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856077

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dogs: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce dog theft in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	131243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government understands the distress that can be caused by the theft of a pet. It is therefore important that these crimes, when they take place, are reported to the police so that they can be investigated and, where appropriate, the perpetrators taken through the courts and given appropriate sentences.</p><p>In 2017-18 the Government is providing police forces in England and Wales with direct Government funding worth over £7.5 billion to tackle all types of crime. As far as the police response to individual incidents are concerned, it is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives, to decide how best to deploy resources to manage and respond to crime and local priorities.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2018 17:47:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

853329

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Nabiximols
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing the cost of the drug Sativex in order to allow that drug to be prescribed to people suffering from MS.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	130778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Sativex is licensed for the treatment of moderate to severe spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS). It is normally prescribed on the National Health Service by a specialist doctor with experience of treating MS spasticity – consultant neurologists, consultant rehabilitation specialists and consultant pain specialists.</p><p> </p><p>When the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published its guideline on the treatment of adults with MS in 2014, it recommended that Sativex should not be offered as an option to treat spasticity in people with MS because it is not a cost effective treatment. NICE is responsible for determining whether its guidance should be updated following the publication of any significant new evidence.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2018 17:05:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849982

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Colne Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people who live in Colne Valley constituency, are employed on zero-hour contracts.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/03/2018 12:25:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 129550.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849983

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on Government support for (a) local authorities and (b) communities to meet the UK's targets for carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face today, and the UK Government is committed to tackling it. The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, sets out the Government’s ambitious plans for decarbonising the economy through the 2020s. We continue to engage with Departments on implementing the strategy, including the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p><p>The joint BEIS and MHCLG office for Cities and Local Growth works closely with Ministers from both Departments, as well as Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities. BEIS has launched a Local Energy Programme which will provide support to Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities to help them implement energy projects which benefit their communities. To date, £7m has been committed to this. Additionally a further £16m has been provided to Local Authorities by the Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU) and £24m through the pilot phase of the £320m Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP). Local Authorities can also bid for funding in the main scheme of HNIP.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:50:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849985

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the production of electricity through community wind projects.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government leads on, encourages local authorities and neighbourhood planning bodies to set out positive policies to support community-led initiatives for renewable and low carbon energy. The NPPF also encourages authorities to identify opportunities where developments can draw their energy supply from decentralised, renewable or low carbon energy supply systems.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with delivery partners to consider how communities wanting renewable projects can be best supported to deliver these cost-effectively. Community wind projects can be supported through the Feed In Tariff (FIT). We have reintroduced FIT pre-accreditation, including an extra six months’ validity period for community energy projects. Additionally the Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) provides support to community groups in rural areas for development and implementation of energy projects, including wind. RCEF is jointly funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), and is managed on behalf of Government by DEFRA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/03/2018 14:23:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849987

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Incinerators
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 estimate he has made of the volume of recyclable waste that has been incinerated in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to estimate the proportion of waste used in incineration plants that is recyclable because large tonnages of incinerated waste are reported as “mixed” waste categories, for which we do not have estimates of recyclable content. Additionally, there are no established definitions for waste that would be deemed to be “recyclable” based on the European Waste Catalogue waste code classifications that underpin waste reporting.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/03/2018 14:19:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849992

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Floods: Colne Valley
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 individual properties have taken out Flood Re Insurance in the Colne Valley constituency in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Flood Re scheme began in April 2016 and has now been running for just under two years. As of 30 September 2017 there were 199 policies taken up with Flood Re in the Colne Valley. The annual year-end figures will be available after 30 March 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/03/2018 12:46:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849993

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the UK remaining part of the European Health Insurance Card after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the benefits of the existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements such as the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), in ensuring United Kingdom-insured residents have access to healthcare in the European Union/European Economic Area countries and Switzerland. The UK Government has therefore made clear in the course of the negotiations that it wishes to see the existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements, including the EHIC scheme, continued after the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/03/2018 16:00:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849994

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer: Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the survival rates of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>National Health Service services for pancreatic cancer have been significantly improved in recent years. This includes clearer diagnostic pathways; decision making by specialist multi-disciplinary teams; and the centralisation of pancreas surgery within specialist teams.</p><p> </p><p>Last month the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published their clinical guideline on ‘Pancreatic cancer: diagnosis and management in adults’. It provides guidance on several different aspects of the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer, including ensuring quicker and more accurate diagnosis, referral to specialist pancreatic multidisciplinary teams, pain, nutritional and surgical management and psychological support.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England has published a service specification for pancreatic cancer which clearly defines what it expects to be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective pancreatic cancer services. This service specification has been developed by specialised clinicians, commissioners, expert patients and public health representatives to describe core and developmental service standards.</p><p> </p><p>The full service specification can be found on our website and accessed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a02-cncr-panc.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a02-cncr-panc.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2018 15:02:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849995

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) communities on the steps that can be taken to meet the Government's targets for carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, sets out the Government’s ambitious plans for decarbonising the economy through the 2020s. We worked across Whitehall to ensure the Clean Growth Strategy is as robust and ambitious as possible.</p><p>The joint BEIS and MHCLG office for Cities and Local Growth works closely with Ministers from both departments. BEIS has launched a Local Energy Programme which will support the work of that unit and the excellent work already being achieved by local authorities and community groups.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/03/2018 15:38:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker