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1058862

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date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encouraging businesses to reduce unnecessary energy consumption.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	219579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy sets out our ambition to enable business consumers to reduce their energy usage by improving energy efficiency by at least 20% by 2030, potentially reducing carbon emissions by 22MtCO<sub>2</sub>e over the fifth Carbon Budget.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget, in November 2018, we announced up to £315M for an Industrial Energy Transformation Fund to support businesses with high energy use to invest in energy efficiency and decarbonisation measures. We also announced we would publish a call for evidence in 2019 on introducing a new Business Energy Efficiency Scheme, focused on smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced a more streamlined energy and carbon reporting framework to help businesses to reduce their carbon emissions and associated energy costs, which will come into force on 1 April this year. Under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), all large businesses are required to audit the energy used by their buildings, industrial processes and transport to identify cost-effective energy saving measures. We are undertaking a comprehensive assessment of the impact and effectiveness of ESOS and will consider future reforms when the current phase ends in December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Climate Change Agreements Scheme incentivises a wide range of industrial sectors to reduce energy use and carbon dioxide emissions in return for a significant discount on the Climate Change Levy. And we have recently launched a new £18 million Industrial Heat Recovery Support Programme that supports the recovery and re-use of waste heat from industrial processes, and committed £8.8 million to promote innovative approaches to energy management using smart meters.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking steps to build capacity and capability in the energy services market including through a £5.6 million competition to encourage innovation in aggregating and scaling up smaller energy saving projects across commercial and industrial buildings.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to ensure that those who lease premises to businesses continue to refurbish and improve the performance of their buildings. This included bringing new regulations into force in April last year which set a minimum energy efficiency standard for non-domestic rented buildings. On current plans, we will consult on proposals to go further in 2019. In parallel, we are clear that all new commercial and industrial buildings should be more energy efficient and are planning to review Part L of the Building Regulations in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/02/2019 14:34:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1058872

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2019 to Question 206457 Universal Credit, when she plans to provide a substantive Answer to that Question.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	219574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. member’s <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-08/206457/" target="_blank">Question</a> on 13 February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/02/2019 17:16:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1058873

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of risk-stratified screening for breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	219575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has recently closed its three month public consultation on risk stratification to offer additional breast screening with ultrasound after a negative mammography in women with dense breasts.</p><p>The UK NSC will convene at the end of the month to review comments from this consultation and will advise accordingly. Minutes of the meeting are usually published six weeks after its meeting and will be made available on the UK NSC website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/02/2019 17:38:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1058874

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Radiology: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming NHS workforce implementation plan will include a plan to increase the numbers of NHS diagnostic radiographers.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	219576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding Chair of NHS Improvement, working closely with Sir David Behan, Chair of Health Education England, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key National Health Service interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan.</p><p> </p><p>This programme of work will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of the additional staff and skills required to deliver round the clock high quality care. Baroness Harding and Sir David Behan will present initial recommendations to the Department in spring 2019. A final workforce implementation plan will follow later in the year, taking into account the outcomes of the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>Universities consistently continue to recruit students onto undergraduate diagnostic radiography university courses in England, with acceptances onto courses increasing every year since 2014. The latest NHS Digital data shows that as at October 2018 there are 3,084 more full time equivalent diagnostic radiographers in the NHS than there were in May 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Diagnostic radiographer education and training and recruitment in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland is a matter for the devolved governments in each nation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/02/2019 17:46:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1058877

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Housing: Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of National Energy Action's report entitled, Cold homes claiming needless lives and costing every local Health and Wellbeing Board in England over £27,000 each day, published in February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	219307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the implications for public health policies of the National Energy Action report of February 2016 ‘Cold homes claiming needless lives and costing every local Health and Wellbeing Board in England over £27,000 each day’.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is working with local authorities, the National Health Service, the Commission for Fuel Poverty and with other Government departments to try to address the health impacts of those living in fuel poverty and cold homes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/02/2019 15:20:02 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1058878

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's recent announcement, what the estimated cost is of its acquisition of two Littoral Strike Ships.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	219360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence announced on 11 February 2019, we will use the Transformation Fund to develop a concept for a Littoral Strike Ship. Estimates of the potential acquisition cost of this capability will be established during the initial concept phase.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/02/2019 15:56:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1058880

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Lymphoedema: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the accessibility of services for treating lymphoedema in (a) the North East and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	219492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>No specific assessment of the availability of lymphoedema services has been made. The commissioning of services for the treatment and care of lymphoedema patients is a local matter.</p><p>People with lymphoedema can usually be managed through routine access to primary or secondary care services. A range of guidance is available for the diagnosis, treatment and care for people with lymphoedema. This includes an international consensus document on best practice and guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p><p>Further information can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg588" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg588</a></p><p><a href="http://www.woundsinternational.com/resources/details/bioimpedance-analysis-in-the-assessment-of-lymphoedema-diagnosis-and-management" target="_blank">www.woundsinternational.com/resources/details/bioimpedance-analysis-in-the-assessment-of-lymphoedema-diagnosis-and-management</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 219493 question first answered 14/02/2019 17:33:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1058881

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Lymphoedema: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve early diagnosis of lymphoedema.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	219493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>No specific assessment of the availability of lymphoedema services has been made. The commissioning of services for the treatment and care of lymphoedema patients is a local matter.</p><p>People with lymphoedema can usually be managed through routine access to primary or secondary care services. A range of guidance is available for the diagnosis, treatment and care for people with lymphoedema. This includes an international consensus document on best practice and guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p><p>Further information can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg588" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg588</a></p><p><a href="http://www.woundsinternational.com/resources/details/bioimpedance-analysis-in-the-assessment-of-lymphoedema-diagnosis-and-management" target="_blank">www.woundsinternational.com/resources/details/bioimpedance-analysis-in-the-assessment-of-lymphoedema-diagnosis-and-management</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 219492 question first answered 14/02/2019 17:33:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1058882

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Air Pollution: Children
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 steps his Department is taking to protect children from the effect of air pollution in (a) the London Borough of Southwark, (b) London and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	219243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to tackling air pollution. We have put in place a £3.5 billion plan to improve air quality and reduce harmful emissions, which includes £495 million for councils to improve air quality. On 14 January 2019 we published our new world leading Clean Air Strategy, which includes new and ambitious goals, legislation, investment and policies which will help us to clean up our air faster and more effectively. The World Health Organization has praised our Clean Air Strategy as “an example for the rest of the world to follow”.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to monitor and assess air quality and to take action to reduce pollution where these breach statutory limits. Defra’s Air Quality Grant Programme provides funding to local authorities for projects in local communities to tackle air pollution and reduce emissions affecting schools, businesses and residents. Defra awarded a total of £2.4 million to local authorities in England from the 2017/18 air quality grant fund; £3.7 million was awarded in 2016/17; and £0.5 million in 2015/16. £3 million has been allocated for 2018/19.</p><p>The Mayor is responsible for air quality in the capital and has reserve powers under Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 to reflect this. These powers enable the Mayor to take a broad range of actions, particularly in relation to transport.</p><p>Measurements at stations in London on the national monitoring network show a general long term reduction in air pollution. The London Boroughs, including Southwark, carry out local air quality monitoring as part of the Local Air Quality Management process and produce annual reports on the status of air quality within the Borough area.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/02/2019 12:02:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1058883

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights flew over the London Borough of Southwark in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	219244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not record or hold this type of information.</p><p> </p><p>Airspace use is complex and it is very difficult to assess the level of air traffic over a given area. However, specific airports may be able to provide details of the level of their air traffic which impacts on certain communities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2019 10:48:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman