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386956

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Rebates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Rural Fuel Rebate scheme operating in parts of Scotland and England to Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>All areas that met strict criteria around pump price, population density and cost of fuel transportation were included in the extension to the Rural Fuel Rebate introduced from April 2015. No areas in Northern Ireland were found to meet these criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/07/2015 15:38:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

387048

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage people to visit elderly neighbours with poor health.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>In a recent speech to the Local Government Association the Secretary of State for Health urged the public to take more personal responsibility for looking after older people. He stressed that the health service, local government, the voluntary sector as well as individuals themselves need to work together to ensure vulnerable people such as the elderly continue to live their life in the community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the Care Act 2014, the Department has required local authorities to have measures in place to identify people in their area who would benefit from universal services to help reduce, delay or prevent needs for care and support. This includes needs that may arise from social isolation. The Department has supported a ‘digital toolkit’ for local commissioners, which was developed by the Campaign to End Loneliness. Since its launch in July 2012, the toolkit has been supporting commissioners in understanding, mapping and commissioning for loneliness and social isolation in their communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Act also provides for greater support for carers to support family and friends who need help. In the Secretary of State’s speech he committed the Department to develop a new carers’ strategy that looks at the best of international practice and examines what more we can do to support existing carers and the new carers we will need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has published its strategic vision for volunteering, <em>Social action for health and well-being: building co-operative communities.</em> This sets out how we can support people to give their time, more often and in ways that fit in with their lives, to bring health and wellbeing benefits for themselves and others in their communities.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/07/2015 16:28:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386625

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Birds: Trapping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to improve public awareness of Larsen traps.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Natural England’s Wildlife Management and Licensing team provides advice to those who wish to manage wildlife in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for individuals to decide on which wildlife management methods to use in order to address a particular issue. Government has no plans to raise public awareness of particular types of traps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/07/2015 10:42:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386683

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prostate Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 06/07/2015 16:05:58 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ4869.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Prostate Cancer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384864

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether official statistics on usage of cancer drugs and treatments for rare diseases include overseas patients at private clinics.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>No.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 13:37:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384865

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with problems relating to alcohol consumption in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Data are not collected centrally for those diagnosed with problems relating to alcohol consumption. Drinking alcohol can lead to more than 60 different medical conditions, many of these conditions can be a result of long term alcohol misuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 11:48:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384875

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (b) Ulster Bank on steps to assist with any potential future problems with their critical infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The failure of IT infrastructure at Royal Bank of Scotland, or any other bank on which customers rely to manage their money, is completely unacceptable. Responsibility for infrastructure in the UK financial sector is primarily for the firms themselves. However, financial regulators have a role to play in supervising, coordinating and driving change to improve the operational resilience of the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) jointly launched, in October 2014, a review of firms’ critical infrastructure and technology resilience. The review focuses on the most significant UK retail deposit-taking organisations, and is expected to conclude later this summer. The results will not be published, but the FCA and PRA will provide feedback to the firms individually on their findings and agree any follow-up actions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 30/06/2015 14:21:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384878

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on the likelihood that interest ratios will remain at their present level.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s monetary policy framework, set out in the Bank of England Act 1998, gives operational responsibility for monetary policy to the independent Monetary Policy Committee. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has frequent discussions with the Governor of the Bank of England on a wide range of issues relating to the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 30/06/2015 13:59:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384894

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Gun Sports: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to encourage young people to take up shooting sports.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Sport England set out to invest £1.1 million in British Shooting between 2013-17. British Shooting has a number of programmes encouraging participation including “Get on Target”. It is also working in partnership with the Council for Cadet Rifle Shooting and the Scouts Association. UK Sport supports both Olympic and Paralympic Shooting disciplines, with investment in both for the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 30/06/2015 11:32:29 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384944

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Forests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase woodland and the number of trees.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given to the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish) on 18 June 2015, PQ 2316.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/06/2015 10:28:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon