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registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Primary Education: North Tyneside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated annual cost of the apprenticeship levy will be to primary schools in North Tyneside constituency; and if he will make it his policy to seek small school exemption from the levy.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	64267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy will apply across the UK and will be collected from employers on a UK-wide basis. The Government wants as many schools as possible to take advantage of apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to produce a robust estimate of the amount of the levy which will be paid by individual schools. However, the expected yield for the apprenticeship levy is published in table C.5: ‘Current Receipts’, in the Autumn Statement 2016 document. This is available to view at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571559/autumn_statement_2016_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571559/autumn_statement_2016_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that there will be no exemptions to paying the apprenticeship levy.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/02/2017 14:39:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

607502

registered interest
date	21/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Company Cars: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the value of salary sacrifice company cars to employers in the public sector for (a) recruiting and (b) retaining for staff.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	49782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has recently consulted on proposals to limit the range of benefits in kind, such as company cars, that attract income tax and National Insurance Contributions advantages when they are provided as part of salary sacrifice arrangements. Responses have been received from a wide range of interested parties and the Government’s response will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to encouraging company car drivers to take-up the driving of ultra-low emissions vehicles. A separate consultation published on 10 August sets out proposals to incentivise the take up of low and ultra-low emissions company cars.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 49809 49810 49811 question first answered 26/10/2016 15:13:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

607503

registered interest
date	21/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Company Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of taxation rules applied to company cars on incentivising the take-up of low and ultra-low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	49809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has recently consulted on proposals to limit the range of benefits in kind, such as company cars, that attract income tax and National Insurance Contributions advantages when they are provided as part of salary sacrifice arrangements. Responses have been received from a wide range of interested parties and the Government’s response will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to encouraging company car drivers to take-up the driving of ultra-low emissions vehicles. A separate consultation published on 10 August sets out proposals to incentivise the take up of low and ultra-low emissions company cars.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 49782 49810 49811 question first answered 26/10/2016 15:13:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

607504

registered interest
date	21/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Company Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on basic rate taxpayers who drive low and ultra-low emission company cars of proposals contained in the HM Revenue and Customs' consultation on salary sacrifice for the provision of benefits in kind.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	49810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has recently consulted on proposals to limit the range of benefits in kind, such as company cars, that attract income tax and National Insurance Contributions advantages when they are provided as part of salary sacrifice arrangements. Responses have been received from a wide range of interested parties and the Government’s response will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to encouraging company car drivers to take-up the driving of ultra-low emissions vehicles. A separate consultation published on 10 August sets out proposals to incentivise the take up of low and ultra-low emissions company cars.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 49782 49809 49811 question first answered 26/10/2016 15:13:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

607505

registered interest
date	21/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Company Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of basic rate taxpaying company car drivers who will potentially pay more tax as a result of proposals in the HM Revenue and Customs' consultation on salary sacrifice for the provision of benefits in kind.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	49811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has recently consulted on proposals to limit the range of benefits in kind, such as company cars, that attract income tax and National Insurance Contributions advantages when they are provided as part of salary sacrifice arrangements. Responses have been received from a wide range of interested parties and the Government’s response will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to encouraging company car drivers to take-up the driving of ultra-low emissions vehicles. A separate consultation published on 10 August sets out proposals to incentivise the take up of low and ultra-low emissions company cars.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 49782 49809 49810 question first answered 26/10/2016 15:13:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

533605

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which UK drug and alcohol treatment is dependent on EU funding streams; whether such streams will remain open until such time as Article 50 is enacted; and what measures his Department plans to put in place to maintain the level of that funding from the public purse after Article 50 is enacted.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	42140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Drug and alcohol treatment services in England are funded by local authorities from the public health grant, which does not include European Union funding streams. Individual drug and alcohol treatment services may have applied for and received EU funding, however this data is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister has made clear, while the United Kingdom remains a member of the EU, current EU funding arrangements continue unchanged. It will be for the Government under the new Prime Minister to begin the negotiation to leave, and set out arrangements for those schemes currently in receipt of EU funds.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/07/2016 13:02:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

519190

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department ensures that the delivery of drug and alcohol treatment by local authorities conforms to the NHS constitution.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	37104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>Section 2 of the Health Act 2009 as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires local authorities to have regard to the National Health Service constitution in performing their health service functions which include the commissioning of services to treat dependence on drugs and alcohol.</p><p>Public Health England supports local authorities in their public health functions by providing a range of supportive guidance and materials, as well as bespoke data, value for money tools, topical briefings, and advice on good practice.</p><p>The Department distributes funding to local authorities through the Public Health Grant to carry out their public health functions. The grant conditions include a requirement for each local authority to have regard to the need to improve the take up of, and outcomes from, its drug and alcohol misuse treatment services. Local authorities are also required to report annual expenditure on drug and alcohol services.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/05/2016 10:31:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

385972

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Huntington's Disease: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for regional or national multi-disciplinary care teams to incorporate aspects of Huntington's disease care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	4481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS England commissions adult specialised neuroscience services, including those for people with complex neurological diseases. Although some of this specialised care would be related to Huntington's Disease, much of the care that patients require can be accessed through local hospital and general practitioner (GP) services which are funded by clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Patients with Huntington's Disease have access to a range of NHS services including those provided by GPs and associated health professionals, neurology services, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, local mental health services and palliative care where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group (CRG) is continuing to work on the development of a draft neuropsychiatry service specification which will be of relevance for patients with Huntington’s Disease. The service specification will outline the multi-disciplinary approach to caring for patients with long term conditions who require assessment and help in managing a neurological problem.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CRG is also tasked to consider the current service specification and describe in detail where services are specialised and can only be delivered in a tertiary centre and where services can be part of a hub and spoke arrangement with secondary care (in a hospital closer to home). This should assist in the day to day care and access as care closer to home for some conditions, will be supported by advice where needed from the specialised centre and delivered in the local hospital.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 13:15:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

353921

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the recommendations in the report, Destination: Cure - arriving at a better future for people with blood cancer by Anthony Nolan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	2327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Department has provided our delivery partners, NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan, a total of £16 million in additional, new funding to improve stem cell transplantation services in the United Kingdom. A further £3 million investment was announced in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This funding has led to a tangible improvement in the availability of stem cells in the UK and the achievements include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- More UK patients received a stem cell transplant in 2014 than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>- Over 60% of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) patients are now able to find a well matched donor compared to only 40% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>- A single unified bone marrow donor registry has been created streamlining the provision of stem cells and reducing the time to provide cells from adult donors.</p><p> </p><p>- The proportion of patients receiving cord blood from UK donors has significantly increased.</p><p> </p><p>- The increased use of UK-sourced stem cells has meant that more donors than ever are available to donate leading to a significant cost saving by reducing the need to import stem cells.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report ‘Destination Cure – arriving at a better future’ from Anthony Nolan is a timely contribution to the debate on the future of this work.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/06/2015 16:15:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

347279

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Maternal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether there is a correlation between access to abortion and maintaining a low maternal mortality rate; and what the evidential basis is for that assessment.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment on whether there is a correlation between access to abortion and maintaining a low maternal mortality rate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/06/2015 15:08:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon