Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the cumulative impact of social security changes from 2010 on disabled people.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Treasury, along with other relevant departments, carefully considers the impact of its decisions on those sharing protected characteristics - including at Budgets and other fiscal events - in line with both its legal obligations and with its strong commitment to promoting fairness. The Treasury regularly publishes detailed analysis of trends in income and the impact of policy decisions on tax, welfare and public spending on households of different incomes.
We spend over £50 billion a year on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions, and the number of working age disabled people in employment has increased by 930,000 since 2013.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 191442 on Diamorphine: Glasgow, what the guidelines are on chronic heroin addiction treatment plans as a condition of his Department permitting a diamorphine prescribing licence to local authorities.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The issue of ‘prescriber’ licences was devolved to the Scottish Ministers in 2012. The timeline for a decision on any prescriber licence or any conditions to be assigned to that licence are matters for Scottish Government.
Any controlled drugs licenses required by the organisation at a specific premises to possess and supply controlled drugs are a matter for the Home Office.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the equity of the announcement by the Health and Care Professions Council of its plan to increase its registration fees by 18 per cent from October 2019.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The Government has made no assessment of the equity of the announcement by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) of its plan to increase its registration fees. The HCPC is independent of Government and funded by registrants’ fees on a costs recovery basis.
Following public consultation, the HCPC is planning to raise its annual fees by £16. If adopted, the HCPC’s annual registration fee will rise from £90 to £106 a year from October 2019. The HCPC registration fees will remain the lowest of any of the United Kingdom-wide health and care regulators. Registration fees are tax-deductible and this fee rise will amount to just over £1 a month extra for most of the HCPC’s registrants.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold a meeting with the hon. Member for Glasgow North East on the effect of the IR35 tax reforms on the personal finances of people living in Glasgow North East constituency.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Unfortunately, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is unable to meet to discuss the off-payroll working rules at this time.
The Government will shortly publish a consultation on the reform to the off-payroll working rules in the private sector. Before any legislative changes are made HMRC will publish a Tax Information and Impact Note, assessing the impacts of the policy.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the contracts his Department has awarded to subsidiaries of Serco Limited since January 2000 to date; and what the total value of each contract was.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Serco Limited is a subsidiary of the Serco Group. From available records, the Ministry of Defence has held no contracts with subsidiaries of Serco Limited since 2010. Information concerning contracts prior to 2010 is no longer held unless the contract was still open from 2016 onwards.
It should also be noted that since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:
https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive
Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of annual payments made by his Department to Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited under the Future Provision of Marine Services contract to date.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Records available show that annual payments by the Ministry of Defence to Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited under the original Future Provision of Marine Services contract, up to 31 December 2018, total £716 million.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) date and (b) location of new vessels introduced by Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited under the Future Provision of Marine Services contract since the start of that contract.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited have introduced 29 new vessels under the Future Provision of Marine Services contract:
Location | Vessel | Year |
Clyde | SD OILMAN | 2009 |
Clyde | SD EVA | 2009 |
Clyde | SD CLYDE RACER | 2008 |
Clyde | SD CLYDE SPIRIT | 2008 |
Clyde | SD DEPENDABLE | 2009 |
Clyde | SD RELIABLE | 2009 |
Clyde | SD RESOURCEFUL | 2010 |
Clyde | SD JUPITER | 2009 |
Clyde | SD NORTHERN RIVER | 2010 |
Kyle | SD RAASAY | 2009 |
Portsmouth | SD VICTORIA | 2008 |
Portsmouth | SD OCEANSPRAY | 2010 |
Portsmouth | SD NAVIGATOR | 2009 |
Portsmouth | SD SOLENT RACER | 2008 |
Portsmouth | SD SOLENT SPIRIT | 2008 |
Portsmouth | SD CHRISTINA | 2010 |
Portsmouth | SD SUZANNE | 2010 |
Portsmouth | SD INDEPENDENT | 2009 |
Portsmouth | SD INDULGENT | 2010 |
Portsmouth | SD TEMPEST | 2018 |
Portsmouth | SD BOUNTIFUL | 2010 |
Devonport | SD TAMAR RACER | 2008 |
Devonport | SD TAMAR SPIRIT | 2008 |
Devonport | SD EILEEN | 2010 |
Devonport | SD DEBORAH | 2010 |
Devonport | SD TILLY | 2008 |
Devonport | SD MARS | 2008 |
Devonport | SD HERCULES | 2009 |
Devonport | SD WATERPRESS | 2010 |
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of sub-contractors have been engaged by Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited to deliver the Future Provision of Marine Services contract; and what the value of each such sub-contract is.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Serco Denholm Marine Services have sub-contracted the entire service provision to Serco Marine Ltd, who in turn have three main sub-contractors for the provision of specialist services. The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on the value of each sub-contract as this is a matter for the company.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian (a) seafarer, (b) dock and (c) marine engineering staff, including sub-contractors, were employed under the Future Provision of Marine Services contract between his Department and Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited in each year since 2007 to date.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Ministry of Defence does not hold information regarding the number of staff employed under the contract; this is a matter for the company.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money of the Future Provision of Marine Services contract between his Department and Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
In 2017, as part of the established review process of this contract, the Strategic Partnering Board chaired by Navy Command accepted and agreed the value for money review by the Reshaping Maritime Services project. This confirmed that the contract with Serco Denholm Marine Services Limited provided good value for money and the appropriate savings for the Ministry of Defence.