Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the compliance of the Post Office with the Code of Practice on Public Consultation and Communication in relation to the relocation of Cowes Post Office.
Answered by Margot James
The provision and location of individual post office branches is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.
When the Post Office proposes to relocate a branch it consults locally in line with its Code of Practice, which has been agreed with the UK consumer watchdogs, on the matter before reaching a decision. We believe Post Office has complied with its code with regard to the Cowes relocation.
Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people from each other EU country are resident in the UK; and how many of those people have the right to remain from each of those countries.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) cost and (b) time taken for Isle of Wight residents travelling for treatment to mainland hospitals.
Answered by Philip Dunne
No such estimate has been made, however NHS England advise that work on travel times to and from the mainland, costs and the numbers of patients involved is part of the next stage of the work being undertaken to develop the new model of care for the Isle of Wight.
Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) local authorities and (b) other organisations on which (i) key net roads and (ii) highway responsibilities could be devolved to the proposed Solent combined authority.
Answered by John Hayes
DfT officials have had some early conversations with local authorities about the possibilities for coordinating/improving transport delivery across the Solent area as part of potential combined authority proposals. Discussions across Government are still ongoing.
Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what functions are planned to become the responsibility of the proposed Solent combined authority; what estimate he has made of the costs of each of those functions in the next (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 30 years; and if he will publish all information that his Department holds on those proposed functions.
Answered by Andrew Percy
The proposals for a Solent Combined Authority have been developed by local leaders and partners in the Solent and leaders in the Solent have been undertaking a consultation to inform their proposals and gather the views of local people. Following that it will be for the local authorities to decide if they wish to propose forming a Combined Authority.
Ministers and officials have held discussions with Solent partners on what additional powers and funding could be devolved to the local area, as we have with local areas up and down the country. These discussions have not as yet reached a conclusion although I expect that if a Solent Combined Authority is proposed to government a devolution deal could be rapidly concluded.
Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has set a timetable for returning foreign national offenders remaining in UK prisons and communities to their countries of origin.
Answered by James Brokenshire
We aim to deport foreign national offenders at the earliest opportunity. We have removed 30,000 foreign national offenders since 2010, including 5,692 in the year 2015-16: the highest number since records began.
Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on smaller bus operators of local authorities franchising bus services; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Andrew Jones
I want to ensure that smaller bus operators, who drive innovation and invention, form part of the mix of bus service providers in any future franchising model. The Department’s assessment of the effects of franchising on smaller bus operators will be set out in the Impact Assessment which will accompany the introduction of the Bill.
Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the provision of learning outside of the classroom.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Field trips and educational visits are important and have a key role to play in children’s education.
It is for schools to use their professional judgement to decide how their activities deliver a broad and balanced curriculum and to plan lessons and use their budgets accordingly.
Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the cost efficiency of the NHS in Wales compared with England.
Answered by Alun Cairns
The Welsh Government is responsible for the NHS in Wales. It is up to the Welsh Government to decide how best to use their funding and deliver health services in Wales.
The UK Government is happy to share good practice with the Welsh Government to help ensure people living in Wales receive high quality healthcare.
Asked by: Andrew Turner (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to achieve seven-day services in hospitals by 2020.
Answered by Ben Gummer
By 2020, all hospital patients who need urgent or emergency care will have access to the same levels of consultant assessment and review, diagnostic tests and consultant-led interventions, whatever day of the week it is.