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43461

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the punctuality levels of train services between Harlow Town train station and London Liverpool Street station have been over the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	192246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text The Department does not hold such information to the level required. We do not routinely measure punctuality (or any other performance measure) by individual line or route; it is the franchise as a whole we measure. answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

43699

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to visit university technical colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	192511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education visited JCB Academy shortly before that university technical college (UTC) opened. Lord Nash has visited both Hackney and Aston UTCs since his appointment as an Education Minister. Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock, recently visited South Devon UTC, which has now been approved for pre-opening.</p><p>This Government has already opened 17 UTCs, and approved a further 33 for pre-opening. These UTCs are introducing innovative ways of combining academic subjects with high quality technical education giving young people the skills and experience that industry wants.</p><p>The Secretary of State regularly visits all types of schools and plans to visit a UTC in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

44397

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate for deaths caused by cancer has been in (a) Harlow constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England in the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	193024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 193024.pdf title Cancer Deaths - ONS Letter for Member
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

44458

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the level of traffic congestion in Harlow constituency in each year since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	193022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Estimates of road congestion levels for Parliamentary constituencies are not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do however hold data at the local authority level. Road congestion is measured in the Department by morning peak speeds, defined as 7am to 10am. In 2013, the average weekday morning peak speed, on locally managed ‘A' roads in Essex (local authority), which contains Harlow constituency, was estimated to be 30.5 miles per hour.The equivalent figure for the whole of England in 2013 was 24.7 miles per hour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Equivalent figures for earlier years back to 2007, and all other local highway authorities in England, can be found on the Department for Transport's website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279125/cgn0206.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279125/cgn0206.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

44828

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits to children's safety of road crossing patrollers.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	193298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government firmly believes in localism and providing local authorities with powers to introduce measures to deal with local needs and conditions. Local authorities will invariably have a strategy to improve road safety and will prioritise their road network based on the need to reduce casualties. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The provision of the school crossing patrol service is a matter for the local authority. Legislation gives them the power to make arrangements for the patrolling of places where children cross roads on their way to or from school, but does not impose a duty on them to do so. Funding decisions are also a matter for the local authority based on their local needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for the Council to assess the crossing situation and determine a course of action as it is in this situation. In some cases, if the authority agrees that children from a particular school need help in crossing a busy road but have not recruited anyone, they have to think about finding other ways of making the crossing safer - for example, by putting in a pedestrian crossing.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

44833

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on road crossing patrollers in (a) Essex and (b) Harlow constituency in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	193303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold records of the amount spent on school crossing patrol services in each local authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

45364

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money has been spent on repairing potholes in (a) Harlow and (b) Essex since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	193871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport provides capital funding to local highway authorities, including Essex County Council, from the local highways maintenance capital block grant. Harlow falls within Essex County Council's area of responsibility and therefore we do not allocate any funds directly to the Borough Council for road maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2004 the Department has allocated the following amounts to Essex for highway maintenance:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td>2004/05</td><td><p>12.626</p></td></tr><tr><td>2005/06</td><td><p>15.782</p></td></tr><tr><td>2006/07</td><td><p>16.682</p></td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td><p>22.428</p></td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td><p>20.706</p></td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td><p>21.361</p></td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td><p>20.959</p></td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td><p>20.728</p></td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td><p>19.838</p></td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td><p>22.482*</p></td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td><p>19.873*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* includes the top up announced in the 2012 Autumn Statement.</p><p>The Department also allocated additional funding to authorities to help repair roads damaged by various weather events and this included a further £2.116 million to Essex County Council in 2010/11 and £5.301 million in March 2011. More recently the Department for Transport has agreed to allocate over £2.7 million due to the severe wet weather the country has encountered.</p><p> </p><p>A £200 million Pothole Fund was announced in the Budget on 19 March 2014. From this, £168 million is being made available to councils in England through a bidding exercise. Further details on the fund will be made available in the coming weeks.</p><p><br>Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding allocated by the Department for Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. Neither capital nor revenue highways maintenance funding is ring-fenced and it is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services they provide.</p><p>The Department for Transport does not centrally hold information on what proportion of this funding is spent by Essex County Council on repairing potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

46444

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people have applied for part-time higher education courses each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	195002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>Statistics are not available on applicants to part-time higher education courses as there is no centralised application service for part-time study. However, statistics on entrants to part-time courses at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and have been provided back to the academic year 2004/05 in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Information on enrolments at UK HEIs in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from HESA in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Entrants<sup>(1) </sup>part-time courses by level of study</strong></p><p>Academic years 2004/05 to 2012/13</p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postgraduate part-time</p></td><td><p>108,920</p></td><td><p>113,955</p></td><td><p>116,215</p></td><td><p>116,320</p></td><td><p>128,945</p></td><td><p>132,745</p></td><td><p>127,925</p></td><td><p>109,535</p></td><td><p>102,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undergraduate part-time</p></td><td><p>317,785</p></td><td><p>336,415</p></td><td><p>341,030</p></td><td><p>331,950</p></td><td><p>344,475</p></td><td><p>335,050</p></td><td><p>301,490</p></td><td><p>278,575</p></td><td><p>199,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total part-time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>426,710</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>450,370</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>457,245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>448,275</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>473,420</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>467,795</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>429,415</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>388,115</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>302,095</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency</strong></p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p><strong>(1) </strong><strong>Entrants refer to those students entering their first year of study. </strong></p><p><strong>(2) </strong><strong>Includes entrants from all domiciles (UK, EU and other overseas countries)</strong></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

46445

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people who are (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 21 and (c) 22 or over have completed an apprenticeship in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	195016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship achievements by age are published in a supplementary table to the Statistical First Release:</p><p><a title="blocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a><br> <br><a title="blocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296345/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsm" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296345/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296345/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsm</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

46704

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people who run a small or medium-sized enterprise as a secondary form of income alongside another job.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	195098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available to answer this question. However, data from the Office for National Statistics estimate that around 400,000 people describe themselves as self employed in their second jobs between October 2012 and September 2013.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

46884

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost of childcare for a three year old in England has been in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	195216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education uses cost information from a number of independent surveys. The Family and Childcare Trust (formerly the Daycare Trust) has published a Childcare Costs survey annually since 2002. Survey information is available on: <a href="http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys" target="_blank">http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys</a> or by contacting the Family and Childcare Trust. Their findings on the costs of childcare for children aged two and over in England since 2005 are shown in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>Cost of 50 hours care for nursery, 2005 - 2009</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Family and Childcare Trust Survey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Weekly Hours of Childcare</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nursery (2 and over)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£132.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£135.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£140.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£149.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£156.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From the 2010 survey onwards, the hours of weekly childcare used in the cost survey was changed from 50 hours a week to 25 hours a week. This was because the Trust believed that the lower figure was a more accurate reflection of typical childcare usage.</p><p> </p><p>Cost of 25 hours care for nursery, 2010 – 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Family and Childcare Trust Survey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Weekly Hours of Childcare</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nursery (2 and over)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£82.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£94.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£98.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£106.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£106.19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

48442

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had on combining national insurance and income tax.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	196602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>As set out at Autumn Statement 2012, </strong><strong>the Government will wait for further progress on planned operational changes to the tax system before formally consulting on the operational integration of income tax and NICs.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm</a></strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

48440

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of raising the income tax personal allowance for 2015-16 from £10,500 to £12,300 with the same maximum cash benefit going to basic and higher rate taxpayers but no benefit going to additional rate taxpayers.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	196610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Raising the income tax personal allowance to £12,300 in 2015-16 is estimated to cost in the region of £9.5 billion.</p><p> </p><p>A reduction to the basic rate limit has been assumed so that the higher rate threshold is unchanged. As a result of this, basic rate and most higher rate taxpayers would benefit equally from the personal allowance increase.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate is based on the 2011-12 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected to 2015-16 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility's March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

48443

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of raising the national insurance personal allowance for 2015-16 to (a) £10,000 and (b) £12,300.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	196603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Raising the National Insurance Contributions thresholds for individual earners (The Primary Threshold and Lower Profits Limit) in 2015-16 to £10,000 is estimated to cost in the region of £5 billion. Raising them to £12,300 is estimated to cost around £10.5 billion.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2011-12 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected to 2015-16 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility's March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

48566

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on affordability of hospital car parks.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	196611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has had a number of recent meetings in relation to the affordability of car parking in the National Health Service. He has asked his officials to produce guidance for hospitals to identify which groups should receive concessionary or free parking including disabled patients and visitors, those whose condition demands that they make frequent visits to hospital, and patients and visitors on a low income.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

48919

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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
	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 put in place an inspection regime for the quality of education at private further education colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	196977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the remit of The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) inspection regime.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

48920

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for further education was in 2005-06.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	197009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The budget for Further Education in 2005-06, was published in the 2005 Departmental Report for the Department for Education and Skills. Please see Section E - Annexes. This report is now available on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>The total resource budget for Further Education, Adult Learning and Skills and Lifelong Learning for 2005-06, was £9,139 million.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-and-skills-departmental-report-2005" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-and-skills-departmental-report-2005</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

62835

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices have been hired under his Department's new contract for procurement.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 24/06/2014 13:27:25 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

62824

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices have been hired under the Law Officers' Department's new contract for procurement.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers' Departments do not hold any central records of the number of apprentices who may have been hired by its suppliers. To provide this information would involve contacting numerous companies and would therefore incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 26/06/2014 13:43:26 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

62825

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices have been hired under his Department's new contract for procurement.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business innovation and Skills does not hold central records of apprenticeships created as a direct result of contracts that it has awarded.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 26/06/2014 16:14:58 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

62943

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to include specialist autism training for community care assessors as a requirement in the Care Act 2014 Part 1 regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Care Act will require local authorities to ensure all assessors are appropriately trained to carry out assessments. This builds on the statutory guidance <em>Implementing Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives</em> which followed the 2010 Adult Autism Strategy for England, and which required autism awareness training to be available to all staff working in health and social care and specialist training for those in key roles that have a direct impact on access to services for adults with autism. The Department is currently consulting on the regulations and statutory guidance that will support the implementation of the Care Act, and we will remind local authorities through this of this requirement in <em>Implementing Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives.</em></p><p> </p><p>Due to the complexities of assessing people who are deafblind, regulations under the Care Act will require their assessments to be carried out by a specialist assessor. One of the questions in the consultation document is whether specialist assessors should be required to carry out the assessment of people with other conditions, such as autism, and to explain why this should be the case. Based on the evidence we receive through the consultation we will consider if this requirement should be extended to other conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/06/2014 14:54:08 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

63146

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Bankruptcy: Harlow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Harlow constituency have been declared bankrupt in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Figures are not available at the level of detail requested.</p><p>Official statistics covering corporate insolvencies for England and Wales are not available at sub-national level, as the data supplied to the Insolvency Service does not include location information. The latest national level figures are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a></p><p>Official statistics covering individual insolvencies are available at the level of parliamentary constituencies, but do not separately identify bankruptcies where the individual was self-employed. The latest figures, covering the period 2000 to 2012, are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region</a>. An update to this publication, covering the calendar year 2013, will be published as a statistical release on Thursday 10 July 2014.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 26/06/2014 14:43:32 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

63202

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Housing: Harlow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been built in Harlow constituency in each of the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on house building completions in Harlow District are published in the Department's live table 253, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/06/2014 15:00:16 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

63190

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many apprentices the Church Commissioners have employed in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2014 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners currently directly employ one member of staff on an apprenticeship scheme; this role is designed to give experience of supporting the administrative work of the national institutional structures of the Church of England. There is an intention to roll out apprenticeships more widely should this trial proves successful.</p><p>Within the Church of England there are jobs and opportunities for skilled professionals and their students to undertake apprenticeships, training, or conservation work on and within its buildings, stone/carpentry yards and stained glass workshops choir and organ schools.</p><p>There are also some more informal apprenticeship and paid internship opportunities within the local and national structures that are organised locally by those concerned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 27/06/2014 11:46:58 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

63273

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prescription Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on replacing branded drug prescriptions with generic drug prescriptions; how much from the NHS drugs budget has been saved as a result; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) publication <em>Prescriptions Dispensed in the Community, Statistics for England - 2002-2012</em>, contains a series of statistical tables, one of which, table A5: <em>Generic prescribing and dispensing, percentage by class, 2002–2012</em>, provided an 11 year time series of data on generic prescribing. Information from this is provided in the attached table. The next edition of this publication, which will contain 2013 data, is due to be published by the HSCIC on 9 July 2014. The Department has not made an estimate of the savings that have resulted from greater use of generics.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 30/06/2014 15:55:48 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ201693_-_Table.docx title Table PQ201693
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

63320

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Trespass
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times a Notice under section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 has been used to successfully remove unlawful settlers from an area in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not hold this information. The decision to issue notices <br>under section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order (CJPOA) is an <br>operational matter for the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 30/06/2014 16:20:30 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

64867

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assistance his Department makes available to families bereaved by homicide.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	904584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that families bereaved by homicide get the necessary support. The Ministry of Justice grant funded national Homicide Service provides tailored and intensive support based on families' needs. We also fund a number of organisations that provide peer support and specialist counselling services to the bereaved.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 01/07/2014 12:51:13 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

64340

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Knee Replacements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many knee replacement revisions were carried out by the NHS in England in the last three years; and how long the average time interval was between total knee replacement and subsequent revision procedures.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	202778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows how many knee replacement operations were carried out in England, by region, in the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows how many knee replacement revisions were carried out by the National Health Service in England in the last three years. Information relating to how long the average time interval was between total knee replacement and subsequent revision procedures is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Full Knee Replacement</p></td><td><p>Only one bone in the knee joint is replaced</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>825</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Yorkshire And The Humber</p></td><td><p>759</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>551</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South East Coast</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>7,024</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>704</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Yorkshire And The Humber</p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>747</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South East Coast</p></td><td><p>613</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>839</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>6,539</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>759</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Yorkshire And The Humber</p></td><td><p>677</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>713</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>596</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South East Coast</p></td><td><p>584</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>915</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>6,525</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p>1. Finished Consultant Episode (FCE): Both tables show FCEs. An 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. The figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person.</p><p>2. The data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on one or more occasion.</p><p>3. †Providers that are not based in England have been removed, and therefore the national totals may not be equal to the sum of the regional totals.</p><p>4. To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been replaced with “*” (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify figures from the total, additional figures have been replaced with &quot;*”.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 202780 question first answered 03/07/2014 14:46:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ202780_PQ202778 - Table.docx title Table
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

64341

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Knee Replacements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of NHS knee replacement operations and subsequent revisions in England in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	202779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Such information as is available is from reference costs, which are the average cost to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs for acute care are collected by Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs), which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments that consume common levels of healthcare resource. The HRGs in the attached table therefore include the costs of other knee procedures in addition to knee replacements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2014 15:38:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ202779 - Table.docx title Table
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

64342

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Knee Replacements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS knee replacement operations were carried out in England, by region, in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	202780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows how many knee replacement operations were carried out in England, by region, in the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows how many knee replacement revisions were carried out by the National Health Service in England in the last three years. Information relating to how long the average time interval was between total knee replacement and subsequent revision procedures is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Full Knee Replacement</p></td><td><p>Only one bone in the knee joint is replaced</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>825</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Yorkshire And The Humber</p></td><td><p>759</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>551</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South East Coast</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>7,024</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>704</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Yorkshire And The Humber</p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>747</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South East Coast</p></td><td><p>613</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>839</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>6,539</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>759</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Yorkshire And The Humber</p></td><td><p>677</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>713</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>596</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South East Coast</p></td><td><p>584</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>915</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>6,525</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p>1. Finished Consultant Episode (FCE): Both tables show FCEs. An 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. The figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person.</p><p>2. The data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on one or more occasion.</p><p>3. †Providers that are not based in England have been removed, and therefore the national totals may not be equal to the sum of the regional totals.</p><p>4. To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been replaced with “*” (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify figures from the total, additional figures have been replaced with &quot;*”.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2014 14:46:03 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 09:31:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ202780_PQ202778 - Amended Table.docx title Table previous answer version 7888 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ202780_PQ202778 - Table.docx title Table
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

64343

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Knee Replacements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current waiting times are for NHS knee replacement operation in England, by region.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	202777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times are collected separately for 18 high volume treatment functions (divisions of clinical work based on main specialty), including trauma and orthopaedics, but not for individual procedures such as knee replacements.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2014 13:01:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65441

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such apprentices make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	203861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 07/07/2014 15:28:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65426

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such apprentices make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	203860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold information about apprentices employed by contractors. We do not contract for individual staff but for a requirement. The successful contractor is free to deliver that requirement in the most appropriate way, including through the employment of apprentices, but the MOD does not record that detail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/07/2014 15:43:31 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65447

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such apprentices make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	203862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/07/2014 15:10:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65422

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion they make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	203859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS does not hold such information for contractors and sub-contractors.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 14:06:13 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65484

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such apprentices make up of the workforce of those contractors and sub-contractors.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	203863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not maintain records of apprentices employed by our contractors and sub-contractors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 09/07/2014 12:47:39 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65874

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	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	Apprentices
	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 apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/07/2014 09:48:09 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65893

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to her Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information is not held centrally and to obtain the data would incur <br>disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/07/2014 10:14:58 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65875

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	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	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2014 answer text <p>Data on the number of Apprentices employed by Contractors and sub-contractors to the FCO is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/07/2014 14:22:09 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65891

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Department's central procurement system does not have categories to determine the number of apprentices employed by contractors and sub-contractors within the Department and the proportion of the total Department's workforce of such contractors made up by apprentices since 2010-11.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 14/07/2014 09:50:33 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65973

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to make additional provision for adult education in places where centres such as Learn Direct are being closed down.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Learndirect is one of many providers delivering training, particularly English and Maths qualifications. The Skills Funding Agency anticipates that in geographic areas in which learndirect is reducing provision, other providers offering the same provision will engage with communities and local partners to meet geographic need.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/07/2014 15:56:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

66010

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tour de France
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the financial benefit to (a) Essex and (b) the East of England arising from the launch of the Tour de France.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Tour De France Grand Depart was a resounding success and was extremely well supported in communities along all three stages, including the East of England and Essex. UK Sport is supporting the production of an economic impact report covering the main locations on the route and this will be made available later this year.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 14/07/2014 11:09:29 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

66089

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial assistance the NHS provides to NHS staff who have to (a) drive and (b) take public transport to work.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The National Health Service does not usually provide financial assistance to NHS staff who have to drive or take public transport to work.</p><p> </p><p>The reimbursement of excess travelling costs when employees are required to change their base of work as a result of a reorganisation or merger of NHS employers or when employees accept another post as an alternative to redundancy will be for local determination between employers and staff representatives.</p><p> </p><p>NHS employers only reimburse travel costs if employees make journeys in the performance of their duties e.g. to provide care in a patient's home.</p><p> </p><p>A number of trusts operate salary sacrifice schemes in respect of car parking, bikes for work, bus passes and car lease. Under a salary sacrifice scheme, an employee agrees to a contract variation to give up a proportion of their salary in exchange for a benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the NHS organisations offer free shuttle services from train stations and between sites for patients, visitors and staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 14/07/2014 13:07:44 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

65863

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many apprentices have been employed by contractors and sub-contractors to his Department in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of the total workforce of such contractors is made up by apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. To provide it would involve contacting numerous current and former suppliers. This could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/07/2014 14:35:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

76258

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Fuels: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the European Fuel Quality Directive Article 7a (a) on petrol prices and (b) generally.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government takes the environmental implications of exploiting high carbon intensity crudes very seriously and fully supports the aim of the Fuel Quality Directive to reduce carbon emissions. We also believe that the accounting methodology must be proportionate in the burden placed on suppliers. The European Commission's proposals for a greenhouse gas intensity accounting methodology to implement Article 7a failed to receive agreement in 2012, and we await the publication of a revised proposal and impact assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department consulted on measures to implement Article 7(a –e) of the Directive between March and June 2011. The core costs envisaged in the impact assessment relate to putting in place a 6% greenhouse gas emissions savings target to 2020, the supply of biofuels and other compliance measures required to achieve these reductions. The costs of delivering such measures are subject to a very high degree of uncertainty given that EU negotiations on key elements for implementing the Directive have not yet concluded. Based on a range of provisional assumptions, it was estimated that, relative to the cost of policy currently in place, the impact in 2020 would be an increase of 0.5 pence per litre on petrol and 2.5 pence per litre on road diesel. A full analysis is presented in the impact assessment published on 10 March 2011 which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-to-implement-articles-7a-to-7e-of-the-eu-fuel-quality-directive-fqd-directive-98-70-ec-as-amended-by-2009-30-ec-requiring-suppliers-to-reduce-the-lifecycle-greenshouse-gas-intensity-of-transport-fuels-and-introducing-sustaina" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-to-implement-articles-7a-to-7e-of-the-eu-fuel-quality-directive-fqd-directive-98-70-ec-as-amended-by-2009-30-ec-requiring-suppliers-to-reduce-the-lifecycle-greenshouse-gas-intensity-of-transport-fuels-and-introducing-sustaina</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has not yet set a trajectory for biofuel supply to meet the 6% greenhouse gas emissions savings target required in 2020. Any associated increase in targets for the supply of biofuel and other compliance measures would be the subject of a further consultation and a revised impact assessment which would carefully consider the impact on the motorist and the environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2014 15:47:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

76269

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will conduct a separate consultation into the intellectual property implications of standardised tobacco packaging and its potential effect on the Exchequer.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government is currently holding a United Kingdom-wide consultation on introducing regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco products, which was published on 26 June. The consultation will run for six weeks and conclude on 7 August and we are seeking any new and relevant information that may help in assessing the wider impact of standardised packaging, including any views on the potential impact on intellectual property. We would encourage anyone with an interest in standardised packaging to respond to the consultation, including responding with any information or evidence relevant to the intellectual property implications of standardised tobacco packaging and its potential effect on the Exchequer.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204758 question first answered 15/07/2014 15:53:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

76376

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patients: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients received hospital transport in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows how many patients received special/planned transport in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008-09<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special</p></td><td><p>0.08</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planned</p></td><td><p>9.51</p></td><td><p>9.40</p></td><td><p>8.79</p></td><td><p>8.26</p></td><td><p>7.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special/planned Total</p></td><td><p>9.59</p></td><td><p>9.47</p></td><td><p>8.84</p></td><td><p>8.29</p></td><td><p>7.13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>data for 2013-14 has not been published yet, therefore 2008-09 data has been included to complete the five year series.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount spent on hospital transport in each of the last five years by National Health Service trusts is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>NHS Trust spend (£000s)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>325,038</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>312,524</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>341,517</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>344,572</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>320,162</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>NHS Trust spends for 2013-14 has not been published yet, therefore 2008-09 data has been included to complete the five year series.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The total amount spent on hospital transport in each of the last five years by foundation trusts (FTs) is shown in the following table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>FT Trust spend (£000s)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of FTs at start of year<sup>1</sup></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of FTs at end of year<sup>1</sup></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>21,800</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>21,735</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>23,195</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>25,149</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>25,915</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>The changing amount of spend will be affected by more FTs being authorised each year. These figures include spend from the point at which FTs are authorised, including if mid-year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Clinical commissioning groups also commission patient transport services; however, cost data is not collected centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the average cost of providing a patient with hospital transport is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204431 204434 question first answered 15/07/2014 15:45:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

76377

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patients: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is of providing a patient with hospital transport.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows how many patients received special/planned transport in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008-09<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special</p></td><td><p>0.08</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planned</p></td><td><p>9.51</p></td><td><p>9.40</p></td><td><p>8.79</p></td><td><p>8.26</p></td><td><p>7.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special/planned Total</p></td><td><p>9.59</p></td><td><p>9.47</p></td><td><p>8.84</p></td><td><p>8.29</p></td><td><p>7.13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>data for 2013-14 has not been published yet, therefore 2008-09 data has been included to complete the five year series.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount spent on hospital transport in each of the last five years by National Health Service trusts is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>NHS Trust spend (£000s)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>325,038</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>312,524</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>341,517</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>344,572</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>320,162</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>NHS Trust spends for 2013-14 has not been published yet, therefore 2008-09 data has been included to complete the five year series.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The total amount spent on hospital transport in each of the last five years by foundation trusts (FTs) is shown in the following table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>FT Trust spend (£000s)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of FTs at start of year<sup>1</sup></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of FTs at end of year<sup>1</sup></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>21,800</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>21,735</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>23,195</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>25,149</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>25,915</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>The changing amount of spend will be affected by more FTs being authorised each year. These figures include spend from the point at which FTs are authorised, including if mid-year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Clinical commissioning groups also commission patient transport services; however, cost data is not collected centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the average cost of providing a patient with hospital transport is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204431 204432 question first answered 15/07/2014 15:45:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

76380

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patients: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent on hospital transport in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows how many patients received special/planned transport in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008-09<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special</p></td><td><p>0.08</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planned</p></td><td><p>9.51</p></td><td><p>9.40</p></td><td><p>8.79</p></td><td><p>8.26</p></td><td><p>7.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special/planned Total</p></td><td><p>9.59</p></td><td><p>9.47</p></td><td><p>8.84</p></td><td><p>8.29</p></td><td><p>7.13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>data for 2013-14 has not been published yet, therefore 2008-09 data has been included to complete the five year series.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount spent on hospital transport in each of the last five years by National Health Service trusts is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>NHS Trust spend (£000s)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>325,038</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>312,524</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>341,517</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>344,572</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>320,162</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>NHS Trust spends for 2013-14 has not been published yet, therefore 2008-09 data has been included to complete the five year series.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The total amount spent on hospital transport in each of the last five years by foundation trusts (FTs) is shown in the following table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>FT Trust spend (£000s)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of FTs at start of year<sup>1</sup></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of FTs at end of year<sup>1</sup></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>21,800</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>21,735</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>23,195</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>25,149</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>25,915</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>The changing amount of spend will be affected by more FTs being authorised each year. These figures include spend from the point at which FTs are authorised, including if mid-year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Clinical commissioning groups also commission patient transport services; however, cost data is not collected centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the average cost of providing a patient with hospital transport is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204432 204434 question first answered 15/07/2014 15:45:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

76405

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that a final policy announcement on the standardised packaging of tobacco will be made on the floor of the House.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	204638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not yet made a final decision on whether to introduce regulations to require standardised packaging of tobacco products. A consultation is currently underway to inform decision-making and it will close on 7 August 2014. The consultation is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/consultations/standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-draft-regulations</p><p> </p><p>If a decision is made to proceed with the policy, regulations for standardised packaging would be subject to affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We will give consideration to how an announcement will be made once relevant policy decisions have been taken by the Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/07/2014 15:42:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon