Tag: Parliamentary Question

Laurence Robertson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Laurence Robertson on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Bendamustine and (b) Ibrutinib drugs in treating cancer; and if he will make a statement.

George Freeman

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body which makes decisions on the clinical and cost effectiveness of products based on a thorough assessment of the best available evidence and in consultation with stakeholders. National Health Service commissioners are required to fund drugs and treatments recommended by NICE technology appraisals.

Bendamustine (Levact) is recommended by NICE as a possible treatment for some people with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia of Binet stage B or C.

NICE is currently appraising ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for the treatment of (i) chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (NICE’s final guidance is expected in June 2016) and (ii) mantle cell, relapsed, refractory lymphoma (NICE’s final guidance is expected in December 2016).

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Andy Slaughter – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-26.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of tax it will collect should the funding of insolvency litigation change under the provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs has not made an estimate of the amount of tax it will collect should the funding of insolvency litigation change under the provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

01/12/2022
Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of incidents in which tasers were used by the police in London in each of the last five years resulted in (a) an arrest, (b) a charge and (c) a conviction.

Mike Penning

Accurate, consistent data on police use of force is essential to improve transparency around how the police are using their sensitive powers. That is why the Home Secretary asked Chief Constable David Shaw to carry out an in depth review of Taser data and other use of force, and present options for collecting, collating and publishing data on how force including Taser is being used, who it is being used on and what the outcomes are.

Data is not recorded centrally on how many and what proportion of incidents in which Tasers were used by the police in London in each of the last five years resulted in an arrest, a charge and a conviction.

Existing data on the police use of Taser by sex, age and ethnicity from 2010 to 2014, including that released under Freedom of Information, is not of a quality standard suitable for publication as Official or National statistics, and this data is not broken down by London borough.

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Stephen Gethins – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gethins on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect that climate change is having on (a) clean water and (b) adequate sanitation facilities in developing countries.

Grant Shapps

Through the UK Government’s International Climate Fund DFID has worked with the World Health Organisation to assess the effect that climate change will have on water and sanitation facilities and has produced a joint report titled ‘Vision 2030’. This outlines the evidence, and sets out what can be done to optimise the resilience of water and sanitation technologies, infrastructure and services. DFID has also funded the Overseas Development Institute to produce a report assessing the risks that climate change poses to the delivery of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes. All of DFID’s WASH programmes require sustainability and climate risks to be taken into account in design and delivery.

01/12/2022
Jim Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2015 to Question 12620, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of public subsidy for train operators in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

Claire Perry

The level of public subsidy paid to (or premiums paid by) train operators is determined by the franchising process, in which bidders compete for the right to run passenger services franchises. Franchise competitions are designed to allow train operators an adequate financial return while at the same time ensuring they can fulfil their franchise commitments and obligations in full. Last year the Department received net £1.2bn premium from franchised train operators. Further information can be found on the Gov.uk website

(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-subsidy-per-passenger-mile).

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Meg Hillier – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Meg Hillier on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average time taken to secure appeal hearings for people whose entry clearance applications have been refused.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Published figures can be found at the following link: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2015.

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Lord Paddick – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Paddick on 2015-10-23.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Airwave Solutions about the transition of emergency services communications as part of the emergency services mobile communications programme.

Lord Bates

The Home Office meets senior managers from Airwave Solutions Ltd regularly to discuss the service that ASL provides. The Home Office’s plans for transition from the existing Airwave service to the future ESN service is regularly discussed at these meetings.

01/12/2022

Kevin Brennan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of patents granted in the UK with other (a) EU, (b) OECD and (c) developed economies in each of the last three years for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Edward Vaizey

Figures for patents applied for and granted in different jurisdictions can be obtained from the website of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (www.wipo.int), which collates the figures from intellectual property offices around the world.

The table shows the number of patents granted by national offices and by the European Patent Office (EPO) as recorded by WIPO, for both resident and non-resident applicants.

Many applicants choose to apply for patent protection in the UK and other European states via the EPO. However these are not recorded as grants for the individual countries in the table. According to the EPO around 75% of granted EPs take effect in the UK.

The number of granted patents in any one jurisdiction is dependent on many factors including applicants’ business models, local market structure, and the legal requirements of the jurisdiction, since patent law varies. It also reflects the capacity of patent offices to process applications.

Office	2011	2012	2013
Australia	17877	17724	17112
Austria	1198	1439	1256
Belgium	541	795	745
Bulgaria	128	101	125
Canada	20762	21819	23833
Chile	1013	770	898
Croatia	184	155	159
Cyprus	1	5	1
Czech Republic	687	668	611
Denmark	110	190	309
Estonia	129	116	78
European Patent Office	62112	65665	66696
Finland	841	836	711
France	10213	12913	11405
Germany	11719	11332	13858
Greece	364	291	282
Hungary	445	477	1351
Iceland	67	47	43
Ireland	250	190	214
Israel	5104	3386	1988
Italy	6380	5625	8114
Japan	238323	274791	277079
Luxembourg	65	112
Malta	1	11	15
Mexico	11485	12358	10368
Netherlands	2042	1895	2029
New Zealand	4710	6152	4752
Norway	1612	1310	1430
Poland	3112	2484	2804
Portugal	145	112	130
Republic of Korea	94720	113467	127330
Romania	430	384	451
Singapore	5949	5633	5575
Slovakia	317	161	115
Slovenia	318
Spain	2812	2720	3004
Sweden	1039	999	685
Switzerland	368	455	534
Turkey	893	1004	1211
United Kingdom	7173	6864	5235
United States of America	224505	253155	277835

Source: WIPO statistics database. Last updated: March 2015

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Steve Rotheram – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2014-02-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many warrants to undertake surveillance on British nationals were issued by her Department between 1989 and 1992.

James Brokenshire

As indicated in the debate on 12th February 2014, Official Report, column 858, both the
Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
provide an avenue for investigating concerns in this area.

As a matter of long-standing practice, we do not routinely comment on the
detailed use of interception and surveillance, or provide a breakdown of the
number of warrants signed in relation to specific circumstances or
nationalities.

Figures for the overall number of interception warrants authorised by the Home
Secretary during the period 1989-1992 were published in the Annual Report to
the Prime Minister by the Interception Commissioner under the legislation then
in force (the Interception of Communications Act 1985). The published figures
are as follows:

Figures for the overall number of interception warrants authorised by the Home Secretary under the Interception of Communications Act 1985 during the period 1989-1992 are shown in the tables below. They provide separate figures for warrants covering telecommunications (which exclude letters), warrants covering letters (letters were relatively more important as a mode of communication than they would be today), and a total for both categories of these warrants.

Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1988 and b) issued during the course of 1988:

Telecommunications

Letters

Total

Warrants

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

225

412

75

48

300

460

Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1989 and b) issued during the course of 1989:

Telecommunications

Letters

Total

Warrants

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

232

427

59

31

291

485

Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1990 and b) issued during the course of 1990:

Telecommunications

Letters

Total

Warrants

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

225

473

52

42

227

515

Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1991 and b) issued during the course of 1991:

Telecommunications

Letters

Total

Warrants

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

239

670

50

62

289

732

Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1992 and b) issued during the course of 1992:

Telecommunications

Letters

Total

Warrants

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

(a)

(b)

265

756

72

118

337

847

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01/12/2022
Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-02-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear-qualified Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel have been required by his Department in each of the last three years; and how many such posts were vacant in each such year in each location.

Mr Philip Dunne

The following tables summarise the number of civilian Nuclear Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (NSQEP) posts and the number of NSQEP vacancies by location:

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	Telecommunications	Letters		Total
Warrants	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
	225	412	75	48	300	460