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444218

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Leukaemia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were diagnosed with primary refractory acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	22013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 14/01/2016 15:14:36 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 22013 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Acute Leukaemia
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

443624

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	Overseas Trade: Crown Dependencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what conditions the FCO and UK Trade and Investment attach to providing support and assistance to companies based in the Crown Dependencies in pursuit of overseas contracts and investment opportunities.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
uin	HL4908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>Companies from the Crown Dependencies are able to take advantage of the Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS) as a non-subsidised, fully- charged service to commission information from UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) to assist them in planning and executing their business plans.</p><br /><p>UKTI services are provided at a cost to the UK tax-payer. The Crown Dependencies operate under the jurisdiction of their own Administrations, with no business-generated return to the UK Exchequer. Consequently, OMIS provision to companies based in the Crown Dependencies is charged for.</p><br /><p>Companies from the Crown Dependencies are not eligible for any subsidised UKTI services, unless they have an active UK trading address and can demonstrate that any support they receive would help them deliver economic benefit to the UK through this trading address.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 14/01/2016 16:44:45 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

443687

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to require local authorities to conduct a needs assessment of local sexual health and contraceptive services before issuing tenders.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	21778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s <em>Framework for Sexual Health Promotion in England (2013</em>) sets out our ambitions and objectives to improve sexual health for all people. It takes account of the commissioning arrangements from 2013 including the new role for local authorities (LAs) as commissioners of most sexual health services. Later this month Public Health England (PHE) will undertake a survey of local commissioning arrangements for sexual health. It has also produced sexual health and reproductive health profiles to help LAs and others monitor the sexual and reproductive health of their populations and the performance of local public health related systems.</p><br /><p>It is for LAs to decide on what research and evidence they need to inform their tenders for sexual health and reproductive health services in line with procurement requirements and good practice. In 2014 PHE published <em>Making it Work</em>, a guide to commissioning for sexual health across the whole system, to improve the sexual health of both individuals and the wider public.</p><br /><p>We have made no formal assessment of the effect on sexual health services of reductions in the Public Health Grant to LAs for 2015/16, although PHE continues to monitor relevant outcomes data for every LA in England. Decisions on local public health spending are a matter for LAs. They are mandated by legislation to commission open access sexual health services that meet the needs of their local population. Officials meet regularly with sexual health organisations who would raise any concerns if LAs were not meeting their mandatory requirements for sexual health services.</p><br /><p>The Framework for Sexual Health Improvement includes as a priority reducing unwanted pregnancies and highlights the need to increase access to long acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods and emergency contraception for women of all ages. We have no plans to evaluate the effect on general practitioner surgeries of LA commissioning of LARCs.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 21812 21813 21814 21816 question first answered 14/01/2016 17:01:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

443689

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department plans to monitor progress against the targets in its Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	21812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s <em>Framework for Sexual Health Promotion in England (2013</em>) sets out our ambitions and objectives to improve sexual health for all people. It takes account of the commissioning arrangements from 2013 including the new role for local authorities (LAs) as commissioners of most sexual health services. Later this month Public Health England (PHE) will undertake a survey of local commissioning arrangements for sexual health. It has also produced sexual health and reproductive health profiles to help LAs and others monitor the sexual and reproductive health of their populations and the performance of local public health related systems.</p><br /><p>It is for LAs to decide on what research and evidence they need to inform their tenders for sexual health and reproductive health services in line with procurement requirements and good practice. In 2014 PHE published <em>Making it Work</em>, a guide to commissioning for sexual health across the whole system, to improve the sexual health of both individuals and the wider public.</p><br /><p>We have made no formal assessment of the effect on sexual health services of reductions in the Public Health Grant to LAs for 2015/16, although PHE continues to monitor relevant outcomes data for every LA in England. Decisions on local public health spending are a matter for LAs. They are mandated by legislation to commission open access sexual health services that meet the needs of their local population. Officials meet regularly with sexual health organisations who would raise any concerns if LAs were not meeting their mandatory requirements for sexual health services.</p><br /><p>The Framework for Sexual Health Improvement includes as a priority reducing unwanted pregnancies and highlights the need to increase access to long acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods and emergency contraception for women of all ages. We have no plans to evaluate the effect on general practitioner surgeries of LA commissioning of LARCs.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 21778 21813 21814 21816 question first answered 14/01/2016 17:01:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

443690

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been undertaken of the effect on sexual and reproductive health services of reductions in the Public Health Grant to local authorities for 2015-16 and the measures in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 relating to the public health system.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	21813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s <em>Framework for Sexual Health Promotion in England (2013</em>) sets out our ambitions and objectives to improve sexual health for all people. It takes account of the commissioning arrangements from 2013 including the new role for local authorities (LAs) as commissioners of most sexual health services. Later this month Public Health England (PHE) will undertake a survey of local commissioning arrangements for sexual health. It has also produced sexual health and reproductive health profiles to help LAs and others monitor the sexual and reproductive health of their populations and the performance of local public health related systems.</p><br /><p>It is for LAs to decide on what research and evidence they need to inform their tenders for sexual health and reproductive health services in line with procurement requirements and good practice. In 2014 PHE published <em>Making it Work</em>, a guide to commissioning for sexual health across the whole system, to improve the sexual health of both individuals and the wider public.</p><br /><p>We have made no formal assessment of the effect on sexual health services of reductions in the Public Health Grant to LAs for 2015/16, although PHE continues to monitor relevant outcomes data for every LA in England. Decisions on local public health spending are a matter for LAs. They are mandated by legislation to commission open access sexual health services that meet the needs of their local population. Officials meet regularly with sexual health organisations who would raise any concerns if LAs were not meeting their mandatory requirements for sexual health services.</p><br /><p>The Framework for Sexual Health Improvement includes as a priority reducing unwanted pregnancies and highlights the need to increase access to long acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods and emergency contraception for women of all ages. We have no plans to evaluate the effect on general practitioner surgeries of LA commissioning of LARCs.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 21778 21812 21814 21816 question first answered 14/01/2016 17:01:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

443691

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Contraceptives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation he (a) has made or (b) plans to make of the effect of local authority commissioning of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) in primary care on the number of GP surgeries offering LARC fitting and removal.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	21814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s <em>Framework for Sexual Health Promotion in England (2013</em>) sets out our ambitions and objectives to improve sexual health for all people. It takes account of the commissioning arrangements from 2013 including the new role for local authorities (LAs) as commissioners of most sexual health services. Later this month Public Health England (PHE) will undertake a survey of local commissioning arrangements for sexual health. It has also produced sexual health and reproductive health profiles to help LAs and others monitor the sexual and reproductive health of their populations and the performance of local public health related systems.</p><br /><p>It is for LAs to decide on what research and evidence they need to inform their tenders for sexual health and reproductive health services in line with procurement requirements and good practice. In 2014 PHE published <em>Making it Work</em>, a guide to commissioning for sexual health across the whole system, to improve the sexual health of both individuals and the wider public.</p><br /><p>We have made no formal assessment of the effect on sexual health services of reductions in the Public Health Grant to LAs for 2015/16, although PHE continues to monitor relevant outcomes data for every LA in England. Decisions on local public health spending are a matter for LAs. They are mandated by legislation to commission open access sexual health services that meet the needs of their local population. Officials meet regularly with sexual health organisations who would raise any concerns if LAs were not meeting their mandatory requirements for sexual health services.</p><br /><p>The Framework for Sexual Health Improvement includes as a priority reducing unwanted pregnancies and highlights the need to increase access to long acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods and emergency contraception for women of all ages. We have no plans to evaluate the effect on general practitioner surgeries of LA commissioning of LARCs.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 21778 21812 21813 21816 question first answered 14/01/2016 17:01:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

443692

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will publish an accountability structure of the responsibilities regarding sexual and reproductive health for each government department and arm's length body.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	21815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department is responsible for overall policy on sexual health in England. We work collaboratively with all relevant arm’s length bodies on issues linked to sexual health and we also maintain good working relationships with other government departments on issues relating to sexual health. Accountability structures for each organisation are already in the public domain.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/01/2016 16:04:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

443693

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what system of monitoring is in place to ensure that local authorities meet their duty to commission open access, confidential services for sexually transmitted infections and contraception.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	21816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s <em>Framework for Sexual Health Promotion in England (2013</em>) sets out our ambitions and objectives to improve sexual health for all people. It takes account of the commissioning arrangements from 2013 including the new role for local authorities (LAs) as commissioners of most sexual health services. Later this month Public Health England (PHE) will undertake a survey of local commissioning arrangements for sexual health. It has also produced sexual health and reproductive health profiles to help LAs and others monitor the sexual and reproductive health of their populations and the performance of local public health related systems.</p><br /><p>It is for LAs to decide on what research and evidence they need to inform their tenders for sexual health and reproductive health services in line with procurement requirements and good practice. In 2014 PHE published <em>Making it Work</em>, a guide to commissioning for sexual health across the whole system, to improve the sexual health of both individuals and the wider public.</p><br /><p>We have made no formal assessment of the effect on sexual health services of reductions in the Public Health Grant to LAs for 2015/16, although PHE continues to monitor relevant outcomes data for every LA in England. Decisions on local public health spending are a matter for LAs. They are mandated by legislation to commission open access sexual health services that meet the needs of their local population. Officials meet regularly with sexual health organisations who would raise any concerns if LAs were not meeting their mandatory requirements for sexual health services.</p><br /><p>The Framework for Sexual Health Improvement includes as a priority reducing unwanted pregnancies and highlights the need to increase access to long acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods and emergency contraception for women of all ages. We have no plans to evaluate the effect on general practitioner surgeries of LA commissioning of LARCs.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 21778 21812 21813 21814 question first answered 14/01/2016 17:01:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

443695

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	North Korea: Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to establish the veracity of recent reports that the North Korean government has capacity for a hydrogen bomb making facility.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	21892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>We assess that the size of the seismic event caused by the 6 January nuclear test conducted by North Korea (DPRK) was not indicative of a successful two-stage thermonuclear test (commonly known as a hydrogen bomb). However, as the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) has said in his Written Ministerial Statement on 13 January, this activity was a clear violation of four UN Security Council Resolutions, and we are working with other UN Security Council members on a further Resolution.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 14/01/2016 17:20:40 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

443697

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Contingencies Secretariat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will direct the civil contingencies secretariat to ensure there is liaison with the devolved nations on best practice procedures in its area of practice.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	21890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat routinely works with the devolved administrations, including in the sharing of best practice. They are represented on official-level governance boards that cover all the key areas of resilience, including risk assessment, protection of critical national infrastructure, and capability planning. There are also established arrangements in place for linking the UK Government’s emergency co-ordination structures with those in the devolved nations, to ensure a co-ordinated response.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 14/01/2016 11:24:44 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell