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583463

registered interest
date	14/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Infrastructure Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the absence of proposals in the Neighbourhood Planning Bill, whether they still plan to put the National Infrastructure Commission on a statutory basis; if so, when, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL1926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>To allow the Neighbourhood Planning Bill to focus on essential planning measures, legislation for the National Infrastructure Commission has not be included at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission is an important part of the government’s overall approach on infrastructure and has already made a significant impact through its first three reports.</p><p> </p><p>We remain fully committed to the Commission which has a crucial role to play in setting out the country’s infrastructure priorities. We are considering how it can best support the government’s new industrial strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 19/09/2016 09:37:14 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

583489

registered interest
date	14/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unidentified Flying Objects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have undertaken any follow-up work as a result of the MoD study <i>Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region</i> published on 15 May 2006; and if so, what was the nature and status of such work, and what units were involved.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL1949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/09/2016 15:37:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

582392

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Uveitis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatment options are available to adults with uveitis to access anti-TNF treatment therapy who do not meet the exceptionality criteria of the individual funding request process.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	46114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Due to a lack of clinical evidence anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) to treat uveitis in adults is not currently routinely commissioned by the National Health Service. Therefore patients can only access the treatment through the individual funding request process.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 19/09/2016 13:24:08 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

582393

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will consider setting up a system of Finnish-style care packages for elderly people leaving hospital and going into care homes.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
uin	46121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>Despite a welcome shift towards more care provision in community settings, our ageing population means a growing number of people require care in care and nursing homes, with an increasing level of acuity and complexity of need.</p><p> </p><p>The Enhanced Health in Care Homes vanguards, implemented by NHS England, are beginning to show how addressing this inequity in access to services can reduce unnecessary, unplanned and avoidable admissions to hospital, shorten the length of hospital stays and improve peoples’ quality of life, wellbeing and clinical outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also leading the multi-agency Community Services and Hospital Discharge programme, which will deliver a series of interventions to transform community services and improve discharge of older people from hospital. These include initiatives such as “discharge to assess”, which will increase the number of patients who are discharged quickly and safely to their usual place of residence.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is not aware of a clothing grant for people who enter care homes and is therefore unable to consider reinstatement. Where a local authority arranges care and support to meet an adult’s eligible needs, it may charge them. Where care is arranged in a care home, a local authority must not, through charges, reduce the adult’s income below the Personal Expenses Allowance of £24.90 per week.</p><p> </p><p>The allowance means that local authority supported care home residents have money to spend as they wish on personal items, including clothing. It must not be spent on meeting their eligible care needs.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have discretion to be more generous where they think this would be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 46122 question first answered 20/09/2016 09:21:48 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

582394

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Older People: Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will consider reinstating clothing grants for care homes for elderly residents who have just arrived from hospital.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
uin	46122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>Despite a welcome shift towards more care provision in community settings, our ageing population means a growing number of people require care in care and nursing homes, with an increasing level of acuity and complexity of need.</p><p> </p><p>The Enhanced Health in Care Homes vanguards, implemented by NHS England, are beginning to show how addressing this inequity in access to services can reduce unnecessary, unplanned and avoidable admissions to hospital, shorten the length of hospital stays and improve peoples’ quality of life, wellbeing and clinical outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also leading the multi-agency Community Services and Hospital Discharge programme, which will deliver a series of interventions to transform community services and improve discharge of older people from hospital. These include initiatives such as “discharge to assess”, which will increase the number of patients who are discharged quickly and safely to their usual place of residence.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is not aware of a clothing grant for people who enter care homes and is therefore unable to consider reinstatement. Where a local authority arranges care and support to meet an adult’s eligible needs, it may charge them. Where care is arranged in a care home, a local authority must not, through charges, reduce the adult’s income below the Personal Expenses Allowance of £24.90 per week.</p><p> </p><p>The allowance means that local authority supported care home residents have money to spend as they wish on personal items, including clothing. It must not be spent on meeting their eligible care needs.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have discretion to be more generous where they think this would be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 46121 question first answered 20/09/2016 09:21:48 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

582395

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Uveitis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adult patients with uveitis have had access to treatment with anti-TNF therapy through the individual funding request process since July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	46131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Between 1 July 2015 and 31 July 2016, fewer than 10 patients accessed anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy through the individual funding request process.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 19/09/2016 13:22:46 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

582405

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued on the criteria used for deployment of police air support when a vehicle has failed to stop.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	46123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The College of Policing has issued Authorised Professional Practice on the management of vehicle pursuits which includes guidance on the use of air support. Deployment of police air support is an operational matter. Since October 2012, the provision of air support to the forces of England and Wales has been the responsibility of the National Police Air Service.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/09/2016 12:03:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

582407

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the availability of police dogs nationally; and what estimate she has made of the number of police forces that have introduced the recommended ratio of dogs to officers.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	46124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>Operational decisions on the availability and deployment of dogs are made on a force by force basis and are a matter for chief constables, working with their Police and Crime Commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 46130 question first answered 16/09/2016 12:02:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

582414

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Assaults on Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) encourage police officers and police community support officers (PCSO) to report assaults sustained in the line of duty, (b) standardise the procedure for reporting assaults across the 48 police forces and (c) standardise the procedures for investigating and responding to an alleged assault on an officer or PCSO.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	46125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>I want to be clear that an assault of any kind on a police officer or police community support officers is wholly unacceptable. Chief Constables, working with directly elected police and crime commissioners, have a duty to manage and support the police workforce effectively, ensuring the welfare of all officers and staff.</p><p>The College of Policing develops standards and guidance for policing and works with forces to manage and prevent assaults.</p><p>Last year we published figures on assaults on police officers for the first time since 2009/10 and developed this further in 2016. We continue to work with forces to improve the data.</p><p>Sentencing guidelines already provide for assault on a police officer to be treated more severely in appropriate cases. The courts need to be able to take into account all the circumstances of each case.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 46126 question first answered 16/09/2016 12:01:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

582416

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Assaults on Police: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the severity of sentencing on deterring assaults of police officers; and if she will take steps to ensure that people who assault police officers receive the toughest possible sentences.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	46126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>I want to be clear that an assault of any kind on a police officer or police community support officers is wholly unacceptable. Chief Constables, working with directly elected police and crime commissioners, have a duty to manage and support the police workforce effectively, ensuring the welfare of all officers and staff.</p><p>The College of Policing develops standards and guidance for policing and works with forces to manage and prevent assaults.</p><p>Last year we published figures on assaults on police officers for the first time since 2009/10 and developed this further in 2016. We continue to work with forces to improve the data.</p><p>Sentencing guidelines already provide for assault on a police officer to be treated more severely in appropriate cases. The courts need to be able to take into account all the circumstances of each case.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 46125 question first answered 16/09/2016 12:01:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch