Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring (a) delivery riders and (b) bike messengers are insured when working on a self-employed basis.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Government has no current plans to introduce compulsory insurance for delivery cyclists, bicycle messengers, or for cyclists in general, although it encourages all cyclists to take out some form of insurance. There are insurers who offer policies tailored to cyclists who use their bicycle for courier and delivery purposes.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who were made redundant between 2010 and 2016 were within (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years and (d) four years of their immediate pension point; and how many of each category were (i) officers and (ii) enlisted personnel.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who in the government holds the contracts for the provision of officers’ and sergeants’ messes; and what arrangements are in place for end-users to access those contracts.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The contracts for the provision of Officers' and Sergeants' messes and related services are held by a number of individuals across the Department. Some of the contracts are held centrally within our broader soft facilities management contracts and others are held locally by the individual establishments. Local arrangements are in place for end-users to access contracts by request.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is issued to 999 call centre staff on how to respond to callers who are feeling suicidal.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Data is not collected centrally.
Guidance for 999 call handlers on how to respond to callers who are feeling suicidal is developed and delivered by each local ambulance trust, informed by the Mental Health Care Crisis Concordat. This sets out the principles and good practice that should be followed by health staff, police officers and approved mental health professionals when working together to help people in a mental health crisis.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of 999 calls received from or concerning a person who is feeling suicidal are responded to by (a) an ambulance, (b) the police, (c) the fire brigade and (d) other emergency services.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Data is not collected centrally.
Guidance for 999 call handlers on how to respond to callers who are feeling suicidal is developed and delivered by each local ambulance trust, informed by the Mental Health Care Crisis Concordat. This sets out the principles and good practice that should be followed by health staff, police officers and approved mental health professionals when working together to help people in a mental health crisis.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of 999 calls received each year from or concerning a person who is feeling suicidal.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Data is not collected centrally.
Guidance for 999 call handlers on how to respond to callers who are feeling suicidal is developed and delivered by each local ambulance trust, informed by the Mental Health Care Crisis Concordat. This sets out the principles and good practice that should be followed by health staff, police officers and approved mental health professionals when working together to help people in a mental health crisis.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of people presenting at A&E feeling suicidal who are (a) given treatment, (b) referred to another service and (c) given no treatment or referral.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Data on the number and proportion of people presenting at accident and emergency (A&E) feeling suicidal who are given treatment, referred to another service and given no treatment or referral is not collected centrally. Through their A&E Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital are able to identify patients who are recorded for ‘self-harm’ and patients diagnosed as having ‘psychiatric conditions’, but these are not specific to ‘suicidal’.
Through the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, we are committed to roll-out liaison mental health teams in general hospitals by 2020/21 with 50% of them meeting the core 24 standard. This means that teams of specially trained mental health professionals will be able to support people who present at emergency departments with mental health issues, which would include providing assessments and referring on to specialist mental health services or community teams.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether further cost savings are being sought from his Department as part of the National Security Capability Review process.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Government has no plans to cut the Defence budget.
Spending Review 2015 remains the basis of the government’s spending plans. We have the biggest defence budget in Europe and the fifth largest in the world. We are one of very few countries to not only meet, but exceed NATO’s 2 per spending target. Over the next three years, the Defence Budget is increasing by £1bn a year.
Ministers will consider the conclusions of the National Security Capability Review in due course.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for his receipt of final proposals from the three services on which to base his decision as to what is included within the ambit of the National Security Capability Review.
Answered by Gavin Williamson
The Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have provided inputs into the Ministry of Defence throughout the National Security Capability Review, and will continue to do so.
Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the National Security Capability Review will be completed.
Answered by Damian Green
The review is currently ongoing and is being conducted in support of ongoing implementation of the 2015 National Security Strategy (NSS) and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), Ministers will consider the conclusions of the review of National Security capabilities in due course.