The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of potential geographical variations in the handling of individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Norman Lamb
We have made no such assessments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were serving on detached duty in each month from January 2011 to January 2014.
Jeremy Wright
A nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme has been operating since 21 October 2013. Information on the number of officers serving on detached duty before the introduction of the national scheme is not available. The full-time equivalent of officers provided on detached duty from the beginning of the nationally co-ordinated scheme until the 31 December 2013 is contained in the table below. Some allocations outside of the national scheme continued after October 2013 but is not included in the information provided. London region particularly allocated staff within their own region. Information collected on the staffing allocated. On occasions the resource is not actually deployed due to changes in local circumstances.
The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. On average over the three month period (October to December 2013), less than 1% of staff were provided on detached duty. A large proportion of the capacity was available from prisons that were in the process of closure or going through a re-role. This process temporarily releases a number of officers who are not supplied for specific occasions but are sent and received on a shift pattern throughout the week.
Full Time Equivalent of Officers Working on Detached Duty 1
– 21 October 2013 to 31 December 2013
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Full Time Equivalent Officers Provided on Detached Duty |
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Scheme started in October so no data available for earlier period |
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October 2013 (Data relates to part month from 21 October) |
46 |
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Nov-13 |
107 |
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Dec-13 |
205 |
1 Detached duty figures are not published but other staffing data is published up to 31 December 2013 and therefore information is only presented up until that date.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department provides to local authorities when a school governing body is found guilty of disability discrimination.
Mr Edward Timpson
The advice that the Department for Education provides to local authorities in relation to disability discrimination is contained in its publication ‘Equality Act 2010 – Advice for School Leaders, School Staff, Governing Bodies and Local Authorities’, which is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269341/Equality_Act_2010_-_advice.pdf.
The publication does not advise local authorities in relation to governing bodies that are found to be in breach of the provisions set out in the Equality Act 2010. Consideration of and remedy for disability discrimination is a matter for the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tessa Munt on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been sent to hospitals in London for stereotactic radiosurgery treatment from (a) Oxfordshire, (b) Berkshire, (c) Buckinghamshire and (d) Wiltshire in each of the last three financial years.
Jane Ellison
The requested information is not collected centrally.
We understand Mr James Palmer, Clinical Director of Specialised Services at NHS England will be writing to my hon. Friend to offer a meeting in order that he can address concerns about the provision of stereotactic radiosurgery treatment.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hilary Benn on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 194894, tabled for answer on 8 April 2014.
Stephen Williams
I refer the rt. hon. Member to my answer of 1 May, Official Report, Column 803W.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Barclay on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 242W, on tractors, if his Department will issue a response to the consultation on raising speed limits for low-speed tractors from 20mph to 25mph.
Stephen Hammond
Minsters are giving careful consideration to the results of the consultation on raising speed limit for low-speed tractors from 20mph to 25mph.
I will consider the responses received and evidence presented before publishing a Response Report on our website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department gives alongside UK non-governmental organisations operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to assist in obtaining compensation from the Israeli authorities for projects demolished in Area C.
Hugh Robertson
We have not provided support to non-governmental organisations operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) to assist in obtaining compensation from the Israeli authorities for projects demolished in Area C. However, we continue to support Palestinians facing demolition or eviction orders in the OPTs through support to the Norwegian Refugee Council legal aid programme, which helps individuals to challenge these in the Israeli legal system.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on whether the use of shellfish supplements increases life expectancy.
Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold any information on whether the use of shellfish supplements increases life expectancy.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Craig Whittaker on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors were referred to the police for investigation for crimes relating to the Abortion Act 1967 in each of the last 10 years; and how many such referrals resulted in (a) charges and (b) convictions.
Jane Ellison
No registered medical practitioners have been convicted of a breach of abortion law and no prosecutions have been brought in the past ten years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has applied to HM Treasury for additional funding for its investigation into the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation.
Oliver Heald
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has a core budget to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute the most serious and complex cases of fraud, bribery and corruption and some exceptionally large cases will arise that require additional resources. However it is not in the public interest to specify in detail what resources the SFO intends to dedicate to each case.