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795272

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Authorities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local planning authorities follow the guidance in paragraph 62 of the National Planning Policy Framework which recommends that local design review arrangements are put in place to provide assessment and support to ensure high standards of design; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local design review arrangements for implementing that recommendation.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	115693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that good design is fundamental to creating attractive, safe and healthy places, where people genuinely want to live. Furthermore, high quality design is key to making development acceptable. The Housing White Paper published in February this year set out a number of measures to strengthen national planning policy on design.</p><p>Included in these proposals are measures to strengthen the role of design expectations and pre-application discussions on design. Local and Neighbourhood plans are an essential way to give communities a stronger voice in the design of new housing, and to influence the design of what gets built in their area. As part of the White Paper we also set out our ambition to make clear that design should not be used as a valid reason to object to development where it accords with clear design expectations.</p><p>Following the Housing White Paper consultation, we are now considering the responses to these proposals on design, with a view to publishing a revised National Planning Policy Framework for consultation in early 2018.</p><p>As a further measure to support increased design capacity within local planning authorities, we announced the Planning Delivery Fund on 4 December 2017. This £25 million fund will help to support a step change in design quality of new development, as well as design advice and support to local planning authorities delivering growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 115694 question first answered 06/12/2017 16:26:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

795273

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on achieving the National Planning Policy Framework core planning principle that planning should always seek to secure high quality design and a good standard of amenity for all existing and future occupants of land and buildings; and whether he has any plans to strengthen the National Planning Policy Framework to ensure high quality design for the built environment.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	115694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that good design is fundamental to creating attractive, safe and healthy places, where people genuinely want to live. Furthermore, high quality design is key to making development acceptable. The Housing White Paper published in February this year set out a number of measures to strengthen national planning policy on design.</p><p>Included in these proposals are measures to strengthen the role of design expectations and pre-application discussions on design. Local and Neighbourhood plans are an essential way to give communities a stronger voice in the design of new housing, and to influence the design of what gets built in their area. As part of the White Paper we also set out our ambition to make clear that design should not be used as a valid reason to object to development where it accords with clear design expectations.</p><p>Following the Housing White Paper consultation, we are now considering the responses to these proposals on design, with a view to publishing a revised National Planning Policy Framework for consultation in early 2018.</p><p>As a further measure to support increased design capacity within local planning authorities, we announced the Planning Delivery Fund on 4 December 2017. This £25 million fund will help to support a step change in design quality of new development, as well as design advice and support to local planning authorities delivering growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 115693 question first answered 06/12/2017 16:26:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

795278

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for new genetic technology to be introduced to target prostate cancer treatment on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	115699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Prostate cancer is one of the cancers included in the 100,000 Genomes project. Researchers analyse the genetic information through the Genomics England Clinical Interpretation Partnership.</p><p> </p><p>The 100,000 Genomes Project has to date completed 5,356 whole genome sequences of cancer samples, including prostate cancer.</p><p> </p><p>This is leading to the development of new and more personalised diagnostic pathways that will support future research, clinical trials and diagnostic treatment pathways and medicines.</p><p> </p><p>Research results will inform the development of a National Health Service-wide Genomic Medicine Service that maximises the opportunity for research insights to improve outcome of patients, among others, cancer patients including prostate cancer sufferers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/12/2017 17:50:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

795284

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Arthritis: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people of each gender and age group have died as a result of complications arising from arthritis in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	115705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2017 16:39:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ115705.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

795290

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the remit is of his Department's Europe Unit; how many staff the Unit is intended to employ; who is currently employed in the Unit; and what the proposed budget for the Unit is for the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	115711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p><em>What is the remit of the Europe Unit?</em></p><p>The Unit was established to support the development and implementation of the Government's strategy for an orderly withdrawal from, and establishment of, a new partnership with the European Union. Its main roles are to:</p><p> </p><p>- provide the Prime Minister with advice on the development of the Government's approach;</p><p>- support cross-Government decision-making; and</p><p>- work with departments to advocate and deliver the Government's position with European partners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>How many staff does the Unit intend to employ?</em></p><p> </p><p>The Unit is forecast to employ about thirty staff.</p><p> </p><p><em>Who is currently employed in the Unit?</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>Oliver Robbins, Europe Adviser</p><p>Five Deputy Directors</p><p>Six Cabinet Office Band As</p><p>Seven Cabinet Office Band Bs</p><p> </p><p><em>What is the proposed budget for the Unit for this current financial year?</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>The full year out-turn will become available when the Cabinet Office 2017-18 Accounts are published in Summer 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2017 11:07:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

795304

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the year on year percentage change in the reporting of domestic abuse crimes was in each territorial police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	115725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/12/2017 14:32:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ115725.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

795308

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2017 to Question 108814, on senior civil servants recruitment, whether the information referred to in that Answer is available.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	115729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>I wrote to the hon. Member on 23rd November 2017 providing the information requested and placed a copy of the letter in the Library of the House. A copy of the letter is attached to this answer.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/12/2017 15:11:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name PS%2F0163.pdf title Letter to Jon Trickett MP
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

795309

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
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 average class size in schools in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Lewisham Deptford constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	115730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Average class size figures for state funded schools in England are calculated and published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>A national summary of average class sizes for Key Stages 1 and 2 and secondary is in the national tables document for each year, tables 6a and 6b respectively.</p><p>A summary at local authority and regional level is only available for Key Stages 1 and 2 and is in the local authority and regional tables document for each year, table 11.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school providing average class sizes for Key Stages 1 and 2, where appropriate, and overall is available via opening the underlying tables document for each year then the file ‘…Schools_Classes_UD’. The figures can be filtered by parliamentary constituency, school phase and local authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/12/2017 17:50:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

795356

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crime: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many crimes were recorded in Staffordshire in each year since 2010?
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	115777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2017 16:40:24 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

795390

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Autumn budget, what his Department's capital budget will be for (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21, and how that spending will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	115811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Following the announcements in the Autumn budget, the Department’s capital budgets and allocations are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ring-fenced: Flood Defences</p></td><td><p>450.4</p></td><td><p>490.0</p></td><td><p>459.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ring-fenced: Official Development Assistance</p></td><td><p>37.4</p></td><td><p>35.4</p></td><td><p>45.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>166.2</p></td><td><p>100.9</p></td><td><p>85.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>654.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>626.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>590.0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Allocation of the ‘other’ amounts is confirmed on an annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>This mainly covers investment in our I.T systems to improve efficiency; renovating and developing our Estate to make it fit for purpose; and developing Kew’s facilities to preserve its status of world-leading botanic gardens.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s total capital spend in each of these three years will be higher than in both 2010/11 (£548m) and 2015/16 (£493m).</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/12/2017 12:04:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch