My Rt. hon Friend, the Secretary of State, replied to the Rt. hon Gentleman's letter on 25 April 2014.<\/p>
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<\/p>
The Department has no plans to (a) relocate staff to Brighton and
(b) relocate offices to Brighton.<\/p>
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Our Embassy in Tel Aviv raises complaints where British nationals appear to have been subjected to differential treatment by Israeli border control on the basis of their race or ethnicity with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1415", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Faversham and Mid Kent"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Hugh Robertson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-05-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-05-06T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-04-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Israeli authorities on discrimination against UK citizens of Palestinian or Arab origin by Israeli border control.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/95", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Oxford East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Andrew Smith"} ], "uin" : "197383"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/49180", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/49180/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We have not made any representations to the Israeli authorities on this issue.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1415", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Faversham and Mid Kent"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Hugh Robertson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-05-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-05-06T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-04-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Israeli government on extending to UK citizens of Palestinian origin visiting Israel similar concessions to those Israel has offered to the US administration in exchange for Israel's entry to the US visa waiver scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/95", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Oxford East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Andrew Smith"} ], "uin" : "197379"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/49194", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/49194/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has overall responsibility within Government for the attraction and retention of foreign direct investment across the UK. UKTI works in partnership with each of the Local Enterprise Partnerships in England, and through representatives of each of the Devolved Administrations and London, to maximise the potential of the UK to attract inward investment. UKTI operates under the \u201cUK First\u201d principle, providing foreign investors with all the information and advice necessary to ensure that the UK is the preferred global location for their investment.<\/p>
<\/p>
UKTI is supporting cross-government efforts to rebalance the economy in line with the Government's Industrial Strategy. For example, UKTI focuses on promoting the UK's strengths in industry sectors, such as advanced manufacturing and food and drink, where the opportunities for the UK to compete for foreign direct investment projects are often in areas beyond the South East. In 2012/13, UKTI recorded a total of 1,599 inward investment projects won for the UK including 67 projects in Wales, 38 projects in Northern Ireland, 111 projects in Scotland, 759 projects in England (excluding London) and 584 projects in London.<\/p>
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The General Medical Council (GMC) is an independent body and responsible for dealing firmly and fairly with doctors whose fitness to practise is in doubt. The information in this response has been provided by the GMC.<\/p>
<\/p>
Table 1 below shows the numbers of complaints against general practitioners (GPs) and the number of investigations resulting from those complaints in each of the last five years. Table 2 shows the number of GPs erased from the register in each of the last five years.<\/p>
<\/p>
Table 1:<\/p>
| <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <\/td> | Complaints<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Investigations<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> All Doctors<\/strong><\/p><\/td> GPs<\/strong><\/p><\/td> All Doctors<\/strong><\/p><\/td> GPs<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,773<\/p><\/td> 2,085<\/p><\/td> 1,758<\/p><\/td> 564<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 7,153<\/p><\/td> 2,899<\/p><\/td> 2,066<\/p><\/td> 757<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,781<\/p><\/td> 3,291<\/p><\/td> 2,330<\/p><\/td> 817<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 10,347<\/p><\/td> 4,017<\/p><\/td> 2,708<\/p><\/td> 1,021<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,866<\/p><\/td> 3,530<\/p><\/td> 2,939<\/p><\/td> 1,098<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> Table 2:<\/p> Erased<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> All<\/strong><\/p><\/td> GPs<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 78<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 93<\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 77<\/p><\/td> 26<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 74<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 67<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Note<\/strong>:<\/strong>The number of complaints and investigations are directly related but the number of erasures are not necessarily related or from the same cohort of cases that are received/investigated for the same year given the timing of complaints and final hearings/appeals. Also to note, the GMC changed the way it recorded enquiries in 2013. The GMC no longer record notification around Performers Lists unless there is a wider fitness to practice concern. The numbers are therefore not directly comparable to previous years.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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