The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of his Department.
James Brokenshire
My Department does not directly employ any cleaning staff within the Westminster estate, we utilise contracted services provided by HM Treasury.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2015-11-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the career progression of people aged 16 to 24 who have completed an apprenticeship since 2010.
Nick Boles
The Department assesses the impact of apprenticeships on career progression in a number of ways including measuring longer term wage and employment outcomes, short term employment outcomes and self-reported impacts. We also measure progression of advanced apprentices to higher education. Where possible the data are broken down by age band. Links to the relevant reports are provided below.
Wage returns and employment outcomes for Further Education, including apprenticeships are published here:
Experimental data showing the learning and employment outcomes of learners completing further education training between 2010 and 2013 is published here:
Short term employment outcomes and self-reported impacts are published in the Evaluation of apprenticeships: learner survey which is published here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-evaluation-learner-survey-2014
Progression of advanced apprentices to higher education broken down by year and age band is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/progression-of-apprentices-to-higher-education-second-cohort
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lucas on 2015-12-22.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of their obligation under EU law to prevent VAT evasion.
Lord O’Neill of Gatley
In considering fraud against European own resources, including VAT collection, the European Court recently clarified in the Taricco judgment that Member States are obliged under EU law (Article 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) to have in place effective and dissuasive criminal penalties against VAT fraud. The UK applies a full range of penalties to address various behaviours from dishonesty and deliberate inaccuracies through to criminal prosecutions for VAT offences.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 2016-01-25.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 19 January (HL4840), why the independent review of the contract between Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group and UnitingCare Partnership will only focus on the commissioner perspective.
Lord Prior of Brampton
We are advised that NHS England’s review of the contract between Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group and UnitingCare Partnership will focus on the commissioner perspective. Monitor, as the sector regulator for health services in England, will also be conducting a review.
However, Monitor’s review will assess the contract from the perspective of the providers involved and consider how relevant issues might be mitigated in the future. Monitor and NHS England will share their respective findings with each other.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Carolyn Harris on 2016-02-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effect of fixed odds betting terminals on levels of crime; and if she will make a statement.
Mike Penning
The Home Office does not collect information centrally on the reasons why police officers are called out to specific locations. The Home Office has no plans for a formal assessment of the impact of fixed odds betting terminals on levels of crime.
It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to decide crime priorities at a local level, and the most appropriate response in their areas.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne Main on 2016-03-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in immigration detention of each nationality have been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK.
James Brokenshire
As of December 2015 there were 1,274 foreign national offenders in immigration detention.
The Home Office does not provide nationality specific data. The data is withheld where disclosure would be likely to prejudice diplomatic relations between the UK and a foreign government and where its disclosure would be likely to prejudice the operation of immigration control.
Caveats
(1) The figures quoted have been derived from management information from the Home Office databases and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
(2) A Foreign National Offender (FNO) is defined as an individual with a criminal case on the Home Office’s Case Information Database, and may include individuals with asylum cases.
(3) Figures relate to main applicants only and are a snapshot of cases as at the end of December 2015 taken from the Case Information Database (CID).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of providing NHS dental services was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
Information is not collected centrally by the Department on the number of dentists taking on new patients.
The table below shows the expenditure on National Health Service dental services. The total expenditure figures have been broken down into primary care (delivered by high street dentists through General or Personal Dental Service contracts (GDS/PDS)) and other services (delivered in community and secondary care settings).
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2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
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1 |
Primary Care (Net) Expenditure on GDS / PDS |
£2,075,965 |
£2,175,560 |
£2,190,685 |
£2,056,469 |
£2,030,294 |
|
2 |
Patient Charge Revenue |
-£617,014 |
-£637,121 |
-£653,006 |
-£683,583 |
-£716,014 |
|
3 |
Primary Care (Gross) Expenditure on GDS / PDS |
£2,692,979 |
£2,812,681 |
£2,843,691 |
£2,740,052 |
£2,746,308 |
|
4 |
Other (Community and Secondary Care) |
£826,857 |
£602,327 |
£740,640 |
£818,042 |
£851,687 |
|
5 |
Total Expenditure |
£3,519,836 |
£3,415,008 |
£3,584,331 |
£3,558,094 |
£3,597,995 |
Notes:
Total expenditure is the sum of rows 3 and 4.
Expenditure figures between years is not directly comparable owing to changes in commissioning arrangements from primary care trusts (PCTs) to NHS England from April 2013.
In addition, responsibility for public health and prevention programme moved from PCTs to local authorities.
Source: Rows 1, 2, 3 -Primary Care expenditure Departmental accounts; row 4 – Other Programme Budgeting NHS England.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department’s White Paper, Success as a knowledge economy: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice, published on 16 May 2016, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to higher education providers of the proposed student protection scheme.
Joseph Johnson
The Higher Education and Research Bill will require all registered higher education providers to put in place student protection plans. These plans will ensure that students are able to continue to achieve their academic outcomes in the event of the provider not being able to fully deliver their course. An Impact Assessment will be published shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alistair Carmichael on 2016-07-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the US administration on the extension of the use of British Indian Ocean Territory by the US for defence and other purposes in accordance with the agreement of 1966.
Sir Alan Duncan
We regularly meet the US at senior official level to discuss cooperation on Diego Garcia. The most recent meeting was held in June in Washington.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the rate of road traffic accidents.
Andrew Jones
The Road Safety Statement, published in December last year, sets out the Government’s priorities for improving road safety over this Parliament.