Tag: Ruth Cadbury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of days was for a determination to be made by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator after an objection to a school’s admission arrangements was submitted in each the last four years.

Nick Gibb

The information requested is held by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA). The OSA Annual Report contains data about the objections referred to the OSA and the outcome of those objections: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/parents-to-get-greater-say-in-the-school-admissions-process

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-03-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the availability of housing of plans to demolish homes in the event of a third runway being built at Heathrow Airport.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Government continues to consider the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s Final Report, including on housing demand and loss, before taking any decisions on next steps.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-04-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will make it its policy not to permit any airport expansion that would worsen air quality in an area where breaches to current or likely future air quality limits are already anticipated or where there is a significant risk of such expansion causing breaches to current or likely future limits.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Government is determined to meet the requirements set out in the Ambient Air Quality Directive and to do so in the shortest time possible. As set out in the recent National Air Quality Plan, the Government intends and expects that the UK will be fully compliant by 2025.

Any decision regarding future airport capacity will take into account the Government’s Air Quality Plan and its commitment to comply with EU air quality limit values.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to amend road accident investigation procedures to enable more data to be gathered about accidents on roads.

Andrew Jones

The police regularly supply statistical information about personal-injury road accidents to the Department. This is commonly called the Stats19 dataset.

The Department for Transport and the Home Office have recently developed a new Stats19 data collection for police forces called CRASH (Collision Reporting and Sharing). This has been adopted by 24 police forces in England. CRASH adds some new fields which provide additional information on the incident as well as speeding up the delivery of data. These fields will provide new information which the Department will use to monitor and improve road safety.

The Department routinely carries out reviews of the Stats19 variables. These reviews ensure that the most important variables are being collected and allow Stats19 to reflect any changes in any relevant aspects of driving – for instance, considering what will be required when autonomous vehicles are using the roads. The reviews involve police forces and users of the Stats19 data.

As well as considering what new pieces of information will be required, the reviews also need to consider the burden placed on police forces in collecting these data. All concerned parties recognise that over-burdening police forces with excessive data collection demands will result in a reduction in data quality. The reviews, therefore, balance the data needs of users with resource availability in police forces.

It is likely that the next review will take place in 2017.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2015-12-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reopen his Department’s consultation on the proposed NHS mandate.

George Freeman

Each year the Government aims to publish the mandate to NHS England before Christmas, in order to allow the NHS sufficient time to plan before the new financial year. The mandate to NHS England 2016-17 was laid before Parliament and published on Thursday 17 December 2015. Alongside it, the Government published its response to the consultation, explaining what we heard and how the mandate has changed as a result.

The Government is therefore unable to reopen the consultation on the mandate to NHS England.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-01-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that registration on the Worker Registration Scheme between 2009 and 2011 has no bearing on any subsequent application to naturalise as a British citizen.

James Brokenshire

The requirements for naturalisation are set out in the British Nationality Act 1981. There is no power in law to naturalise a person who does not meet the statutory requirements.

There are no specific provisions in place for those who were required to register on the Worker Registration Scheme between 2009 and 2011 but failed to do so.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty in the UK.

Andrea Leadsom

A reformed domestic supplier obligation (ECO) from April 2017, which will run for 5 years, will upgrade the energy efficiency of over 200,000 homes per year tackling the root cause of fuel poverty. Our extension of the Warm Home Discount to 2020/21 at current levels of £320m per annum will also help vulnerable households with their energy bills.

We intend to focus our efforts through ECO and the Warm Home Discount more effectively on the fuel poor, and will be consulting on our future approach in the spring.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the proposed new flightpaths before a decision is taken on a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

Mr Robert Goodwill

On 14 December 2015, the Government formally announced that it accepted the Airports Commission’s case for new runway capacity in the South East, as well as the Commission’s three shortlisted schemes. We continue to consider all three schemes, including a third runway at Heathrow.

The Government continues to consider the large amount of very detailed analysis contained in the Airports Commission’s final report, including on flight paths, before taking any decisions on next steps. Ultimately, any proposals to alter the airport’s flightpaths would be subject to the Civil Aviation Authority’s Airspace Change Process.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role the Environment Agency has in the Government’s assessment of whether expansion of Heathrow Airport would be compatible with air quality legislation.

Rory Stewart

Along with other Statutory Environmental Bodies, the Environment Agency is a member of the Department for Transport’s Appraisal of Sustainability Steering Group which is considering the range of environmental, social and economic impacts associated with the short-listed options for airport capacity in the south east. This is part of the work that the Secretary of State for Transport outlined in his oral statement in December last year, which confirmed that the Government would be starting work on preparing the building blocks for an Airports National Policy Statement.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Cadbury on 2016-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to incentivise road haulage businesses to purchase vehicles with (a) lower driving positions, (b) observation cameras, (c) glass doors and (d) other advanced safety measures.

Andrew Jones

A number of lorry manufacturers produce models with lower cabs, glass doors and other safety equipment such as cameras and their use is increasingly common on UK roads.

Transport for London’s Freight Operator Recognition Scheme and Construction Logistics Cyclist Safety scheme encourage the use of safer vehicle designs and equipment for vehicles operating in London. Compliance with such a scheme can be a contractual requirement, including for some major public sector transport projects, such as Crossrail.

We support the aims of such schemes in improving road safety.