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169687

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what size of fixed wing airgroup will be embarked, as a standard, by the operational Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL3674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>We plan to have a squadron of UK F35Bs available at Initial Operating Capability. The exact number of aircraft embarked at any time will be dependent on the mission being undertaken.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 16/12/2014 17:29:09 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

169689

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livingston of Parkhead on 19 November (HL2689), what research they have conducted since 1992 to determine the impact on United Kingdom trade of the free trade agreements negotiated on the United Kingdom's behalf by the European Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL3676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p>The Department conducts Impact Assessments of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between the European Union (EU) and other major economies, including, as far as possible, impacts on United Kingdom (UK) trade. Impact Assessments have been published on the FTAs between the European Union and Korea; and between the EU and the Andean countries (Colombia and Peru). These are available at <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2010/328/pdfs/ukia_20100328_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2010/328/pdfs/ukia_20100328_en.pdf</a> and <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2013/151/pdfs/ukia_20130151_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2013/151/pdfs/ukia_20130151_en.pdf</a>.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Department published research into the potential impact on the UK of an FTA between the EU and the United States (US) in 2013. This research has informed the Government’s approach to the Transatlantic Trade &amp; Investment Partnership (TTIP), currently under negotiation. This research estimates a long-term permanent annual increase in bilateral trade between the UK and US of around £38 billion. The study is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/198115/bis-13-869-economic-impact-on-uk-of-tranatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-between-eu-and-us.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/198115/bis-13-869-economic-impact-on-uk-of-tranatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-between-eu-and-us.pdf</a>.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>To assess the impacts of other FTAs on the UK, the Department draws on analysis conducted by the European Commission. The European Commission has conducted research into the estimated impact on the EU of FTAs it has negotiated and is negotiating on the UK’s behalf. The studies also consider the impact of FTAs on bilateral trade. These Impact Assessments are available at: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/policy-making/analysis/sustainability-impact-assessments/assessments/" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/policy-making/analysis/sustainability-impact-assessments/assessments/</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The European Commission has also commissioned an evaluation of the impact on EU trade of several Free Trade Agreements concluded since 1992, including with Chile and South Africa. This found that the FTA with Chile had increased the EU’s exports to Chile by 148% and the FTA with South Africa had increased the EU’s exports to South Africa by 63% compared to what would have been without the FTAs. This study is available at: <a href="http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2011/may/tradoc_147905.pdf" target="_blank">http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2011/may/tradoc_147905.pdf</a>.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 16/12/2014 17:35:04 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

169736

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Conferences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget was for the D5 London 2014: leading digital governments conference; and how the invitees to this conference were identified.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	218347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The D5 London 2014: Leading Digital Governments Conference met at Idea London and Digital Catapult to discuss how to promote economic growth through open markets, teaching children to code, improving connectivity, and ideas for future collaborative projects. A trade event was hosted at Buckingham Palace by HRH the Duke of York which included the following leading British SMEs:</p><p>· Code Kingdoms</p><p>· Crowd Emotion</p><p>· Funding Circle</p><p>· Hypercat</p><p>· Kano</p><p>· Relative Insight</p><p>· Skyscape Cloud Services</p><p>· Therapy Box</p><p>· Yoyo</p><p>Founding members met criteria including on their expertise in teaching children coding, commitment to support all citizens to access digital services, and commitment to open standards, open markets and open source. Each member must also be a member of the Open Government Partnership.<br> <br> In addition representatives from the United States and Mexico attended.<br> <br> Details of costs will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 16/12/2014 17:55:16 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

169762

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	Garden Communities
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 expressions of interest in response to the Locally-led Garden Cities Prospectus had been (a) received and (b) considered as of 10 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	218344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Following the publication of our locally-led Garden Cities prospectus in April we have been in discussions with a number of local authorities, developers and consultants interested in bringing forward proposals for new locally-led garden cities. The announcement of Bicester as a new Garden Town at Autumn Statement reflects the fact that Cherwell District Council's plans for Bicester are well advanced, and in a position to benefit from Government support. Discussions with other places interested in bringing forward large scale housing developments are ongoing through the large sites programme.<br><br></p><p>It would not be in the public interest to release information that could undermine the ongoing local negotiations and policy development. But we will make further announcements on our locally-led large scale sites programme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/12/2014 17:30:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

169764

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the Local Government Association on improving standards of (a) electrical and (b) gas safety in the private rented sector and on preventing fires caused by either energy source in that sector.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	218281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>We regularly discuss a range of issues with the Local Government Association, including those relating to property standards and fire prevention in the private rented sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/12/2014 17:25:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

169803

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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, how many UK service personnel he expects to be stationed on average at any one time in the UK's new naval base in Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	218357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>As currently planned, on average, 170 Service personnel will be stationed at the new development in Bahrain at any one time.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 16/12/2014 17:27:51 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

169839

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antidepressants: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were issued for antidepressant medication in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	218337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Antidepressant prescription items dispensed in the community in 2006-07 by specific Primary Care Trust (PCT)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Issuing organisation</p></td><td><p>Prescription items (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kent Coastal Teaching PCT</p></td><td><p>71.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern &amp; Coastal Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>218.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway PCT</p></td><td><p>131.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>55.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>200.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Antidepressant prescription items dispensed in the community in 2007-08 to 2012-13 by specific PCT</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Prescription Items (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Issuing organisation</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>Eastern &amp; Coastal Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>462.7</p></td><td><p>490.9</p></td><td><p>537.6</p></td><td><p>590.1</p></td><td><p>647.0</p></td><td><p>691.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway PCT</p></td><td><p>142.6</p></td><td><p>152.1</p></td><td><p>173.5</p></td><td><p>199.2</p></td><td><p>222.0</p></td><td><p>243.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Kent PCT</p></td><td><p>426.7</p></td><td><p>460.7</p></td><td><p>509.2</p></td><td><p>558.3</p></td><td><p>613.3</p></td><td><p>651.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Antidepressant prescription items dispensed in the community in 2013/14 by specific clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Issuing organisation</p></td><td><p>Prescription items (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford CCG</p></td><td><p>107.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canterbury And Coastal CCG</p></td><td><p>180.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford, Gravesham And Swanley CCG</p></td><td><p>215.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway CCG</p></td><td><p>265.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Kent Coast CCG</p></td><td><p>181.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swale CCG</p></td><td><p>105.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thanet CCG</p></td><td><p>161.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Kent CCG</p></td><td><p>483.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Data on the number of prescription issued is not available. Data on the number of prescription items dispensed in the community are available and have been provided.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="2" type="1"><li>We have defined Antidepressant medication as per British National Formulary (BNF) section 4.3 Antidepressant Drugs.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="3" type="1"><li>There is no data available at constituency level. Data is available at PCT and CCG.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="4" type="1"><li>The structure of NHS organisations has changed several times within the period requested and organisations may not be comparable within the years of change. Data is only available from 2006-07 to 2013-14.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="5" type="1"><li>This information was obtained from the Prescribing Analysis and CosT tool (PACT) system, maintained by NHS Prescription Services, a division of NHS Business Services Authority, which covers prescriptions prescribed by general practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and others in England and dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom. For data at PCT level, prescriptions written by a prescriber located in a particular PCT but dispensed outside that PCT will be included in the PCT in which the prescriber is based. The data available in PACT is a rolling 60 month dataset. Prescriptions written in England but dispensed outside England are included. Prescriptions written in hospitals /clinics that are dispensed in the community, prescriptions dispensed in hospitals, dental prescribing and private prescriptions are not included in PACT data. It is important to note this as some BNF sections have a high proportion of prescriptions written in hospitals that are dispensed in the community. For example, BNF chapter 4, &quot;Central Nervous System&quot; has a fair proportion of items written in mental health clinics that are dispensed in the community - these prescriptions are not included in PACT data.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="6" type="1"><li>Prescription Items: Prescriptions are written on a prescription form known as a FP10. Each single item written on the form is counted as a prescription item.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="7" type="1"><li>BNF Classifications: The PACT system uses the therapeutic classifications defined in the BNF. Information on why a drug is prescribed is not available in this dataset. Since drugs can be prescribed to treat more than one condition, it may not be possible to separate the different conditions for which a drug may have been prescribed.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/12/2014 17:24:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

169840

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions and at what cost patients who were admitted to psychiatric facilities run by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust were placed out of area in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	218338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>We are advised by the NHS Trust Development Agency that in the last year, 356 service users were placed in out of area beds a total of 438 times, at a cost of £5,671,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 16/12/2014 17:40:49 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

169842

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many premature deaths related to mental health issues were registered by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust in each of the last five years; and what the initial diagnosis was in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	218339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of suicides of patients under the care of Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust patients 2010/11 – 2013/14</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Suicides</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>NHS Trust Development Agency</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 16/12/2014 17:39:34 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

169845

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cancer patients currently have access to (a) intensity modulated, (b) image-guided and (c) stereotactic radiotherapy.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	218360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The proportion of cancer patients receiving Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) is not routinely reported. However, as of September 2014, 36% of radical treatment was performed using inverse planned IMRT. The number of IMRT episodes is expected to rise from just over 8,500 per year in 2012-13 to a projected figure of over 25,000 for 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) refers to the use of imaging during the delivery of radiotherapy treatment and is considered to be an integral part of the radiotherapy course and not a separate element. The current coding structure supporting radiotherapy activity does not allow for the separate identification of IGRT. It is therefore not possible to identify a specific proportion of cancer patients that undergo IGRT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissions stereotactic radiotherapy (SABR) as an option in the treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer not suitable for surgery. Since April 2014 there has been an activity code for SABR, which is recorded on the national radiotherapy dataset. However, as this is a new code this year, it is not yet universally used by providers at present. It is therefore not possible to identify a specific proportion of cancer patients that undergo SABR.</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 16/12/2014 17:43:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall