The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the change in the percentage of working age population employed by the public sector was in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland between 2012 and 2013.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by what steps they will take to ensure that the current proposals (1) to introduce auctioning of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for only one particular group of technologies in October 2014 on Energy and Climate Change.
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Baroness Verma
The EU ‘Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020′, which were adopted in principle on 9 April 2014, set out a requirement to introduce technology neutral competition for renewable technologies, including a transitional phase, with a number of derogations. In May 2014 the Government confirmed proposals to move straight to competition for more established technologies. For less established technologies, if there is insufficient budget in a CfD allocation round to satisfy all bids, a competitive auction will apply. We believe our proposals are consistent with the guidelines.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of guarantees made under the UK Guarantees Scheme to date.
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.
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.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Jason McCartney on Culture, Media and Sport.
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Mr Edward Vaizey
Further legislation is not necessary, as both the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Office of Communications (Ofcom) can issue substantive monetary penalties of up to £500,000 and £2 million respectively to any organisation that deliberately continues to contravene the regulations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with the Fire Brigades Union on calculating pension entitlement for firefighters using length of service rather than age in the last six months.
Brandon Lewis
The transitional protection arrangements for the firefighters’ pension schemes are set out in the Proposed Final Agreement which was published in May 2012. The transitional protections use age to calculate a member’s entitlement to protection.
There has been recent correspondence with the Fire Brigades Union on the scope and timing of discussions on this issue. Copies of this correspondence can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/firefighters-pension-scheme-reforms.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.