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101567

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans the Government is making for quarantine procedures for people entering the UK from countries where the Ebola virus is present in the event of a further spread of that virus.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	212378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>In addition to departure screening in affected countries, entry screening has been introduced for people travelling to the United Kingdom from Ebola infected areas. This also provides them with clear advice about immediate actions should they develop any relevant symptoms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are already public health powers in place to enable the quarantining of an individual suffering from the symptoms of Ebola should they be needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the threat posed to the UK by the spread of Ebola virus disease, and the measures required to tackle it, under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:23:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

101647

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging for NHS services required because of injuries caused by alcohol or drug misuse.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	212524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>We recognise that drinking alcohol and drug use does place significant strain on the National Health Service, but there are both ethical and practical reasons not to seek payment from patients. The founding principle of the NHS is that services are free of charge, available to all on the basis of need, not ability to pay. It is funded accordingly, from general taxation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:40:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

105962

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce variation in the price of IVF cycles between clinical commissioning groups.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	212894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>For National Health Service funded in-vitro fertilisation treatment, it is for clinical commissioning groups to decide with which fertility clinics to contract and agree the price payable with the service provider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/11/2014 17:39:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

142239

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Care Homes: Fees and Charges
	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 his Department’s guidance on charging for residential accommodation on the financial independence of adults in residential care.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	213681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Charging for Residential Accommodation Guidelines (CRAG) supports local authorities to interpret the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992. This guidance and the regulations will be repealed from April 2015 when new provisions under the Care Act 2014 come into force.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new charging framework introduces minimal changes in order to respond to the call for continuity and to enable local authorities to focus on preparing for implementation of the reforms recommended by the independent Commission on Funding Reform that the Care Act will also introduce. From April 2016 this will see the introduction of a cap on care costs that will protect people from the risk of catastrophic costs and an extension to the point at which means tested support becomes available. As the published impact assessment shows, this means that up to 100,000 more people will be better off by 2024-25. We are in the process of updating the modelling and will publish a revised impact assessment shortly. In addition, from April 2015 we are introducing a universal deferred payment agreement scheme that means people should not be forced to sell their home in their lifetime to pay for care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 18/11/2014 15:42:59 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

101631

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Mali
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) HM service personnel and (b) civilians have been seconded by the UK Government to (a) MINUSMA and (b) the EU Training Mission in Mali; and how many such personnel speak both English and French.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	212440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>There are currently 30 UK Service personnel and two Foreign and Commonwealth Office civilians serving in the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali). There are two UK Service personnel serving in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Of these 34, five speak both English and French.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 06/11/2014 17:31:08 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 26461 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

101814

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military personnel and (b) UK personnel there will be in the NATO training, advice and assistance mission in Afghanistan in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	212584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The recent signature of the US/Afghan Bilateral Security Agreement and NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by the Afghan Government opened a new chapter for cooperation between Afghanistan and the international community. The SOFA provides the legal basis for the NATO follow-on mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan security forces from 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect to contribute a few hundred military personnel.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 212690 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:41:27 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

101865

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) total Allied and (b) UK financial contribution to the Afghan National Security Forces will be in the current year; and how much is pledged for each contribution in each of the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	212689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>On 4 September 2014 at the NATO Wales Summit NATO allies and ISAF partners renewed their financial commitments to support the sustainment of the ANSF, including to the end of 2017. At the Wales summit the UK confirmed in principle an annual financial contribution of £70 million to help train the ANSF until at least 2017. This is part of an overall commitment from the international community of around $5 billion per year for the next three years. The majority of this will be provided by the US who have requested up to $4.1 billion in their 2015 budget.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/11/2014 12:44:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

101868

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether agreement has been reached with the President of Afghanistan on the role and status of (a) foreign and (b) UK military personnel in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	212690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The recent signature of the US/Afghan Bilateral Security Agreement and NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by the Afghan Government opened a new chapter for cooperation between Afghanistan and the international community. The SOFA provides the legal basis for the NATO follow-on mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan security forces from 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect to contribute a few hundred military personnel.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 212584 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:41:27 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

114567

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to clarify the law on abortion for the purpose of gender selection; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	213561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has consistently stated that abortion on the grounds of gender alone is illegal and repeated this in new guidance entitled <em>Guidance in Relation to Requirements of the Abortion Act 1967 - for all those responsible for commissioning, providing and managing services provision</em> which was published on 23 May this year. All independent providers are required to adhere to this guidance as part of their licensing conditions. A copy of this guidance is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/11/2014 16:49:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Abortion_Guidance_Document May 2014.pdf title Abortion Guidance May 2014
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

142114

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the transparency of mortgage pricing; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	213670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring fair and effective competition across all financial services markets. It has established the independent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and given them the responsibility, enshrined in law, to promote effective competition in the interest of consumers. The FCA has the power to create, supervise and enforce any rules it thinks are needed to promote consumer protection, transparency and competition, including with respect to the transparency of mortgage pricing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/11/2014 14:42:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker