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222966

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Dataset will start publishing data; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	225018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The Health and Social Care Information Centre advise that the collection of data for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services dataset will start at the beginning of February 2016. The first submission period will cover January to March 2016. Statistical reports based on the initial data collection will be published in mid-2016.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance <em>Multiple sclerosis: management of multiple sclerosis in primary and secondary care</em>, updated in October 2014, sets out best practice on the diagnosis, treatment, care and support of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The guidance makes a range of recommendations on drug based treatments for MS, but also highlights the importance of involving professionals who can meet the needs of the patient in the best way, such as physiotherapists and occupational therapists. </del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">With regard to early diagnosis, MS is a difficult condition to diagnose as a number of the symptoms such as fatigue, depression or dizziness may be unrelated. The guidance sets out a number of initial presentations that clinicians should be aware of when looking for signs of MS. It also recommends a number of assessments a clinician should make, including testing of vision and blood tests before referral to a consultant neurologist, who can confirm or exclude a diagnosis of MS, subject to investigation.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/02/2015 15:20:43 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2015 13:56:12 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb previous answer version 46777 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

222480

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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 estimate he has made of the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem are responsible for regulating the electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the setting of the price control review. Ofgem’s latest estimate for the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the DNOs is in the attached table which covers the years 2010-11 to 2013-14. The last year of Distribution Price Control Review 5 (2014-15) is still on-going.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:44 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2015 09:58:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of RORE DNOs Excel.xlsx title Rate of Return on Equity for DNOs 2010-1 to 2013-4 previous answer version 46378 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222497

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total value of contracts his Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Contracts of the Department are published on the Cabinet Office Website which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Department would be able to provide further contract information by narrowing the scope, if specific procurement projects were identified.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">As an indication of departmental spend our financial records show that the following payments have been made to 3<sup>rd</sup> party suppliers:</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">April 2013 to March 2014: £184,784,757.64;</ins></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">April 2014 to January 2015: £147,863,946.28.</ins></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/02/2015 13:07:31 question first ministerially corrected 26/02/2015 13:45:41 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 46371 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

222617

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contribution by the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 625 and pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 217723, how many (a) ex-parte non-molestation orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (b) with notice non-molestation orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (c) non-molestation orders were applied for by each firm of solicitors, (d) non-molestation orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men by each judge, (e) ex-parte occupancy orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (f) with notice occupancy orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (g) occupancy orders were applied for by each firm of solicitors, (h) occupancy orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men by each judge in each quarter from the first quarter of 2011 to the third quarter of 2014 in courts in (A) Sussex and (B) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	224775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Details of the gender of those receiving non molestation orders (ex-parte and with notice), and occupancy orders (ex-parte and with notice) since 2011 can only be obtained by manually checking every case file at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Figures requested for non molestation and occupancy orders applied for by each firm of solicitors in courts in a) Sussex and b) West Midlands are available and provided as extracted from the central MoJ database on family cases, in the accompanying tables.</p><p> </p><p>Domestic violence and abuse is unacceptable and no one should have to experience it. It is right that the family court has the power to take swift action to protect families and children from domestic abuse. We are confident that the court procedures for making non-molestation orders are sufficiently robust and in each case the court will make a decision whether to make an order based on the circumstances of the case including the need to secure the health, safety and well-being of the applicant and of any relevant child.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 27/02/2015 14:59:07 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2015 15:10:52 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name 224755 Domestic Violence applications.xls title Domestic Violence Applications Solicitors firms previous answer version 47120 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

178978

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid is being provided to civilians in Ukraine caught up in the conflict in that country.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	224041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>In response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine the UK Government has so far committed £16.4 million of bilateral humanitarian support in Ukraine. In addition, the UK’s share of multilateral contributions through the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) and the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)<del class="ministerial">.</del><ins class="ministerial"> stands at £4.35 million.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 24/02/2015 16:56:50 question first ministerially corrected 24/02/2015 17:51:42 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening previous answer version 46285 answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

178697

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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	European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union to UK Export Finance and its associated agencies, broken down by (1) staff time, (2) printing costs, (3) running of engagement events, (4) witness expenses, (5) publicity of the reports, and (6) any and all other associated costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Tugendhat
uin	HL4846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I refer my Noble Lord to the answer as given for <strong>HL4840</strong></del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">I refer the noble Lord to HL4847 for the combined answer.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/02/2015 16:52:19 question first ministerially corrected 23/02/2015 15:09:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 45531 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1705 label Biography information for Lord Tugendhat

178698

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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	European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union to UK Trade and Investment and its associated agencies, broken down by (1) staff time, (2) printing costs, (3) running of engagement events, (4) witness expenses, (5) publicity of the reports, and (6) any and all other associated costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Tugendhat
uin	HL4847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I refer my Noble Lord to the answer as given for <strong>HL4840</strong></del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As you will be aware, the Balance of Competences Review concluded in December. It was the most comprehensive analysis of the UK’s relationship with the EU ever undertaken. The review involved a large number of Departments across Whitehall to produce 32 reports. The Review was based on the evidence and views received through widespread consultation with interested parties from across society. Across the whole review, departments received close to 2,300 evidence submissions. Departments held over 250 events, attended by around 2,100 stakeholders.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">It was important that what is an unprecedented examination of EU membership was done with appropriate time and care. But the government is also very conscious of the need to ensure value for money in everything it does.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">(1) Staff time</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Between 2012-2013, the Balance of Competences Review Team in the Department was staffed by the equivalent of one Grade 7 (salary range £47, 545 - £55,882), and one intern (salary range £23,869 – £27, 281) dedicating 100% of their time to the review to project manage 7 BIS led reports and 1 joint report. Between 2013 – 2014 this was reduced to one Grade 7. Between 2012 – 2014 one Deputy Director (salary range £62,000 - £117,800) dedicated 20% of their time as the senior reporting officer for the review. All other work on the review was allocated, according to need, to existing staff within the Department. Therefore, providing a full breakdown of staff time and costs would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>(2) Printing costs</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Printing and publication for the 8 Departmental reports, was coordinated centrally but paid for by the Department, with the exception of the Single Market Report which was printed in-house. Printing and publication costs for all 8 reports totalled £32,821.94. The costs for all 32 reports was £133, 053. This figure was a partial figure, covering the printing of some, but not all, reports across the whole review. </strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>(3) Running of Engagement events</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Each policy team in the Department held a wide range of engagement events over the 2 years; the department did not incur any costs for the running of these events. The facilities for hosting these events were either provided by other Government Departments or by business partners or were held on department premises at no extra cost to the department. </strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>(4) Witness </strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>From centrally held figures, we understand that across the whole of the Balance of Competences Review witness expenses amounted to approximately £2,255.00.</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>(5) Publicity</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>The Department did not incur any publicity costs as we published the reports and the call for evidence via email, social media and the Government website.</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>(6) All other associated costs</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Between 2012 – 2014 the Department commissioned research and analysis to form part of the literature review to provide the reports with legal analysis to ensure the reports were neither too analytical or too speculative and political, but instead adhere to the agreed treaties. The cost for all 8 reports was £108, 738.28. </strong></ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong><br /> Department officials incurred some additional associated costs due to travel to meetings and stakeholder events in the UK. Some officials also incurred costs related to events in Brussels. We estimate that the additional travel costs incurred amounted to less than £300.</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/02/2015 16:52:27 question first ministerially corrected 23/02/2015 15:08:40 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 45532 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1705 label Biography information for Lord Tugendhat

178119

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools there currently are in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West; and how much funding her Department has allocated to the funding of free schools in each such area.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	223512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>In answer to the above question;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li><p>There are currently no free schools in Preston.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>There are currently three free schools in the local authority area of Lancashire with the total revenue funding allocation of £2,789,724 for the academic year 2014 to 2015.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>There are currently <ins class="ministerial">ten</ins><del class="ministerial">seven</del> free schools in the county of Lancashire, which includes the local authorities of <ins class="ministerial">Lancashire,</ins> Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, with the total revenue funding allocation of <ins class="ministerial">£14,802,909.77</ins><del class="ministerial">£12,013,185</del> for the academic year 2014 to 2015.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The North West has <ins class="ministerial">40</ins><del class="ministerial">41</del> free schools with a total revenue funding allocation of £54,002,376 for the academic year 2014 to 2015.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/02/2015 17:31:03 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2015 12:43:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 45242 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

178120

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question 220889, what mechanism is in place to alert Ministers when local authorities do not issue a final statement of special educational needs within the statutory 26 week time limit.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	223615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>There is no mechanism in place to alert Ministers routinely to individual cases when a local authority does not issue a final statement of special educational needs for a child within the statutory 26 week timescale.</p><p>A complaint can be made to the Secretary of State for Education under section 497 of the Education Act 1996 if it is believed that a local authority has failed to carry out a statutory duty. If, following investigation, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the local authority has failed to carry out their duty, she may make an order giving directions to enforce the duty as appear to her to be expedient.</p><p>Data collected annually from all local authorities on the numbers of final statements issued for children with special educational needs within the statutory timescale of 26 weeks and published each year gives a national picture of local authority performance in this area.<del class="ministerial">nal picture of local authority performance in this area.</del></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 11/02/2015 17:10:47 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2015 17:22:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 44003 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

178160

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital with a (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of coronary heart disease per head of population there were in (i) each clinical commissioning group and its predecessor organisation and (ii) England in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
uin	223598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The following tables show the number of admissions to hospital with a primary and secondary diagnosis of coronary heart disease by primary care trust of treatment for the years 2004/05 to 2012/13; by clinical commissioning group of treatment for 2013/14 and for England as a whole.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/02/2015 15:52:16 question first ministerially corrected 12/02/2015 16:09:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Hospital Admissions data.xlsx title No. of adnissions - CHD previous answer version 45133 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow