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348261

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliament: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Mole Valley representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent progress has been made on the operation of Parliament's Asbestos Management Plan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Owing to its historic nature, asbestos deposits are present within the Palace of Westminster. The Parliamentary Estates Directorate operates an Asbestos Management Plan which it uses to safely manage asbestos across the whole of the parliamentary estate, in full compliance with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.<br><br>During the successful installation of new, modern equipment in the plant room that supplies the Chamber and adjacent offices, a series of asbestos reassurance tests have been carried out. Traces of asbestos were recently found in the ventilation trunking, but extensive sampling at the vents has provided very high confidence that it is not becoming airborne.<br><br>Professor R J Willey, Managing Director of ACS Physical Risk Control Ltd has undertaken an urgent review of the evidence, and concluded: “It is my considered Opinion that, after the discovery, proper procedures were timeously followed. Detailed investigation of the results of air tests taken, over a considerable period following the discovery, show quite conclusively that there was negligible risk to any persons supplied with air from the duct system. Providing current conditions are maintained, there will be negligible risk to any persons supplied with air in the future from the duct system.”<br><br>The Commission and the House authorities regard the safety of Members, staff and the visiting public as their highest priority. Steps have therefore been taken to ensure that the ventilation system is not disturbed in any way. Steps will also be taken to eradicate the asbestos in the trunking by the end of 2015, but in the meantime we are content with this authoritative advice that there is no reason to stop using the Chamber, or the adjacent offices and spaces.</p> answering member constituency Mole Valley answering member printed Sir Paul Beresford question first answered 09/06/2015 12:44:37 answering member 103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

348134

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the treatments for pancreatic cancer listed by the Cancer Drugs Fund will continue to be made available to patients on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Cancer Drugs Fund has already helped over 72,000 people in England and this year £340 million will be provided so people get the drugs they need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), including which drugs remain in the Fund, is a matter for NHS England. The national CDF list is reviewed regularly and includes several treatments for pancreatic cancers such as:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Albumin Bound Paclitaxel (Abraxane) for the first line treatment of advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas in combination with gemcitabine; Peptide Receptor Radionucleotide Therapy for the treatment of advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours; and Sunitinib (Sutent) for the treatment of pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinomas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 10/06/2015 16:23:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

228124

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new (a) academies, (b) free schools, (c) university technical colleges and (d) new school sixth forms that are entitled to VAT reimbursements have been created in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	228137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data on the value of the VAT reimbursed to new academies, free schools and university technical colleges, and has not made an estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All new academies, free schools and university technical colleges are entitled to reimbursement of VAT incurred on their non-business expenditure, under section 22B of the VAT Act 1994. The numbers of each education body created in each year (and which are still open) since 2010 are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/2015 (up to 1 March 2015)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) academies including 16-19 academies</p></td><td><p>895</p></td><td><p>920</p></td><td><p>1059</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) free schools</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) university technical colleges</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, one new maintained school for 16 to 19 year old students opened in 2010/11 and is entitled to reimbursement of VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228136 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:49:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

228125

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2015 to Question 226295, what assessment her Department has made of the appropriateness of decisions taken by individual awarding organisations on the future of particular A levels; and what guidance she provided to those organisations on that issue.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	228127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>In June 2014 Ofqual consulted on a set of proposals about how GCSE and A level subject availability should be determined from September 2017. The consultation can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/377804/2014-06-24-completing-gcse-as-and-a-level-reform.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/377804/2014-06-24-completing-gcse-as-and-a-level-reform.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Ofqual’s consultation set out the proposed process for reform and principles it would use to determine if a subject is likely to lead to the development of the GCSE, AS and A level qualifications. Ofqual’s consultation states that exam boards are likely to take the opportunity to review their range of subjects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofqual will announce in due course which A levels can be reformed for introduction in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 24/03/2015 14:24:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

228129

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the awarding organisations on the number of people needed to mark A Level examinations in summer 2015; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	228131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Glenys Stacey, to write directly to the Honourable Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 23/03/2015 12:16:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

168648

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Theft: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the theft of domestic dogs.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	217620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p><br>The Home Office does not hold information that separately identifies thefts of domestic dogs from all other theft offences. The Home Office holds statistics on notifiable offences recorded by the police and while theft of domestic dogs <br>is a notifiable offence, these cannot be separately identified from other offences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 11/12/2014 14:50:32 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

156993

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antibiotics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues on the commissioning of novel antibiotics designed to treat life-threatening infections at a national level through NHS England's specialised commissioning system.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	215485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Generally antibiotic use is determined locally and is driven by microbiology departments and by local antibiotic resistance patterns. There are two specific areas of specialised commissioning where provisions for antibiotics are relevant. A national policy for cystic fibrosis is already available (<a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/a01-ps-a.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/a01-ps-a.pdf</a>) and a policy covering treatment of multi drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) is being developed. This new policy should be introduced from April 2015 and hopes to set policy for Bedaquiline and possibly Delamanid, two drugs recently launched into the United Kingdom market for multidrug resistant TB.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/11/2014 17:35:36 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

106313

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken at regional and local level to reduce prescribing errors.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	213306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>NHS England is involved in a range of initiatives to improve all aspects of medication safety, including prescribing error. These include setting up a network of dedicated Medication Safety Officers (MSOs) in organisations providing National Health Service-funded care. Over 345 MSOs are now in place and have responsibility for medication safety reporting and learning from errors, including prescription errors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency issued a Patient Safety Alert <em><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/psa-med-error.pdf" target="_blank">Improving medication error incident reporting and learning</a></em> in March 2014, and potential Patient Safety Alerts are under development that will aim to improve the safe prescribing of glucose test strips, naloxone and low molecular weight heparin.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has commissioned the development of a new Medication Safety Thermometer, which is a ‘point prevalence’ survey tool available for providers to help them measure the prevalence of certain medication incidents in their care and so facilitate quality improvement projects to tackle leading causes of harm. Details of the Medication Safety Thermometer are available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.safetythermometer.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.safetythermometer.nhs.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also involved in an initiative led by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to develop interventions to reduce prescribing errors, as part of their Paediatric Care Online programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 11/11/2014 11:46:35 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

60736

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations were undertaken into the deaths in training of armed forces recruits aged under 18 years in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	199634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>There have been no deaths in training of Armed Forces recruits under the age of 18 in the last three years, and therefore no such investigations have taken place.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/06/2014 13:36:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

60737

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits under the age of 18 years at (a) enlistment and (b) the point of submitting their application to join the armed forces who stated in section 3 of AFCO Form 4 that they were unemployed, completed training and moved into trained strength in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	199635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/06/2014 16:52:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin