Tag: Vernon Coaker

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the forecast size of the financial deficit of (a) Nottingham City, (b) Nottingham West, (c) Nottingham North and East and (d) Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group in 2021.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Department has made no estimate of the size of the financial deficit of Nottingham City, Nottingham West, Nottingham North and East and Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in 2021. NHS England advises that the four CCGs are forecasting an overall surplus for the 2016-17 financial year.

Every health and care system in England is producing a multi-year Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP), showing how local services will evolve and become sustainable over the next five years – ultimately delivering the Five Year Forward View vision of better health, better patient care and improved National Health Service efficiency.

The national health and care bodies expect the Nottinghamshire STP to articulate clearly the scale of the future financial challenge at STP level and how local commissioners and providers plan to respond. The overall financial challenge articulated in the STP will include consideration of the resources required by the NHS in Nottinghamshire, and the resources likely to be allocated in future years.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2015-12-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sectarian attacks have been carried out by dissident republicans in 2015-16 to date.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

PSNI produce regular statistics on the security situation which are publicly available online. These do not specifically record ‘sectarian attacks’ by dissident republicans.

Dissident republicans continue to represent a severe threat to national security. This year to date they have carried out 16 national security attacks in Northern Ireland.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to encourage foreign direct investment in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

The Government continues to work with the Northern Ireland Executive to encourage foreign direct investment with UKTI working in collaboration with Invest NI. Northern Ireland remains one of the most attractive UK regions for inward investment outside of London and the potential devolution of Corporation Tax powers could boost this further.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the sustainability and transformation plan for Nottinghamshire.

David Mowat

Local areas will submit their plans to the national health and care bodies for review in October, with further public engagement and consultation taking place from this point.

We expect that most areas will take a version of their Sustainability and Transformation Plan to their organisation’s public board meeting for discussion between late October and the end of the year. We would also expect that most areas will publish their plans, for more formal engagement, during this period, building on the engagement they have already done to shape thinking. No changes to the services people currently receive will be made without local engagement and, where required, consultation.

NHS England, with other national health and care bodies, released guidance to the local areas developing Sustainability and Transformation Plans entitled ‘Engaging local people’ in September 2016 which can be found on their website.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress was made at the recent tri-lateral cross-border ministerial meeting on the Stormont House agreement; and what topics were discussed at that meeting.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

The Ministerial tri-lateral on 21 December 2015 stemmed from a commitment made in ‘A Fresh Start – the Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan’. The meeting’s focus was on law enforcement co-operation aimed at tackling organised crime and criminality, including where this is linked to paramilitarism. Work continues on implementing all outstanding commitments from both the Fresh Start Agreement and the Stormont House Agreement of 2014.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on job losses at Bombardier in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

I recently held discussions on Bombardier with the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise and the Northern Ireland Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment. I will continue to discuss this issue with Government and Executive Ministers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the difference between available funding and the cost of providing NHS services in (a) Nottingham City, (b) Nottingham West, (c) Nottingham North and East and (d) Rushcliffe clinical commissioning groups.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Department has made no estimate of the size of the financial deficit of Nottingham City, Nottingham West, Nottingham North and East and Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in 2021. NHS England advises that the four CCGs are forecasting an overall surplus for the 2016-17 financial year.

Every health and care system in England is producing a multi-year Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP), showing how local services will evolve and become sustainable over the next five years – ultimately delivering the Five Year Forward View vision of better health, better patient care and improved National Health Service efficiency.

The national health and care bodies expect the Nottinghamshire STP to articulate clearly the scale of the future financial challenge at STP level and how local commissioners and providers plan to respond. The overall financial challenge articulated in the STP will include consideration of the resources required by the NHS in Nottinghamshire, and the resources likely to be allocated in future years.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2015-10-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on resolving the dispute between the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and its employees on that body’s pension scheme; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Lancaster

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a Royal Charter body and while we were consulted and in agreement with the Commission’s approach, its pension arrangements are ultimately a matter for the Commission’s senior management and the Trustees of the scheme.

I understand the Commission has proposed the closure of its defined benefit pension scheme to future accrual in the face of rising costs. Following a period of consultation, the Commission is now considering the range of responses received but no decision has yet been taken.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the enforcement of orders issued by the Family Court; and if he will make a statement.

Caroline Dinenage

If an order made in the family court is breached, a party named in that order may apply to the court to consider appropriate enforcement action.

The family courts have the power to treat breach of an order as a contempt of court, punishable by imprisonment or a fine or both. Where a child arrangements order is breached the court can only make an enforcement order if it is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a party has breached the relevant order and has no good reason for doing so.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Vernon Coaker on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures are available to an individual to ensure the enforcement of orders by the Family Court.

Caroline Dinenage

If an order made in the family court is breached, a party named in that order may apply to the court to consider appropriate enforcement action.

The family courts have the power to treat breach of an order as a contempt of court, punishable by imprisonment or a fine or both. Where a child arrangements order is breached the court can only make an enforcement order if it is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a party has breached the relevant order and has no good reason for doing so.