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date	09/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	GlaxoSmithKline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the terms of reference are for the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into GlaxoSmithKline (GSK); whether the SFO will investigate (a) GSK's activities within the UK, (b) allegations of bribery of UK doctors, (c) promotion of Seroxat prescribing for children and (d) the 2002 CSM Expert Working Group on the safety of SSRI antidepressants; and whether there is a point of contact for members of the public who wish to help the SFO investigation.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
uin	199631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently announced that he has opened a criminal investigation into the commercial practices of GlaxoSmithKline plc and its subsidiaries. The SFO investigation will follow the evidence and it is not appropriate to comment whilst enquiries are continuing.</p><p>A press release regarding GlaxoSmithKline and information on how to contact the SFO can be found on its website at <a href="http://www.sfo.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.sfo.gov.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 12/06/2014 14:56:57 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin

60798

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gibraltar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the provisions of EU law in relation to the freedom to provide services apply to the provision of services from Gibraltar to any part of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
uin	199703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2014 answer text <p>Gibraltar is in the EU and is covered by EU treaty provisions on the freedom to provide services. We vigorously support all of Gibraltar's rights under the EU Treaties.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/06/2014 10:21:18 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin

58158

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Water: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 41W, on drinking water, whether his Department has conducted a study of levels of psychotropic drugs in UK rivers and seawater.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
uin	198996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Currently no psychotropic drugs have been identified as Priority Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances or UK Specific Pollutants under the Water Framework Directive. As such no routine monitoring is carried out for these substances in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, previous research by the Environment Agency on pharmaceuticals in surface waters included environmental monitoring for the psychotropic drug fluoxetine (an anti-depressant). In 2005, monitoring was undertaken in rivers downstream of a number of sewage works across England and Wales. Thirty-nine samples were taken with fluoxetine occurring in 85% of samples with a maximum concentration of 0.044 microgrammes/litre (µg/l), and norfluoxetine in 51% of samples with a maximum concentration of 0.083 µg/l.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During 2011, a programme of monitoring for pesticides was undertaken in six catchments. The psychotropic drugs carbamazepine and gabapentin were detected in all six catchments with maximum levels of 0.7 µg/l and 1.2 µg/l respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report published by the Drinking Water Inspectorate evaluated the risk from psychotropic drugs in river water used for abstraction for drinking water supplies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/06/2014 13:37:10 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin

58159

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England in receipt of free social care are terminally ill.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
uin	199001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to assess the needs of any person for whom the authority may arrange social care and who may be in need of such care. They have a further duty to decide, having regard to the results of the assessment, what, if any, care and support they should provide to meet the individual's needs. Where a local authority decides to arrange care and support it will carry out a financial assessment to decide what an individual can afford to contribute towards the cost. Appeals against decisions by local authorities are considered locally. Information about appeals is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>In its 2011 report, the independent Palliative Care Funding Review recommended the provision of free social care at the end of life. A series of palliative care funding pilots were established to test the review's recommendations, and these completed their work in March 2014. NHS England is currently analysing the financial data collected from the pilots. Once this analysis has been completed, a decision will be made on the issue of free social care at the end of life, taking into account this analysis and wider policy and financial considerations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 198962 question first answered 10/06/2014 15:21:50 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin

58160

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appeals were made by applicants for social care at the end of their life in the last two years; how many such appeals were successful; and what proportion of total appeals against decisions about social care such appeals represent.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
uin	198962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to assess the needs of any person for whom the authority may arrange social care and who may be in need of such care. They have a further duty to decide, having regard to the results of the assessment, what, if any, care and support they should provide to meet the individual's needs. Where a local authority decides to arrange care and support it will carry out a financial assessment to decide what an individual can afford to contribute towards the cost. Appeals against decisions by local authorities are considered locally. Information about appeals is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>In its 2011 report, the independent Palliative Care Funding Review recommended the provision of free social care at the end of life. A series of palliative care funding pilots were established to test the review's recommendations, and these completed their work in March 2014. NHS England is currently analysing the financial data collected from the pilots. Once this analysis has been completed, a decision will be made on the issue of free social care at the end of life, taking into account this analysis and wider policy and financial considerations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 199001 question first answered 10/06/2014 15:21:49 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin