The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Written Statement of 26 May 2016, on BIS consultation, HCWS30, what assessment his Department has made of the relative level of difficulty in redeploying (a) London-based and (b) non-London-based staff to address urgent priorities.
Joseph Johnson
I refer the hon Member to my response to question UIN 39342.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals are forecast to (a) open and (b) close in each of the next five years for which figures are available.
Mr Philip Dunne
The reconfiguration of services, including the opening and closing of hospitals, is clinically led and a matter for the local National Health Service.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian C. Lucas on 2016-10-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which post offices in each constituency have moved from ground floor to first floor premises in the last two years.
Margot James
The provision and location of post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.
I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Monaghan on 2015-11-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answers of 6 July 2015 to Question 4511 and 12 October 2015 to Question 10567, if she will request that OFGEM explain what its justification is for allowing a higher charge for supply in the north of Scotland.
Andrea Leadsom
Electricity supplied to consumers in the North of Scotland region is produced by a range of generation types traded in a competitive market across GB. The electricity price paid by consumers in any given region is not therefore determined by the predominant generation type in that region.
Ofgem does not regulate energy prices – these are set by energy suppliers in competition with each other and so matters relating to the pricing of tariffs are a matter for each individual company.
Ofgem addressed the differences in electricity charges between regions at paragraph 2.5 of their recent report on ‘Regional Differences in Network Charges’. This stated that the differences observed are not a ‘surcharge’, but reflect the different network costs in the region when shared out between customers consuming energy in that area. They also saw “no compelling case” to change these arrangements, from a regulatory perspective.
The report also noted that electricity distribution charges in the north of Scotland are already cross-subsidised to an extent through the Government’s Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme. It is currently worth around £41 per annum per household in the north of Scotland, and means that consumers face lower network charges than they otherwise would.
This report can be obtained at:
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/ofgem-report-regional-differences-network-charges.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of prisoners is per cell in (a) male and (b) female prisons.
Andrew Selous
As at Friday 27th November 2015 the average number of prisoners per occupied cell in both male and female prisons is one.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-01-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2016 to Question 21144, anti-depressants: children, when the capability referred to is expected to be introduced; and whether anti-depressants will be included in the information concerned.
Alistair Burt
The National Health Service Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) has advised that, in December 2015, it initiated a project to improve the storage of transaction level prescription data, including the age of patients and to enhance reporting capability against this data. The NHS BSA anticipates having the capability to provide patient level prescription information towards the end of the 2016-17 financial year. This should contain primary care prescribing information for the full range of medicines, including anti-depressants.
This should also allow the reporting on long-term prescriptions for medicines, including benzodiazepines, which is not currently possible.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stuart C. McDonald on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in part or full-time training or employment aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after by the local authority.
Edward Timpson
The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.
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Care leaver activity [2] |
Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1] |
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2014 |
2015 |
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Higher education |
20 |
40 |
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Education other than higher education |
100 |
260 |
|
Training or employment |
40 |
130 |
Source: SSDA903
Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].
[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.
[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been claimed in reimbursement expenses by Dr Nicole Mather in her role as Director of the Office for Life Sciences in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 to date.
George Freeman
Dr Nicole Mather is an employee of Deloitte on secondment to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). In her role as Director of the Office for Life Sciences, Nicole has claimed reimbursement expenses including travel, accommodation and subsistence within the UK, Europe and the US in the course of carrying out her role and when accompanying the Minister for Life Sciences, for the period (a) 2014-15 to a total of £772.44 and period (b) 2015-16 a total of £1,009.90 to date.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark on 2016-04-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to boost the co-operative housing sector in England.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
We recognise the significant role Housing Co-Operatives can play in delivering locally led housing development. The Government continues to be supportive of Housing Co-Operatives, because we want to see communities more in control of decisions that affect them. The March Budget confirmed £60 million a year from additional receipts from higher stamp duty rates on additional residential properties will be redirected into rural and coastal areas for community supported housing.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials of his Department have specific policy responsibility for deregulation.
Matthew Hancock
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 11 March 2016 to UIN: 29744.