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456566

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs: West Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will encourage NHS England and NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group to provide a response to the letter of 24 September 2015 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on wheelchair provision in West Lancashire.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	29143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Letters to and from<del class="ministerial"> the National Health Service</del> <ins class="ministerial">NHS England </ins>to hon. Members are a matter for NHS England. The Department would expect NHS England<ins class="ministerial">, and indeed clinical commissioning groups,</ins> to respond promptly and courteously to all letters from hon. Members.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2016 14:46:35 question first ministerially corrected 11/03/2016 09:51:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 49268 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

456395

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many abortions there were in 2015 at 23 weeks gestation and above.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL6623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>This data is not currently available. Abortion data for 2015 will be published by the Department in May.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 14/03/2016 15:28:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

456727

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	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	Agriculture and Fisheries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the agriculture and fishing sectors of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	29178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>We have not made any assessment of the potential effect of a UK withdrawal from the EU on the UK agriculture and fishing sectors.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/03/2016 12:45:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

456514

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on reducing Air Passenger Duty.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	29288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>In the absence of any taxation of international aviation fuel and no VAT on international or domestic flights, Air Passenger Duty (APD) ensures that the aviation sector plays its part in contributing towards general taxation and helping to bring down the deficit. In 2014-15, APD raised £3.2bn, an important part of the Government’s tax revenues.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, the Government has recently made reforms to APD to cut the longest haul rates and exempt children, reducing the tax burden by £1.5 billion over the period 2015-2020.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes, APD is kept under review with any changes announced at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/03/2016 11:51:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

456551

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2016 to Question 27620, in what ways the ring-fenced £100 million is being spent; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure its other projects compliment local air quality plans.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	29285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Highways England has set out their approach for managing the Air Quality fund in their Delivery Plan (2015-2020), published in March 2015. In this they committed to building a clear picture of where pollution exists around the Strategic Road Network and to deliver ten pilot schemes to help develop new approaches to reduce air pollution. The ring-fenced air quality fund will support the implementation of viable solutions once these have been identified though Highways England’s ongoing work.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011, Government has committed over £2 billion to measures that will help improve air quality including uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles and investment in sustainable transport. The team responsible for delivering the air quality plan will work with officials in the Department for Transport to ensure that programmes are closely aligned.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/03/2016 10:37:10 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

457833

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprenticeships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the number of people under 19 completing apprenticeship programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	903918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>In England, 71,100 apprenticeships were achieved by under 19 year olds in the 2014 to 2015 academic year. This is 5,700 more than in the 2013 to 2014 academic year and 10,300 more than in the 2012 to 2013 academic year.</p><p>We supported over 600,000 apprenticeships starts for 16-18 year olds during the previous parliament.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 07/03/2016 18:24:39 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

456509

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the organisation and deployment of UK-based armour is.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	29339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The organisation of British armour based in the UK is as follows:</p><p><strong>1st Armoured Infantry Brigade</strong></p><p>Household Cavalry Regiment - Windsor</p><p>The Royal Tank Regiment - Tidworth</p><p>1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - Tidworth</p><p>1st Battalion the Mercian Regiment - Bulford</p><p><strong>12th Armoured Infantry Brigade</strong></p><p>The Royal Lancers - Catterick</p><p>The King's Royal Hussars - Tidworth</p><p>1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment - Warminster</p><p>1st Battalion the Royal Welsh - Tidworth</p><p>20X is based in Germany</p><p>The following UK based armoured units support these Brigades:</p><p>The Royal Wessex Yeomanry - Bovington, Salisbury, Cirencester, Paignton, Exeter &amp; Swindon</p><p><strong>1st Artillery Brigade</strong></p><p>1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - Tidworth</p><p>19th Regiment Royal Artillery - Tidworth</p><p><strong>8 Engineer Brigade</strong></p><p>22 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers - Perham Down</p><p>26 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers - Perham Down</p><p><strong>101 Logistic Brigade</strong></p><p>4 Armoured Medical Regiment - Aldershot</p><p>5 Armoured Medical Regiment - Tidworth &amp; Catterick</p><p>4 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Tidworth</p><p>6 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Tidworth</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2016 16:18:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

456595

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Credit Unions and Forces Help to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of (a) credit unions and (b) the help to buy scheme by armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	29059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>In October 2015, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) launched a facility to make Credit Union services available to UK Armed Forces personnel via payroll deductions. The launch was communicated through the MOD intranet and gov.uk website, and also cascaded to the single Service welfare and internal communications leads.</p><p>Three chosen Credit Unions are now working together collectively under the banner 'Joining Forces' to provide Service personnel with access to dependable savings facilities and safe affordable loans. Further details are available from their website: http://joiningforcescu.co.uk/</p><p>Joining Forces have an employee who works solely on behalf of the collective to deliver presentations and information packages to personnel on military bases. They are also examining various strategies to promote their services through Armed Forces publications and engagement with the Families Federations.</p><p>Work is currently under way to enable veterans who are in receipt of an Armed Forces pension to access the services provided by Joining Forces. It is expected that this facility will go live later this year.</p><p>Take-up of the £200 million Forces Help to Buy (FHTB) scheme has been very encouraging. The scheme has already given £93.7 million to help over 6,100 Service personnel buy or extend their homes. While there is no advertising budget for FHTB, the success stories of the scheme continue to be communicated through routine internal channels, as well as MOD social media where appropriate. These examples are cascaded via the individual Service networks to raise awareness of the scheme and to inform Service personnel of the support available to them.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/03/2016 17:40:13 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

456490

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222253, what estimate he has made of the number of service personnel who have suffered mental illness in the current year.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	29166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) compiles records of UK Armed Forces personnel who have been assessed as having a mental health condition at either of the military Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMHs) or one of the facilities contracted by the MOD to provide in-patient treatment.</p><p> </p><p>During the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, the most recent full year for which verified records are available, 4,858 personnel were assessed as having a mental health disorder.</p><p> </p><p>Verified figures are also available for the period of 7 April to 30 September 2015. During this six month period, 2,576 personnel were assessed as having a mental health disorder.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/03/2016 14:35:30 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

456666

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which types of (a) combat, (b) protected patrol and (c) reconnaissance vehicles in use by his Department were first brought into service in the (i) 1950s, (ii) 1960s, (iii) 1970s, (iv) 1980s and (v) 1990s.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	29119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Details of combat, protected patrol (PPV) and reconnaissance vehicles procured in the 1950s to 1990s, that are still in use are provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Vehicle Type</p></td><td><p>Vehicle</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Decade brought into service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1950s</p></td><td><p>1960s</p></td><td><p>1970s</p></td><td><p>1980s</p></td><td><p>1990s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combat</p></td><td><p>Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combat</p></td><td><p>Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combat</p></td><td><p>BULLDOG Armoured Personnel Carrier (FV 432)[1]</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combat</p></td><td><p>Bandvagn 206 (BV 206)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combat</p></td><td><p>Artillery System 90 (AS 90)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PPV</p></td><td><p>SNATCH Land Rover[2]</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reconnaissance</p></td><td><p>Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reconnaissance</p></td><td><p>Weapons Mounted Installation Kit Land Rover (WMIK)[3]</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] BULLDOG is based on the FV432 Mk2 hull which entered service in the 1980s. The FV432 Mk1 entered service in the 1960s and was replaced by the Mk2. The FV432 Mk1 is no longer in service.</p><p>[2] Snatch 1 was procured in the 1990s. In the 2000s Snatch I was upgraded and extensively refurbished to a number of build standards (Snatch 2, 2A and 2B) which remain in-service in a variety of roles.</p><p>[3] The first WMIK’s were procured in the 1990s. Additional WMIKs were procured in the 2000s to provide a reconnaissance capability. All in-service WMIKs have been upgraded and refurbished to a new build standard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 04/03/2016 14:37:46 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry