The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-02-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will instigate a national public awareness campaign about sepsis.
Ben Gummer
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health asked Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence and make recommendations on the scope for a public-facing campaign to raise awareness of Sepsis. PHE will publish its evidence-based review shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-02-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Syrian refugees resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Programme were previously resident in another country before Syria.
Richard Harrington
We do not monitor whether a resettled person has ever previously been resident in another country apart from Syria and their host country. All refugees resettled under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) Scheme are Syrian nationals.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees identifies and proposes Syrian refugees for the VPR scheme from among the whole of the registered refugee population in the region, over 4 million people. This includes people in formal refugee camps, informal settlements and host communities in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-03-21.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) enforcement actions have been undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) involving victims of modern slavery and (b) victims of modern slavery HMRC recovered national minimum wage arrears for in each of the last five years; and how much in national minimum wage arrears HMRC has recovered for victims of modern slavery in that period.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has developed a specific training package targeting Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking which is mandatory for all visiting officers. This training advises officers on the indicators to look for and the responses to take where exploitation is suspected.
HMRC participates in multi-agency investigations into cases of Modern Slavery where there are potential tax or National Minimum Wage (NMW) offences. Since February 2015, HMRC has opened 73 tax investigations in cases where Modern Slavery is suspected. HMRC does not collate specific data on any NMW arrears identified in cases involving Modern Slavery.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Seema Kennedy on 2016-04-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to address skills shortages in the workforce.
Joseph Johnson
This Government is committed to giving young people the skills they need to succeed in life.
We are supporting 3 million more apprenticeships in this Parliament, and we are ensuring that employers play a leading role in the design of our new Degree Apprenticeships. Following our Higher Education Green Paper, we will be launching a technical consultation on the Teaching Excellence Framework, which will ensure our universities continue to focus on helping their students into employment.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the punctuality record of Govia Thameslink Railway in the last six months.
Claire Perry
The Department regularly assesses each train operator’s performance, and officials have regular meetings with Govia Thameslink Railway’s senior management where operational performance is reviewed, including punctuality as measured through the Public Performance Measure, and we continue to press the franchisee to see what can be done to improve the service offered to their customers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lisa Cameron on 2016-09-02.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will conduct a spillover analysis to examine the international effects of UK tax policy of a similar character to those undertaken by the governments of the Netherlands and Ireland.
Jane Ellison
The government has no current plans to conduct a spillover analysis, which it does not believe would be a useful exercise.
The government is committed to a competitive and fair tax system, and has led international efforts to tackle tax evasion and avoidance while supporting developing countries to implement tax reforms. Through the G20 we have commissioned the international organisations to develop toolkits to assist developing countries to implement the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) outcomes as well as funding assistance to help developing country tax authorities tackle multinational tax avoidance.
The UK is a founder member of the Addis Tax Initiative, which commits the UK to double its Overseas Development Assistance spend on tax capacity building by 2020 and to work to make international tax reform more accessible to developing countries.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Efford on 2016-10-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received representations on whether Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group was quorate at its meeting of 29 June 2016 when it awarded the contract for musculoskeletal services to Circle Holdings PLC; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Philip Dunne
The procurement of local health services by means of competitive tendering is a matter for the local National Health Service.
The Department has not received any representations on the matter of whether Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) was quorate at its meeting of 29 June 2016 when it awarded the contract for musculoskeletal services to Circle Health.
We are informed by NHS England that the CCG follows standard NHS procurement procedures and these procedures were followed for this procurement.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-11-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 11080, on deportation: appeals, in how many of the 426 cases which were appealed were those appeals dismissed by the relevant tribunal.
James Brokenshire
Of the 426 cases referred to in answer of 14 October to Question 11080:
– none were certification withdrawn
– 359 have been certified under Regulation 24AA
– all data provided relates to the First Tier Tribunal only
– 25 are listed as abandoned or withdrawn by the appellant
– 89 were dismissed by the relevant tribunal
The Home Office does not disclose country specific information as its disclosure could prejudice relations between the UK and foreign governments.
Notes : (1) All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
(2) Data Extracted on 28th September, 2015 in line with response to Question 11080
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the location in the UK is of each army regiment.
Mark Lancaster
The UK locations of the major British Army units, as at 26 November 2015, are given below. In line with standard practice, information on Special Forces is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security.
|
Major Unit |
Town |
|
Household Cavalry Regiment |
Windsor |
|
Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment |
London |
|
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery |
Tidworth |
|
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery |
Harlow Hill |
|
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery |
Colchester |
|
1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards |
Swanton Morley |
|
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers And Greys) |
Leuchars |
|
The Royal Dragoon Guards |
Catterick |
|
The Royal Lancers |
Catterick |
|
The King’s Royal Hussars |
Tidworth |
|
The Light Dragoons |
Catterick |
|
The Royal Tank Regiment |
Tidworth |
|
4th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Topcliffe |
|
5th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Catterick |
|
12th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Thorney Island |
|
14th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Larkhill |
|
16th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Emsworth |
|
19th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Tidworth |
|
29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery |
Plymouth |
|
32nd Regiment Royal Artillery |
Larkhill |
|
47th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Larkhill |
|
21 Engineer Regiment |
Ripon |
|
22 Engineer Regiment |
Perham Down |
|
23 Parachute Engineer Regiment |
Woodbridge |
|
24 Commando Engineer Regiment |
Chivenor |
|
26 Engineer Regiment |
Perham Down |
|
32 Engineer Regiment |
Catterick |
|
33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) |
Wimbish |
|
36 Engineer Regiment |
Maidstone |
|
39 Engineer Regiment |
Kinloss |
|
42 Engineer Regiment (Geographical) |
Huntingdon |
|
101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) |
Wimbish |
|
62 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
|
63 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
|
64 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
|
66 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
|
20 Works Group Royal Engineers (Air Support) |
Peterborough |
|
1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment |
Chatham |
|
3 Roay School of Military Engineering Regiment |
Minley |
|
1st Signal Regiment |
Stafford |
|
2nd Signal Regiment |
York |
|
3rd Signal Regiment |
Bulford |
|
10th Signal Regiment |
Corsham |
|
11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment |
Blandford |
|
14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) |
Brawdy |
|
15th Signal Regiment (Information Support) |
Blandford |
|
16th Signal Regiment |
Stafford |
|
21st Signal Regiment |
Colerne |
|
22nd Signal Regiment |
Stafford |
|
30th Signal Regiment |
Bramcote |
|
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards |
Aldershot |
|
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards |
Windsor |
|
1st Battalion Scots Guards |
Aldershot |
|
1st Battallion Irish Guards |
London |
|
1st Battalion Welsh Guards |
Pirbright |
|
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Holywood |
|
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Edinburgh |
|
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Inverness |
|
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Catterick |
|
1st Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment |
Catterick |
|
2nd Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment |
Preston |
|
1st Battalion The Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers |
Tidworth |
|
1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |
London |
|
2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |
Cottesmore |
|
1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment |
Warminster |
|
2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment |
Catterick |
|
1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment |
Bulford |
|
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Foresters, and Staffords) |
Chester |
|
1st Battalion The Royal Welsh |
Tidworth |
|
1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment |
Tern Hill |
|
2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
Colchester |
|
3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
Colchester |
|
2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles |
Shorncliffe |
|
1st Battalion The Rifles |
Beachley |
|
2nd Battalion The Rifles |
Lisburn |
|
3rd Battalion The Rifles |
Edinburgh |
|
4th Battalion The Rifles |
Bulford |
|
1 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Yeovilton |
|
2 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps |
Middle Wallop |
|
3 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Wattisham |
|
4 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Wattisham |
|
5 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Aldergrove |
|
7 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps |
Middle Wallop |
|
9 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Dishforth |
|
3 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Abingdon |
|
4 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Abingdon |
|
7 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Cottesmore |
|
9 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Hullavington |
|
10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment |
Aldershot |
|
11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Didcot |
|
13 (Air Assault) Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Colchester |
|
17 Port And Maritime Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Marchwood |
|
27 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Aldershot |
|
29 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
South Cerney |
|
Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion |
Innsworth |
|
5 Training Regiment the Royal Logistic Corps |
Grantham |
|
25 Training Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Deepcut |
|
2 Medical Regiment |
North Luffenham |
|
3 Medical Regiment |
Preston |
|
4 Armoured Medical Regiment |
Aldershot |
|
5 Armoured Medical Regiment |
Catterick |
|
16 Medical Regiment |
Colchester |
|
22 Field Hospital |
Aldershot |
|
33 Field Hospital |
Gosport |
|
34 Field Hospital |
Strensall |
|
1 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Catterick |
|
2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Leuchars |
|
4 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Tidworth |
|
6 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Tidworth |
|
7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Wattisham |
|
5 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Tidworth |
|
1st Regiment Royal Military Police |
Catterick |
|
3rd Regiment Royal Military Police |
Bulford |
|
4th Regiment Royal Military Police |
Aldershot |
|
Special Investigation Branch Regiment Royal Military Police |
Bulford |
|
Specialist Operations Regiment Royal Military Police |
Southwick Park |
|
Military Provost Staff Regiment |
Colchester |
|
1st Military Working Dog Regiment |
North Luffenham |
|
1 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Catterick |
|
2 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Upavon |
|
4 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Bulford |
|
Specialist Group Military Intelligence |
Hermitage |
|
15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operation Group |
Hermitage |
|
The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) |
Monmouth |
|
The Honourable Artillery Company |
London |
|
The Royal Yeomanry |
London |
|
The Royal Wessex Yeomanry |
Bovington |
|
The Queen’s Own Yeomanry |
Newcastle Upon Tyne |
|
The Scottish And North Irish Yeomanry |
Edinburgh |
|
101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery |
Gateshead |
|
103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery |
St Helens |
|
104th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Newport |
|
105th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Edinburgh |
|
106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery |
Grove Park |
|
71 Engineer Regiment |
Leuchars |
|
75 Engineer Regiment |
Warrington |
|
65 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
|
32nd (Scottish) Signal Regiment |
Glasgow |
|
37th Signal Regiment |
Redditch |
|
39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment |
Bristol |
|
71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment |
London |
|
52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Glasgow |
|
51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Perth |
|
3rd Battalion The Princess Of Wales’s Royal Regiment |
Canterbury |
|
4th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment |
Preston |
|
5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |
Newcastle Upon Tyne |
|
3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment |
York |
|
4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Forsters, and Staffords) |
Wolverhampton |
|
3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh |
Cardiff |
|
2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) |
Lisburn |
|
4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
Pudsey |
|
The London Regiment |
London |
|
6th Battalion The Rifles |
Exeter |
|
7th Battalion The Rifles |
Reading |
|
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit |
London |
|
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit |
Birmingham |
|
6 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Bury St Edmunds |
|
150 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Hull |
|
151 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Croydon |
|
152 (North Irish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Holywood |
|
156 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Liverpool |
|
158 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Peterborough |
|
154 (Scottish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Dunfermline |
|
157 (Welsh) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Cardiff |
|
162 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Grantham |
|
165 Port And Maritime The Regiment Royal Logistic Corps |
Plymouth |
|
159 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Coventry |
|
167 Catering Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Grantham |
|
2 Operational Support Group The Royal Logistic Corps |
Grantham |
|
201 (Northern) Field Hospital |
Newcastle Upon Tyne |
|
202 (Midlands) Field Hospital |
Birmingham |
|
203 (Welsh) Field Hospital |
Cardiff |
|
204 (North Irish) Field Hospital |
Belfast |
|
205 (Scottish) Field Hospital |
Govan |
|
207 (Manchester) Field Hospital |
Manchester |
|
208 (Liverpool) Field Hospital |
Liverpool |
|
212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital |
Sheffield |
|
225 (Scottish) Medical Regiment |
Dundee |
|
243 (The Wessex) Field Hospital |
Bristol |
|
253 (North Irish) Medical Regiment |
Belfast |
|
254 (East of England) Medical Regiment |
Cambridge |
|
256 (City of London) Field Hospital |
Walworth |
|
306 Hospital Support Medical Regiment |
Strensall |
|
335 Medical Evacuation Regiment |
Strensall |
|
Operational Headquarters Support Group |
Strensall |
|
101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Wrexham |
|
102 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Newton Aycliffe |
|
103 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Crawley |
|
104 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Northampton |
|
105 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Bristol |
|
106 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
East Kilbride |
|
3 Military Intelligence Battalion |
London |
|
5 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Coulby Newham |
|
6 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Rusholme |
|
7 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Bristol |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Offord on 2016-01-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page three of the HMG Strategy for Abolition of the Death Penalty 2010-2015, as revised in October 2011, what legal challenges to the mandatory death penalty his Department has been involved in involving (a) UK citizens and (b) non-UK citizens in each of the last five years.
Mr David Lidington
Using a range of funding tools, principally the Human Rights and Democracy Programme Fund, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has, since 2010, funded a number of non-governmental organisations to mount legal challenges to the use of the death penalty abroad both in specific cases and on matters of general principle. We do not fund the private legal costs of British nationals facing the death penalty, but we can refer cases to the FCO’s pro bono legal panel, where appropriate, to provide advice to the British national in question and their local lawyer on an entirely pro bono basis.