Written answers

Mercher, 5 Ebrill 2017

  • Department for Transport

    • Highway Code

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing within the Highway Code a universal duty to give way when turning at...

    • Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the public purse contributes to the cost of private parking firms receiving drivers' details from the DVLA; and if he will make it his...

      South West Railway Line: Railway Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential improvements to stations serving Richmond Park constituency as a result of First MTR South Western Trains...

      Aviation: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy on decarbonising UK aviation of the International Council on Clean...

      South West Railway Line: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what improvements are planned to rolling stock on routes serving Richmond Park constituency after First MTR South Western Trains Limited begin...

      South West Railway Line: WiFi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether First MTR South Western Trains Limited will provide WiFi on (a) stations and (b) rolling stock when it begins operating the South Western rail...

      South West Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the increase in suburban services on a Sunday serving (a) Kingston, (b) Richmond and (c) New Malden as a result of First...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the recommendation of the publication of the Julie Dean Self-Employment Review, what steps he has...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Burma: Crimes against Humanity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of potential crimes against humanity, including mass sexual violence, in Myanmar.

    • Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance has been given to country desk officers on incorporating an understanding of freedom of religion or belief in...

      Monarchy: Official Gifts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Buckingham Palace on the gift of a gold chain from the alleged Crown Prince Davit...

      China: Minority Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on the detention of Uyghur, Tibetan and Christian people in China related to the...

      North Korea: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports the Government has received on North Korean defectors in Russia being sent back to North Korea.

  • Department for International Development

    • Syria: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 18 December 2015 to Question 19719, on Syria, what progress her Department has made in delivering...

    • Occupied Territories: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided to the Occupied Palestinian Territories in each year since 2010-11.

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (A) York local authority...

    • Design and Technology: GCE A-level

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students eligible for free school meals have taken A-level design and technology in each of the last five years.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Officers: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will give prison officers the right to take industrial action in cases where authorities refuse to address a health and safety grievance.

    • Rape: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will list the judges who have allowed evidence of a rape complainant's previous sexual history without an application being made ahead of trial...

      Administration Of Justice: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential obstacles faced by pregnant women in accessing justice; and what steps she plans to take to remove such...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Voluntary Work: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost per young person is of the National Citizenship Service programme.

    • Sports: Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice her Department provides to (a) national governing bodies and (b) medical services on concussion sustained in sporting...

      Gaming Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2016 to Question 57400, on what date she plans to publish the results of the call for evidence on...

      Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to map the provision of data centres in England and Wales.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what records his Department keeps of when the universal credit IT system is not functioning.

    • Housing Benefit: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library details of the evidence required of claimants of the housing cost element of universal credit aged between the...

      Jobcentres: Plaistow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the closure of Plaistow Jobcentre Plus on increased journey times and travel costs...

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will write off overpayments of universal credit caused by official error.

      MAXIMUS Health and Human Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what penalty payments the Government received from Maximus related to that company's employment and support allowance contract.

      Work Capability Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments Maximus completed within the first year of that company's employment and support allowance contract.

      Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce the mandatory recording of capability assessments for employment and support allowance and personal independence payments.

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to announce the list of conditions that would exempt a person from an employment and support allowance reassessment.

      State Retirement Pensions: Age

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of regional variations in life expectancy when reviewing the state pension age.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the time taken between opening a new claim for universal credit and receiving the...

      Universal Credit: Part-time Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of conditionality within universal credit in cases where part-time employees use holiday...

      Universal Credit: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that severely disabled people unable to work will not be financially disadvantaged by the introduction of...

      Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with epilepsy who were previously in receipt of disability living allowance and have undergone a review to assess their...

      Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with epilepsy who were previously in receipt of disability living allowance and have undergone a review to assess their...

      Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer by the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on 27 March 2017, Official Report, columns 22-23,...

      Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer by the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on 27 March 2017, Official Report, columns 22-23,...

      Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral Answer by the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on 27 March 2017, Official Report, columns 22-23,...

      Autism: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the National Autistic Society's report, The autism employment gap: too much information in the workplace, published in...

      State Retirement Pensions: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the Government's decision to abolish Class 2 national insurance contributions on the ability of self-employed...

  • Department for Communities and Local Government

    • Social Services: South Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.5 of Spring Budget 2017, what estimate his Department has made of how much of the £2 billion...

    • Forests and Trees: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to update paragraph 118 of the National Planning Policy Framework to improve protection for woods...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants of his Department oversee contracts which have been awarded to external providers.

    • Cabinet Office: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures...

      Government Departments: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants in each Government department are (a) under 30 and (b) over 50 years of age.

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to support UK digital technology companies to access public sector procurement contracts.

      Crime: Statistics

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans there are to continue the statistical series Crime Statistics, Focus on Public Perceptions of Crime and the Police, and the Personal...

      Government Departments: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2017 to Question 68394, if he will place in the Library a copy of the auditing schedule pro-forma issued to...

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many sex offences were committed against children in each of the last five years.

  • Department of Health

    • Pharmacy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated by the Government to pharmacies in each year from 1997-98 to 2016-17.

    • Royal Liverpool Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what date is planned for the official opening of the new Royal Hospital Liverpool; whether that date is the originally planned date; and whether any...

      Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to publish the findings of the review commissioned by the Prime Minister from NHS England on non-executive salaries in Liverpool.

      Outpatients: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient (a) ophthalmology, (b) medical ophthalmology, (c) optometry and (d) orthoptic follow-up appointments for adults over 19-years of age...

      Community Health Services: Liverpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS rules and guidance allowed for the tendering of the Liverpool community health services contract previously run by Liverpool Community Health...

      Department of Health: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve administrative efficiency and (b) reduce expenditure on legal costs.

      Ibuprofen: Heart Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the potential effect of the use of ibuprofen on the heart.

      Mental Health Services: Southwark

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health nurses have been employed by the local NHS trust in Southwark in each of the last five years.

      Antibiotics: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Innovation Fund to be open to research applications for the repurposing of antibiotics.

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to raise the NHS Improvement tariff for photodynamic therapy to cover the full cost of that procedure; and if he will make...

      Antibiotics: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the first pilots of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Innovation Fund on reimbursement models to incentivise the development of new...

      NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been provided to (a) NHS Blood and Transplant and (b) Anthony Nolan in each of the two previous financial years.

      NHS Improvement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the likely effects of breaking up the former Liverpool Community contract into 13 parts; what discussions he has had with...

      NHS Improvement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long NHS Improvement should allow for the due diligence regime once a contract is provided to a new supplier; whether due diligence is completed to a...

      Stem Cells: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2016 to Question 28969, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) people who were registered as...

      Health Services: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2015 to Question 902116, how much additional financial support in winter resilience funds the NHS received in...

      NHS: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of backlog maintenance for each level of assessed risk was in the NHS (a) in total and (b) for each NHS organisation in each of the last...

      Baby Care Units

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by Bliss, entitled Neonatal care and admissions variation in the...

      Nurses: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the 23 per cent decline in UCAS applications for nursing degrees in 2017; and if he will make a statement.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Syria: Females

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect the rights of women in Syria, as part of their overseas operations in that country.

    • Somaliland: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are providing to Somaliland to enhance political stability in that country.

      Qatar: Industrial Health and Safety

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate (1) they, and (2) the International Labour Organisation, have made of the number of (a) deaths, and (b) serious injuries, which have occurred...

      Zimbabwe: South Africa

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the Zimbabwe economy of the announcement by the South African Home Affairs Minister on 7 February that...

      Southern Africa: Elections

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they last held discussions with the Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) about SADC’s commitment to ensuring free and fair...

      Islamic State

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for a British political, diplomatic and intelligence presence in north and north-east Syria to support the...

      Bahrain: Prisoners

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make representations to the government of Bahrain for the release from prison of (1) Abduljalil al-Singace, (2) Hussain Hubail, and (3)...

      North Korea: Terrorism

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 5 November 2015 (HL 2969) which stated that "the DPRK is not known to have sponsored any...

      Iraq: Islamic State

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the discovery of a further mass grave in Khafsa, Iraq, what progress is being made in establishing international judicial mechanisms to bring to...

      North Korea: Electronic Warfare

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) North Korean cyber attacks, and (2) reports that the regime has been responsible for a $81 million bank cyber heist.

      Religious Freedom

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what instructions have been given to FCO country desk officers to ensure that freedom of religion or belief is included in their work.

  • Department for Exiting the European Union

    • Brexit

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on 2 February (HC Deb, col 1226), to which local councils the Minister of...

    • Brexit

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the White Paper The United Kingdom’s exit from, and new partnership with, the European Union, Cm 9417, how many of the around 150...

      Brexit

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what engagement the Department for Exiting the European Union has had with Cornwall since that Department was formed in July 2016.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the interests of UK workers are taken into account during Article 50 negotiations.

  • Department for International Development

    • Palestinians: Hospitals

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of a reported increase in permit denials for medical staff of al Makassed Hospital who live in the West Bank and Gaza, what assessment they...

    • Cervical Cancer: Developing Countries

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what priority they give to the detection and treatment of cervical cancer in developing country programmes, in the light of the WHO’s Projections of...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Publications

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure that the number of textbooks and library books available in maintained schools is not reduced, and that that number...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • RAF Northolt

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered opening RAF Northolt to scheduled commercial flights.

    • Air Force: Training

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost of pilot training to the RAF.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Chemicals: Seas and Oceans

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government which organisation is responsible for providing public information about chemicals which are dispersed into the seas surrounding the UK; and what steps they...

    • Fly-tipping

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by the Earl of Courtown on 8 March (HL Deb, col 1357), whether, following a successful prosecution by the Environment Agency for...

  • HM Treasury

    • Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the savings to HM Treasury in terms of tax relief which would be gained if the annual allowance for pension contributions...

    • Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of restricting pensions tax relief to basic rate tax relief only.

      Occupational Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of extra tax relief due to lower than expected opt-out rates from workplace automatic enrolment in the tax years (1)...

      Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the savings of (1) tax, and (2) National Insurance relief, of restricting the annual allowance for pension contributions in...

      Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the savings of reducing the annual allowance for pension contributions in defined benefit pension schemes to £25,000 a year.

      Married People: Tax Allowances

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was budgeted for the Marriage Allowance in (1) 2015–16, and (2) 2016–17; and what are future expenditure projections for Marriage...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Average Earnings

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the average per capita gross annual pay in each of the last five years, broken down by electoral division in the 23 June 2016...

  • Department of Health

    • Air Pollution: Greater Manchester

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many deaths have been attributed to air pollution in Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.

    • Mesothelioma

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Shaughnessy on 27 March, whether any data is collected on the cost of mesothelioma to the NHS; and if so, what.

      In Vitro Fertilisation

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the award by the Licence Committee of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority of a licence to Centre 0017 to carry out pronuclear...

      In Vitro Fertilisation

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with reference to paragraph 2.3 of the minutes of 9 March 2017 of the Licence Committee of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, which non-CE...

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Shaughnessy on 27 March (HL6013), and in the light of the summary of the cause and injury codes used by the...

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