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106466

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the need to provide access to his Department's services in Welsh.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	213420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is fully committed to the Welsh language and fully committed to providing Government services in the Welsh language where there is demand for them.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has a Welsh Language Scheme which was approved by the former Welsh Language Board on 25<sup>th</sup> March 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a dedicated Welsh Language Unit to oversee the requirements of the scheme. The scheme is kept under constant review and the Department has reported annually each June to the Welsh Language Commissioner on progress against its objectives when delivering services in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 06/11/2014 16:57:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

105815

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Minimum Wage
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 company registration number is of (a) Master Distribution Limited, Essex and (b) Zoom Limited, Havant, named for non-payment of the national minimum wage in his Department's press notice of 8 June 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	212931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Details of the employers that have already been named under the BIS Naming Scheme can be found on the original press notices (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">28 February 2014</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">8 June 2014</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about individual companies, including registration numbers, is available through the Companies House website <a href="http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.companieshouse.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any worker who believes that they are being paid below the minimum wage should call the Pay &amp; Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. HM Revenue &amp; Customs investigate all complaints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 06/11/2014 17:29:40 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

105832

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Anti-corruption Champion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the job specification for the role of the Anti-corruption Champion; and what dedicated resources there are to support that role.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	213128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister set out in his written statement on 13 October 2014, the Minister for Business and Enterprise as the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion will oversee the Government response to domestic and international corruption. His appointment demonstrates the Government’s continued commitment to tackling this issue both at home and abroad.</p><p>The Government will publish a cross-departmental anti-corruption plan, setting out the range of activity currently underway and future policy directions, later this year and this will provide further information about the role.</p><p>The Anti-Corruption Champion is supported by officials in both the Cabinet Office and Home Office who lead on the co-ordination of international and domestic anti-corruption work across departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 06/11/2014 17:38:29 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

105841

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Minimum Wage
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 employers were named for breaking the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in each month of 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	212933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Since 1 October 2013 the Government has named 30 employers under the revised scheme. Between them they owed workers a total of over £50,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £24,000. We will be naming other employers that break National Minimum Wage law very soon.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These employers were named in two separate press notices (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage</a>). Five employers were named in February 2014 and 25 employers were named in June 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any worker who believes that they are being paid below the minimum wage should call the Pay &amp; Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. HM Revenue &amp; Customs investigate all complaints.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 06/11/2014 17:36:18 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

105854

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what has been the current take-up of the Help to Buy scheme in (a) England and (b) Bradford.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	213099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting people’s aspirations to own their own home.</p><p> </p><p>By 30 September, 54,520 families have bought a home with the assistance of the three Help to Buy schemes in England and 525 in the Bradford Metropolitan District Council area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s official statistics on sales for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme in England, broken down by constituency, local authority and postcode, is available at: <strong><a href="http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market" target="_blank">http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market</a>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department’s official statistics on sales for the Help to Buy: New Buy scheme is available at: <strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics</a>. </strong>Figures are not available by constituency</p><p> </p><p>The Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme is managed by HM Treasury. The latest official statistics is available at: <strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-june-2014" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-june-2014</a>.</strong>This includes total numbers of sales at individual local authority level (Table 7).</p><p>The 525 Help to Buy Sales in Bradford comprises 387 equity loan sales, 22 Newbuy sales and 116 Mortgage Guarantee sales.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 06/11/2014 16:51:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

105894

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Bahrain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defence agreements exist between the UK and Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	212871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>On 11 October 2014 the UK and Bahrain signed a Defence Co-Operation Accord to provide a framework for existing and future defence engagement activity, including training and capacity- building, in order to enhance the stability of the wider region. The Accord complements Memoranda of Understanding covering Status of Forces, Defence Equipment Cooperation and Exercises and Training. In addition, we have had a long-standing presence in Bahrain, with continuous Royal Navy patrols in the Gulf since the 1980s protecting Britain's interests.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/11/2014 17:33:15 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

105953

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Intelligence Services: Electronic Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to paragraph 58 of the Respondents' Open Response to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal Case No. IPT/13/92/CH and Case No. IPT/13/77/CH, and to paragraph 4 of the summary of a closed door meeting held as part of the IPT given to Privacy International, what formal arrangements are in place to ensure the Wilson Doctrine is not infringed in cases where a foreign intelligence agency intercepts unanalysed material which may be passed on to UK intelligence agencies.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	212901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>I am unable to comment on an ongoing legal case. However, UK intelligence agencies do not use partnerships with foreign intelligence agencies to circumvent UK law.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/11/2014 17:24:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

105957

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers have become dementia friends; and on what date they became a dementia friend.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	212899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Five Department of Health Ministers are Dementia Friends. The Secretary of State for Health became a Dementia Friend on 18 March 2014. I became a Dementia Friend on 18 April 2013, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality (Earl Howe) became a Dementia Friend on 11 November 2013, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences (George Freeman) became a Dementia Friend on 14 January 2014 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison) became a Dementia Friend on 6 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Dr Daniel Poulter), is a practising National Health Service doctor, who has cared for patients with dementia and received extensive dementia awareness training as part of his medical training.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 06/11/2014 17:27:59 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

105958

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of admissions to hospital via accident and emergency departments were related to dental problems in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	212900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A count of (a) finished admission episodes<sup>1</sup> admitted via accident and emergency<sup>2</sup> (A&amp;E) where the consultant's main specialty was dental<sup>3</sup>, (b) all finished admission episodes admitted via A&amp;E and (c) the percentage of all admissions via A&amp;E that were under a consultant with a dental specialty for the years 2009-10 to 2012-13<sup>4</sup>, the last four years of published data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>(a) Dental FAEs admitted via A&amp;E</p></td><td><p>(b) All FAEs admitted via A&amp;E</p></td><td><p>(c) Percentage of all FAEs admitted via A&amp;E that were Dental</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>20,317</p></td><td><p>3,968,881</p></td><td><p>0.51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>21,285</p></td><td><p>4,104,995</p></td><td><p>0.52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>22,356</p></td><td><p>4,124,390</p></td><td><p>0.54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>21,265</p></td><td><p>4,235,976</p></td><td><p>0.50%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Finished admission episodes</p><p> </p><p>A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> Admission via A&amp;E</p><p> </p><p>Admissions where the method of admission is recorded as</p><p> </p><p>21 - Emergency Admission via A&amp;E</p><p> </p><p>28 - Emergency Admission - Other (including A&amp;E of a different provider)</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>Consultant Main Specialty</p><p> </p><p>The specialty under which the consultant responsible for the care of the patient at that time is registered. Care is needed when analysing Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data by specialty, or by groups of specialties (such as &quot;acute&quot;). Trusts have different ways of managing specialties and attributing codes so it is better to analyse by specific diagnoses, operations or other patient or service information.</p><p> </p><p>Consultant Main Specialty Codes</p><p> </p><p>140 Oral Surgery</p><p> </p><p>141 Restorative Dentistry</p><p> </p><p>142 Paediatric Dentistry (available from 1999-2000)</p><p> </p><p>143 Orthodontics</p><p> </p><p>145 Oral &amp; Maxillo Facial Surgery (available from 2004-05)</p><p> </p><p>146 Endodontics</p><p> </p><p>147 Periodontics</p><p> </p><p>148 Prosthodontics</p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>Assessing growth through time</p><p> </p><p>HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/11/2014 17:37:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

105982

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2014 to Question 205866, on legal costs, if he will break that data down by type of legal service.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	213017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>It is unclear from the hon. Member's question what is specifically meant by type of legal service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/11/2014 17:28:41 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger