Tag: Parliamentary Question

Lord Black of Brentwood – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Black of Brentwood on 2015-11-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to amend road traffic legislation to make it compulsory for drivers who run over a cat to report it to the police.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The Government has no plans to amend the legislation.

The Highway Code advises drivers to report any accident involving an animal to the police, which I hope would lead to domestic animal owners whose animals are killed in road accidents being made aware of their loss.

The police also advise drivers that, if possible, they should make enquiries to ascertain the owner of domestic animals, such as cats, and advise them of the situation.

January 1, 2023
Jack Dromey – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jack Dromey on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cyber specials there are in police forces; and how many such people have been recruited since January 2015.

Mike Penning

The Home Office does not hold specific data in relation to this issue. We have consulted with the National Crime Agency (NCA) in providing this response in relation to NCA figures. We have provided a response to the police force question using information provided by forces. This is not exhaustive and therefore may not reflect the full number of Cyber Specials in place. Cyber Specials can be either Special Constables or volunteers.

There are 15 NCA Specials who have particular expertise in cyber crime. The NCA are also now recruiting a further seven. From the 15 in post now, 10 have been recruited since January 2015.

There are at least 23 Cyber Specials in police forces across England and Wales. In addition, a further nine are currently being recruited. From the 23 in post now, at least four have been recruited since January 2015.

January 1, 2023
Nicholas Soames – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-01-20.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what he assesses to be the major risks to the UK economy.

Harriett Baldwin

Britain is in a much stronger economic position than five years ago, with employment at 74% and the deficit down. However, as the Chancellor set out in his speech on 7 January, we face a dangerous cocktail of economic risks from around the world this year. The International Monetary Fund has revised down their forecasts for world growth in 2016 and 2017, while the UK forecasts remain unchanged. This shows that the best thing that we can do is to continue to fix our public finances, back business and deliver our long-term economic plan.

January 1, 2023
Charlotte Leslie – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claimants whose asylum claim has been refused but who cannot be legally deported because their destination country is deemed unsafe have been admitted to prison in each of the last five years.

James Brokenshire

We carefully consider all asylum claims on their individual merits and provide protection for those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations. No one who is at risk of serious harm in their country is expected to return there, but we do expect those who do not need our protection to return home voluntarily. Neither the Home Office nor the Ministry of Justice holds data on the number of failed asylum seekers who are admitted to prison as the information is not captured in that way.

January 1, 2023
Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-03-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2016 to Question 30251, how much expenditure has been incurred on back payments to universal credit claimants; and how much additional expenditure would have been incurred had back payments been allowed to exceed one month.

Priti Patel

The information is not centrally collated to this level of detail.

January 1, 2023
Justin Madders – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the sources of public finance will be for Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprints; whether each such footprint will have separate accounts; and whether such footprints will have the ability to borrow.

George Freeman

Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) footprints are not statutory entities and therefore will not have the ability to borrow. As set out in the NHS England Board paper in December 2015, organisations covered by the STP footprints may collectively apply to operate using a system control total.

January 1, 2023
Greg Mulholland – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-05-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether purdah arrangements for the EU referendum apply to policy statements to be published by NHS England on the commissioning of treatments.

George Freeman

Whilst the pre-election guidance for the European Union referendum has yet to be published, it is not anticipated that it would prevent the routine publication of clinical commissioning policy statements which are a ‘business as usual’ function of NHS England.

The Cabinet Office publishes pre-election guidance for civil servants which also applies to NHS England and other arm’s length bodies. This can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/election-guidance-for-civil-servants

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January 1, 2023
Chris Elmore – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Elmore on 2016-07-13.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many spoilt ballots were counted in the 2016 Police and Crime Commissioner elections.

Chris Skidmore

Provisional analysis undertaken by the Government has identified that a total of 311,509 ballot papers were rejected at the elections of Police and Crime Commissioners held on 5 May 2016.

January 1, 2023

Tom Brake – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-09-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent under each cost heading by UK defence attachés in each year since 2010.

Mike Penning

The following information shows Ministry of Defence previous spending for the Defence Attaché and Advisor Network from Financial Year 2010-11 to 2015-16. The information is not available to give an accurate breakdown by cost heading for each Defence Attaché. These figures do not include costs associated with British Defence Section United States as those costs cannot be broken down by cost heading.

Financial Year	Personnel	Equipment Support Costs	Infrastructure Costs	Inventory/ Other Consumption	Net Interest Payable	Other Costs	Receipts and other Income	Total RDEL
2010-11	£21,296,462	£452,981	£12,661,662	£410,753	-£1,217	£8,924,225	-£110,851	£43,634,016
2011-12	£22,017,758	£353,361	£1,496,946	£360,208	-£2,260	£17,188,040	-£97,264	£41,316,790
2012-13	£21,782,956	£646,092	£1,432,271	£272,149	-£2,507	£17,023,974	-£296,291	£40,858,644
2013-14	£22,819,582	£270,350	£1,424,211	£386,100	-£3,023	£17,099,861	-£213,642	£41,783,439
2014-15	£23,919,518	£283,823	£1,822,433	£347,263	-£3,538	£18,705,945	-£136,778	£44,938,665
2015-16	£25,974,993	£292,365	£1,634,154	£968,244	-£1,973	£16,844,778	£4,443	£45,717,004

January 1, 2023

Baroness Greengross – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Greengross on 2015-11-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to address the stigma of mental health problems amongst healthcare workers.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The Government included in its Mandate to NHS England an objective for them to “make partnership a success”. This includes “championing the Time to Change campaign to raise awareness of mental health issues and reduce stigma, including in the NHS workforce”.

In taking this forward, NHS England recently announced the "A healthy NHS workforce" initiative. This aims to raise staff awareness and understanding of mental health issues, helping to ensure they have access to help, support and treatment when they need it. A copy of the announcement is attached.

“A healthy NHS workforce” includes, for example, line manager trainingand, providing NHS staff rapid access to talking therapies. Thisis currently being tested as part of the Healthy Workforce programme led by NHS England.

In addition, NHS Employers have launched the How are you feeling NHS? toolkit. This has been developed with NHS staff to help bridge a gap in understanding and enable them to: talk openly and regularly about their emotional health; assess the impact emotional wellbeing has on themselves, their colleagues and patients, and help with action planning to enable more good days than bad. The online only resource can be found at:

www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing/protecting-staff-and-preventing-ill-health/how-are-you-feeling-nhs-toolkit

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January 1, 2023