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595713

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of staff employed by his Department are non-UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text The total Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) workforce as at 31 March 2016 was 12,563 comprising 4,295 FCO UK based staff and 8,268 FCO local staff. The Aliens' Employment Act 1955 makes it a requirement that all UK-based staff must be British nationals or dual nationals where one of those nationalities is British. We do not collect centrally details of the nationality of our staff employed locally overseas. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/10/2016 15:59:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595714

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Japan: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with representatives of Japanese businesses operating in the UK on the memorandum presented by the Japanese government to the Prime Minister at the recent G20 Summit.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	47490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Ministers and senior Government officials have held regular discussions with Japanese investors operating in the UK since the referendum in June. This continued after the Japanese Government published their memorandum on 2 September. I met representatives of Japanese business on 8 September at Asia House and I spoke to individual investors in Tokyo and Osaka during my visit to Japan from 26 to 29 September. Japanese investment in the UK has been a huge success story and as we plan our exit from the European Union we will continue to listen to the voices of Japanese business.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/10/2016 15:17:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

595715

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) carried out by his Department in the last three years on the reputation of the UK abroad; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	47484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not commissioned any research on the UK's global reputation.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has a network of 268 Posts in 168 countries and territories, including 9 multilateral organisations, who regularly report on the relationship with the UK in their host countries and organisations.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/10/2016 15:10:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

595716

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of staff on the payroll of his Department who work in Westminster are (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of another country.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text The Aliens' Employment Act 1955 makes it a requirement that all UK based staff recruited to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the UK must be British nationals or dual nationals where one of those nationalities is British. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/10/2016 15:45:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

595717

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>As cleaning services in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's buildings are provided by an external contractor, we do not hold information in the form requested.</p><p>This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/10/2016 15:13:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

595718

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department uses an outsourced provider for cleaning services. The provider employs one British and 11 non-British nationals to clean the Westminster estate of the Department.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 15:21:50 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

595719

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer Drugs Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to undertake a formal evaluation of the new Cancer Drugs Fund.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	47600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>NHS England’s standard operating procedures for the appraisal and funding of cancer drugs from July 2016 (including the new Cancer Drugs Fund) state that NHS England will keep the operational mechanisms of the new arrangements under continuous review. In addition, NHS England will look to undertake a more formal evaluation of the overall operation of the scheme, no later than autumn 2017.</p><p>The standard operating procedures are available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cdf-sop.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cdf-sop.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 12/10/2016 16:27:36 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

595720

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Physiology: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce financial incentives for physiological services to engage with and achieve IQIPS accreditation.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	47534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Comprehensive data on the number of audiology services in England is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has no current plans to introduce financial incentives for the achievement of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1 September, there are 39 organisations with IQIPS accreditation for audiology, covering 28 adult and 21 paediatric audiology services. If an organisation is accredited for both adult and paediatric audiology, United Kingdom Accreditation Service considers that one accreditation.</p><p> </p><p>In Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss: A framework for clinical commissioning groups, published in July, NHS England strongly encourages clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to expect providers to have completed the IQIPS self-assessment tool and applied for accreditation with UKAS, and achieve accreditation within the duration of their contract. This is reflected in the model service specification for adults.</p><p> </p><p>In the contract for Genomics Medicines Centres, Annex M requires National Health Service trusts nominated as Lead Organisations and Local Delivery Partners to be working towards diagnostic accreditation across all available schemes, including IQIPS.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also working with the Care Quality Commission to agree the use of scientific and diagnostic schemes as an information source for inspection purposes, as set out in their latest strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have no plans to introduce mandatory accreditation of audiology services in England.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 47464 47533 47535 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:08:37 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

595721

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with CCGs to work with community pharmacies to develop a role in reducing hospital admissions, early identification or intervention services and patient ongoing monitoring services.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	47553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that all clinical commissioning groups are included in a sustainability and transformation plan (STP) footprint within which, local health and care organisations are working together to develop STPs which will help drive genuine and sustainable transformation in patient experience and health outcomes in the longer-term.</p><p>NHS England’s guidance to STPs highlights the importance of an integrated approach to primary care, including community pharmacy, in the delivery of transformed health services at the local level.</p><p>In addition, we are currently recruiting a further 1,500 qualified pharmacists to work within general practices by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 15:43:32 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

595722

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are plans for NICE to review the process of patient involvement in technology appraisals.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	47601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that it is currently reviewing its overall approach to patient and public involvement, including involvement in its technology appraisal process.</p><p> </p><p>Initial proposals, based on the findings of a literature review, a stakeholder survey and meeting, and internal interviews, were presented to NICE’s public board meeting on 20 July 2016. Once approved by the Board, these proposals will go out for public consultation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 12/10/2016 16:28:46 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin