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173364

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of non-fiscal spending in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15 is (a) in real terms and (b) as a proportion of total government spending.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text “Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.<p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 220647 220808 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:22:14 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

173366

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's non-fiscal spend was in real terms in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14 and (f) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text “Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.<p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 220622 220808 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:22:14 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

173829

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department defines non-fiscal spend.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text “Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.<p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 220622 220647 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:22:14 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

173762

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the flogging of Raif Badawi in Saudi Arabia.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	220843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text Whilst the latest flogging has been postponed, we remain seriously concerned by Raif Badawi’s case. The UK condemns the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment in all circumstances. We have raised Mr Badawi’s case at a senior level with the Saudi authorities. The UK is a strong supporter of freedom of expression around the world. We believe that people must be allowed to freely discuss and debate issues, challenge their governments, exercise the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and speak out against violations of human rights wherever they occur. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/01/2015 14:37:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

174197

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	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	Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has summoned the Saudi Ambassador in London in order to make representations over the public flogging of Raif Badawi.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	221090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text We have raised the case of Raif Badawi at a senior level with the Saudi authorities. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/01/2015 17:59:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

173837

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: PAYE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the PAYE status of (a) divers and (b) diving supervisors working in the offshore energy industry.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	uin	220682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text The Chancellor receives a large variety of representations from a wide range of people.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/01/2015 11:05:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

172981

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	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	Duke of York
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what journeys costing over £10,000, and funded as part of the Royal travel programme in connection with Foreign and Commonwealth Office business, have been undertaken by the Duke of York since 6 April 2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL4053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text Since 6 April 2014 His Royal Highness the Duke of York has travelled to Kuwait, Germany, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia in pursuit of Foreign and Commonwealth Office objectives. Air travel for official visits to and from countries and in-country is paid for by the Royal Travel Budget which comes out of the Sovereign Grant. The total cost can be obtained from the Sovereign Grant Annual Report that forms part of the Royal Public Finances annual report. Following the publication of Buckingham Palace's audited accounts for the year ending March 2015 the details will be available on the British monarchy website. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/01/2015 14:23:52 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

173726

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Investment Income: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised from taxes on dividend income in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year from 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes statistics on income tax liabilities on dividend income in Table 2.6 of the HMRC National Statistics series.<p> </p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306833/Table_2.6.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306833/Table_2.6.pdf</a><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/01/2015 17:15:26 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173727

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enforcement actions in respect of IR35 legislation there have been in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) carries out IR35 status enquiries by way of compliance interventions. The table below shows the number of interventions up to 2013/14. Regional data is not produced by HMRC.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Compliance interventions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 220789 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:30:41 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173729

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many IR35 status enquiries HM Revenue and Customs has made in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) carries out IR35 status enquiries by way of compliance interventions. The table below shows the number of interventions up to 2013/14. Regional data is not produced by HMRC.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Compliance interventions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 220790 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:30:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173765

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote freedom of speech in the Middle East.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	220842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text Freedom of expression has been a human rights priority for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from the beginning of this Parliament; and the subject of an Expert Group which advises Ministers. We raise press freedom regularly in multilateral fora, supporting relevant initiatives and resolutions, and in bilateral conversations – in both private and public. We regularly raise the importance of freedom of speech with counterparts in government across the Middle East and North Africa. Through our Arab Partnership Initiative, we are working to support the development of legitimate and inclusive institutions to improve governance, enable inclusive reform and protect fundamental freedoms such as freedom of speech. Our Arab Partnership Participation Fund has supported the training of journalists in countries across the region, including Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt to deliver un-biased reporting and work to protect freedom of speech. In Iraq, we have worked to build a legal and regulatory environment in order to allow Iraqi media to operate safely, freely and effectively. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/01/2015 15:32:01 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

173691

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Bahrain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) other assistance his Department is providing to the Bahraini government for (i) security sector and prison reform, (ii) judicial independence and rule of law and (iii) good governance and related matters.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
	uin	220679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><th> </th><td><table><tbody><tr><td>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will have provided in the region of £1.2 million worth of support to Bahrain's reform programme this financial year. Our reform assistance is focused on strengthening human rights and the rule of law. As part of this we have funded work with the Ministry of the Interior’s Ombudsman’s Office on several priority areas. This includes sharing UK best practice on complaints procedures, investigation reports and the role of prison inspection, as well as youth justice and court administration. We have also provided capacity building support to key institutions.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/01/2015 14:26:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

174188

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Headteachers: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people (a) applied for and (b) completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship in the financial year (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	221150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>a) In financial year 2009/10 1620 people applied for the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) and 1089 graduated from the programme.</p><p>b) In financial year 2010/11 1573 people applied for NPQH and 1345 graduated from the programme.</p><p>c) In financial year 2011/12 2591 people applied for NPQH and 1165 graduated from the programme</p><p>d) In financial year 2012/13 1532 people applied for NPQH and 120 graduated from the programme.</p><p>e) In financial year 2013/14 1262 people applied for NPQH and 194 graduated from the programme.</p><p> </p><p>There are two NPQH application rounds per annum. NPQH has a learning journey of 12-18 months and therefore participants commencing during one financial year may not present for the final assessment for a further two financial years.</p><p> </p><p>In order to commence NPQH applicants take part in a two-stage assessment process, where they are required to demonstrate a range of leadership competencies showing their readiness for headship. Those deemed not ready to progress onto the programme at first application, following the overall assessment, ranges between 10% and 25% (depending on the quality of applications during any one intake round).</p><p> </p><p>NPQH is no longer mandatory for first time serving headteachers, as the mandatory status was withdrawn in February 2012; this allows multiple routes for senior school leaders to secure headteacher positions.</p><p> </p><p>NPQH was last reviewed in 2012/13 following the government white paper ‘The importance of teaching’ (2012).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/01/2015 16:03:27 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

174181

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Headteachers: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people (a) applied for and (b) completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship in financial years (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	221059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>a) In financial year 2009/10 1620 people applied for the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) and 1089 graduated from the programme.</p><p>b) In financial year 2010/11 1573 people applied for NPQH and 1345 graduated from the programme.</p><p>c) In financial year 2011/12 2591 people applied for NPQH and 1165 graduated from the programme</p><p>d) In financial year 2012/13 1532 people applied for NPQH and 120 graduated from the programme.</p><p>e) In financial year 2013/14 1262 people applied for NPQH and 194 graduated from the programme.</p><p> </p><p>There are two NPQH application rounds per annum. NPQH has a learning journey of 12-18 months and therefore participants commencing during one financial year may not present for the final assessment for a further two financial years.</p><p> </p><p>In order to commence NPQH applicants take part in a two-stage assessment process, where they are required to demonstrate a range of leadership competencies showing their readiness for headship. Those deemed not ready to progress onto the programme at first application, following the overall assessment, ranges between 10% and 25% (depending on the quality of applications during any one intake round).</p><p> </p><p>NPQH is no longer mandatory for first time serving headteachers, as the mandatory status was withdrawn in February 2012, this allows multiple routes for senior school leaders to secure headteacher positions.</p><p> </p><p>NPQH was last reviewed in 2012/13 following the government white paper ‘The importance of teaching’ 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/01/2015 16:00:18 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

174179

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Headteachers: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people started the National Professional Qualification for Headship in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	221058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>a) In financial year 2009/10 1466 people commenced the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) programme.</p><p>b) In financial year 2010/11 1464 people commenced the NPQH programme.</p><p>c) In financial year 2011/12 1981 people commenced the NPQH programme.</p><p> </p><p>There are two NPQH application rounds per annum.</p><p> </p><p>NPQH has a learning journey of 12-18 months and therefore participants commencing during one financial year may not present for the final assessment for a further two financial years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/01/2015 15:48:09 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

174187

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Headteachers: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people started the National Professional Qualification for Headship in the financial year (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	221149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>a) In financial year 2009/10 1466 people commenced the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) programme.</p><p>b) In financial year 2010/11 1464 people commenced the NPQH programme.</p><p>c) In financial year 2011/12 1981 people commenced the NPQH programme.</p><p> </p><p>There are two NPQH application rounds per annum.</p><p> </p><p>NPQH has a learning journey of 12-18 months and therefore participants commencing during one financial year may not present for the final assessment for a further two financial years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/01/2015 15:46:53 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

173767

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the case of Raif Badawi in Saudi Arabia.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	220847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Whilst the latest flogging has been postponed, we remain seriously concerned by Raif Badawi’s case. The UK condemns the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment in all circumstances. We have raised Mr Badawi’s case at a senior level with the Saudi authorities.</p><p>The UK is a strong supporter of freedom of expression around the world. We believe that people must be allowed to freely discuss and debate issues, challenge their governments, exercise the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and speak out against violations of human rights wherever they occur.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/01/2015 14:42:30 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

173746

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to provide care and support for members of the armed forces who have a mental illness.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	220791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>We take the mental health of our personnel and veterans very seriously, and are committed to ensuring that help is available for everyone who needs it. For serving personnel, the Defence Medical Services (DMS) have in place a variety of measures to identify issues at the earliest possible opportunity. These include pre- and post-deployment briefing, and a range of professional support, assessment and treatment both during and after deployments, as well as peer-group mentoring through the Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) process.</p><p>On major operations such as in Iraq and Afghanistan, we deploy mental health professionals as part of the medical team in support of our troops to provide advice and treatment. Personnel who require further treatment are referred back to the UK, where our services are configured to provide community-based mental healthcare in line with national best practice. This care is delivered primarily through unit-based primary healthcare centres and our network of 16 military Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMHs) across the UK (plus centres overseas), where the DMS have developed a significant capability in managing traumatic stress conditions. Patient care, when required, is available through a contract with a group of eight specialist NHS Trusts across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/01/2015 16:35:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

174195

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	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	Pets: Sales
	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 representations she has received from animal enforcement bodies and charities on the Pet Animals Act 1951.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	221096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>We have received representations suggesting that the Pet Animals Act 1951 could be updated in particular to deal with sale of pets on the internet and banning the sale of puppies and kittens from pet shops. Tthe Act already applies to sales of pet animals over the internet Anyone selling pets commercially from any sort of premises, whether on the high street or on-line from a private dwelling by way of example, is required to be licensed by their local authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The welfare of all animals sold from pet shops is provided for, not only in the provisions of the 1951 Act, but also under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which requires that all owners must provide for the welfare needs of their animals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance on the <em>Model Conditions for Pet Vending Licensing</em> assists local authorities with the licensing and inspection of pet shops, whether on-line or not and includes a specific section on dogs. The document was recently updated to take account of the latest welfare standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/01/2015 17:49:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

173689

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Bahrain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to government officials in Bahrain on the stripping of Bahraini nationality from Bahrainis who are not dual nationals, for allegedly damaging state security.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
	uin	220695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>We have raised repeatedly with the Government of Bahrain its decision to withdraw citizenship from 31 individuals in 2012. We encourage the authorities to conduct full and transparent investigations into those accused of crimes and to ensure that individuals are given a right of appeal against citizenship deprivation decisions.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/01/2015 14:32:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

172689

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	HIV Infection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the reasons for their decision to reduce funding for the national HIV prevention programme in England by half for the year commencing in April 2015; and what plans they have for the programme from 2016 onwards.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
	uin	HL4009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>We have no plans to reduce funding for the national HIV prevention programme for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Plans for the national HIV prevention programme beyond 2016 will be subject to decisions arising from the next comprehensive spending review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/01/2015 14:39:34 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

174006

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Russia: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Russian government about its annexation of Crimea.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	220986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>We have made clear that we will not recognise Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, which remains a part of the sovereign territory of Ukraine. This point is raised as a matter of principle in any high-level level UK/Russia bilateral meetings. I last raised this issue the last time I met the Russian Ambassador in December.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/01/2015 15:33:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

174080

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Pakistan
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made any representations to the government of Pakistan about the proposed resumption of the use of the death penalty in Pakistan; and what is their assessment of the use of the death penalty in Pakistan.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL4183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>We have consistently pressed the Government of Pakistan on the issue of the death penalty. It is our longstanding policy to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle. We fully understand Pakistan’s resolve to protect society from terrorism but there is no conclusive evidence that capital punishment is an effective deterrent. The UK remains opposed to the death penalty in all cases.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/01/2015 14:31:52 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

174199

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	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	India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on a likely release date for Billy Irving and his 34 colleagues from the anti-piracy ship held in India since October 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	221134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>We continue to follow the case of Mr Irving and his colleagues extremely closely. The men are currently on release in India while their case is considered by the Indian judicial system. The Supreme Court will consider it in February, but we cannot predict when this will conclude. We recognise how difficult this is for the men and their families and have repeatedly called on the Indian authorities for a speedy resolution to the case to allow the men to be reunited with their families. We will continue to use all appropriate opportunities to do so.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 21/01/2015 14:36:44 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

174198

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	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	Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compliance with international law of the conviction and sentencing of Raif Badawi.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	221091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>We are seriously concerned by Raif Badawi’s case. The UK condemns the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment in all circumstances. We have raised the case of Raif Badawi at a senior level with the Saudi authorities.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/01/2015 17:59:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

173692

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Bahrain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been or will be made to relevant Bahraini government officials about the arrest and detention of the Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
	uin	220680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>We are following closely the arrest and ongoing detention of Sheikh Ali Salman. My Rt Hon and noble Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Baroness Anelay raised the case with the Minister for Justice on 14 January. We encourage the government of Bahrain to ensure that due process is followed. We urge all sides to remain calm and avoid any action that might escalate tensions.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/01/2015 14:28:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

174229

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Property Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS Property Services has paid Jo Stones and Vince Lammas for consultancy services; and how their services were procured.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	221084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Vincent Lammas and Jo Stones were appointed under a contract with Attractor Consulting to work for NHS Property Services (NHSPS). The contract began prior to the operational date of NHSPS on 1 April 2013 and involved supporting the company to prepare its Human Resources, Payroll and Pension functions in preparation for taking on the employment of approximately 3,000 staff from the National Health Service upon the abolition of primary care trusts (PCTs). The contract ended in October 2014. NHSPS paid Attractor Consulting a total of £227,760 in 2013-14 and £123,360 in 2014-15, excluding VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Attractor were selected on the basis of professional reputation given the urgency of the task and were retained after the operational date in order to maintain continuity, expertise and knowledge of the systems and company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/01/2015 16:00:33 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

174465

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	South West Trains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid by Network Rail to South West Trains because of delays to train services of (a) 15 to 30, (b) 30 to 60 and (c) 60 minutes or more in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
	uin	221213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department. Payments for delays and unplanned disruption are contracted between the companies through Schedule 8 of the Track Access Agreement, governed by the Office of Rail Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/01/2015 11:54:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

173769

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the recovery of court fines; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	220694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the total amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years. The amount of money collected reached an all time high of £290 million at the end of 2013/14 and collections continue to rise. In 2013/14 the total outstanding balance of financial impositions reduced by £26.7m (5%) in the year.</p><p> </p><p>To build on improvements made in recent years in fine collection HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is embarking on an ambitious programme of reform. When developing and implementing the Criminal Compliance and Enforcement Services Blueprint we identified a number of areas where fundamental change was necessary in order to increase fine collection and better serve the public by delivering value for tax payers’ money.</p><p> </p><p>To meet these challenges HMCTS is looking to work with an external provider for future provision of the service. This will bring the necessary investment and technology HMCTS needs to achieve its aspirations for compliance and enforcement services in the future. It will enable the automation of many of the manual administrative processes and in turn decrease the cost of providing fine enforcement and increase the amount of fines that are paid. The innovation this will bring and the use of automated administrative processes will free up staff time to be more pro-active in pursuing offenders to ensure they comply with their court order.</p><p> </p><p>The competition to identify an external provider commenced in July 2013; the contract is expected to be awarded in early 2015.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has also started to pilot the use of data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in fine collection in July 2014, albeit for a number of specifically targeted cases. Early indications are that data from HMRC has enabled HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service to increase the number of attachment of earnings orders it can make. At present, it is not possible to provide a meaningful estimate of the impact on collection rates; however HMCTS is exploring ways to assess the impact of receiving the data over coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/01/2015 14:51:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

173768

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Arms Trade: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the sale of arms by UK companies to countries with governments which consistently violate the human rights of their citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	220846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government supports a responsible defence and security industry that helps meet the legitimate defence needs of other states, and contributes to their security and law and order.</p><p>We take our arms export responsibilities very seriously and aim to operate one of the most rigorous and transparent arms export control regimes in the world. All defence and dual-use exports are required to meet the UK’s strict export control legislation and adhere to the UK international commitments including international treaties and obligations.</p><p>Each application for an export licence is subject to rigorous case-by-case assessment against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. Risks around human rights violations are a key part of our assessment. We do not issue an export licence if there is a clear risk that the proposed export might be used for internal repression.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/01/2015 14:53:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

174884

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on improving transport links to Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	907072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government has secured electrification of the Great Western Main Line all the way to Swansea – ensuring faster journey times and increased capacity on cross-border services.</p><p>The UK Government’s transformative rail investment and additional economic resources allocated to the Welsh Government are making Wales a more attractive place to invest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 21/01/2015 13:12:28 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

173370

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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	Religious Hatred
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps the Government has taken to tackle Islamophobia.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	220514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government has done more than any other to tackle anti-Muslim hatred which includes:</p><ul><li>setting up the first ever cross-government working group on anti-Muslim Hatred;</li><li>provided start-up funding to the Tell MAMA initiative to record incidents and support victims of anti-Muslim hatred;</li><li>establishing a UK Srebrenica Memorial Day which recognises the fatal consequences of hatred and division;</li><li>running social media workshops to build the capacity of community organisations to use social media effectively;</li><li>holding 8 integration roadshows with communities to find out what more Government can do to integrate communities and tackle anti-Muslim hatred;</li><li>following the attacks in Paris, the my rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State (Eric Pickles) and my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the Noble Lord Ahmad wrote on 16 January to mosques across England reassuring them of Government help if they experience anti-Muslim hatred;</li><li>the Department has also assured faith and community leaders of its support to their commendable efforts to foster mutual understanding and shared respect and is also in close contact with the Police who are reassuring communities and providing protective security advice and guidance.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 21/01/2015 17:11:56 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

174463

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Woking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many seats are available on trains from Woking to London Waterloo during morning weekday peak hours.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
	uin	221211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>There were 29,200 seats on services from Woking arriving at London Waterloo in the 3 hour morning peak (7-10am) on a typical weekday in autumn 2013, the most recent period that statistics are available for.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/01/2015 11:49:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

173807

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Respiratory System: Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport constituency have been diagnosed with chest infections in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	220812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>There is no national system currently for collecting data relating to diagnoses of chest infections specifically. However, we are able to provide the latest data on patients admitted to hospital with two of the infections that are relevant, namely upper respiratory tract infections and lower respiratory tract infections. These are provided in the table below. The data do not include infections treated by general practitioner practices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In terms of information on chest infections in Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, data collections systems do not exist to provide the requested data at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) for England. Inpatient Statistics 2012/13 for England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Summary code</p></td><td><p>Primary diagnosis and description</p></td><td><p>Finished consultant episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>J00-J06</p></td><td><p>Acute upper respiratory infections</p></td><td><p>138,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>J20-J22</p></td><td><p>Other acute lower respiratory infections</p></td><td><p>192,271</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre. HES.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Note: </em></p><p> </p><p>A “finished consultant episode” is an inpatient or day case episode where the patient has completed a period of care under a consultant and is either transferred to another consultant or discharged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 220813 question first answered 21/01/2015 15:58:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

173808

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Respiratory System: Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with chest infections in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	220813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>There is no national system currently for collecting data relating to diagnoses of chest infections specifically. However, we are able to provide the latest data on patients admitted to hospital with two of the infections that are relevant, namely upper respiratory tract infections and lower respiratory tract infections. These are provided in the table below. The data do not include infections treated by general practitioner practices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In terms of information on chest infections in Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, data collections systems do not exist to provide the requested data at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) for England. Inpatient Statistics 2012/13 for England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Summary code</p></td><td><p>Primary diagnosis and description</p></td><td><p>Finished consultant episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>J00-J06</p></td><td><p>Acute upper respiratory infections</p></td><td><p>138,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>J20-J22</p></td><td><p>Other acute lower respiratory infections</p></td><td><p>192,271</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre. HES.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Note: </em></p><p> </p><p>A “finished consultant episode” is an inpatient or day case episode where the patient has completed a period of care under a consultant and is either transferred to another consultant or discharged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 220812 question first answered 21/01/2015 15:58:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

174192

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many overpayments have been made under the non-domestic renewable heat incentive scheme; and how many overpayments have been recovered.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	221117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>There have been 32 recorded instances (from scheme start to date) where participants have made errors in meter readings that were not picked up until some payment had been made. All of these overpayments were recovered.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 21/01/2015 17:09:34 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

174255

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	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	Universal Credit: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to pilot different approaches to the use of sanctions in in work conditionality for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	221148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to do this.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2015 15:53:11 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

173921

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Fracking: Northamptonshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has received any expression of interest in pursuing shale gas development and exploration in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) the borough of Kettering.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	220933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>There are currently no petroleum licences in effect in any part of Northamptonshire. We launched a new round of onshore licensing last year and received applications in October. I cannot comment on the nature of the bids or the locations for which plans might be being considered while DECC’s assessment of the applications continues. However we are aiming to be in a position to announce licence offers shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/01/2015 15:40:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 39369 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

174233

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 have been returned to (a) their country of nationality and (b) a third country by her Department in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
	uin	221147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the removals and voluntary departures of people under 18 by destination for the 12 month period to September 2014, the latest date for which figures have been published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><strong>Removals and voluntary departures, people aged under 18, by destination</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>12 months to year ending September 2014</td><td>Destination: Country of nationality</td><td>Destination: Other</td><td>Total</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total enforced removals</td><td>60</td><td>30</td><td>90</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total refused entry at port and subsequently departed</td><td>370</td><td>749</td><td>1,119</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total voluntary departures</td><td>1,776</td><td>555</td><td>2,331</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are provisional and may subsequently differ when the tables are revised, due to data cleansing and data matching exercises that take place after the extracts are taken.<br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration Statistics. The data on removals and voluntary departures are readily available <br>in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: July – September 2014, from the GOV.UK website: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/01/2015 14:19:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

173528

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Baroness Northover on 13 January, whether they will list by country how many Syrian refugees have been accepted by each of the European Union member states.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL4110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The resettlement pledges for all countries including those from European Union member states is listed on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website. The direct link to this page is as follows: <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/52b2febafc5.html" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/52b2febafc5.html</a></p><p>Ninety people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme between the first group of arrivals on 25 March and the end of September 2014. This is the latest publicly available figure, as numbers are released as part of the publication of Home Office official statistics each quarter; the number of arrivals under the scheme up to December 2014 will be published on 26 February.</p><p>Potential beneficiaries of the scheme are identified and referred to us by UNHCR. Given the serious vulnerability of the beneficiaries, our priority is to ensure that the support and accommodation they need is in place before they arrive in the UK. We are working closely with UNHCR, the International Organisation for Migration and local authorities to achieve this as soon as practically possible as the circumstances of each particular case allow. In these circumstances it is not possible to provide information on the number of individuals in any part of the resettlement process at any given time.</p><p>Beneficiaries of the scheme are granted five years’ Humanitarian Protection with all the rights and benefits that go with that status, including access to public funds, access to the labour market and the possibility of family reunion.</p><p>As the scheme is based on vulnerability - including women and children at risk, people with medical needs and survivors of torture and violence - it would not</p><p>be appropriate for us to release specific details of where individuals are being placed, as this risks undermining their privacy and recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4111 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:30:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

173529

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Baroness Northover on 13 January, how many Syrian refugees have been accepted in the United Kingdom; over what period they have arrived here; how many have been settled or are in the process of being settled; what settlement rights have been conferred on them; and in what areas of the United Kingdom they are living.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL4111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The resettlement pledges for all countries including those from European Union member states is listed on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website. The direct link to this page is as follows: <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/52b2febafc5.html" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/52b2febafc5.html</a></p><p>Ninety people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme between the first group of arrivals on 25 March and the end of September 2014. This is the latest publicly available figure, as numbers are released as part of the publication of Home Office official statistics each quarter; the number of arrivals under the scheme up to December 2014 will be published on 26 February.</p><p>Potential beneficiaries of the scheme are identified and referred to us by UNHCR. Given the serious vulnerability of the beneficiaries, our priority is to ensure that the support and accommodation they need is in place before they arrive in the UK. We are working closely with UNHCR, the International Organisation for Migration and local authorities to achieve this as soon as practically possible as the circumstances of each particular case allow. In these circumstances it is not possible to provide information on the number of individuals in any part of the resettlement process at any given time.</p><p>Beneficiaries of the scheme are granted five years’ Humanitarian Protection with all the rights and benefits that go with that status, including access to public funds, access to the labour market and the possibility of family reunion.</p><p>As the scheme is based on vulnerability - including women and children at risk, people with medical needs and survivors of torture and violence - it would not</p><p>be appropriate for us to release specific details of where individuals are being placed, as this risks undermining their privacy and recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4110 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:30:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

172667

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Neural Tube Defects
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 31 December 2014 (HL3793), to what factors they attribute the rising trend in terminated pregnancies due to neural tube defects; and why the figures for the first three years in the answer differ substantially from the information provided by the Minister in the letter of 18 November 2013 following the debate on 6 November 2013 (HL Deb, cols 284–297).
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL4001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The proportion of terminations for neural tube defects per live births has been between 0.04% and 0.05% for the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data from the letter of 18 November 2013 are sourced from the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers and are estimates for England and Wales; whereas data from the written answer I gave on 31 December 2014, <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=3794" target="_blank">HL3794</a>, are sourced from the Department’s official abortion statistics collected from Abortion Notification form HSA4 for all abortions in England and Wales. The different data sources used explain why the data given in the answer and the letter are different.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/01/2015 15:32:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

172659

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve food labelling to assist diabetes sufferers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The nutrients that can be declared on pre-packed food are defined by law. Under current legislation, companies already providing nutrition information on a voluntary basis are required to declare carbohydrate value. From December 2016, the majority of pre-packaged foods will be required to carry nutrition information, including on carbohydrate value, on the back of pack.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the new EU Regulation No. 1169/2011 allows energy value only or energy value plus amounts of fat, saturates, sugars and salt to be voluntarily repeated on front of pack. In June 2013 we published a Government recommendation on how this information could be provided clearly and consistently. To date, companies accounting for nearly two thirds of pre-packaged food have said they will use this new scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/01/2015 14:21:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

173977

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Property Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many injunctions against unauthorised developments were pursued by local authorities in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Roberta Blackman-Woods
	uin	220994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The numbers of enforcement injunctions granted and refused can be found in the Government statistical tables: Table P127: district planning authorities - enforcement action and Table P145: 'county matters' planning authorities - enforcement action on the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These tables contain information from 2004-05 to September 2014 (latest figures available).</p><p><br><br>As we stated in our departmental press release of 10 January 2015, on the new Planning Enforcement Fund, whilst most planning breaches are resolved without use of the courts, over the last 10 years local planning authorities in England have issued an average of 60 injunctions a year. These are typically for serious breaches of planning rules.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/01/2015 17:07:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

173734

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The majority of expenditure with recruitment agencies represents payment to the individuals employed. We are unable to separately identify the element retained by the recruitment agency as fees. This varies from case to case and the Department contracts on the basis of a total hourly or daily fee. The recruitment principles published by the Civil Service Commission specify the circumstances when appointments may be made otherwise. Further information about the work of the Civil Service Commissioners can be found at www.civilservicecommissioners.org</p><p>The Department made payment to an outplacement agency in 2014-15 only. Prior to using the outplacement agency, the Department used the Civil Service Transition Service to provide career counselling redeployment support with no associated costs to the Department.</p><p>Figures for 2009 -10 to 2013-14 for staff training are published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 21/01/2015 15:36:34 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 39134 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

172816

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses were recommended by the Financial Services Ombudsman to award consumers fair compensation above the £100,000 limit in each year from 2001 to 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	220188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The issues raised are a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These questions have been passed on to the FOS. The FOS will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 220172 220187 220649 question first answered 21/01/2015 09:53:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

172817

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses were recommended by the Financial Services Ombudsman to award consumers fair compensation above the £150,000 limit in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	220187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The issues raised are a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These questions have been passed on to the FOS. The FOS will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 220172 220188 220649 question first answered 21/01/2015 09:53:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

172823

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses were instructed by the Financial Services Ombudsman to award consumers the maximum compensation of £150,000 in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	220172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The issues raised are a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These questions have been passed on to the FOS. The FOS will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 220187 220188 220649 question first answered 21/01/2015 09:53:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

173365

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses were ordered by the Financial Services Ombudsman to award consumers fair compensation up to the £100,000 limit in each year from 2001 to 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	220649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The issues raised are a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These questions have been passed on to the FOS. The FOS will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 220172 220187 220188 question first answered 21/01/2015 09:53:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

173839

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy: Easington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Easington constituency have received treatment using advanced stereotactic radiotherapy in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	uin	220684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Finished Consultant Episodes (FCE)<sup>1</sup> with a Main or Secondary Operative Procedure<sup>2</sup> of stereotactic radiosurgery on the tissue of the brain, where the clinical commissioning group (CCG) of residence is Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield<sup>3</sup> for each of the last three years (2010-11 to 2012-13)<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Count of FCEs</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>1 Finished Consultant Episode</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>2 Number of episodes with a main or secondary procedure</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>The number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention) was recorded in any of the 24 procedure fields in a Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) record. A record is only included once in each count, even if the procedure is recorded in more than one procedure field of the record. Note that more procedures are carried out than episodes with a main or secondary procedure. For example, patients undergoing a ‘cataract operation’ would tend to have at least two procedures – removal of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new one – counted in a single episode.</p><p>OPCS code used: A10.7 Stereotactic radiosurgery on tissue of the brain.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p> </p><p>3 CCG of residence</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>The CCG containing the patient’s normal home address. This does not necessarily reflect where the patient was treated as they may have travelled to another area for treatment.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>4 Assessing growth through time (Inpatients)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Small numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been replaced with “*” (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify figures from the total, additional figures have been replaced with &quot;*&quot;. Where the symbol &quot;-&quot; (dash) appears this represents the absence of data.</p><p>It should be noted that HES disclosure control rules only apply to 'known' values, e.g. small numbers where the age is unknown do not need to be replaced with &quot;*&quot;.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/01/2015 16:02:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris