Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • John Stanley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    John Stanley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Stanley on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific steps he will take to place the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust on a stable and secure long-term financial footing.

    Dr Daniel Poulter

    The National Health Service Trust Development Authority (TDA) is working with the Trust to determine its financial recovery plans. The Trust’s five year sustainability plan is currently being developed, and is due to be submitted on 20 June 2014.

    The NHS TDA has also been involved in the recruitment of the Trust’s new Finance Director, and is supportive of the appointment of the Trust’s Turnaround Director.

    NHS West Kent clinical commissioning group is also working with the Trust to ensure its future sustainability.

  • Biography information for Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Biography information for Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Jim Cunningham on Home Office.

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    Karen Bradley

    The UK has a proud record of offering sanctuary to those who need it. Each
    claim for asylum is carefully considered and where we find individuals are in
    need of our protection, asylum is given. However, to be eligible for
    international protection, a person must be located outside of their country of
    origin.

  • Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 982, on energy markets: competition, what measures his Department has introduced to deregulate the energy market since 2010.

    Michael Fallon

    DECC keeps all its regulations under review to ensure that they are necessary, proportionate, and have the lowest possible cost on business, while protecting environmental and consumer needs. The Department reviewed all its regulations in the Red Tape Challenge Energy and Environment themes and identified 125 to be scrapped or improved by the end of this Parliament.

    In addition, the Department has reduced the regulatory burden for small domestic suppliers by raising the customer number threshold at which suppliers must comply with certain Government schemes from 50,000 customers set by the previous government to 250,000. Since raising the threshold 11 new companies have entered the market.

  • Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering on Justice.

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    Mr Shailesh Vara

    The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ decisions on a range of benefits, including a person’s entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

    (1) Claimants for PIP can appeal to the Tribunal on a number of different grounds, such as the rate of benefit awarded. HMCTS is unable to isolate data relating to appeals solely on the basis of a claim for PIP having been refused. HMCTS does not, therefore, hold the specific information requested.

    Information on all appeals against PIP decisions is published by HMCTS in Tribunal Statistics Quarterly. The most recent report for the period January to March 2014, published on 12 June 2014, can be viewed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2014

    HMCTS has responded strongly to continue to increase the capacity of the SSCS tribunal and reduce waiting times. Initiatives have included increasing venue capacity and recruiting additional judges and medically qualified members.

    This has resulted in 545,840 appeal disposals in 2013/14. This is a 17% increase compared to 2012/13 (465,500) and a 26% increase compared to 2011/12 (433,600).

    (2) I receive regular representations on the SSCS appeals process which are taken into account as we keep the system under review. However, to date, I have not received any representations on the length of time the PIP appeals procedure takes.

  • Douglas Alexander – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    Douglas Alexander – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Deputy Prime Minister

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Alexander on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 692W, on Colombia, which individuals accompanied him in an official capacity during his visit to Colombia in February 2014.

    Mr Nick Clegg

    Information about Ministers’ visits overseas is published on a quarterly basis at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications#gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations

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  • Biography information for Andrew Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Biography information for Andrew Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Andrew Jones on Work and Pensions.

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    Esther McVey

    Since 2010/11 expenditure on benefits and tax credits paid to people not in work has fallen in real terms from £43.2bn to £42.2bn in 2013/14, and is forecast to fall further, to £40.6bn this year. This is due to a combination of factors including welfare reform, changes to benefits and significant employment growth. The number of people in work has risen by 1.7 million since 2010, and the number of people claiming the main out of work benefits has fallen by over 700,000.

  • Justin Tomlinson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Justin Tomlinson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Tomlinson on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many workplaces employ apprentices in each (a) region and (b) parliamentary constituency.

    Matthew Hancock

    I am placing the information sought by my hon Friend in the libraries of the House. Table 1 shows the number of workplaces that employ Apprentices by Region and Table 2 shows the number of workplaces that employ Apprentices by Parliamentary Constituency.

    The tables will also be published online through the FE Data Library:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-other-statistics-and-research

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  • Biography information for Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Biography information for Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Philip Davies on Communities and Local Government.

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    Brandon Lewis

    Numbers of firefighters are collected annually from each fire and rescue authority, and this includes profiles by age and by sex. The latest data are shown in the tables.

    These show that in England in March 2013 there were 1,755 female firefighters, and 1,040 firefighters over the age of 55. Separate age profiles for males and females are not currently collected.

    Firefighter numbers by rank and sex, England, March 2013

    Men

    Women

    Brigade Manager

    138

    4

    Area Manager

    176

    6

    Group Manager

    552

    13

    Station Manager

    1,453

    40

    Watch Manager

    5,111

    143

    Crew Manager

    5,782

    172

    Firefighter

    25,822

    1,377

    Total

    39,034

    1,755

    Firefighter numbers by rank and age, England, March 2013

    17-24

    25-35

    36-45

    46-55

    56-65

    66+

    Age Not Stated

    Brigade Manager

    0

    0

    29

    102

    11

    0

    0

    Area Manager

    0

    2

    55

    120

    5

    0

    0

    Group Manager

    0

    7

    185

    347

    26

    0

    0

    Station Manager

    0

    47

    534

    875

    37

    0

    0

    Watch Manager

    1

    353

    1,974

    2,651

    273

    1

    1

    Crew Manager

    11

    1,107

    2,607

    2,023

    202

    3

    1

    Firefighter

    1,389

    9,222

    9,803

    6,290

    478

    4

    13

    Total

    1,401

    10,738

    15,187

    12,408

    1,032

    8

    15

    The proportion of firefighters who are women has risen since 2010.

  • Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons his Department requested that government departments review the check-off system for union subscriptions.

    Mr Francis Maude

    The deduction of trade union subscriptions from payroll through check-off is a matter delegated to Departments.

    Departments should keep these arrangements under review to ensure that they are appropriate and meet the needs of a modern workplace, as per section 7.3.3 of the Civil Service management code.

  • col 970).” – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    col 970).” – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by col 970).” on Energy and Climate Change.

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    Baroness Verma

    We anticipate that some generators will seek to establish the terms of any PPA and financing arrangements before they participate in the CfD allocation round, in order to understand better their likely costs. Such conditional PPAs could take a number of forms, from indicative terms to a signed contract.

    In 2013, DECC officials established an industry Market Readiness group to prepare the market for offering CfD PPAs. There are now a number of PPA providers discussing terms with potential developers but these discussions are commercially sensitive.

    The Offtaker of Last Resort will allow generators to develop their projects using shorter-term PPAs with smaller suppliers. We are on track to introduce enabling regulations to have the OLR mechanism in place ahead of the first CfD allocation in Autumn 2014.