The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of medical staff to administrators is in the NHS.
Mr Philip Dunne
The ratio of medical staff to administrators in the National Health Service is 1:1.05. The number of medical staff includes only doctors and does not include roles such as nurses, midwives and other non-medical clinicians.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-09-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on gender equality of school uniforms.
Caroline Dinenage
The department has published advisory guidance on school uniform policy. The guidance makes clear that it is for the governing body of a school to decide whether there should be a school uniform policy and if so what that should be. It also makes clear that, when deciding on uniform policy, a school will have to consider its obligations not to discriminate unlawfully, including on the basis of gender.
The guidance can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-05.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which regulations his Office introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations his Office expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
Matthew Hancock
No regulations were introduced by the Cabinet Office as a result of EU legislation in 2013 and 2014.
So far in 2015 the Cabinet Office has introduced the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which have estimated net annual savings of £3.6 Billion. No further regulations arising from EU legislation are planned for introduction in 2015.
Looking ahead to 2016 two regulations are expected to be implemented by the Cabinet Office as a result of EU legislation. These are the Utilities Contract Regulations and Concessions Contract Regulations.
Details of all the estimated costs to the Public Purse and Private Sector are provided in the table below:
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Year |
Title of Regulation |
Cost to Business |
Cost to Public Purse |
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2013 |
None |
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2014 |
None |
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2015 |
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 |
£3.6Billion saving |
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2016 |
Utilities Contract Regulations |
£0.14M |
£0.09M |
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Concessions Contract Regulations |
£0.3M |
£0.85 |
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2017 |
None |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which regulations his Department introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations his Department expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
David Mundell
I refer the hon Member to the answer given by my Rt hon Friend the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise (Anna Soubry) on 11 November 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remote sites (a) are operational to enable witnesses to give evidence away from court, (b) were available for use by children under the age of 18 in 2014-15 and (c) were used by children under the age of 18 in that year.
Mike Penning
The Ministry is committed to supporting all victims and witnesses, including children, when giving evidence in criminal trials. All victims and witnesses are eligible for special measures to relieve stress when giving evidence, including giving evidence by video remotely.
We have secured over £700m of funding to invest in our courts and tribunals. We have worked closely with the senior judiciary to develop a plan for investing this in reforming the courts and tribunals so they can deliver swifter, fairer justice at a lower cost. This will include digitisation and modernisation of our IT infrastructure. This will mean court users can attend hearings remotely, and not be inconvenienced by having to take a day off work to come to court. It will also mean victims of crime can give evidence from somewhere they feel safe.
Since March 2015 vulnerable and intimidated witnesses, including child abuse victims, can give evidence from a remote site which is away from the court environment. There is at least one remote site in each of the seven Regions in England and Wales, and twelve sites in total.
In addition, the court estate is video-enabled so that any victim or witness can give evidence from a court building other than the trial site to ensure they do not come into contact with the defendant, or their family and supporters.
Whilst HMCTS collates data on the number of witnesses giving evidence by video, the ages of the victims and witnesses are not recorded.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2015 to Question 13471, if he will assess the proposed standardised packaging of tobacco against the revised one in, two out framework criteria published by the Better Regulation Executive in its publication entitled, Better Regulation Framework Manual, published in March 2015.
Jane Ellison
Government policies, including standardised packaging of tobacco products, are assessed against the Better Regulation Framework in place at the time.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-12-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2015 to Question 18367, what length of sentence was handed down to each offender convicted of offences involving inciting terrorism in each of the last three years.
Andrew Selous
All the offenders convicted of the specified offences below involving inciting terrorism received immediate custodial sentences. The number of offenders found guilty and sentenced, with sentencing outcomes, for offences related to inciting terrorism, in all courts in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2014, can be viewed in the tables, as follows:
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-09.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of paying child benefit to EU nationals under the terms of the renegotiation proposed by the EU Council President.
Damian Hinds
The information is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in her Department and non-departmental public bodies receive (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
No one working in my Department is in receipt of any of these allowances.
My Department has two executive non-departmental public bodies – the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and one advisory non-departmental public body – the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. As these bodies are independent of Government, the hon Member may wish to write to the Commissions directly on these matters – contact details are set out below:
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ALB |
Status |
Contact Details |
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Parades Commission for Northern Ireland |
Executive NDPB |
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Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission |
Executive NDPB |
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Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland |
Advisory NDPB |
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2015 to Question 15303, on reoffenders, how many (a) offenders had committed each of the listed offences and (b) offenders in each category were given a fixed term recall for committing a further offence.
Dominic Raab
I am unable to provide the data you have requested in Question 29034 within the timescales for this parliamentary question. I will write to you in due course with such data as officials can collate it from casework systems.
Any offender who is believed to have committed further offences whilst on licence is liable to be arrested and charged and, if convicted, given a further sentence. If the offence is serious, they can be remanded into custody until trial. Offenders on licence who are charged with further offences are also liable to be recalled, potentially to serve the rest of their sentence in prison, as they will be in breach of the requirement of their licence to be of good behaviour. If the offender is assessed as not presenting a risk of harm to the public they can be assessed as suitable for a shorter, fixed term recall. Those who have been charged with serious sexual or violent offences will not be considered suitable for a fixed term recall.
The table below provides the proportion of recalls in 2013 and 2014 and the proportion who received a fixed term recall.
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Year |
Proportion of total recalls which were fixed term |
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2014 |
42% |
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2013 |
42% |