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746724

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Loneliness: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide guidance to local authorities on using Age UK's loneliness heat map to identify local needs.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>With the support of the Department of Health, the Campaign to End Loneliness developed a toolkit for Health and Wellbeing Boards to help them better understand, identify and commission interventions for the issue of loneliness in older age. This was published in 2013 and can be found here: <a href="http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/" target="_blank">http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/</a></p><p>In 2013-14, the Department of Health also added a measure of loneliness to the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework and to the updated Public Health Outcomes Framework. Local authorities can use this as guidance in identifying local needs.</p><p>There are various statutory requirements on local authorities to develop strategic planning documents. Local authorities are encouraged to make use of the best available data in developing these documents. Local authorities must also have regard to their public sector equality duty, which requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between different people when carrying out their activities.</p><p>The Housing White Paper set out two ways in which the planning system will be used to deliver more suitable homes for older and disabled people:</p><ul><li><p>Paragraph 1.16 confirmed the strengthening of the National Planning Policy Framework so that local planning authorities are expected to have clear policies for addressing the housing requirements of groups with particular needs, such as elderly and disabled people; and,</p></li><li><p>The Neighbourhood Planning Bill introduced a new statutory duty on the Secretary of State to produce guidance for local planning authorities on how their local development documents should meet the housing needs of older and disabled people. Guidance produced will place clearer expectations about planning to meet the needs of older people, including supporting the development of such homes near local services.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 1955 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:53:13 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746725

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he is providing to local authorities on incorporating loneliness reduction strategies in strategic planning.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>With the support of the Department of Health, the Campaign to End Loneliness developed a toolkit for Health and Wellbeing Boards to help them better understand, identify and commission interventions for the issue of loneliness in older age. This was published in 2013 and can be found here: <a href="http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/" target="_blank">http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/</a></p><p>In 2013-14, the Department of Health also added a measure of loneliness to the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework and to the updated Public Health Outcomes Framework. Local authorities can use this as guidance in identifying local needs.</p><p>There are various statutory requirements on local authorities to develop strategic planning documents. Local authorities are encouraged to make use of the best available data in developing these documents. Local authorities must also have regard to their public sector equality duty, which requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between different people when carrying out their activities.</p><p>The Housing White Paper set out two ways in which the planning system will be used to deliver more suitable homes for older and disabled people:</p><ul><li><p>Paragraph 1.16 confirmed the strengthening of the National Planning Policy Framework so that local planning authorities are expected to have clear policies for addressing the housing requirements of groups with particular needs, such as elderly and disabled people; and,</p></li><li><p>The Neighbourhood Planning Bill introduced a new statutory duty on the Secretary of State to produce guidance for local planning authorities on how their local development documents should meet the housing needs of older and disabled people. Guidance produced will place clearer expectations about planning to meet the needs of older people, including supporting the development of such homes near local services.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 1954 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:53:13 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746127

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Bahrain: National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has provided technical assistance to the Bahrain National Security Agency.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>It is a long standing policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/07/2017 13:25:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746182

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric congenital heart disease surgery cases there were in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2015-16; and how many of those cases in each time period resulted in a fatality.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Congenital Heart Disease Audit run by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) began collecting data in 2000-01 and at that stage the 2000-01 data was based on paediatric cases only. There are no reliable data from before that period.</p><p> </p><p>In 2000-01 there were 4,105 paediatric surgical procedures and 227 deaths had occurred by 30 days after surgery.</p><p> </p><p>NICOR have provided the following breakdown of 2013-16 procedures which is due to be published in full later this month.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013-16 there were 32,033 procedures and 663 deaths had occurred at 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>Of these, 22,930 were paediatric procedures and of that total 570 deaths had occurred at 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>The Audit reports on three years’ figures due to the relatively small number of cases involved with a large number of different procedures, and in order to minimise the risk of identifying individuals.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 1784 question first answered 06/07/2017 14:49:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746183

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many congenital heart disease surgery cases there were in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2015-16; and how many of those cases in each time period resulted in a fatality.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Congenital Heart Disease Audit run by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) began collecting data in 2000-01 and at that stage the 2000-01 data was based on paediatric cases only. There are no reliable data from before that period.</p><p> </p><p>In 2000-01 there were 4,105 paediatric surgical procedures and 227 deaths had occurred by 30 days after surgery.</p><p> </p><p>NICOR have provided the following breakdown of 2013-16 procedures which is due to be published in full later this month.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013-16 there were 32,033 procedures and 663 deaths had occurred at 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>Of these, 22,930 were paediatric procedures and of that total 570 deaths had occurred at 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>The Audit reports on three years’ figures due to the relatively small number of cases involved with a large number of different procedures, and in order to minimise the risk of identifying individuals.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 1783 question first answered 06/07/2017 14:49:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746184

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answers of 13 January 2017 to Question 58527, 1 March 2017 to Question 64848 and 23 March 2017 to Question 68141, whether his Department has made an independent assessment of any of the eight airstrikes which were investigated by the Saudi-led coalition's Joint Incident Assessment Team to ascertain whether international humanitarian law violations have occurred.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>​It is important that credible allegations of violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) are investigated and the Saudi-led Coalition has committed to doing this. The UK has not been directly involved in investigations undertaken by the Joint Incident Assessment Team, but has supported its development and delivered two training sessions in Saudi Arabia on the process for investigating alleged IHL violations. The UK continues to believe that the Coalition has the best insight into its own military procedures and will be able to conduct the most thorough and conclusive investigations. The Coalition has publicly stated that any lessons learned will be acted upon.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/07/2017 14:18:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746185

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Bahrain: Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has provided (a) training, (b) workshops, (c) study tours and (d) other assistance to (i) the Director of Muharraq Police Station and (ii) staff of the Muharraq Police Directorate of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has been providing a range of technical and practical assistance to the Government of Bahrain since 2012, in support of its reform programme. Training is provided to the Police Service as a whole rather than to specific Police Directorates. Any training provided by or on behalf of the government complies with our domestic and international human rights obligations.</p><p>The technical assistance we have been providing to Bahrain supports the building of effective and accountable institutions, strengthening the rule of law, and police and justice reform. It has included work with the National Institution of Human Rights, the Ministry of Interior Ombudsman, and the Prisoners' and Detainees' Rights Commission.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/07/2017 16:14:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746186

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the British Transport Police publishes in full all information relating to its staffing levels in its operations (a) in London as funded by Transport for London and (b) elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) publishes information on the staffing levels in the British Transport Police (BTP) in its annual Policing Plan, the most recent one of which is available at <a href="http://btpa.police.uk/publications/policing-plans/" target="_blank">http://btpa.police.uk/publications/policing-plans/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that the BTP will be responding to a recent FOI request with information on its staffing levels in London (as funded by Transport for London) and elsewhere later this month. It is BTP’s practice to publish the responses to FOI requests on the force website at the following link: <a href="http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/your_right_to_information/publication_scheme/disclosure_log.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/your_right_to_information/publication_scheme/disclosure_log.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/07/2017 16:24:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746187

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department's next periodic survey of seatbelt and mobile telephone use by motorists (a) covers London in its survey sample and (b) takes account of taxi and private hire vehicles and their use of cradled mobile telephones.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s survey of hand-held mobile phone use and seat belt compliance has been designed primarily to produce national rather than regional estimates for Great Britain. A new survey for 2017 is currently being procured, which includes options to allow extra surveys to be commissioned for specific areas, including by Transport for London to secure London level data.</p><p>The survey will record data about taxi and private hire vehicles; however, no currently tested methodology enables information to be gathered about the use of cradled mobile telephones using roadside observation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2017 16:27:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

733043

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library the specification of the test that is being applied to the cladding samples provided by local authorities to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>A note explaining the government building safety programme, including an explanation of the methodology being used by the Building Research Establishment to test samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels, has been published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/07/2017 12:37:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake