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447

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/07/2013
	date	25/06/2013
	date tabled	25/06/2013
	ddp created	19/11/2013 12:48:44
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 20:18:34
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	162343
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers and freedoms relating to (a) skills and employment, (b) housing and (c) economic development have been devolved since May 2010 to (i) local government and (ii) local enterprise partnerships.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 162343
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	162343
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Monday 1 July 2013]</em></p><p>The Government is taking considerable steps to devolve power and freedom to local government and Local Enterprise Partnerships.</p><p>Through the Localism Act, councils now have the general power of competence that enables them to do anything that an individual might do, apart from that which is specifically prohibited. In addition we have radically reformed the local government finance system putting levers and incentives in the hands of local authorities, for instance:</p><p>· The removal of ring-fencing from local government grants has given councils the freedom and flexibility over the money they receive and allows them to work with their residents to decide how best to make their spending decisions to fit their local priority needs.</p><p>· rewarded places that deliver growth, through the New Homes Bonus and Business Rate Retention.</p><p>· Local authorities now directly retain 50% of business rates locally which amounts to nearly £11 billion, instead of returning it to Whitehall.</p><p>· We established five pilot Rural Growth Networks aimed at tackling the barriers to economic growth in rural areas, such as a shortage of work premises, slow internet connectivity and fragmented business networks. These pilots expect to create up to 3,000 new jobs and support up to 700 new businesses, offering a local approach to local problems. We will share the lessons they learn with other Local Enterprise Partnerships and Local Authorities to help them promote growth in other rural areas.</p><p>We have also given councils the ability to borrow against their Housing Revenue Account.</p><p>Through the city deals programme we have devolved powers and responsibilities to 26 cities. For example we have:</p><p>•provided levers to deliver the skills and jobs that local businesses and people need;</p><p>•created joint investment programmes; and</p><p>• devolved greater financial powers and incentives to invest in growth to all cities.</p><p>As we made clear in our response to Lord Heseltine's review of Growth, we intend to go further. We have committed to negotiating Growth Deals with every Local Enterprise Partnership through which we will allocate the Local Growth Fund and negotiate broader powers, freedoms and flexibilities where a strong case for decentralisation can be made. The Local Growth Fund brings together funding from skills, housing and transport and we have committed £2 billion in 2015/16 and it will continue to be at least £2 billion a year up to 2021. The Local Growth Fund includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>over £6 billion of transport funding;</li><li>£300 million of additional Housing Revenue Account borrowing;</li><li>£50 million of Local Infrastructure Funding for housing developers; and</li><li>£300 million skills capital funding.</li></ul><p>We are also for the first time putting £5 billion of European Structural Investment Funds for the 2014-20 period under the strategic direction of Local Enterprise Partnerships, bringing the total resource (including the Local Growth Fund) under the control of Local Enterprise Partnerships to over £17 billion up until 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

49027

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/05/2014
	date	29/04/2014
	date tabled	29/04/2014
	ddp created	29/04/2014 20:41:05
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:02:16
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	identifier	197055
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 9 April 2014, Official Report, column 1417WS, on qualifications reform, and the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 42W, on in vitro fertilisation, whether the study of the human genome as part of the revised content for GCSEs in science will involve pupils learning that genomic DNA is only found in the cell nucleus and that mitochondrial DNA is not part of the genome.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197055
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197055
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The requirement that students study the genome and gene expression in the revised GCSE combined science and GCSE biology criteria covers all organisms, and is not specific to the human genome. It is therefore given at a level of generality that applies to all living things. The only specific reference in this section of the criteria to the human genome is in the context of the statement that requires students to be able to discuss the potential importance for medicine of our increasing understanding of the human genome.</p><p> </p><p>In developing their specifications which meet these criteria, Awarding Organisations may choose to include microorganisms, humans or any other organism when they cover the genome and gene expression.</p><p> </p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

49028

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/05/2014
	date	29/04/2014
	date tabled	29/04/2014
	ddp created	29/04/2014 20:41:05
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:02:17
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	identifier	197022
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the meta-analysis by Huang Y et al. published in the journal Cancer Causes Control in November 2013, investigating the link between termination of pregnancy and breast cancer.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197022
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197022
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Royal College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (RCOG) reviewed its evidence based guidance on abortion (The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion) in 2011 in which the issue of a link between abortion and breast cancer was given careful consideration.</p><p> </p><p>When the RCOG carries out the next review of its guidance, consideration will be given to all relevant research and evidence available that has come to light, to help inform the guidance and recommendations.</p><p> </p> question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

49030

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/05/2014
	date	29/04/2014
	date tabled	29/04/2014
	ddp created	29/04/2014 20:41:06
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:02:19
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	identifier	197120
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he gives on ensuring that all women seeking an abortion are given accurate, complete, balanced and up-to-date information regarding the potential health risks of the procedure.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197120
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197120
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Clinical guidance from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, <em>The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion (November 2011)</em> recommends that services should make sure that “written, objective, evidence-guided information is available for women considering abortion to take away before the procedure. Information should be in a variety of languages and formats”. In addition, “staff providing abortion services should provide up-to-date evidence-guided information, supported by local data where robust, about complications and sequelae of abortion”.<strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department requires independent sector providers to provide women with impartial evidence-based information (verbal and written) which includes “what to expect, during and after the abortion (to include potential side effects, complications and any clinical implications)”. Also the Care Quality Commission's Essential Standards of Quality and Safety require that “the risks, benefits and alternative options are discussed and explained in a way that the person who uses the service is able to understand.”<strong> </strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

58416

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 20:35:03
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:46:14
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	identifier	199240
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	12/06/2014 14:49:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he intends to take to endure that literature distributed by abortion clinics informing women about adoption as an alternative to abortion under the new Revised Standard Operating Procedures for the Approval of Independent Places for the Termination of Pregnancy is of the highest possible quality and objectivity.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199240
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199240
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The updated Required Standard Operating Procedures set out that “women must be given impartial, accurate and evidence based information (verbal and written) delivered neutrally” covering a range of issues including adoption. Part of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) inspection methodology is to look for open and honest communication from a service provider about the nature of the services it provides. The CQC's inspectors would ask to see a sample of information that would be provided to service users and use this as part of the decision making process when making a judgement.</p> question first answered 12/06/2014 14:49:25
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

58417

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 20:35:08
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:46:19
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	identifier	199241
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	12/06/2014 14:37:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Revised Standard Operating Procedures for the Approval of Independent Places for the Termination of Pregnancy, what assessment he has made of the possibility that inaccurate diagnoses will follow his Department's decision to allow women to refrain from informing their GP of a prior abortion.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199241
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199241
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Women seeking an abortion have the right to confidentiality and their decision must be respected if they do not want their general practitioner to be informed.</p> question first answered 12/06/2014 14:37:41
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

58418

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 20:35:14
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:46:24
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Counselling
	house id	1
	identifier	199239
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	12/06/2014 14:54:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Revised Standard Operating Procedures for the Approval of Independent Places for the Termination of Pregnancy, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients seeking abortion counselling are not subject to pressure to agree to the procedure as a result of his Department's requirement that abortion treatment must be delivered within 10 days of the first appointment; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199239
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199239
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Required Standard Operating Procedures make clear that women can choose to delay appointments/booked procedures and this should always override issues of timeliness.</p> question first answered 12/06/2014 14:54:56
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

58419

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 20:35:22
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:46:29
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	identifier	199205
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	12/06/2014 14:53:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed beyond the 24 week limit where feticide was declined in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199205
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199205
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Information on whether feticide was declined is not collected on the abortion notification form HSA4.</p> question first answered 12/06/2014 14:53:33
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

58420

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 20:35:28
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:46:35
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	identifier	199204
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	12/06/2014 16:24:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed for foetal abnormality in each of the last five years which were reported to a foetal abnormality register but were not notified through the submission of an HSA4 abortion notification form to the Chief Medical Officer.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199204
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199204
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Results from a matching exercise undertaken on the 2011 and 2012 data between the abortion notification forms and NDSCR records were published on 23 May 2014 entitled <em>Matching Department of Health abortion notifications and data from the National Down's Syndrome Cytogenetic Register and recommendations for improving notification compliance. </em> No matching exercise was undertaken for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library. It is also available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/under-reporting-of-abortions-for-fetal-abnormalities</p><p> </p> question first answered 12/06/2014 16:24:08
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

60753

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:51:13
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:23:00
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	North Korea
	house id	1
	identifier	199758
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 13:37:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent UK companies profiting from North Korean labour; and what steps he is taking to ensure that UK companies are compliant with international law on human trafficking, slavery and forced labour in their contracts in North Korea.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199758
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199758
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The UK is the first country to publish the Implementation Plan of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which states the Government's expectation of business behaviour both in the UK and overseas. In October 2013, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills amended the Companies Act 2006 to introduce mandatory reporting requirements for all UK listed companies to publish information on human rights issues. At the EU level, the UK in April this year secured agreement to impose further reporting requirements on companies across Europe. In particular, all large listed and public interest undertakings will be required to disclose policies, outcomes and risks relating to areas such as respect for human rights and, if relevant, linked to their supply and subcontracting chain.</p><p>Current trade between the UK and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is minimal and covered by an overarching provision that any activities should satisfy existing UN and EU sanctions. These refer to restriction in the export of goods and financial assistance, which may contribute to the development of the DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. There are currently no plans to introduce a general restriction on trade, as such a broad measure could adversely affect ordinary North Koreans.</p> question first answered 16/06/2014 13:37:54
	creator	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce