The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alan Brown on 2016-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the recent fall in the value of sterling on the cost of constructing the Successor submarines.
Harriett Baldwin
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 October 2016 to Question 48369 to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will discuss with the Treasury the introduction of three-year funding plans for colleges to align with the period of the Spending Review.
Mr Sam Gyimah
16-19 funding is based on the level of recruitment institutions delivered in the previous year. That means institutions’ funding keeps pace with changing student numbers with the minimum delay. The Government has no plans to change the 16-19 funding system.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2015-12-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what incentives her Department provides to farmers to increase bee habitats.
George Eustice
This is a devolved matter, so I can only answer for England. Defra has made £900 million available for the new Countryside Stewardship scheme, launched in July 2015. For the first time ever this includes a dedicated Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife package. We are pleased that over half of mid–tier applications for agreements contain this package of options. The package has been developed by Natural England working in close partnership with wildlife organisations, the farming community and national pollinator scientists. This ensures it is based upon the best available evidence.
Countryside Stewardship plays a key role in supporting the National Pollinator Strategy, which demonstrates the Government’s commitment to improving the status of the country’s 1,500 or so pollinating insect species. This is a programme of collaborative action and cooperation that contains a wide range of specific actions to supporthabitats for bees on farmland. In November 2015 Defra published the implementation plan for the strategy, which highlights the progress made to date, including guidance and training to farmers on supporting pollinators from the Campaign for the Farmed Environment.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-01-12.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent communications his Department has had with the National Archives on the release of Cabinet papers dated between 1986 and 1988.
Matthew Hancock
The Cabinet Office has regular ongoing communications with the National Archives.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office met National Archive officials to discuss the release of Cabinet Office papers for the 1986 to 1988 period on two occasions.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2016-02-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he commissioned an independent evaluation of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills before deciding to withdraw funding from it; and if so, if he will publish it.
Nick Boles
No independent evaluation of UKCES was commissioned. The decision by Whitehall Departments to withdraw funding from UKCES during 2016-17 was taken as part of the spending review given the need to make savings in non-participation budgets to allow the core adult skills participation budgets to be protected in cash terms.
The decision had regard to the range of priorities needing to be funded from non-participation budgets. BIS is working with UKCES and the users of its services, including the Devolved Administrations, to manage the implications of this decision.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 25609, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the average time taken for national minimum wage cases in employment tribunals between 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Mr Shailesh Vara
In 2014-15 HM Courts &Tribunals Service reviewed outstanding cases in employment tribunals and removed a backlog of very old cases which had settled or were completed from the case management system. The overall trend in average clearance time for single cases continues to improve and this can be seen in the Published Statistics at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Syms on 2016-03-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of public houses which have gone out of business since 1 July 2007.
Anna Soubry
The Government does not compile statistics on pub closures and has made no estimate of the number of pubs that have closed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Mendelsohn on 2016-05-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to legislate to introduce voting thresholds that empower shareholders in the operations of public companies in relation to executive pay.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the noble Lord.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2016 to Question 39766, what proportion of all flights between UK airports and oil rigs were undertaken by (a) AS332 Super Puma and (b) Eurocopter EC225 aircraft in each of those years.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The proportion of flights between UK airports and oil rigs undertaken by the AS3332 SUPER PUMA and Eurocopter EC225 aircraft in each year since 2007 is as follows:
|
Aircraft Type |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
AEROSPATIALE AS332 SUPER PUMA C1E |
54.1% |
42.5% |
33.4% |
28.7% |
24.9% |
23.5% |
25.9% |
13.4% |
4.0% |
|
EUROCOPTER EC225 (H225) |
11.0% |
14.6% |
17.2% |
23.4% |
27.2% |
21.0% |
1.5% |
15.8% |
21.4% |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Blencathra on 2016-09-05.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil servants, and of what rank, work in EU units or sub-departments within all UK Government ministerial departments.
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
The Department for Exiting the European Union has responsibility for overseeing preparations for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU and conducting these withdrawal negotiations in support of the Prime Minister. In doing this it is working very closely with other government departments.
Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual department to determine and therefore the information requested is not held centrally.
The Civil Service constantly reviews its capabilities in order to deliver the Government’s agenda and following the EU referendum decision it is critical for the Civil Service to ensure it has the right skills and capabilities to deliver its manifesto commitments and consider all the implications of the EU exit.
Cabinet Office is working with all departments across the Civil Service to better understand their resourcing requirements following the decision to exit the EU.