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819795

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Spondyloarthritis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms have been put in place to identify accurately the number of individuals diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis within the NHS in England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	121867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Improving Lives - The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, published on 31 October 2016, sets out the Government’s commitment to work with NHS England to identify opportunities for regular collection of data about incidence, prevalence, clinical activity and outcomes of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and services in England. The Government’s Mandate to NHS England reiterated this commitment.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 November 2017, the Government published Improving Lives - The Future of Work, Health and Disability in response to the Green Paper. This builds on the commitment to identify opportunities for routine data collection about MSK incidence, prevalence, clinical activity, and outcomes. The report outlined that a data advisory group, led by Arthritis Research UK, has been examining the issue. On 1 December 2017, the advisory group presented its recommendations to NHS England, which is currently considering the appropriate next steps.</p><p> </p><p>Improving Lives - The Future of Work, Health and Disability can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2018 14:07:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

819799

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses artificial intelligence to spot breast Cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	121871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of a study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into Artificial Intelligence (AI) in diagnosing breast cancer in women. Modern digital pathology techniques have created the opportunity to produce AI-based algorithms that could provide grading of tumours and prognostic insights that are not currently available through conventional methodology. However, the future availability of any new or novel tests on the National Health Service would be subject to large scale clinical trials demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the diagnostic approach and subsequent assessments of its cost effectiveness for routine use. Through its technology appraisal programme, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the NHS on whether drugs and other treatments represent an effective use of NHS resources. NHS commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended by NICE within three months of final guidance.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2018 14:04:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

819805

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for her Department to close a case when a Child Maintenance Service order expires; and what targets are in place for such cases to be closed.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	121877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted the expiring of a Child Maintenance Service order to mean the ending of Child Maintenance liability on a Child Support Agency (CSA) case as part of our case closure process.</p><p> </p><p>The process to end the liabilities (stop accruing maintenance) in all Child Support Agency cases began in 2014. The Case closure process involves sending the customer 3 letters over the case closure journey to instigate, remind and confirm liability is ending, enabling the customer to make alternate arrangements over the period. .</p><p> </p><p>At end of liability, clients are told that their Child Support Agency child maintenance arrangement has ended. The Non Resident Parent will be told when to make a final maintenance payment and to keep paying any arrears. The Child Support Agency (CSA) will continue to collect and pay arrears payments that are made prior to the case fully closing - but regular maintenance collections and payments will stop after a 6 month fixed period.</p><p> </p><p>When liability has ended the case enters “arrears cleanse”. The purpose of this period (which may take up to a further 6 months) is to examine the debt balances on the case to address any anomalies and so calculate a “stable” arrears figure. This involves reviewing any suspended and deferred debt. It includes the write off of debt in circumstances covered by existing debt write off powers.</p><p> </p><p>A case can only close once all arrears have been cleared or collected. For those cases where the child maintenance liability ended on or after 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014 as part of this process the average length of time for the Department to close a case was 27 weeks, this is based on data up 31<sup>st</sup> September 2017. The department aims to end liability on all Child Support Agency cases by 31 December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of targets, the department have a clear timeline for ending liability for individual cases 6 months after selection but there time taken to actually close the case will be dependant on the arrears position and the amount of work outstanding.. Whilst there are no specific targets for the process of closing cases once liability has ended, for most cases this should be around 6 months, and the exact time will depend on case circumstances. This relates to Child Support Agency cases only, and only those cases that are subject to the case closure programme. We have no specific closure data for Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases, and they are not part of the case closure programme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/01/2018 14:00:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

819820

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government, what estimate of he has made of the number of (a) homeless people and (b) rough sleepers in the West Midlands, in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	121892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The latest statistics on homelessness and rough sleeping in England are published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping</a></p><p>At Budget the Chancellor announced 28 million pounds of funding to pilot the Housing First approach for the country’s most entrenched rough sleepers. The pilots will cover the West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Manchester, and the Liverpool City Region.</p><p>The exact allocation to the areas will be subject to on-going work with the regions and refinement of the scope of the pilots. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are in regular contact with officials in the West Midlands and will continue to work closely with them going forward.</p><p>The recently established Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel, of which Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands is a member, will support the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Reduction Taskforce to develop a cross-government strategy to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and to eliminate it altogether by 2027.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/01/2018 17:32:46 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

819842

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to (a) collect information on the number of non-UK EU and EEA nationals working in each civil service department and (b) assess the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on civil service employment.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service does not routinely collect information on the nationality of civil servants and there are currently no plans to collect information on the number of non-UK EU and EEA nationals working in each Civil Service department.</p><p>The Cabinet Office will continue to work with DExEU and the Home Office to ensure that the Civil Service Nationality Rules continue to be operable as broader legislative decisions are made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/01/2018 15:53:05 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

819851

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of staff in her Department with complex physical and mental health disabilities requiring IT adaptations were employed in each of the last ten years for which figures are available; and how many of those employees had their employment terminated in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	121923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Retrieval of data would be a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>At the end of December 2017 the Department had 883 employees who were using accessibility software. We are unable to say when they were employed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/01/2018 14:07:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

819854

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Slaughterhouses: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 118905, on Slaughterhouses: Inspections, how many establishments in each group of those audit results received (a) improvement necessary and (b) urgent improvement necessary audit results.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	121926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Due to the way the data are gathered and extracted from the system, the numbers below detail the number of audits with unsatisfactory outcomes, rather than the number of establishments with unsatisfactory outcomes. That means that one establishment might have received more than one unsatisfactory outcome during the period accounted for. The data below are for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>From August 2014 to December 2017- Improvement necessary</p><p> </p><p>Slaughterhouses (including slaughterhouses with co-located cutting plants and wild game establishments)</p><p>2014 – 29</p><p>2015 – 55</p><p>2016 – 45</p><p>2017 – 41</p><p> </p><p>Others (Cutting Plants)</p><p>2014 – 17</p><p>2015 – 36</p><p>2016 – 36</p><p>2017 – 39</p><p>From August 2014 to December 2017- Urgent Improvement necessary</p><p> </p><p>Slaughterhouses (including slaughterhouses with co-located cutting plants and wild game establishments)</p><p>2014 – 7</p><p>2015 – 5</p><p>2016 – 5</p><p>2017 – 7</p><p> </p><p>Others (Cutting Plants)</p><p>2014 – 1</p><p>2015 – 5</p><p>2016 – 1</p><p>2017 – 8</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2018 14:09:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

819857

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Slaughterhouses: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 118905, on Slaughterhouses: Inspections, how many (a) slaughterhouses and (b) other meat establishments have received unsatisfactory audit results in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	121929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency audit system was updated in August 2014, changing significantly the categorisations of each question being assessed and the audit outcomes. The results presented below have been split in two sections to accommodate the differences between these two periods.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, due to the way the data are gathered and extracted from the system, the numbers below detail the number of audits with unsatisfactory outcomes, rather than the number of establishments with unsatisfactory outcomes. That means that one establishment might have received more than one unsatisfactory outcome during the period accounted for. The data below are for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>From 2010 to July 2014</p><p> </p><p>In this section audits leading to a re-audit within two months have been considered as unsatisfactory leading to immediate intervention being required.</p><p>Slaughterhouses (including slaughterhouses with co-located cutting plants and wild game establishments)</p><p>2010 – 11</p><p>2011 – 4</p><p>2012 – 20</p><p>2013 – 23</p><p>2014 – 8</p><p> </p><p>Others (Cutting Plants)</p><p>2010 – 4</p><p>2011 – 0</p><p>2012 – 5</p><p>2013 – 1</p><p>2014 – 2</p><p> </p><p>From August 2014 to December 2017</p><p> </p><p>In this section audits with Urgent Improvement Necessary outcome have been considered as unsatisfactory leading to immediate intervention being required.</p><p>Slaughterhouses (including slaughterhouses with co-located cutting plants and wild game establishments)</p><p>2014 – 7</p><p>2015 - 5</p><p>2016 - 5</p><p>2017 - 7</p><p> </p><p>Others (Cutting Plants)</p><p>2014 – 1</p><p>2015 - 5</p><p>2016 - 1</p><p>2017 - 8</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2018 14:34:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

819860

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps has he taken to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	121932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The latest statistics on homelessness and rough sleeping in England are published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping</a></p><p>At Budget the Chancellor announced 28 million pounds of funding to pilot the Housing First approach for the country’s most entrenched rough sleepers. The pilots will cover the West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Manchester, and the Liverpool City Region.</p><p>The exact allocation to the areas will be subject to on-going work with the regions and refinement of the scope of the pilots. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are in regular contact with officials in the West Midlands and will continue to work closely with them going forward.</p><p>The recently established Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel, of which Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands is a member, will support the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Reduction Taskforce to develop a cross-government strategy to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and to eliminate it altogether by 2027.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/01/2018 17:32:46 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

819889

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for leave to enter or remain in the UK under paragraph 319V of the Immigration Rules were (a) received, (b) resolved, (c) granted and (d) refused in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	121961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/01/2018 16:44:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil