. During this time employee engagement rates have actually increased.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the rate of pay is for cleaners in his Department.
Brandon Lewis
The rate of pay for cleaners working in buildings managed by the Department for Communities and Local Government is between £6.70 and £8.00 per hour depending on seniority, location and duration of tenure. From April 2016, the Department will pay the National Living Wage.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of internet service provision across all Government departments in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Matthew Hancock
The information requested is not held centrally, departments have responsibility for their own Internet service provision.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Stevens on 2016-04-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 33485, in what capacity those polygraph examinations have been conducted; and for what reasons polygraph examinations have been so used to examine sex offender behaviour.
Andrew Selous
The legal basis for the polygraph scheme is in the Offender Management Act 2007. Sections 28 to 30 enable a polygraph licence condition to be added to the release licence of certain sex offenders. In January 2014, following a successful pilot, the condition was introduced nationally.
Polygraph testing has proven to be a valuable additional tool for National Probation Service offender managers in the management of certain sex offenders in the community. It increases the chance that those sexual offenders will make critically significant disclosures relevant to their management, supervision, or risk assessment. Furthermore, it has increased the likelihood of preventative actions being taken by offender managers to protect the public from harm, such as warnings and recall to custody.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2016-05-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of all asylum appeals were made by Eritrean nationals or refugees in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, and (3) 2015.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
In answer to Questions HL329 and HL331, I refer the noble Lady to my answer on 04/05/2016 for Question HL8090.
In answer to Question HL330, I refer the noble Lady to my answer on 04/05/2016 for Question HL8089.
In answer to Question HL332 and HL333, I refer the noble Lady to my answer on 11/05/2016 for Questions HL8091 and HL9092.