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170452

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with clinicians about how to improve the uptake of clinically and cost-effective off-patent drugs outside their licensed indications.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>We have had no detailed discussions but we are holding a roundtable stakeholder event in the new year where we will discuss a number of issues raised by the Off-Patent Drugs Bill. Individual prescribing decisions on the most appropriate treatments are a matter for clinicians, in discussion with their patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/12/2014 15:44:54 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

170453

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will develop a strategy and workplan with targets for increasing the use of off-label medicines.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) on 24 November 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-11-17/214424/" target="_blank">214424</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/12/2014 15:49:03 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

170454

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) associates network about how to remove barriers to implementing NICE familial breast cancer guidance on the use of tamoxifen and raloxifene for women at high risk of breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to seek feedback from its associates network about progress made in implementing the 2013 updated clinical guideline on prevention of familial breast cancer and for information about any challenges they have encountered with implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/12/2014 17:37:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

170515

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those imprisoned under an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection have been released on licence in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>It is for the independent Parole Board to determine whether a prisoner serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) should be released once he has completed the minimum custodial period set by the Court for the purposes of retribution and deterrence – commonly known as the “tariff”. Under the statutory release test, the Parole Board may direct the release of an IPP prisoner only if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for the prisoner to be detained in custody.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners serving an IPP sentence released from prison from the year 2010 until June 2014 is published aspart of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication by the Ministry of Justice. This is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/12/2014 15:49:26 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

170558

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
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 people who waited longer than five days between their benefit application and a decision on their application in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Benefit processing has improved with 93% of overall claims being processed on time (within 16 days). This is up 7 percentage points since 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to answer what estimate has been made however we can provide actual data on the number processed and those processed over five days for working age benefits. See table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Claims processed in 5 days</strong></p></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>YTD 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA claims total processed</p></td><td><p>712,369</p></td><td><p>736,108</p></td><td><p>807,889</p></td><td><p>894,919</p></td><td><p>610,027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA claims processed in over 5 days</p></td><td><p>420,684</p></td><td><p>389,748</p></td><td><p>473,249</p></td><td><p>424,463</p></td><td><p>223,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA claims % processed in over 5 days</p></td><td><p>59.1%</p></td><td><p>53.0%</p></td><td><p>58.6%</p></td><td><p>47.4%</p></td><td><p>36.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>IS claims processed</p></td><td><p>428,099</p></td><td><p>385,028</p></td><td><p>356,580</p></td><td><p>334,332</p></td><td><p>212,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IS claims processed in over 5 days</p></td><td><p>184,143</p></td><td><p>169,913</p></td><td><p>158,188</p></td><td><p>123,552</p></td><td><p>36,517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IS claims % processed in over 5 days</p></td><td><p>43.0%</p></td><td><p>44.1%</p></td><td><p>44.4%</p></td><td><p>37.0%</p></td><td><p>17.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA claims total processed</p></td><td><p>3,350,544</p></td><td><p>3,319,207</p></td><td><p>3,206,249</p></td><td><p>2,828,235</p></td><td><p>1,528,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA claims processed in over 5 days</p></td><td><p>2,134,727</p></td><td><p>2,201,502</p></td><td><p>2,151,105</p></td><td><p>1,819,152</p></td><td><p>927,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA claims % processed in over 5 days</p></td><td><p>63.7%</p></td><td><p>66.3%</p></td><td><p>67.1%</p></td><td><p>64.3%</p></td><td><p>60.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>The data in the tables cover 1st April to 31st March, with the exception of 2014/15 when the Year to Date (YTD) covers 1st April to 30th November</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source</strong></p><p>For ESA / IS / JSA – Management Information System Programme (MISP)</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/12/2014 11:43:51 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

169963

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
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 is taking to ensure that pensioners become better aware of their right to claim winter fuel allowance.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In over 95 per cent of cases, people over women’s State Pension age receive a Winter Fuel Payment automatically, and do not need to make a claim since the Department already holds the information necessary to make the payment.</p><p> </p><p>However, details of eligibility and how to make a claim are available on <a href="http://www.GOV.uk" target="_blank">www.GOV.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/12/2014 11:58:02 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

169964

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
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 eligible pensioners who have not claimed the winter fuel allowance in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/12/2014 11:45:51 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

170023

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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
hansard heading	Work Programme
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 unemployed people with mental health problems who are currently on the Work Programme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/12/2014 11:34:38 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

169415

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged under 18 who were homeless in each month of 2014.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Figures on those housed in temporary accommodation are published in Live Table 775 on my Department’s website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p><p> </p><p>This includes figures for households in temporary accommodation with dependent children, and households in temporary accommodation headed by a 16 or 17 year old.</p><p><br>We do not collect information by month.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 14:41:35 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 33692 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

169505

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help LGBT people under threat from ISIS in Northern Iraq and Syria.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><th> </th><td><table><tbody><tr><td>ISIL continues to brutally and indiscriminately murder and persecute people in both Iraq and Syria. They are terrorising people from many minority groups in areas under their control including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people. The Government strongly condemns any and all abuses or violations of human rights. <br><br>We are supporting the Government of Iraq as they work to deliver a unified response against ISIL. The UK fully supports the Iraqi government in its efforts to uphold the rule of law and bring those responsible for all violations and abuses of human rights to justice. <br><br>The Government, through UK Aid, is providing humanitarian relief of more than £700 million to help alleviate the suffering of displaced people in Iraq and Syria.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/12/2014 16:23:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis