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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-07-05more like thismore than 2016-07-05
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Brexit more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency planning the Government undertook in the event of a vote to leave the EU. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 41894 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-07-11
answer text <p>The Government had a clear position on the referendum and it was right for the civil service to work in support of that. We now have clear instructions from the British people and Government will of course work to take those instructions forward.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency West Dorset more like this
answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-07-11T08:54:51.23Zmore like thismore than 2016-07-11T08:54:51.23Z
answering member
247
label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
532942
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-07-05more like thismore than 2016-07-05
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) modify and (b) remove the 75 per cent target for Red 1 ambulance calls. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 41908 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-07-11
answer text <p>In spring 2015, National Medical Director of NHS England Sir Bruce Keogh carried out a review of key National Health Service waiting time measures to ensure they make sense for patients and are operationally well-designed. Following this review and pilots being carried out as part of NHS England’s Ambulance Response Programme, the results will be considered in due course.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Ipswich more like this
answering member printed Ben Gummer more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-07-11T15:48:40.99Zmore like thismore than 2016-07-11T15:48:40.99Z
answering member
3988
label Biography information for Ben Gummer more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
532943
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-07-05more like thismore than 2016-07-05
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Electronic Cigarettes: Public Places more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on prohibiting the use of electronic cigarettes in enclosed public spaces. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 41909 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-07-11
answer text <p>The Public Health England (PHE) report is consistent with the Government’s current policy that the best thing a smoker can do for their health is to quit smoking and quit for good. Evidence in the United Kingdom indicates that e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking, with similar or better results than nicotine replacement therapies such as patches or gum.</p><p> </p><p>E-cigarettes are, however, not harmless and there is a lack of evidence on their effects in long term use. The Department has and will continue to monitor all emerging evidence and consider it in developing policy. PHE has been commissioned to update their evidence report on e-cigarettes annually until the end of this Parliament and to include within its quit smoking campaigns consistent messaging about the safety of e-cigarettes.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to ban the use of e-cigarettes in public places in England.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Battersea more like this
answering member printed Jane Ellison more like this
grouped question UIN
41910 more like this
41911 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-07-11T11:28:35.217Zmore like thismore than 2016-07-11T11:28:35.217Z
answering member
3918
label Biography information for Jane Ellison more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
532947
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-07-05more like thismore than 2016-07-05
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Electronic Cigarettes more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential long-term health effects of trends in the use of electronic cigarettes amongst adult smokers. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 41910 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-07-11
answer text <p>The Public Health England (PHE) report is consistent with the Government’s current policy that the best thing a smoker can do for their health is to quit smoking and quit for good. Evidence in the United Kingdom indicates that e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking, with similar or better results than nicotine replacement therapies such as patches or gum.</p><p> </p><p>E-cigarettes are, however, not harmless and there is a lack of evidence on their effects in long term use. The Department has and will continue to monitor all emerging evidence and consider it in developing policy. PHE has been commissioned to update their evidence report on e-cigarettes annually until the end of this Parliament and to include within its quit smoking campaigns consistent messaging about the safety of e-cigarettes.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to ban the use of e-cigarettes in public places in England.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Battersea more like this
answering member printed Jane Ellison more like this
grouped question UIN
41909 more like this
41911 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-07-11T11:28:35.28Zmore like thismore than 2016-07-11T11:28:35.28Z
answering member
3918
label Biography information for Jane Ellison more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
532948
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-07-05more like thismore than 2016-07-05
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Electronic Cigarettes more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of Public Health England's recent findings that electronic cigarettes are 95 per cent less harmful than conventional cigarettes. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 41911 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-07-11
answer text <p>The Public Health England (PHE) report is consistent with the Government’s current policy that the best thing a smoker can do for their health is to quit smoking and quit for good. Evidence in the United Kingdom indicates that e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking, with similar or better results than nicotine replacement therapies such as patches or gum.</p><p> </p><p>E-cigarettes are, however, not harmless and there is a lack of evidence on their effects in long term use. The Department has and will continue to monitor all emerging evidence and consider it in developing policy. PHE has been commissioned to update their evidence report on e-cigarettes annually until the end of this Parliament and to include within its quit smoking campaigns consistent messaging about the safety of e-cigarettes.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to ban the use of e-cigarettes in public places in England.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Battersea more like this
answering member printed Jane Ellison more like this
grouped question UIN
41909 more like this
41910 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-07-11T11:28:35.34Zmore like thismore than 2016-07-11T11:28:35.34Z
answering member
3918
label Biography information for Jane Ellison more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
532949
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-07-05more like thismore than 2016-07-05
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase clinical resources for the East of England Ambulance Trust. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 41912 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2016-07-11
answer text <p>It is the responsibility of individual ambulance trusts and their commissioners to decide how clinical resources are used to meet local demand.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement advises that East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is currently working with management consultants Operational Research in Health to remodel its future workforce requirements based on a new operating model and its demand profile. The Trust will discuss any additional funding this will require with its commissioners.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Ipswich more like this
answering member printed Ben Gummer more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-07-11T15:48:25.813Zmore like thismore than 2016-07-11T15:48:25.813Z
answering member
3988
label Biography information for Ben Gummer more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
525525
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-06-15more like thismore than 2016-06-15
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Living Wage: Clacton more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the workforce in Clacton constituency are in receipt of the national living wage. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 40691 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-06-27more like thismore than 2016-06-27
answer text <p>2.9 million workers are expected to directly benefit from the National Living Wage by 2020, 11 per cent of which are located in the East of England. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has made no detailed assessment of the beneficiaries of the National Living Wage at local authority level.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford more like this
answering member printed Nick Boles more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-06-27T15:20:23.2Zmore like thismore than 2016-06-27T15:20:23.2Z
answering member
3995
label Biography information for Nick Boles more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
522048
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-05-26more like thismore than 2016-05-26
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Type 45 Destroyers more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to seek compensation from Rolls-Royce for the remedial work for the power and propulsion systems of the Type 45 Destroyers. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 38719 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-06-06more like thismore than 2016-06-06
answer text <p>The decision to procure the Rolls Royce WR21 was taken in November 2000 by the then Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon. In announcing the decision, he accepted this decision “presents a greater degree of risk to the programme.” It was judged that these risks would be outweighed by the system’s long term benefits of greater operational flexibility, as well as long-term savings in maintenance and personnel costs and a lower environmental impact.</p><p> </p><p>As the issues now being addressed result from those earlier decisions, it is appropriate that liability for funding this work now rests with the Ministry of Defence. In terms of the contractual position, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) on 8 February 2016 to Question 25239.</p><p> </p><p>On progress in implementing measures to improve the reliability and resilience of the Power and Propulsion (P&amp;P) system, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) on 8 February 2016 to Question 25165.. The work to date has been carried out under the Type 45 support contract and the associated costs cannot be separately identified.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the Independent P&amp;P System Performance Review, dated March 2011, redacted in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, was placed in the Library of the House on 13 May 2016.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
attachment
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file name Hansard_Extract__8_February_2016_HOC_25239[1].docx more like this
title QnA extract on Type 45 Destroyers more like this
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file name 20160208_QnA_extract_on_Type_45_Destroyers.docx more like this
title QnA extract on Type 45 Destroyers more like this
grouped question UIN
38717 more like this
38718 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-06-06T15:14:31.883Zmore like thismore than 2016-06-06T15:14:31.883Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
522060
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-05-26more like thismore than 2016-05-26
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Type 45 Destroyers more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the remedial work for the power and propulsion systems of the Type 45 Destroyers; and what the total cost has been since the issues were identified. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 38717 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-06-06more like thismore than 2016-06-06
answer text <p>The decision to procure the Rolls Royce WR21 was taken in November 2000 by the then Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon. In announcing the decision, he accepted this decision “presents a greater degree of risk to the programme.” It was judged that these risks would be outweighed by the system’s long term benefits of greater operational flexibility, as well as long-term savings in maintenance and personnel costs and a lower environmental impact.</p><p> </p><p>As the issues now being addressed result from those earlier decisions, it is appropriate that liability for funding this work now rests with the Ministry of Defence. In terms of the contractual position, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) on 8 February 2016 to Question 25239.</p><p> </p><p>On progress in implementing measures to improve the reliability and resilience of the Power and Propulsion (P&amp;P) system, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) on 8 February 2016 to Question 25165.. The work to date has been carried out under the Type 45 support contract and the associated costs cannot be separately identified.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the Independent P&amp;P System Performance Review, dated March 2011, redacted in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, was placed in the Library of the House on 13 May 2016.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
attachment
1
file name Hansard_Extract__8_February_2016_HOC_25239[1].docx more like this
title QnA extract on Type 45 Destroyers more like this
2
file name 20160208_QnA_extract_on_Type_45_Destroyers.docx more like this
title QnA extract on Type 45 Destroyers more like this
grouped question UIN
38718 more like this
38719 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-06-06T15:14:31.947Zmore like thismore than 2016-06-06T15:14:31.947Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
522061
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-05-26more like thismore than 2016-05-26
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Type 45 Destroyers more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department will publish the Type 45 Destroyer - Independent Power and Propulsion System Performance Review. more like this
tabling member constituency Clacton remove filter
tabling member printed
Mr Douglas Carswell more like this
uin 38718 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-06-06more like thismore than 2016-06-06
answer text <p>The decision to procure the Rolls Royce WR21 was taken in November 2000 by the then Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon. In announcing the decision, he accepted this decision “presents a greater degree of risk to the programme.” It was judged that these risks would be outweighed by the system’s long term benefits of greater operational flexibility, as well as long-term savings in maintenance and personnel costs and a lower environmental impact.</p><p> </p><p>As the issues now being addressed result from those earlier decisions, it is appropriate that liability for funding this work now rests with the Ministry of Defence. In terms of the contractual position, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Kirsten Oswald) on 8 February 2016 to Question 25239.</p><p> </p><p>On progress in implementing measures to improve the reliability and resilience of the Power and Propulsion (P&amp;P) system, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) on 8 February 2016 to Question 25165.. The work to date has been carried out under the Type 45 support contract and the associated costs cannot be separately identified.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the Independent P&amp;P System Performance Review, dated March 2011, redacted in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, was placed in the Library of the House on 13 May 2016.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
attachment
1
file name Hansard_Extract__8_February_2016_HOC_25239[1].docx more like this
title QnA extract on Type 45 Destroyers more like this
2
file name 20160208_QnA_extract_on_Type_45_Destroyers.docx more like this
title QnA extract on Type 45 Destroyers more like this
grouped question UIN
38717 more like this
38719 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-06-06T15:14:32.023Zmore like thismore than 2016-06-06T15:14:32.023Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
1527
label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell more like this