The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the real-terms income of carers in each of the years from 2010 to 2014; and what estimate he has made of the real-terms income of carers in 2015 in a) Glasgow North West constituency, b) Glasgow, c) Scotland, and d) the UK.
Mike Penning
This information is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Harrington on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support, advice, guidance and funding his Department makes available for children and adults diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Jane Ellison
Our overall aim is for all people with diabetes to have the right support to manage their condition, with access to specialist care when they need it. To help deliver this, NHS England has set out in “Action for Diabetes” how it will support improvements in outcomes for people with diabetes, focussing on earlier diagnosis of all diabetes, and support for people to manage their diabetes and so improve their quality of life.
In addition, NHS England has recently piloted a sample service specification for the management of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes based on the NICE Quality Standard for Diabetes with a number of clinical commissioning groups. This is a tool that commissioners can choose to use to deliver high quality care and offers a model for commissioning integrated care for those with diabetes. It highlights the specific care needs for those with Type 1 diabetes where they differ from those with Type 2 diabetes.
Also, the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) makes a significant contribution to global research on Type 1 diabetes, in particular through its world-class research infrastructure. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is currently recruiting to 32 studies in Type 1 diabetes, in addition to 58 studies relevant to both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Expenditure by the NIHR on research on Type 1 diabetes through research programmes, research centres and units, and research training awards rose from £1.8 million in 2011-12 to an estimated £2.8 million in 2013-14.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2014-06-04.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require banks to publish data on the number of new small business accounts in 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
Andrea Leadsom
In July 2013 the Government announced that it had reached an agreement with the major UK banks to publish lending data across 10,000 individual postcodes.
The first dataset was published in December 2013 and shows the outstanding stock of lending that has been committed to customers across three categories; loans and overdrafts to SMEs, mortgages and unsecured personal loans (excluding credit cards).
The data will allow challenger banks, smaller building societies, credit unions and community development finance institutions (CDFIs) to find areas where there is a lack of lending so they can offer finance to those customers who are crying out for support to help their business grow.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone calls were received by the Government’s passport helpline (a) in each month of 2013 and (b) between 1 January and 31 May 2014.
James Brokenshire
Table A sets out the requested information in respect of how many telephone
calls were received during the requested periods.
Table B shows income received in fees for premium and fast track services.
Table C provides information on the number of full time equivalent staff
employed by HM passport Office on 31 December for each of the years from 2010 –
2013.
Table D sets out the number of first time passport applications and the number
of passport renewals received during each month between January 2013 and May
2014.
In the period between 1 January and 31 May 2014, 31,188 straightforward
passport applications processed by Her Majesty’s Passport Office were not
processed within the 3-week target.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael McCann on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many cases against his Department funded by legal aid public interest lawyers represented clients in each of the last 10 years.
Anna Soubry
All of the judicial review proceedings relating to Iraq and Afghanistan brought by the firm Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) in the last ten years have been publicly funded through the legal aid budget. According to available records PIL has represented approximately 200 clients in issued judicial review proceedings. It is not possible to provide a meaningful annual breakdown as some claims made in one year have had further claimants joined to them in subsequent years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-04.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people having difficulty making mortgage repayments have requested help from the Financial Ombudsman Service in each of the last three years.
Andrea Leadsom
The Government does not collect data on the number of cases referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FOS routinely collects and publishes statistics about the complaints referred to them, which they make publicly available on their website.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value of (a) exports to and (b) imports from Egypt was in each of the last three years.
Hugh Robertson
According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), UK imports from Egypt were worth £1.36 billion in 2010, 1.41 billion in 2011 and 1.21 billion in 2012. Over the same period, UK exports to Egypt were worth £1.77 billion in 2010, 1.70 billion in 2011 and 1.59 billion in 2012. ONS figures from 2013 will be published in October 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, columns 527-8W, on the Bellwin scheme, how much has been (a) allocated to and (b) received by each of the authorities which have registered for funding under the Bellwin scheme.
Brandon Lewis
Bellwin provides emergency financial assistance to local authorities to help them meet uninsurable costs they incur when responding to a major emergency in their area. The level of funding over time is causally linked to the scale of flooding or other emergency. As was the case under previous and current Administrations, it operates by local authorities retrospectively claiming spending back.
As at 9 June, 110 local authorities have registered for the December 2013 to February 2014 severe weather events. They now have until 30 June 2014 to submit their formal claims. However, only 20 local authorities have submitted formal claims so far.
A table deposited in the Library lists the reimbursement payments that have been made to date. In the remaining cases, the claims have literally just been received or we are waiting for the local authorities to provide supporting information. All valid claims will be paid quickly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages reported as suspicious or sham were (a) same sex marriages, (b) heterosexual marriages and (c) civil partnerships in each year since 2009.
James Brokenshire
Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on
registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have
reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham
being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the
number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex
marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating
to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.
The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from
the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we
have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set
out in Table 2.
These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham
marriage.
Table 1
|
Year |
Number of section 24/24A reports |
Of which refer civil partnerships |
|
2009 |
561 |
|
|
2010 |
934 |
|
|
2011 |
1,741 |
28 |
|
2012 |
1,891 |
28 |
|
2013 |
2135 |
25 |
Table 2
|
Year |
Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS |
|
2012 (from 30 September) |
984 |
|
2013 |
6909 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what current RAF airfields have (a) standard airfield concrete runways and (b) asphaltic concrete runways.
Mr Philip Dunne
There are no RAF airfields that have a concrete only runway.
The following RAF airfields have a asphaltic/concrete runway:
RAF Benson (Joint Helicopter Command Base)
RAF College Cranwell
RAF Coningsby
RAF Leeming
RAF Leuchars
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Marham
RAF Odiham (Joint Helicopter Command Base)
RAF Scampton
RAF Shawbury
RAF Waddington
RAF Valley