The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Andrew Smith on Health.
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Dr Daniel Poulter
The following table provides the annual population of student midwives from 2011-12 to 2013-14. The table includes students enrolled on the degree and 18 month diploma courses.
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2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
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Midwife population |
5,955 |
6,315 |
6,413 |
Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Laurence Robertson on 2014-04-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with banks about the closure of branches; and if he will make a statement.
Andrea Leadsom
Treasury Ministers and officials meet with, and receive representations from, a wide range of organisations and individuals in the public and private sector as part of the usual policymaking process. It is not Government practice to provide details of all such representations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Graham P Jones on Health.
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Norman Lamb
No such discussions have taken place.
The Responsible Gambling Trust expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014-15 and is funded by the gambling industry and further donations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-04-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a risk assessment or cost-benefit analysis has been carried out on the proposal to sell UK tax records.
Mr David Gauke
There are no plans to sell UK tax records.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Alan Whitehead on Energy and Climate Change.
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Michael Fallon
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. Agreements between generators and PPA providers could take a number of different forms, from indicative terms to a signed contract. The decision to sign a conditional PPA ahead of the auction, and the duration of any agreement, are ultimately commercial matters.
We anticipate that the Offtaker of Last Resort (OLR) will encourage competition in the PPA market both at the outset of the CfD and once any initial PPA has expired. Generators agreeing to a conditional PPA would be able to participate in the later short-term PPA market, once their initial PPA had expired; backed by the protections afforded by the OLR.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) press officers, (b) internal communications officers, (c) external communications officers, (d) communications strategy officers and (e) other personnel with a communications remit were employed by (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) each other non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department on the most recent date for which figures are available.
Anna Soubry
Communicators are employed across Defence and the Armed Forces. They have an important task in explaining to the public, the media, our own people and other audiences – at the local regional, national and international levels – the role of Defence, Defence activities, capabilities and operations. Over the last several years substantial savings have been made across the communications area, and further efficiencies will continue to be made.
The latest figures for the numbers involved in communications roles as at 31 March 2013 are shown in the attached table, and include all posts for which over 50% of the post’s core duties are communications. These figures include both military and civilian posts worldwide. In the 2013 exercise communications staff in Non-Departmental Public Bodies were not surveyed. As such, this data was requested separately.
Also shown are the figures for 31 March 2010, demonstrating a reduction of 12% (over 160 posts) in this time.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Eilidh Whiteford on Transport.
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Mr Robert Goodwill
In England, the Highways Agency has the following 6 Average Speed Camera systems on its network:
M3 (Junction 2) (South East Region)
M3 (from the M25) (South East Region)
M25 (J12) (South East Region)
A14 (East of England)
A38 Saltash Tunnel (South West Region)
A3 Hindhead Tunnel (South East Region)
Average speed cameras are also used in road works as a temporary measure.
The Department for Transport does not hold this information for cameras on local authority roads. Local authorities have statutory duties related to road safety and decisions about whether they operate speed cameras are a matter for them.
This is a devolved matter so the Department does not hold information on average speed cameras in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ben Wallace on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to review the list of facilitating subjects for Key Stage 5 performance tables.
Elizabeth Truss
The facilitating subjects are identified by the Russell Group of universities as A level subjects that are required more often than others by universities. The list includes English literature along with mathematics, further mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, geography, history and languages (classical and modern).
The Russell Group is an independent organisation; it recently reviewed the list of facilitating subjects and confirmed no change was needed. The Department for Education publishes a measure in the key stage 5 performance tables of the percentage of students achieving AAB grades at A level, including in at least two facilitating subjects.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Stanley on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the continued exclusion of borough councils for areas where there is no unitary authority from the definition of risk management authorities in Section 6(13) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Dan Rogerson
All local authorities are risk management authorities under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. No local authorities are excluded from the definition of a risk management authority in the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
A ‘borough council’ will either be a unitary authority or a district council. As a unitary authority it will be a ‘lead local flood authority’, which in turn makes it a ‘risk management authority’ in its own right (the same applies to county councils). Where it is not a unitary authority it is a district council, whether known as borough council or city council, and so is also a risk management authority.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tracey Crouch on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of mental illness in (a) the West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group area, (b) the Medway Clinical Commissioning Group area, (c) Kent and (d) England in each of the last five years.
Norman Lamb
Information on the levels of mental illness in the West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group area, the Medway Clinical Commissioning Group area, Kent and England is not held centrally.
All local authorities are required to develop and publish a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) – an analysis of the current and future health and care needs of the local population – and a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS) to address these needs.
JSNAs and JHWSs form the basis of National Health Service and local authorities’ own commissioning plans, across health, social care, public health and children’s services. Local health and social care commissioners are expected to develop their commissioning plans in line with any relevant JSNA or JHWS, and must be able to justify any parts of their plans which are not consistent.
The JSNA process therefore offers valuable opportunities to drive improvement in meeting the needs of local people with mental health needs. However, the Department has not highlighted any care group or area of need over another as this would risk undermining the purpose of JSNAs being an objective, comprehensive and most importantly – a locally-owned process.