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100848

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has received representations on a public sector provider of identity assurance during the Gov.uk Verify programme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	211904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on Verify is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk-verify" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk-verify</a><br> <br>GOV.UK Verify provides the first opportunity for people to verify their identity entirely digitally. <br> The service has not yet been launched and is still in public beta. Performance data will be published in due course.</p><p>Government Digital Service has not received representations from public sector providers of identity assurance</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 211873 211881 question first answered 29/10/2014 17:49:36 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

100850

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made in introducing the Government identity assurance programme, Gov.uk Verify; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	211881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on Verify is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk-verify" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk-verify</a><br> <br>GOV.UK Verify provides the first opportunity for people to verify their identity entirely digitally. <br> The service has not yet been launched and is still in public beta. Performance data will be published in due course.</p><p>Government Digital Service has not received representations from public sector providers of identity assurance</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 211873 211904 question first answered 29/10/2014 17:49:36 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

100852

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful registrations of identity there have been through the Gov.uk Verify programme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	211873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on Verify is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk-verify" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk-verify</a><br> <br>GOV.UK Verify provides the first opportunity for people to verify their identity entirely digitally. <br> The service has not yet been launched and is still in public beta. Performance data will be published in due course.</p><p>Government Digital Service has not received representations from public sector providers of identity assurance</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 211881 211904 question first answered 29/10/2014 17:49:36 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

100866

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new school applications have been processed by regional school commissioners; how many such applications were (a) approved and (b) refused; and what the reasons for such approval or refusal were in each case.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	211862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The regional schools commissioners (RSCs) have been involved in nine applications for new academies under the academy presumption (section 6A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006). RSCs do not make the decision about whether a new school is needed or not. This decision lies with the relevant local authority, and arises from the basic need for more pupil places. The RSCs’ role is limited to deciding who would be the best proposer to establish the new school.</p><p>In six cases the RSC approved the proposer recommended by the local authority. In three cases a different proposer was approved. In each case this decision was taken based on an assessment of the capacity, capability and performance of all proposers.</p><p>RSCs do not currently make decisions about free school applications.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 29/10/2014 17:54:54 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

100869

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
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	Badgers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account her Department's calculations of badgers per sett as a means of estimating badger populations took of (a) the movement by badgers between setts and (b) the effect of peturbation.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	211906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Paragraph 19d of the document <em>“Setting the minimum and maximum numbers for year 2 of the badger culls”</em> explains our assumption about numbers of badgers per sett. This approach was approved by the Department’s Chief Veterinary Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/10/2014 19:59:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 24994 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

100870

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication Setting the minimum and maximum numbers for year 2 of the badger culls, published in August 2014, for what reason different methods of estimating badger population were used in Gloucestershire and Somerset for determining the numbers of badgers to be removed in year 2 of the pilot culls in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	211907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>As the licensing authority, it is for Natural England to set minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be removed in each area. Defra’s advice on this particular issue is set out in paragraphs 19 to 29 of the document “<em>Setting the minimum and maximum numbers for Year 2 of the badger culls</em>”.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/10/2014 20:04:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 24631 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

100871

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication Setting the minimum and maximum numbers for year 2 of the badger culls, published in August 2014, for what reason the methodology used to calculate the number of badgers to be culled changed from year 1 to year 2.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	211908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The approach used to calculate the number of badgers to be culled was approved by the Department’s Chief Veterinary Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/10/2014 20:05:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 25168 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

100876

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the prescription of asthma drugs in the NHS in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	211846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on National Health Service expenditure on drugs for the treatment of asthma in primary and secondary care is in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis have been defined as those included in the following British National Formulary sections:</p><p> </p><p>3.1.1 Adrenoceptor agonists</p><p> </p><p>3.1.2 Antimuscarinic bronchodilators</p><p> </p><p>3.1.3 Theophylline</p><p> </p><p>3.2 Corticosteroids</p><p> </p><p>3.3.1 Cromoglicate and related therapy</p><p> </p><p>3.3.2 Leukotriene receptor antagonists</p><p> </p><p>3.4.2 Allergen immunotherapy (omalizumab only)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Cost of drugs for the treatment of asthma, England<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Drug name</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Primary Care (£ millions)</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Secondary Care (£ millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aclidinium Bromide</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>1.62</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aminophylline</p></td><td><p>1.25</p></td><td><p>1.18</p></td><td><p>1.12</p></td><td><p>1.08</p></td><td><p>1.05</p></td><td><p>0.30</p></td><td><p>0.29</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td><td><p>0.23</p></td><td><p>0.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beclometasone Dipropionate</p></td><td><p>84.26</p></td><td><p>87.72</p></td><td><p>90.30</p></td><td><p>97.56</p></td><td><p>102.39</p></td><td><p>1.62</p></td><td><p>1.53</p></td><td><p>1.41</p></td><td><p>1.49</p></td><td><p>1.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Budesonide</p></td><td><p>140.35</p></td><td><p>149.03</p></td><td><p>158.82</p></td><td><p>169.14</p></td><td><p>177.00</p></td><td><p>1.29</p></td><td><p>1.14</p></td><td><p>1.14</p></td><td><p>1.27</p></td><td><p>1.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Budesonide/ Formoterol</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.75</p></td><td><p>2.94</p></td><td><p>2.89</p></td><td><p>3.10</p></td><td><p>3.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ciclesonide</p></td><td><p>0.84</p></td><td><p>0.95</p></td><td><p>1.03</p></td><td><p>1.12</p></td><td><p>1.25</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fluticasone</p></td><td><p>366.24</p></td><td><p>380.56</p></td><td><p>387.89</p></td><td><p>392.95</p></td><td><p>396.10</p></td><td><p>1.00</p></td><td><p>0.93</p></td><td><p>0.91</p></td><td><p>1.00</p></td><td><p>0.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fluticasone/ Salmeterol</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>11.46</p></td><td><p>11.56</p></td><td><p>10.69</p></td><td><p>10.82</p></td><td><p>10.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Formoterol Fumarate</p></td><td><p>5.18</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>4.68</p></td><td><p>4.85</p></td><td><p>4.93</p></td><td><p>0.10</p></td><td><p>0.08</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glycopyrronium Bromide</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>2.30</p></td><td><p>0.58</p></td><td><p>0.62</p></td><td><p>0.70</p></td><td><p>0.79</p></td><td><p>1.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indacaterol Maleate</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.30</p></td><td><p>0.92</p></td><td><p>1.47</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipratropium Bromide</p></td><td><p>16.15</p></td><td><p>15.02</p></td><td><p>13.74</p></td><td><p>10.32</p></td><td><p>8.61</p></td><td><p>2.74</p></td><td><p>2.84</p></td><td><p>2.59</p></td><td><p>2.65</p></td><td><p>2.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mometasone Furoate</p></td><td><p>0.36</p></td><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>0.26</p></td><td><p>0.23</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td><td><p>0.76</p></td><td><p>0.71</p></td><td><p>0.61</p></td><td><p>0.63</p></td><td><p>0.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montelukast</p></td><td><p>38.91</p></td><td><p>43.01</p></td><td><p>46.96</p></td><td><p>51.71</p></td><td><p>31.31</p></td><td><p>0.98</p></td><td><p>1.02</p></td><td><p>1.03</p></td><td><p>1.16</p></td><td><p>0.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Omalizumab</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>0.15</p></td><td><p>0.12</p></td><td><p>5.97</p></td><td><p>9.22</p></td><td><p>12.16</p></td><td><p>14.65</p></td><td><p>17.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salbutamol</p></td><td><p>83.15</p></td><td><p>82.64</p></td><td><p>60.58</p></td><td><p>60.37</p></td><td><p>59.95</p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>3.77</p></td><td><p>3.36</p></td><td><p>3.38</p></td><td><p>3.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salmeterol</p></td><td><p>48.80</p></td><td><p>45.16</p></td><td><p>41.87</p></td><td><p>36.72</p></td><td><p>34.04</p></td><td><p>0.87</p></td><td><p>0.74</p></td><td><p>0.59</p></td><td><p>0.53</p></td><td><p>0.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Terbutaline Sulphate</p></td><td><p>8.61</p></td><td><p>8.20</p></td><td><p>7.61</p></td><td><p>7.43</p></td><td><p>7.18</p></td><td><p>0.18</p></td><td><p>0.16</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td><td><p>0.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theophylline</p></td><td><p>2.18</p></td><td><p>2.17</p></td><td><p>2.15</p></td><td><p>2.22</p></td><td><p>2.26</p></td><td><p>0.12</p></td><td><p>0.11</p></td><td><p>0.11</p></td><td><p>0.11</p></td><td><p>0.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tiotropium</p></td><td><p>113.61</p></td><td><p>129.98</p></td><td><p>149.81</p></td><td><p>169.35</p></td><td><p>185.24</p></td><td><p>5.69</p></td><td><p>6.03</p></td><td><p>6.22</p></td><td><p>6.64</p></td><td><p>6.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zafirlukast</p></td><td><p>0.79</p></td><td><p>0.71</p></td><td><p>0.71</p></td><td><p>0.70</p></td><td><p>0.69</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other drugs<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>0.90</p></td><td><p>0.79</p></td><td><p>0.66</p></td><td><p>0.62</p></td><td><p>0.60</p></td><td><p>0.04</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.15</p></td><td><p>0.26</p></td><td><p>0.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>911.6</p></td><td><p>952.3</p></td><td><p>968.5</p></td><td><p>1,007.5</p></td><td><p>1,018.3</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td><p>45.0</p></td><td><p>49.0</p></td><td><p>52.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Cost of drugs at NHS list price not taking account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income. Totals may not add up due to rounding.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> Other drugs include Azelastine/Fluticasone, Bambuterol Hydrochloride, Beclometasone/ Formoterol, Cromoglicic Acid, Fenoterol Hydrobromide, Fenoterol/Ipratropium Bromide, Fluticasone/ Formoterol, Nedocromil Sodium, Orciprenaline Sulfate and Sodium Cromoglicate.</p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p> </p><p>Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (primary care)</p><p> </p><p>Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index (HPAI) provided by IMS Health (secondary care)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since some drugs are prescribed to treat more than one condition and as the condition for which a drug is prescribed is not collected, it is not possible to separate the different conditions for which a drug may have been prescribed. The information provided may therefore include costs from the prescribing of these drugs for conditions other than for asthma.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/10/2014 17:13:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100880

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Public Health: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the emphasis placed on tackling and preventing lifestyle-related diseases in the NHS Five Year Forward View, published in October 2014, whether he has any plans to review and reform the voluntary responsibility deal.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The emphasis placed on tackling and preventing lifestyle-related diseases in the NHS Five Year Forward View underlines the importance of the Public Health Responsibility Deal and the part it plays in supporting people to make healthier choices and tackle the behaviours which lead to chronic health conditions. Over 700 community, voluntary, public sector (National Health Service as well as national and local Government), public health and commercial organisations have signed up to play their part in improving public health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Deal is already focussed on tackling many of the key causes of lifestyle-related ill health outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View, including obesity, smoking and harmful drinking. The Deal’s pledges tackle a wide range of issues, including: healthier diets (e.g. reformulation for reduced salt levels, elimination of trans-fats and calorie reduction); fostering a culture of responsible drinking (e.g. lower alcohol by volume products, alcohol labelling, increasing awareness of alcohol units); increasing physical activity levels (e.g. physical activity in the workplace and active travel) and improving the health of their staff (e.g. accreditation of occupational health services, supporting employees with mental health conditions in the workplace, smoking cessation and healthier staff restaurants). The Deal will continue to play an important part in delivering these ambitions.</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 29/10/2014 17:09:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100881

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 13 October 2014, Official Report, column 30, on bed capacity for dealing with potential Ebola patients, how many additional beds will be made available; and at which hospitals they will be made available.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Health Service has two ‘Trexler’ beds on stand-by 24 hours a day at the Royal Free Hospital in London, available for use within six hours maximum to allow staff to be mobilised. If needed further beds at the Royal Free Hospital, Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital and Sheffield Teaching Hospital would be made available, totalling 12 beds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department believes this will be sufficient even in the event of an increase in the numbers of cases of Ebola in this country. If there is a significant upscale in numbers further beds could be made available. This would amount to at least 26 beds referenced in the Secretary of State for Health’s statement on 13 October, <em>Official Report, </em>Column 30.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/10/2014 17:30:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger