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790875

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date	16/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the financial contribution of the music industry to UK GDP in each year from 2010
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	113568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Annual estimates of the contributions of the Creative Industries, and within that the ‘music, performing and visual arts’ sub-sector, to the UK economy, are available online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/11/2017 12:52:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

790907

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of participants in university Officer Training Corps complete (a) the Army Reserve Commissioning Course and (b) the Commissioning Course for Regular Officers.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	113569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Between 1 October 2009 and 1 September 2012 a total of 9,250 officer cadets attended the University Officer Training Corps (UOTC). The number of those who went on to hold a commissioned rank in the Army is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Commissioned Rank</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Officers</p></td><td><p>1,040 (11%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve Officers</p></td><td><p>400 (4%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The date parameters were selected to allow sufficient time for the cadet to complete their university and subsequent Royal Military Academy Sandhurst commissioning course. The numbers above do not include personnel who joined the Army as a soldier.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>Figures include Regulars and Group A Reserves who held a commissioned officer rank and had previously been officer cadets at University Officer Training Corp units.</p><p>Some regular Officers (around 160) initially held a reserves commission and therefore appear in both figures..</p><p>Those who became a Regular Officer and subsequently joined the Group A Reserve have not been double counted within those who joined Group A reserves.</p><p>Professionally qualified personnel, such as doctors, who commission on entry, i.e. before they attend a commissioning course, are included in the figures.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/11/2017 15:53:22 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

790946

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to include specific consideration of the need for further protection of service dogs in his Department's consultation on increasing sentences for animal cruelty offences.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	113636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>An attack on any dog including a police dog or an assistance dog can be treated as causing unnecessary suffering to an animal under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and will therefore be subject to the proposed increase in maximum penalty for this offence to five years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine or both. As announced on 30 September, a bill to effect this increase in the maximum penalty for animal cruelty will be published for consultation around the turn of the year. The offence of allowing a dog to attack an assistance dog carries the maximum penalty of 3 years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine or both.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/11/2017 18:54:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

791004

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a GP appointment was in (a) Warley constituency and (b) Sandwell Borough in each year between May 2010 and November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	113565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a general practitioner (GP) appointment is not collected or held centrally. In the 2017 GP patient survey, 70.8% of respondents stated they “saw or spoke to someone at a time they wanted to or sooner”. The Government is committed to delivering routine weekend or evening appointments at either their own GP surgery or one nearby to all registered patients by March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>86 of the 88 practices in Sandwell and West Midlands Clinical Commissioning Group are participating in the Primary Care Commissioning Framework (PCCF) which is committed to the development of “primary care at scale”. In addition to all practices being open during normal opening hours, through the PCCF 100% of the clinical commissioning group population can also access GP appointments 6:30-8:30pm on weekdays and on Saturdays and Sundays at their own or a nearby practice.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/11/2017 12:16:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

791052

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of contracts awarded by his Department went to British-based companies between May 2010 and November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	113635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/11/2017 12:39:56 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

791082

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Fuel Poverty: West 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 information his Department holds on the number of households in (a) Warley constituency and (b) Sandwell Borough which spent more than ten per cent of their income on fuel bills in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	113634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Data is only available at the regional level and is not broken down further to Local Authority or Parliamentary Constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/11/2017 11:59:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

789043

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Primates: Pets
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 he will take steps to prohibit the sale and keeping of primates as pets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	113003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is already against the law to keep primates in the same sort of environment you would keep a domesticated pet animal. In addition, the statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Privately Kept Non-human Primates provides keepers with advice on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, as required under the 2006 Act.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is working closely with the Pet Advertising Advisory Group to apply minimum standards to online pet advertising on five of the main websites. The standards include a requirement to remove any adverts for primates.</p><p>In the meantime, if anyone has any concerns about the welfare of a particular primate they should report it to the relevant local authority who have powers to investigate such matters, or to the RSPCA who can also investigate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/11/2017 13:59:09 question first ministerially corrected 21/11/2017 14:54:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 23991 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

788490

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Primates: Pets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 108576, what guidance on primates his Department provides to local authorities to assist them to reflect the illegality of keeping primates in the same sort of environment as one would keep a domesticated pet animal in their policies for licensing businesses selling pets.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	112661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>There is no date set for the review of the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Privately Kept Non-human Primates (the primate code). The welfare codes for cats, dogs and horses are currently being reviewed because they are in greater need of being updated. The primate code is available for local authorities to use in any situations where they have concerns about the welfare of such animals.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112657 question first answered 21/11/2017 17:46:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

788492

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Primates: Pets
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 plans he has to include a review of the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Privately Kept Non-Human Primates in his Department's review of statutory animal welfare codes.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	112657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>There is no date set for the review of the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Privately Kept Non-human Primates (the primate code). The welfare codes for cats, dogs and horses are currently being reviewed because they are in greater need of being updated. The primate code is available for local authorities to use in any situations where they have concerns about the welfare of such animals.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 112661 question first answered 21/11/2017 17:46:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

788510

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Jagtar Singh Johal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made on behalf of Jagtar Singh Johal who is in custody in India.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	112630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>​The British High Commission has raised this case with the Indian authorities immediately on notification of Mr Johal's detention. We have urgently requested consular access so that officials can check on his welfare.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/11/2017 17:37:47 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar