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444154

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's defence strategy is towards Yemen; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	22190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <br /><br /><p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to supporting the legitimate Yemeni government in establishing a stable and secure Yemen and we continue to work with regional and international partners to tackle the threat posed by AQAP and Daesh in Yemen. Reaching a comprehensive peaceful solution to the current conflict is the top priority as a political solution is the best way to bring long-term stability to the country.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/01/2016 16:01:14 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444107

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	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	Disability Aids: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to prevent the exploitation of consumers by salesmen of stair lifts and other aids to the elderly and disabled.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	22189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <br /><p><strong></strong></p><p>The Department funds the Citizens Advice Service to provide valuable advice to consumers, including how to avoid scams. Citizens Advice also lead the annual Scams Awareness Month, working with Trading Standards to help give consumers the confidence to spot and report a scam.</p><br /><p>Trading Standards Officers have powers to take action under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 against salesmen who use misleading practices and aggressive pressure selling. Additionally, National Trading Standards Scambuster Teams take action against large scale national and regional scammers, including those who exploit the elderly and vulnerable through the sale of substandard or unnecessary mobility aids.</p><br /><p>Since 2014 the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations 2014 introduced important new rights for consumers to take their own action against such traders to get their money back.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/01/2016 17:45:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444141

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Licensing Laws
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the licensing enforcement powers available to local authorities to ensure that pubs do not act as clubs without permission.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	22191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Licensing authorities and the police already have a range of enforcement powers under the Licensing Act 2003. These are sufficient to prevent pubs operating without relevant permissions. These include powers which licensing authorities have to impose conditions on a premises licence or revoke a premises licence where appropriate. They are responsible for making decisions based on what is appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives. These are the prevention of crime and disorder; public safety; the prevention of public nuisance; and the protection of children from harm.</p><p>Licensable activities include not only the sale of alcohol but also regulated entertainment such as a performance of live music and any playing of recorded music among other entertainments. While the rules on regulated entertainment on licensed premises were recently relaxed so that permission is only required for such events when they occur outside the hours of 08.00 and 23.00 or when there are more than 500 people in attendance, an applicant for a premises licence should set out in an operating schedule the licensable activities they intend to hold on the premises.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/01/2016 15:00:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444234

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis will be made available on the NHS to men who have sex with men.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	22187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is working with local authorities, clinicians, patient representatives and Public Health England to consider the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to at-risk groups to prevent them acquiring HIV. The PrEP clinical policy proposition is one of many going through NHS England’s 2016/17 prioritisation round.</p><br /><p>In July 2015 NHS England approved a significant new investment in a ‘Treatment as Prevention’ programme to help reduce transmissions from persons known to be HIV positive.</p><br /><p>We have made no estimates of the number of people accessing PrEP through private provision.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 22188 question first answered 20/01/2016 16:10:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444235

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England accessing HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis through private provision.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	22188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is working with local authorities, clinicians, patient representatives and Public Health England to consider the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to at-risk groups to prevent them acquiring HIV. The PrEP clinical policy proposition is one of many going through NHS England’s 2016/17 prioritisation round.</p><br /><p>In July 2015 NHS England approved a significant new investment in a ‘Treatment as Prevention’ programme to help reduce transmissions from persons known to be HIV positive.</p><br /><p>We have made no estimates of the number of people accessing PrEP through private provision.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 22187 question first answered 20/01/2016 16:10:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444263

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	CCTV
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to encourage volunteers to monitor CCTV to help the police service.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	22186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that volunteers could play a greater role in policing, which is why a consultation was recently held to give Chief Constables greater flexibility to designate police powers to staff and volunteers, to enable them to support officers more effectively in keeping their communities safe.</p><p>I am aware that a number of forces use volunteers within their CCTV control rooms already and more are currently recruiting for these roles. However all decisions on the recruitment, size and composition of a police force’s workforce are rightly a local matter for chief officers and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/01/2016 11:03:06 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444200

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	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	Yemen: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's current strategy on Yemen; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	22185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s position remains that a political solution is the best way to bring long-term stability to Yemen. We are in regular contact with all parties to the conflict, urging engagement in good faith and to take steps towards achieving a durable ceasefire and we fully support the efforts of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen. The UK is the 4th largest donor to the crisis and has more than doubled its humanitarian commitment to Yemen over the last year to £75 million. UK aid has assisted at least 700,000 people directly affected by the conflict including vulnerable host communities, internally displaced people and migrants. We have provided critical support for healthcare, malnutrition, water and sanitation, protection and shelter. We have also continued to strengthen and protect local capacity and community assets from further shocks by providing agricultural and other livelihoods assistance.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/01/2016 14:10:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett