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982808

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date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Radioisotopes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of not having consistent and timely access to radioisotopes on the UK's ability to deliver radiotherapy for cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	176159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Medical radioisotopes are essential in the effective treatment of many cancer patients and the Government believes it is vital to ensure consistent and timely access to these products for United Kingdom patients.</p><p> </p><p>As a responsible Government, we continue to prepare proportionately for all European Union exit scenarios, including the possible outcome that we leave the EU without any deal in March 2019. That is why on 23 August the Government announced details of its approach to no deal EU exit medicines contingency planning.</p><p> </p><p>Since writing to pharmaceutical companies, we have received good engagement from the industry who share our aims of ensuring patients maintain continuity of medicines supply. The Department continues to work closely with these companies to ensure that their UK supplies of medicines, including for cancer patients, are sufficient to cope with any potential delays at the border that may arise in the short term from the possible event of a no-deal Brexit.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that medical radioisotopes and some other medicinal products have short shelf lives and cannot be stockpiled. Where such products are at present imported to the UK from the EU/European Union Economic Area (EEA) via road haulage and roll-on, roll-off sea, road and rail routes, the Department is asking suppliers to ensure they have plans in place to air freight those products to avoid any border delays that may arise at the end of March next year in the event of a no deal exit from the EU. We will consider how the Department may support suppliers in making arrangements to meet this expectation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also provided information to the public and Parliament on the likely impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and Euratom on the importation of radioisotopes for medical use in the possible event that the UK leaves the EU without agreement, via a series of Technical Notices. Within these, the Government confirmed that in order to ensure continuity of supply in medicines, the UK will continue to accept batch testing of human medicines carried out in EU countries, other EEA countries and those third countries with which the EU has a Mutual Recognition Agreement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 176160 176162 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:01:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

982467

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Europe and the Americas of 2 July 2018, Official Report column 26, if the Government will hold a judge-led independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in post-9/11 human rights abuses; and for what reason the Government did not update the House within 60 days of the publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee reports on detainee mistreatment and rendition.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the answer given by the Minister of State for Europe and the Americas on 12 September 2018, (reference 171734). Under the Memorandum of Understanding agreed with the ISC, the Government aims to respond substantively to their reports within 60 days, but in this case it has informed the ISC that it has decided to take more time to give careful consideration to the issues set out in the Committee’s reports.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/10/2018 12:21:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982526

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve financial transparancy in academy trusts.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	176650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The department requires a high level of transparency of academy trusts. All academy trusts must have an annual independent audit of their annual accounts by a registered statutory auditor and academy trusts must be open and transparent and publish their accounts. This is not a requirement of local authority maintained schools.</p><p> </p><p>Academy trusts must prepare annual accounts. This provides considerably more information than other schools and provides a far higher level of public scrutiny than is required of local authority schools. Their financial performance is instead summarised within the authorities’ accounts. In addition, academy trusts are audited externally to international auditing standards, again this is not required of local authority schools.</p><p> </p><p>The department also publishes the ‘Consolidated Annual Report and Accounts’, based on returns from all academies in England. The reports are available for public scrutiny at GOV.UK. The most recent report covering 2015/16 is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a>. We aim to publish the report for 2016/17 in October.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/10/2018 16:38:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

982539

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the recent report by London Youth entitled A space of our own: The role and value of youth organisations in strengthening communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that youth organisations are recognised as valuable parts of social infrastructure and are supported to strengthen communities.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	176382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises the value of spaces for young people; a place of trust and safety, that provides high quality information, advice and guidance alongside positive activities that can help young people to develop skills, improve wellbeing and participate in their communities.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are primarily responsible for allocating public funding to youth services in their area. In addition, the Government is investing up to £40 million (in partnership with the Big Lottery Fund) in the Youth Investment Fund, which is supporting 90 youth organisations around the country to create and expand open access youth projects, and is expected to benefit up to 300,000 young people. This is part of a wider range of Government investment in services and opportunities for young people such as the #iwill fund and National Citizen Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 176384 question first answered 11/10/2018 15:16:46 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

982542

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations received more than £20 million from her Department in financial year 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	176134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The supply partners that received more than £20 million from DFID in financial year 2017-18 are in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Adam Smith International Ltd</p></td><td><p>KPMG LLP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AECOM Professional Services</p></td><td><p>Marie Stopes International</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>African Development Bank Group</p></td><td><p>Maternal Newborn and Child Health Programme, Pakistan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AgDevCo Limited</p></td><td><p>Medicines for Malaria Venture</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian Development Bank</p></td><td><p>Mercy Corps Europe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Health, Government of Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRAC</p></td><td><p>Mott MacDonald Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Council</p></td><td><p>Norwegian Refugee Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Red Cross</p></td><td><p>Oxford Policy Management</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARE International</p></td><td><p>Pakistan National Cash Transfer Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDC Group plc.</p></td><td><p>Palladium</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coffey International Development Ltd</p></td><td><p>Population Services International</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commonwealth Scholarships Commission</p></td><td><p>PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Agents Bank Limited</p></td><td><p>Save the Children</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Agents</p></td><td><p>SG Hambros Bank &amp; Trust Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DAI Europe</p></td><td><p>St Helena Corporate Finance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Commission (including the European Development Fund)</p></td><td><p>State Bank of Pakistan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Commission – Core Development budget</p></td><td><p>Tanzania Ministry of Finance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Investment Bank</p></td><td><p>The International Committee of the Red Cross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food and Agriculture Organisation</p></td><td><p>The Power of Nutrition.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)</p></td><td><p>The World Bank Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization</p></td><td><p>Trademark East Africa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government of Montserrat</p></td><td><p>United Nations Foundation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMA World Health</p></td><td><p>USAID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMC Worldwide Limited</p></td><td><p>Voluntary Services Overseas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Organization for Migration</p></td><td><p>World Food Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Rescue Committee</p></td><td><p>World Health Organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Karandaaz Pakistan</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/10/2018 16:05:57 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

982648

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Amazon: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will publish statistics on the number of employees of Amazon who have been in receipt of (a) working tax credits and (b) universal credit in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will publish the total amount paid to such employees in (a) working tax credits and (b) universal credits in that same period.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	175919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/10/2018 16:25:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

982703

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Eastern Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason is the award of the South Eastern rail franchise delayed; what the revised timetable is for that award; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	176252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department continues to make progress evaluating bids for the South Eastern franchise. The Department will make an announcement on the intention to award in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/10/2018 14:00:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

982761

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing Associations: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement, PM to address the National Housing Federation Summit, made by the Prime Minister on 19 September 2018, whether the £2 billion in additional funding for housing associations will come from existing budgets in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	176223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>These funds will not come from existing budgets at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. This is new funding available from 2022, and is in addition to our current £9bn Affordable Homes Programme which runs until March 2022.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/10/2018 13:39:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

982766

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Brain: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of people with an acquired brain injury.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	176030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>These data are not available in the format requested and no estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Reference costs are the mandatory collection of costs data from all National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts. Whilst there is a very wide coverage of services delivered across the NHS collected in reference costs, the diagnosis and treatment of acquired and traumatic brain injuries are excluded.</p><p> </p><p>This is as per table 39 of the national cost collection guidance which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/approved-costing-guidance-collections/" target="_blank">improvement.nhs.uk/resources/approved-costing-guidance-collections/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 176029 176031 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:38:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

982767

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Brain: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money was spent from the public purse by his Department on the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of the effects of acquired and traumatic brain injuries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	176031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>These data are not available in the format requested and no estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Reference costs are the mandatory collection of costs data from all National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts. Whilst there is a very wide coverage of services delivered across the NHS collected in reference costs, the diagnosis and treatment of acquired and traumatic brain injuries are excluded.</p><p> </p><p>This is as per table 39 of the national cost collection guidance which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/approved-costing-guidance-collections/" target="_blank">improvement.nhs.uk/resources/approved-costing-guidance-collections/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 176029 176030 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:38:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant