Tag: Parliamentary Question

Andrew Gwynne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of being able to access a GP appointment within 48 hours on levels of patient satisfaction.

Dr Daniel Poulter

Overall patient satisfaction is driven by a range of factors, including accessing a general practitioner (GP) appointment at a convenient time, ability to see a preferred GP and the quality of the conversation with the GP.

The Government recognises the importance of timely access to general practice. The PM Challenge Fund has allocated £50 million to pilot ways to improve access around the country, to give GPs the flexibility to meet the needs of the local population.

In addition, the new GP contract introduced a new Enhanced Service, which includes a commitment to same day phone consultations with a professional in the GP surgery, where necessary, for the most at risk in the population.

November 1, 2022
Greg Knight – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Knight on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on air quality of the escape of methane and other gases from disused mine workings in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire; and if he will make a statement.

Dan Rogerson

The Coal Authority is responsible for dealing with reported cases of escaped gases from disused mine workings, including monitoring concentrations where necessary. Consequently, Defra has made no assessment of the impact on air quality of the escape of methane and other gases from disused mine workings.

November 1, 2022
Daniel Kawczynski – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Kawczynski on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HSA4 certificates his Department has returned to terminating doctors pending completion in the last five years.

Jane Ellison

It is estimated that between 2009 and 2013 approximately 49,000 forms were returned to registered medical practitioners (RMPs) for further information and clarification.

Form HSA4 already requires information to be provided as to whether the two certifying RMPs saw and/or examined the pregnant woman.

November 1, 2022
Jonathan Edwards – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Edwards on 2014-06-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which infrastructure projects have accessed the UK Guarantees scheme; and how much funding was issued in each such case.

Danny Alexander

Three guarantees and one Stand-by Facility have been signed under the UK Guarantees Scheme with a total value of £1,090,800,000. This includes Drax Power (£75m), Sustainable Development Capital – UK Energy Efficiency Investment Funds (£8.8m), Northern Line Extension (£750m) and Mersey Gateway Bridge (£257m).

Any guarantees signed are reported to Parliament as required by the legislation, Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012, underpinning the Scheme and can also be found on the gov.uk website.

November 1, 2022
Gloria De Piero – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council has spent per head of population in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.

Mr Edward Vaizey

Arts Council England (ACE) makes its funding decisions independently of Government and as such we do not hold the information requested. However, the following information has been provided by ACE:

Value of ACE awards to applicants resident in ASHFIELD Constituency 2009 2014

Decision Year

Value of Awards

Per-Capita*

2009/10

£9,706

£0.10

2010/11

£9,712

£0.10

2011/12

£13,500

£0.13

2012/13

2013/14

* based on Mid-2011 population estimate (ONS) 101,914.

In addition, ACE made two other awards totalling £3.8m from which Ashfield can benefit

November 1, 2022
Ian Austin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have waited longer than the advised waiting times for (a) new passport applications and (b) passport renewals in the last year.

James Brokenshire

The information is not available in the format requested. Information can be
provided for UK straightforward and non-straightforward applications as set out
below for 2013-14

Total number of UK applications received 2013-14 5,818,272

Processed outside published turnaround times
Straightforward (within 3
weeks)
401 (0.007% of applications received)

Non-straightforward (within 6 weeks)
29,331 (0.5% of applications received)

November 1, 2022

Liam Byrne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what projections his Department has made of the future (a) face value and (b) carrying value of the student loan book.

Mr David Willetts

(a) We estimate the cash, or face, value of ICR student loans to follow approximately this profile going forwards.

Value of loan book in real terms

2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
£70bn	£80bn	£90bn	£100bn	£110bn	£120bn	£130bn	£140bn	£150bn	£160bn
2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32	2032-33	2033-34
£170bn	£180bn	£190bn	£200bn	£210bn	£220bn	£230bn	£240bn	£250bn	£260bn
2034-35	2035-36	2036-37	2037-38	2038-39	2039-40	2040-41	2041-42	2042-43	2043-44
£260bn	£270bn	£280bn	£280bn	£290bn	£300bn	£300bn	£310bn	£320bn	£320bn
2044-45	2045-46	2046-47	2047-48	2048-49	2049-50
£330bn	£330bn	£330bn	£330bn	£330bn	£330bn

Value of loan book in nominal terms

2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
£70bn	£80bn	£100bn	£110bn	£130bn	£150bn	£170bn	£190bn	£210bn	£230bn
2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32	2032-33	2033-34
£250bn	£270bn	£300bn	£320bn	£350bn	£380bn	£410bn	£440bn	£470bn	£500bn
2034-35	2035-36	2036-37	2037-38	2038-39	2039-40	2040-41	2041-42	2042-43	2043-44
£530bn	£570bn	£600bn	£640bn	£670bn	£710bn	£750bn	£790bn	£830bn	£870bn
2044-45	2045-46	2046-47	2047-48	2048-49	2049-50
£920bn	£960bn	£1,000bn	£1,030bn	£1,070bn	£1,100bn

These estimates assume that fees will increase in line with inflation from 2016 onwards. These forecasts also take account of the freeing up of student number controls in the Autumn Statement, increases in loan take-up rates, demographic changes over time and updated earnings modelling.

(b) We estimate the current carrying value of the student loan book, which is used in the BIS accounts. However, we do not forecast the future carrying value of the loan book, as this is not required for the purposes of accounting or budgeting. Our estimate of the carrying value for loans when they are issued is based on the RAB charge, which we currently estimate is around 45%.

November 1, 2022

Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response times in (a) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley, (c) Rotherham and (d) Sheffield was in each year since May 2010; and what the national average response time was in each of those years.

Jane Ellison

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.

Information is not available before 2011.

Table: The median ambulance response times to treatment for category A¹ (red 1 and red 2 calls require staff to arrive at the scene of the incident within eight minutes in 75% of cases) calls for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, April 2011 to April 2014

Month	Median time to treatment for Category A calls (in minutes)
April 2011	5.4
May 2011	5.2
June 2011	5.2
July 2011	5.3
August 2011	5.2
September 2011	5.2
October 2011	5.3
November 2011	5.2
December 2011	5.4
January 2012	5.0
February 2012	5.3
March 2012	5.1
April 2012	4.9
May 2012	5.0
June 2012	5.1
July 2012	5.3
August 2012	5.3
September 2012	5.5
October 2012	5.5
November 2012	5.5
December 2012	6.0
January 2013	5.7
February 2013	5.7
March 2013	5.5
April 2013	5.3
May 2013	5.2
June 2013	5.3
July 2013	5.6
August 2013	5.6
September 2013	5.5
October 2013	5.6
November 2013	5.7
December 2013	5.9
January 2014	5.5
February 2014	5.7
March 2014	5.6
April 2014	6.4

Source: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England

www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators

Notes:

1. Category A calls are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.

2. It is not possible to calculate the median time to treatment for England from the medians for individual Ambulance Trust.

November 1, 2022

Ian Lucas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lucas on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of 13 May 2014, Official Report, columns 200-3WH, what representations he has made to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the recent acquittal of 14 officers of the armed forces of that country on charges of mass rape and murder.

Mark Simmonds

I welcome efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to prosecute perpetrators on charges of mass rape and murder – but more must be done to deliver justice for the victims. I met with the Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of the DRC in London last week when he was attending the Global Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict. I emphasised to him that ending impunity was fundamental to tackling the scourge of sexual and gender-based violence. He confirmed his Government’s commitment to tackling sexual and gender based violence and to ending impunity for the perpetrators.

The British Embassy in Kinshasa sponsors a range of projects to tackle sexual violence in the DRC focusing on security sector reform and improving service provision for survivors. During his visit to eastern DRC in March 2013 the Foreign Secretary announced over £1 million in funding to a range of organisations tackling rape and sexual violence. The UK has supported the deployment of an international expert to build capacity of health and legal professionals to address accountability and the investigation and documentation of sexual violence crimes.

The Foreign Secretary has publicly called on the Congolese authorities to continue in their efforts to seek out and prosecute the remaining perpetrators. Senior officials at our Embassy in Kinshasa have, jointly with EU Heads of Mission and independently, also raised the issue directly with the Government of the DRC.

The International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, which was field tested in the DRC, was launched at the Global Summit on 12 June. I hope that the Protocol will be deployed widely, helping to ensure that more and more perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence the world over will be brought to justice.

November 1, 2022
Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the value of London Midland’s rolling stock contract with Angel Trains after the direct award of the franchise for the period September 2015 to June 2017.

Stephen Hammond

Negotiations for the direct award of the West Midlands franchise are yet to commence and the Department has not made any estimate on the value of London Midland’s contract with Angel Trains. It should be noted that the value of rolling stock contracts are a commercial matter between the operator and the rolling stock owner.

November 1, 2022

Decision Year	Value of Awards	Per-Capita*
2009/10	£9,706	£0.10
2010/11	£9,712	£0.10
2011/12	£13,500	£0.13
2012/13
2013/14