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424223

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Spirits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department is providing to the spirits industry in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	13594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the spirits industry in Scotland. The duty on spirits was cut by 2% at March Budget 2015, building on the duty freeze at Budget 2014. These measures have benefited the Scotch whisky industry in addition to the overall spirits industry across the UK.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 02/11/2015 15:47:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

424270

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder in the education system.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	13710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The Children and Families Act 2014, which came into force in September 2014, introduced significant reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) system. The new statutory framework ensures that support is focused on needs and aspirations, enabling all pupils, including those with autism, to achieve better outcomes in education and adult life.</p><br /><p>Changes to the SEND system since September 2014 include the publication of ‘local offers’ of SEND services by local authorities; the introduction of streamlined education, health and care needs assessments and plans; and new statutory protections for young people aged 16-25 in further education.</p><br /><p>The Act also makes provision to ensure that parents, children and young people are able to access impartial information, advice and support about the SEND system through a local, dedicated and easily identifiable service. Among other things, this service offers help in preparing for meetings with schools, health professionals, or other agencies.</p><br /><p>The Department’s Free Schools programme has seen nineteen special free schools open across the country. This includes several free schools that are specifically for children with Autism, such as the Rise free school in Hounslow, the Lighthouse free school in Leeds, and the National Autistic Society’s Church Lawton free school in Cheshire. There are a further eleven special free schools due to open in the future, five of which will specialise in provision for children with autism, including the Heartlands Autism free school in Haringey and a second National Autistic Society free school, the Vanguard free school in Lambeth. The other six will also offer some places for children with autism.</p><br /><p>The Department has contracted with the Autism Education Trust (2015-16) to deliver autism training to education professionals. The Trust has now trained almost 80,000 education staff since 2012. The Department is also providing grant funding for two additional projects (2015-16): a project by the National Autistic Society to provide information and advice to parents and professionals on exclusions; and a project by Ambitious about Autism on strategies for supporting the transition from school to college.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/11/2015 17:07:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

424271

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children who have had a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in each local authority area were excluded from school in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	13672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of pupils excluded with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/11/2015 17:09:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

424272

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve access to second language teaching in primary schools.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	13669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Since September 2014, maintained primary schools in England must teach a modern foreign or ancient language to pupils at key stage 2 (ages 7 to 11). Schools can choose which language or languages to teach and should enable pupils to make substantial progress in one language by the end of primary school.</p><br /><p>To support the introduction of a compulsory foreign language at key stage 2, the government is funding nine projects across the country to provide training for primary and secondary teachers. These projects bring together teaching school alliances, university-led consortia of schools, and a national organisation, the Association for Language Learning.</p><br /><p>In addition, the EBacc has had a positive effect on the take up of languages in schools, with a rise in the proportion of the cohort in state funded schools entered for a modern foreign language rising from 40% of pupils in 2010 to a provisional figure of 49% in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/11/2015 16:51:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

424317

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget in this financial year has been assigned to providing mental health services for patients coming to terms with cancer diagnoses.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	13674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held, as there is no specific budget to provide mental health services to people with cancer that is reported nationally.</p><br /><p>The Independent Cancer Taskforce published its report, <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A Strategy for England 2015-2020</em>, in July this year. The mental health issues often experienced by those with cancer were highlighted in it. The Department and NHS England are currently working with partners across the health system to determine how best to take forward the recommendations of the report.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/11/2015 17:10:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

424354

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Offences against Children: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complainers have had agreed special measures applied in court in cases of (a)childhood abuse and (b) domestic abuse in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	13673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service does not collect this data.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/11/2015 13:27:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

391728

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Climate Change Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made in advance of the Summer Budget 2015 of the effect on the UK's carbon footprint of applying the climate change levy to renewable electricity.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	8150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Removing the Climate Change Levy (CCL) renewables exemption will have no direct impact on the UK’s ability to meet its climate change and renewables targets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and is committed to meeting its climate change commitments as cost effectively as possible. We are currently making good progress on this, with emissions down 30% since 1990.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One third of the value of the CCL renewables exemption was going to support renewable generation projects based overseas. These projects do not contribute to our climate change commitments and so provided poor value for money for UK taxpayers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2015 10:28:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

391918

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 3126, if he will make it his policy to record the number of claimants receiving benefits pertaining to a mental health condition who are assessed as fit to work based on an assessment wholly on their physical health.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	8151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The Work Capability Assessment does not assess individuals only on their physical health, but also mental, cognitive and intellectual functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/09/2015 16:36:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

391919

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to inform claimants what documentation of relevant mental health conditions they may be required to bring to confirm their capacity to work; and what steps he plans to take on that matter in the next three months.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	8149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Following Dr Litchfield’s recommendation in the 4<sup>th</sup> independent review of the WCA, the ESA50 has been amended to make clear to claimants, especially those that have a mental health condition, ,that they should send any additional information they would like to be considered - for example, from their GP, Community Psychiatric Nurse, psychotherapist or social worker.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/09/2015 16:42:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

389828

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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	Diplomatic Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from meetings between Ministers in the (a) Scottish Government, (b) Welsh Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive and representatives of overseas governments in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	7170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Ministers from the Devolved Administrations have made numerous overseas visits supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) over the last twelve months.<br> <br>Sometimes Devolved Administration Ministers write to record their impressions from the visit and to thank the FCO; sometimes officials who have attended the meetings circulate reports to relevant addressees including the FCO.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 20/07/2015 16:15:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron