The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Michael Dugher on Education.
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Matthew Hancock
Dominic Cummings has not accompanied the Secretary of State on any official visits in 2014.
Tag: Parliamentary Question
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Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the government of the Irish Republic currently owes the UK; and when he expects the amount outstanding to be repaid in full.
Nicky Morgan
In accordance with the Loans to Ireland Act 2010, HM Treasury reports to Parliament every six months including information on the outstanding principal. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the report laid on 28 April 2014 which is also available online, alongside all previous reports submitted by HM Treasury, on the following site:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bilateral-loan-to-ireland.
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Biography information for Ian Murray – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Ian Murray on Justice.
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Mr Shailesh Vara
The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly official statistics on the tribunals which come under it, including Employment Tribunals. These are produced by statisticians in the Analytical Services Division using data produced by HM Courts and Tribunals Service. There are no plans for a review of the statistics at this time.
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Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-04-28.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many months of imports the UK’s reserves can cover; and if he will make a statement.
Nicky Morgan
The UK has not operated an exchange rate targeting monetary policy regime since 1992. Rather, foreign exchange reserves are currently held on a precautionary basis, to be used in the event of unexpected shocks.
Latest data shows that the value of the reserves is $110.9bn, up from $71.2bn in June 2010. UK imports averaged £44.4bn per month over 2013.
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Biography information for Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Gregory Campbell on Defence.
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Anna Soubry
The Ministry of Defence-sponsored cadet forces offer challenging and enjoyable activities for young people, and prepare them to play an active part in the community while developing valuable life skills.
Information held centrally by the Ministry of Defence on the numbers of sea and army cadets in Northern Ireland is provided in the following tables. For sea cadets, reliable data is available from January 2005. For army cadets, estimated information on the Army Cadet Force is available from March 2012 although comparable data about the Army Combined Cadet Force is not available in the format requested. Information prior to these dates could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Sea Cadets
Royal Marine (RM) Cadets
Adult Volunteers (Sea and RM)
January 2005
225
13
146
January 2014
235
22
157
Change +/-
+10
+9
+11
Army Cadet Force
Army Combined Cadet Force
Adult Volunteers
March 2012
1,925 (estimated)
Not held
350 (estimated)
January 2014
1,422
598
397
Change +/-
-503
Not known
+47
Since 2012 the Army has worked to improve the accuracy of their record keeping with a concerted effort to identify those cadets not actively participating and to either encourage them back into cadet activities or to remove them from the management information system. This has accounted for a significant drop in Army Cadet Force figures over the past few years. However, we are actively recruiting Army cadets in Northern Ireland and numbers are beginning to increase.
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Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements are in place for the pension entitlement and employment status of firefighters under the new pension arrangements if they are unable to maintain required fitness levels.
Brandon Lewis
Where a firefighter cannot maintain operational fitness, the fire and rescue authority will assess the reasons for the loss of fitness. Where the loss is due to a permanent medical reason, the firefighter will be considered for ill-health retirement under the rules of the pension scheme. Where there is no permanent medical reason, the firefighter will receive support and training to increase fitness to the required level.
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Biography information for Virendra Sharma – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Virendra Sharma on Health.
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Jane Ellison
Officials from the Department, Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England are currently discussing how hepatitis C services might be strengthened, including how local Health and Wellbeing Boards can be encouraged to include hepatitis C in their Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, where appropriate. The findings of the HCV Action report will help to inform those discussions.
PHE is developing local profiles that include indicators of performance for hepatitis C which are aimed at local authorities and Health and Wellbeing Boards. These profiles include a summary of the issues around hepatitis C including those most at risk, as well as questions for Health and Wellbeing Boards to ask about local provision of hepatitis C services. PHE has produced a fact sheet for the Local Government Association on hepatitis B and C to support their scrutiny and oversight role.
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Khalid Mahmood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Khalid Mahmood on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to remove any contractual gagging orders or similar measures applicable to staff in the West Midlands involved in the ongoing investigation into school governance in that area led by Ian Kershaw.
Mr Edward Timpson
The Department for Education hopes that any individual with relevant information about the serious allegations made in relation to a number of schools in Birmingham will come forward and share this with the Education Commissioner, Peter Clarke, and Ian Kershaw, the Chief Adviser for Birmingham City Council’s investigation.
Amendments to The Employment Relations Act 1996, introduced by the Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA) 1998, mean that any confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements cannot have the effect of preventing a protected disclosure and any provision will be void to the extent it seeks to do so. The Department revised the model settlement agreements for new academies in January to make this absolutely clear. The PIDA Act 1998 also introduced provisions to protect workers from detrimental treatment or victimisation from their employer if, in the public interest, they blow the whistle on wrongdoing.
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Peter Luff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Luff on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 208W, on Common Agricultural Policy, if he will assess the value and purpose of advertising the merits of the EU Common Agricultural Policy in British cinemas.
George Eustice
We do not have any plans to assess the value and purpose of advertising the merits of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in British cinemas. Using cinema advertising is not part of the Government’s approach to communicating information on the CAP. My Department is informed by the European Commission that the advert ran for four weeks across the EU, including in the UK, but it has now ended and that the campaign was funded by reducing other activities, such as European Commission attendance at certain events.
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Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to tackle the increase of type 2 diabetes; and what work is being done to identify best practice and share knowledge throughout the UK.
Jane Ellison
The NHS Health Check programme is a risk assessment and management programme aimed at preventing a range of illnesses, including diabetes. Economic modelling has shown that potentially it can prevent more than 4,000 people a year from developing diabetes.
Public Health England is supporting local authorities to deliver the NHS Health Check programme. Take up continues to improve with the number of checks being undertaken up by 13% compared to the same period last year.
Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) focus on priority service areas to help improve the quality and equity of care and outcomes by bringing together those who use, provide and commission services in the area they serve. There are 12 Cardiovascular Disease Strategic Clinical Networks, 10 of which have dedicated diabetes clinical leads, and they support the prevention of Type 2 diabetes, and identify and share good practice within their areas. Diabetes UK is supporting meetings between the NHS England National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes, and the diabetes clinical leads and associate directors of the SCNs to help ensure that best practice is shared across all 12 regional networks.