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90879

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Berkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve transport connections between Windsor and Reading.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	208388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 27 March, the Government and Transport for London announced that Crossrail services will be extended to serve Reading from 2019. Once Crossrail services begin across the whole line in 2019, passengers travelling to London from Windsor, Reading and other Thames Valley stations will be able to travel to more destinations across London without the need to change at Paddington. Construction of Crossrail is now more than half completed and electrification of the Great Western Main Line is also under way. Electrification of the Slough to Windsor route is approved and will improve local connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>The transformation of Reading station was completed on time and under budget as part of the £850 million Reading Station Area Redevelopment programme and formally opened by Her Majesty The Queen on 17 July.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to progress the M4 Junction 3–12 smart motorway project, the next step for which is formal public consultation in the autumn. The Highways Agency is also taking forward a £2.5 million pinch point scheme to increase capacity at the M4/A329 (M) junction.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 July the Government agreed the £96.9m Growth Deal with the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership. This includes £94.6m to support local transport improvements across the whole of Berkshire, including in and between Windsor and Reading.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2014 13:49:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

90851

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaf British Sign Language users over the age of 65 presented themselves to a clinician showing key symptoms of dementia in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	208384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Data on how many deaf British Sign Language users over the age of 65 who presented themselves to a clinician showing key symptoms of dementia in 2013 and 2014 to date is not centrally held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 11/09/2014 13:00:33 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

90848

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what policies his Department has implemented to improve the dementia diagnosis rates of deaf British Sign Language users since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	208386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There has been no specific policy with regards to dementia diagnosis in relation to deaf British Sign Language users. However increasing diagnosis rates in general is a key priority in the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has set the first ever national ambition to improve dementia diagnosis rates. By March 2015, our aim is that two-thirds of people with dementia receive a diagnosis and appropriate post diagnostic support.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 208382 208383 question first answered 11/09/2014 12:57:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

90849

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets the Government has set to improve the dementia diagnosis rates of deaf British Sign Language users in the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	208382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There has been no specific policy with regards to dementia diagnosis in relation to deaf British Sign Language users. However increasing diagnosis rates in general is a key priority in the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has set the first ever national ambition to improve dementia diagnosis rates. By March 2015, our aim is that two-thirds of people with dementia receive a diagnosis and appropriate post diagnostic support.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 208383 208386 question first answered 11/09/2014 12:57:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

90850

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current NHS pathway is for deaf British Sign Language users to obtain a formal dementia diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	208383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There has been no specific policy with regards to dementia diagnosis in relation to deaf British Sign Language users. However increasing diagnosis rates in general is a key priority in the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has set the first ever national ambition to improve dementia diagnosis rates. By March 2015, our aim is that two-thirds of people with dementia receive a diagnosis and appropriate post diagnostic support.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 208382 208386 question first answered 11/09/2014 12:57:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

90847

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on dementia training for NHS staff on services for deaf users of British Sign Language in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	208385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There is no specific funding for dementia training for National Health Service staff on services for deaf users of British Sign Language. It is for individual providers to make the necessary local arrangements. All NHS staff looking after people with dementia will go through a dementia awareness programme. Health Education England staff will provide Tier 1 training to an additional 250,000 staff by March 2015, and will ensure that the tools and training opportunities are available to all staff by the end of 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 11/09/2014 12:49:11 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

90827

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the standard length was of deployment for service personnel aboard (a) frigates and (b) destroyers in 2012; and what the standard length of such deployments is at present.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	208441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>In 2012, the average length of deployment for both Destroyers and Frigates was seven months. Currently, deployments are between seven and seven and a half months.<br><br>From early 2015, the Royal Navy will introduce nine-month deployments for those Destroyers and Frigates undertaking patrol tasks in the South Atlantic and the Gulf. The move to longer deployments will mean fewer generation cycles; fewer deployments in the longer term; less disruption, and a better ability for individuals and families to plan. A package of additional benefits will be in place for personnel: two weeks' pre-deployment leave; two weeks' leave at the mid point of their deployment, and four or five weeks' leave on their return, depending on which main leave period this falls in. It is planned that other deployments will remain between seven and seven and a half months.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/09/2014 13:15:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

90875

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her most recent assessment is of the adequacy of the budget provision for the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	208393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Like all UK Government Departments, the Northern Ireland Office faces a significant reduction in its budget in the 2015-16 financial year. That is why my department requested an impact statement of all of its Arms-Length Bodies on the measures that might be taken by them to meet a proportionate share of the necessary reduction. No final decisions have been made in respect of the Commission’s budget, but we are currently working with it in light of its impact statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 10/09/2014 15:28:10 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

90838

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Food: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards the establishment of a Food Crime Unit.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	208405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency advises that it has already made progress in establishing the new Food Crime Unit. Existing teams that deal with food incidents, fraud and intelligence have been reorganised to form the core of the new Unit and recruitment is underway for a small number of additional permanent and seconded staff to support this. The Food Crime Unit will be operational, with the first phase incorporating a well-developed intelligence capability, by the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/09/2014 12:49:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

90868

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to encourage clothing retailers to interrogate their supply chains in China to assess the working conditions of people working in that country.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	208392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK government works with business to provide guidance for companies to meet their obligations to respect human rights throughout their operations. Recent changes to the Companies Act have strengthened requirements for company reporting to include these issues.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has developed a package of activities - including engagement with clothing retailers - to address unsafe working conditions in the garment sector in Bangladesh, following the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013, which will have wider benefits. In terms of UK companies engaging with HMG on working conditions, DFID does not have a bilateral programme with China.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/09/2014 16:36:09 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick