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873474

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet office, what steps he is taking to increase voter registration among under-registered groups.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	904624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Our inaugural National Democracy Week in July is going to be a UK-wide event, intended to increase democratic engagement among a wide range of under-registered groups. Last Wednesday we launched its website and a youth engagement toolkit for parliamentarians and later this year will recruit and train youth Democracy Ambassadors.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:07:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

873475

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet office, what steps his Department has taken to make it easier for victims and survivors of domestic violence to register to vote anonymously.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	904625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Legislation has come into force this month making it easier to register to vote anonymously.</p><p>When registering, survivors can now provide evidence from a broader range of professionals to reflect their experiences. This includes sworn statements from refuge managers that their safety would be at risk if their details appeared on the register.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:08:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

873476

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Devolution: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on devolving powers to the Scottish Parliament after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	904631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>I continue to have regular conversations with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the return of powers from Brussels to Holyrood following exit from the EU. Furthermore, we are both part of JMC(EN) where this, amongst other issues, has been discussed with the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 28/03/2018 16:06:04 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

873488

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase voter registration among under-registered groups.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	904630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I continue to have regular conversations with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the return of powers from Brussels to Holyrood following exit from the EU. Furthermore, we are both part of JMC(EN) where this, amongst other issues, has been discussed with the devolved administrations.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our inaugural National Democracy Week in July is going to be a UK-wide event, intended to increase democratic engagement among a wide range of under-registered groups. Last Wednesday we launched its website and a youth engagement toolkit for parliamentarians and later this year will recruit and train youth Democracy Ambassadors.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:01:12 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2018 10:54:32 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 50507 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

872386

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Brain: Tumours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to increase the level of medical support for people who have brain tumours.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Leo Docherty
uin	134300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>There is currently a major £130 million investment in the modernisation of radiotherapy equipment in England. Combined with new approaches to surgery, it is hoped that around 6,000 brain tumour patients a year will benefit from effective but less invasive treatments.</p><p> </p><p>Improving early diagnosis of all cancer is a priority for this Government however we recognise that diagnosis of brain tumours can present certain challenges in general practice. As such, we support the work of HeadSmart in increasing awareness of symptoms that might be brain cancer. As well as making the National Health Service in England aware of the benefits of HeadSmart we have highlighted its benefits with Directors of Public Health, health visitors and school nurses, to encourage their use by professionals in signposting to specialist advice if needed. Further information is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.headsmart.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.headsmart.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has confirmed £200 million of transformation funding over the next two years, to encourage local areas to find new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier. NHS England’s Accelerate, Co-ordinate, Evaluate (ACE) programme is testing innovative ways of diagnosing cancer earlier, with ACE Wave 2 piloting multi-disciplinary diagnostic centres for patients with vague or non-specific symptoms, such as brain cancers.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the government has committed its support to the newly established Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce. The Taskforce is a radical new taskforce representing cancers with stubbornly poor survival rates, specifically lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach cancers. Although cancer survival rates are at an all-time high, these cancers all have a five-year survival rate of less than 20%. The Taskforce calls for the changes required in research, diagnosis, treatment and care to level up the less survivable cancers with those where great progress has been made.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 134302 question first answered 28/03/2018 14:58:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty

872388

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Brain: Tumours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to (a) increase public awareness of the symptoms of brain tumours and (b) promote early diagnoses of that condition.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Leo Docherty
uin	134302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>There is currently a major £130 million investment in the modernisation of radiotherapy equipment in England. Combined with new approaches to surgery, it is hoped that around 6,000 brain tumour patients a year will benefit from effective but less invasive treatments.</p><p> </p><p>Improving early diagnosis of all cancer is a priority for this Government however we recognise that diagnosis of brain tumours can present certain challenges in general practice. As such, we support the work of HeadSmart in increasing awareness of symptoms that might be brain cancer. As well as making the National Health Service in England aware of the benefits of HeadSmart we have highlighted its benefits with Directors of Public Health, health visitors and school nurses, to encourage their use by professionals in signposting to specialist advice if needed. Further information is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.headsmart.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.headsmart.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has confirmed £200 million of transformation funding over the next two years, to encourage local areas to find new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier. NHS England’s Accelerate, Co-ordinate, Evaluate (ACE) programme is testing innovative ways of diagnosing cancer earlier, with ACE Wave 2 piloting multi-disciplinary diagnostic centres for patients with vague or non-specific symptoms, such as brain cancers.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the government has committed its support to the newly established Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce. The Taskforce is a radical new taskforce representing cancers with stubbornly poor survival rates, specifically lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach cancers. Although cancer survival rates are at an all-time high, these cancers all have a five-year survival rate of less than 20%. The Taskforce calls for the changes required in research, diagnosis, treatment and care to level up the less survivable cancers with those where great progress has been made.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 134300 question first answered 28/03/2018 14:58:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty

872420

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK contribution will be to NATO's new Joint Support and Enabling Command.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	134334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The configuration and requirements for the Joint Support and Enabling Command are being developed within SACEUR's Implementation Plan for the NATO Command Structure Adaptation. This will be refined ahead of an announcement at the NATO Summit in July. It is too early to define the UK's exact contribution but it will be consistent with the UK's leading role in the Alliance and with a fair share of the burden alongside our Allies.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/03/2018 15:53:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

872427

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with NATO Maritime Command to increase awareness of naval readiness across the NATO alliance.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	134341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working closely with the NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM), based in Northwood, London, on a range of defence and security issues including the development of naval readiness initiatives. One example is the 'Ships Available At Sea For NATO Tasking' concept that is facilitating the integration of ships from any NATO Ally, or approved Partner Nation, into a NATO-led operation at any time.</p><p>This work supports a wider &quot;NATO Readiness Initiative&quot; that will strengthen NATO's readiness and operational flexibility by committing more naval capabilities to collective defence. We will continue to discuss this proposal with MARCOM in advance of the NATO Summit in July, where readiness as a whole will be a focus for the Alliance.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/03/2018 15:54:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

870181

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has any responsibility to support RBS in retaining its customers.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	134051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s shareholding in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is managed at arm's length and on a commercial basis through UK Financial Investments Ltd, a company which is wholly owned by the Government, with the objective of creating and protecting value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>RBS retains its own board which is responsible for commercial and operational decisions, including in relation to customers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/03/2018 15:30:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

870182

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
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	Universal Credit: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the number of calls to the universal credit helpline received each week has increased since it became a free service.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	134052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Since the Freephone number went live on 29 November 2017 the number of calls received has increased. However, this remains in proportion to the growing caseload. In Universal Credit Full Service this remains steady at circa 0.7 calls per claimant per month.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2018 13:30:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley