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390654

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were employed in the aerospace, defence, security and space industry in (a) each country of the UK and (b) each region of England in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Employment in the aerospace industry in 2013 for each country of the United Kingdom and each region in England is given in the attached table. The ‘aerospace, defence, security and space industry’ is defined by the Standard industrial classification sectors: 30.3 manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery and 33.16 repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft. This includes both civil and defence activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/07/2015 13:32:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Employment in Aerospace and Space industry.pdf title Employment in Aerospace and Space Industry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390655

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Industry
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 contribution to the UK economy of the cyber-technology sector within the aerospace, defence, security and space industry.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The contribution made to the UK economy by the cyber-technology sector within the aerospace, defence, security and space industry is not separately recorded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/07/2015 13:48:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390688

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Taxation: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of single earner married couples and (b) proportion of all married couples who are single earner married couples in each country of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong>Table 1</strong>: number of married couples where one adult in the couple is employed or self-employed, by country in the UK, 3-year averages</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08 to 2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,190,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,570,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 to 2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,180,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,560,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 to 2011/12</p></td><td><p>2,160,000</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,540,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 to 2012/13</p></td><td><p>2,120,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 to 2013/14</p></td><td><p>2,090,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>180,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,460,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong>: proportion of married couples where one adult in the couple is employed or self-employed, by country in the UK, 3-year averages</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08 to 2009/10</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 to 2010/11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 to 2011/12</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 to 2012/13</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 to 2013/14</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Family Resources Survey, 2007/08 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. The Family Resources Survey is a nationally representative sample of UK households.</p><p>2. The figures from the Family Resources Survey are based on a sample of households which have been adjusted for non-response using multi-purpose grossing factors which align the Family Resources Survey to former Government Office Region population by age and sex. Estimates based on survey data are subject to uncertainty due to sampling error and remaining non-response error.</p><p>3. The figures presented are three-year averages due to relatively small sample sizes of married couples available for some countries in individual years.</p><p>4. Data are rounded to the nearest ten thousand or 1 per cent.</p><p>5. Percentages in Table 2 are calculated by dividing the number of married couples where one adult is in employment by the total number of married couples (i.e. those couples where one, both or neither is employed).</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2015 13:13:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390818

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Leukaemia: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia in England have access to (a) Ponatinib and (b) other innovative new medicines.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>A number of drugs for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia have been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and are routinely available in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A number of other drugs, including ponatinib, are available through the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We take the issue of ensuring rapid access to innovative therapies very seriously, which is why we have launched an Accelerated Access Review to make recommendations to Government later in the year on speeding up access for National Health Service patients to innovative and cost effective new medicines, diagnostics and medical technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/07/2015 11:46:22 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390820

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer Drugs Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of potential delays for patients in access to medicines as a result of changes to the National Cancer Drugs Fund in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment nor have there been any discussions between the Department and the Royal Colleges. The Government is committed to continuing to invest in the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 7657 question first answered 21/07/2015 12:09:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390821

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer Drugs Fund
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 Royal Colleges on the future of the National Cancer Drugs Fund beyond March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment nor have there been any discussions between the Department and the Royal Colleges. The Government is committed to continuing to invest in the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 7656 question first answered 21/07/2015 12:09:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390286

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Waste Disposal: Rural Areas
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 steps her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of waste dumped illegally in rural areas; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Fly-tipping is blight on both rural and urban areas, and can cause pollution and harm to public health and wildlife. It undermines legitimate waste businesses where unscrupulous operators undercut those that operate within the law and is a drain on Local Authorities that clear it up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tackling fly-tipping is a priority for the Government. We announced in our manifesto that we will be giving councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small-scale fly-tipping as well as reviewing the existing fixed penalty notices for littering. These steps will build on other Government action, which include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>a) cracking down on offenders by working with the Sentencing Council on its guideline for sentencing for environmental offences, which came into force on 1 July last year;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>c) working in partnership with others through the Defra chaired National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG) to prevent and tackle illegal dumping. The NFTPG includes representatives from central and local Government, enforcement authorities, the waste industry, private landowners and the National Rural Crime Network. The NFTPG has published a Fly-tipping Partnership Framework outlining best practice for the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipping to be adapted to suit local circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/07/2015 16:26:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390287

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Wild Boar
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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that the level of the wild boar population is controlled.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government and its partner organisations, such as the Deer Initiative, facilitate boar management by providing advice and guidance. The responsibility for carrying out the management of wild boar, as with other wildlife, lies with local communities and individual landowners and managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/07/2015 14:05:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390289

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Birds: Rural Areas
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 assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of small songbirds in rural areas; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Songbird data extracted from published Defra wild bird indicators provide an index of change for farmland, woodland and wetland songbirds. These groups have shown a decline in relative abundance over time however, these declines need to be interpreted carefully because data before 1995 is less reliable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For farmland and wetland songbirds the index shows a substantial decline between the 1970s and the early 1990s. However, since then there has been little or no overall change (although some individual species have continued to decline). For woodland songbirds the index shows a longer period of decline although there has been little overall change in recent years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A study published in 2012[1] described the first evidence of landscape scale benefits of Environmental Stewardship for farmland birds. The results showed strong correlative evidence for positive effects of management for a number of seed-eating species such as the linnet, reed bunting and yellowhammer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Baker, D. J., Freeman, S. N., Grice, P. V. and Siriwardena, G. M. (2012), Landscape-scale responses of birds to agri-environment management: a test of the English Environmental Stewardship scheme. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49, 871-882</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/07/2015 13:25:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390357

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Glaucoma: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had discussions with the Royal Colleges on the provision of treatment for glaucoma using hypodermic needles; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place between the Department and the Royal Colleges about the provision of treatment for glaucoma using hypodermic needles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for the commissioning of secondary care services to meet the needs of their local population.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 13:33:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon