Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-01-14.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Thames Barrier has been used in each of the last 30 years.

    Rory Stewart

    The following table shows the number of Thames Barrier closures in each flood season since its opening in 1982. A “flood season” is defined as the time period from September to April.

    Year

    Combined Tidal/Fluvial

    Tidal

    Grand Total

    1982 – 1983

    0

    1

    1

    1983 – 1984

    0

    0

    0

    1984 – 1985

    0

    0

    0

    1985 – 1986

    1

    0

    1

    1986 – 1987

    0

    1

    1

    1987 – 1988

    0

    0

    0

    1988 – 1989

    0

    1

    1

    1989 – 1990

    3

    1

    4

    1990 – 1991

    0

    2

    2

    1991 – 1992

    0

    0

    0

    1992 – 1993

    0

    4

    4

    1993 – 1994

    4

    3

    7

    1994 – 1995

    2

    2

    4

    1995 – 1996

    0

    4

    4

    1996 – 1997

    0

    1

    1

    1997 – 1998

    0

    1

    1

    1998 – 1999

    0

    2

    2

    1999 – 2000

    3

    3

    6

    2000 – 2001

    8

    16

    24

    2001 – 2002

    1

    3

    4

    2002 – 2003

    12

    8

    20

    2003 – 2004

    0

    1

    1

    2004 – 2005

    0

    4

    4

    2005 – 2006

    0

    3

    3

    2006 – 2007

    0

    8

    8

    2007 – 2008

    0

    6

    6

    2008 – 2009

    4

    1

    5

    2009 – 2010

    3

    2

    5

    2010 – 2011

    0

    0

    0

    2011 – 2012

    0

    0

    0

    2012 – 2013

    5

    0

    5

    2013 – 2014

    41

    9

    50

    2014 – 2015

    0

    1

    1

    Grand Total

    87

    88

    175
  • Lord Tyler – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Lord Tyler – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Tyler on 2016-02-09.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department of Health will publish records of external meetings held by special advisers to its ministers.

    Lord Prior of Brampton

    The Government publishes an unprecedented amount of data; departments publish details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries’ meetings with external organisations, and special advisers’ meetings with senior media figures. The information requested is not held centrally and there are no plans to extend current arrangements.

  • Richard Fuller – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Richard Fuller – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2016-03-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment to date.

    Justin Tomlinson

    Information on whether claimants of Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment is not centrally recorded and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

  • Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-04-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on overseas recruitment exercises in each of the last five years for which data is available.

    Ben Gummer

    Local National Health Service organisations are best placed to decide how many staff they employ and how best to recruit those staff to meet services tailored to the needs of their patients and local communities, to deliver safe care. Information on the costs that NHS trusts may have incurred when seeking to employ staff either within the United Kingdom or overseas is not collected by the Department.

  • Gloria De Piero – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Gloria De Piero – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2016-05-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have been registered as working in NHS practices in Ashfield constituency in the (a) 2015-16, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2009-10 financial year.

    Alistair Burt

    The information requested is not collected in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following table.

    Number of dentists with National Health Service activity, for specified years ending 31 March – selected organisations

    Organisation Name

    2009-10

    2012-13

    2014-15

    Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT)

    331

    ..

    ..

    NHS Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

    ..

    87

    85

    NHS Newark and Sherwood CCG

    ..

    48

    53

    NHS Nottingham North and East CCG

    ..

    96

    103

    NHS Nottingham West CCG

    ..

    52

    60

    NHS Rushcliffe CCG

    ..

    56

    69

    Sources: Health and Social Care Information Centre; NHS Dental Services of the NHS Business Services Authority

    Notes:

    1. Dentists are defined as performers with NHS activity recorded in each financial year by FP17 forms.

    2. Dentists will be counted more than once if they have a contract in more than one CCG or PCT (2009-10).

    Therefore a total for the specified CCGs is not provided in 2012-13 and 2014-15.

    3. Data consists of performers in General Dental Services (GDS), Personal Dental Services (PDS) and Trust-led Dental Services (TDS).

    4. ‘ .. ‘ denotes data not applicable

    5. As at 1 April 2013 CCG replaced PCTs. 2009-10 data are not available by CCG.

  • Andrew Rosindell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Andrew Rosindell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2016-06-28.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure stability in the housing market and increase the confidence of property developers since the EU referendum of 23 June 2016.

    Greg Hands

    Ministers have met with house builders and industry leaders since the Referendum result to ensure stability.

    Britain’s economy is fundamentally strong. Markets have been volatile, but they have continued to function effectively. The Treasury, the Bank of England and the FCA are watching markets, including the housing market, extremely closely.

    Action by the government over the last seven years has substantially strengthened the resilience of the financial system. Capital requirements for the largest banks are now ten times higher than before the crisis. Yesterday (5th July) the Chancellor announced that the Bank of England will use the new powers given to them by Government to help boost the lending capacity of the banks to our economy. UK’s main lenders have agreed to make this extra capital available to support lending to UK businesses and households in this challenging time.

    Government remains committed to boosting housing supply, including by delivering the most ambitious affordable house building programme since the 1970’s.

  • Cat Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Cat Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2016-09-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making the provision of youth services a statutory duty for councils.

    Mr Rob Wilson

    Government does place an existing statutory duty on local authorities through the Education Act 2006 (Section 507B) to secure, as far as is practicable, sufficient services and activities to improve the wellbeing of young people. However, in fulfilling this responsibility government believes that local authorities should be empowered to decide how best to secure services that meet the needs of young people within the budget that is available to them.

    Government is committed to ensuring all young people can reach their full potential and has recently announced an £80 million investment in the youth sector that is being delivered through the Youth Investment Fund and the #iwill Fund.

  • Alex Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Alex Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2015-11-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence her Department has recently received about wildlife mortality caused by lead poisoning resulting from the use of lead ammunition in sports shooting.

    Rory Stewart

    The Government is considering the independent Lead Ammunition Group’s report on the effect of lead shot on human and wildlife health and will respond as soon as possible.

    The Food Standards Agency has produced advice on the consumption of lead shot game which can be accessed at https://www.food.gov.uk/science/advice-to-frequent-eaters-of-game-shot-with-lead.

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  • Robert Flello – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Robert Flello – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Flello on 2015-12-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations have been made to his Department on fraud involving the tax status of lorry drivers.

    Andrew Jones

    The Road Haulage Association has made my Department aware of concerns about widespread fraud involving the tax status of lorry drivers. The Road Haulage Association has raised these concerns directly with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

  • Iain Wright – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Iain Wright – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Iain Wright on 2016-01-20.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of difficulties in recruiting embryologists in (a) England and (b) the North East.

    Ben Gummer

    Individual healthcare providers are responsible for ensuring that they have the right level of staffing to provide high quality care to their patients, including embryology services.

    Health Education England (HEE) was established in 2012 to ensure the National Health Service has access to the right numbers of staff, at the right time and with the right skills. In doing so, HEE works with key external stakeholders to develop its National Workforce Plan for England which sets out the number of training places it will commission in the year ahead to meet future local need.

    HEE will continue to work with its 13 Local Education and Training Boards and others to ensure that there are sufficient healthcare scientists, including embryologists, being trained to meet the future needs of patients.

    Currently HEE has 28 reproductive scientists in training (which includes embryology) and are planning a further 11 to start in 2016/17. It takes three years to train a reproductive scientist.

    The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have advised that it is not aware of any issues concerning the availability of embryologists in the United Kingdom.