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1076645

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the number of firefighters on fire service capacity to respond to emergency calls.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	909399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Recent data show that the average total response time to primary fires has remained the same as last year, and for secondary fires has increased by 1 second since last year.</p><p>Total response times have risen gradually since 1994 but are now starting to stabilise.</p><p>Fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/02/2019 18:08:30 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

1064657

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	909406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>On 21 January we published a landmark draft Domestic Abuse Bill, containing a ground-breaking series of measures to promote awareness, support victims, tackle perpetrators and improve services.</p><p>We have also published a package of non-legislative actions that will see further support for children, the elderly, disabled, male and migrant victims and those in the LGBTQ community.</p><p>We have already committed over £100million to tackle violence against women and girls, including £20m for victims of domestic abuse and £40 million for safe accommodation services.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/02/2019 17:47:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1064306

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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: Capital Investment
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 the capital budget was used to support radiotherapy in 2018; and what proportion of the capital budget will not be committed by the end of the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	223787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Modernising radiotherapy services is crucial to our ambition to increase cancer survival rates and a number of strategic Departmental capital programmes have supported investment in 2018-19 in this area.</p><p>In 2018-19 around £106 million capital funding has been budgeted for the following radiotherapy related programmes:</p><p>- £46 million for the Linear Accelerator programme, part of £130 million of investment over three years; and</p><p>- £60 million for the Proton Beam Therapy programme, part of £250 million investment in two new centres by 2020-21.</p><p>This investment represents 1.8% of the total £5.983 billion 2018-19 capital Departmental Expenditure Limit.</p><p>The Department has also approved £29.4 million of capital investment in 2018-19 to Cancer Alliances to encourage local areas to find new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier, improve the care for those living with cancer and ensure each cancer patient gets the right care for them.</p><p>In addition to this central programme, individual National Health Service provider organisations will also have made local capital investments to support radiotherapy from their own local capital programmes. The Department does not collect information at this level of granularity.</p><p>The Department’s overall capital budget is fully committed in 2018-19 and we work closely with NHS England, NHS Improvement and other delivery partners to ensure that it is utilised to maximum effect to support improvements in patient care.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/02/2019 17:44:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1064346

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the (a) total book value of the central Government estate in London and (b) rate payable on those properties.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	223820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>e-PIMS, the central database of properties and land, only holds asset values and rates payable in relation to specific programme requirements. We do not comprehensively record asset values as a matter of course and therefore are unable to provide the total book value. Rates payable information is only collected against individual properties for the benchmarked office estate. For the 149 benchmarked offices over 500m<sup>2</sup> in the central civil estate in the London region, net rates totalling £121.3 million were payable in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 25/02/2019 17:33:09 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1064368

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Endoscopy
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 on 14 February to Question 219561 on Endoscopy: Recruitment, how many of the 202 clinical endoscopists have now completed their training and are able to undertake procedures in flexible sigmoidoscopy.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	223842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Trainees in Health Education England’s Clinical Endoscopy programme choose, depending on their trust’s requirements, to train in one endoscopy modality - either flexible sigmoidoscopy or upper gastrointestinal. Of the 202 clinical endoscopists, 66 candidates have already completed their training and are able to undertake flexible sigmoidoscopy with a further 46 currently in training. This will total 112 trained and able to perform flexible sigmoidoscopy. The remaining 90 are trained or training in a different modality and may receive further training by their trust in an additional modality, which may also include flexible sigmoidoscopy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/02/2019 17:44:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1064410

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims qualified for Inheritance Tax exemption on agricultural property in 2018; what the location was of claim; and what the average income was of the recipients.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Claims qualified for Inheritance Tax exemption on agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR) in 2018/19 are currently unavailable.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 223941 question first answered 25/02/2019 17:40:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1064416

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were made for Inheritance Tax relief on business assets in 2018, what the average amount was of those claims; and what the average income was of the claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Claims qualified for Inheritance Tax exemption on agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR) in 2018/19 are currently unavailable.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 223935 question first answered 25/02/2019 17:40:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1064443

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children under the age of 16 have had a (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal drug overdose in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	223968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information in the format requested is not held centrally. The Office for National Statistics publishes an annual summary of all deaths related to drug poisoning (involving both legal and illegal drugs) and drug misuse (involving illegal drugs) in England and Wales. Data on deaths in those aged under 20 is grouped together. The reports are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2017registrations" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2017registrations</a></p><p>NHS Digital collects Hospital Episode Statistics regarding intentional self-poisoning that resulted in a hospital admission, however to provide this information for the last ten years would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 223972 question first answered 25/02/2019 17:33:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1064447

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children under the age of 18 that have had a (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal drug overdose in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	223972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The information in the format requested is not held centrally. The Office for National Statistics publishes an annual summary of all deaths related to drug poisoning (involving both legal and illegal drugs) and drug misuse (involving illegal drugs) in England and Wales. Data on deaths in those aged under 20 is grouped together. The reports are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2017registrations" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoninginenglandandwales/2017registrations</a></p><p>NHS Digital collects Hospital Episode Statistics regarding intentional self-poisoning that resulted in a hospital admission, however to provide this information for the last ten years would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 223968 question first answered 25/02/2019 17:33:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1064476

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applicants were unable to complete the application process for settled status during the second phase of the trial of the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	224028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The EU Settlement Scheme opened on a trial basis at the end of August 2018 and a wider public beta commenced in January 2019. In total across all the test phases we have granted over 100,000 applications. We have pub-lished a report on second testing phase which sets out further details of the outcomes: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-private-beta-2/eu-settlement-scheme-private-beta-testing-phase-2-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-private-beta-2/eu-settlement-scheme-private-beta-testing-phase-2-report. </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 224029 question first answered 25/02/2019 17:31:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake