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523018

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of qualified early years teachers in nurseries.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	39347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The department delivers early years initial teacher training places through the National College for Teaching and Leadership. There are four training routes available: undergraduate, assessment only, graduate entry and graduate employment based. To encourage take up, the Department funds course fees, pays bursaries to eligible trainees on the graduate entry route and provides financial support to employers for those trainees on the graduate employment based route.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our thinking on the early years workforce strategy we will be considering how best to continue to grow the graduate workforce, including supporting improved career progression.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/06/2016 15:27:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

523019

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the level of affordability of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	39348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government uses a range of information from a number of different sources to consider the affordability of childcare, including: our ‘Childcare and early years survey of parents’ (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2012-to-2013</a>), independent surveys, such as the Family and Childcare Trust Annual Childcare Cost Surveys (<a href="http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-cost-survey-2015" target="_blank">www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-cost-survey-2015</a>), and the recent House of Lords Select Committee’s report on affordable childcare – to which we responded on 17 December 2015 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-childcare-response-to-the-select-committee-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-childcare-response-to-the-select-committee-report</a>).</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to supporting hard-working parents with the costs of childcare and to make it more affordable. That is why we will be investing an extra £1 billion per annum by 2019-20 to help hardworking families with the cost of childcare. Since 2008 nursery costs have been increasing well above inflation, but the latest survey from the Family and Childcare Trust suggests that the nursery costs of childcare in England for both under and over two-year-olds have remained largely flat across all settings in the last year.</p><p> </p><p>We are already funding 15 hours a week of free early education for all three- and four-year-olds and for disadvantaged two-year-olds – this saves families around £2,500 per child per year. From September 2017, we will go further, delivering an additional 15 hours of free childcare for the working parents of three- and four-year olds (with early implementation in some areas from September 2016) – worth around another £2,500 per child per year. We also continue to invest in the Early Years Pupil Premium.</p><p> </p><p>We are also introducing Tax-Free Childcare from early 2017, under which around 2 million families could benefit by up to £2,000 per child per year or £4,000 per child per year if a child is disabled.</p><p> </p><p>For working parents on low and middle incomes, working tax credit pays up to 70% of their childcare costs and, as of April 2016, this has increased to 85% under Universal Credit. This support will be available, for the first time, to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/06/2016 15:29:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

523020

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to implement the provision of 15 additional hours of free childcare for working parents provided for under the Childcare Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	39349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>At the 2015 Spending Review, the Government announced that we would provide £300 million for a significant uplift to the rate paid for the free childcare entitlements for two-, three- and four-year-olds from 2017-18. Together with the funding announced at last summer’s Budget, we will be investing over £1 billion more per year by 2019-20 to fund our commitments on the entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>The Childcare Act, which provides the legal framework for the extended entitlement, received Royal Assent in March. We also announced in February the eight early implementer local authorities which will offer the extended free childcare entitlement from September 2016. This means around 5,000 children will be able to benefit from 30 hours of high-quality free childcare places a year earlier than planned.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also consulting on key elements of the operation and delivery of the extended free entitlement. This includes how the entitlement will be delivered, and how it will meet and be responsive to the needs of working parents. To date we have received over 1000 responses from a wide range of childcare providers, local authorities and provider organisations. We will use these views to inform our thinking as we move to delivering the 30 hours policy. The consultation is available at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/early-years-funding/childcare-free-entitlement" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/early-years-funding/childcare-free-entitlement</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/06/2016 15:26:18 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

523172

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Bolton South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many premises in Bolton South East constituency do not have access to superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	39547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Honourable member will be pleased to hear that 98% of premises in her constituency will have access to superfast broadband by Spring 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Current estimates suggest that almost 95% of premises in the Bolton South East constituency are subject to commercial rollout, and based on DCMS modelled estimates and current delivery plans, a further 3% of premises will have access to superfast broadband by Spring 2017, thanks to the Government's rollout. Early gainshare funding that BT will return in response to the high levels of take-up being achieved, could help extend coverage further. It is estimated only 784 premises will be without superfast broadband by spring 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government's intention to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation will give people the legal right to request a broadband connection, no matter where they live.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/06/2016 15:59:06 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

457541

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether soldiers from Burma Army military operations command 2 (MOC-2) light infantry battalion (LIB) 9 or Burma Army Battalion 330 have received any form of training funded by the UK Government.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	29618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 January 2016 to Question 21564, which stated that we do not provide combat training to the Burmese Army. We do however provide educational training, as well as English Language Training. We have no information to indicate that participants on these educational courses were Burmese Army soldiers from Burma Army military operations command 2 (MOC-2) light infantry battalion (LIB) 9 or Burma Army Battalion 330.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/03/2016 16:47:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard_Extract_14_January_2016[1].docx title 21564 - QnA extract on Burma Armed Forces
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

449491

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to commence section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	25179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to commencing section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 and will do so as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2016 15:12:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

445912

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Caroline principles are applied to any further targeted killing carried out in self-defence of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	23236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>In taking any action in self-defence of the UK, we will take account of well-established principles of self-defence. As the Attorney General pointed out to the Justice Select Committee on 15 September 2015, the Caroline case goes back to the 19th century and was concerned with very different circumstances to those facing us now. However as the Attorney General also made clear, the principles still apply and action in self-defence may be lawful in relation to an attack which has not yet materialised but is imminent. In addition any such action must, like all other action in self-defence, comply with the requirements of necessity and proportionality.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/01/2016 13:34:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

445967

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the recent Report of the Independent Cancer Taskforce, what steps his Department is taking to urge NHS England to prioritise a Best Practice Tariff for NICE-recommended molecular diagnostic services for guiding adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in early breast cancer management.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	23235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>In July 2015, NHS England published a new Clinical Commissioning Policy: Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations. In accordance with the criteria set out in that document, NHS England will commission genetic testing for (breast cancer genes 1 and 2) <em>BRCA1 </em>and <em>BRCA2 </em>in those that have a pre-test <em>BRCA1 </em>and <em>BRCA2 </em>carrier probability risk of 10% or more as recommended in NICE clinical guideline (CG)164. The document is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/10/e01pb-brca-ovarian-cancer-oct15.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/10/e01pb-brca-ovarian-cancer-oct15.pdf</a></p><br /><p>The independent Cancer Taskforce recognised the need for more accessible molecular diagnostic provision in its report,<em> Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes, </em>published in July 2015. NHS England is currently working with partners across the healthcare system to determine how best to take forward the Taskforce’s recommendations. A cross-system Cancer Transformation Board is being established to oversee implementation of the Taskforce recommendations, alongside an independent Advisory Group, chaired by Dr Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK.</p><br /> <br /><p>Regional Genetic Laboratories are central to all NHS Genomic Medicine Centres (GMCs) and have been the focal point for adoption of genomic technologies into healthcare for over 40 years. These laboratories are currently the focus of an NHS England Specialised Commissioning intended procurement exercise. The procurement aims to create a new genomic laboratory infrastructure for the National Health Service in England based on centralised and local genomic laboratory hubs to support rare, inherited and acquired disease as well as the future personalised medicine requirements inclusive of molecular diagnostics in stratified medicine.</p><br /><p>In addition, in September 2015, the NHS England Board approved the development of a Personalised Medicine Strategy for the NHS by March 2016. The Strategy will build on the 100,000 Genomes Project, in which the NHS is a key delivery partner.The Project will sequence whole genomes from eligible patients with rare diseases and cancers.It is moving the NHS to a new model of diagnosis and treatment based on understanding of underlying genetic causes and drivers of disease and a comprehensive phenotypic characterisation of the disease (rather than deduction from symptoms and individual diagnostic tests).</p><br /><p>The high-level vision and strategy is to create a Personalised Medicine service embracing four overarching principles: the prediction and prevention of disease; more precise diagnoses; targeted and personalised interventions; and a more participatory role for patients. Personalised medicine informs the selection of the most appropriate treatment and better outcomes for individual patients – the right drug at the right time, earlier screening and treatment, smarter monitoring and the adjustment of treatments.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 23233 23234 question first answered 22/01/2016 13:58:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

445968

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department will take to ensure that (a) NHS patients across England benefit equally from access to NICE-recommended molecular diagnostic testing for breast cancer and (b) changes to NICE recommendations do not include removing recommended molecular diagnostic tests for breast cancer for patients currently accessing such tests.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	23233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>In July 2015, NHS England published a new Clinical Commissioning Policy: Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations. In accordance with the criteria set out in that document, NHS England will commission genetic testing for (breast cancer genes 1 and 2) <em>BRCA1 </em>and <em>BRCA2 </em>in those that have a pre-test <em>BRCA1 </em>and <em>BRCA2 </em>carrier probability risk of 10% or more as recommended in NICE clinical guideline (CG)164. The document is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/10/e01pb-brca-ovarian-cancer-oct15.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/10/e01pb-brca-ovarian-cancer-oct15.pdf</a></p><br /><p>The independent Cancer Taskforce recognised the need for more accessible molecular diagnostic provision in its report,<em> Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes, </em>published in July 2015. NHS England is currently working with partners across the healthcare system to determine how best to take forward the Taskforce’s recommendations. A cross-system Cancer Transformation Board is being established to oversee implementation of the Taskforce recommendations, alongside an independent Advisory Group, chaired by Dr Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK.</p><br /> <br /><p>Regional Genetic Laboratories are central to all NHS Genomic Medicine Centres (GMCs) and have been the focal point for adoption of genomic technologies into healthcare for over 40 years. These laboratories are currently the focus of an NHS England Specialised Commissioning intended procurement exercise. The procurement aims to create a new genomic laboratory infrastructure for the National Health Service in England based on centralised and local genomic laboratory hubs to support rare, inherited and acquired disease as well as the future personalised medicine requirements inclusive of molecular diagnostics in stratified medicine.</p><br /><p>In addition, in September 2015, the NHS England Board approved the development of a Personalised Medicine Strategy for the NHS by March 2016. The Strategy will build on the 100,000 Genomes Project, in which the NHS is a key delivery partner.The Project will sequence whole genomes from eligible patients with rare diseases and cancers.It is moving the NHS to a new model of diagnosis and treatment based on understanding of underlying genetic causes and drivers of disease and a comprehensive phenotypic characterisation of the disease (rather than deduction from symptoms and individual diagnostic tests).</p><br /><p>The high-level vision and strategy is to create a Personalised Medicine service embracing four overarching principles: the prediction and prevention of disease; more precise diagnoses; targeted and personalised interventions; and a more participatory role for patients. Personalised medicine informs the selection of the most appropriate treatment and better outcomes for individual patients – the right drug at the right time, earlier screening and treatment, smarter monitoring and the adjustment of treatments.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 23234 23235 question first answered 22/01/2016 13:58:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

445969

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer
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 support the implementation of Recommendation 37 of the Report of the Independent Cancer Taskforce on nationally commissioning access to molecular diagnostic tests for breast cancer in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	23234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>In July 2015, NHS England published a new Clinical Commissioning Policy: Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations. In accordance with the criteria set out in that document, NHS England will commission genetic testing for (breast cancer genes 1 and 2) <em>BRCA1 </em>and <em>BRCA2 </em>in those that have a pre-test <em>BRCA1 </em>and <em>BRCA2 </em>carrier probability risk of 10% or more as recommended in NICE clinical guideline (CG)164. The document is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/10/e01pb-brca-ovarian-cancer-oct15.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/10/e01pb-brca-ovarian-cancer-oct15.pdf</a></p><br /><p>The independent Cancer Taskforce recognised the need for more accessible molecular diagnostic provision in its report,<em> Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes, </em>published in July 2015. NHS England is currently working with partners across the healthcare system to determine how best to take forward the Taskforce’s recommendations. A cross-system Cancer Transformation Board is being established to oversee implementation of the Taskforce recommendations, alongside an independent Advisory Group, chaired by Dr Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK.</p><br /> <br /><p>Regional Genetic Laboratories are central to all NHS Genomic Medicine Centres (GMCs) and have been the focal point for adoption of genomic technologies into healthcare for over 40 years. These laboratories are currently the focus of an NHS England Specialised Commissioning intended procurement exercise. The procurement aims to create a new genomic laboratory infrastructure for the National Health Service in England based on centralised and local genomic laboratory hubs to support rare, inherited and acquired disease as well as the future personalised medicine requirements inclusive of molecular diagnostics in stratified medicine.</p><br /><p>In addition, in September 2015, the NHS England Board approved the development of a Personalised Medicine Strategy for the NHS by March 2016. The Strategy will build on the 100,000 Genomes Project, in which the NHS is a key delivery partner.The Project will sequence whole genomes from eligible patients with rare diseases and cancers.It is moving the NHS to a new model of diagnosis and treatment based on understanding of underlying genetic causes and drivers of disease and a comprehensive phenotypic characterisation of the disease (rather than deduction from symptoms and individual diagnostic tests).</p><br /><p>The high-level vision and strategy is to create a Personalised Medicine service embracing four overarching principles: the prediction and prevention of disease; more precise diagnoses; targeted and personalised interventions; and a more participatory role for patients. Personalised medicine informs the selection of the most appropriate treatment and better outcomes for individual patients – the right drug at the right time, earlier screening and treatment, smarter monitoring and the adjustment of treatments.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 23233 23235 question first answered 22/01/2016 13:58:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi