The Department is working with HS2 Ltd and its supply chain to assess the implications of the cancellation of HS2 beyond Birmingham. Rail, roads and buses will benefit from £36 billion in transport improvements from re-directed HS2 costs to build the daily connections that people depend on.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4499", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Davies of Gower"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-12-15T11:56:18.86Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-12-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "High Speed 2 Line"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of the cancellation of the Northern Phase of HS2, as announced by the Prime Minister on 4 October.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2147", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "The Earl of Shrewsbury"} ], "uin" : "HL997"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1470898", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1470898/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A Ministerial Direction is a formal instruction by a Minister to the Chief Accounting Office of their department to proceed with a spending proposal. These are available on the GOV.UK website.<\/p>
<\/p>
In the case of the British Business Bank plc, a Written Direction is a formal instruction issued by or on behalf of the British Business Bank\u2019s Shareholder, the Secretary of State for BEIS, to proceed with a requested course of action after the Board has raised its concerns through a Reservation Notice. With respect to the Government\u2019s Covid-19 Loan Schemes, all these notices are publicly available to view on the Bank\u2019s website and GOV.UK.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4336", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Callanan"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Callanan"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-06-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-06-28T16:53:46.963Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-06-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "British Business Bank"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what ministerial directions they have given to the British Business Bank; and what were the contents of those directions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1557", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Kramer"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Kramer"} ], "uin" : "HL997"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1332170", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1332170/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/p>
The latest police community support officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/p>
The number of police community support officers (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 30 September 2020 is provided in the table below:<\/p>
Police Community Support Officers (PCSO), England and Wales<\/strong> Force<\/strong><\/p><\/td> FTE<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Avon & Somerset<\/p><\/td> 315<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire<\/p><\/td> 70<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire<\/p><\/td> 187<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cleveland<\/p><\/td> 89<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> 67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire<\/p><\/td> 191<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon & Cornwall<\/p><\/td> 188<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Durham<\/p><\/td> 129<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dyfed-Powys<\/p><\/td> 143<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex<\/p><\/td> 104<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> 105<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> 552<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gwent<\/p><\/td> 131<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hampshire<\/p><\/td> 214<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td> 195<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humberside<\/p><\/td> 166<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent<\/p><\/td> 326<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 267<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicestershire<\/p><\/td> 190<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> 94<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London, City of<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside<\/p><\/td> 189<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Metropolitan Police<\/p><\/td> 1,260<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norfolk<\/p><\/td> -00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Wales<\/p><\/td> 175<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 233<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td> 88<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northumbria<\/p><\/td> 178<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 160<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Wales<\/p><\/td> 352<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 138<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staffordshire<\/p><\/td> 219<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Suffolk<\/p><\/td> 42<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Surrey<\/p><\/td> 156<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sussex<\/p><\/td> 275<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames Valley<\/p><\/td> 283<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> 83<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Mercia<\/p><\/td> 217<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 467<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 576<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> 125<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,115 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> While the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police community support officers there were in each police force area in England and Wales in 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken, if any, to engage with the European Parliament's inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/533033/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Not all letting agents charge fees for right to rent checks and when right to rent was rolled out in the West Midlands, it was found that the majority of letting agents were not charging a fee for conducting the right to rent immigration checks. Letting agents are required to be fully transparent about their fees and publicise a complete tariff of fees in their offices and on their website. The Government believes that full transparency gives consumers the information they need. We intend to carry out a review later this year into how well this approach is working.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of administrative and immigration check fees on those on low incomes seeking to rent a home.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/386888/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are four trials for systemic amyloidosis that are designated as \u2018ongoing\u2019 in the United Kingdom. These are being conducted by two commercial sponsors, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc and A.T. Development Switzerland Sarl (two studies), and one non-commercial sponsor, European Myeloma Network.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Clinical trial sponsors are required to publish a summary of their trial results to the EU Clinical Trials Register within one year of their trial completing. At that point, these results will become publically available on the EU Clinical Trials Register<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Department of Health, which funds the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), is a member of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI). NCRI Clinical Studies Groups (CSGs) bring together clinicians, scientists, statisticians and lay representatives to coordinate development of a strategic portfolio of trials within their field. All CSGs interact with clinical research networks, funders (including NIHR) and researchers to develop studies aimed at improving outcomes for patients. The Haematological Oncology CSG has a Myeloma Subgroup and its 2013-14 annual report that includes an assessment of progress in these areas is attached and available on the NCRI website at:<\/p> <\/p> |