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443679

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 19 December 2006 to an oral question from the former hon. Member for North Devon, on Nuclear Weapons, Official Report, column 1902W, what plan his Department has for ensuring an adequate supply of tritium to maintain the UK's nuclear weapons' capability until 2055; and what the projected cost of those plans is.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	21972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>This information is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/01/2016 16:09:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

443680

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the most recent stocktake between the UK and the US under the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement took place; where that meeting was held; what matters were discussed at that meeting; and where and when the next such meeting is scheduled to take place.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	21802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The last Stocktake meeting between the Government and US Administration under the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement took place at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US on 18 March 2015. Matters discussed at this meeting included: review of actions and decisions; technical and programme updates; discussion of Strategic Collaborations; and planning 2015-16 activity. The next Stocktake meeting is scheduled to take place in London later this year.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/01/2016 16:07:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

443681

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conditions the Government considers need to be met for the UK to divest itself of nuclear weapons through international negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	21803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK has a strong record on nuclear disarmament. As The Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Mr Fallon) set out in his Written Ministerial Statement of 20 January 2015 (Official Report, column 4WS) the Government has met its commitment to implement the changes announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 to reduce the number of operationally available warheads from fewer than 160 to no more than 120.</p><p>As set out in the recent 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, we consider that our nuclear deterrent is the ultimate means to deter the most extreme threats. The UK will retain a credible, continuous and effective minimum nuclear deterrent for as long as the global security situation makes it necessary.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/01/2016 15:29:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

443682

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where Exercise Astral Climb 2015 took place; and where Exercise Astral Bend 2016 will take place.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	21800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>Exercise Astral Climb 2015 took place in Nottinghamshire. Exercise Astral Bend 2016 will take place in Oxfordshire</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/01/2016 16:13:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

443683

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed forces: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs were of operating the Truck Convoy Heavy Duty in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	21801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <br /><br /><p>The operating costs for the Truck Convoy Heavy Duty (TCHD) for the last three financial years are provided in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calculated TCHD Running Costs (£ VAT ex)</p></td><td><p>107,446</p></td><td><p>90,000</p></td><td><p>82,195</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/01/2016 16:00:44 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

443684

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radioactive Materials: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the reply of 17 March 2011, Official Report, column 514W, on radioactive materials transport, whether the practice of displaying radioactive materials hazard warning signs on vehicles carrying special nuclear materials will continue following the retirement from service of High Security Vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	21986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>It is not current Ministry of Defence policy to display radioactive material hazard signs on the Truck Cargo Heavy Duty (TCHD) Mk3 when transporting special nuclear materials. Adequate safety arrangements, as required by legislation, are in place to ensure the necessary information is available to emergency services in the event of an incident.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/01/2016 16:08:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

443685

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	Greater Manchester Combined Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on the introduction of (a) call-in and (b) scrutiny arrangements for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	21796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill, when enacted, will require all combined authorities to establish at least one overview and scrutiny committee to scrutinise decisions and actions, and make recommendations to the authority. Such a committee will be able to call-in decisions of the combined authority and mayor and recommend that the decision be reconsidered.</p><p>The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has – ahead of the legislative requirement – established such an overview and scrutiny committee. The Bill also requires the Secretary of State to make secondary legislation about membership of overview and scrutiny committees, which the Secretary of State intends to do as Parliamentary time allows. We are confident that with these legislative provisions each combined authority will have robust scrutiny arrangements commensurate with the powers the authority will exercise.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/01/2016 16:43:30 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

443686

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	Chernobyl
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which areas of the UK show recent evidence of residual radiation from the Chernobyl disaster.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	21747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>Levels of radioactivity in the environment, including residual radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster, are monitored jointly by the environmental and food standards agencies for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Results are reported annually in the Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) series which is available on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website. The latest RIFE report confirmed that levels of residual contamination from Chernobyl are negligible even in the areas of the UK that received the largest fallout, namely upland areas where heavy rain fell in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/01/2016 16:34:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

443687

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to require local authorities to conduct a needs assessment of local sexual health and contraceptive services before issuing tenders.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	21778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s <em>Framework for Sexual Health Promotion in England (2013</em>) sets out our ambitions and objectives to improve sexual health for all people. It takes account of the commissioning arrangements from 2013 including the new role for local authorities (LAs) as commissioners of most sexual health services. Later this month Public Health England (PHE) will undertake a survey of local commissioning arrangements for sexual health. It has also produced sexual health and reproductive health profiles to help LAs and others monitor the sexual and reproductive health of their populations and the performance of local public health related systems.</p><br /><p>It is for LAs to decide on what research and evidence they need to inform their tenders for sexual health and reproductive health services in line with procurement requirements and good practice. In 2014 PHE published <em>Making it Work</em>, a guide to commissioning for sexual health across the whole system, to improve the sexual health of both individuals and the wider public.</p><br /><p>We have made no formal assessment of the effect on sexual health services of reductions in the Public Health Grant to LAs for 2015/16, although PHE continues to monitor relevant outcomes data for every LA in England. Decisions on local public health spending are a matter for LAs. They are mandated by legislation to commission open access sexual health services that meet the needs of their local population. Officials meet regularly with sexual health organisations who would raise any concerns if LAs were not meeting their mandatory requirements for sexual health services.</p><br /><p>The Framework for Sexual Health Improvement includes as a priority reducing unwanted pregnancies and highlights the need to increase access to long acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods and emergency contraception for women of all ages. We have no plans to evaluate the effect on general practitioner surgeries of LA commissioning of LARCs.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 21812 21813 21814 21816 question first answered 14/01/2016 17:01:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

443688

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what forecast he has made of the return on spending on preventative sexual and reproductive health spending in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	21779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>We have no plans to produce forecasts on the return on investment of spending on sexual health prevention services. Investment to prevent sexually transmitted infections, (including HIV) and unplanned pregnancies offers benefits to individuals, local economies, the National Health Service and wider society. Our <em>Framework for Sexual Health Improvements</em> includes the evidence and information to support local authorities to commission effective services.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/01/2016 16:19:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds