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50442

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date	09/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the potential merits of retaining brownfield enclaves within urban areas as greenspaces for local amenity rather than being used for in-fill building.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	198307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework recognises that access to high quality open spaces can make an important contribution to the health and well-being of communities. At the local level, planning policies should be based on assessments of need for open space, sports and recreation facilities and opportunities for new provision. The Framework also enables local communities, through the preparation of local and neighbourhood plans, to identify for special protection green or open areas of particular importance to them as Local Green Space. This includes land in urban areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

50443

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what economic benefit has accrued to the Afghan people from work on the Kajaki Dam project to date.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	198301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The work on the Kajaki Dam is part of the US funded Kandahar Helmand Power Project. The US Agency for International Development has stated that, once operational, the new turbine will increase Kajaki capacity from 33 Megawatts to 51 Megawatts, benefiting some 50,000 households in Kandahar and Helmand provinces.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

50445

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the beneficial effects on patient wellbeing and rate of recovery of hospital beds overlooking green spaces.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	198308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Healthcare facilities should provide a therapeutic environment in which the overall design of the building contributes to the process of healing. In 2013, the Department published design guidance for acute and mental health hospital inpatient settings acknowledging that views outside, together with access to sunshine or direct daylight, have been shown to benefit a patient's recovery. This might include landscaped gardens or a courtyard with good-quality natural planting. Copies of the guidance, <em>Health Building Note 04-01: Adult in-patient facilities</em> and <em>Health Building Note 03-01: Adult Acute Mental Health Units</em>, have been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ198306_8 - Library Doc - Report - Part 1.pdf title Health Building Note 03-01 2 file name PQ198306_8 - Library Doc - Report - Part 2.pdf title Health Building Note 04-01 grouped question UIN 198306 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

50446

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies his Department has assessed on the treatment of depression and anxiety by increasing access to green spaces in urban areas.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	198306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Healthcare facilities should provide a therapeutic environment in which the overall design of the building contributes to the process of healing. In 2013, the Department published design guidance for acute and mental health hospital inpatient settings acknowledging that views outside, together with access to sunshine or direct daylight, have been shown to benefit a patient's recovery. This might include landscaped gardens or a courtyard with good-quality natural planting. Copies of the guidance, <em>Health Building Note 04-01: Adult in-patient facilities</em> and <em>Health Building Note 03-01: Adult Acute Mental Health Units</em>, have been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ198306_8 - Library Doc - Report - Part 1.pdf title Health Building Note 03-01 2 file name PQ198306_8 - Library Doc - Report - Part 2.pdf title Health Building Note 04-01 grouped question UIN 198308 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn