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759372

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eyes: 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 eyesight problems or diseases in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide data on the number of people diagnosed with eyesight problems or disease diagnosis in each of the last five years given that there are many conditions and diseases of the eye, not all of which will be captured by national statistics.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/09/2017 13:28:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759319

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Qatar: Counter-terrorism
	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 the Government has had with the Government of Qatar to reduce terrorism and potential conflict in the Middle East.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly raises a range of issues with Qatar. This includes terrorism and regional conflicts, notably Syria, Libya, and Yemen. Discussions on these topics are conducted at all levels – by our officials in Doha and the UK, and in ministerial meetings – including the Sharaka bilateral forum.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/09/2017 10:41:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759368

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prostate Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that men are able to access early prostate tests.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme (PCRMP) provides general practitioners and primary care professionals with information to counsel men who ask about prostate cancer and/or prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. Men over 50 who decide to have a PSA test based on this information can do so for free on the NHS.</p><p>The PCRMP information pack was revised and updated in March 2016 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-overview" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-overview</a></p><p>The PCRMP has also produced information leaflets that healthcare professionals can use when discussing the test with eligible men, which are available at the following link.</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-supporting-documents" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/prostate-cancer-risk-management-programme-supporting-documents</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/09/2017 13:33:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759255

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to support allied forces to defeat ISIS forces in Raqqa.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Coalition, the RAF continues to carry out airstrikes in support of partner forces' operations against Daesh in Raqqah. Air support of this kind has helped the Syrian Democratic Forces to retake more than 65% of the city so far.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/09/2017 15:24:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Mark Lancaster
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759299

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Sheep: Animal Welfare
	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 steps his Department is taking better to control of lamb worrying and to impose greater penalties for people who allow their animals to worry lambs.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Where a dog is worrying livestock, police and local authorities, with the consent of the local police, can pursue a prosecution under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953. This provides a criminal offence where a keeper has allowed their dog to worry livestock and carries a maximum fine of £1000. Defra and the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) met police forces, farming and rural interests to discuss this issue earlier this year. Under the auspices of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, five police forces are collaborating to pilot more systematic data collection of incidents and good response practices and we look forward to the results of the pilot.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/09/2017 15:50:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759396

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what monitoring her Department undertakes to ensure that aid granted to specific areas is used for the purposes for which it was intended; and if she will liaise with religious missionaries in the destination country to ensure that UK aid is effectively distributed.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Effective use of the UK Aid budget is central to the Department for International Development’s work. All funding is subject to rigorous due diligence checks and we have strict auditing and monitoring controls in place to ensure all funding is used as it should be. Every project is subject to an annual performance review and a project completion review to ensure that the objectives have been achieved and aid has been delivered to the intended beneficiaries. The Department uses multiple sources of information, including its partnerships with Civil Society, to be confident UK Aid reaches those intended.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/09/2017 16:34:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759260

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department is doing to ensure that Carillion carries out its full contracts in respect of armed forces-friendly accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>CarillionAmey provide the Ministry of Defence (MOD) with monthly performance figures which are measured against a range of key delivery targets. These are subject to rigorous assurance checks, and the results are reported to governing bodies and are subject to external review.</p><p>To ensure that works undertaken by CarillionAmey under the National Housing Prime Contract are carried out to an appropriate standard, a series of checks are carried out by the MOD, CarillionAmey and a third party assurance provider.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/09/2017 14:16:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759342

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Joint Replacements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) knee, (b) hip and (c) shoulder replacements have been undertaken by the NHS in each of the last five years; and how many people aged (i) 30 to 40, (ii) 41 to 50, (iii) 51 and 60 and (iv) over 60 had such replacements.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>A count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs)<sup>1</sup> with a main or secondary procedure<sup>2</sup> for 'joint replacement surgery'<sup>3</sup> which includes shoulder, hip and knee<sup>4</sup> in total and for selected age groups in England from 2011/12 to 2015/16<sup>5</sup> is provided in the tables below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Knee replacements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>30-40 years</p></td><td><p>41-50 years</p></td><td><p>51-60 years</p></td><td><p>Over 60 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>83,312</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>2,713</p></td><td><p>12,155</p></td><td><p>68,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>82,976</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>2,838</p></td><td><p>12,558</p></td><td><p>67,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>85,934</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>2,894</p></td><td><p>13,199</p></td><td><p>69,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>91,542</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>2,964</p></td><td><p>14,076</p></td><td><p>74,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>92,735</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>2,964</p></td><td><p>14,157</p></td><td><p>75,272</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Hip replacements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>30-40 years</p></td><td><p>41-50 years</p></td><td><p>51-60 years</p></td><td><p>Over 60 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>104,434</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>3,895</p></td><td><p>11,245</p></td><td><p>87,683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>105,499</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>4,239</p></td><td><p>11,369</p></td><td><p>88,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>110,635</p></td><td><p>1,099</p></td><td><p>4,228</p></td><td><p>12,113</p></td><td><p>92,686</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>113,111</p></td><td><p>1,157</p></td><td><p>4,386</p></td><td><p>12,796</p></td><td><p>94,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>112,625</p></td><td><p>1,075</p></td><td><p>4,339</p></td><td><p>12,669</p></td><td><p>94,010</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Shoulder replacements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>30-40 years</p></td><td><p>41-50 years</p></td><td><p>51-60 years</p></td><td><p>Over 60 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,852</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>518</p></td><td><p>5,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>6,210</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>624</p></td><td><p>5,281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>6,827</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>676</p></td><td><p>5,809</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>7,174</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>617</p></td><td><p>6,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>7,343</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>687</p></td><td><p>6,326</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1 </sup>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><p><sup>2 </sup>The number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention) was recorded in any of the 24 (12 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 4 prior to 2002-03) procedure fields in a 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. It should be noted 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><sup>3 </sup>Included in the codes are for both partial and total joint replacements as well as conversion and revision codes. The ‘Conversion to’ codes provided in this resolution (e.g. W40.2) are assigned when the procedure has converted to the specified type of joint replacement from a different type of joint replacement. Examples could include conversion to a cemented total shoulder replacement following previous partial shoulder replacement or conversion to a total shoulder replacement following a previous uncemented shoulder replacement. This principle would apply to all ‘Conversion to’ prosthetic joint procedures provided. The ‘Conversion to’ codes could be considered ‘revisions’ in clinical terms, and you may wish to include these codes in your data search.</p><p><sup>4 </sup>A range of OPCS codes covering knee replacements, hemiarthroplasty knees, unicomparmental knee replacements, hip replacements, hemiarthroplasty hips, shoulder replacements and hemiarthroplasty shoulder have been included.</p><p><sup>5 </sup>HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. 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 (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in National Health Service practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. It should be noted that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/09/2017 13:01:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Mr Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759194

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Economic Situation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect on the country's gross domestic product of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Government has undertaken a significant amount of work to assess the economic impacts of leaving the EU. This is part of our continued programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work on a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis.</p><p> </p><p>All departments need to prepare not just for a negotiated settlement, but also for the no deal scenario. We are confident that we will secure a deal, but are prepared should there be no deal.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/09/2017 10:22:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Stephen Barclay
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759339

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Egypt: 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 his Department has had with the Egyptian Government on the transfer of Tiran and Sanafir Islands to Saudi Arabia.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The transfer of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir is a sovereign matter between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The UK Government has not had any substantive discussions on the matter with the Egyptian Government.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/09/2017 10:38:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon