Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the allocations from the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department finalising the details of the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund and further information will be available in due course.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care published in May 2022.
Answered by Claire Coutinho - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
The department has established a National Practice group to begin work on the National Children’s Social Care Framework, a Ministerial Child Protection Group, and a National Implementation Board. The National Implementation Board will meet on November 16 2022, following an interim meeting in July, and is made up of people with lived experience of the care system and those with experience of leading transformational change.
We have also been working closely with other departments across government to rapidly agree on an ambitious and detailed implementation strategy that will respond fully to all three reviews. Ministers from across government are engaged on emerging policies and will agree on the final implementation strategy in due course.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the availability of residential places in social care settings.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Under the Care Act local authorities are responsible for making sure the care needs of their residents are met but it is clear that they are struggling.
That is why we have set up a £1.4 billion fund for local authorities to use to meet their duties under the care act – and to make sure they are paying the fair cost of care to care homes and agencies.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time pilots were in place who fly (a) fast jet, (b) other fixed wing and (c) rotary craft in each of the three regular services as of 18 October 2022.
Answered by James Heappey
The information requested on the number of Armed Forces personnel who are trained pilots is being withheld to avoid releasing details of our capabilities to adversaries. The Armed Forces have sufficient trained personnel to meet the operational requirement.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified part-time pilots of (a) fast jet, (b) other fixed wing and (c) rotary aircraft there are in the (i) Royal Naval Reserve, (ii) Army and (iii) Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
Answered by James Heappey
The information requested on the number of part-time Armed Forces personnel who are trained pilots is being withheld to avoid releasing details of our capabilities to adversaries. The Armed Forces have sufficient trained personnel to meet their operational requirements.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether hours flown as a member of a University Air squadron reduce the flying hours required at the first stage of the pilot training pipeline.
Answered by James Heappey
Flying hours accumulated whilst on a University Air Squadron do not reduce the hours required in the first stage of the pilot training pipeline.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any current Poseidon pilots hold civilian airline licences.
Answered by James Heappey
The information is not held as a civilian airline licence is not a mandatory requirement for entry to the Royal Air Force, nor are individuals mandated to declare they hold the licence.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Poseidon pilots have been recruited from civilian populations with a civilian airline licences.
Answered by James Heappey
Information to answer this question is not held centrally. I will write to the right hon. member as soon as the information is available.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was to train a (a) typhoon, (b) Atlas C.1, (c) Poseidon, (d) Reaper and (e) Chinook pilot in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by James Heappey
Information to answer this question is not held centrally. I will write to the right hon. member as soon as the information is available.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost was to train a (a) typhoon, (b) Atlas C.1, (c) Poseidon, (d) Reaper and (e) Chinook pilot in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by James Heappey
Information to answer this question is not held centrally. I will write to the right hon. member as soon as the information is available.