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795171

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on implementing the National Shipbuilding Strategy and procuring the Type 31e frigate.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	902564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We launched the Type 31e programme on 7th September. It is in the pre-procurement phase and we have received expressions of interest from 22 companies against the requirement for an initial order of five ships at a maximum average price of £250 million per ship.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/11/2017 17:59:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

795172

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the defence and aerospace industries.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	902565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We are leaving the EU, but remain fully committed to maintaining Europe’s security. We will ensure our respective industries can continue to collaborate to deliver the battle winning defence and aerospace capabilities we need to keep us safe.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/11/2017 17:59:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

795173

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to develop the future accommodation model.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	902566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Future Accommodation Model aims to modernise the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) approach to Service personnel accommodation increasing flexibility and choice to allow for modern lifestyles, living arrangements and families. The MOD is progressing plans to test this model due to start before the end of next year.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/11/2017 17:41:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

795174

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to maintain British Army training in Kenya.
tabling member constituency	Newark
tabling member printed	Robert Jenrick
uin	902567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to stop British Army training in Kenya, and we will be discussing the location of future training with the Kenyan Government.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/11/2017 18:00:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick

795175

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to encourage innovation by defence suppliers
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	902570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey).</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/11/2017 18:00:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

793907

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Psychiatry: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many unfilled psychiatric posts there are in England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	114996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes the number of vacancies that are advertised on NHS Jobs, the dedicated online recruitment service for the National Health Service. However, as the basis of the figures is the number of vacancies advertised for the first time in each given month, it is not possible to determine from these figures the number of vacancies live at any given point in time. The figures only cover those vacancies advertised via NHS Jobs, and it is not always possible to determine how many posts are associated with any given advertisement.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/media/31747/NHS-Vacancy-Statistics-England-February-2015-March-2017-Provisional-Experimental-Statistics-Tables/default/nhs-vac-stats-feb15-mar17-eng-tables" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/media/31747/NHS-Vacancy-Statistics-England-February-2015-March-2017-Provisional-Experimental-Statistics-Tables/default/nhs-vac-stats-feb15-mar17-eng-tables</a></p><p>Health Education England recently published a Mental Health Workforce plan which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/CCS0717505185-1_FYFV%20Mental%20health%20workforce%20plan%20for%20England_v5%283%29.pdf" target="_blank">www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/CCS0717505185-1_FYFV%20Mental%20health%20workforce%20plan%20for%20England_v5%283%29.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/11/2017 15:50:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

793918

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medicine: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to improve the accessibility and affordability of medicines developed from publicly-funded research.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Fiona Onasanya
uin	115007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) assesses medicines on the basis of their value to patients and to the National Health Service. The source of financial support in developing each medicine is not assessed.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is required by law to ensure that all medicines recommended by NICE are funded within three months, ensuring patient access to cost-effective medicines in England. New medicines are not subject to payments under the voluntary Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme, and NHS England monitors access to innovative medicines via the Innovation Scorecard in recognition of the value this Government places on innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Many countries fund research and development (R&amp;D), often at an early stage. Private companies invest in R&amp;D also. It is not possible to assess the contribution made by public investment or private investment in bringing products to market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and its partners recently published the response to the Accelerated Access Review which sets out plans to give patients quicker access to life-changing treatments; and, make the United Kingdom the best place in the world for industry to invest and innovate. A total of £86 million of funding has already been committed to make the vision a reality.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2017 16:42:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4629 label Biography information for Fiona Onasanya

793919

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Forensic Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017, Toxicology, HCWS 265, what the timescales are for reviewing case files to identify where test results were relied on by (a) local authorities when making child protection decisions outside the court process and (b) private employers for the purpose of drug and alcohol testing of their employees; and whether people potentially affected by such cases will be informed that their case files are being reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	115008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Officials have written to all local councils in England to ask them to review whether they commissioned forensic hair strand tests for drug and alcohol use by Trimega Laboratories Limited during the period January 2010 to April 2014, and have requested that they do this by 30 November 2017.</p><p> </p><p>It is unlikely that decisions about the welfare of children will have been taken solely on the basis of toxicology test results. However, we have asked councils to consider whether any action is necessary to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has published information for anyone who thinks they have been affected, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forensic-toxicology-tests" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forensic-toxicology-tests</a>. Anyone who thinks that they may be affected should contact their local council or seek legal advice from a solicitor or an organisation like Citizens Advice.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the reviewing of case files involving private employers for the purpose of drug and alcohol testing of their employees, the information in the above hyperlink explains that anyone who believes that they may have been the subject of such tests should contact the party who commissioned the test. They may also wish to consult a legal adviser, their union or professional body, or an organisation like Citizens Advice.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 115009 question first answered 27/11/2017 17:09:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

793920

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Trimega
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require local authorities to write to those affected by the potential manipulation at Trimega in cases in which it may affect child safety and wellbeing decisions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	115009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Officials have written to all local councils in England to ask them to review whether they commissioned forensic hair strand tests for drug and alcohol use by Trimega Laboratories Limited during the period January 2010 to April 2014, and have requested that they do this by 30 November 2017.</p><p> </p><p>It is unlikely that decisions about the welfare of children will have been taken solely on the basis of toxicology test results. However, we have asked councils to consider whether any action is necessary to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has published information for anyone who thinks they have been affected, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forensic-toxicology-tests" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forensic-toxicology-tests</a>. Anyone who thinks that they may be affected should contact their local council or seek legal advice from a solicitor or an organisation like Citizens Advice.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the reviewing of case files involving private employers for the purpose of drug and alcohol testing of their employees, the information in the above hyperlink explains that anyone who believes that they may have been the subject of such tests should contact the party who commissioned the test. They may also wish to consult a legal adviser, their union or professional body, or an organisation like Citizens Advice.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 115008 question first answered 27/11/2017 17:09:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

793925

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers at bands 3 to 5 leaving the service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	115014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>HMPPS Band 3-5 officer leaving rates since 2010 can be found in table 8d in the latest set of HMPPS workforce Statistics bulletin at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2017</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2017 17:30:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon