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595832

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date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of GP waiting times in (a) the North East and (b) County Durham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	47170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The information required is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The latest GP Patient Survey for July 2016 on waiting times at general practitioner surgeries was conducted by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England. That survey found that for patients served by the NHS Durham, Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), 64% feel that they do not normally have to wait too long, whereas 27% feel that they have to wait too long. This compares nationally with 58% and 34% respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The full Ipsos MORI GP Patient Survey results for the NHS Durham, Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gp-patient.co.uk/slidepacks/July2016#N" target="_blank">https://gp-patient.co.uk/slidepacks/July2016#N</a></p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 16:33:17 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

595836

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes outlined in the Reforming Healthcare Education Funding consultation on the take-up of Graduate Entry Midwifery Pre-Registration Programme courses.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	47190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We expect this reform to enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional training places to study pre-registration nursing, midwifery and the allied health subjects.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government response to the consultation acknowledged the risk that if funding was not available to prospective pre-registration postgraduate healthcare applicants, student numbers, and therefore workforce supply, could fall. As a transitional arrangement until a longer term solution can be found the Government set out it will, for the cohort starting in 2017/18 and for a capped number of students, provide a bursary for tuition and maintenance to meet the full costs of the course for postgraduate students, including those on midwifery programmes.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently near record numbers of nurses and midwives in post in the National Health Service in England. The latest available figures from June 2016 show a total headcount of 25,832 midwives in post.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2016 there were 6,350 midwives in training of which 471 are on the short 18 month course.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 15:50:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

595837

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans for West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	47191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Local areas will submit their plans to the national health and care bodies for review shortly, with further public engagement and consultation taking place from this point.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that most areas will take a version of their Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) to their organisation’s public board meeting for discussion between late October and the end of the year. We would also expect that most areas will publish their plans, for more formal engagement, during this period, building on the engagement they have already done to shape thinking. No changes to the services people currently receive will be made without local engagement and, where required, consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Bradford Clinical Commissioning Group has confirmed that an extraordinary meeting of the Bradford and Airedale Health and Wellbeing Board has been arranged in public to discuss the local STP. This will take place on Wednesday 19 October. Papers are yet to be published.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 16:01:19 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

595845

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what obligations the Government places on police and crime commissioners to commission local victims' services to meet the specific and ongoing needs of British (a) nationals and (b) residents who have been direct victims or witnesses of a terrorist attack in the UK or abroad.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	47094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that victims of terrorism can access effective and timely support to help them cope, and as far as possible, recover from the trauma they have experienced.</p><p> </p><p>This year we have given Police and Crime Commissioners grant funding of nearly £68m to provide emotional and practical support services for all victims of crime, including victims of terrorism, who reside within their area.</p><p> </p><p>Witnesses in the criminal justice system, including witnesses of terrorist attacks, are also entitled to support as set out under the Witness Charter for England and Wales. These entitlements are currently being met through the nationally commissioned court based witness service.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 17/10/2016 16:41:46 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

595846

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently subject to immigration restrictions which require that they report to an immigration reporting centre.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	47127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The number of people with immigration restrictions required to report to an immigration reporting centre fluctuates on a daily basis. We therefore cannot produce a number which would accurately reflect the current population.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/10/2016 16:53:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

595847

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Homosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for asylum on the basis of sexual orientation; how many of these claims have been unsuccessful; on what grounds those unsuccessful applications were refused in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	47014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office is currently undertaking a process to quality assure information on its Case Information Database relating to sexuality based asylum claims.</p><p>Until this exercise has concluded it is not possible to provide an accurate picture of the number of asylum claims based solely, or partly on sexuality.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/10/2016 17:01:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

595851

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for spouse visas to marry a UK citizen from (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Bangladesh, (d) Nigeria, (e) Australia, (f) New Zealand and (g) Jamaica in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	47019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>Quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/10/2016 16:52:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

595852

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK passports have been revoked in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	47114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 12 May to question UIN 36668 by my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Brokenshire).</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/10/2016 16:53:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

595856

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Emergency Travel Documents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many emergency travel documents were issued by HM Passport Office in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	47115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) issues Emergency Travel Documents to British nationals overseas who need to travel urgently and do not have access to a Full Validity Passport. An emergency travel document is valid for a specific journey made at a specified time. In the past five years, the FCO have issued the following number of documents:</p><p>2012 – 28,737</p><p>2013 – 29,945</p><p>2014 – 39,167</p><p>2015 – 30,844</p><p>2016 – 23,907</p><p>Please note that 2016 figures cover up until the end of September.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/10/2016 16:16:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

595857

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what type of reception institution suspected people traffickers and illegal migrants who are intercepted by Border Force or other UK government bodies are taken to.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	47103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>In all cases where there are reasonable grounds to suspect a person of trafficking, they would be arrested and processed in accordance with the provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ;at sea, Customs and Excise Management Act 1979; in Scotland Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.</p><p>Border Force, along with operational partners, carries out a range of activity to prevent migrants from entering the UK through clandestine and illegal means.</p><p>Border Force has specific policy, guidance, operating procedures and referral mechanisms to other government departments in order to carry out the appropriate action when an illegal migrant is encountered at a port or other location. Illegal migrants who are intercepted at the Border are processed in accordance with their individual circumstances and where appropriate detained in accommodation based on these circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/10/2016 16:44:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz