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456480

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account is taken when assessing people for personal independence payments of the need for aids and appliances as a proxy of the condition of the person being assessed.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	29110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The PIP Assessment Guide for Health Professionals carrying out assessments includes guidance on the assessment criteria and how they should be applied.</p><p> </p><p>Section 3.2 ‘Applying the criteria’ (page 75) explains how to assess a person who is reliant on aids and appliances to complete an activity. This guidance can be accessed on the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449043/pip-assessment-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449043/pip-assessment-guide.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/03/2016 13:56:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

456489

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	Junior Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to add junior doctors to the definition of worker in section 43K(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	29148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Employment Rights Act 1996, as amended by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and more recent legislation, forms part of the wider employment rights legislation.</p><p>Junior doctors are protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, as they are employees of the National Health Service trusts at which they are based.</p><p>The Department supports NHS staff who wish to raise concerns and is implementing a range of measures to support the development of a culture in which staff are able to raise concerns without fear of repercussion or reprisal. The Department has made clear to NHS organisations that they should have policies and procedures to support and encourage staff to raise concerns, and that those concerns should be considered and, where appropriate, acted upon.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/03/2016 09:36:32 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

456497

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	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 10 February 2016, Official Report, column 1576, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there are 47,500 fewer pupils in overcrowded schools than in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	29204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The department collects information from each local authority on the number of schools, the number of places in those schools and the number of pupils on roll through the annual school capacity survey (SCAP). The data is published annually, and the main tables contain national and local authority level data. The latest published data, relating to the position as reported by local authorities at May 2014, can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>Previous years are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-capacity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-capacity</a></p><p>In both the 2014 and 2010 data publications, the table below shows capacity in state funded primary and secondary schools. In 2010 there were a total of 97,230 primary and secondary pupils in excess of capacity. In 2014 this had reduced to 49,717, meaning that 47,513 fewer pupils were excess of capacity in 2014 than in 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of pupils in excess of school capacity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded primary schools</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>41,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded secondary schools</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>55,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded primary schools</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>30,737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded secondary schools</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>18,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded primary schools</p></td><td><p>Change 2010 to 2014</p></td><td><p>10,943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded secondary schools</p></td><td><p>Change 2010 to 2014</p></td><td><p>36,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change 2010 to 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>47,513 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/03/2016 11:20:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

456500

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	Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) registered care home and (b) nursing home places there were in the current year and in each of the previous five years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	29083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC has provided the following information.</p><p> </p><p>Number of active care homes and number of beds<sup>1</sup> at the end of the previous five fiscal years and as at 2 March 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Active Care Homes</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Number of Active Care Homes</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Care Home Beds</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Number of Care Home Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Nursing Home</p></td><td><p>Residential Home</p></td><td><p>Nursing Home</p></td><td><p>Residential Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>4,365</p></td><td><p>12,567</p></td><td><p>16,932</p></td><td><p>203,477</p></td><td><p>236,197</p></td><td><p>439,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>4,654</p></td><td><p>13,161</p></td><td><p>17,815</p></td><td><p>217,266</p></td><td><p>250,143</p></td><td><p>467,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>4,667</p></td><td><p>12,853</p></td><td><p>17,520</p></td><td><p>220,055</p></td><td><p>245,577</p></td><td><p>465,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>4,683</p></td><td><p>12,667</p></td><td><p>17,350</p></td><td><p>222,158</p></td><td><p>243,547</p></td><td><p>465,705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>4,698</p></td><td><p>12,382</p></td><td><p>17,080</p></td><td><p>224,751</p></td><td><p>239,363</p></td><td><p>464,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02 March 2016</p></td><td><p>4,637</p></td><td><p>12,133</p></td><td><p>16,770</p></td><td><p>223,899</p></td><td><p>237,258</p></td><td><p>461,157</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Number of beds is as at date of data extraction, or date of deactivation if care home inactive at the date of data extraction.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source:</em> For data relating to the 2015-2016 fiscal year and Care Standards Act summary: CQC database at 2 March 2016. For data relating to previous fiscal years: CQC database as at 7 April 2015.<strong> </strong></p><p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 a single care home can have both service types of care home service with nursing and care home service without nursing. In this case, it is classified in this table as a nursing home.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2016 09:41:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

456515

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to encourage body confidence in young disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	29287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The government wants all young people to be confident and positive about their body image. My department has worked with a range of bodies, including the Advertising Association and the National Citizen Service, to develop materials that support good practice and encourage young people to become more informed and resilient consumers of media content; and with the PSHE Association to provide guidance for teachers on teaching about body image using accredited resources.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 28172 question first answered 03/03/2016 14:38:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

456527

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	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24375, when his Department plans to publish the data on eligibility for and uptake of the bowel cancer screening programme.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	29150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme continues to analyse the data collected and will be publishing data in the annual report which is due later this year.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/03/2016 12:37:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

456530

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	Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation exercise of the Gift aid small donations scheme: A Call for evidence which closes on 2 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	29241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The consultation has now closed and HMRC are currently analysing the responses. They will publish a responses document before the summer recess and will continue to work closely with the charity sector.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/03/2016 11:48:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

456560

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Transport: Lasers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for shining laser pens at (i) road transport, (ii) train, (c) air transport drivers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	29155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the number of arrests made for shining laser pens at road transport, train, or air transport drivers. The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests broken down by offence group and police force area. These data cannot be broken down to identify those arrested for misuse of a laser pen.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice holds data relating to prosecutions. Data held centrally at the Ministry of Justice cannot be broken down to the level of detail requested. It is not possible to identify if a defendant was proceeded against for the misuse of a laser pen.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/03/2016 09:31:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

456563

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	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long in advance of the date of the closure will HM Revenue and Customs staff in each office earmarked for closure be informed of their future employment options.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	29271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has already commenced a discussion process with staff in offices identified for closure. HMRC has given a commitment to staff that they will have a one-to-one meeting with their manager to discuss their options at least one year ahead of their office closure.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/03/2016 11:52:55 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

456568

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	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of train operators or Network Rail taking over the operation of train ticket offices previously operated by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	29144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>No local authorities operate train ticket offices, therefore no such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/03/2016 11:28:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper