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419741

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2015
	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	Israel: West Bank
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel following the stop-work order issued by the Israeli Civil Administration in relation to the construction of a football field in the Muslim village of Wadi Foquin in the Bethlehem district of the West Bank.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL2444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text While the British Government has not raised this specific case with the Israeli authorities, we frequently lobby the Israeli government on this issue more broadly: we urge them to take steps to enable Palestinian construction, most recently on 17 September with Deputy Head of Israeli Office for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/10/2015 14:56:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

420579

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Weather
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional financial support he is making available to the NHS to help it deal with winter pressures.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	901479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>£400 million in resilience money has been invested in the National Health Service for winter 2015-16. Learning from previous years, we have put this money into the NHS baseline for 2015-16 so that the NHS can plan effectively at local level for the long-term and take earlier action to tackle the symptoms of seasonal pressures.</p><p>There will be no further additional money for the NHS ahead of winter.</p> answering member constituency South West Surrey answering member printed Mr Jeremy Hunt question first answered 13/10/2015 16:00:26 answering member 1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

420824

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between poverty in childhood and (a) ill-health and (b) use in adulthood of the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	901478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>We want all children to have the healthiest start possible in life, and particularly the poorest children. We have strengthened support for mothers, babies and children by increasing the number of Health Visitors and more than doubling the number of places on the Family Nurse Partnership programme. Health is now a theme of the new Troubled Families Programme, to improve the physical and mental health of the adults and children in these families.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/10/2015 16:01:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

419546

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmacy: Health
	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 role of community pharmacies in keeping people healthy.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Kevin Barron
	uin	10674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>We have long recognised that community pharmacy teams play a vital role in improving people’s health, preventing ill-health and helping to reduce health inequalities. Informed by a growing evidence base, we have enabled community pharmacy to deliver a wide range of public health services. We have actively supported the implementation of Healthy Living Pharmacies, with qualified health champions on site reaching out to, and improving the health of, people in their communities.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) keeps under review the progress that pharmacy is making on keeping people healthy and is providing system leadership for pharmacy’s public health role and strategic leadership for the acceleration and spread of Healthy Living Pharmacies across the country. PHE’s vision for pharmacy is one in which community pharmacy teams are fully integrated into the local primary care networks, playing an appropriate and pivotal role in improving the health of people in England. PHE has built a strong relationship with the sector, seeking to utilise its unique offering of access, location and an informal environment, with trusted staff that reflect the background of the communities that they serve. PHE is embedding pharmacy in its priority public health programmes such as prevention, early detection and management of blood pressure, NHS Health Checks and smoking cessation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/10/2015 16:11:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

419699

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2015
	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	Sudan: Cluster Munitions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they plan to make to the government of Sudan following the findings by the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor that Sudanese armed forces used air-dropped cluster bombs in Darfur and South Kordofan’s Nuba Mountains in the first half of 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL2402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>We have brought this issue to the attention of the Government of Sudan. We have also raised the use of cluster munitions in Darfur through the UN Security Council and will continue to do so. Most recently, the UK-drafted Security Council resolution 2228 called for the Government of Sudan to immediately investigate evidence on cluster munitions presented by the Secretary General. The UK is clear that cluster munitions should in no circumstances be used to target civilians, and urge all States to act in accordance with international humanitarian law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/10/2015 14:42:50 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

419745

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2015
	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	Prisoners: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current estimate of (1) how many British citizens are serving prison sentences in other European Union member states, and (2) the distribution of those prisoners across member states.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	uin	HL2448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>We collect global detainee statistics twice a year. On 2 March 2015 we were aware of 807 British nationals detained (either pre- or post- sentencing) across EU member states. The distribution of British national detainees across Europe was:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania and Slovakia</p></td><td><p>fewer than 5 each</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/10/2015 14:57:29 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

420826

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Finance
	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 hospitals balance their budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Phillips
	uin	901476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>We are investing the additional £8 billion the National Health Service has said it needs to implement its own future plan, on top of the extra £2 billion we have given the service. However, additional spending is not the only answer to these financial challenges. The NHS must now put in place cost-control measures we have introduced, like clamping down on rip-off staffing agencies, while we continue to work with hospitals on ways to improve productivity and reduce waste.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 13/10/2015 16:08:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4054 label Biography information for Stephen Phillips

419879

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Change of Use
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of (a) extending and (b) making permanent permitted development rights to convert offices to residential buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
	tabling member printed	Mike Freer
	uin	11024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>To further support new housing supply and home ownership we are announcing further changes to permitted development rights. When the Government brought forward measures from the summer 2014 ‘Technical consultation on planning’ we undertook to further consider the case for extending the office to residential reforms, which are helping to provide more new homes on brownfield land. These rights are being used, with almost 4,900 applications received by councils in the five quarters ending June 2015 and 4,000 approved during the same period, without needing to go through the whole planning process.</p><p>Given the extensive use of the right, I can confirm that the Government intends to make permanent the permitted development right that provides for offices to change to residential use and extend the right to allow for demolition of the office and replacement by new housing on a like for like basis. This has the potential to allow for a new building to better accommodate new homes and improve design quality. We will allow for those applicants who already have prior approval or who secure a new prior approval to have three years from the date of their approval in which to complete the change of use.</p><p>Those areas that are currently exempt from the office to residential permitted development right, such as the City of London, the London Central Activities Zone and Central Manchester will remain so until May 2019. This will provide time for local authorities with exemptions to bring forward an Article 4 direction in line with national policy for these areas if they wish. Alongside this, we will also bring forward new permitted development rights for three years that allow buildings up to 500m2 used for light industry compatible with housing, to change to residential use. There will also be a permanent right for launderettes of up to 150m2 to change to residential. These changes will further increase the contribution to housing delivery and reduce unnecessary planning regulations.</p><p>These permitted development rights allow more development to take place without the need for a planning application. They will be subject to prior approval, allowing consideration by the local planning authority of specific planning matters.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/10/2015 15:03:08 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

419119

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Calderdale Royal Hospital: Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Prime Minister's comments on the PFI scheme at Calderdale Royal Hospital, reported in the Halifax Courier on 21 April 2015, what steps he is taking to restructure that PFI scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Halifax
	tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
	uin	10443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, which operates Calderdale Royal Hospital.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/10/2015 14:37:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

420823

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Mortality Rates
	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 reduce avoidable mortality in hospitals.
	tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
	tabling member printed	Mims Davies
	uin	901480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>This Government is strongly committed to improving patient safety, including encouraging greater transparency about the performance of hospitals against key indicators for safety.</p><p>We are leading an ambitious programme of work to help trusts understand and act on their own mortality rates: the focus of this work is to support improvement at local level.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/10/2015 16:07:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies