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61820

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Information Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the availability of passenger information data on board trains.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	200376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since 1998, all new trains have been fitted with audio-visual Passenger Information Systems (PIS). Many older trains have also been retrofitted with this equipment while those that have not do at least have tannoy systems. The law requires all trains to have audio-visual PIS by 2020 and the industry's ongoing work to meet this has been further facilitated by recent franchise decisions.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/06/2014 15:04:55 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

61313

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what support his Department makes available to encourage electoral registration for those who are not able to register online.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	200185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>People can continue to apply to register to vote on a paper form, available from their local Electoral Registration Officer (ERO).</p><p>EROs are encouraged to provide assistance for electors through both face-to-face contact and telephone communication, irrespective of the format of registration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 16/06/2014 10:14:50 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

61314

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cystic Fibrosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review prescription charges for adults with cystic fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	200281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>In 2010, responding to Professor Sir Ian Gilmore's review into extending entitlement to free prescriptions to all those with a long-term condition, the Government made clear that in light of the challenging financial context, no changes would be made to the current list of exemptions. Prescription charges in England raise valuable income, in the region of £450 million each year, which helps the National Health Service to maintain vital services for patients.</p><p> </p><p>The extensive system of exemption arrangements, including for those on low incomes who may struggle to pay for their prescriptions, which is in place means that around 90% of all prescription items are already dispensed free of charge. Prescription Prepayment Certificates (PPCs) are also available for those who have to pay NHS prescription charges and need multiple prescriptions. This is the fifth year the cost of an annual certificate, and the third year the cost of a three month certificate, have been frozen. Both certificates will also remain at £104 and £29.10 respectively, next year. There is no limit to the number of items that can be obtained through a PPC. The annual certificate benefits anyone needing more than 12 items a year, and the three month certificate anyone needing more than three items in that three month period.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/06/2014 13:38:11 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

60628

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Research: Gender
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 she has made of the gender balance amongst chairs and presidents of (a) learned societies and (b) research councils.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	199684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The National Academies, the UK's leading learned societies, are independent, self-governing bodies. Ministers have no role in Academy appointments but we encourage them to embed equality and diversity in everything they do. Professor Dame Ann Dowling is expected to be confirmed as the first female President of the Royal Academy of Engineering in September<strong>. </strong> The current Presidents of the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Biology are all female.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Ministers in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) appoint Chairs to the Research Councils and these appointments are regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. BIS Ministers are committed to the principle of public appointments on merit through an open and transparent process and to providing equal opportunities for all, irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, transgender and working patterns. There are seven Research Councils, the Chairs of which are currently male. The Research Councils are committed to improving diversity in their public appointments and held a workshop in March 2014 to agree an action plan to increase the diversity of each Council. The action plan will be published on the RCUK website and disseminated to all Council members.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The BIS Board, which provides collective strategic leadership of the Department, has endorsed a plan of activity and a number of actions to help the Department not only to improve its position on gender-diversity during 2014/15 but to reinforce its continued commitment to attracting a strong and diverse field of candidates to public appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 12/06/2014 16:18:01 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

58270

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Information Sharing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution by the Deputy Leader of the House, Official Report, columns 841-2, on New clause 1 of the Deregulation Bill, how the information-sharing gateway will operate.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	199417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>HMRC requires specific legal authority or a ‘gateway' in order to be able to disclose information it holds in connection with its functions. Once this is in place, HMRC requires any disclosure of information to a public sector body to be governed by a robust Memorandum of Understanding. This will set out:</p><p> </p><p>· The legal basis for sharing the information;</p><p>· The agreed administrative arrangements, including timescales, persons involved, security arrangements and frequency of disclosure;</p><p>· The circumstances (if any) under which the data may be disclosed and the sanctions that protect against unlawful disclosure of the information; and</p><p>· The mechanism for maintaining an audit trail or record for HMRC of all external disclosures of data.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a duty to ensure that any information transfers to a public sector body are legal and secure. HMRC also seeks an ongoing assurance that the transferred information will be treated in accordance with agreed standards and protocols. In addition, even where a legal gateway exists, any information disclosures must be compliant with both the Data Protection Act and the Human Rights Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/06/2014 09:57:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

58271

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on (a) the Cabinet Office capabilities plan published in April 2013 and (b) the key area specified in that plan on redesigning services and delivering them digitally.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	199432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The 2013 Civil Service-wide Capabilities Plan identified four priorities for capability building, one of which is digital capability. The report and the Government's Civil Service Reform plan noted that there was a long-standing weakness in digital capability. If action had begun under a previous administration to address this the digital capability of the civil service would have been far better at the time of the last General Election.</p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes Quarterly Progress Reports against the Government Digital Strategy, which covers digital capability. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-digital-strategy-reports-and-research" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-digital-strategy-reports-and-research</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/06/2014 12:40:10 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

58272

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff (a) were employed by, (b) left and (c) joined the Government Procurement Services Commissioning Academy in each quarter since its introduction; how many students passed through the Commissioning Academy in each quarter; and what the average length was of courses taken by those students.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	199431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>A core Cabinet Office team of 3.5 FTE staff supports the Commissioning Academy.</p><p>In total, 231 participants have so far benefitted from the programme, comprising:</p><ul><li>21 in the first pilot course (June to December 2012);</li><li>26 in the second pilot course (November 2012 to April 2013);</li><li>67 in Wave 1 (June to December 2013);</li><li>87 in Wave 2 (commencing January 2014 and due to finish in July 2014);</li></ul><p>In addition there are:</p><ul><li>30 participants in the Norfolk Local Commissioning Academy (commencing November 2013 and due to finish in June 2014)</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/06/2014 14:32:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

58273

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are working on G Cloud.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	199418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>A full-time team of 25 supports the existing G-Cloud and Digital Services frameworks and the new Digital Marketplace, working with and giving advice to departments to help them get the best from the frameworks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/06/2014 14:34:23 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

50452

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
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 improve digital skills within the Government.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	198327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to her on Monday 12 May 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: 378W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

50303

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 815, how the assisted digital service for lasting power of attorney is provided and accessed; and what assisted digital services are in place for other Government digital services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	198286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Office of the Public Guardian (an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice) is piloting an assisted digital service through three third sector organisations: Alzheimer's Society, Age UK and CAB. Customers identified as requiring the service are signposted by the OPG contact centre to the providers national contact numbers. The pilots are being used to assess the extent of the assisted digital need and to evaluate different methods for delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Before going live every digital by default service is required to make sure appropriate assisted digital support is in place. Services are working with GDS to understand who their assisted digital users are and what this support should look like.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah