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420709

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, under his Department's proposals for new junior doctor contracts, doctors will be prevented from receiving remuneration or other financial support for volunteering or working for the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	11437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>Under the current contract for doctors and dentists in training, trainees can choose to take time out of their formal educational programme experience for a range of reasons. Junior doctors can also be armed forces reservists. We expect this to continue under the new contract being developed.</p><p>Remuneration or financial support for such activities would generally be a matter for the doctor and the employer for whom they are working or institution at which they are studying.</p><p>The Government is taking forward a manifesto commitment to allow all employees to access three days paid volunteering per year. This will apply to all organisations with over 250 employees, and all public organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 11434 11435 11436 question first answered 15/10/2015 15:40:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

420710

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, under his Department's proposals for new junior doctor contracts, doctors will be prevented from receiving financial remuneration or support as athletes or for playing competitive sport.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	11434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>Under the current contract for doctors and dentists in training, trainees can choose to take time out of their formal educational programme experience for a range of reasons. Junior doctors can also be armed forces reservists. We expect this to continue under the new contract being developed.</p><p>Remuneration or financial support for such activities would generally be a matter for the doctor and the employer for whom they are working or institution at which they are studying.</p><p>The Government is taking forward a manifesto commitment to allow all employees to access three days paid volunteering per year. This will apply to all organisations with over 250 employees, and all public organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 11435 11436 11437 question first answered 15/10/2015 15:40:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

420712

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, under his Department's proposals for new junior doctor contracts, doctors will be prevented from receiving remuneration or other financial support for time given to charitable causes.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	11435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>Under the current contract for doctors and dentists in training, trainees can choose to take time out of their formal educational programme experience for a range of reasons. Junior doctors can also be armed forces reservists. We expect this to continue under the new contract being developed.</p><p>Remuneration or financial support for such activities would generally be a matter for the doctor and the employer for whom they are working or institution at which they are studying.</p><p>The Government is taking forward a manifesto commitment to allow all employees to access three days paid volunteering per year. This will apply to all organisations with over 250 employees, and all public organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 11434 11436 11437 question first answered 15/10/2015 15:40:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

420713

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether, under his Department's proposals for new junior doctor contracts, doctors will be prevented from receiving remuneration or other financial support for time working for or volunteering for overseas medical organisations or charities.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	11436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>Under the current contract for doctors and dentists in training, trainees can choose to take time out of their formal educational programme experience for a range of reasons. Junior doctors can also be armed forces reservists. We expect this to continue under the new contract being developed.</p><p>Remuneration or financial support for such activities would generally be a matter for the doctor and the employer for whom they are working or institution at which they are studying.</p><p>The Government is taking forward a manifesto commitment to allow all employees to access three days paid volunteering per year. This will apply to all organisations with over 250 employees, and all public organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 11434 11435 11437 question first answered 15/10/2015 15:40:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

420009

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure the development of co-operation with Spain on tackling serious crime in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	10941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Responsibility for law enforcement in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters lies with Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar. The UK worked in close consultation with both the Government of Gibraltar and the Government of Spain to reach an agreement on 28 August on stepping up law enforcement cooperation. We have since raised this issue with the Spanish authorities at various levels; I raised the matter most recently with the Spanish Minister for Europe, Fernando Eguidazu, on 12 September.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/10/2015 13:39:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

420057

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans he has prepared to ease pressures on A&E services during winter 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	11266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>This year winter planning has been integrated into the overall planning process for the National Health Service with winter monies put into clinical commissioning group baseline funding. As part of planning for the winter, each local system has been asked to implement eight high impact interventions to improve patient flow, the key driver of performance.</p><p>To support the systems under the most pressure, the Emergency Care Improvement Programme will provide intensive expert support over winter to drive improvements in performance.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/10/2015 14:34:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

419447

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Rural Payments Agency will complete Basic Payment Scheme payments to eligible farmers before the end of 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
uin	HL2378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2015 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency are on track to start making payments for 2015 BPS Claims from December. The majority of these will be in December and the vast majority in January. The payment window runs from December to the end of June.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 01/10/2015 15:00:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke

419546

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of community pharmacies in keeping people healthy.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Kevin Barron
uin	10674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>We have long recognised that community pharmacy teams play a vital role in improving people’s health, preventing ill-health and helping to reduce health inequalities. Informed by a growing evidence base, we have enabled community pharmacy to deliver a wide range of public health services. We have actively supported the implementation of Healthy Living Pharmacies, with qualified health champions on site reaching out to, and improving the health of, people in their communities.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) keeps under review the progress that pharmacy is making on keeping people healthy and is providing system leadership for pharmacy’s public health role and strategic leadership for the acceleration and spread of Healthy Living Pharmacies across the country. PHE’s vision for pharmacy is one in which community pharmacy teams are fully integrated into the local primary care networks, playing an appropriate and pivotal role in improving the health of people in England. PHE has built a strong relationship with the sector, seeking to utilise its unique offering of access, location and an informal environment, with trusted staff that reflect the background of the communities that they serve. PHE is embedding pharmacy in its priority public health programmes such as prevention, early detection and management of blood pressure, NHS Health Checks and smoking cessation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/10/2015 16:11:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

419101

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
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	Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is giving to strengthen democracy and parliamentary oversight in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	10440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Through our bilateral support to Sri Lanka, we are seeking to strengthen democracy, improve good governance and the rule of law. We funded a programme of voter education and support to domestic election observers during the January and August elections at a cost of £120,000. Staff from the British High Commission in Colombo were involved in the EU Election Observer Mission both in the run up to and on the day of the 17 August parliamentary elections.</p><p>We are working closely with others, including the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, on building the capacity of the new Parliament and on strengthening political parties. We welcome the involvement of UK Parliamentarians, including the recent visit of my hon. Friend, in supporting this work.</p><p>Our spending on democracy related projects this year will be around £200,000. We are also supporting a project to provide training to local media in investigative journalism techniques, which should help strengthen freedom of expression in Sri Lanka.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 12/10/2015 14:51:04 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

419144

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to strengthen democracy and parliamentary oversight in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	10439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>DFID does not have a bilateral aid programme with Sri Lanka. We do support work in Sri Lanka through a Programme Partnership Arrangement with The Asia Foundation. This strengthens and expands locally-accepted informal justice systems that deal with around 9000 cases per year in the North and East of the country.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/10/2015 15:57:41 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson