PP 2020/0002 TYNWALD Tinvaal
QUESTION PAPER Pabyr Feyshtyn
DOUGLAS Tuesday 21st January 2020 at 10.30 am
For Oral Answer
1. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Chief Minister –
What the policy basis is for derestricted roads?
2. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Chief Minister –
How many pensioners in the Island are living solely off their state pension?
3. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chief Minister –
Whether the Council of Ministers has discussed the potential closure of all sub- post office branches during the next five years?
4. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for the Treasury –
How many and at what frequency benefits are paid broken down by type?
5. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for the Treasury –
What progress he has made with the project with the Department of Education Sport and Culture on zero-based budgeting?
6. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for the Treasury –
What plans he has to bring back the Manx pension supplement?
7. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Crookall, to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture –
What contract the Department has with Bangor University relating to anything in Manx waters; whether the Department publishes all the reports received from Bangor University?
8. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Crookall, to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture –
What chances following Brexit there will be to renegotiate the fisheries management agreement and take back more control of the Island’s waters?
9. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
What actions have been taken as a result of the September 2018 KM&T report about theatres at Noble’s Hospital?
10. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
What progress has been made with the review of consultants’ pay?
11. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
What help and support is available for carers looking after relatives at home?
12. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –
What progress has been made with improving access to and availability of affordable housing; and if he will make a statement?
13. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Crookall, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –
If he will make a statement on the new plans for dredging Peel Marina and silt disposal; including the total cost of the project?
2 PP 2020/0002 14. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Crookall, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –
How much consultants cost including those that have done testing of silt in relation to dredging Peel Marina?
15. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –
Which employee groups he intends to transfer to the Public Services Commission in the future in order to comply with the Equality Act?
16. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –
What discussions have been held with the Post Office about sub-Post Offices becoming mini Welcome Centres across the Island?
17. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Enterprise –
When the decision to go to consultation on the revised 2020 TT Schedule was made?
18. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Enterprise –
What concerns have been raised by his Department, in its capacity as sponsoring Department for the Post Office, about the potential decline over the next five years in the number of functioning Post Office counters?
19. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Enterprise –
What the plan is for protecting and enhancing the retail sector; and what assessment he has made of the significance of this sector for local communities?
20. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –
How many pupils have received free school meals in each school in each of the last 10 years; and what budget was allocated?
21. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –
How schools will employ graduates to train in-house to be teachers? 3 PP 2020/0002 22. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
Why the Post Office has not advertised the role of sub postmaster since 2016?
23. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
Why the role of sub postmaster in Ballasalla has not been advertised?
24. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
What assessment has been made by external advisors of the alternatives that the Post Office has suggested to the existing services at Ballasalla?
25. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chief Minister –
Whether the Council of Ministers has discussed the potential environmental impact of Ballasalla residents having to travel to Castletown or Braddan in order to access post office counter services?
26. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Miss Costain) to ask the Chief Minister –
What effect the resignation of the CEO of the transformation team has had on the transformation process; and if he will make a statement?
27. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Treasury Minister –
What progress he has made with the proposal for a Central Projects Unit?
28. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Treasury Minister –
When the Post Office option was removed from the forms through which people choose where their pensions and benefits will be paid?
29. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Treasury Minister –
Why re-enrolment for MiCard was necessary after only three years; how many existing users did not enrol for a new MiCard by the deadline; and if he will make a statement about the future of this service?
4 PP 2020/0002 30. The Hon. Member for Ayre and Michael (Mr Baker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
What progress is being made on the transformation of the health service; and if he will make a statement?
31. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
How many residents on the waiting list were sent letters asking whether they still required an appointment and for what medical directorate area?
32. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
What contingency plans are in place in respect of the patient transfer service to the U.K.; and if he will make a statement?
33. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Crookall, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –
When he will publish the results of the testing done on the silt in Peel Marina?
34. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
Which post offices are not considered commercially viable by the Isle of Man Post Office; and how this determination is made?
35. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
How many times in each of the last five years the Clinical Recommendation Committee has met; when it last met; whether any changes have been made to the drug approval process; and whether any changes are planned?
36. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
What process has been made with establishing independent regulation of health and social care; and if he will make a statement?
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37. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Treasury Minister –
How many MiCard customers use each post office?
38. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –
How many people applied though immigration channels for citizenship in each of the last five years, where they previously lived; and what their place of birth was?
39. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –
If he will provide for each local authority area and for each of the last ten years (a) rate increases; (b) weekly rate increases to public sector housing tenants; and (c) categories of reduced rateable value?
40. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Enterprise –
If he will provide a breakdown of VIP tickets issued by his Department since September 2016 showing for each event (a) type of ticket, (b) organisation or individuals to whom the ticket or tickets were issued, (c) how many tickets were issued and (d) who approved the issuing of the tickets?
41. The Hon. Member for Douglas East (Mrs Barber) to ask the Minister for Enterprise –
Pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October 2018, what the outcome of the formal review into the Manx National Heritage kiosk at the Sea Terminal was and if he will publish it in full; what the costs and profits associated with its running over the two year operation period to date were; and what his future plans for it are?
42. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –
If he will publish all communications with headteachers, the Public Services Commission (PSC) and employees with respect to the transfer of staff to the PSC including any business case, financial impact assessment, and equality impact assessment, and minutes of all meetings where the transfer of employees to PSC has been discussed both in the Department and within schools?
6 PP 2020/0002 43. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –
How many teachers were employed on 1st January 2020 at (a) his Department’s primary schools, (b) his Department’s secondary schools, and (c) University College Isle of Man; of these, how many were on (i) full-time contracts and (ii) part-time contracts; and for each group how many teachers’ annual take-home pay was in the band (A) £20,000 and under, (B) £20,001 to £25,000, (C) £25,001 to £30,000, (D) £30,001 to £35,000, (E) £35,001 to £40,000, (F) £40,001 to £45,000, (G) £45,001 to £50,000, (H) £50,001 to £55,000, (I) £55,001 to £60,000, (J) £60,001 to £65,000, (K) £65,001 to £70,000, (L) £70,001 to £75,000 and (M) £75,001 and over?
44. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –
Which new teachers classified as Manx residents can access the support which would make it easier for them to buy a home in the Island; how many such teachers have been appointed to schools in the Island since this policy was implemented; and what the total cost would be of allowing all of these teachers to access the support?
45. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –
How many new teachers have been recruited since the revised policy on housing support for teachers was implemented; and, of those teachers, how many (a) qualify and (b) do not qualify for the support because of the residency requirement?
46. The Hon. Member for Douglas East (Mrs Barber) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –
What the current pay scales are for teachers on the Isle of Man, compared against those of neighbouring jurisdictions?
47. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
For how many patients the Department has funded operations in Oswestry in the last five years?
7 PP 2020/0002 48. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
How many vacancies for Registered Nurses in a) Noble’s, b) Community, c) Mental Health and d) Ramsey District Cottage Hospital (A) there are and (B) will be when the Private Patients Unit opens; what the predicted need is for the next 5-10 years; whether he is meeting this recruitment target; how many have been recruited from (i) on-Island and (ii) off-Island; and if he will make a statement?
49. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
How many Registered Nurses have left the service in each of the last two years and what their length of service was in each case?
50. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
How much has been paid in relocation grants and for hotel type accommodation for resettling nurses in each of the last three years?
51. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
When a review of recruitment and retention policy will be done; and by whom?
52. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
What the current capacity is for training nurses on-Island; and whether there are plans to change the current arrangements?
53. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
What recruitment initiatives the Department undertook during 2019; when and where; and whether there have been any major successes, failures or lessons learned? 54. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
What statistical information is held in relation to nursing exit interviews; and what the main causes are of people leaving the service?
8 PP 2020/0002 55. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
How much has been spent of (a) the £1.7 million allocated this year to Gedden Reesht, and (b) the £1.5 million allocated this year to Grianagh Court; and what progress has been made on each project?
56. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
How much has been (a) budgeted and (b) spent, in the current year and in each of the three previous years, on (i) locums, (ii) bank staff and (iii) other relief staff, broken down by area of expertise?
57. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –
How many people have been diagnosed with bowel cancer in each of the last ten years, broken down by age quartile; whether any trends have been identified; and, if so, what action is being taken?
58. The Hon. Member for Douglas East (Mrs Barber) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –
Pursuant to his letter to Members of 10th January 2020 providing information as committed to at October Tynwald, if he will provide the information for the current projects including anticipated compliance with timescales and budgets?
59. The Hon. Member for Douglas East (Mrs Barber) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –
What information is required by aircraft seeking to use or using Ronaldsway airport either for touch and go landings, stop and go landings, or for full stop with taxi back landings; whether this information is required prior to, on, or after landing; and by whom this information is required?
60. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –
How many people have used each of the first time buyers schemes in each of the last five years, broken down by region?
9 PP 2020/0002 61. The Hon. Member for Ayre and Michael (Mr Baker) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
Further to the Post Office Retail Network Modernisation Strategy: what the expected investment required is to implement an automated self-service kiosk to provide post office services; what the anticipated pay-back period is on this investment; how this pay-back is expected to be achieved; and if she will circulate a copy of the Post Office business case assessment to support her answer?
62. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
How many sub postmasters responsible for no more than two Post Offices on 1st January 2020 are in the age category 45 -49; 50-54; 55-59; and over 60?
63. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
When the existing contracts with the suppliers of Crown services in Douglas and Ramsey will end?
64. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
Whether there is an end date on the current contracts with those responsible for managing two or more Island sub post offices; and, if so, when it is?
65. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
If she will provide, for the most recent calendar month for which data is available, a ranking of Ballasalla sub post office in relation to all other sub post offices by number of transactions under the headings of (a) sale of Post Office products; (b) issuing of benefits and pensions; (c) sale of vehicle licences; (d) payment of utility bills; and (e) other transactions?
66. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
If she will circulate the equality impact assessment relating to the possible changes in services available at Ballasalla Post Office?
10 PP 2020/0002 67. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Cregeen) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office –
What discussions the Post Office has had with other providers for provision of postal services with regard to the proposed closure of Ballasalla Post Office; when and why the decision was made not to advertise for a new sub postmaster at Ballasalla; why the Post Office waited until the Christmas break to make a public announcement; and what plans the Post Office has to advertise for a new sub postmaster for Ballasalla?
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