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385506

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has held with television broadcasters on improving services for people with sensory loss.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	4036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in the extent and the quality of TV access services, which include subtitles, audio description and signing. UK broadcasters and content providers are committed to meeting the needs of disabled people and want to ensure that this remains the case in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Sections 303 to 305 of the Communications Act 2003 require Ofcom to draw up a Code which provides guidance as to the extent to which television services should provide access services. Ofcom monitors the provision of access services and publishes reports reflecting licensees’ performance against the target. Ofcom has the power to take action against broadcasters who fail to meet their target.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 15:44:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

385508

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Video on Demand: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the quality of access to on demand television content for people with sensory loss.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	4035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensure the quality of the access continues to improve. We have been monitoring progress of the provision of access services for Video on Demand (VoD) content since 2013 through engagement with the Authority for Television on Demand (ATVOD), platform operators and content providers. As part of our continuing assessment of access to such services for VoD content, we will use information from a variety of sources and engagement with relevant parties to develop a target that we would expect to see reached by mid-2016.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 10:50:42 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

385509

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Education: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the publication, Public Health England Marketing Strategy 2014 to 2017, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on its trial for improving screening uptake; and whether improving cervical screening uptake will form part of that trial.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	4053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England’s (PHE) priority is to continue to raise public awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer in England through the Be Clear on Cancer campaigns and to encourage people with those symptoms to see their general practitioner promptly. PHE is looking to understand and address inequalities in screening participation. A national workshop will be set up in the autumn to explore and share current knowledge and devise an action plan. The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has also commissioned an evidence review on inequalities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Committee on Cervical Cancer will be reviewing the results from the Strategies to increase cervical screening uptake at first invitation (STRATEGIC) trial, an on-going trial to identify and implement key innovations to help engage uptake in young women who are entering the NHS Cervical Screening Programme at the age of 25. Further work will investigate the offer of self-sampling to non-attendees of all ages in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2012 the UK NSC gave its support for a pilot to assess the value of using human papilloma virus (HPV) testing as primary screening for cervical disease, rather than the currently used cytology test. The pilot is establishing the feasibility of using HPV as the primary screen for cervical disease in order to achieve better outcomes for women, while minimising over-treatment and anxiety, and whether it is practical to roll out nationally. The UK NSC will open a public consultation shortly on whether HPV as primary screening for cervical disease should replace the currently used cytology test.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 4052 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:36:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

385510

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the publication, Public Health England Marketing Strategy 2014 to 2017, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on whether its plan to develop marketing campaigns to drive earlier diagnosis based on the Be Clear on Cancer campaign model will include a focus on raising awareness of cervical screening across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	4052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England’s (PHE) priority is to continue to raise public awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer in England through the Be Clear on Cancer campaigns and to encourage people with those symptoms to see their general practitioner promptly. PHE is looking to understand and address inequalities in screening participation. A national workshop will be set up in the autumn to explore and share current knowledge and devise an action plan. The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has also commissioned an evidence review on inequalities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Committee on Cervical Cancer will be reviewing the results from the Strategies to increase cervical screening uptake at first invitation (STRATEGIC) trial, an on-going trial to identify and implement key innovations to help engage uptake in young women who are entering the NHS Cervical Screening Programme at the age of 25. Further work will investigate the offer of self-sampling to non-attendees of all ages in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2012 the UK NSC gave its support for a pilot to assess the value of using human papilloma virus (HPV) testing as primary screening for cervical disease, rather than the currently used cytology test. The pilot is establishing the feasibility of using HPV as the primary screen for cervical disease in order to achieve better outcomes for women, while minimising over-treatment and anxiety, and whether it is practical to roll out nationally. The UK NSC will open a public consultation shortly on whether HPV as primary screening for cervical disease should replace the currently used cytology test.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 4053 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:36:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

381895

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parades Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings she has had with (a) the Parades Commission and (b) its individual members since July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	2977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>Since July 2014, I have had (a) no meetings with the full Parades Commission and (b) one meeting with the Chair of the Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 24/06/2015 14:16:30 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

381896

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Elections: Belfast West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many electoral ID cards were issued in each ward in West Belfast constituency in each month from April 2014 to March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	2936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland do not hold the information for how many electoral ID cards have been issued on a ward by ward basis and are only able to provide information on how many ID cards have been issued overall in Northern Ireland for each month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 2928 question first answered 24/06/2015 14:18:35 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

381897

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Elections: Belfast North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Electoral ID cards were issued in each ward in Belfast North constituency in each month from April 2013 to March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	2928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland do not hold the information for how many electoral ID cards have been issued on a ward by ward basis and are only able to provide information on how many ID cards have been issued overall in Northern Ireland for each month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 2936 question first answered 24/06/2015 14:18:35 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

224704

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet the Religious Liberty Commission to discuss global religious persecution.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	226107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 February 2015 to PQ 224376.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/03/2015 13:02:39 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

224705

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Robert Mugabe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the UK played in the recent EU decision to ease travel restrictions on Robert Mugabe.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	226108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text All EU Measures decisions are reached unanimously after discussion among the Member States. There has been no change to the travel ban applying to President Mugabe following the annual review of EU Restrictive Measures against Zimbabwe. answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 10/03/2015 14:22:20 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

224714

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial support the UK is providing for the election in Sudan (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	226018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK is not providing any financial support, either bilaterally or multilaterally, for the forthcoming elections in Sudan.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 10/03/2015 14:15:35 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn