Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

57602

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are taken to verify the competence of (a) doctors and nurses and (b) staff of pharmaceutical companies involved in the conduct of clinical trials.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	198571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) expect everyone involved in a clinical trial to be qualified and trained to perform their tasks (as per Schedule 1, part 2 (2) of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations(SI 2004/1031).</p><p> </p><p>Staff of pharmaceutical companies are not “conducting” a trial as defined in the clinical trial regulation (SI 2004/1031 Reg 2 “interpretation”). However, the same Good Clinical Practice principles apply to those involved in clinical trial activities; i.e. they should be qualified and trained to perform their tasks. At sponsor site inspection, inspectors will verify the training records, CV, and job description of selected employees to confirm adequate training has been given.</p><p> </p><p>Sponsors are expected to carry out checks in audits or monitoring to ensure that on completion of training, staff are indeed carrying out their duties according to requirements and/or procedures (these checks should be documented in monitoring/audit reports). Inspectors check the monitoring visit reports to determine non-compliances are adequately followed up and re-training is given to site personnel when necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The voluntary MHRA Phase 1 Accreditation Scheme requires that a Principal Investigator (PI) for a First in Human study has relevant experience and a post graduate qualification in pharmaceutical medicine (such as a Diploma in Pharmaceutical medicine, Diploma in Human Pharmacology, MSc in Clinical Pharmacology or equivalent). An exemption to this requirement has been issued for PI's that do not have a post graduate qualification but are able to demonstrate that they have a significant amount of experience in this field (and are often involved in teaching the post-graduate courses). An application for an exemption is assessed independently by the Faculty of Medicine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/06/2014 15:11:34 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

57603

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many days of employee absence there were in each Government department in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>It is for individual departments to provide detailed information on absence for each of the last ten years.</p><p>This Government is working to reduce Civil Service absence levels and we know that the average days lost per employee has fallen from 8.7 in June 2010 to 7.4 in December 2013. Average Working Days Lost per staff year are now at their lowest reported figure since 1999, whilst the total number of days lost in the Civil Service is at its lowest recorded level.</p><p>The figures for the Cabinet Office are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Dec</p><p>2003</p></td><td><p>Dec</p><p>2004</p></td><td><p>Dec 2005</p></td><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Yr to Dec 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>and can be found online here at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 11/06/2014 16:45:29 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57604

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average distance is between an onshore windfarm and its connecting sub-station.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. Windfarms usually own the cables connecting them to substations. Gathering the information requested would, therefore, require contacting individual windfarm developers at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 198611 198613 question first answered 11/06/2014 14:43:39 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57605

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions and relating to which locations proposals for overground cables between onshore windfarms and the connecting sub-station have been rejected in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department has not rejected any applications for overhead line connections to onshore windfarms in the past 10 years in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 14:49:46 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57606

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that onshore windfarm developers take into account the costs of (a) overground cables and (b) underground cables between a windfarm and its sub-station when taking decisions on laying such cables.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Onshore windfarm developers already take into account the costs of different connection options as part of their commercial decisions. In addition, developers submitting applications for nationally significant infrastructure proposals are required to consider alternative options for connections, including undergrounding and routes, as part of the planning consent process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 14:48:18 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57607

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department makes funding available for onshore windfarm operators to place cables underground between the windfarm and the connecting sub-station.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not make specific funding available to generators for placing their cables underground. However, network infrastructure costs have been factored into Government decisions on levels of support for onshore windfarms such as the Renewables Obligation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 15:05:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57608

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what length of cables between onshore windfarms and connecting sub-stations has been placed (a) above ground and (b) underground in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. Windfarms usually own the cables connecting them to substations. Gathering the information requested would, therefore, require contacting individual windfarm developers at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 198613 198618 question first answered 11/06/2014 14:43:39 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57609

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore windfarms have been connected to sub-stations in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>According to Renewable-UK Wind Energy Database the following numbers of onshore wind projects have been connected in Great Britain over the past five years. The vast majority of these projects contained five or fewer turbines. The Department does not hold data on what, if any, connections to substations were required.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Year</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of Projects</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Further details of these onshore wind projects are available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wind-energy/uk-wind-energy-database/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wind-energy/uk-wind-energy-database/index.cfm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 14:52:14 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57610

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in which locations cables between onshore windfarms and connecting sub-stations have been placed completely underground in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. Windfarms usually own the cables connecting them to substations. Gathering the information requested would, therefore, require contacting individual windfarm developers at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 198611 198618 question first answered 11/06/2014 14:43:39 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57611

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of potential health risks arising from (a) above-ground and (b) underground electricity cables which connect onshore windfarms to sub-stations.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is advisor on potential health risks from above ground or underground electricity cables. Government policy, based on advice from PHE, is that the 1998 International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection guidelines on public exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) are applied in terms of the 1999 EU Council Recommendation on limiting exposure of the general public (1999/519/EC). PHE remains the focus of UK expertise in such matters and keeps the scientific evidence relevant to EMF exposures under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 15:04:25 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane