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391830

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prosthetics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request that NHS England publish a timeline for the re-publication of a commissioning policy on (a) microprocessor knees, (b) multi-articulating prosthetic hands and (c) custom made silicon covers.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	8279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that it has commissioned an independent evidence review in relation to microprocessor knees, multi-articulating prosthetic hands and custom made silicon covers which is expected to be complete by September 2015. A more detailed understanding of next steps including potential timelines will be possible once the evidence review has been considered by NHS England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 11/09/2015 11:14:54 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

391816

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request that NHS England clarify the mechanisms available for manufacturers of medical technologies to appeal against a negative specialised service commissioning policy decision.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	8282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>There is no formal appeals process. All stakeholders - including manufacturers, patients and patient groups - are invited to submit their views on proposed commissioning polices via a process of public consultation, the outcome of which is considered by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group when it meets to form recommendations to NHS England on whether a proposed policy should be commissioned.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Decisions that are made can be reconsidered at a later date when new evidence is presented.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 11/09/2015 11:00:41 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

391818

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request that NHS England publish the criteria for approving a specialised service commissioning policy.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	8283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The criteria used for approving specialised service commissioning policy, entitled <em>NHS England’s response to a public consultation &quot;Investing in specialised services&quot;</em> can be found on the NHS England website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/nhse-respns-publictn-17-06-15.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/nhse-respns-publictn-17-06-15.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 11/09/2015 11:22:21 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

391778

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were working on climate change adaptation in her Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if she will estimate the likely number of such staff in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	8331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Adaptation is embedded as an integral part of policy across Defra and all levels of Government and within a broad range of programmes and activities that support and build the UK’s resilience to climate change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra, as the lead Department, maintains a core adaptation team that supports the implementation of the Government’s responsibilities for climate change adaptation under the Climate Change Act 2008. Resources allocated to this support role vary according to our position in the five-year cycle set out under the Act and the progress we have made in embedding adaptation within Government policies, programmes and activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The core Defra adaptation team delivered the very first UK Climate Change Risk Assessment in 2012 and the very first National Adaptation Programme (NAP) report in 2013. The focus since then has been on delivering those actions set out in the NAP report which has reduced the need for a large core team.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The direct staff support that Defra and its agencies provided for climate change adaptation between 2010-11 and 2014-15 is set out in table A. These figures include Environment Agency staff delivering the Climate Ready Support Service between 2011-12 and 2014-15. It is not possible to predict the numbers of staff that will be required in these adaptation roles in future. It is also not possible to estimate the much larger numbers of full-time equivalent staff across all of the policies, programmes and activities of Defra and its agencies that directly or indirectly support our adaptation objectives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Table A</strong>: FTEs in Defra and its agencies working on climate change adaptation</p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><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></td></tr><tr><td><p>Core Defra</p></td><td><p>37.0</p></td><td><p>32.5</p></td><td><p>23.5</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defra agencies</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td><td><p>54.2</p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td><td><p>51.4</p></td><td><p>40.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 8332 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:45:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391786

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were working on climate change adaptation in her Department's agencies in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and if she will estimate the likely number of such staff in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	8332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Adaptation is embedded as an integral part of policy across Defra and all levels of Government and within a broad range of programmes and activities that support and build the UK’s resilience to climate change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra, as the lead Department, maintains a core adaptation team that supports the implementation of the Government’s responsibilities for climate change adaptation under the Climate Change Act 2008. Resources allocated to this support role vary according to our position in the five-year cycle set out under the Act and the progress we have made in embedding adaptation within Government policies, programmes and activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The core Defra adaptation team delivered the very first UK Climate Change Risk Assessment in 2012 and the very first National Adaptation Programme (NAP) report in 2013. The focus since then has been on delivering those actions set out in the NAP report which has reduced the need for a large core team.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The direct staff support that Defra and its agencies provided for climate change adaptation between 2010-11 and 2014-15 is set out in table A. These figures include Environment Agency staff delivering the Climate Ready Support Service between 2011-12 and 2014-15. It is not possible to predict the numbers of staff that will be required in these adaptation roles in future. It is also not possible to estimate the much larger numbers of full-time equivalent staff across all of the policies, programmes and activities of Defra and its agencies that directly or indirectly support our adaptation objectives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Table A</strong>: FTEs in Defra and its agencies working on climate change adaptation</p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><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></td></tr><tr><td><p>Core Defra</p></td><td><p>37.0</p></td><td><p>32.5</p></td><td><p>23.5</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defra agencies</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td><td><p>54.2</p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td><td><p>51.4</p></td><td><p>40.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 8331 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:45:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391893

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department had with Northern Rail on the use of the Class 37 rolling stock on the Carlisle-Barrow-Lancaster rail line.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	8127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department worked with both Northern and Transpennine Express (TPE) to develop a scheme to provide additional capacity in North-west England, which includes the use of the locomotives – and coaches – on the Cumbrian Coast line. The rolling stock provider, DRS, has chosen to use Class 37 locomotives. These trains provide additional capacity on this popular route and a new early morning service from Carlisle to Sellafield and Barrow-in-Furness. The project has enabled capacity to be increased on many TPE train services between Blackpool and Manchester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/09/2015 09:02:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

391682

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Ordnance Survey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether officials in his Department have worked to assess the feasibility of a sale of his Department's stake in Ordnance Survey Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	8270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review. Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will continue to look into the potential sale of public sector assets.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8212 8269 8271 8272 8350 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:18:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

391697

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Ordnance Survey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether it is his policy to retain full public ownership of Ordnance Survey Limited; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	8212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review. Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will continue to look into the potential sale of public sector assets.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8269 8270 8271 8272 8350 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:18:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

391681

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Met Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on retaining full public ownership of the Met Office; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	8269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review. Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will continue to look into the potential sale of public sector assets.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8212 8270 8271 8272 8350 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:18:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

391690

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Met Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any officials in his Department have worked on assessing the feasibility of privatising the Met Office.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	8350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review. Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will continue to look into the potential sale of public sector assets.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8212 8269 8270 8271 8272 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:18:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis