Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with sports governing bodies on tackling homophobia in sport.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
Government is determined to stamp out homophobia in sport and enable Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people to engage in sport as players, officials and spectators, in line with the government’s strategy for sport and physical activity, Sporting Future. We are working with Sport England, National Governing Bodies and clubs, alongside organisations such as Pride Sports, Stonewall, and Football v Homophobia, to promote a number of anti-homophobia initiatives.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
UK was at the forefront of negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals and we will be at the forefront of delivering them. The Goals are at the centre of all DFID’s work. The Government will be publishing a report soon that sets out the UK’s approach to delivering the Goals both domestically and internationally.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to raise awareness among clinical commissioning groups of their responsibilities related to the commissioning of bisphosphonates for the indication and prevention of secondary breast cancer.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Manual for Prescribed Specialised Services 2016/17 describes which elements of specialised services are commissioned by NHS England and which by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). For specialist cancer services, the Manual makes clear that CCGs are responsible for commissioning adjuvant drug treatments, for example, drugs affecting bone metabolism including bisphosphonates. The Manual is available at:
www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/pss-manual-may16.pdf
Decisions about the commissioning and funding of bisphosphonates for the treatment and prevention of secondary breast cancer are taken by local CCGs which are best placed to know what local need exists.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Pubs Code Adjudicator notifies pub tenants of (a) his financial interests in large pub-owning businesses, (b) the size and value of his existing shareholding in Fleurets and (c) the value of loans owned to him by Fleurets.
Answered by Margot James
The Pubs Code Adjudicator has no financial interests in large pub-owning businesses. The Adjudicator updated the register of interests with further details of his shareholding and loans with Fleurets Holdings Ltd on 20 December. The register of interests is available on the Pubs Code Adjudicator website.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date she plans to launch her Department's consultation on sentencing for dangerous driving.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Government is committed to making sure that sentencing for those who kill or cause serious injury on the roads is proportionate within the context of our wider sentencing framework.
We published the consultation on driving offences and penalties on 5 December.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new roles are to be created at his Department through the DH2020 programme.
Answered by David Mowat
The launch of the new Departmental structure, as part of the DH 2020 Programme, is focused on how the Department is going to operate in the future to deliver on its priorities. As a result, all roles in the structure are classified as new to ensure that the structure is aligned to Departmental priorities. The new structure will mean that the Department has the right skills across the organisation to deliver its agenda and can operate in a more agile way.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications were processed by UK Visas and Immigration in the last five years; and what proportion of those applications were rejected the first time each such application was submitted.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The available information is published in the Home Office’s quarterly ‘Immigration Statistics, July - September 2016’, (visa data tables volume 1) table vi_01_q, available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016/list-of-tables#visas
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the main reasons why UK Visas and Immigration rejected visa applications in each of the last five years.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
I am sorry but the Home Office does not hold the specific information in the format requested. To obtain it would involve interrogating individual case records, at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the evidential basis is for the Pubs Code Adjudicator's statement on the ITV documentary, The Great British Pub Revolution, screened on 8 December 2016, that many of the tenants he has met are supportive of him in his role.
Answered by Margot James
This is a matter for the Pubs Code Adjudicator. I have asked the Pubs Code Adjudicator to write to the Hon Member directly. A copy of the response will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Asked by: Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat - Leeds North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the roads and local transport funding set out in table 3.1 of the Autumn Statement 2016 will be spent in each region of the UK.
Answered by David Gauke
At Autumn Statement the government announced an additional £1.1 billion funding to relieve congestion and deliver upgrades on local roads and public transport networks. Further announcements on the allocation of this funding will be made by Department of Transport in due course.