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227843

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date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with asthma have a written asthma action plan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	227756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We are not able to provide a figure for how many people currently have a written asthma plan. However, the Government’s mandate to NHS England for 2015/16 says that everyone with a long term condition, including asthma, should be offered a personalised care plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with stakeholders to help ensure that people with long term conditions have a personalised care and support plan, developed collaboratively with healthcare professionals. It has produced a set of handbooks for commissioners and care practitioners to help them in implementing personalised care and support planning, and further support and resources will be developed in conjunction with partners, including support for patients and carers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/03/2015 16:40:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

227844

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of how healthcare data and digital information could be used to help reduce variations in asthma care across the UK.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	227757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The <em>NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare for People with Respiratory Disease, </em>published in 2012 provides information on regional variations in a variety of areas related to asthma including prevalence and hospital admissions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Atlas has been put together by a wide range of organisation including the NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care, the British Lung Foundation and Asthma UK, and can be downloaded at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.rightcare.nhs.uk/index.php/atlas/respiratorydisease/" target="_blank">http://www.rightcare.nhs.uk/index.php/atlas/respiratorydisease/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>This information will allow researchers as well as those planning and commissioning NHS services to understand the impact of unwarranted variation on outcomes and to use the data to drive change locally so that care can be improved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/03/2015 16:27:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

225866

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222161, if he will make an assessment of the link between the further boost to UK GDP and wage rises; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The recent oil price fall will have a positive impact on UK GDP, which grew faster last year than in any other major advanced economy. In the long run the growth in real wages is determined by productivity. At Autumn Statement the OBR forecast productivity to rise in every year to 2019, alongside sustained growth in average earnings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/03/2015 08:54:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

225936

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1(M): Hertfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to start the feasibility study into widening the A1(M) between junctions six and eight.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Initial work to define the scope of the A1 East of England Strategic Study will start in late March 2015 and an engagement strategy for stakeholders is being developed to commence in early summer.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/03/2015 12:38:14 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

225941

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Older Workers: Hertfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Fuller Working Lives: a framework for action, published in June 2014, what steps his Department has taken to implement the commitments contained in that framework in Hertfordshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since June 2014 this Government has implemented a number of initiatives to support older workers in Hertfordshire.</p><p> </p><p>All Jobcentre Work Coaches are trained to support all customers including those aged over 50 and are aware of the help available within their area. Indeed, customers over the age of 50 have been recognised in the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership Skills Strategy as a group in need of specialist support.</p><p> </p><p>On the 18 June 2014 an ‘Experience Counts’ Jobs fair for older workers was delivered in partnership with Oaklands College. A variety of employers and providers from different sectors and over 200 older workers attended the event.</p><p> </p><p>Other local partnership initiatives include</p><p> </p><p>- Working with Harlow College who deliver a course for customers aged 50 and over (Optimum) that focuses on employability, IT and transferable skills for this age group;</p><p>- sector based work academies are available to all candidates including 50+;</p><p>- work experience for 50+ candidates;</p><p>- Customers aged over 50 can access all courses delivered at West Herts College;</p><p>- Working in partnership with North Herts College who deliver ‘Get that Job’: a four day course for 50+ customers in Stevenage and Letchworth;</p><p>- Specific Group information sessions, tailored for those aged over 50;</p><p>- Customers aged over 50 can access all courses delivered at West Herts College;</p><p>- <em>“Anything is Possible” </em>is a 3 day course followed by 3 months of employment support exclusively for 50 plus. Its aim is to build a positive attitude and confidence;</p><p>- Working in partnership with EUREKA, Oaklands College and Progression 2, a 5 week course has been developed and delivered to long term unemployed who are mainly in the 50+ group;</p><p>- Working in partnership with Community Action Dacorum, which provides customers over 50 with a digital and social media skill set and profile.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As regards wider achievement since the publication of Fuller Working Lives – A Framework for Action, I refer my hon.Member to the answer I gave on 27 February 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;uin=225231" target="_blank">225231.</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/03/2015 13:03:39 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

225942

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Employment Schemes: 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 support his Department is providing to people in Hertfordshire with mental health problems to return to work.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>At Jobcentre level, all our Work Coaches are trained to support customers with mental health conditions and are aware of the specialist help available within their area. They also support those individuals with complex needs to overcome any barriers which may be preventing them from returning to the workplace.</p><p>Jobcentre Plus offers a range of support to people with mental health conditions including: Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership Managers; Disability Employment Advisers; and Work Psychologists. In January 2014, we launched an enhanced product in Jobcentres, the toolkit <em>Employment and Wellbeing</em>, which offers practical support to work coaches to help them advise claimants affected by mental health problems.</p><p>In Hertfordshire we are working with a number of stakeholders that provide services to people with Mental Health conditions. This work has included: securing funding at two of our Jobcentres for Herts Mind Network to support customers with mental health conditions; and Watford and West Herts College designing a course called ‘Moving Forward’ to support Employment and Support Allowance claimants with mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 11:43:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

226057

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Devolution: England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what his planned timetable is for introducing English Votes for English Laws.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>on 16 December 2014, the Government published 'the Implications of Devolution for England' covering proposals on decentralisation within England and proposals on English Votes for English Laws. There is no agreed Government position on the timetable for the introduction of English Votes for English Laws.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Mr William Hague question first answered 12/03/2015 12:57:07 answering member 379 label Biography information for Lord Hague of Richmond
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

225441

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to bring forward secondary legislation to grant new powers to the Financial Policy Committee in respect of a leverage ratio framework.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>A draft statutory instrument that will grant the Financial Policy Committee new powers of direction with regards to a leverage ratio framework was laid before the House on 12 February 2015. This instrument will soon be debated on the Floor of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/03/2015 14:41:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

225445

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Green Belt: Hertfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect green belt and green open spaces in North Hertfordshire local authority area.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>As pledged in the Collation Agreement, this Government has safeguarded national Green Belt protection and increased protection of important green spaces.</p><p>We have abolished the Labour Government’s top-down Regional Strategies which sought to delete the Green Belt in and around 30 towns and cities. This has included revoking the East of England Regional Spatial Strategy (May 2008) which advocated reviewing and potential removal of Green Belt boundaries in North Hertfordshire.</p><p>We have also:</p><p> </p><p>• Introduced a new Local Green Space planning designation, which allows councils and neighbourhood plans to give added protection to valuable local green spaces;</p><p> </p><p>• Published the National Planning Policy Framework which re-affirms Green Belt protection;</p><p> </p><p>• Given councils stronger powers to tackle ‘garden grabbing’, and stopped gardens being classified as brownfield land;</p><p> </p><p>• Issued new waste planning policy which increases protection of the Green Belt;</p><p> </p><p>• Published planning guidance which re-affirms the importance of the Green Belt during Local Plan preparation; and</p><p> </p><p>• Consulted on proposed changes to planning policy on traveller sites to further increase Green Belt safeguards.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/03/2015 18:48:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 49067 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

225446

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Hertfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) North Hertfordshire District Council and (b) East Hertfordshire District Council received in New Homes Bonus in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>New Homes Bonus has been allocated to East Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire councils in the year 2014/15 as follows:<br><br>East Hertfordshire £2,190,429<br>North Hertfordshire £1,982,455<br><br></p><p>The total New Homes Bonus allocated since April 2011 is as follows:</p><p>East Hertfordshire £7,628,975<br>North Hertfordshire £7,503,553</p><p> </p><p>The Bonus ensures that local authorities who promote and welcome growth can share in its economic benefits, and build the communities in which people want to live and work. Councils are free to spend the Bonus as they choose, including on front-line services and keeping council tax low.</p><p>Fundamentally, the New Homes Bonus reverses the perverse situation under the last Labour Government, where councils were effectively penalised for building new homes; councils with a larger council tax base from house building found that the amount of formula grant they received from central Government was reduced during the equalisation process.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/03/2015 17:52:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 49066 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald