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418439

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UN Sustainable Development Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which Ministers and how many officials will take part in the UK delegation at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015; and what estimate she has made of the cost of their attendance at that summit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial overseas travel is published quarterly and is available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/09/2015 13:50:13 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

418485

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will hold discussions with the Arab League and other governments in the Middle East on the number of refugees each such country plans to resettle.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	9995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Ministers and the Secretary of State for International Development frequently discuss Syrian refugees with Arab League members and other governments from the Middle East. These discussions include all aspects of the refugees including resettlement and raising the funding necessary to meet the needs of Syrians still in Syria and those seeking refuge in neighbouring countries.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/09/2015 13:36:25 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

418462

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Suicide: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of family separation on male suicide rates.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	9993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made, however we know that there are links between mental ill health and social factors like isolation and family breakdown and that men in certain age-groups are more likely to present with suicidal behaviour. Suicide continues to be more than three times as common in males than in females, 13.8 per 100,000 for males in 2011-13, compared to 4.0 for females.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Preventing suicide in England: A cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives</em>, published in 2012, identified a number of high risk groups who are priorities for prevention young and middle-aged men. The strategy recognises that factors associated with suicide in men include family and relationship problems including marital breakup and social isolation. The strategy recognises that those who work with men in different settings, especially primary care, need to be particularly alert to the signs of suicidal behaviour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A review by the Samaritans, <em>Men Suicide and Society</em>, published in 2012, also highlighted that middle-aged men in certain socioeconomic groups are at particularly high risk of suicide. It pointed to evidence that suicidal behaviour results from the interaction of complex factors, including a lack of close social and family relationships, personal crises such as divorce, as well as a general ‘dip’ in subjective wellbeing among people in their mid-years, compared to both younger and older people. The report also found that relationship breakdown is more likely to lead men, rather than women, to suicide and was published in February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s first annual report on the suicide prevention strategy was published on 17 January 2014. It highlighted a new agreement designed to promote greater sharing of information with friends and family of people at risk of suicide. The second annual report into suicide prevention was written for people working in local services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2015, this Government called for every part of the National Health Service to commit to a 'zero suicide' ambition to dramatically reduce suicides. This goes beyond health service boundaries into the whole community, bringing in the police, education, housing, debt support services and so on.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/09/2015 12:07:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

348296

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all permanence options for children in public care receive the same level of post-placement support.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>There are currently a range of permanence options for children in public care, all of which can deliver good outcomes for individual children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For many looked-after children, permanence will be secured outside of the care system through a safe return to their family. In April 2015, the government made changes to the care planning regulations and the statutory guidance ‘Working together to safeguard children’ to ensure a sharper focus on a safe and successful return home for children where this is the best route to permanence. This included a requirement that the authority appropriately assesses the proposed arrangements for the child and sets out the support that will be provided when the child ceases to be looked-after.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Special guardianship or adoption offer permanence for other groups of children. Local authorities are responsible for core adoption and special guardianship support, including information, advice, guidance, training and financial assistance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To improve practice where the best permanence option for children is to remain looked-after, the government amended regulations in April 2015 to introduce ‘long term foster care’ as a distinct placement type. Every looked-after child must have a care plan which includes a ‘plan for permanence’ and sets out the support they will receive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:11:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

418429

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Nuclear Installations: Decommissioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effect of reductions in funding to the nuclear decommissioning sector on the supply chain in that sector.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	9985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>As part of its request for future funding as part of the Spending Review announced by HM Treasury on 21 July, DECC’s departmental return contains details of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s estimates of expenditure in the next Spending Review period. The potential impact on the supply chain of any settlement will be considered as part of the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/09/2015 13:10:48 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

418525

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that the recipients of carer's allowance lose only a proportion of that allowance when they begin to earn more that £110 per week.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	9983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>A carer can earn up to £110 a week after National Insurance, tax and other allowable expenses are deducted and still be able to receive Carer’s Allowance. The earnings limit was increased by 8% in April 2015 and 4,000 people will benefit from this increase this year. We have no plans to move to a taper system.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 9981 question first answered 16/09/2015 12:39:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

418524

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Carer's Allowance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Scotland caring for someone who are not eligible for carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	9982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>A number of conditions have to be satisfied to receive Carer’s Allowance. These can only be tested when an actual claim is made. As such there is no basis on which such an estimate could be made.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/09/2015 12:44:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

418521

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Carer's Allowance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants of carer's allowance in Scotland who stopped receiving that allowance due to earning more than £110 per week in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	9981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>A carer can earn up to £110 a week after National Insurance, tax and other allowable expenses are deducted and still be able to receive Carer’s Allowance. The earnings limit was increased by 8% in April 2015 and 4,000 people will benefit from this increase this year. We have no plans to move to a taper system.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 9983 question first answered 16/09/2015 12:39:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

418458

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of eye clinic liaison officers on improving patient health and social care; and what progress he has made on increasing the provision of such officers.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	9980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government fully appreciates the impact that sight loss can have on a person’s life and the importance of information being available for those newly diagnosed with sight loss, including signposting patients to appropriate support and rehabilitation services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Eye clinics and their staffing, including eye clinic liaison officers, are commissioned and funded by individual clinical commissioning groups on the basis of local assessments of need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 9977 question first answered 16/09/2015 12:01:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

348295

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether adopters are assessed for their suitability as permanent guardians of a child after they take a child into their care.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Prospective adopters are all assessed as part of the adopter approvals process. The processes involved in approving prospective adopters and post-placement review visits are covered by regulations and explained in the Adoption Statutory Guidance:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-statutory-guidance-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-statutory-guidance-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:12:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe