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524465

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date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the final decisions on the Pharmacy Integration Fund.
tabling member constituency	Beckenham
tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
uin	40226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the oversight of the Pharmacy Integration Fund. Initial priorities for the Fund in 2016/17 will be to support urgent care services and enhancing the health of care home residents. NHS England will publish further details throughout the five-year period of the Fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/06/2016 15:43:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

524482

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications there were for personal independence payments in the latest year for which figures are available; what proportion of those applications were rejected; and what proportion of unsuccessful applications were subsequently granted on appeal.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	40246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of claims made for personal independence payment (PIP), and the proportion of such claims which were unsuccessful, are available from Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals against PIP decisions may be made where an award of benefit has been given or not. Data on appeals is a matter for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service, an executive agency sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. The latest available data on appeals can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#social-security-and-child-support-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#social-security-and-child-support-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/06/2016 14:52:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

524189

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how and why the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) joined the Metropolitan Police in announcing that retired police sergeant Gurpal Virdi was charged with misconduct in public office and with indecent assault on a person under 16 years; what publicity the CPS recorded as resulting at the time; when the memorandum of a conviction proved 1 April 1987 for offences on 7 November 1986 of a defendant born on 5 September 1970 with informant or complainant recorded as PC Markwick came to the attention of the CPS; what steps were taken to put right the effect of the wrong statement; when those steps were taken; and what the results of those steps were.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>A press release was issued by the Metropolitan Police Service which stated that the complainant was under 16. The CPS was not a party to this release and did not issue any other release. The CPS does not retain records of publicity resulting at the time.</p><p> </p><p>When the case was reviewed in 2014 for charging, the complainant and the witness clearly stated that the complainant had been 15 when the incident took place in 1986.<del class="ministerial"> In addition Mr Virdi also said in interview that the complainant had been 15 at the time of the incident.</del> The police summary stated that the complainant was 15. However the complainant’s date of birth and the date of his arrest were known and this mistake should not have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS was supplied with the memorandum of conviction referred to on 17 September 2014.<del class="ministerial">The indictment was formally amended thereafter.</del></p><p> </p><p>No steps were taken to publicise the fact that the charge was later amended in open court to remove the assertion that the complainant was under 16.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:53:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/06/2016 09:44:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3723 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

524190

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost is to the Crown Prosecution Service of obtaining a transcript of the Southwark Crown Court trial of charges against Gurpal Virdi.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has requested an estimate of the cost of obtaining a transcript and has been informed that it will take 10 days for this to be supplied. Once the estimate is received the CPS will write to the Honorable Member to inform him of the figure.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:52:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

524191

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Apprentices: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprentices in the Tees Valley area (a) went on to work full-time with the employer with which they trained and (b) were subsequently unemployed in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	40117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Statistical data broken down by region on (a) apprentices working full-time for the employer with which they trained or (b) were subsequently unemployed, is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Latest Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2016 data show that 9 out of 10 of all recent apprenticeship completers were in employment 12-20 months after completion. And 72% of those in employment were with the same employer with whom they completed their apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Apprenticeship starts by region and local authority is published as a supplementary table (first link) to a Statistical First Release (second link).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509995/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.XLS" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509995/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.XLS</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/06/2016 16:08:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

524194

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Science: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether there is a mechanism equivalent to the Cross-Council Funding Agreement to ensure fair peer review and transparency for research proposals crossing the border between the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the UK Space Agency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	40096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK Space Agency and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) follow the Cross-Council Funding Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/06/2016 14:59:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

524195

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the public purse of privatising the Land Registry while maintaining ownership of the Land Register.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	40115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>A Government consultation seeking views on options to move Land Registry operations to the private sector closed on 26 May. My department is analysing these responses to help inform a Government decision. The effect on the public purse will also be considered as part of this decision.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/06/2016 11:45:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

524196

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Outages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency plans the Cabinet Office has in place in the event of a high-volume of users causing a slow-down or failure of the gov.uk website.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	40105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Since its launch in October 2012, GOV.UK has handled over 2.6 billion visits. The site needs to continue operating during major events. The <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> website has been designed to handle issues and failures in a way which would not impact the public. We have robust incident management processes in place and regularly run disaster recovery simulations to test our response to any outages.</p><p>When outages do occur, we investigate and learn lessons on how to mitigate them in future.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 40091 question first answered 14/06/2016 08:54:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

524197

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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 assessment his Department has made of the socio-demographic characteristics of users visiting the gov.uk website.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	40097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>GOV.UK does not collect socio-demographic data of users.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/06/2016 08:58:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

524199

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Outages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency plans his Department has in place in the event of a failure of all or part of the gov.uk website.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	40091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Since its launch in October 2012, GOV.UK has handled over 2.6 billion visits. The site needs to continue operating during major events. The <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> website has been designed to handle issues and failures in a way which would not impact the public. We have robust incident management processes in place and regularly run disaster recovery simulations to test our response to any outages.</p><p>When outages do occur, we investigate and learn lessons on how to mitigate them in future.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 40105 question first answered 14/06/2016 08:54:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh