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997594

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pollinators: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department have taken to support the National Pollinator Strategy on (i) roads (ii) railway lines.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	185806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Highways England Biodiversity Plan (2015-2020) includes support for the National Pollinator Strategy. This covers such things as the creation and restoration of species-rich grasslands, both on the green verges of the Strategic Road Network and as part of the construction of new schemes.</p><p>Network Rail is exploring opportunities to create new pollinator habitats across its estate. A range of initiatives are aimed at protecting pollinators, such as the Green Transport Corridors Project in Cumbria and South Yorkshire</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/11/2018 10:24:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

997209

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	Medical Treatments: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether healthcare charities will be able to submit evidence as part of the specialised commissioning relative prioritisation process later this year.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	185103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Healthcare charities and other interested organisations have the opportunity to submit peer reviewed, published evidence, and to comment on draft clinical commissioning policies and service specifications that are being considered within the relative prioritisation process. They can do this either as a member of the policy working group, during stakeholder testing, or via a public consultation as per NHS England’s Specialised Commissioning Service Development Policy.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/11/2018 15:25:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

995611

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the Government plans to allocate to the International Citizen Service programme in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	184444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>DFID has allocated a budget of over £8.5 million to the International Citizen Service for the 2019/20 financial year. The planned budget for the following four financial years is yet to be confirmed.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 02/11/2018 14:09:52 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

995615

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Tuberous Sclerosis: Medical Treatments
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 he is taking to ensure patients with refractory epilepsy related to tuberous sclerosis complex are able to access new medicines.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	184448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) have access to standard anti-epileptic drugs and whilst not licensed specifically for use in association with TSC, there is evidence that two thirds of patients will respond to treatment. A relatively new option specifically licensed for refractory epilepsy in TSC is everolimus (Votubia) which is due to be considered for prioritisation within the National Health Service in England in December as part of NHS England’s biannual relative prioritisation process for specialised services.</p><p> </p><p>The life sciences sector deal, published last autumn, will ensure that the next wave of breakthrough treatments, innovative medical research and technologies are created in Britain. A key part of the deal was our commitment to improving patient access to innovation through the implementation of the Accelerated Access Review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/11/2018 15:40:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

994541

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Carers: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) respite care and (b) other practical support available to carers from local authorities in Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	183952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Through the Government’s Better Care Fund, local areas set out plans which indicate the level of resource that will be dedicated to carer-specific support, including respite and carers’ breaks. The exact breakdown on spend for carers’ breaks is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Information covering other practical support available to carers from local authority’s is not held centrally, either. However, the Care Act 2014 introduced important new rights for carers, for the first time putting them on the same footing as the people for whom they care. Carers have legal rights to an assessment of, and support for, their needs where eligible. Local authorities also have a wider duty to offer information and advice to all carers, including signposting the carer to support available locally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/11/2018 13:14:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

994542

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Technology: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to promote the expansion of the technology sector in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	183953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Through our modern Industrial Strategy, we are creating opportunities for the UK technology sector to build on its strengths and continue to grow. This includes the ambition to raise total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. The government is increasing spending on R&amp;D by £7bn by 2021/22, the largest increase in 40 years.</p><p> </p><p>Support in the East Midlands includes the recently announced funding to support the creation of a new, locally-led development body for Toton, with £70m for the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre. Innovate UK funding of £12m has been invested by the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) in the Research and Acceleration Demonstration Building on Nottingham University’s Innovation Park. The D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership has contributed £5m of Local Growth Fund to the Advanced Manufacturing Building at Nottingham University’s Jubilee Campus. The facility will allow for diverse engineering and science disciplines to collaborate and contribute to pioneering developments for a range of sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Midlands Engine Strategy, we are investing in skills, industries, and infrastructure – building on the many strengths of the Midlands to boost productivity. It confirmed the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, which provides over £250 million to support small businesses across the Midlands to start and grow.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 06/11/2018 11:12:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

994558

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Rheumatoid Arthritis
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 he is taking to improve access to mental health services for people living with rheumatoid arthritis.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	183958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>We recognise that living with a long-term condition, such as rheumatoid arthritis, can also have an impact upon a person’s mental wellbeing. The guideline Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management, updated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in 2018, sets out best practice in the diagnosis treatment care and support of people with rheumatoid arthritism. The guidance recommends that patients should be offered psychological interventions (for example, relaxation, stress management and cognitive coping skills to help them to adjust to living with their condition). Anyone suffering with a long-term condition who is suffering with their mental wellbeing should speak to their general practitioner in the first instance. The guidance can be accessed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng100" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng100</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/11/2018 13:30:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

994559

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Lung Cancer
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 he is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of lung cancer.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	183959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is extending targeted lung health checks to clinical commissioning groups with high mortality rates and high incidence of lung cancer. In Greater Manchester, introducing low dose CT health checks saw an almost five-fold reduction in stage 4 disease, with 80% of cancers diagnosed at an early stage.</p><p> </p><p>A new cancer diagnosis standard, designed to ensure that patients find out within 28 days whether or not they have cancer, will be introduced in 2020. NHS England has published guidance for lung cancer on how to speed up the start of the pathway, to meet this new standard and to maximise the number of patients who might benefit from potentially curative surgery. The National Health Service has been asked to implement this pathway in Refreshing NHS Plans for 2018/19 (annual planning guidance). Transformation funding was provided to Cancer Alliances in 2018/19 to ensure the pathway will be implemented across England. Guidance on the best practice timed diagnosis pathways is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/rapid-cancer-diagnostic-and-assessment-pathways/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/rapid-cancer-diagnostic-and-assessment-pathways/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 02/11/2018 13:37:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

994175

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers will reopen for applications.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	183440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is currently reviewing the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers and intends to re-open it for applications this autumn. I want to ensure that the register provides assurance to employers that the training providers they choose have the capacity and capability to deliver good quality apprenticeship training. Further details on the updates that the ESFA is making to the apprenticeship register and the timing of its re-opening will be available in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/10/2018 16:12:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

990272

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding programmes are in place to support (a) early intervention for children with additional needs and (b) other aspects of nurture care.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	181291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Children’s services, including for meeting additional needs, nurture and care, are delivered locally. Statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ is clear that local areas should have a comprehensive range of effective, evidence-based services in place to address assessed needs early. The 2015 Spending Review made available more than £200 billion until 2020 for councils to deliver local services, including children’s services. Through the local government finance settlement, local government has been given access to £45.1 billion in 2018-19 and £45.6 billion in 2019-20. This is an overall increase since 2017-18 of £1.3 billion.</p><p>In addition, the Department for Education’s National Funding Formula has an additional needs factor, directing more funding to local authorities with more need. Local authorities also receive high needs funding, which supports educational provision up-to age 25. High needs funding has risen by £1 billion since 2013 and will be over £6 billion next year.</p><p>Beyond these funding streams, across government, there are a wide range of programmes underway to address the root causes of children’s needs early. This includes:</p><p>- £8 million funding for supporting children affected by domestic abuse.</p><p>- £200 million youth endowment fund preventing young people being drawn into serious violence.</p><p>- £1.4 billion investment to transform children and young people’s mental health services from 2015/16 to 2019/20, with £300 million proposals outlined in the 'Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper (2017)' in addition to this.</p><p>- £920 million committed to the Troubled Families Programme, which aims to achieve significant and sustained improvement for up to 400,000 families with multiple, high-cost problems by 2020.</p><p>In meeting other additional needs such as special education needs and disabilities (SEND), there are a range of measures put in place to ensure that local areas can put the right support in place for children and their families to access early education. Our disability access fund is worth £615 per eligible child per year, and there is a requirement that local authorities establish a SEND Inclusion Fund for three and four year olds, to ensure children with SEND get the best from the free childcare entitlements. Since 2014, we have invested £391 million for local areas to implement SEND reforms.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for children’s social care is an unringfenced part of the wider local government finance settlement, to give local authorities the flexibility to focus on locally determined priorities as well as meeting statutory responsibilities. Local authorities used this flexibility to increase spending on children and young people’s services to around £9.2 billion in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The department has also invested £200 million in our Innovation Programme, so councils and others have support to trial ways to reform services to be more effective. This includes strands focused on children at the edge of Children in Need services and on reducing children entering care. This is also an early priority for the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care, which is funded to make a positive difference to practice and outcomes for children and families by improving the quality and use of evidence.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/10/2018 13:08:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley