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44365

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
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 he has made of the health effects of infrasound from wind turbine generators.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	192989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>A number of independent peer reviewed research studies have concluded that there is no evidence of health effects arising from infrasound or low frequency noise, generated by windfarms that are built according to Government guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>For example, a comprehensive study undertaken in the UK in 1997 by ETSU for the Department of Trade and Industry (ETSU W/13/00392/REP) found no evidence that ground transmitted low frequency noise from wind turbines is at a sufficient level to be harmful to human health. These findings were confirmed by a study published in 2005 by the Applied and Environmental Geophysics Group of the School of Physical and Geographical Sciences at Keele University titled Microseismic and Infrasound Monitoring of Low Frequency Noise and Vibrations from Wind Farms1. In 2003 the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs published a report entitled 'A Review of Published Research on Low Frequency Noise and its Effects'2 and in 2004, BERR commissioned Hayes McKenzie to conduct an independent study to investigate the levels and effects of Low Frequency Noise from wind farms3.</p><p> </p><p><em>1</em><em> <a href="http://www.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/appliedseismology/wind/Final_Report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/appliedseismology/wind/Final_Report.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>2</em><em> <a href="http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/lowfrequency/documents/lowfreqnoise.pdf" target="_blank">http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/lowfrequency/documents/lowfreqnoise.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>3 </em><em><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/explained/wind/onshore-offshore/page31267.html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/explained/wind/onshore-offshore/page31267.html</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

44397

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the mortality rate for deaths caused by cancer has been in (a) Harlow constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England in the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	193024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 193024.pdf title Cancer Deaths - ONS Letter for Member
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

44473

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
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 has taken to ensure that key information from his forthcoming announcement on the future of the Independent Living Fund is clearly communicated to recipients of payments from the Fund.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	193001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I announced on 6 March that the Independent Living Fund will close on 30 June 2015 and that responsibility and funding for all the care and support needs of current users will transfer to English local authorities and to the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales. <br /> <br /> </p><p>The Independent Living Fund took immediate and comprehensive action to ensure that this decision was communicated to users of the fund. Details of the decision, including a link to the written statement, were published on its website on 6 March. Individual letters and an information sheet were issued by post to all users (or their representatives), on 12 March. For the following week, the Independent Living Fund also operated extended telephone hours to handle any follow-up questions from users. </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

44474

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the revenue raised in each of the last four years through the use of premium rate public enquiry lines by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	193012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP does not use premium rate numbers and does not directly receive any revenue from telephone service providers for 0845 numbers. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

44475

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of complaints made to his Department about lost correspondence in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	193013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department takes its responsibilities to protect information very seriously. Where instances of lost correspondence arise and are reported to the Department, they will be investigated and dealt with by local management as appropriate. Records of such cases are not collated centrally, and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

44480

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on assessing whether 16 and 17 year olds were estranged from their parents in order to determine eligibility for benefits in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	193017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The information you require is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey