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91557

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A47
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2014, to Question 207751, on repairs and maintenance, how many problems were identified at Stage 1 of the feasibility work undertaken into the A47, presented at the study reference group meeting on 19 May 2014; and if he will publish the detailed work into the economic benefits, capacity and safety issues that led the Highways Agency to choose the current 10 schemes for feasibility work.
	tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
	uin	208972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Stage 1 of the A47/A12 corridor feasibility study identified 32 current and future challenges along the corridor. This was presented to the study reference group on 19<sup>th</sup> May 2014.</p><p>The study is not yet completed and no conclusions have yet been reached on investment proposals along the corridor. Government has committed to report back at Autumn Statement 2014 on progress on each of the six strategic road network feasibility studies, which will inform the first Road Investment Strategy. The Department is intending to make the work of the feasibility studies available following the completion of the study process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 13/10/2014 11:28:27 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

91220

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new beneficiaries of the Access to Work scheme had (a) mental health conditions, (b) physical impairments and (c) sensory impairments as the main disabling condition recorded by his Department in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	208696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is in the attached tables; numbers of new starts to Access to Work 2012-13 and 2013-14.</p><p>These figures are a breakdown of the published official statistics available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 14:10:47 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb attachment 1 file name UIN 208696 - New Starts Access to Work 2012-2014..pdf title New Starts Access to Work 2012-2014.
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

91580

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process financial assistance claims for specialist equipment through the Access to Work scheme was in each year since 1994.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	208955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Internal management measures of operational performance for Access to Work have not been published as they are not assured. Over the 20 year data request period the planning assumptions and methodology of measurement have changed a number of times making comparisons unreliable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/10/2014 11:34:12 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91039

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: East Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients waited more than four hours at accident and emergency wards at (a) Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust and (b) Nottingham University Hospitals Trust in (i) each week since 2013 and (ii) each quarter since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	208540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the attached tables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/10/2014 15:21:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ208540 A&E waits Nottingham.xlsx title A&E waits- Nottingham
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91321

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answers of 4 September 2014, to UIN numbers 207794, 207797 and 207798, who the individual members of the On-The-Runs Policy Oversight Board will be; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	208822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The OTR Policy Oversight Board was established to address the issues raised by the Hallett Report. It is chaired by NIO Permanent Secretary, Sir Jonathan Stephens. NIO officials and Legal Advisers, the Attorney General’s Office, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Home Office are represented. The Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Service are a consultee to the group, and the Department of Justice are an observer to the group. The Metropolitan Police/ACPO and the Crown Prosecution Service are invited as needed.</p><p>The Board does not in any way impact on the operational independence of the police and prosecuting authorities, or the complete independence of decision-making by those authorities.</p><p>Having consulted with the independent police and prosecuting authorities, my statement of 9 September was the approach which represented the fairest, promptest and most effective way to reduce the risk to future prosecutions and to provide the clarity called for in the Hallett Report.</p><p>I have placed a copy of the Terms of Reference of this group in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 14/10/2014 12:51:39 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

91313

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, UIN 206962, on Afghanistan, what memoranda of understanding have been signed between her Department and the Afghan Investment Support Agency in regards to the Bost Agri and Bost Airfield projects covering the period 2009 to present; and if she will place in the Library copies of such memoranda.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	208787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>An MOU was signed in April 2012 which is no longer in operation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 13/10/2014 16:19:21 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91441

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	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	Africa
	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 his Department has taken to (a) provide and (b) facilitate (i) military and (ii) other training to law enforcement agencies in Africa to tackle wildlife poaching and smuggling.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
	uin	208998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to playing its part in international action to tackle wildlife poaching and smuggling.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is using its network of diplomatic posts to influence international efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade, including through supporting anti-poaching and trafficking initiatives.</p><p>In December 2013 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for International Development announced £10 million of funding, over 4 years, to help developing countries tackle the illegal wildlife trade. The funding will support actions under three themes: developing sustainable livelihoods for communities affected by illegal wildlife trade, strengthening law enforcement and the role of the criminal justice system, and reducing demand for the products of illegal wildlife trade.</p><p>One of the projects already selected for funding aims to identify trafficking routes, individuals and networks involved in the illegal trade of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa. This project will increase cooperation between national and international authorities.</p><p>Further information about projects that successfully applied for funding under the competitive “Illegal Wildlife Challenge Fund” this summer will be available soon.</p><p>The FCO is working with a number of African countries in assisting them with options to provide anti-poaching training. For example, the British Army ran a training programme for the Kenyan Wildlife Service and the Kenyan Forestry Service, beginning in December 2013, with the aim of sharing operational tactics with Kenyan rangers following the killing of over 60 rangers on duty across the country by poachers in the past two years.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 15/10/2014 13:36:36 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

90839

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	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	Agriculture: Bureaucracy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the Macdonald Review's recommendations for regulation reduction have been implemented to date.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	208436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>In its final report published on 9 April, the independent Farming Regulation Task Force noted that Defra had made “significant” progress against the 137 commitments made by the Government in 2012. Building on these commitments, Defra has also announced through the Red Tape Challenge programme its intention to simplify agricultural regulation by scrapping 156 regulations and improving 134 others. Work is also underway to identify further opportunities to reduce the burden on compliant farmers, including through improving risk based targeted farm inspections. I expect the majority of this work to be completed by the end of this year, with implementation proposals for consideration by Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/10/2014 15:22:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 19394 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

91450

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Antenatal Care
	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 promote the value of antenatal education to expecting mothers, expecting fathers and newborn babies.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	208898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>It is important that every woman receives high quality care and information, both during and after pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The provision of antenatal education is provided locally to meet the needs of the local community. Some maternity services provide antenatal classes free of charge or at a cost through private organisations, such as the NCT (formerly known as National Childbirth Trust). National Health Service classes are generally organised and run by midwives or health visitors and take place in health centres hospitals or Sure Start Children’s Centres. A woman will need to discuss with her midwife opportunities for antenatal education in her area.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>To support providers of antenatal education, ‘Preparation for Birth and Beyond: a resource pack for leaders of community groups and activities’ was launched on 19 October 2011. The pack is aimed at anyone involved in planning or running groups for expectant or new parents, such as midwives, health visitors, children’s centre staff and voluntary organisations. The pack is a practical tool which draws upon the best available evidence and aims to improve outcomes for babies and parents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 13/10/2014 13:47:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

91470

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Antidepressants
	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 trends in the prescribing of anti-depressants during the recent recession.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	209039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The particular indication that a medicine is prescribed for is not known. Information on the number of prescription items indicated for anti-depressant dispensed in the community since 1991, as defined in the British National Formulary (BNF) section 4.3 Anti-depressant Drugs. is shown in the following table. The number of prescription items dispensed per 100,000 population is also provided for context.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Antidepressant prescription items dispensed in the community in England and items per 100,000 population</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Prescription items</p></td><td><p>Items per 100,000 population</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991</p></td><td><p>8,953,900</p></td><td><p>18,703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992</p></td><td><p>9,914,330</p></td><td><p>20,656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>10,776,690</p></td><td><p>22,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>11,816,438</p></td><td><p>24,501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>13,227,137</p></td><td><p>27,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>14,960,610</p></td><td><p>30,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>16,822,563</p></td><td><p>34,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>18,424,473</p></td><td><p>37,739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>20,108,130</p></td><td><p>41,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>22,021,840</p></td><td><p>44,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>24,342,713</p></td><td><p>49,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>26,329,382</p></td><td><p>52,999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>27,657,990</p></td><td><p>55,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>28,995,511</p></td><td><p>57,766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>29,389,874</p></td><td><p>58,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>31,037,983</p></td><td><p>60,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>33,839,594</p></td><td><p>65,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>35,960,539</p></td><td><p>69,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>39,140,459</p></td><td><p>74,987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>42,787,966</p></td><td><p>81,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>46,677,813</p></td><td><p>87,894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>50,167,201</p></td><td><p>93,781</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>53,326,550</p></td><td><p>98,999</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Sources: Office of National Statistics and Prescription Cost Analysis provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/10/2014 15:52:51 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane