Tag: Tom Brake

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel handed in a formal notice of resignation in each month between January 2010 and January 2014.

Mark Lancaster

Details of the number of trained Armed Forces personnel who handed in a formal notice of resignation during the period requested are given in the tables below. The information provided is an estimate of the number of applications made by Service personnel to leave before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period. It relates to those who have an application to leave recorded on their personnel record on the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system.

Voluntary Outflow is defined as all exits from trained personnel which are voluntarily generated by the individual before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period.

It should be noted that the figures for the Royal Navy/Royal Marines (RN/RM) and Army do not include people who requested to leave but had their application refused.

Royal Navy/Royal Marines

Month	Number of Voluntary Outflow applications
January 2010	130
February 2010	100
March 2010	110
April 2010	90
May 2010	110
June 2010	110
July 2010	90
August 2010	80
September 2010	100
October 2010	110
November 2010	70
December 2010	100
January 2011	80
February 2011	100
March 2011	120
April 2011	100
May 2011	120
June 2011	180
July 2011	160
August 2011	50
September 2011	210
October 2011	110
November 2011	190
December 2011	60
January 2012	90
February 2012	140
March 2012	180
April 2012	120
May 2012	100
June 2012	140
July 2012	120
August 2012	90
September 2012	150
October 2012	130
November 2012	100
December 2012	80
January 2013	100
February 2013	120
March 2013	140
April 2013	110
May 2013	140
June 2013	110
July 2013	140
August 2013	60
September 2013	130
October 2013	160
November 2013	150
December 2013	70

Army

Month	Number of Voluntary Outflow applications
January 2010	470
February 2010	370
March 2010	390
April 2010	360
May 2010	430
June 2010	430
July 2010	440
August 2010	330
September 2010	570
October 2010	370
November 2010	450
December 2010	220
January 2011	720
February 2011	490
March 2011	460
April 2011	450
May 2011	600
June 2011	560
July 2011	470
August 2011	460
September 2011	710
October 2011	520
November 2011	570
December 2011	230
January 2012	710
February 2012	540
March 2012	500
April 2012	460
May 2012	500
June 2012	450
July 2012	460
August 2012	360
September 2012	540
October 2012	460
November 2012	380
December 2012	150
January 2013	520
February 2013	380
March 2013	330
April 2013	410
May 2013	400
June 2013	580
July 2013	560
August 2013	260
September 2013	610
October 2013	440
November 2013	390
December 2013	200

Royal Air Force

Month	Number of Voluntary Outflow applications
January 2010	80
February 2010	80
March 2010	80
April 2010	60
May 2010	50
June 2010	70
July 2010	50
August 2010	60
September 2010	90
October 2010	60
November 2010	90
December 2010	50
January 2011	120
February 2011	80
March 2011	130
April 2011	90
May 2011	130
June 2011	120
July 2011	110
August 2011	120
September 2011	140
October 2011	110
November 2011	120
December 2011	80
January 2012	150
February 2012	130
March 2012	140
April 2012	120
May 2012	130
June 2012	160
July 2012	140
August 2012	130
September 2012	160
October 2012	190
November 2012	140
December 2012	100
January 2013	190
February 2013	130
March 2013	160
April 2013	140
May 2013	130
June 2013	140
July 2013	150
August 2013	110
September 2013	170
October 2013	150
November 2013	140
December 2013	110

In accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy, all figures are rounded to the nearest 10, and numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-09-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK-supplied weapons are which are known to have been used in Yemen since January 2015.

Sir Michael Fallon

As at 12 October 2016 the following UK-supplied precision-guided weapons have been used in Yemen: Paveway, PGM500 (also known as the Hakim 2), Dual Mode Brimstone and Storm Shadow, along with ALARM (anti-radiation missiles).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on implementing the proposal in the Aviation Policy Framework to ensure that the Civil Aviation Authority considers opportunities to mitigate helicopter noise when dealing with any relevant airspace change proposals when updating guidance on environmental objectives.

Mr John Hayes

The Department for Transport (DfT) issued Air Navigation Guidance to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in 2014 which included consideration of helicopter noise. DfT will also be consulting on new Guidance to the CAA in due course, to accompany its review of airspace and noise policies.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he or officials of his Department have had any recent discussions with their Iranian counterparts on the massacre of political prisoners in Iran in 1988.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

The British Government opposes the use of the death penalty in all circumstances and takes any allegations of extrajudicial killings seriously. The Iranian Government has repeatedly denied that a mass execution took place, though we are aware that between July 1988 and January 1989 executions did take place. However, even with the recording and media reporting on the incident, we have no confirmation of the numbers involved. Although we have no plans to pursue this specific matter we will continue to take action with the international community to press for improvements on all human rights issues in Iran, including ending the death penalty.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has made to the Israeli authorities on the effect on the Palestinians in the West Bank of restricting water supplies.

Rory Stewart

The UK regularly raises the issue of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories with the Israeli authorities, most recently on 8 September. We continue to stress the urgent need for Israel to take immediate and practical measures to improve the current situation and ensure fair distribution of water in the West Bank and Gaza.

We encourage both parties to find a swift resolution to this issue and to reconvene the Joint Water Committee to facilitate approval of projects that will improve Palestinian access to water. We see continuity of supply to the West Bank as essential for both the basic needs of Palestinians and for stability and security more widely.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of profit made from the NHS by companies that own both a pharmaceutical wholesaler and a large multiple pharmacy chain in their (a) wholesale business and (b) pharmacies in each of the last five years; and what the permitted profit margins are in both parts of those businesses.

David Mowat

The Department has not made such an estimate.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2015-11-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the welfare budget was spent on jobseeker’s allowance claimants in 2014-15.

Priti Patel

Total Jobseeker’s Allowance expenditure in 2014/15 was £3,065m.

Detailed information on benefit expenditure is available in our Benefit Expenditure tables which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has assessed the potential effects on nursing students of abolishing grants and maintenance allowances and introducing student loans and tuition fees for nurses’ training placement.

Ben Gummer

The Department plans to issue a public consultation by the end of Febraury 2016 on how we can most successfully take forward and implement the reforms. An impact assessment will be published alongside the consultation document.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-02-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Bahraini authorities on the planned execution of Mohammad Ramadan and Hussain Moosa.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Bahrain has had a de facto moratorium in place on the use of the death penalty since 2010, although we are concerned a number of individuals have received the death penalty sentence since then. The UK opposes the death penalty around the world because we believe it undermines human dignity, there is no evidence that it works as a deterrent and any error made in its application is irreversible. We regularly discuss human rights and reform with the Government of Bahrain. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) raised human rights with his Bahraini counterpart, Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa at their last meeting on 4 February.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the extent to which NHS providers have met NICE quality standard on rheumatoid arthritis since 2013.

Jane Ellison

Since 1 April 2013, the Government has set out high level strategic ambitions for the National Health Service through the Mandate. For patients with long term conditions (LTCs), including musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, we have asked the NHS to improve the care and support of patients, helping them to live healthily and independently, with much better control over the care they receive.

In response, NHS England has set out a range of actions designed to deliver this, central to which was implementation of the House of Care model, which is designed to support the delivery of person-centred, coordinated care. The House of Care enables individuals to make informed decisions about their treatment and empowers them to self-manage their LTCs in partnership with health and care professionals. NHS England has provided data, tools and guidance to support local services in identifying those most likely to benefit from a care planning approach. Specifically on MSK conditions, the National Clinical Director for MSK, Peter Kay, has been working in partnership with the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance, to develop new MSK clinical networks across England to build consensus on the way forward for models of care.

In terms of assessment, the first annual report of the National Clinical Audit of Rheumatoid and Early Inflammatory Arthritis, commissioned on behalf of NHS England by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), was published on 22 January 2016. This report, which includes data from 1 February 2014 to 30 April 2015, assesses the quality of care by specialist rheumatology services using criteria derived from sources such as the Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality Standard, published by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in June 2013. The report identifies that although most services offer prompt educational support and agree targets for treatment with their patients, performance against criteria for referral and assessment could be improved. Since the audit, HQIP has reported that a number of trusts have successfully reconfigured their services in order to improve patient care. More information can be found at the following link:

www.hqip.org.uk/national-programmes/a-z-of-nca/arthritis-rheumatoid-and-early-inflammatory

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