Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) mode and (b) mean length of time is that Big Six energy customers stay on their supplier's standard variable tariff.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold information on the length of time that a customer has been on the same tariff.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment he has made of the quality of post-acute and community stroke care in rural and in metropolitan areas.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department has made no assessment of the quality of acute, post and community stroke care in rural and metropolitan areas. However, the Sentinel Stroke National Audit programme reports the results of the quality of both hospital and community care quarterly at trust and clinical commissioning group level. These data are in the public domain and can be found at:
NHS England’s Five Year Forward View sets out the healthcare strategy for the whole of England, including rural areas. Rural areas have their own health needs, which should be taken into account in planning and developing healthcare systems. It is for clinical commissioning groups to judge the needs of their local areas and make sure that they are reflecting the specific circumstances of those areas.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment he has made of the quality of acute stroke care in rural areas and in metropolitan areas.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department has made no assessment of the quality of acute, post and community stroke care in rural and metropolitan areas. However, the Sentinel Stroke National Audit programme reports the results of the quality of both hospital and community care quarterly at trust and clinical commissioning group level. These data are in the public domain and can be found at:
NHS England’s Five Year Forward View sets out the healthcare strategy for the whole of England, including rural areas. Rural areas have their own health needs, which should be taken into account in planning and developing healthcare systems. It is for clinical commissioning groups to judge the needs of their local areas and make sure that they are reflecting the specific circumstances of those areas.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of stroke care in rural areas.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department has made no assessment of the quality of acute, post and community stroke care in rural and metropolitan areas. However, the Sentinel Stroke National Audit programme reports the results of the quality of both hospital and community care quarterly at trust and clinical commissioning group level. These data are in the public domain and can be found at:
NHS England’s Five Year Forward View sets out the healthcare strategy for the whole of England, including rural areas. Rural areas have their own health needs, which should be taken into account in planning and developing healthcare systems. It is for clinical commissioning groups to judge the needs of their local areas and make sure that they are reflecting the specific circumstances of those areas.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with disabilities and health conditions who are looking for work.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This government is committed to halving the disability employment gap. In the spending review we announced a real terms spending increase on supporting disabled people into work.
In the last two years, 365,000 disabled people have entered employment. Our forthcoming Green Paper will set out our plans to support more disabled people into work.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support British steelmaking.
Answered by Anna Soubry
This Government has taken unprecedented action to help our steel industry.
We’re cutting electricity costs by hundreds of millions, tackling unfair trade and are the first EU country to introduce new flexibility in public procurement.
We have also offered an unparalleled package of support to secure the long term future of Tata Steel’s UK operations.
That is what the steel industry has asked for and that is what we are delivering.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of introducing a new criminal offence of failure to prevent economic crime on the number of prosecutions for such crimes.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
Under existing law, a company only faces criminal liability if prosecutors can prove a sufficiently senior person knew about the criminal conduct. It can be extremely hard to prove this, especially in large companies with complex management structures.
A new failure to prevent offence could help prosecutors hold all companies to account for criminal conduct and bring some positive changes in corporate culture.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Irish government on cross-border efforts to stop organised crime.
Answered by Theresa Villiers
In accordance with the Fresh Start Agreement, in December I attended a trilateral cross-border ministerial meeting with the Northern Ireland Executive and the Irish Government.
We agreed new measures to enhance law enforcement cooperation on organised crime and a Joint Agency Taskforce has been established.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria her Department uses to designate technologies as less established for the purpose of Contract for Difference auctions.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
In designating technologies in the less established group, we considered which technologies could have a significant long-term role in the UK energy mix, and where there remains significant potential for future cost reduction.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to publish further details of the next Contract for Difference auction; and which technologies she plans will be eligible for inclusion in that auction.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
As announced by the Secretary of State in her speech in November, the current intention is to hold the next CFD allocation round for ‘less established’ technologies (pot 2) in late 2016.
We will set out details around future rounds in due course.