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  • Biography information for Tracey Crouch – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Biography information for Tracey Crouch – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Tracey Crouch on Health.

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    Norman Lamb

    A range of steps are being taken to encourage and support research into non-drug dementia therapies. Research spending on dementia has increased by nearly 50% since 2010/11, and is on course to meet the Government’s target of doubling public sector research funding on dementia to £66 million by 2015. During the second year of the Prime Minister’s Challenge, research funders have implemented and enhanced initiatives to generate the research evidence needed to make a step change in prevention, treatment and care. Research on non-drug therapies represents a significant part of this effort.

    In December 2012, £22 million of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funding was announced for 21 successful research projects that will pioneer dementia diagnosis and ground breaking treatments. Subsequently the Government allocated £20 million for research on living well with dementia (projects commencing in early 2014) with the NIHR and the Economic and Social Research Council awarding funding research grants focused on improving quality of life for people with dementia and their carers. This research programme represents the world’s largest social science research programme on dementia and care, comprising six major research studies to support living well with dementia initiatives and identifying effective interventions, in the clinic, in the nursing home, and in everyday life.

    The NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme is now also calling for further applications for research funding on dementia services, to address key priorities identified following a James Lind Alliance and Alzheimer’s Society priority setting partnership between patients, carers, researchers and clinicians (held in 2013). This was broad and included all aspects of patient experience and care.

    In addition, one of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) and Units (BRUs) with dementia-related research themes, the NIHR Oxford BRC has a theme focussing on cognitive health. For this, the BRC has brought together an alliance of multi-disciplinary researchers to produce an integrated programme of translational research in cognitive health, aiming to produce benefit for patients by harnessing the lifelong adaptive ability of the brain to protect against the onset of dementia and to limit the impact of dementia on people’s lives.

    Within the award of 13 new NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care there is also considerable focus on research into non-drug approaches to dementia care.

  • Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who all the core participants in the Al-Sweady Inquiry were; and what the name and firm was of each of those participants’ legal representatives.

    Mr Mark Francois

    The following Iraqi nationals have been designated as core participants in the Al-Sweady Inquiry as they were either detained, or are related to those who died, during the engagements on 14 May 2004. All are represented by Public Interest Lawyers (PIL):

    1. Hamzah Joudah Faraj ALMALJE
    2. Mahdi Jasim Abdullah AL-BEHADILI
    3. Ibrahim Gattan Hasan AL-ISMAEELI
    4. Kadhim Abbas Lafta AL-BEHADILI
    5. Abbas Abd Ali Abdulridha AL-HAMEEDAWI
    6. Ahmed Jabbar Hammood AL-FURAIJI
    7. Hussein Fadhil Abbas AL-BEHADILI
    8. Atiyah Sayyid Abdulridha AL-BAIDHANI
    9. Hussein Gubari Ali AL-LAMI
    10. Kahz’al Jabratallah Khalad Mulla AL-HELFI
    11. Hatar Moutashar Zeidan Shamekhy AL-LAMI
    12. Khudhur Al-Swaiedi
    13. Jasem Khalloufi Khreibet Al Alyawi AL-JAMINDARI
    14. Ali Ati Raheemah AL-MOZANI
    15. Rashak AL-AMSHANI
    16. Sabrah Maryoosh HUSSEIN
    17. Kamil Mowat Mohammed AL-MOZANI
    18. Saad Radhi Khafeef AL-KEEMY
    19. Yousef Ouda BADAY
    20. Qassim Ghelan Neema Sahn AL-MAJIDI
    21. Bareq Mohammed Hussein AL-KHALIFA
    22. Ahmed Mshatat KAZEM
    23. Karam Yaseen Laheet Sneshee AL-MOZANI
    24. Zahra Resan MUHSIN
    25. Abdelzahra Atti DAWOOD
    26. Mahud Jihaijeh Dawood AL-MOZANI
    27. Ali Jaseeb Ghazi AL-MUHAMMADAWI
    28. Jabra Abdulah MOHSIN
    29. Nasser Ali Husain AL-DOUGHAAN

    The remaining Iraqi witnesses, most of whom are also represented by PIL, are considered by the Inquiry to be witnesses rather than core participants.

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is also a core participant in the Inquiry as it is the Government Department that was responsible for the conduct of the British Servicemen who are the subject of allegations.

    Although the Treasury Solicitor’s Department is not a core participant, the Inquiry Chairman has accorded them equivalent status in recognition of the very large number (over 500) of current and former service personnel that they represent in this Inquiry.

    A smaller number of military witnesses were either unrepresented or represented by Kennedy’s and are considered witnesses, not core participants.

  • Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dominic Raab on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 424W, on fossil fuels: imports, how much (a) oil and (b) gas was exported from the UK to (i) Russia, (ii) Norway, (iii) the Middle East and (iv) Latin America in each year from 2002 to 2013.

    Michael Fallon

    The table below shows the export of oil and gas from the UK to Russia, Norway, the Middle East and Latin America for the years 2002 to 2013.

    Export of crude oil (thousand tonnes)

    2002

    2003

    2004

    2005

    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    Norway

    77

    287

    648

    948

    302

    1222

    407

    355

    344

    158

    236

    323

    Latin America

    –

    –

    –

    –

    –

    –

    –

    824

    751

    672

    274

    1107

    Source: HMRC

    Note: ‘-‘ less than 5.

    No exports of oil were recorded to Russia or the Middle East

    Export of gas (GWh)

    2002

    2003

    2004

    2005

    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    Norway

    –

    –

    –

    –

    –

    153

    389

    266

    158

    125

    49

    20

    Source: DECC

    There was no gas exported to Russia, Middle East and Latin America by the UK.

    Exports to Norway commenced in 2007.

  • Michael Ellis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Michael Ellis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Ellis on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library an inventory of the property of the Government destroyed by rioters in HM Embassy in Tehran in 2011.

    Hugh Robertson

    The British Embassy in Tehran was overrun by a mob on 29 November 2011, resulting in the withdrawal of all Embassy staff. I am placing a list of the property damaged in the Library of the House.

  • David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the last meeting of the Overseas Domestic Workers Steering Group was held.

    Karen Bradley

    The Overseas Domestic Worker Steering Group no longer meets, therefore there is
    no current membership. The last meeting was on 19 November 2010.

    The Home Office is carefully considering all the recommendations of the
    Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Committee’s report on the Modern Slavery Bill.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have requested chemical castration in each of the last five years.

    Jeremy Wright

    The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and NHS England do not provide for chemical castration of prisoners.

  • Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of young people participating in the Youth Contract have been offered permanent employment by their employer once they have completed their placement since the commencement of that programme.

    Esther McVey

    From April 2012 to November 2013 there have been 99,640 18-24 year olds who have started a work experience placement and 41,360 18-24 year olds who have started Sector based work academy pre-employment training. [Youth Contract official statistics: February 2014]

    Research found that 22% of WE participants who completed their placement were offered a job by placement organisers (from a base of 824 survey respondents who completed placement).

    42% of sbwa participants who had a placement and completed it were offered a job by their placement organiser (from a base of 126 who completed a placement).

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284017/rr865-youth-contract-customer-experiences.pdf

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  • Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has carried out an equalities impact assessment of the changes to disabled students’ allowances which were announced on 7 April 2014.

    Mr David Willetts

    The announced changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) will be subject to a full equality analysis to determine the impact of these changes on students with protected characteristics. The equality analysis will be given full consideration before regulations are laid before the House.

    These changes will apply to all full-time, full-time distance learning, part-time and postgraduate students in higher education applying for DSA for the first time from the 2015/16 academic year. DSAs are not available to further education students, as the Government provides Learning Support funding to further education colleges and providers to help meet the additional needs of learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.

  • Katy Clark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Katy Clark – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Katy Clark on 2014-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will support the introduction of legislation at EU level to ensure that pay between assignment contracts does not result in agency workers being paid a lower wage than other employees.

    Jenny Willott

    There are no proposals for change to the relevant legislation on agency workers at EU level at this stage.

  • Graeme Morrice – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Graeme Morrice – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graeme Morrice on 2014-04-25.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.

    Andrea Leadsom

    In HM Treasury these arrangements are kept under review.