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449771

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Derelict Land: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide brownfield gap funding to bring brownfield land in Greater Manchester back into use for homes and business.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	25468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In March 2015 the Greater Manchester Combined Authority contracted with the Department for a £300 million recyclable financial investment to accelerate delivery of up to 15,000 homes over 10 years. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority are aware that, in light of this contract, it will not be possible for bids from the Manchester area to be accepted for other central government housing investment programmes.</del></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial">A £3 billion housing financial transaction programme is available over the over the next five years to support small builders and get infrastructure on large sites, this is in addition to the £300 million Manchester Housing Investment Fund. The Spending Review made £2.3 billion available to support the preparation of up to 60,000 Starter Homes by 2020. This includes £1.2 billion to prepare more brownfield land for starter homes. Further details about the use of this funding will be announced shortly. Bids from Greater Manchester will be eligible to apply for these funds in the normal way.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/02/2016 12:56:11 question first ministerially corrected 29/02/2016 10:24:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 43706 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

448320

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Irritable Bowel Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each age group and gender were diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	24429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Data relating to the total number of people diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome <ins class="ministerial">(IBS)</ins><del class="ministerial">(IBD)</del> in each of the last five years is not collected.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The two main forms of IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis only affects the large intestine whereas Crohn's disease affects the whole of the digestive system.</del></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance indicates that <ins class="ministerial">IBS prevalence in the general population is estimated to be between 10% and 20%. Recent trends indicate that there is also a significant prevalence of IBS in older people.</ins> <del class="ministerial">ulcerative colitis has an incidence in the United Kingdom of approximately 10 per 100,000 people annually, and a prevalence of approximately 240 per 100,000. This amounts to around 146,000 people in the UK with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. In addition to this, there are currently at least 115,000 people in the UK with Crohn's disease.</del></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/02/2016 16:53:22 question first ministerially corrected 08/02/2016 14:58:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 43583 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

449476

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appellants in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England are waiting for the Tribunals Service to list their first-tier tribunal social security and child support appeal in respect of employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	25118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service, hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ decisions on a range of benefits including employment and support allowance (ESA).</p><p> </p><p>There are always a number of ‘live’ appeals at the various stages of processing before being listed for a tribunal hearing, and not just those waiting for a listing date to be allocated. The data also includes appeals which may not require a final hearing; have had an initial hearing but have not had a final decision; or are stayed, pending the outcome of other proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30 September 2015 there were a total of 106 ESA appeals waiting to be heard in the Coventry venues; for the West Midlands<em>[1]</em> 783; and for England<em>[2]</em> 11,976.</p><p> </p><ol><li>West Midlands includes the venues: Birmingham, Coventry, Hereford, Stoke, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Worcester (Fownes), Kidderminster, Coventry (CMCB), Worcester (Magistrates Court), Hereford (Magistrates Court), Leamington Spa, Nuneaton and Walsall</li><li>Excludes SSCS Scotland processing centre and the following venues: Aberystwyth, Bridgend, Cardiff, Caernafon, Carmarthen, Colwyn Bay, Cwmbran, Haverfordwest, Llandrindod Wells, Langstone, Llandudno, Llanelli, Llangefni, Llwynypia, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath, Port Talbot, Newtown, Pontypridd, Pontypool, Prestatyn, Swansea, Welshpool, Wrexham, Bargoed and Ebbw Vale</li></ol><p>Data are drawn from a live administrative database. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system and are the best data available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 04/02/2016 16:53:24 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

449505

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Volkswagen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions the Vehicle and Certification Agency has had with Volkswagen on the funding of the vehicle retesting programme.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	25018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>On the 10 November the Secretary of State announced an Emissions Testing Programme to look for “defeat devices” and improve our understanding of the real world emissions performance of vehicles used in the UK. This investigation is vital in restoring public confidence. To ensure the independence of the testing, the Department is funding the programme and neither the cars nor the testing facilities will be provided by the vehicle industry themselves.</p><p> </p><p>Ongoing testing of VW Group vehicles outside the Department for Transport Emissions Testing Programme and for which the Vehicle Certification Agency is the approval authority (Skoda), will be funded by the manufacturer on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/02/2016 16:53:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

447512

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	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	Samir Awad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel concerning the charges brought against those convicted of the killing of Samir Awad.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL5414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text We have not had any discussions with the Israeli authorities on this specific issue. However, we remain concerned about the high number of criminal investigations into fatal shootings of Palestinians that are closed without indictments. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv regularly meet senior Israeli officials in the Ministry of Justice, Attorney General’s Office, Military Advocate General’s office, State Comptroller, National Security Council and other government bodies to lobby on this issue. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/02/2016 16:53:50 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

448355

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Records: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland on the speed and efficiency of transfer of patient records between administrations.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	24596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>We do not have any record of discussions that have taken place between the Secretary of State for Health and the devolved administrations on the speed and efficiency of transfer of patient records between administrations. However, we are aware that Wales has been conducting a pilot of the GP2GP system, which enables patient records to be electronically transferred between one practice and another, and Scotland has also been rolling out the system. In the future this should enable faster, more effective transfer of patient records between administrations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Additionally, the Summary Care Record Programme in England has a four nations forum with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland that focuses on best practice and lessons learned from the respective national record sharing solutions.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/02/2016 16:54:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

447990

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	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	NATO
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether any of the UK's fellow members of NATO are currently using military force against their own citizens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL5484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text The British Government has not made any such assessment. Through signature of the Washington Treaty, all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have reaffirmed their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the UN, and their commitment to the principles of security, democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law. The UK expects all our NATO Allies to live up to these commitments. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/02/2016 16:55:27 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

448357

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Records: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken for the transfer of documents between GP surgeries when a patient move to a different health area was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	24598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the time taken to transfer documents between general practitioner (GP) surgeries.</p><p> </p><p>The GP contract requires GP practices to use the electronic facility known as “GP2GP” for the safe and effective transfer of any computerised patient records where they have access to this system. As at end September 2015, 97.2% of GP practices were using GP2GP. 5,859,890 patient electronic health records have been transferred by GP2GP to the patient’s new GP since 2007.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 24595 question first answered 04/02/2016 16:55:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

448354

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Records: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has for the transfer of documents between GP surgeries when a patient moves to a different area.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	24595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the time taken to transfer documents between general practitioner (GP) surgeries.</p><p> </p><p>The GP contract requires GP practices to use the electronic facility known as “GP2GP” for the safe and effective transfer of any computerised patient records where they have access to this system. As at end September 2015, 97.2% of GP practices were using GP2GP. 5,859,890 patient electronic health records have been transferred by GP2GP to the patient’s new GP since 2007.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 24598 question first answered 04/02/2016 16:55:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

447987

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	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	EU Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK civil servants are seconded to the European Commission.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL5481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text There are a total of 156 UK secondees working across the EU institutions, as either Seconded National Experts or National Experts in Professional Training. 127 of them are currently working in the European Commission. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/02/2016 16:56:23 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie