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598456

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Mining: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44288, how many of these incidents led to fatalities.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	47877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>There have been three incidents leading to fatalities.</p><ul><li>Four people died as a result of an inrush of water at the Gleision Mine in South Wales on 15 September 2011;</li><li>One person died as a result of a fall of ground at Kellingley Colliery, North Yorkshire on 27 September 2011;</li><li>One person died as a result of a sudden and powerful release of gas from rocks at Boulby Mine in East Cleveland on 17 June 2016.</li></ul> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/10/2016 12:53:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

595829

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to target the recruitment of new GPs to practices with high levels of clinical need and deprivation.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	47147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>NHS England, Health Education England (HEE), the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners (GPs) have been working together to support recruitment in areas to which it has traditionally been hard to recruit to.</p><p>NHS England is offering £20,000 bursaries to attract over 100 GP trainees to work in areas of the country where GP training places have been unfilled for a number of years. The offer is open to GP trainees committed to working for three years in one of the locations. The initiative is designed to relieve pressure on some of the GP practices in England currently facing the most severe recruitment challenge.</p><p>The GP Forward View complements the 10 point plan that was introduced in January 2015. A £10 million investment was announced by NHS England from the infrastructure fund to kick start a new plan to expand the general practice workforce. The money is being used to recruit new GPs, retain those that are thinking of leaving the profession, encourage doctors to return to general practice and to develop a multi-professional workforce. HEE is responsible for five areas of the 10 Point Plan:</p><p>- Promoting General Practice;</p><p>- Improve Breadth of Training;</p><p>- Training Hubs;</p><p>- New Ways of Working (which includes the Primary Care Workforce Commission); and</p><p>- Easy Return to Practice.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/10/2016 16:13:43 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

596127

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	British Steel: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings he has had with Ministers of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the British Steel Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	47146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Officials from both departments maintain regular contact on this issue.</p><p>So far, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has had one meeting with Ministers of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to discuss the British Steel Pensions Scheme, and future meetings are planned.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/10/2016 16:30:19 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

582433

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Arrangements Orders: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of prohibited steps orders on access to families across the Scottish English border; and on the movement of families and individuals across that border.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	46090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The welfare of the child is the court’s paramount consideration when making a prohibited steps order and such orders restricting the freedom of a parent to choose his or her place of residence are exceptional.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 10/10/2016 14:58:31 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

582607

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Mining: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2016 to Question 44365, what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made on the effect of long shift patterns on the incidence of (a) errors, (b) accidents and (c) injuries in (i) all sectors of the workforce and (ii) the mining industry.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	46238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not hold this information. However, HSE recognises that poorly designed shift-working arrangements and long working hours can result in fatigue, accidents, injuries and ill health and has produced guidance for employers on designing and implementing shift-working arrangements:</p><p>(<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/fatigue.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/humanfactors/topics/fatigue.htm</a>).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/10/2016 16:16:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

581998

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Slaughterhouses: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the Foods Standards Agency to review the licence granted for BHM Food Group Ltd to operate an abattoir in Boosbeck.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	45945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>BHM Food Group Ltd are no longer approved to operate as a slaughterhouse. They remain conditionally approved as a cutting plant and minced meat establishment. A third and final approval assessment will be conducted by 11 November 2016 to check their compliance against all relevant requirements of food law. If they have not met all these requirements their application for full approval will be refused.</p><p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency is aware of concerns raised by local residents regarding the environmental impact of a slaughterhouse sited within the village of Boosbeck. However, the Agency is not the competent authority for environmental hygiene matters which inform planning consent. Both of these roles (Environmental Health and Planning) are fulfilled by the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 15/09/2016 14:28:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

582044

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had any meetings with representatives of the Prescription Charges Coalition.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	45927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lord Prior) met with representatives of the Prescription Charges Coalition on 25 May 2016.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 15/09/2016 12:35:49 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

582125

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains Government policy to (a) offer specific financial support to the UK steel industry and (b) take a 25 per cent equity stake in Tata Steel.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	46062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to make compensation payments to all Electricity Intensive Industries, including steel, for the policy costs in their electricity bills. To date we have paid the steel sector over £100 million. We continue to make significant progress in addressing the wider challenges faced by the steel sector, and are working through the Steel Council to ensure the efforts of the sector itself, the Trade Unions, and the Government are all targeted in the right areas.</p><p> </p><p>We are also continuing to work with Tata, the Welsh Government and Trade Unions to support commercial discussions on the future of the company’s remaining UK assets.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/09/2016 10:36:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 11811 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

582137

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2016 to Question 40370, when his Department plans to outline its new approach to the carbon capture and storage industry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	45984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has a potential role to play in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK but its costs must come down.</p><p>We continue to work with industry to help develop CCS cost effectively and we will set out our future approach to CCS in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 09:45:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573576

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts: First Time Buyers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to amend the Lifetime ISA proposal so that the 25 per cent government bonus can be used towards a deposit on a first home.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>As is usual with new financial products, the Government continues to work closely with industry on the finer details of the policy, including on the operation of withdrawals for first house purchase. Ministers will provide a statement on the position in due course.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/09/2016 15:28:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop