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177428

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Gallery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Gallery pays its employees the London Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	223026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Where possible the Government supports the London Living Wage. However, the Department's sponsored Museums and Galleries operate at arm's length from the Department, and as such they have responsibility for their own staffing and service arrangements, including wage levels.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/02/2015 10:55:51 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

176115

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the declarations of interest submitted by members of the expert group with responsibilty for updating the UK guidelines on clinical management of drugs mususe and dependence.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	222213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The expert group updating the United Kingdom guidelines for the clinical management of drug misuse and dependence consists of a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including practising clinicians, pharmacists, service users, carers, psychologists, commissioners and academics. Each is required to complete a declaration of interests and keep this updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England, which provides the secretariat for the group, has reviewed these declarations and on the basis of the information provided believes that no expert group members have a financial interest in the prescribing of specific medicines for the treatment of dependence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinicians’ declarations will be published alongside the updated clinical guidelines by early 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/02/2015 15:23:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

176116

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to reduce addiction to prescribed benzodiazepines and z drugs.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	222214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE), NHS England and others are working together to deliver a wide-ranging programme of work to reduce addiction to medicines. This includes completed work such as publishing a guide to commissioning services to respond to addiction to medicines, factsheets for general practitioners (GPs) (Royal College of General Practitioners) and delivering face-to-face training for GPs and other healthcare workers. Looking ahead, PHE is supporting a number of pilots of improved local commissioning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is now better awareness of these issues among GPs and clearer prescribing guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/02/2015 15:12:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

176117

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tranquillisers: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will make an assessment of the implications for its policies of the survey of treatment services provided by local authorities for involuntary tranquilliser addicts conducted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	222215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department has taken into account the All Party Parliamentary Group on Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction’s survey in its deliberations in this policy area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/02/2015 15:13:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

176118

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that patients prescribed benzodiazepines and z drugs are provided with recent Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority advice on those drugs' addiction potential and the time taken to withdraw safely from taking such drugs.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	222212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has not recently issued any new advice on the addiction potential or the safe withdrawal from benzodiazepines or “z drugs”.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Benzodiazepines and “z drugs” (zaleplon, zolpidem and zopiclone) are recognised to be associated with an addiction potential particularly when taken for longer than the recommended 2-4 weeks. Over the years action has been taken by the MHRA, the Department of Health and professional bodies to provide extensive warnings about the risks of dependence, limit prescribing and issue advice about gradual withdrawal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The risk of dependence on a benzodiazepine (or zaleplon, zolpidem and zopiclone) can increase with higher doses and longer duration of use; therefore, the time it takes to completely stop the medicine varies and withdrawal programmes may sometimes need to be individually tailored.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Patients receive a patient information leaflet in their pack of benzodiazepine (or zaleplon, zolpidem and zopiclone). The leaflet includes information and advice about their medicine, which will support the vital discussions they have with their doctor and pharmacist about their treatment or stopping treatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Benzodiazepines and “z drugs” are considered acceptably safe and effective when used in accordance with the approved indications and for the recommended duration of use.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An online learning module for healthcare professionals on benzodiazepines was published on the MHRA’s website in March 2013. The module’s section on dependence and withdrawal gives general guidance on the principles of benzodiazepine withdrawal. The online learning module reflects the product information for these medicines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/02/2015 14:55:48 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

168638

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is towards the National Union of Teachers' eight steps to reduce excessive teacher workload.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	217660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has confirmed that reducing unnecessary workload for teachers is an absolute priority for this government. We are committed to taking action, and are exploring ways to do this with trade unions through the current programme of talks at the Department for Education. We welcome the National Union of Teachers’ contribution to the programme of talks, and their further contribution to the debate through the proposed eight-step action programme for tackling workload. We will consider carefully the proposals put forward by the NUT. These will be considered alongside the results of the recent ‘Workload Challenge’, a survey of teachers launched by the Secretary of State and the Deputy Prime Minister, which closed recently after receiving more than 40,000 responses. The results are being analysed and a programme of action will be published early next year. This government has taken steps to reduce bureaucracy and burdens on schools, but we know that there is more to be done, and we are committed to working with teachers to find solutions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/12/2014 15:58:41 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

156957

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: Heywood and Middleton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) junior schools in Heywood and Middleton constituency have class sizes in excess of 30 pupils.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	215476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>According to the January 2014 school census, there were a total of seven schools with one or more infant (key stage 1) classes in excess of 30 pupils in Heywood and Middleton constituency. All of these classes had between 31 and 35 pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were a further eight schools with one or more junior (key stage 2) classes in excess of 30 pupils. All but one of these classes had between 31 and 35 pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 25/11/2014 16:51:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

114792

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Heywood and Middleton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time to see a GP is in Heywood and Middleton constituency.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	213477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The requested data is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/11/2014 14:59:18 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes