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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

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

91229

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the letter he received in February 2014 from the law firm Hodge Jones and Allen setting out alleged breaches of law at the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair in 2013; whether any enforcement actions have been taken in response to this letter; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	208783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Responsibility for investigating potential breaches of UK export controls falls to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). I am assured that HMRC fully and properly considered the alleged breaches at the 2013 Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition, as they would in any case where potential breaches are detected or where there are credible allegations of an offence. In this instance, HMRC determined that further action was neither appropriate nor viable.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/10/2014 16:00:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

91234

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, column 348W, on arms trade: trade fairs, what consideration his Department gave to any previous breaches of arms control legislation by exhibitors during the process of agreeing the Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and Clarion; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	208807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between BIS and Clarion Events was set in place in 2013 to give Clarion the authority they need to control the activities of their exhibitors at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition. It sets out Clarion’s role and responsibilities, and those of the exhibitor companies, regarding export and trade control legislation.</p><p>The process of agreeing the MOU drew on the experience of previous exhibitions. The MOU contains specific provisos instructing Clarion to inform their exhibitors that, where required, they must apply to the Export Control Organisation in their own right for the appropriate export and trade control licences. The MOU also enables Clarion to refuse participation at DSEI to any exhibitors not complying with the legislation.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/10/2014 16:03:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

91400

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Chief of the General Staff was informed of the decision to reduce the size of the Army from 94,000 to 82,000; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	208835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>In July 2011.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 13/10/2014 15:50:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90663

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Reserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) new recruits and (b) former regulars entered the Army Reserve in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	208235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Data relating to the background of entrants into the untrained and trained strength of the Army Reserve Group A is available for 2012-13, 2013-14 and the first quarter of 2014-15, and is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source of Trained and Untrained Army Reserve Group A Intake</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15 (April- June)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Entrants</p></td><td><p>3,765</p></td><td><p>2,720</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From Regular Army</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From Full Time Reserve Service</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rejoiners from TA/Army Reserve</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From Officer Trainings Corps or other Service</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Group A includes Volunteer Reserves, Mobilised TA, High Readiness Reserves and Officer Training Corps support and training staff, and Officers under training.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 13/10/2014 16:01:46 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 19638 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching