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1142983

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	NHS England: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many fines have been issued by NHS England to private companies that run contracted services for the NHS as a result of (a) not complying with a contractual agreement and (b) services falling below the standard required in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	284494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Neither the Department nor NHS England holds information on the number of ‘fines’ that have been issued by NHS England to private companies that run contracted services.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 14:37:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1142984

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Fuel Poverty: Wansbeck
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 estimate she has made of the number of households living in fuel poverty in Wansbeck constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	284497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The number of households living in fuel poverty in Wansbeck constituency in 2017 can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019</em></a><em>, Table 5</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>The total number of excess winter deaths in Wansbeck constituency in 2016-17 can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/adhocs/009366excesswintermortalitybyparliamentaryconstituencyenglandandwales2016to2017" target="_blank"><em>https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/adhocs/009366excesswintermortalitybyparliamentaryconstituencyenglandandwales2016to2017</em></a><em>. </em>Figures are not published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for specific causes at Parliamentary Constituency level because the number of excess winter deaths are very low.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 284499 question first answered 09/09/2019 14:01:30 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1142985

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Fuel Poverty: Wansbeck
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many excess winter deaths in Wansbeck constituency in 2018-19 were due to people unable to heat their homes.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	284499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The number of households living in fuel poverty in Wansbeck constituency in 2017 can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019</em></a><em>, Table 5</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>The total number of excess winter deaths in Wansbeck constituency in 2016-17 can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/adhocs/009366excesswintermortalitybyparliamentaryconstituencyenglandandwales2016to2017" target="_blank"><em>https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/adhocs/009366excesswintermortalitybyparliamentaryconstituencyenglandandwales2016to2017</em></a><em>. </em>Figures are not published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for specific causes at Parliamentary Constituency level because the number of excess winter deaths are very low.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 284497 question first answered 09/09/2019 14:01:30 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1142986

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many incidents occurred due to estates and infrastructure failures at Northumbria NHS Trust in 2018-19; and what each incident was classified as.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	284503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The annual Estates Return Information Collection Data provides information on the number of incidents caused by estates and infrastructure failure which resulted in clinical services being delayed, cancelled or otherwise interfered with owing to problems or failures related to the estates and infrastructure failure. For the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust there were 23 such incidents reported in 2017-18 which is the latest data available. Only the number of incidents is collected, not their classification.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 14:56:35 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1142988

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Wansbeck
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in Wansbeck constituency went on to higher education in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	284509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service publishes data on the proportion of 18 year olds entering full-time undergraduate higher education by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The entry rates for the last 5 years for Wansbeck constituency are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>18-year-old entry rates to full-time higher education</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entry Rate</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>31.1</p></td><td><p>32.5</p></td><td><p>26.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 09/09/2019 16:27:31 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1142989

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Wansbeck
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students from Wansbeck constituency who went on to study higher education did so (a) at a university outside of the North East region and (b) at a local university in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	284512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Information on students enrolled in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). More information is available at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of undergraduate higher education entrants who were domiciled in the Wansbeck constituency prior to study in each year between 2013/14 and 2017/18 has been provided in the table, as has whether these students joined an HEI located local to the North East region or not.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Undergraduate entrants domiciled in Wansbeck constituency prior to study</strong></p><p><strong>UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)</strong></p><p><strong>Academic years 2013/14 to 2017/18</strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Source: DfE analysis of the Higher Education Statistics Agency’s (HESA) Student Record</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Undergraduate entrants from Wansbeck constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Count of entrants</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Share of entrants (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>605</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>605</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Figures are based on the HESA standard registration population.</p><p>2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p>3) Parliamentary constituency is derived from the student's postcode prior to study.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for the 2018/19 academic year will come available in January 2020.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 09/09/2019 16:21:33 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1142990

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Social Services: Northumberland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to Northumberland local authority of providing social care to older people in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	284515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are accountable to their local communities, and responsible for improving their own performance and services.</p><p>The Government is providing £1.5 billion new funding for adult’s and children’s social care for 2020/21. This includes:</p><p> </p><p>- A £1 billion grant that can be used to improve social care for older people, people with disabilities and children; and</p><p>- A 2% precept that will enable councils to access a further £500 million for adult social care.</p><p> </p><p>This additional funding will support local authorities in meeting rising demand and will continue to help stabilise the social care system.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out the funding for local government in 2020/21. A multi-year Spending Review is due in 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2019 16:11:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1143307

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Ash Dieback Disease: Disease Control
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 recent steps the Government is taking to tackle Ash dieback.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	284693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2019 16:34:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1143308

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Abortion: Down's Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the factors involved in decisions to terminate a pregnancy following a diagnosis of Down's Syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	284699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>No specific assessment has made of the factors involved in decisions to terminate a pregnancy following a diagnosis of Down's Syndrome. Under the 1967 Abortion Act, abortion is legally available where two doctors agree that ‘there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities to be seriously handicapped’. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published guidance on Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality in England, Scotland and Wales, which can be viewed online at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/termination-of-pregnancy-for-fetal-abnormality-in-england-scotland-and-wales/" target="_blank">https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/termination-of-pregnancy-for-fetal-abnormality-in-england-scotland-and-wales/</a></p><p>This guidance assists doctors and other health professionals to support women and their families when a fetal abnormality is diagnosed and to help women to decide, within the bounds of the law, whether or not to have an abortion.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2019 17:23:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1143720

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Japanese Knotweed: North East
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 effectiveness of the strategy to deal with invasive Japanese knotweed in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) the North East.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	285273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2019 16:25:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery