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1041493

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to secure the long-term future of the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	908576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service published its Long Term Plan last week, backed by £20.5 billion a year of taxpayers money, ensuring patients will be supported with world-class care at every stage of their life.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 15/01/2019 16:35:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1038938

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
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 people who have been granted legal aid in welfare cases in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	207160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Information about the volumes of people granted legal aid in welfare benefits cases is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a>. The latest figures (to September 2018) of Legal Help matter starts (from table 5.1) and Civil Representation granted certificates (from table 6.2) in welfare benefits cases are outlined in the below table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Legal Help Matter Starts</p></td><td><p>Civil Representation Granted Certificates</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>135,751</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>141,625</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>116,081</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>102,920</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>82,554</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has spent several months conducting a wide-ranging review of the reforms to legal aid and engaged with more than 100 organisations and individuals as part of the evidence-gathering phase.</p><p> </p><p>Having finalised this engagement at the end of November, the review is now near completion and will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2019 17:54:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1038941

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Hormone Replacement Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing the cost of hormone replacement therapy for patients who pay multiple prescription charges for medication with more than one ingredient.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	207273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Unless a valid exemption has been declared the statutory applicable charge of £8.80 is payable for each prescription item, such as a quantity of a drug, dispensed in the community in England. The Government has no plans to change this position in respect of combination packs of hormone replacement therapy medication comprised of multiple drugs. Accordingly, no recent discussions about this matter have taken place at Cabinet level.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:04:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1038942

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	North Wales Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed by North Wales Police in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	207161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p><p>Data on the number of police officers in North Wales, as at 31 March each year and going back to March 2007, can be found in the accompanying Open Data Table: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p><p>The next release of ‘Police workforce’ statistics is due to be published on 24th January, and will represent the picture as at 30 September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 15/01/2019 17:14:22 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1038943

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Barristers: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been appointed as Queen's Counsel in Northern Ireland in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	207162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The appointment of Queen’s Counsel in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter for which the Northern Ireland Department of Justice has responsibility.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/01/2019 09:09:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1038945

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his oral statement of 7 January 2019 on Migrant Crossings, Official Report column 85, whether asylum seekers arriving on the Kent Coast since 1 October 2018 have had their applications for asylum processed using standard procedures.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	207208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Over 500 migrants, the majority of whom are Iranian nationals, attempted to travel to the UK on small vessels in 2018. The vast majority of those attempts were made in the last three months of the year.</p><p>All asylum claims made in the UK are processed, managed and decided in line with Home Office policy, guidance and relevant case law and legislation. This supports an efficient and effective asylum process for the UK and ensures that asylum claims are handled in a manner that is appropriate to the individual, including ensuring any reasonable adjustments and safe-guarding needs are considered.</p><p>All asylum claimants must be treated with dignity and fairness regardless of their age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief.</p><p>An asylum claim will be registered where an individual makes a particularised protection claim for the first time, in person and in their own right. That does not mean that the UK will always be responsible for making a substantive decision.</p><p>As part of that process, there is a need to assess whether what a person is saying amounts to a protection claim and if so, whether the claim is admissible to the decision-making process. Inadmissibility is a concept by which the Home Office can decline to consider an asylum claim because the individual already enjoys sufficient protection in another country, or another country is responsible for considering the claim.</p><p>We are unable to state how many asylum seekers arriving on the Kent coast since 1 October 2018 have had their claims registered and processed using standard procedures, as we do not comment on the status of cases once they have claimed asylum.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2019 16:54:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1038946

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Pancreatic Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a target for increasing the early stage diagnosis rate for pancreatic cancer in the lifetime of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	207163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets an ambition for three out of four cancers to be diagnosed at an early stage by 2028, compared to around one in two currently. This ambition applies to all cancers, including pancreatic cancer, not just the 10 currently in the Public Health Outcomes Framework early diagnosis metric. NHS England is keen to work with the charities representing some of the cancers not currently included in this metric on how best to measure progress towards the ambition moving forwards.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:00:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1038951

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds his Department has spent on advertisements promoting online passport applications in each of the last three years; and what funds he plans to spend on promoting online passport applications in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	207212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Passport Office (HMPO) has an ambitious transformation plan to increase digital applications, helping to reduce operational expenditure by removing paper and customer errors from the process.</p><p>In June 2016, HMPO launched its first fully digital online application service for adults renewing their passport. This launch was supported by no cost communications activity, including PR and stakeholder engagement. Last financial year (2017/18) a small scale paid search campaign, costing £9,665, was trialled to encourage customers to use the online application channel. In this financial year (2018/19) a marketing campaign, costing £536,639.04, was delivered via radio and digital advertising.</p><p>A re-launch of the marketing campaign in 2019/20 has been planned, forecast at £1m. This activity is dependent on the outcome of the EU Exit withdrawal agreement.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2019 17:04:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1038952

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish correspondence with (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Improvement on any (i) assessment and (b) analysis that indicates a funding shortfall of more than £1 billion in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	207213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>We have had no correspondence with NHS England or NHS Improvement regarding the Nuffield Trust’s analysis, dated 26 October 2018. We do not agree there is a shortfall in 2019-20, and the aforementioned analysis concludes that once recurrent efficiencies are factored in, there is financial headroom within the National Health Service long term settlement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 15/01/2019 12:30:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1038954

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Sudan: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many protesters have been reported to have been (a) detained, (b) tortured and (c) killed by Sudanese authorities since demonstrations began on 19 December 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	207146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Reports of the number of detainees, deaths and injuries vary. On 12 January the Government of Sudan reported that 24 deaths had occurred. Activist groups and Non-Governmental Organisations assess the number to be considerably higher. We are unable to verify these figures independently, but we continue to express our deep concern at the current situation, both bilaterally and as part of the Troika (with the USA and Norway). We are urging the Government of Sudan to respect the Sudanese people's right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, and to ensure those responsible for the deaths of protestors are held to account. We expect political activists, human rights defenders, journalists and others who are being detained without charge or trial to be released immediately, and for all detainees to be treated in accordance with international standards. We continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/01/2019 16:30:01 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms