The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the homelessness prevention grant.
Mr Marcus Jones
I refer the hon. Member to my answer on 15 October 2015, to the rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake), PQ 11365.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much UK-produced steel has been used in the manufacturing of the MARS tankers being procured by his Department.
Mr Philip Dunne
Under European and UK procurement regulations, the Ministry of Defence could not contractually mandate the use of particular suppliers.
Decisions on the source of steel are a matter for the contractors who take into account the cost, timeliness of availability and the quality of the steel used in defence contracts . These considerations allow defence contractors to deliver value for money for the taxpayer.
I will write with more details and place a copy in the Library of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paula Sherriff on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage clinically commissioning groups to share best practice in improving diabetes care outcomes.
Jane Ellison
The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Outcomes Indicator Set provides clear, comparative information for CCGs, Health and Wellbeing Boards, local authorities, patients and the public about the quality of health services commissioned by CCGs and the associated health outcomes. Through publicly sharing this information, CCGs and general practitioner practices can see where they stand in comparison with their peers and take action where improvement is needed.
NHS England has also recently agreed to extend the roll out of its Right Care programme to all CCGs over the next four years. This will ensure that, where local diabetes services and outcomes are poorer compared to demographic peers, suitable improvement programmes will be implemented, with the learning shared across all CCGs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014 to Question 196742, what progress his Department has made on assessing the effectiveness of existing arrangements for reporting complications relating to transvaginal mesh implants; and if he will make a statement.
George Freeman
The working group on vaginal tapes and mesh is now finalising its interim recommendations which NHS England expects to publish in November 2015, subject to its internal governance processes.
However in the meantime the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has unified and simplified reporting under the Yellowcard reporting brand- All reporting under one page, promoted Yellow card reporting at conferences to increase awareness e.g. RCN Congress, NICE Annual Conference; created the role of Medical Device Safety Officers in conjunction with NHS England to promote local reporting and learning.
As a result we have seen an increase in Member of Public reports relating to transvaginal mesh of 350% over 2014 so far (Table 2).
The data below is taken from the Adverse Incident Tracking System
Table 1: Adverse events reported to MHRA by health professionals concerning vaginal tape and mesh implants are as follows:
|
Vaginal tapes for stress urinary incontinence 64/25 |
Vaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse 64/25 |
Vaginal mesh for unknown1 indication |
|
|
2011 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
2012 |
23 |
31 |
2 |
|
2013 |
27 |
20 |
0 |
|
2014 |
87 |
47 |
1 |
|
Up to September 2015 |
50 |
48 |
4 |
|
1 The reporter did not provide enough information on what type of mesh it was. |
Table 2: Adverse events reported to MHRA by patients/members of the public concerning vaginal tape and mesh implants are as follows:
|
Vaginal tapes for stress urinary incontinence |
Vaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse |
Vaginal mesh for unknown1 indication |
|
|
2011 |
33 |
7 |
3 |
|
2012 |
26 |
2 |
0 |
|
2013 |
30 |
10 |
3 |
|
2014 |
22 |
3 |
0 |
|
Up to September 2015 |
68 |
17 |
6 |
|
1 The reporter did not provide enough information on what type of mesh it was. |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Pursglove on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants of her Department are members of trades unions; how many working hours of facility time are taken by such civil servants; and what estimate she has made of the cost of that facility time to her Department.
Karen Bradley
Trade union membership is a matter between the individual member and their trade union. We do not hold current details of the number of staff within the Home Office who subscribe to a trade union.
We provide quarterly returns to the Cabinet Office on the number of staff who are trade union representatives and who take paid facility time and the associated cost to the Department. These are then published as transparency data on Gov.uk. The last published data, covering the quarter from 1 October 2014 to 31 December 2014, shows that the cost to the Department of facility time for 334 union representatives was 0.08% of the total paybill, which is within the Cabinet Office guideline of 0.1% of paybill.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to county courts have been made by tenants against landlords for failure to comply with their Tenancy Deposit Scheme obligations under Part 6, Chapter 4, Sections 212-213 of the Housing Act 2004 in each year since those provisions came into force; how many such cases were found in favour of the (a) landlord and (b) tenant; and of those such cases found in favour of the tenant, how many landlords were fined the full amount of three times the amount of the deposit.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with airline companies on seat accommodation for larger people travelling on aeroplanes.
Mr Robert Goodwill
There have been no discussions between the Department and the airline industry on the specific issue of seat accommodation for larger people travelling on aeroplanes.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment support allowance claimants in the City of Westminster have been referred to Maximus and the Work Programme since that company took over that contract.
Priti Patel
The information requested (up to June 2015) is published and available at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html
Guidance for users can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap on the number of workless households.
Justin Tomlinson
I refer the hon.Member to the answer I gave today to Oral Question UIN 901933
The benefit cap is having a long term positive impact on people’s lives, and encouraging them to find work.
Over 60,000 households have been capped since April 2013. As of May 2015, over 40,000 households were no longer subject to the benefit cap. Of those, 16,300 households moved into work.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Berridge on 2015-10-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the United Kingdom contributes to the cost of the UN peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
The UK contributes £23.2 million for the financial year 2014/15, and a projected £33.02 million for the financial year 2015/16, to the UN Peacekeeping Budget for the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). These are assessed (i.e. mandatory) contributions which are based on funding a fixed percentage of MINUSCA’s budget.