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418462

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Suicide: Males
	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 effect of family separation on male suicide rates.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	9993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made, however we know that there are links between mental ill health and social factors like isolation and family breakdown and that men in certain age-groups are more likely to present with suicidal behaviour. Suicide continues to be more than three times as common in males than in females, 13.8 per 100,000 for males in 2011-13, compared to 4.0 for females.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Preventing suicide in England: A cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives</em>, published in 2012, identified a number of high risk groups who are priorities for prevention young and middle-aged men. The strategy recognises that factors associated with suicide in men include family and relationship problems including marital breakup and social isolation. The strategy recognises that those who work with men in different settings, especially primary care, need to be particularly alert to the signs of suicidal behaviour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A review by the Samaritans, <em>Men Suicide and Society</em>, published in 2012, also highlighted that middle-aged men in certain socioeconomic groups are at particularly high risk of suicide. It pointed to evidence that suicidal behaviour results from the interaction of complex factors, including a lack of close social and family relationships, personal crises such as divorce, as well as a general ‘dip’ in subjective wellbeing among people in their mid-years, compared to both younger and older people. The report also found that relationship breakdown is more likely to lead men, rather than women, to suicide and was published in February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s first annual report on the suicide prevention strategy was published on 17 January 2014. It highlighted a new agreement designed to promote greater sharing of information with friends and family of people at risk of suicide. The second annual report into suicide prevention was written for people working in local services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2015, this Government called for every part of the National Health Service to commit to a 'zero suicide' ambition to dramatically reduce suicides. This goes beyond health service boundaries into the whole community, bringing in the police, education, housing, debt support services and so on.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/09/2015 12:07:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

418525

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Carer's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that the recipients of carer's allowance lose only a proportion of that allowance when they begin to earn more that £110 per week.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	9983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>A carer can earn up to £110 a week after National Insurance, tax and other allowable expenses are deducted and still be able to receive Carer’s Allowance. The earnings limit was increased by 8% in April 2015 and 4,000 people will benefit from this increase this year. We have no plans to move to a taper system.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 9981 question first answered 16/09/2015 12:39:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

418524

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Carer's Allowance: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Scotland caring for someone who are not eligible for carer's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	9982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>A number of conditions have to be satisfied to receive Carer’s Allowance. These can only be tested when an actual claim is made. As such there is no basis on which such an estimate could be made.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/09/2015 12:44:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

418521

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Carer's Allowance: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants of carer's allowance in Scotland who stopped receiving that allowance due to earning more than £110 per week in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	9981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>A carer can earn up to £110 a week after National Insurance, tax and other allowable expenses are deducted and still be able to receive Carer’s Allowance. The earnings limit was increased by 8% in April 2015 and 4,000 people will benefit from this increase this year. We have no plans to move to a taper system.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 9983 question first answered 16/09/2015 12:39:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

418458

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of eye clinic liaison officers on improving patient health and social care; and what progress he has made on increasing the provision of such officers.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	9980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government fully appreciates the impact that sight loss can have on a person’s life and the importance of information being available for those newly diagnosed with sight loss, including signposting patients to appropriate support and rehabilitation services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Eye clinics and their staffing, including eye clinic liaison officers, are commissioned and funded by individual clinical commissioning groups on the basis of local assessments of need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 9977 question first answered 16/09/2015 12:01:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

418459

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department provides for eye clinic liaison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	9977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government fully appreciates the impact that sight loss can have on a person’s life and the importance of information being available for those newly diagnosed with sight loss, including signposting patients to appropriate support and rehabilitation services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Eye clinics and their staffing, including eye clinic liaison officers, are commissioned and funded by individual clinical commissioning groups on the basis of local assessments of need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 9980 question first answered 16/09/2015 12:01:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

418471

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Company Investigations: Freezing of Assets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Sussex Police are required to freeze the assets of a company they are investigating; on what grounds police may freeze the assets of a company they are investigating; and at what point such assets may be unfrozen if police bail has expired and no charges have been brought.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	9976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 permits an application for a restraint order to be made to “freeze” assets of an alleged offender, which includes a company, if there is reasonable cause to suspect that an offender has benefitted from their criminal conduct. A restraint order has the effect of freezing property that may be liable to confiscation following a trial and the subsequent making of a confiscation order. There is no legal requirement for a police force to freeze the assets of a company they are investigating, although it is good practice to do so in cases in which assets need to be preserved for confiscation at a later date. A restraint order may be made by a Crown Court if any of the following conditions are satisfied:</p><p>(1) A criminal investigation has been started in England and Wales and there is reasonable grounds to suspect that the alleged offender has benefitted from criminal conduct</p><p>(2) Proceedings for an offence have been commenced in England and Wales and not concluded and there is reasonable grounds to believe that an alleged offender has benefitted from criminal conduct.</p><p>In addition to the statutory conditions, there must be a real risk that the assets will be dissipated.</p><p>A restraint order can be varied or discharged upon application by a person affected by the order. The Proceeds of Crime Act also provides that the court is required to discharge any restraint order at the conclusion of proceedings. If an order is made under condition (1) above, the court is also required to monitor progress with the investigation, and if a decision to charge is not made within a reasonable time, the court may discharge the restraint order.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/09/2015 12:20:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

418434

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Food Supply: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has carried out an assessment of the resilience of food supply chains to cities.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Ms Gisela Stuart
	uin	9968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Food supply is part of our Critical National Infrastructure. Defra produces an annual Sector Resilience Plan which sets out the resilience of the sector to all relevant risks. A public summary of Sector Resilience Plans is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK food industry has a highly effective and resilient supply chain owing to the size, geographic diversity and competitiveness. There is recognised dependency on other critical sectors such as fuel, energy, transport and communications however the food supply sector has demonstrated resilience in response to potentially disruptive challenges in recent years. Defra works closely with the food industry to ensure the continued resilience of food supply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/09/2015 12:04:57 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	296 label Biography information for Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston

418514

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Fares
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department is making available to Transport for London for the purposes of meeting the cost of keeping the increase in the price of London rail fares at the Retail Prices Index in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	10083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>This will be considered as part of the wider spending review process that is currently underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/09/2015 11:21:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418472

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Burma: Exclusion Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Burmese Home Affairs Minister, Lt. Gen. Ko Ko, is excluded from entering the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	10078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>It is Home Office policy not to comment on whether an individual is, or is not, excluded from the UK unless the person concerned has already put this information into the public domain themselves, or if the information is already in the public domain.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/09/2015 12:19:02 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz