The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UK construction companies are involved in development projects in the Falkland Islands.
Mr Alan Duncan
The Falkland Islands are not eligible for official development assistance and the UK Government does not fund any development projects on the Falklands.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Wiggin on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on whether staff from Arqiva visited Fownhope to assess the adequacy of mobile telephone reception in that area.
Mr Edward Vaizey
It is not in Arqiva’s remit to assess adequacy of mobile telephone reception, and no Arqiva staff visited Fownhope for that purpose. It is Ofcom’s role to assess the adequacy of mobile coverage and reception. Ofcom has updated the notspot data for 2014 with information from the Mobile Network Operators, and Arqiva base their planning on that information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason each foreign national in prison awaiting deportation who is beyond the end of their sentence is yet to be deported.
James Brokenshire
The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Tomlinson on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made in rolling out Individual Electoral Registration across the country.
Greg Clark
Individual Electoral Registration was launched in England and Wales, as planned, on 10 June 2014. This included the introduction of on-line registration. IER is due to be launched in Scotland on 19 September. The roll out of IER is proceeding as planned, to date.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on (a) press, (b) marketing, (c) advertising and (d) other aspects of communications relating to the Youth Contract in each year since its introduction.
Esther McVey
As with any new programme it is right and responsible to ensure all who are, or could be, affected are properly informed. Since the Youth Contract was launched in April 2012 it has provided opportunities for over 250,000 people. The spend in each of the categories specified is as follows:
|
Financial Year |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
Total |
|
Press |
£ 9,872 |
NIL |
£9872 |
|
Marketing |
£10,167 |
£ 7,578 |
£17,745 |
|
Advertising |
£72,010 |
NIL |
£72,010 |
|
Other communications |
£27,231 |
£34,650 |
£61,881 |
|
Total |
£119,280 |
£42,228 |
£161,508 |
The marketing category relates to spend on local face-to-face activity bringing together jobseekers and employers with opportunities.
In the ‘other communications’ category, we have supplied details of spend on leaflets, posters, exhibition stands and video production.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Huw Irranca-Davies on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) economic and (b) infection risks to UK and EU fruit and vegetable production arise from the importation of mangoes or other fruit infested with tephritidae.
Dan Rogerson
Tephritidae is listed as a ‘quarantine’ pest under European Union (EU) legislation. All quarantine pests have been assessed as presenting a significant economic or environmental risk to the EU and therefore their introduction into its territory is prohibited.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many responses were received to his Department’s consultation on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
Mrs Helen Grant
There have been almost 11,500 responses to the consultation on the future of civil partnership in England and Wales. We are now considering them and will publish a summary in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent offers of assistance his Department has made to the government of Iraq.
Hugh Robertson
The UK was the first to deploy a team to assess the humanitarian situation following the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant’s attack on Mosul. On 14 June the Department for International Development (DFID) announced £3 million of emergency assistance to help around 500,000 displaced Iraqis, and a further £2 million was allocated on 17 June.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Alexander on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the effect of his Department’s Action Plan on Business and Human Rights since its launch in September 2013.
Mr William Hague
The UK Action Plan on Business and Human Rights was the first country plan produced, setting out how the Government will implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. We reported progress in implementation in the recently launched Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Human Rights Report.
Internationally the UK’s plan has shown our commitment to the widespread uptake of the UN Guiding Principles. Other countries have sought our guidance and advice in developing and producing their own plans.
The Action Plan has set out our expectations of UK business and industry on business and human rights, to encourage initiatives to introduce human rights due diligence and remedy measures into their policies and operations. The Companies Act now requires listed companies to report on their human rights impacts, and The Home Office published a draft Modern Slavery Bill last December to strengthen law enforcement capability to combat human trafficking and labour exploitation.
We are committed to reviewing the effectiveness of our Action Plan in 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were infected with bacillus cereus in each of the last five years.
Jane Ellison
The numbers of reported patient infection episodes of Bacillus cereus, isolated from blood samples from all age-groups between 2009 and 2013 in England, are shown in the following table.
|
Year |
Number of patient infection episodes |
Organism name |
Specimen type |
Country |
|
2009 |
50 |
Bacillus Cereus |
Blood |
England |
|
2010 |
46 |
Bacillus Cereus |
Blood |
England |
|
2011 |
39 |
Bacillus Cereus |
Blood |
England |
|
2012 |
37 |
Bacillus Cereus |
Blood |
England |
|
2013 |
56 |
Bacillus Cereus |
Blood |
England |
These data were extracted from Public Health England’s centralised microbiology database (LabBase2), which collects voluntarily reported microbiology data from participating laboratories across England. Although only clinically significant isolates should be reported to LabBase2, some of the reports may be contaminants that occurred either during collection or during processing of samples as B. cereus is a ubiquitous environmental organism.