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  • Margaret Ritchie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Margaret Ritchie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ritchie on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to meet the Chair of the College of Emergency Medicine.

    Jane Ellison

    My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health is planning to meet with the Chair in the near future, to discuss the health system and emergency medicine. The Chair also met with my noble friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Earl Howe) last week to discuss operational resilience plans for the remainder of this year.

  • Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the last meeting of (a) the Cycle Stakeholders Forum and (b) the safety sub-group of the Cycle Stakeholders Forum took place; and what future meetings are scheduled.

    Mr Robert Goodwill

    The most recent meeting of the full Cycling Stakeholder Forum was on 30 September 2013 and that of the safety sub-group was on 16 July 2013. The next meeting of the full Cycling Stakeholder Forum is scheduled for 24 June 2014. I am Chair of the High Level Cycling Group, a sub group of Cycling Stakeholder Forum that meets frequently. The most recent meeting of the High Level Cycling Group was 21 May 2014.

  • Michael McCann – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Michael McCann – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael McCann on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases against his Department funded by legal aid public interest lawyers have represented clients in each of the last 10 years.

    Mike Penning

    The Department does not centrally record information about the identity of claimants’ representatives or information relating to claimants’ funding arrangements. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

  • Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in the UK with a diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder in each of the last five years.

    Norman Lamb

    The Department does not hold data on an annual basis of the numbers of people with a diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder. The Department has commissioned the National Centre for Social Research and the University of Leicester to undertake the 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.

    The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey in 2007 found that 1.3% of people aged 16-64 living in England reported that they had obsessive compulsive disorder.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who used to work in his Department have taken up jobs at Public Health England; and what their job titles and salary levels (a) were at his Department and (b) are at Public Health England.

    Jane Ellison

    Public Health England (PHE) was established as an Executive Agency of the Department of Health on 1 April 2013. 184 staff from the Department were transferred to PHE as part of a planned transfer of functions. Their terms and conditions of employment, job titles and salary levels all remained the same.

    PHE has since appointed 21 staff formerly employed by the Department as set out below. These appointments were made following competitive selection procedures carried out in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.

    PHE Job Title*

    PHE Salary Level

    Change (if any)

    Head of Engagement

    Grade 6 (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Programmes Manager

    SEO (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Deputy Director of Strategy

    SCS1

    Integration Manager

    Grade 7 (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Head of Operations and Corporate
    Management

    Grade 6 (Inner London)

    Healthy Adults Coordinator

    Grade 7 (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Tobacco Control Programme Manager

    Grade 7 (National)

    Pay Reduction

    Head of One to One Marketing

    Grade 7 (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Deputy Director – International
    Commercial Healthcare Policy

    SCS1

    Programmes and Policy Manager

    Grade 7 (National)

    Business Manager

    Grade 7 (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Strategy Unit Team Member

    Grade 7 (National)

    Promotion

    Head of Planning

    Grade 6 ((Inner London)

    Integration and Engagement Manager

    Grade 7 (National)

    Promotion

    Deputy Director of Strategic
    Partnerships

    SCS1

    Promotion

    Strategic Partnership Manager

    Grade 7 (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Engagement and Policy Manager

    Grade 7 (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Expert Advisor – Behavioural Insight

    Grade 6 (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Senior Nutrition Science Officer

    SEO (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Head of Communications
    Drugs and Alcohol

    Grade 7 (Inner London)

    Promotion

    Senior Alcohol Policy Adviser

    HEO (Inner London)

    * Previous Department of Health job title not available

    PHE’s Salary Levels were published in November 2012 in the Public Health England People Transition Policy Module 2 Module 2 and can be found at:

    www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213175/single-combined-document.pdf

    Senior Civil Service salary levels are set centrally by the Cabinet Office. The range for SCS1 is £60,000 to £117,800.

  • Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Support for Fishermen Fund to replace lost and damaged fishing gear has been received by fishermen and businesses to date.

    George Eustice

    To date, one claim for support to replace lost and damaged fishing gear has been made with a grant value of £2,320, with final validation checks currently being carried out against another three claims worth £14,257. So far, 110 applications have been received with a grant value of £349,218. Of these, 33 projects have been approved so far with a grant value of £74,047.

  • 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 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at which RAF bases the Joint Strike Fighter can regularly land vertically.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    RAF Marham is planned to be the only RAF base in the UK at which the Joint Strike Fighter can conduct vertical landings regularly. The Joint Strike Fighter will of course be able to land conventionally and conduct slow landings at other RAF bases.

  • 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 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Joint Strike Fighter B procured by the RAF will have Block 3i software.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    All UK F-35Bs delivered prior to the end of 2017 will be upgraded to, or delivered with, Block 3i software.

  • Kerry McCarthy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Kerry McCarthy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kerry McCarthy on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the resources and effectiveness of the Commonwealth Human Rights Unit; and what discussions he has had with (a) his Commonwealth counterparts and (b) the Commonwealth Secretariat on the role of the Commonwealth Human Rights Unit.

    Mr Hugo Swire

    We support the work of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Human Rights Unit and welcome the Secretariat’s recent statement confirming that the budget and staffing for the Unit has more than doubled under the Commonwealth’s four-year Strategic Plan, which was agreed by all Commonwealth members in May 2013.

    We monitor the work of the Human Rights Unit through our membership of the Commonwealth Executive Committee and Board of Governors. The Board of Governors last met on 29 May.

    The Human Rights Unit undertakes valuable work in assisting member states with the adoption of international standards on human rights; providing support to member states in the Universal Periodic Review process; and in enhancing the capacity of Commonwealth members’ national human rights institutions. Through our regular dialogue with the Secretariat on human rights, we urge them to work across the Commonwealth to uphold the values and principles agreed in the Commonwealth Charter.

  • David Davis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    David Davis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Davis on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the full release of the United States Select Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program.

    Hugh Robertson

    The release of the Committee’s report is a matter for the United States.