Tag: Philip Davies

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-10-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45332, whether his Department still plans to hold a review into the use of coal in the UK energy market; and if he will make a statement.

Jesse Norman

Most of the UK’s existing coal fired power stations are old, relatively inefficient and require investment to reduce the level of damaging pollutants they emit. I expect to consult shortly on unabated coal stations.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisons provide naloxone for prisoners upon release in England; and if he will make a statement.

Jane Ellison

There is no national programme that provides naloxone for at-risk prisoners on their release. The decision of whether or not to provide naloxone to prisoners on release is the responsibility of Health and Justice commissioning teams within NHS England’s area teams and other local stakeholders, including local authorities and clinical commissioning groups. The information on how many prisons provide naloxone for prisoners upon release in England is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many secondments have taken place between his Department and the Chartered Institute of Trading Standards in the last 15 years; and in what capacity each such secondment was undertaken.

Jane Ellison

At senior civil servant level (SCS) there have been no secondments between the Department and the Chartered Institute of Trading Standards.

For civil servants and posts at grades lower than SCS, no such secondments have taken place, as far back as our central records for these secondments extend, that is, back to 2009.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that Northern Ireland benefits from the Government’s planned expansion of the intelligence agencies.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

I regularly discuss national security issues with Cabinet colleagues.

The National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review published this week, confirm that tackling terrorism in all its forms continues to be one of the Government’s highest priorities.

We will increase funding for counter-terrorism by 30% in real terms over this Parliament.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2015 to Question 14680, on state retirement pensions, how many non-live cases there have been in each of the last three years.

Justin Tomlinson

The requested information as of September 2012, 2013 and 2014 is within the table below.

Number of non live cases for SP claimants aged 100 and over

Number of non-live cases…	Sep-12	Sep-13	Sep-14
…of which number not suspended	10,500	10,500	11,100
…of which number suspended	900	1,000	1,000

Source:

DWP 5% data

Notes:

1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Totals may not sum due to rounding.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average size of a cell is in (a) male and (b) female prisons.

Andrew Selous

The information requested is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with her German counterparts on the building of new coal power stations in that country.

Andrea Leadsom

Ministers and officials in the Department regularly discuss a range of energy and climate change issues with their German counterparts.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department and non-departmental public bodies receive (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

There are no staff employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) who are in receipt of (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance. This is also the case for FCO Services, the British Council, Wilton Park Executive Agency, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and the Great Britain China Centre.

To obtain information for local staff employed directly by our overseas embassies and missions would incur disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks the UK Border Agency makes to determine whether a person who is not a UK citizen has any overseas criminal convictions at the time of their entry into the UK from another EU country.

James Brokenshire

The UK conducts 100% checks on arriving passengers in order to identify people of concern seeking to enter the country. All passengers are checked against police, security and immigration watchlists and where we are aware of individuals who pose a risk, Border Force officers can – and do – refuse them entry.

We use the Second Generation Schengen Information System (SISII) to check whether the individual is wanted for an offence under a European Arrest Warrant. If he or she is, arrangements will be made for the individual to be detained at port, and arrested by the police for surrender to the Member State that has issued the Warrant.

In September 2015, we introduced a new requirement for Tier 1 investor and entrepreneur applicants to supply an overseas criminal record certificate for any country they have resided in continuously for 12 months or more, in the last 10 years prior to their application. Failure to provide such a document when required to do so may result in their application being refused.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2016 to Question 26816, what the job titles are of those people in receipt of travel expenses or paid car allowances.

George Eustice

All those within the Rural Payments Agency who receive paid car allowances have the job title of ‘RDT (Rural Development Team) Manager’.

Job titles for the staff in the other bodies listed in Question 26816 are not held centrally or stored alongside the allowance data and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.