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386517

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Trade Promotion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies received support under the High Value Opportunities scheme in each month of the 2014-15 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	4988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In the 2014-15 financial year UK Trade and Investment supported 980 companies through the High Value Programme. Data is not recorded on a month by month basis.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/07/2015 16:57:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

386798

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for implementation of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	4727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The national roll out of Universal Credit is on track and I enclose a link to the overall roll out and expansion plans:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/07/2015 11:08:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

386710

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Port of Dover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the vehicles arriving at the Port of Dover are checked on arrival.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	4814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>100% of freight vehicles arriving at Dover are subject to screening checks at the border controls at the juxtaposed ports of Calais and Dunkirk. Further screening may take place at Dover on an intelligence -led basis.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/07/2015 16:15:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

386719

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	4942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In 2010 1,545 people were removed from the UK with reference to the Dublin Regulation, which replaced the Dublin Convention in 2003. This figure includes people who claimed asylum in the UK and those who did not, but had asylum claims in other States, as the Dublin Regulation applies in both cases. In 2014 740 were removed. Comparable figures are not available for 2005. The figures are based on management information and are only valid for the date of the report (11 June 2015). This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Removals from the UK under the Dublin Regulations have fallen since 2010 primarily because all Member States are unable to make transfers to Greece following the ruling on 21 January 2011 from the European Court of Human Rights in the case of MSS vs Belgium and Greece. The Court found that Greece had violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) that prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment both because of the poor living conditions for applicants and the failure by the Greek authorities to properly consider his asylum claim. This ruling prevents further transfers to Greece until the situation improves.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Since the Court ruling the UK has helped Greece significantly to improve its asylum system, both bilaterally and as part of interventions under the European Asylum Support Office (EASO). The UK has contributed more working days in asylum expert deployments under EASO support plans to countries such as Greece than any other Member State.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our records indicate that in 2010 1,150 people were removed from the UK with reference to the Dublin Regulation, which replaced the Dublin Convention in 2003. This figure includes people who claimed asylum in the UK and those who did not, but had asylum claims in other States, as the Dublin Regulation applies in both cases. Our records indicate that in 2014 520 people were removed, and in 2005 1,890 people were removed. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, and are based on the latest management information and so are subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</ins></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial">Removals from the UK under the Dublin Regulations have fallen since 2010 primarily because all Member States are unable to make transfers to Greece following the ruling on 21 January 2011 from the European Court of Human Rights in the case of MSS vs Belgium and Greece. The Court found that Greece had violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) that prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment both because of the poor living conditions for applicants and the failure by the Greek authorities to properly consider his asylum claim. This ruling prevents further transfers to Greece until the situation improves.</ins></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial">Since the Court ruling the UK has helped Greece significantly to improve its asylum system, both bilaterally and as part of interventions under the European Asylum Support Office (EASO). The UK has contributed more working days in asylum expert deployments under EASO support plans to countries such as Greece than any other Member State.</ins></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire previous answer version 11376 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire 16353 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire question first answered 21/07/2015 13:04:48 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2016 12:51:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

386614

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make a comparative estimate of per capita investment in the renewable energy sector by the UK and (a) Germany, (b) China and (c) the EU average.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	4831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the UK has benefitted from over £53bn of private sector investment in the renewable energy market (Biomass &amp; Waste, Geothermal, Marine, Small Hydro, Solar and Wind) since 2004. This equates to an average of £79 per capita per year. In the same period, around £133bn was invested in Germany at an average of £148 per capita per year and £244bn was invested in China at an average of £16 per capita per year. The European average for the same period is £78 per capita per year.</p><p>In 2014 there was over £8bn of private sector investment in the UK equivalent to £132 per capita, compared to £97 for Germany and £36 for China. The European average was £60.</p><p><em>Source - Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Eurostat and UN </em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:37:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

386463

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Eritrea: Emigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed with the government of Eritrea the case for seeking to relieve the current levels of migration across the Mediterranean by closing the borders in Eritrea.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
	uin	HL958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Addressing irregular migration requires a comprehensive plan that includes disrupting criminal trafficking and smuggling networks, and working with source countries to address the factors that cause migrants to leave their homes in the first place through developmental aid, addressing human rights abuses and tackling conflict.</p><p>We remain deeply concerned by the high levels of irregular migration from Eritrea and have stepped up our bilateral dialogue on this issue. Our dialogue has not included discussion of closing Eritrea’s borders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/07/2015 13:21:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

386714

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Port of Dover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to increase the number of checks on vehicles arriving through the Port of Dover.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	4783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Border Force deployed additional resources to combat the increase in opportunistic migrant activity that followed the strike at Calais by French workers, including deployment of additional sniffer dog and contractor freight searching capability to deal with the anticipated risk of migrants targeting slow moving traffic at the juxtaposed ports in Northern France. We have also deployed additional resource to enable enhanced screening at Dover port of both freight and tourist vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 15:10:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

386477

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hepatitis: Drugs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that NHS England provides patients with hepatitis C access to new drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence without delay, and to ensure that NHS England continues to assess new technologies based on cost-effectiveness rather than affordability.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the absence of guidance from NICE, it is for commissioners, including NHS England, to make funding decisions based on the available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Commissioners are required to have in place clear and transparent arrangements for local decision making and for considering individual funding requests taking into account patients’ clinical circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/07/2015 12:59:51 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

386568

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department or its agencies have provided for facilities for (a) wheelchair basketball, (b) blind cricket, (c) deaf cricket, (d) wheelchair tennis, (e) wheelchair rugby and (f) wheelchair football since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Worcester
	tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
	uin	4829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Government remains committed to supporting disabled people to realise their potential in sport. Since 2012 Sport England has made disability sport a key focus of its strategy and the National Governing Bodies of Sport have specific targets for increasing the number of people with disabilities who play their sport. Sport England is currently investing over £171 million to make sport a practical and attractive lifestyle choice for disabled people and to get more disabled people playing sport.</p><p><strong>Table A:</strong> Investment in disability sport-specific facilities</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sport</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sport England investment in disability sport-specific facilities since 2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair basketball</p></td><td><p>£79,314*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blind cricket and deaf cricket</p></td><td><p>£241,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair tennis</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair rugby</p></td><td><p>£228,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair football</p></td><td><p>£179,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Includes £30,000 award to GB Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA) in 2013 for new wheelchairs</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the figures in Table A only includes awards for projects which have a stated disability sport focus. Facilities like sports halls can be used for disability sports like the ones listed in Table A. Since 2012, Sport England has invested £39.8 million in 58 such sports hall projects.</p><p> </p><p>As part of GBWBA’s Whole Sport Plan investment for 2013-17, Sport England invested £154,833 in the University of Worcester Disabled Athlete Accommodation project. Across Sport England’s National Centres for Sport, at least 20 per cent of accommodation provided has been designed specifically with disability access requirements in mind.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sport England is also investing £26,000 in a research project in partnership with GBWBA to look at ways to increase the quality of surfaces used for wheelchair sports.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/07/2015 16:58:32 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

386475

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Migrants: Infectious Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether records are kept on the proportion of new arrivals at immigration centres who have communicable diseases.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Healthcare in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) in England is commissioned by NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Each of the IRCs has a primary healthcare service provided on site. The range of healthcare provision typically available includes initial health screening and risk assessment, including routine treatment of evident infection and active case finding for diseases commonly found among detainees including pulmonary tuberculosis, blood-borne viruses and sexually transmitted infections (if indicated by the initial assessment).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>IRCs currently operate under the Detention Centre Rules and Operating Standards for the purposes of health screening and access to a general practitioner (GP) targets for initial healthcare screening and assessment which means all detainees to be seen by a nurse for an initial health assessment within 2 hours of admission and to be seen by a GP within 24 hours of admission (which may vary on assessment by competent nurse). Any health problems identified, tests or treatments prescribed and their outcomes are recorded on computerised health informatics systems in IRCs (e.g. SystmOne) and information can be shared between prisons and IRCs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>IRCs, like prisons, are required to notify Public Heath England Centres’ Health Protection Teams of cases or outbreaks of reportable diseases. This information is collated at national level by the Health &amp; Justice Team.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/07/2015 12:59:05 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie