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346985

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with banks over measures to reduce fraud at cash point machines.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>There have been no recent discussions between the Home Secretary and banks over measures to reduce fraud at cash point machines.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/06/2015 09:38:22 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

346986

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alopecia: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what help the NHS provides to women affected by baldness.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	64
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that clinical commissioning groups are responsible for treatment of patients affected by baldness through locally commissioned services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England would expect services to be commissioned taking account of guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence as well as local population needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/06/2015 15:25:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

346987

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on establishing a Joint Command for Unmanned Aerial Systems.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Owing to the particular capabilities that each Unmanned Aerial System delivers and the different environments in which they work, operational Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are controlled by Air, Army, and Navy Commands and there is no plan to establish a Joint Command for UAS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/06/2015 16:35:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

346988

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Herons: Conservation
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 she is taking to improve the habitat of bitterns.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Like all wild birds, the bittern is protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Under this Act it is an offence to kill or injure any wild bird; take, damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird while that nest is in use or being built; and take or destroy an egg of any wild bird.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bittern habitat is also protected and improved through being designated and managed as Special Protection Areas under the EU Habitats Directive, and as Sites of Special Scientific Interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 1994 Natural England (then English Nature) initiated a Bittern Recovery Programme. By 2012 restoration of approximately 2500 hectares of bittern reed-bed habitat at 80 sites across the UK had been achieved. This resulted in an increase of bittern numbers, from a 1997 low of 11 males to a high of 140 males in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/06/2015 09:56:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

346989

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on implementation of the provisions of the Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	5
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The intention of this Act is to improve patient safety and the quality of care through three measures; reducing harm in care, continuity of information and the objectives of professional regulation. Progress varies on each of the measures.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>Section 1 of the Act makes clear that the requirements for registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) must secure that services cause no avoidable harm to patients and service users. The Fundamental Standards which include the new registration requirements for the CQC, came into force on 1 April 2015, and contain a requirement on safety. A failure to meet Regulation 12 of these standards will be an offence; therefore this standard meets the duty on the Secretary of State as set out in section 1 of the Act.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>Sections 2 to 4 of the Act impose duties on providers and commissioners of health and adult social care services in England to share information, and to use consistent identifiers, where this is likely to facilitate the provision to the individual of health services or adult social care, and is in the individual’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regulations will be made to provide that the prescribed consistent identifier is the NHS Number, and to dis-apply the duties to share information, and to use consistent identifiers, from certain bodies. Regulations will be laid later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance will be made available to affected bodies to help them to comply with the duties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Section 5 of the Act and the Schedule seek to give an overarching objective of public protection to the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care and seven professional regulators; the General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council, General Optical Council, General Osteopathic Council, Health and Care Professions Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Pharmaceutical Council. This objective is based on the proposals set out by the Law Commissions in their review published in April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The commencement of the objectives for the Professional Standards Authority and these professional regulators will be implemented following discussions with those bodies which will take place shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 03/06/2015 11:47:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

346994

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will institute a full independent review of the benefit sanctions system.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>As with all our policies, we will continue to keep the operation of the system under review to ensure that it continues to operate effectively and as fairly as possible. We also continue to make improvements as committed to in the Oakley Review.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/06/2015 11:08:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346996

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage pension providers to invest responsibly.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Pension scheme trustees are subject to a range of duties which, broadly speaking, require them to act in the best interests of beneficiaries.</p><p>The Government consulted on whether the law should be changed to provide clarity for pension scheme trustees about their legal duties regarding considering financial and non-financial factors when taking investment decisions, as well as encouraging trustees to consider their approach to stewardship. The Government will respond to this consultation later this year.</p><p>The guidance provided by The Pensions Regulator in its free ‘trustee toolkit’ was updated earlier this year to clarify that where trustees think environmental, social or governance issues are financially material to a scheme’s investments they should take these into account. The guidance also makes clear that the law permits trustees to make investment decisions that are influenced by non-financial factors, provided they have a good reason to think that scheme members share the concern, and there is no risk of significant detriment to the fund</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 172 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:42:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346997

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on pension divestment.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Pension scheme trustees are subject to a range of duties which, broadly speaking, require them to act in the best interests of beneficiaries.</p><p>The Government consulted on whether the law should be changed to provide clarity for pension scheme trustees about their legal duties regarding considering financial and non-financial factors when taking investment decisions, as well as encouraging trustees to consider their approach to stewardship. The Government will respond to this consultation later this year.</p><p>The guidance provided by The Pensions Regulator in its free ‘trustee toolkit’ was updated earlier this year to clarify that where trustees think environmental, social or governance issues are financially material to a scheme’s investments they should take these into account. The guidance also makes clear that the law permits trustees to make investment decisions that are influenced by non-financial factors, provided they have a good reason to think that scheme members share the concern, and there is no risk of significant detriment to the fund</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 171 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:42:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346998

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Daycare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to extend free childcare for working parents.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government will increase the amount of free childcare available to working parents of three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours per week in 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/06/2015 11:37:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346999

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Daycare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to the public purse of the proposal to extend free childcare to 30 hours per week to working parents.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The cost of the new childcare entitlement of 30 hours per week for working families will be considered as part of the normal Budget and Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 89 question first answered 02/06/2015 11:39:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh