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166577

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Passport Office staff who were previously made redundant are permitted to apply for existing or forthcoming vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	216273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Home Office policy provides that if a former employee was made redundant and then applies for a vacancy, their application would be considered if there had been a gap of six months or more since their exit and there were no live warnings relating to the former employee when they left. <br><br>Staffing levels at HM Passport Office are determined in the light of HMPO's forecast of likely passport demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 216274 question first answered 05/12/2014 17:01:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 31165 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

166580

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what methodology her Department decides staffing levels at the Passport Office.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	216274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Home Office policy provides that if a former employee was made redundant and then applies for a vacancy, their application would be considered if there had been a gap of six months or more since their exit and there were no live warnings relating to the former employee when they left. <br><br>Staffing levels at HM Passport Office are determined in the light of HMPO's forecast of likely passport demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 216273 question first answered 05/12/2014 17:01:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 31166 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

166612

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: City of Westminster
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the current London Ambulance Service response times to life-threatening incidents (category A calls) within the City of Westminster.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL3203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The performance standard for ambulance trusts responding to Category A calls is that an ambulance resource should arrive within eight minutes of the call 75% of the time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We understand that this year to date (1 April 2014 -28 November 2014) the London Ambulance Service has achieved a response rate to ‘category A’ calls in Westminster of 69.58%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are providing extra support to the National Health Service – including £50 million to help ambulance trusts with additional demand and help them to return to meeting the standard as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/12/2014 14:26:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

166622

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the proposed re-evaluation of treatments on the Cancer Drugs Fund list, what assurances they can provide to patients with pancreatic cancer that the latest medicines will continue to be made available to them on the National Health Service.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL3213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that patients have access to effective treatments, including those for pancreatic cancer, on terms that represent value to the National Health Service and the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for providing advice to the NHS on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of health technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has recommended gemcitabine as a treatment option for pancreatic cancer in technology appraisal guidance published in May 2001, subject to certain clinical criteria, and has been asked to appraise a number of other pancreatic cancer drugs. NHS commissioners are legally required to fund treatments recommended by NICE technology appraisal guidance.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>Where a pancreatic cancer drug is not routinely available on the NHS, patients may be able to access it through the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p><p><br> NHS England’s Cancer Drugs Fund panel plans to assess, on the basis of the latest evidence, whether certain drugs, including Abraxane (albumin bound paclitaxel) for advanced pancreatic cancer, should continue to be made routinely available to new patients through the Fund and to consider a number of new drugs for potential addition to the Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has assured the Department that no patient whose treatment is currently being funded through the Fund will have funding withdrawn, as long as it is clinically appropriate that they continue to receive that treatment. In addition, no drug will be removed from the Fund where it is the only therapy for that condition.<br> <br> We are committed to maintaining the Cancer Drugs Fund until the end of March 2016. We will carefully consider with NHS England what arrangements should be put in place for the long term.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments that may be used for pancreatic cancer are commissioned by NHS England. NHS England’s pancreatic cancer service specification clearly defines what it expects to be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective pancreatic cancer services.</p><p> </p><p><br> NHS England has also committed to make up to £6 million available over the next three years to support six trials by Cancer Research UK - one of which will be on pancreatic cancer - into the use of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR), an innovative radiotherapy treatment. This will allow patients to receive SABR treatment where clinicians think they could benefit. At the same time doctors can fully assess the effectiveness of this treatment so that, if it proves to be effective, it will be available for patients on the NHS where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also commissioning an external review of the pathways for the development, assessment, and adoption of innovative medicines and medical technology. This review will consider how to speed up access for NHS patients to cost-effective new diagnostics, medicines and devices.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/12/2014 14:28:28 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

166623

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that all treatments for advanced pancreatic cancer shown to be effective are made available to patients on the National Health Service.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL3214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that patients have access to effective treatments, including those for pancreatic cancer, on terms that represent value to the National Health Service and the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for providing advice to the NHS on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of health technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has recommended gemcitabine as a treatment option for pancreatic cancer in technology appraisal guidance published in May 2001, subject to certain clinical criteria, and has been asked to appraise a number of other pancreatic cancer drugs. NHS commissioners are legally required to fund treatments recommended by NICE technology appraisal guidance.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>Where a pancreatic cancer drug is not routinely available on the NHS, patients may be able to access it through the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p><p><br> NHS England’s Cancer Drugs Fund panel plans to assess, on the basis of the latest evidence, whether certain drugs, including Abraxane (albumin bound paclitaxel) for advanced pancreatic cancer, should continue to be made routinely available to new patients through the Fund and to consider a number of new drugs for potential addition to the Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has assured the Department that no patient whose treatment is currently being funded through the Fund will have funding withdrawn, as long as it is clinically appropriate that they continue to receive that treatment. In addition, no drug will be removed from the Fund where it is the only therapy for that condition.<br> <br> We are committed to maintaining the Cancer Drugs Fund until the end of March 2016. We will carefully consider with NHS England what arrangements should be put in place for the long term.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments that may be used for pancreatic cancer are commissioned by NHS England. NHS England’s pancreatic cancer service specification clearly defines what it expects to be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective pancreatic cancer services.</p><p> </p><p><br> NHS England has also committed to make up to £6 million available over the next three years to support six trials by Cancer Research UK - one of which will be on pancreatic cancer - into the use of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR), an innovative radiotherapy treatment. This will allow patients to receive SABR treatment where clinicians think they could benefit. At the same time doctors can fully assess the effectiveness of this treatment so that, if it proves to be effective, it will be available for patients on the NHS where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also commissioning an external review of the pathways for the development, assessment, and adoption of innovative medicines and medical technology. This review will consider how to speed up access for NHS patients to cost-effective new diagnostics, medicines and devices.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/12/2014 14:29:26 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

166628

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Garages and Petrol Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that petrol stations are located at sufficiently regular points along United Kingdom roads.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>DECC published a report from Deloitte LLP in December 2012, ‘Study of the UK petroleum retail market’, which considered long term changes to the retail market for road fuels in the UK, and the implications of these changes to our energy resilience. The market has changed significantly over the last decade. However, the findings of the report do not suggest that changes to the size and shape of the retail market for road fuels have significantly reduced the access of UK motorists to a local supply of fuel. The report found that in 2011, 98% of postcode sectors had a petrol filling station within a 10 minute driving time, and 92% had more than two within the same travel time.</p><p>Decisions on the location of individual petrol filling stations are for local planning authorities to make. As the market develops we will continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 05/12/2014 12:45:11 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

166629

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Garages and Petrol Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what authorisation is necessary before a petrol station can be closed.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>No specific authorisation is required to close a petrol station.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 05/12/2014 12:44:05 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

166205

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many mental health nurses were employed in (1) community services, and (2) in-patient services, in the National Health Service in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL3189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Mental health nurses are not identified separately in the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s (HSCIC) workforce statistics. Mental health nurses work predominantly in psychiatric services but also across a range of settings and the independent sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the full time equivalent number of nurses who work in the community psychiatry and other psychiatry areas of work in the National Health Service in each of the last five years. The data is taken from the HSCIC’s monthly workforce statistics and is for 31 August in each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Nurses working in Community Psychiatry and Other Psychiatry August 2010 to August 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Number of Full-time Equivalent Nurses in England as at 31 August</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area of Work</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Psychiatry</p></td><td><p>15,999</p></td><td><p>15,572</p></td><td><p>15,677</p></td><td><p>15,651</p></td><td><p>15,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Psychiatry</p></td><td><p>25,372</p></td><td><p>24,517</p></td><td><p>23,649</p></td><td><p>22,977</p></td><td><p>22,405</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/12/2014 14:25:27 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

166241

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of cases where applications for tax credits were (a) refused or (b) suspended because the applicant had failed to provide evidence of their status as a single person to the satisfaction of the assessing officer there were in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	216200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/12/2014 14:13:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

166248

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to encourage the European Commission to publish greater details on how much revenue it receives and how that revenue is spent.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	216074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The European Commission publishes a Financial Report each year which sets out details of the amount of revenue and levels of expenditure in respect of the previous year’s EU Budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest report, on the 2013 EU Budget, was published in September 2014 and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/financialreport/2013/lib/financial_report_2013_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/financialreport/2013/lib/financial_report_2013_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Annex 2C, page 123, provides a breakdown of expenditure and revenue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/12/2014 14:35:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn