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There was no explicit integration programme in 2010/11. However, the following projects and activities received funding in 2010-11:


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Contextualising Islam<\/p><\/td>

£65,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Cornish Language<\/p><\/td>

£150,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Faith-based Regeneration Network<\/p><\/td>

£130,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Holocaust Memorial Day<\/p><\/td>

£750,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

INFORM<\/p><\/td>

£140,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Inter Faith Network<\/p><\/td>

£327<\/ins>535<\/del>,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Inter Faith Week<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

£76,000<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

National Citizens Service - Young Advisers<\/p><\/td>

£133,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

National Community Tensions Team<\/p><\/td>

£96,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Post-Holocaust Issues Envoy<\/p><\/td>

£20,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


None of the other projects listed in the previous answer received funding that year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Williams"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bristol West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Williams"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176040/answer/previousversion/42216", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Williams"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bristol West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Williams"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-02T16:43:02.663Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2015-03-25T12:13:26.727Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Community Relations"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 219487, what funding was provided in financial year 2010-11 for the integration projects and activities listed in the Answer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1583", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lyn Brown"} ], "uin" : "222232"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/175778", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/175778/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The information requested is shown<\/ins> in the following table. The figures are based on the number of civil penalties issued to individual employers during each of the last five complete financial years. This includes public and private limited
companies, sole traders, partnerships and franchises.

The government is committed to taking effective action against employers of illegal workers. Illegal working drives illegal immigration which leads to exploitation of workers and is also linked to non payment of the national
minimum wage, harmful working conditions and tax evasion. Illegal working also undercuts legitimate businesses and adversely impacts on the employment of people who are lawfully resident in the UK.

The government has therefore taken measures to strengthen our approach to rogue employers. In 2014, we doubled the maximum civil penalty that can be levied against an employer to £20,000 per illegal worker and we used the Immigration Act 2014 to make it easier to enforce unpaid penalties in the courts. We have also extended our enforcement reach by working more closely across government departments to identify where illegal working is taking place and to enforce a range of sanctions against employers of illegal workers.<\/p>
Financial year <\/ins><\/td>Civil penalties issued <\/ins><\/td>Employers issued with civil penalties <\/ins><\/td><\/tr>
2009-10<\/ins><\/td>2,339<\/ins><\/td>2,254<\/ins><\/td><\/tr>
2010-11<\/ins><\/td>1,899<\/ins><\/td>1,849<\/ins><\/td><\/tr>
2011-12<\/ins><\/td>1,341<\/ins><\/td>1,317<\/ins><\/td><\/tr>
2012-13<\/ins><\/td>1,270<\/ins><\/td>1,247<\/ins><\/td><\/tr>
2013-14<\/ins><\/td>2,150<\/ins><\/td>2,090<\/ins><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Since January 2014, in relation to oil and gas extraction operations in the North Sea,<\/ins> HSE has served 64<\/del>36<\/ins> Improvement Notices have been served.<\/ins>relating to oil and gas extraction on the UK Continental Shelf.<\/del><\/p>

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Of these, <\/ins>The period for compliance has expired for 40<\/del>21<\/ins> of these<\/del> notices and all<\/del> have been complied with. 10 have not yet expired, and five<\/ins>Four<\/del> notices are subject to appeal and so are suspended until the appeal process is complete.<\/p>

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Information is not available in the format requested. The data that is available is shown in the following tables.<\/p>

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Table 1: St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p>

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Month<\/p><\/td>

Patients<\/p><\/td>

Days<\/p><\/td>

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January 2014<\/p><\/td>

8<\/p><\/td>

282<\/p><\/td>

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February 2014<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

233<\/p><\/td>

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March 2014<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

253<\/p><\/td>

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April 2014<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td>

186<\/p><\/td>

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May 2014<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td>

188<\/p><\/td>

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June 2014<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td>

158<\/p><\/td>

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July 2014<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td>

227<\/p><\/td>

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August 2014<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td>

155<\/p><\/td>

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September 2014<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td>

166<\/p><\/td>

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October 2014<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

186<\/p><\/td>

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November 2014<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td>

143<\/p><\/td>

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December 2014<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td>

149<\/p><\/td>

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Source<\/em>: NHS England<\/p>

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Notes:<\/em><\/p>

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  1. Patients: The number of patients whose transfer is delayed at midnight on the last Thursday of the month.<\/li>
  2. Days: The number of days delayed within the month for all patients delayed throughout the month.<\/li><\/ol>

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    Table 2: Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<\/p>

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    Month<\/p><\/td>

    Patients<\/p><\/td>

    Days<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    January 2014<\/p><\/td>

    20<\/p><\/td>

    407<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    February 2014<\/p><\/td>

    19<\/p><\/td>

    591<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    March 2014<\/p><\/td>

    16<\/p><\/td>

    535<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    April 2014<\/p><\/td>

    26<\/p><\/td>

    513<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    May 2014<\/p><\/td>

    24<\/p><\/td>

    548<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    June 2014<\/p><\/td>

    14<\/p><\/td>

    537<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    July 2014<\/p><\/td>

    20<\/p><\/td>

    688<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    August 2014<\/p><\/td>

    26<\/p><\/td>

    880<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    September 2014<\/p><\/td>

    24<\/p><\/td>

    576<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    October 2014<\/p><\/td>

    20<\/p><\/td>

    458<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    November 2014<\/p><\/td>

    9<\/p><\/td>

    425<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    December 2014<\/p><\/td>

    11<\/p><\/td>

    222<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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    Source<\/em>: NHS England<\/p>

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    Notes:<\/em><\/p>

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    1. Patients: The number of patients whose transfer is delayed at midnight on the last Thursday of the month.<\/li>
    2. Days: The number of days delayed within the month for all patients delayed throughout the month.<\/li><\/ol>

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      <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1439", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Norman Lamb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Norman Lamb"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/175097/answer/previousversion/41239", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3918", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Ellison"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Battersea"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Ellison"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-26T16:57:42.05Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-26T17:14:04.787Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Hospital Beds: North West"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were from (a) St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals Trust and (b) Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each month since January 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/429", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Derek Twigg"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Halton"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Derek Twigg"} ], "uin" : "221512"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174220", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174220/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

      My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England on a weekly basis and discusses a wide range of topics, including accident and emergency (A&E) performance data. Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the NHS Trust Development Authority also have oversight of trust A&E performance, and are involved in these meetings.<\/p>

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      On the back of a strong economy the Government has made £700 million \u2013 the highest ever figure \u2013 available to the NHS specifically to help with winter pressures. The first tranche of this money was made available earlier than ever.<\/p>

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      Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. Over £25 million is going towards increasing access to general practitioners (GPs), including later and weekend appointments. £50 million will help ambulance services meet rising demand for emergency cases and a separate fund of £250 million will support an extra 100,000 operations so people can be seen quicker and before they need to be admitted as an emergency case.<\/p>

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      This money will also support a range of local initiatives to improve urgent and emergency care including seven day pharmacy services, improvements to NHS 111 and GP out of hours services, short stay units for elderly patients and improvements to hospital discharge processes.<\/p>

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      Across Greater Manchester £30 million has been provided with local plans for this to fund over 70 doctors, 300 nurses and 200 extra beds. Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester, as system leaders, are working with NHS England and local partners including local authorities to implement local winter initiatives.<\/p>

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      My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England on a weekly basis and discusses a wide range of topics, including accident and emergency (A&E) performance data. Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the NHS Trust Development Authority also have oversight of trust A&E performance, and are involved in these meetings.<\/p>

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      On the back of a strong economy the Government has made £700 million \u2013 the highest ever figure \u2013 available to the NHS specifically to help with winter pressures. The first tranche of this money was made available earlier than ever.<\/p>

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      Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. Over £25 million is going towards increasing access to general practitioners (GPs), including later and weekend appointments. £50 million will help ambulance services meet rising demand for emergency cases and a separate fund of £250 million will support an extra 100,000 operations so people can be seen quicker and before they need to be admitted as an emergency case.<\/p>

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      This money will also support a range of local initiatives to improve urgent and emergency care including seven day pharmacy services, improvements to NHS 111 and GP out of hours services, short stay units for elderly patients and improvements to hospital discharge processes.<\/p>

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      <\/p>

      Across Greater Manchester £30 million has been provided with local plans for this to fund over 70 doctors, 300 nurses and 200 extra beds. Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester, as system leaders, are working with NHS England and local partners including local authorities to implement local winter initiatives.<\/p>

      <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3918", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Ellison"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Battersea"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Ellison"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174221/answer/previousversion/39989", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1439", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Norman Lamb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Norman Lamb"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-23T13:51:02.47Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-23T14:02:55.007Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in Greater Manchester on increased attendances in A&E over the winter and delayed discharges.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "221095"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174223", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174223/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

      My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England on a weekly basis and discusses a wide range of topics, including accident and emergency (A&E) performance data. Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the NHS Trust Development Authority also have oversight of trust A&E performance, and are involved in these meetings.<\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      On the back of a strong economy the Government has made £700 million \u2013 the highest ever figure \u2013 available to the NHS specifically to help with winter pressures. The first tranche of this money was made available earlier than ever.<\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. Over £25 million is going towards increasing access to general practitioners (GPs), including later and weekend appointments. £50 million will help ambulance services meet rising demand for emergency cases and a separate fund of £250 million will support an extra 100,000 operations so people can be seen quicker and before they need to be admitted as an emergency case.<\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      This money will also support a range of local initiatives to improve urgent and emergency care including seven day pharmacy services, improvements to NHS 111 and GP out of hours services, short stay units for elderly patients and improvements to hospital discharge processes.<\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      Across Greater Manchester £30 million has been provided with local plans for this to fund over 70 doctors, 300 nurses and 200 extra beds. Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester, as system leaders, are working with NHS England and local partners including local authorities to implement local winter initiatives.<\/p>

      <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3918", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Ellison"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Battersea"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Ellison"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174223/answer/previousversion/39988", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1439", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Norman Lamb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Norman Lamb"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-23T13:51:02.267Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-23T14:02:44.487Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Monitor, the Care Quality Commission and NHS England on hospitals in Greater Manchester which have not met the Government's A&E waiting time target.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "221081"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173929", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173929/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

      Information on vacancies is not collected by the Department. The last annual National Health Service vacancy survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.<\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      The attached table provides vacancy data for 2009 and 2010, the only two years within the last six years for which data is available.<\/p>

      <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3932", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Central Suffolk and North Ipswich"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Dr Daniel Poulter"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173929/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "Table PQ220878 Vacancy data.xlsx"} , "title" : "Vacancy data 2009-10 A&E Consultants"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173929/answer/previousversion/39309", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3932", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Central Suffolk and North Ipswich"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Dr Daniel Poulter"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-20T16:08:26.007Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-20T16:16:23.183Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Accident and Emergency Departments"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant A&E consultant posts there were in the NHS excluding London (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in each of the previous six years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/159", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Jowell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dulwich and West Norwood"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dame Tessa Jowell"} ], "uin" : "220878"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173930", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173930/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

      Information on vacancies is not collected by the Department. The last annual National Health Service vacancy survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.<\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      <\/p>

      The attached table provides vacancy data for 2009 and 2010, the only two years within the last six years for which data is available.<\/p>

      <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3932", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Central Suffolk and North Ipswich"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Dr Daniel Poulter"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173930/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "Table PQ220878 Vacancy data.xlsx"} , "title" : "Vacancy data 2009-10 A&E Consultants"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/173930/answer/previousversion/39310", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3932", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Central Suffolk and North Ipswich"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Dr Daniel Poulter"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-20T16:08:26.08Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-20T16:55:53.307Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Accident and Emergency Departments"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant A&E consultant posts there are in (a) London and (b) England; and how many such vacant posts there are in each category in each of the last six years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/159", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Jowell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dulwich and West Norwood"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dame Tessa Jowell"} ], "uin" : "220879"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174084", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174084/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

      In March 2012, my Department received initial expressions of interest from 151 lead local authorities, which resulted in bids from 113 local authorities. Some local authorities submitted multiple expressions of interest which were consolidated before final bid stage. The final bids were then assessed in line with the published criteria, and recipients then awarded funding.<\/p>

      A detailed table listing the schemes that are being supported is attached and on my Department\u2019s website.<\/p>

      <\/p>

      It may be helpful to the noble Lord to outline what this Government has delivered since 2010:<\/p>

      <\/p>

      • Safeguarded weekly collections for 6 million households through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme as well as championing innovation and best practice; the answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report<\/em>, House of Commons 646W, outlined how 14 million households in England have some form of weekly collection of smelly rubbish.<\/li><\/ul>

        <\/p>

        <\/p>

        • Issued the first ever Whitehall guidance on weekly bin collections, demolishing the myths that fortnightly bin collections are needed to save money or increase recycling. This best practice was directly informed by the Weekly Collections Support Scheme;<\/li><\/ul>

          <\/p>

          <\/p>

          • Supported over 40 innovative reward schemes to back recycling through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme (as pledged in the Coalition Agreement); the winning bids for a further Recycling Rewards Scheme for 2015-16 will be announced shortly;<\/li><\/ul>

            <\/p>

            <\/p>

            • Stopped the Audit Commission inspections which marked down councils who do not adopt fortnightly rubbish collections, and rejected the Audit Commission guidance which advocated fortnightly collections (\u201cWaste Management: The Strategic Challenge and Waste Management Quick Guide\u201d);<\/li><\/ul>

              <\/p>

              <\/p>

              • Abolished the Local Area Agreements and National Indicator 191 imposed by Whitehall which created perverse incentives to downgrade waste collection services;<\/li><\/ul>

                <\/p>

                <\/p>

                <\/p>

                • Scrapped the Whitehall requirement for municipal Annual Efficiency Statements, which allowed a reduction in the frequency of a household rubbish collection service to qualify as a \u201cvalid efficiency\u201d and allowed revenue from bin fines to classed as a \u201ccashable efficiency gain\u201d;<\/li><\/ul>

                  <\/p>

                  <\/p>

                  <\/p>

                  • Scrapped the imposition of eco-towns which would have had fortnightly bin collections and/or bin taxes as part of the \u201ceco-standards\u201d;<\/li><\/ul>

                    <\/p>

                    <\/p>

                    <\/p>

                    • Through the Localism Act, revoked the 2008 legislation that allowed for the imposition of new bin taxes;<\/li><\/ul>

                      <\/p>

                      <\/p>

                      <\/p>

                      • Issued guidance to stop the imposition of illegal \u2018backdoor bin charging\u2019 on households bins;<\/li><\/ul>

                        <\/p>

                        <\/p>

                        <\/p>

                        • Stopped funding the \u2018Waste Improvement Network\u2019 which told councils to adopt fortnightly collections as best practice;<\/li><\/ul>

                          <\/p>

                          <\/p>

                          <\/p>

                          • Challenged the incorrect interpretation by some bodies that European Union directives require fortnightly collections, and resisted the imposition of bin taxes by the European Union;<\/li><\/ul>

                            <\/p>

                            <\/p>

                            <\/p>

                            • Removing powers of entry and snooping powers from bin inspectors and scrapped guidance telling councils to rifle through families\u2019 bins;<\/li><\/ul>

                              <\/p>

                              <\/p>

                              <\/p>

                              • Changed building regulations and planning guidance to tackle \u2018bin blight\u2019, and worked with the NHBC Foundation to produce new best practice guidance for house builders;<\/li><\/ul>

                                <\/p>

                                <\/p>

                                <\/p>

                                • Changing the law through the Deregulation Bill to scrap unfair bin fines.<\/li><\/ul>

                                  <\/p>

                                  <\/p>

                                  <\/p>

                                  Without our active support, Ministers are clear that weekly collections would have disappeared across England. This Government\u2019s approach can be contrasted with the devolved Labour-led Administration in Wales, where fortnightly bin collections are official policy, and pilots of monthly bin collections are being actively encouraged.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3470", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmed"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmed"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174084/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "PQ HL4187 List of successful bidders to the Weekly Collection Support Scheme.xls"} , "title" : "List of Supported Schemes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174084/answer/previousversion/45064", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3470", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmed"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmed"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174084/answer/previousversion/45064/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "150203 PQ677818 Lord Greaves - Attachment.pdf"} , "title" : "List of Supported Schemes"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-12T14:39:13.267Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-16T17:33:13.473Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government which local authorities in England have taken part in the Weekly Collection Support Scheme; how many authorities took part in the expression of interest process; which have subsequently received financial support, and how much; and of those, which have reinstated weekly collections of general (\u201cgrey\u201d or \u201cresidual\u201d) waste, which have used the support to collect food waste separately, and which have used it in other ways.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Greaves"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Greaves"} ], "uin" : "HL4187"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "next" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=1&min-date=2014-07-16&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2014-09-01T13%3A56%3A12.29Z&max-answer.questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected.=2017-03-07T17%3A48%3A21.747Z&max-date=2015-01-27", "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 81, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }