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712441

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date	20/03/2017
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	Chemicals: Hazardous Substances
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 her Department has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the EU REACH process identification of four synthetic chemicals, DEHIP, DIBP, DBP and BBP, as endocrine-disrupting chemicals for human health; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	68459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The European Commission has now recognised the four substances as endocrine-disrupting chemicals for human health. This scientific assessment was supported by the UK and is in line with our policy approach towards chemicals management.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 68400 question first answered 27/03/2017 09:40:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

712442

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Diplomatic Service: Career Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of serving HM Ambassadors and High Commissioners are not career diplomats.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	68433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>As at 21 March 2017, 12 of the UK's 157 serving HM Ambassadors and High Commissioners were recruited to these roles from another UK Government Department or from outside the UK Civil Service. This represents 8 per cent of the total.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2017 14:58:18 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

712443

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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, when his Department and the Ministry of Defence plan to hold the next two plus two meeting with the foreign and defence ministers of Japan.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
uin	68491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>​We are in close contact with the Japanese government to find a mutually convenient date in 2017 to host the third substantive UK-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial talks.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2017 14:25:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

712444

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that human rights have equal or higher protection in UK free trade agreements as in EU free trade agreements after the UK exits the EU.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	68503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK has a strong history of protecting human rights and promoting our values globally. We will consider all options in the design of future bilateral trade and investment agreements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/03/2017 16:39:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

712445

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his contribution on 13 March 2017, to the debate on Budget Resolutions (HC Deb, col 84), whether he has had discussions with the private sector on the construction or commissioning of a new royal yacht.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	68552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>There have been no formal discussions between the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) and the private sector on the construction or commissioning of a new royal yacht. A new royal yacht is not on the Government's agenda. If private money is raised, we wish donors well.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/03/2017 15:52:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 42053 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

712446

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his contribution on 13 March 2017, to the debate on Budget Resolutions (HC Deb, col 84) and pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2016 to Question 47643, whether he has held discussions with the Department for International Trade on the effect of a privately-funded royal yacht on securing trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	68551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) has not had any formal discussions with the Secretary of State for Department for International Trade, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox) on the effect of a privately-funded royal yacht for securing trade deals.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/03/2017 15:52:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 42049 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

712448

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2017 to Question 65641, on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within his Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>​ I refer the Hon. Member to my response to Written Question 65641 of of 7 March.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/03/2017 16:44:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712450

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	North Korea: Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to North Korea on recent nuclear missile tests in that country.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	68573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The nuclear and ballistic missile programmes of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) clearly violate multiple UN Security Council Resolutions. Following a ballistic missile launch on 11 February the DPRK Ambassador was summoned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office where it was made clear that their actions are a threat to international security and that such dangerous and destabilising activity must stop. The Ambassador was asked to convey this message to Pyongyang in the strongest possible terms.</p><p>As the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) stated after the DPRK's ballistic missile launch on 5 March, we urge DPRK to stop their provocative actions, which threaten international peace and security.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/03/2017 14:27:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

712451

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent NHS (a) consultants, (b) junior hospital doctors, (c) nurses and midwives, (d) other clinical staff and (e) staff in total were employed at York hospitals, excluding mental health units in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to define those employed at National Health Service mental health units because the delivery of services by NHS staff is only captured at trust level, not hospital or site level.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 68572 question first answered 27/03/2017 10:03:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712452

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	York Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients referred to York Hospital for (a) elective surgery and (b) outpatient appointments waited longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment in each year since 2009-10; and what the average waiting time was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on referral to treatment waiting times to report performance against the legal right that patients have to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times for patients whose treatment started during the month and involved admission to hospital are described in the data as admitted pathways. Not all admissions to hospitals are for surgery. Waiting times for patients whose treatment started during the month and did not involve admission to hospital, for example outpatients, are described in the data as non-admitted pathways.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement advise that York NHS Foundation Trust is working to improve referral to treatment performance, with several areas of work underway such as maximising theatre and outpatient capacity and working with commissioners on managing future demand for pressurised specialties such as dermatology.</p><p> </p><p>Number and percentage of admitted pathways and non-admitted pathways longer than 18 weeks and average median waiting times at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in each year since 2009-10</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Admitted pathways</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Non-admitted pathways</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of pathways more than 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pathways more than 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>Median waiting time (weeks) in March</p></td><td><p>Number of pathways more than 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pathways more than 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>Median waiting time (weeks) in March</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,439</p></td><td><p>8.8%</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>1,473</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,136</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>1,263</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,584</p></td><td><p>9.9%</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>1,141</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,998</p></td><td><p>8.7%</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>3,115</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td><td><p>11.0%</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td><td><p>4,642</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>4,140</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>4,010</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>6,307</p></td><td><p>24.0%</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>4,606</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times, NHS England</p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust acquired Scarborough Hospital in 2012.</li></ol> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/03/2017 16:12:44 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell