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101078

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies to implement recommendations arising from the 2011 Exercise Senator on nuclear accident emergencies.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	212045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) is convened only during an emergency, to coordinate and conduct peer reviews of scientific and technical advice in order to inform decision-making at the cross Government, national level.</p><p>National level recommendations and lessons identified from Ministry of Defence nuclear accident exercises such as SENATOR 2011, including any related to the SAGE, are drawn up through the Department of Energy and Climate Change-led Nuclear Emergency Planning and Response Programme.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/11/2014 17:57:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 25842 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

101079

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department has implemented the recommendations from Exercise Senator in 2011 on nuclear accident emergencies.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	212042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator's (DNSR) assessment concluded that Exercise Senator 2011 achieved its stated objectives.</p><p>The DNSR assessment report contains five findings, three of which have been formally closed out. Work is in hand to address the remaining two findings.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/11/2014 18:00:47 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 25844 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

101142

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department allocated to the Health Reform Evaluation Programme for 2014-15; and how much was allocated in each of the five previous years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	211976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Research projects on health reform were commissioned during 2007 and 2008 and brought together within the framework of the independent Health Reform Evaluation Programme. Following a supplementary call for research proposals in 2013, four new projects are commencing during the period October 2014 to January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenditure by the Department on the Health Reform Evaluation Programme is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>£ million</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p><p>Planned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/11/2014 17:53:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

101143

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Orphan Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on orphan medicines in each of the last three years; and what proportion of total medicines expenditure that represented in each year.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	211977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not collected because it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/11/2014 17:56:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

101146

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of blood bikes for the transportation of blood to hospital trusts.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
uin	212022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Whilst recognising the work of blood bikes, the Department is not actively promoting their use as it is a matter for individual trusts to decide whether they wish to use such services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:57:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling

101147

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide figures showing how much money has been saved by the NHS by the use of blood bikes for the transportation of blood (a) nationally and (b) in the North West region in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
uin	212023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:55:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling

101156

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of compulsory redundancy payments for staff of all NHS employers in England was in each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	212063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The costs of compulsory redundancy payments for staff of all National Health Service employers are shown in the following table. There are currently 21,000 fewer admin staff working in the NHS since 2010 and 13,500 more front line clinical staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is proposing that highly-paid staff who receive a redundancy pay-out and then return to the same part of the public sector within a year will be required to repay part of the total amount. It is proposed that contracts will contain a standard clause that states that individuals will have to pay back a proportion of the payment to their previous employer dependent upon the length of time between jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS</p></td><td><p>Cost of Compulsory Redundancies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>109,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>265,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>150,577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>118,344</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Audited Summarisation Schedules</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>1. Figures from the audited statutory accounts of NHS organisations are collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>2. We have interpreted “NHS employers” to comprise Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts in 2010-11 to 2012-13. For 2013-14 however, due to reorganisation, the figures comprise NHS Trusts, Foundation Trusts and NHS England (including the NHS England entity, Regional Teams, Area Teams, Commissioning Support Units and Clinical Commissioning Groups).</p><p> </p><p>3. The NHS Manual for Accounts does not define what is included within the compulsory redundancy heading and as such it is not possible to clarify whether it includes related costs for employers of early retirement on the grounds of redundancy.</p><p> </p><p>4. Information in respect of compulsory redundancies was not separately identified prior to 2010-11 and as such no comparable information can be provided.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 03/11/2014 17:55:42 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

101162

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults in (i) Fareham constituency, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England were classed as (A) overweight and (B) obese in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	212134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Data on childhood obesity are not collected by parliamentary constituency. The data in the attached table 1 and 2 are for the area of Fareham district, Hampshire County and England. The National Childhood Measurement Programme data collection began in 2006-07 and only collects data on two age groups; reception year (4-5 years) and year 6 (10-11 years).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on adult obesity and excess weight (overweight and obese) for Fareham district, Hampshire County and England are available from the ‘Local Health Profiles’ using data from the ‘Active People Survey’ commissioned by Sport England. The data are only available for 2012 and are presented as a total figure for males and females. This data is not collected by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Excess weight defined as the proportion of the adult population who are overweight or obese in 2012</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Fareham district 64.8%</p><p> </p><p>Hampshire County Council 65.1%</p><p> </p><p>England 63.8%</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The proportion of the adult population classified as obese in 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Fareham district 26.1%</p><p> </p><p>Hampshire County Council 22.2%</p><p> </p><p>England 23.0%</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:57:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Fareham, Hampshire and England- Overweight children.doc title Overweight children in Fareham Hampshire & England
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

101223

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Universal Credit: Barrow in Furness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Barrow and Furness constituency he expects to have transferred to universal credit by 1 January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	212064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my Rt. Hon. Friend, Iain Duncan Smith on of Monday 13th October 2014.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/2014-October/13th%20October/17.DWP-welfare-reform.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/2014-October/13th%20October/17.DWP-welfare-reform.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DWP are not setting targets for numbers in receipt of Universal Credit at various points in time. Final numbers will vary according to a number of factors such as the economic circumstances over time and behavioural change of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 03/11/2014 17:54:37 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney