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58345

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date	05/06/2014
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	Environment Protection: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies have been (a) given warnings because of breaches of environmental law and (b) prosecuted for such breaches in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>a) Warnings: The table below shows the total number of written warnings issued by the Environment Agency to companies in England for breaches of environmental law for the period since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of written warnings issued by the Environment Agency in England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>16,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>13,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>12,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>9,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10,093</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total for period </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61,980</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to the high volume, as recorded in the above table, it would incur disproportionate cost to collate the names of the individual companies who received such warnings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Records of any warning or warnings issued to the operator of a permitted site are held on the Environment Agency's public registers, which can be viewed at the relevant Environment Agency Area office. Alternatively, any individual may request information from the Environment Agency National Customer Contact Centre on a particular site or sites by telephoning 03708 506 506 or emailing enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) Prosecutions: The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted 760 companies in England over the last five full calendar years. A list of the companies, in each year, will be placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/06/2014 14:38:06 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58346

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average charge levied by healthcare professionals for written reports requested by patients who require them for (a) setting up power of attorney and (b) other purposes is in each commissioning area.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally on charges by health professionals, other than general practitioners (GPs).</p><p> </p><p>As regards GPs, they are required under terms of contracts for the provision of National Health Services primary medical services to provide certain medical reports free of charge to their registered patients.</p><p> </p><p>GPs may also provide other services outside of their contract. Regulations prevent a GP for charging a registered patient a fee for treatment under the contract or otherwise, except in certain prescribed circumstances. However, the provision of reports is not classed as treatment. Consequently, GPs are able to charge for those reports which are not deemed free.</p><p> </p><p>The Professional Fees Committee of the British Medical Association (BMA) suggests fees for such services to help doctors set their own professional fees. However, these fees are guidelines only, and a doctor is not obliged to charge the rates suggested. Where doctors intend to charge for services to patients, the BMA advises them to forewarn patients, at the earliest opportunity, of the likely level of fees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/06/2014 15:06:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58347

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chlamydia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) sought chlamydia screening and (b) tested positive in each local authority in 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The table attached contains the number of chlamydia tests and diagnoses made in each Upper Tier local authority in England for the most recent year for which data are available (2012) for 15-24 year olds.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2014 16:21:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ199243 - Chlamydia Tests and Diagnoses made in each Upper Tier Local Authority in England.docx title Chlamydia Tests and Dignoses
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58348

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyesight: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs of a patient who presents with eye conditions as a first point of call (a) a GP, (b) a hospital eye service, (c) an accident and emergency department and (d) a primary eyecare acute referral scheme.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated unit costs of a patient contact , 2012-13</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of patient contact</p></td><td><p>Unit cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General practitioner (GP) consultation<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>£37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First consultant-led appointment in an ophthalmology outpatient clinic<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accident and emergency attendance<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary eyecare acute referral scheme</p></td><td><p>Not known</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1</sup>The Department does not collect information on the unit cost of a GP consultation. An estimate of £37 per patient contact lasting 11.7 minutes, including direct care staff costs and excluding qualification costs, is included in page 198 of Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013 at www.pssru.ac.uk/project-pages/unit-costs/2013/. The data does not separately identify patients presenting with eye conditions or any other conditions.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The average unit cost of first, face-to-face, consultant-led contacts in ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology and paediatric ophthalmology, weighted for activity. The information is from reference costs, which are the unit costs to NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients, collected annually and published by the Department for 2012-13 at www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-reference-costs-2012-to-2013</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>The average unit of cost of accident and emergency attendances from 2012-13 reference costs. Includes attendances resulting in and not resulting in an admission. Excludes attendances submitted against Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) for Emergency Medicine, Dental Care (VB10Z) and Emergency Medicine, No Investigation with No Significant Treatment (VB11Z). The data does not separately identify patients presenting with eye conditions or any other conditions.</p><p> </p><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p>2012/13 reference costs, Department of Health</p><p>Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2013, Personal Social Services Research Unit</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 11/06/2014 15:43:52 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58349

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding was available through the Skills Funding Agency for (a) adult learning courses to support return-to-work programmes and (b) English as a Second Language courses in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The funding available for Adult Skills is outlined in the Skills Funding Statement. The statement sets out the Government's priorities for the budget and it is for providers to decide how they use their adult skills funding to reflect those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in their local area. The Skills Funding Statements 2012-15 and 2013-16 also show in the Data Annex what learning the available funding has supported over the last three years:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2013-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2013-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2012-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2012-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/06/2014 16:26:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58350

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the levels of (a) public sector investment, (b) private sector investment, (c) investment in intangibles and (d) other investment was in each G7 country in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) is an internationally standardised measure that captures whole economy investment, covering business, government and residential investment. International data on GFCF is available from the OECD, while data on the UK can be found in the ONS' business investment release; <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bus-invest/business-investment/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bus-invest/business-investment/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed internationally comparable data on investment are not readily available. Some countries also collect data on the shares of GFCF carried out by different institutional sectors, especially that conducted by general government; this data can be obtained from the OECD.</p><p> </p><p>While some forms of intangible investment are captured in the standard national accounts measure of investment (most notably software), a large range of intangible assets are not, including research and development, advertising, organisational know-how and training. The most comprehensive set of internationally comparable estimates are produced by <a href="http://www.intan-invest.net/" target="_blank">www.intan-invest.net</a>. These are produced on a market-sector basis and are therefore not directly comparable with the OECD statistics referenced above, which cover both market and non-market activity.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that a range of forthcoming changes to national accounting rules will affect cross-country estimates of GFCF and GDP. The most relevant of these for estimates of GFCF are the inclusion of spending on research and development and weapons systems. Further details can be found on the ONS website, at the following address: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/development-programmes/esa2010/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/development-programmes/esa2010/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 12/06/2014 14:52:13 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58351

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to put out to tender the contract to provide military air traffic management at British and overseas bases.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Following advertisement in the Official Journal of the European Union in March 2011, bidders submitted outline proposals to provide military air traffic management at British and overseas bases (Project MARSHALL). Two bidders submitted detailed proposals in January 2014. The second round of dialogue commenced in April 2014 and will conclude when the bidders are asked to submit their final tender proposals in late summer 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/06/2014 14:03:19 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58352

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to publish a white paper in advance of the next Strategic Defence and Security Review.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The next Strategic Defence and Security Review will span the period of the next election. A decision is yet to be taken on the final approach.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 16/06/2014 16:54:35 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58353

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to confirm the decision to allow a process change to enable the Rivet Joint signal intelligence aircraft to be certificated under Military Aviation Authority regulations.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Rivet Joint could not be certified under Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Publications (MRP) due to difficulties in obtaining documentary evidence of the aircraft's original design basis. The MRP allows an alternative course of action to be agreed where a regulated entity cannot fully comply. Accordingly, an alternative approach was agreed for Rivet Joint to achieve the same level of design safety assurance. The aircraft has been cleared by the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, the RAF's Release to Service Authority, to fly to an initial Release to Service and completed its first flight on 23 May 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/06/2014 14:17:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58354

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the MRV-P programme concept phase to be completed; whether funding for a demonstration has been approved; and what funds have been allocated for this purpose.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Multi Role Vehicle (Protected) (MRV-P) Concept Phase will be completed by early spring 2015, at which point we expect the results to be submitted for Initial Gate Business Case consideration. Funds have been allocated for the delivery of the project.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/06/2014 13:58:46 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck