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177137

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of providing training courses for the Burmese Army to date; and what funding for that purpose has been allocated for (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>To date, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has spent £105,905 on Defence Education activity with Burma. The MOD's allocated funding for financial year 2014-15 is £139,530 whilst funding for financial year 2015-16 is still under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/02/2015 16:51:47 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 43240 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

176781

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether joint committees of NHS England and clinical commissioning groups are permitted to deviate from national service specifications for specialised services.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is the accountable commissioner and budget holder for all specialised services as set out in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, with the Manual for prescribed specialised services providing further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has achieved significant progress in developing a set of nationally consistent service standards and commissioning policies, which ensure equity of access to high quality services across the board. Those standards and policies will continue to apply for those specialised services which are to be collaboratively commissioned by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently in the process of agreeing the guidance on the collaborative commissioning arrangements which will be in place from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has clarified that where there are collaboratively commissioned services, NHS England will retain the full financial risk for these services for 2015/16. NHS England has advised us that there will be further work conducted over the next year to advise on the range of specialised services for which NHS England should remain the accountable commissioner and budget holder for 2016/17 and future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 and the Manual for prescribed specialised services are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name nhs-england-and-ccg-regulations.pdf title Regulations NHS Commissioning Board & CCGs 2 file name pss-manual.pdf title Manual prescribed specialised services question first answered 03/02/2015 15:09:14 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 15:20:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 42619 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

176783

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish details of the co-commissioning of specialised services.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is the accountable commissioner and budget holder for all specialised services as set out in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, with the Manual for prescribed specialised services providing further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has achieved significant progress in developing a set of nationally consistent service standards and commissioning policies, which ensure equity of access to high quality services across the board. Those standards and policies will continue to apply for those specialised services which are to be collaboratively commissioned by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently in the process of agreeing the guidance on the collaborative commissioning arrangements which will be in place from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has clarified that where there are collaboratively commissioned services, NHS England will retain the full financial risk for these services for 2015/16. NHS England has advised us that there will be further work conducted over the next year to advise on the range of specialised services for which NHS England should remain the accountable commissioner and budget holder for 2016/17 and future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 and the Manual for prescribed specialised services are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name nhs-england-and-ccg-regulations.pdf title Regulations NHS Commissioning Board & CCGs 2 file name pss-manual.pdf title Manual prescribed specialised services question first answered 03/02/2015 15:09:14 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 15:21:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 42620 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

176784

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England will remain the sole budget-holder and accountable commissioner for all specialised services.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is the accountable commissioner and budget holder for all specialised services as set out in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, with the Manual for prescribed specialised services providing further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has achieved significant progress in developing a set of nationally consistent service standards and commissioning policies, which ensure equity of access to high quality services across the board. Those standards and policies will continue to apply for those specialised services which are to be collaboratively commissioned by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently in the process of agreeing the guidance on the collaborative commissioning arrangements which will be in place from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has clarified that where there are collaboratively commissioned services, NHS England will retain the full financial risk for these services for 2015/16. NHS England has advised us that there will be further work conducted over the next year to advise on the range of specialised services for which NHS England should remain the accountable commissioner and budget holder for 2016/17 and future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 and the Manual for prescribed specialised services are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name nhs-england-and-ccg-regulations.pdf title Regulations NHS Commissioning Board & CCGs 2 file name pss-manual.pdf title Manual prescribed specialised services question first answered 03/02/2015 15:09:14 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 15:23:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 42621 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

176447

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom's Report, Burma: Religious Freedom and Related Human Rights Violations are Hindering Broader Reforms, published in November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>We share the Commission’s concerns on freedom of religion in Burma, the situation of the Rohingya, the rise in hate speech and the draft faith-based legislation, along with how these are affecting Burma’s reform process. We have raised our concerns in detail on the proposed so-called ‘protection of race and religion’ laws both bilaterally and in company with our partners in the European Union. We work closely with civil society on these issues in Burma, particularly during our visits to Rakhine state, where the UK is one of the largest bilateral donors of humanitarian assistance. Our Annual Report on Human Rights details the full range of our concerns, and the actions we are taking to address them.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 04/02/2015 14:49:10 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

175257

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
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	Burma
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 make it his policy to support the establishment of an independent, international inquiry to investigate allegations of crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Rakhine State, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	221792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by intercommunal violence in Burma, particularly in Rakhine State. While levels of violence have not been repeated on the same scale as in 2012, the situation remains fragile and sensitive. Our approach is to seek an end to all violations by encouraging a resolution of the underlying problems and de-escalating tensions. We have made clear to the government of Burma that allegations of human rights abuses must be dealt with through a clear, independent and transparent investigative and prosecutorial process that meets international standards. We have also put on record our view that an independent investigation, supported by appropriate technical assistance, would make a significant contribution to accountability and reconciliation.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 27/01/2015 14:54:14 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

174183

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school mathematics teachers hold a mathematics degree in each local authority in England.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	221130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available at local authority level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/01/2015 16:31:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

174184

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Physics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school physics teachers hold a physics degree in each local authority in England.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	221131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available at local authority level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/01/2015 16:32:37 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

174185

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Chemistry: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school chemistry teachers hold a chemistry degree in each local authority in England.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	221132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available at local authority level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/01/2015 16:39:08 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

168064

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has provided to support women's organisations in Burma who document the sexual violence by the Burmese Army and assist survivors.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	217169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women is a high priority for the UK in Burma. In Kachin state, DFID is providing humanitarian assistance for over 40,000 internally displaced people, of whom 21,000 are female. This assistance includes shelter, food and in certain areas specific support for victims of conflict, including for women affected by sexual violence. In the Burmese refugee camps in Thailand we are providing support to victims of gender-based violence including outward referrals to specialist centres.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have agreed to provide funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for two specialists to further strengthen the response to gender-based violence in the conflict-affected areas of Rakhine and Kachin states. We continue to emphasise to the Burmese Government the need to protect all citizens and respect human rights, particularly for women, and the UK has agreed two new projects to tackle this problem in Burma, under the Foreign Secretary's Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In November DFID officials from the DFID Burma office met with the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) to discuss the UK’s work and listen to concerns raised by the WLB.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/12/2014 15:34:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz