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64921

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date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to adopt a child.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Major reforms in the Children and Families Act 2014 are helping to speed up the legal adoption process for children in England, support quicker matching and ensure earlier placement of children with foster families who may go on to adopt them. Adoption scorecards were introduced in 2012 and are driving improvements locally. We implemented a new adopter approval process last year and under this new process prospective adopters can now be approved in just six months. New training materials and other tools have been developed by the College of Social Work and Research in Practice to improve the skills of social workers so they are better placed to quickly judge what is best for each child. In 2012-13, the number of adopters was 34% up on the year before.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/07/2014 15:28:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

64946

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce consumer energy prices in-line with changes in the wholesale market prices.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>In a competitive market, pricing decisions are a commercial matter for companies.</p><p>Consumers can put pressure on companies to reduce prices by switching to the best deal for them – Ofgem's Retail Market Reforms to deliver a simpler, clear market combined with Government's push to significantly reduce switching times and require suppliers to share consumer data with trusted third parties, should make this easier to do.</p><p>The Government supported Ofgem's recent move to write to the largest suppliers, challenging them to explain to consumers the impact of falling wholesale prices on their retail prices. Evidence that large suppliers raise prices more quickly when costs increase than they reduce prices when costs fall was one of the issues underpinning Ofgem's recent referral of the energy markets to the Competition and Markets Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/07/2014 16:08:20 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

64975

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Gamekeepers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people to become gamekeepers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra does not hold information on employment figures for gamekeepers. There is no requirement for gamekeepers or employers of gamekeepers to report this information to Defra.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for landowners and gamekeeping organisations to encourage more people to become gamekeepers. However, Defra invests in a range of rural skills and jobs through initiatives under the Rural Development Programme for England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 203213 question first answered 07/07/2014 14:47:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

64976

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Gamekeepers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have become gamekeepers in each of the last three years; and what the age group and gender is of all registered gamekeepers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra does not hold information on employment figures for gamekeepers. There is no requirement for gamekeepers or employers of gamekeepers to report this information to Defra.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for landowners and gamekeeping organisations to encourage more people to become gamekeepers. However, Defra invests in a range of rural skills and jobs through initiatives under the Rural Development Programme for England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 203212 question first answered 07/07/2014 14:47:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

64988

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Iraq: Kurds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Departtment has has with Iraqi Kurds on moves to give them autonomy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>During his visit to Iraq in late June 2014, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) met the President of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and other key political figures. These meetings included discussion of the status of the Kurdistan Region. The Kurdistan Region has significant autonomy within the Republic of Iraq.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 08/07/2014 09:26:53 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

65009

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Statins: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of statins prescribed through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>There are no current plans to reduce the amount of statins prescribed through the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 08/07/2014 14:58:13 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

65010

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyesight: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received eye tests on the NHS in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of National Health Service sight tests for persons in England from 2008-09 to 2012-13. This information has been extracted from the report, General Ophthalmic Services: Activity Statistics for England, Year ending 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of NHS Sight Tests in England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>12,339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>12,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>11,939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>11,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>11,278</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This report, published July 18, 2013, can be accessed here:</p><p> </p><p>www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?productid=12003&amp;q=general+ophthalmic+services++activity+statistics+2013&amp;sort=Relevance&amp;size=10&amp;page=1&amp;area=both#top</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/07/2014 15:51:50 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

65011

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyesight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK lost their eyesight in each of the last five years; and what the reasons were for each loss of sight.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of people who are registered as blind or partially sighted is published every three years by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. The following table gives the information from the 2008 and 2011 reports.</p><p> </p><p>Number of people registered as blind or partially sighted as at 31 March 2008 and 31 March 2011</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Blind</p></td><td><p>Partially Sighted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>152,980</p></td><td><p>156,285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>147,810</p></td><td><p>151,010</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em></p><p>www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?productid=1840&amp;q=Registered+Blind+and+Partially+Sighted+People+england&amp;sort=Relevance&amp;size=10&amp;page=1&amp;area=both#top</p><p> </p><p>The Public Health Outcomes Framework launched in 2012 includes an indicator on preventable sight loss which tracks sight loss due to the three main causes of preventable sight loss including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. Data has been published for 2010-11 and 2011-12 and a summary of this data is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Sight loss Indicators for England per 100,000 population</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Indicator</p></td><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.12i - Preventable sight loss – age related macular degeneration (AMD)</p></td><td><p>65+yrs</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.12ii - Preventable sight loss - glaucoma</p></td><td><p>40+yrs</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.12iii - Preventable sight loss - diabetic eye disease</p></td><td><p>12+yrs</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.12iv - Preventable sight loss - sight loss certifications</p></td><td><p>All ages</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em></p><p>www.phoutcomes.info/public-health-outcomes-framework#gid/1000044/pat/6/ati/102/page/9/par/E12000007/are/E09000002</p><p> </p><p>Definitions of sight loss indicators</p><p> </p><p>Indicator 1</p><p>4.12i - Crude rate of sight loss due to age related macular degeneration (AMD) in those aged 65+ per 100,000 populations.</p><p> </p><p>Definition</p><p>New Certifications of Visual Impairment (CVI) due to age related macular degeneration (AMD) aged 65+, rate per 100,000 populations. The numerator counts for this indicator includes sight loss due to AMD as the main cause or if no main cause as a contributory cause.</p><p> </p><p>Indicator 2</p><p>4.12ii - Crude rate of sight loss due to glaucoma in those aged 40+ per 100,000 population.</p><p> </p><p>Definition</p><p>New Certifications of Visual Impairment (CVI) due to glaucoma aged 40+, rate per 100,000 population. The numerator counts for this indicator includes sight loss due to glaucoma as the main cause or if no main cause as a contributory cause.</p><p> </p><p>Indicator 3</p><p>4 .12iii - Crude rate of sight loss due to diabetic eye disease in those aged 12+ per 100,000 population</p><p> </p><p>Definition</p><p>New Certifications of Visual Impairment (CVI) due to diabetic eye disease aged 12+, rate per 100,000 population. The numerator counts for this indicator includes sight loss due to diabetic eye disease as the main cause or if no main cause as a contributory cause. (These are not counts of diabetics with visual impairments due to any cause)</p><p> </p><p>Indicator 4</p><p>4.12iv - Crude rate of sight loss certifications per 100,000 population</p><p> </p><p>Definition</p><p>New Certifications of Visual Impairment (CVI), rate per 100,000 population. The indicator relates completions of CVI (all causes - preventable and non-preventable) by a consultant ophthalmologist; this initiates the process of registration with a local authority and leads to access to services.</p><p> </p><p>Rationale</p><p>The indicators relate to one of the three main eye diseases, which can result in blindness or partial sight if not diagnosed and treated in time. These are age related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.</p><p><em>Source</em>: www.phoutcomes.info/public-health-outcomes-framework#gid/1000044/pat/6/ati/102/page/6/par/E12000007/are/E09000002</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 08/07/2014 15:23:44 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

65012

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Spectacles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between (a) 1 and 16, (b) 17 and 30, (c) 31 and 50, (d) 51 and 65 and (e) over 65 years wore spectacles in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the numbers of people who wear spectacles.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 08/07/2014 15:25:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

65013

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with (a) allergies, (b) asthma and (c) eczema in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Annual incidence data for allergies, asthma and eczema is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England's service specification for specialised allergy includes an estimate of 20 million people in the United Kingdom being affected by allergenic disease at some point in their lives. The severe asthma service specification includes an estimate of more than 5 million for the number in the UK affected by asthma.</p><p> </p><p>Atopic eczema is the most common form of the condition, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidance <em>Frequency of application of topical corticosteroids for atopic eczema</em>, published in 2004, suggests that it may affect 15–20% of school-age children and 2–10% of adults.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 08/07/2014 14:48:33 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon