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  • Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to tackle the increase of type 2 diabetes; and what work is being done to identify best practice and share knowledge throughout the UK.

    Jane Ellison

    The NHS Health Check programme is a risk assessment and management programme aimed at preventing a range of illnesses, including diabetes. Economic modelling has shown that potentially it can prevent more than 4,000 people a year from developing diabetes.

    Public Health England is supporting local authorities to deliver the NHS Health Check programme. Take up continues to improve with the number of checks being undertaken up by 13% compared to the same period last year.

    Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) focus on priority service areas to help improve the quality and equity of care and outcomes by bringing together those who use, provide and commission services in the area they serve. There are 12 Cardiovascular Disease Strategic Clinical Networks, 10 of which have dedicated diabetes clinical leads, and they support the prevention of Type 2 diabetes, and identify and share good practice within their areas. Diabetes UK is supporting meetings between the NHS England National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes, and the diabetes clinical leads and associate directors of the SCNs to help ensure that best practice is shared across all 12 regional networks.

  • Charlie Elphicke – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Charlie Elphicke – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlie Elphicke on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants are estimated to have entered the UK from Calais in each year since 1999.

    James Brokenshire

    To ensure the integrity and security of the UK border Her Majesty’s Government
    cannot comment on port specific statistics.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were charged with receiving illicit or unauthorised items through the post in each of the last four years.

    Jeremy Wright

    Prisons employ a range of measures to detect, disrupt and deter the trafficking of illicit items into prisons. Any contraband detected coming into the prison will be recorded on a central incident reporting system. However, to identify the manner in which the contraband entered the prison and any subsequent referral to the police would require a manual interrogation of incident reports. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.

    Information on prosecutions and convictions for these offences is not held centrally and could only be obtained by asking each prison to source information locally. This, again, could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.

  • Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the average change in the number of days people will spend claiming benefits as a result of the help-to-work scheme.

    Esther McVey

    We have a strong evidence base which shows that Help to Work has a positive impact in terms of reducing the number of days claimants spend on benefit.

    Over almost two years, claimants who took part in a trailblazer for Community Work Placement (CWP) and Mandatory Intervention Regime (MIR) spent on average 21 (CWP) and 26 (MIR) fewer days on benefits than an equivalent group of JSA claimants.

    They also spent more time in work than the control group: 9 days for CWP and 11 days for MIR participants.

  • Alun Cairns – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Alun Cairns – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alun Cairns on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Start Up Loan scheme in Wales to date; what the take-up has been under this scheme to date; and how much has been lent to which businesses in each constituency in Wales in each of the last three years.

    Matthew Hancock

    The Start-Up Loans Scheme was extended to Wales in October 2013. To date 249 loans have been committed with a value of over £1.52m.

    The table below sets the number of loans made in each constituency and their value:

    Welsh constituencies

    Number of loans

    Value of loans

    Aberavon

    6

    £38,700

    Aberconwy

    2

    £10,500

    Arfon

    2

    £24,000

    Blaenau Gwent

    5

    £12,000

    Brecon and Radnorshire

    2

    £7,500

    Bridgend

    9

    £58,000

    Caerphilly

    7

    £42,250

    Cardiff Central

    6

    £37,500

    Cardiff North

    5

    £41,500

    Cardiff South and Penarth

    12

    £83,600

    Cardiff West

    6

    £55,500

    Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

    9

    £49,250

    Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

    12

    £35,000

    Ceredigion

    7

    £19,100

    Clwyd South

    7

    £54,500

    Clwyd West

    8

    £43,500

    Cynon Valley

    8

    £35,000

    Delyn

    1

    £5,000

    Dwyfor Meirionnydd

    2

    £22,000

    Gower

    13

    £50,500

    Islwyn

    5

    £35,550

    Llanelli

    7

    £27,000

    Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

    7

    £53,000

    Monmouth

    10

    £75,284

    Montgomeryshire

    7

    £36,500

    Neath

    4

    £9,500

    Newport East

    11

    £77,470

    Newport West

    11

    £78,350

    Ogmore

    4

    £23,998

    Pontypridd

    6

    £36,000

    Preseli Pembrokeshire

    6

    £23,000

    Rhondda

    6

    £36,300

    Swansea East

    8

    £47,500

    Swansea West

    8

    £57,650

    Torfaen

    6

    £91,000

    Vale of Clwyd

    3

    £12,000

    Vale of Glamorgan

    5

    £21,000

    Wrexham

    2

    £12,500

    Ynys M“n

    4

    £47,500
  • Chris Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Chris Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses received support through the UK Guarantees Exports Refinancing Facility in 2013-14.

    Michael Fallon

    Following the Chancellor’s announcement in the 2014 Budget UK Export Finance formally launched the Export Refinancing Facility (ERF) on 30 April 2014.

    ERF is aimed at supporting UK bids for projects that require finance above $150m. As these projects typically involve lengthy contract negotiations, it may be sometime before we see a pipeline of deals that benefit from the ERF.

  • Robert Halfon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Robert Halfon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-04-25.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of raising the income tax personal allowance for 2015-16 from £10,500 to £12,300 with the same maximum cash benefit going to basic and higher rate taxpayers but no benefit going to additional rate taxpayers.

    Mr David Gauke

    Raising the income tax personal allowance to £12,300 in 2015-16 is estimated to cost in the region of £9.5 billion.

    A reduction to the basic rate limit has been assumed so that the higher rate threshold is unchanged. As a result of this, basic rate and most higher rate taxpayers would benefit equally from the personal allowance increase.

    This estimate is based on the 2011-12 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected to 2015-16 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.

  • Simon Kirby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Simon Kirby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Kirby on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Brighton and Hove City Council on the finalisation of the City Plan for the area; and if he will make a statement.

    Nick Boles

    The Localism Act 2011 has strengthened the role of Local Plans and abolished the last Administration’s top-down Regional Strategies. Our streamlined National Planning Policy Framework strongly encourages areas to get up-to-date Local Plans in place, and we have been actively supporting councils in doing so. Local Plans now set the framework in which decisions on particular applications are taken, whether locally or at appeal, unless material considerations indicate otherwise.

    The Brighton and Hove Local Plan is currently at examination before an independent Inspector and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the content of the Plan. However, I understand that the Inspector has agreed a programme of additional work with Brighton and Hove Council.

  • Nia Griffith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Nia Griffith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nia Griffith on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department defines the necessary level of human control for the operation of systems such as the Phalanx system in automatic mode.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    Systems such as Phalanx are part of the multi-layered defence for our Units, which are governed by the appropriate Command decision processes employing Rules of Engagement authorised by the Ministry of Defence.

  • David Lammy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    David Lammy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Lammy on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will name each further education college in Greater London.

    Matthew Hancock

    Further Education Colleges incorporated under section 16 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 in Greater London are as follows:

    Barking and Dagenham College

    Barnet and Southgate College

    Bexley College

    Bromley College of Further and Higher Education

    Capel Manor College

    Carshalton College

    LeSoCo

    City and Islington College

    City of Westminster College

    College of North West London

    Croydon College

    Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College

    Greenwich Community College

    Hackney Community College

    Harrow College

    Havering College of Further and Higher Education

    Kensington and Chelsea College

    Kingston College

    Newham College of Further Education

    Redbridge College

    Richmond Adult and Community College

    Richmond upon Thames College

    South Thames College

    Stanmore College

    The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London

    Tower Hamlets College

    Uxbridge College

    Waltham Forest College

    West Thames College

    Westminster Kingsway College

    Further Education Colleges Designated under section 28 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 in Greater London

    Hillcroft College

    Marine Society College of the Sea

    Morley College

    Workers’ Educational Association