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487006

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department issues guidance to schools on how to identify and manage incidences of parental alienation.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	32604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Protection from abuse and neglect is a fundamental right of all children and young people, regardless of their family situation, and the government will continue to review how schools, police, social services and other agencies work together to protect all children.</p><p>The Department published updated statutory guidance in 2015 on Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children. Schools and colleges must have regard to this guidance when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. All school and college staff should be aware of the various forms of abuse, including emotional harm, so that they are able to identify children in need of help and support and know what action to take. This would include recognising where children are suffering as the result of family relationship breakdown.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/04/2016 11:06:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

485513

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Consultation: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to help give the views of young people greater prominence in policy decisions in their community.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	32234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text The Cabinet Office supports the Government’s commitment of giving young people the power and opportunity to play a real part in their community. We promote engagement, advocacy and consultation at both national and local level<p /><p><br> We support the British Youth Council (BYC) to deliver its ‘youth voice’ programme, including key activities such as the national annual Make Your Mark ballot, UK Youth Parliament, and the Youth Select Committee.</p><p><br> Cabinet Office has committed to continuing its support for these activities for the remainder of the current Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 13/04/2016 09:01:04 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

485672

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Orthopaedics: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the direct effect of drug eluting stents on the reduction of lower limb amputations.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	32373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Vascular services manage the treatment and care of patients with diseases related to disorders of the arteries, veins and lymphatic system. These can be managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction. NHS England commissions these services as part of its specialised commissioning portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The vascular disease specialised commissioning clinical reference group has prepared a service specification for specialised vascular services. This aims to ensure that services deliver improved patient experience, provide equality of access to the full range of vascular diagnostics and interventions, and ensue that patients are receiving a high quality of service, with access to the most modern techniques.</p><p> </p><p>Implementation of the service specification for specialised vascular services through the local service review processes is designed to reduce regional variation.</p><p> </p><p>The service specification can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a04-spec-vascu-adult.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a04-spec-vascu-adult.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has made no assessment of the effects of drug eluting stents on lower limb amputation rates.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 32371 question first answered 12/04/2016 16:27:46 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

485673

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Peripheral Arterial Disease: Medical Equipment
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 regional variation of access to (a) minimally invasive technology and (b) drug eluting stents designed to tackle peripheral arterial disease.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	32371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Vascular services manage the treatment and care of patients with diseases related to disorders of the arteries, veins and lymphatic system. These can be managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction. NHS England commissions these services as part of its specialised commissioning portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The vascular disease specialised commissioning clinical reference group has prepared a service specification for specialised vascular services. This aims to ensure that services deliver improved patient experience, provide equality of access to the full range of vascular diagnostics and interventions, and ensue that patients are receiving a high quality of service, with access to the most modern techniques.</p><p> </p><p>Implementation of the service specification for specialised vascular services through the local service review processes is designed to reduce regional variation.</p><p> </p><p>The service specification can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a04-spec-vascu-adult.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a04-spec-vascu-adult.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has made no assessment of the effects of drug eluting stents on lower limb amputation rates.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 32373 question first answered 12/04/2016 16:27:46 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

452329

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sunday Trading
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect on levels of employment in convenience stores of proposals to devolve Sunday trading restrictions; and what the evidential basis for that estimate was.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	27069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department has carried out an assessment of the impacts of devolving the power to extend Sunday trading hours. This will be published shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/02/2016 18:00:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

452330

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sunday Trading
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the profit of convenience stores of proposals to devolve Sunday trading restrictions; and what the evidential basis for that estimate was.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	27070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department has carried out an assessment of the impacts of devolving the power to extend Sunday trading hours and this will be published shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/02/2016 17:41:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

452332

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sunday Trading: Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations were received from (a) USDAW, (b) other trade unions, (c) ACS and (d) other trade and workers' associations in response to the government's consultation, Devolving Sunday trading rules, published on 5 August 2015; and what (i) number and (ii) proportion of those respondents answered (A) yes, (B) no and (C) otherwise to Question 1 in that consultation.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	27030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government received 7,171 responses to the consultation, though a significantly smaller number used the standard online consultation form and addressed the questions directly.</p><p> </p><p>USDAW responded to the consultation and its representatives met with officials during the course of the consultation. USDAW answered no to Question 1 in the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>TUC and the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (GMB) also responded to the consultation and their representatives met with officials during the course of the consultation. UNISON responded to the consultation but did not meet with officials. All three (100%) responded no to Question 1 in the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>ACS responded to the consultation and its representatives met with officials during the course of the consultation answered no to Question 1 in the consultation.</p><p>The department does not hold full data from this consultation broken down by respondent type as a large portion of respondents chose to respond in their own words rather than addressing the consultation questions directly, and/or did not indicate the type of organisation they represented.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 10:04:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

452342

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sunday Trading
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the 2012 temporary liberalisation of Sunday trading regulations on its proposals for the devolution of such regulations to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	27080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The ONS analysed the impact of the short term Olympic relaxation of the Sunday trading rules and found that it was not possible to make any inference from the data. They found no definite pattern amongst the growth rates of retail sales and noted that other factors, such as the weather and time of year, will have impacted sales.</p><p> </p><p>In formulating its final proposals, the Government has carefully considered all the evidence submitted during the consultation process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/02/2016 17:57:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

451739

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cholesterol
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 measure (a) national and (b) local performance on tackling high levels of cholesterol.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	26673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Cholesterol testing in primary care is included in the Quality Outcomes Framework for people diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes and this is published every year by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Public Health England’s (PHE) healthier lives website provides local comparisons of how well cholesterol is being controlled in people with diabetes. The link is below:</p><p> </p><p>http://healthierlives.phe.org.uk/topic/diabetes</p><p> </p><p>The Health Survey for England, an annual survey of the general population, has included measurements of total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol every year since 2008. The data is publically available from the UK Data Service.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the National Cardiovascular Health Intelligence Network within PHE is working closely with organisations concerned with cardiovascular disease to take forward the recommendations in the recent Heart UK report ‘Helping Us to Beat Cholesterol’. This report focusses on the importance of data in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/02/2016 09:43:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

451740

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sunday Trading: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by the Social Market Foundation on the effect of single parents of a relaxation of Sunday trading hours.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	26609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>In formulating its final proposals, the Government has carefully considered all the evidence submitted during the consultation process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/02/2016 17:35:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas