Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many current suitably qualified and experienced personnel positions are (a) required and (b) vacant in (i) Type 23 and (ii) Type 45 ship crews.

    Anna Soubry

    The information requested, as at 1 May 2014, is shown in the table:

    Required Positions Vacant Positions
    Type 23 2,060 180
    Type 45 1.010 80

    Note: All figures are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. All numbers over 100 are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias. Numbers under 100 are rounded to the nearest 5.

    None of the existing vacancies is in a post categorised as safety critical and no ship would go to sea without the minimum required complement of suitably qualified and experienced personnel.

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many adults in (a) East Lancashire, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West exercised for at least 30 minutes a week during the most recent period for which figures are available.

    Jane Ellison

    The Department has made no such estimate. However, the Active People Survey commissioned by Sport England measures the proportion of adults (aged 16 and over) who undertake some form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher). Data from the most recent survey can be found in the following table.

    Active People Survey (APS) data, 2012

    Proportion of the adult population (age 16 years and over) participating in 30 or more equivalent minutes of moderate activity per week.

    Area

    30+ minutes

    England

    71.5%

    North West Region

    68.8%

    Lancashire County

    69.6%

    Blackburn with Darwen UA

    63.1%

    Blackpool UA

    65.1%

    Burnley

    65.0%

    Chorley

    75.3%

    Fylde

    68.0%

    Hyndburn

    63.7%

    Lancaster

    74.4%

    Pendle

    66.1%

    Preston

    69.3%

    Ribble Valley

    74.1%

    Rossendale

    66.8%

    South Ribble

    69.5%

    West Lancashire

    73.3%

    Wyre

    65.6%

    Source: Active People Survey, Sport England

    Notes:

    1. The data were collected between January 2012 to January 2013 (APS6 Quarter 2 to APS7 Quarter 1).
    2. The APS is commissioned by Sport England and measures the proportion of adults (aged 16 and over) participating in sport and/or undertaking some form of physical activity at moderate intensity (or higher).
    3. The survey uses a 28-day reference period to record the number of minutes of physical activity (of at least 10 minutes) and then divides the number of minutes by four to come up with a weekly average (e.g. two hours of physical activity over the 28 days equates to 30 minutes per week). Number of minutes presented is the equivalent minutes of moderate activity, which consists of moderate activity plus double the number of vigorous minutes of activity.
    4. The activities included in the APS are; sport, recreational cycling and walking, walking and cycling for active travel purposes, dance and gardening.
    5. The percentages are weighted to adjust the results so that they are representative of the whole population at local authority, regional and national level.
    6. Further information and data are available at these websites:

    www.noo.org.uk/data_sources/physical_activity/activepeople

    www.sportengland.org/research/active_people_survey.aspx

  • Peter Luff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Peter Luff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Luff on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have (a) merged design and technology with art and design and (b) removed design and technology from their curriculum since 2010.

    Elizabeth Truss

    The Department does not collect nor hold the data requested.

  • Gordon Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Gordon Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Brown on 2014-06-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reason is for the time taken for his Department to publish COMPARE’s report on radium contamination at Dalgety Bay.

    Jane Ellison

    The Department has been engaged with the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment throughout the production of its report on Dalgety Bay, andour priority throughout has been to make sure that it is comprehensive, accurate and up to date.

    During this process information was provided to the Committee for due consideration prior to final publication.

  • Tracey Crouch – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Tracey Crouch – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tracey Crouch on 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that cancer awareness and awareness of cancer symptoms is covered in schools.

    Elizabeth Truss

    Teaching about cancer awareness is important for all young people and schools may include cancer awareness as part of their personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education. The PSHE Association has produced a suggested programme of study as guidance for teachers, and continues to highlight other sources of expertise.

    Schools may also teach about cancer awareness in other areas of the curriculum, for example, the science curriculum requires pupils to learn about the effects of drugs on their bodies, and the importance of physical education. In design and technology, schools may highlight the importance of nutrition and a healthy diet.

  • Alison Seabeck – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Alison Seabeck – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison Seabeck on 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.

    Gregory Barker

    None. All questions in the last parliamentary session received a substantive answer.

  • Mike Freer – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Mike Freer – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Freer on 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Lithuanian government to secure restitution for British citizens who had assets seized by the Nazis as soon as possible.

    Mr David Lidington

    The Government attaches great importance to supporting the families tragically affected by the Holocaust – including on the issue of property restitution. I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 689W.

  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of stress on heart failure.

    Jane Ellison

    Information onsurvival rates for patients who suffer an out of hospital heart attack or an out of hospital cardiac arrest are not collected centrally.

    The British Heart Foundation suggests that between 2-12% of people treated by the emergency services after suffering an out of hospital cardiac arrest survive to be discharged from hospital.

    The Department has made no assessment of the effect of stress on heart failure, nor has it made any estimate of heart attacks among workers who work 40 or 60 hours per week.

    However, researchers analysing data from the Whitehall II study observed that people who believed stress was significantly affecting their health had double the risk of suffering from coronary heart disease, compared to people who did not believe stress was having an impact.

  • Robert Flello – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Robert Flello – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Flello on 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase the transparency of NICE’s decisions on the Cancer Drugs Fund to remove any restrictions on treatment use arising from budgetary pressures and increase its level of engagement with members of the public.

    Norman Lamb

    The operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund is the responsibility of NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence does not have a role in the management of the Fund.

    NHS England has a standard operating procedure for the Fund, which is available at:

    www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/cdf/

  • Virendra Sharma – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Virendra Sharma – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2014-06-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 288W, on Parkinson’s Disease, over what timeframe NHS England will improve its collection of data concerning individual funding requests for treatments of progressive conditions.

    Norman Lamb

    NHS England has advised us that it is aiming to complete work on improving data collection for individual funding requests in the autumn.