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1041699

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the conclusions of his Department's consultation, Review of Post-18 Education and Funding.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	208913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The Review of Post-18 Education and Funding is being informed by independent advice from an expert panel, chaired by Philip Augar.</p><p> </p><p>The panel have undertaken an extensive programme of stakeholder engagement and evidence gathering. They will report in 2019 before government concludes the overall review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/01/2019 14:32:14 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1042118

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ownership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what parts of the UK's railways, including tracks and trains, they own.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL12857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The national rail infrastructure is held and managed by Network Rail, a Non-Departmental Public Body reporting to the Department for Transport. A number of privately owned lines and sidings are connected to the national rail network. Almost all rolling stock in operation on the national rail network is privately owned. The franchised passenger train operating companies are contracted out by the Department for Transport or devolved administrations. The Intercity East Coast franchise is currently operated by a publicly owned operating company, LNER Ltd, pending the letting of a new franchise. All these train services operate on the national rail network alongside privately owned freight and passenger train operating companies.</p><p> </p><p>The High Speed 1 infrastructure between London St Pancras and the UK Channel Tunnel portal is owned by the Department for Transport and let as a thirty year concession. Some UK cities own and operate their own rail networks, notably London, Newcastle and Glasgow.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/01/2019 11:27:01 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

1041259

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Gambling: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the £20.5 billion of investment announced in the NHS Long Term Plan will be allocated to clinics dedicated to the treatment of problem gambling.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	208214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The allocation of funding to the expansion of specialist treatment for gambling related harm announced in the NHS Long Term Plan has yet to be determined by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:08:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 96128 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1041265

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Kurds: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department plans to provide to Kurdish groups in Syria after the withdrawal of US troops.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	208198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>​UK officials are in contact with several Syrian Kurdish groups and are aware of the concerns around the withdrawal of United States troops from Syria. As the US recognises, it is important that withdrawal is done in a way which allows the significant progress made in north-east Syria to be maintained. The UK remains committed to providing humanitarian assistance in north-east Syria. We will continue to work for a negotiated political settlement to the Syrian conflict protecting the rights of all Syrians.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2019 11:47:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1041305

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect of Prescription Ordering Direct services' ability to deny or delay repeat prescription requests from patients with lifelong or long-term illnesses or diseases for whom their GP has always previously and continues to prescribe such medication on the health of such patients.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	208241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no such plans to make an assessment. It is important that patients can access their prescribed medicines in a timely and convenient manner, and any service introduced should not hinder general practitioner’s ability to provide this.</p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council’s Prescribing Guidance has specific recommendations on this topic, and explains that prescribers “must make sure that any repeat prescription they sign is safe and appropriate” and “repeat prescriptions received earlier or later than expected may indicate poor adherence, leading to inadequate therapy or adverse effects”.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:07:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 96130 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1041326

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Preventive Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 38 of his Department's document of 5 November 2018, Prevention is better than cure, our vision to help you live well for longer, what progress he is making on considering the best available evidence of what a health in all policies approach could look like.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	208249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>In the Prevention Vision document, ‘Prevention is Better Than Cure’, we committed to publishing a Prevention Green Paper setting out Government plans on prevention in more detail. Planning for this Green Paper is now underway, and officials will be working with a range of external partners and other Government departments on the content. Full details will be available later this year, when the Green Paper is published.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:24:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1041401

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Dental Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children aged five had at least one missing, decayed or filled tooth in each of the last eight years .
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	208231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Data on five year old dental health is not collected annually. Data on the proportion of five year olds with at least one missing, decayed or filled tooth because of decay available for the last eight years is in the following table. These data are not comparable due to changes in methodology between the surveys.</p><p> </p><p>Data collection for the 2018/19 survey is currently underway and results will be published in spring 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the surveys of five year old children can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/5year%20docs.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/5year%20docs.aspx</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Proportion of five year old children with one or more teeth affected by decay</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>24.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>23.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Caution is advised when making comparisons of these data as they come from different data sets</p><p>- <sup>1</sup> Source: former NHS Dental Epidemiology Programme</p><p>- <sup>2 </sup>Source: Child Dental Health Survey, 2013</p><p>- <sup>3 </sup>Source: Public Health England Dental Public Health Intelligence Programme</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:06:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 96129 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1041423

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much private (a) schools and (b) hospitals claimed in business rate relief in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	208389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information about the value of business rates reliefs split by type of business.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/01/2019 13:10:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1041425

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to publish updated guidance on Traveller accommodation needs assessments following the withdrawal of the 2007 guidance in 2016.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	208391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>In March 2016 the Government published draft guidance to local housing authorities on the periodical review of housing needs for people living in caravans and houseboats, in relation to the duty under section 8 of the Housing Act 1985. We are considering the future of this guidance in light of the responses to the consultation on unauthorised development and encampments.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/01/2019 13:09:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1039558

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
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	General Practitioners: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 6 of the NHS Long-Term Plan, whether the right of every patient to have an online digital GP consultation will be added to the NHS constitution.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	207577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>To date, no decision has been taken to whether the right of every patient to have an online general practitioner consultation will be added to the NHS Constitution. The ultimate decision about what is included in the NHS Constitution rests with the Department and may be subject to parliamentary agreement.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:23:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders