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64659

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations collect subscriptions through the employers' payroll service in his Department and its agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	203110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor and the Chief Secretary have agreed that the Treasury will continue to pay Trade Union subscriptions through the payroll (known as check-off) on the condition that the Trade Union pay full costs for the service provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/01/2015 15:21:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93618

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department took into account the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill when drafting the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	210654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department has already made clear that the Government accepted the substance of all of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill (Hansard: House of Commons Debate, 7 January 2013, Column 17). The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 did not replicate the proposals that were included in the Draft Communications Data Bill. The Act simply preserved existing capabilities and extended current safeguards to respond to the European Court of Justice judgment on the Data Retention Directive 2006.</p><p>Alongside the Act, it was also announced that we will reduce the number of public authorities that are able to access communications data under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and require all local authorities to process communications data requests through a centralised &quot;Single Point of Contact&quot; service provided by the National Anti Fraud Network. Whilst these changes respond to some of the Joint Committee’s recommendations, they do not close the key capability gaps which the Joint Committee recognised needed to be closed. These capability gaps have not been addressed and continue to grow.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 17:03:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93563

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgical Mesh Implants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review his policy on polypropylene transvaginal mesh implants in response to recent court judgements in the US.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	210655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>A working group, chaired by NHS England and including patient representatives, clinical representatives, the Department and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, has been set up to understand and address the concerns which have been raised about transvaginal mesh implants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/10/2014 15:19:50 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93245

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances a deaf person can be provided with an interpreter under the Access to Work Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	210349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>All Access to Work applications are looked at on an individual basis and support is awarded based on a person’s disability, their job role and tasks alongside the barriers they face at work. An Access to Work adviser would work closely with the applicant and their employer to identify the type, extent and appropriate level of communication support required.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 21/10/2014 11:04:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93249

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bone Marrow Disorders: Donors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to increase public awareness of bone marrow donation.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	210348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) responsible for the supply of blood, organs, tissues and stem cells and manages the British Bone Marrow Registry (BBMR) and the NHS Cord Blood Bank. NHS BT and provides specialist services related to the provision of stem cells which can turn into blood cells for the treatment of blood cancers. NHSBT recruits stem cell donors to the BBMR exclusively from the pool of active blood donors (aged 17 years and above), and undertakes awareness raising activity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 17:02:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

92672

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Rhinoceros and Ivory
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK upholds its international obligations to prevent the illegal trade of ivory and rhino horns.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	209928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is taking a leading role in global efforts to end the illegal wildlife trade.</p><p>In February 2014 we hosted a high-level international conference for leaders from over 40 nations. The Conference resulted in the London Conference Declaration, containing 25 commitments to action on enforcement and criminal justice, demand reduction and sustainable livelihoods. The UK is actively supporting Botswana in hosting a further Conference to review progress in March 2015.</p><p>We are engaged with a wide range of international organisations and initiatives focused on combatting the illegal wildlife trade and supported the development of a UN resolution on illegal wildlife trade at the UN Environment Assembly earlier this year. The UK also supports organisations active in this field, such as the International Consortium for Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), a partnership of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), INTERPOL, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Bank and the World Customs Organization.</p><p>The global effort to regulate international wildlife trade, which includes work to combat illegal wildlife trade, is undertaken within the framework of CITES, in which the UK plays a leading role. The UK is chair of the Rhino Working Group of the CITES Standing Committee and has funded an ICCWC coordinator post within the CITES Secretariat.</p><p>In December 2013, Defra and the Department for International Development announced a £10 million package to support efforts to tackle the illegal trade in wildlife products, including rhino horn and elephant ivory. This will enable the Government to support projects from developing countries which tackle the illegal wildlife trade, to be allocated through a competitive “Challenge Fund”. We hope to announce shortly the projects which were successful.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/10/2014 16:38:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93109

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Economic Situation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Governor of the Bank of England in his role as Chairman of the Financial Stability Board has recently raised with him risks to the financial stability of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	210335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Financial Stability Board (FSB) works to establish and promote the implementation of effective financial sector policies that build financial stability at the international level. The FSB monitors and assesses vulnerabilities affecting the global financial system and proposes actions needed to address them. One of the ways it does this is through the semi-annual joint early warning exercise in conjunction with the IMF.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The risks raised by the FSB tend to be relevant to the UK, as a global financial centre. In his role as Chairman, the Governor of the Bank of England keeps G20 Finance Ministers, including the Chancellor of the Exchequer, updated on the activities of the FSB.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/10/2014 10:40:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93156

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Bureaucracy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of teacher workloads.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	210347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Recent assessments of teacher workloads have been made from the 2013 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and the 2013 Teachers’ Workload Diary Survey. The key finding from TALIS is that teachers in England work a 46 hour week in term time on average compared with the international average of 38 hours. The 2013 workload diary survey showed an increase in the average total hours recorded as worked by classroom teachers. We are working closely with teachers and the unions to reduce the burden of unnecessary workload so that they spend more time in the classroom teaching.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 20/10/2014 15:38:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

92583

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease
	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 adequacy of the availability of assistive communications equipment for people with motor neurone disease; and what steps his Department has taken to improve such provision.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	209927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2013 NHS England has been responsible for commissioning Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) aids for patients with complex disability whose needs require specialised assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has identified an additional £22.5 million funding for AAC and Environmental Controls in 2014-15. They have been working closely with the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) to ensure this funding is equitably distributed across England in a fair and consistent manner. The MNDA are representing all patients on the panel which is reviewing this funding allocation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The service specification and management protocols for this service contain clear standards for providers to supply communication devices within an agreed timescale depending on the complexity. The specification can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d01/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d01/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/10/2014 12:18:32 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93310

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of data-tagging as a tool for protecting against data breaches.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	210388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to evaluate a variety of controls and measures for protecting against data breaches, implementing those which provide the right balance of risk mitigation and cost effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 17/10/2014 15:29:51 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown