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456566

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs: West Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will encourage NHS England and NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group to provide a response to the letter of 24 September 2015 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on wheelchair provision in West Lancashire.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	29143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Letters to and from<del class="ministerial"> the National Health Service</del> <ins class="ministerial">NHS England </ins>to hon. Members are a matter for NHS England. The Department would expect NHS England<ins class="ministerial">, and indeed clinical commissioning groups,</ins> to respond promptly and courteously to all letters from hon. Members.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2016 14:46:35 question first ministerially corrected 11/03/2016 09:51:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 49268 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

457766

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Out-patients: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient (a) medical ophthalmology, (b) optometry and (c) orthotics appointments for children under 19 years of age were (i) cancelled and (ii) missed because the patient did not attend in 2014-15; and what the median waiting time for an (A) outpatient ophthalmology (B) medical ophthalmology (C) outpatient optometry, and (D) outpatient orthoptics appointment was in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	29822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Information on outpatient ophthalmology,<ins class="ministerial"> medical ophthalmology,</ins> optometry, orthotics and orthoptics appointments for patients under 19 years of age in 2014-15</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">Outpatient appointments<sup>1</sup> for patients under 19 years of age</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">All patients</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Treatment specialty</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Cancelled (by hospital or by patient)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Patient did not attend</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Median wait time (days)<sup>2</sup></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Ophthamology<sup>3</sup></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">98,774</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">93,099</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">35</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Optometry</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,884</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,028</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">33</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Orthotics</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6,519</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5,162</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">40</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Orthoptics</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">70,327</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">54,062</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">35</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial">Outpatient appointments<sup>1</sup> for patients under 19 years of age</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">All patients</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Treatment specialty</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cancelled (by hospital or by patient)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Patient did not attend</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Median wait time (days)<sup>2</sup></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Ophthalmology</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">98,774</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">93,099</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">35</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Medical ophthalmology</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">565</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5,448</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">28</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Optometry</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,884</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,028</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Orthotics</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,519</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5,162</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Orthoptics</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">70,327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">54,062</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">35</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p>Hospital episode statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li>These are not counts of people as the same person may have had more than one appointment within the same time period.</li><li>Waiting time is defined as the time in days between the date the referral request was received and the date of the first appointment, whether it was attended or not.</li><li><del class="ministerial">Within the Hospital Episode Statistics database it is not possible to distinguish between &quot;ophthamology&quot; and &quot;medical ophthamology&quot; treatment specialties.</del></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/03/2016 11:31:27 question first ministerially corrected 25/04/2016 17:06:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 50914 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

480081

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Olympic Games: Brazil
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are on track to deliver their manifesto commitment to win more medals in Rio 2016 than in London 2012, and what progress is being made in preparations to deliver that commitment, broken down by sport.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL7182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>We want our sportsmen and women to win even more medals in Rio than they did in London 2012. That is why we continue to support elite sports funding, and why we secured an excellent settlement in the latest Autumn Statement - that will build on our Olympic and Paralympic success at the London Games 2012, and ensure we compete with the top nations in Tokyo 2020 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Whilst the ambition of winning more Olympic medals in Rio than London remains possible, the current evidence from UK Sport shows that it is highly probable Great Britain and Northern Ireland will have the best ever Olympic medal haul at an “away” Games.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">UK Sport analysis also indicates that despite an ever more competitive landscape the Paralympic team is set to win more medals than in 2012.</del></p><p> </p><p>UK Sport will publish agreed medal targets for Rio 2016 on a sport by sport basis in July.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/03/2016 10:34:31 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2016 12:33:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 53288 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

457378

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	New Businesses: Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to encourage universities to support students who have started, or plan to start, a business venture while at university.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL6704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Government’s Start-Up Loans scheme supports people wanting to start a business and has provided over 35,000 loans worth over £200 million. We’re committed to supporting start-ups by cutting taxes on small businesses, extending rate relief and increasing the Employment Allowance.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In Cambridge, Government has invested £4.8m in the establishment of the Sir John Bradfield Technology Centre to support business incubation on Cambridge Science Park. This is in addition to a range of other growth-enabling investments made through the £500m Greater Cambridge City Deal, the £109.1m Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Growth Deal and a three year funding package to support development of a local business Growth Hub</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Government fully supports and actively encourages students who wish to start a business. This commitment was reiterated in the recent grant letter from Ministers to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) where we welcomed the Council’s commitment to:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">The continued funding and support for the work of National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB), which we see as key to promoting enhanced university and business activity. NCUB gathers evidence and brings together university and business leaders, sharing best practice. The NCUB’s work covers all aspects of the interaction between Businesses and Higher Education, including addressing skills shortages, work experience and graduate recruitment.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">To continue to promote knowledge exchange through the Higher Education Innovation Fund, which is focussed on promoting entrepreneurship and enterprise education, as well as the commercialisation of research.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to this, the QAA issued guidance to Higher Education Institutions in 2012 to promote best practice in developing enterprise and entrepreneurship education.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">According to HESA, support provided by universities led to 4,600 graduate start-ups in 2013-14[1] an increase of 1,100 on the previous year.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">[1] HE-BCI (Higher Education – Business Community Interaction) survey</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/03/2016 12:27:08 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2016 16:22:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 50700 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

459055

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycle to Work Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Cycle to Work scheme on (a) levels of participation in cycling and (b) the bicycle industry.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	30528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The Department has not made an assessment of the Cycle to Work scheme.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Cycle to Work Scheme is administered by the Cycle to Work Alliance.</del> The <ins class="ministerial">Cycle to Work </ins>Alliance<ins class="ministerial"> (made up of Cyclescheme, Cycle Solutions, Evans Cycles and Halfords)</ins> has published <del class="ministerial">a number of</del> research reports, based on extensive surveys of users that have focused on the sustainable transport and public health contribution of the scheme. The reports are available on their website as follows: <a href="http://www.cycletoworkalliance.org.uk" target="_blank">www.cycletoworkalliance.org.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/03/2016 15:07:24 question first ministerially corrected 15/03/2016 16:23:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 51062 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

458883

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which areas of the BBC Charter he will seek to reform in upcoming negotiations with the BBC Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	30401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The BBC Charter Review Consultation Paper, published in July 2015, set out the issues for consideration in Charter Review. The Government will set out its proposals in a White Paper in Spring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is taking forward a range of measures to tackle nuisance calls, which will increase consumer protection and choice by strengthening the Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) ability to take enforcement action against organisations that break the law. Specific actions include consulting on making it a requirement for direct marketing callers to display calling line identification; strengthening the ICO's direct marketing guidance; and exploring extending the ICO’s powers of compulsory audit to more of the organisations that generate nuisance calls. Baroness Neville-Rolfe's speech on the subject to the Direct Marketing Authority can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/baroness-nevile-rolfe-on-data-protection-and-nuisance-calls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/baroness-nevile-rolfe-on-data-protection-and-nuisance-calls</a></del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/03/2016 15:44:38 question first ministerially corrected 15/03/2016 16:23:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 51104 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

475576

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2016 to Question 20728, when his Department plans to publish the 2013-14 report on the prior qualification levels of apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	31251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">A submission on this report is due to be sent up to Ministers shortly requesting approval for publication. The findings are broadly in line with last year’s study.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This report is being finalised and will be published in due course.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 21/03/2016 16:17:28 question first ministerially corrected 08/04/2016 09:52:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 52482 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

459446

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what commercial sensitivity applies to section 106 (staff using handheld tablets) and section 28.1 (movement of staff) of the agreement between NXET Trains Limited and his Department of 15 July 2014 regarding the Essex Thameside franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	30602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The provisions mentioned have been redacted at the request of either the Director General for Rail or the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/03/2016 15:14:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

459447

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is any provision in the agreement between NXET Trains Limited and his Department of 15 July 2014 on the Essex Thameside franchise relating to the closure of ticket offices.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	30603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The agreement between NXET Trains Limited and the Department for Transport is in the public domain and can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486697/essex-thameside.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486697/essex-thameside.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/03/2016 15:17:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

459448

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	c2c 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 a number of the Committed Obligations agreed between NXET Trains Limited and his Department on 15 July 2014 regarding the Essex Thameside franchise are redacted in the published version of the agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	30605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Where text has been omitted from the document, this is because the Director General Rail or Secretary of State has decided to exclude the text in accordance with the provisions within the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2016 16:28:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff