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439393

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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	Dogs: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of electric shock and prong collars for dogs before 2020.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	20579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <br /><p><del class="ministerial">Currently, we are looking to include strict advice on the use of these devises in a revised version of the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs. If the devices are used in compliance with the Code, it would only be as a last resort and on the advice of a veterinary surgeon or a suitably qualified behaviourist or dog trainer and by a competent operator. The Code could be adduced as evidence used in court in order to determine whether an animal welfare offence has been committed. The impact of the Code will be assessed and compliance with the Code closely monitored, before any decisions are taken on possible future legislative action.</del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Currently, we are looking to include strict advice on the use of these devices in a revised version of the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs. If the devices were to be used in compliance with an amended Code, it would only be as a last resort and on the advice of a veterinary surgeon or a suitably qualified behaviourist or dog trainer and by a competent operator. The revised Code could be adduced as evidence in court in order to determine whether an animal welfare offence has been committed. The impact of the revised Code will be assessed before any decisions are taken on possible future legislative action.</ins></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/01/2016 14:08:45 question first ministerially corrected 11/01/2016 20:10:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 36823 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

439404

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that records of the training history of the nurses convicted at Nursing and Midwifery Council hearings are kept on the same basis as such data in such cases by the General Medical Council.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	20584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom. The NMC is responsible for delivery of its statutory functions including maintaining a register of all nurses and midwives eligible to work in the UK and for pursuing fitness to practise investigations against its registrants in the interests of public protection.</p><p> </p><p>On each of the NMC and General Medical Council (GMC) websites there is a facility to search the professional registers and to check the registration status of a registrant. <del class="ministerial">Where an NMC registrant has been struck-off the register, their record is removed from the register and they would not be found on a register search. However, the NMC does publish information about fitness to practise (FtP) allegations, hearings, outcomes and sanctions elsewhere on its website in accordance with its FtP publication and disclosure policy. Where a GMC registrant is erased from the medical register, their record remains and could be found in a register search with details of the FtP sanction. </del><ins class="ministerial">Both of these regulators maintain public records about individuals who have been struck off or erased from their professional registers and these records are available through their respective websites.</ins></p><p>It is a matter for the regulators themselves to determine how they manage their publication and disclosure policy in relation to fitness to practice, within the legislative frameworks in which they operate.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/01/2016 17:09:48 question first ministerially corrected 02/02/2016 11:46:58 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 38218 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

439412

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practising GPs there were in Northamptonshire in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	20613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Data is not available in the format requested. 2014 is the most recent year for which data is available. The attached tables show the number of practising general practitioners (GPs), both including and excluding retainers and registrars, in Northamptonshire in 2005, 2010 and 2014.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/01/2016 15:36:52 question first ministerially corrected 25/01/2016 15:52:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name Written_PQ20613 - Phillip Hollobone tables.docx title GPs numbers Northamptonshire previous answer version 37559 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

439413

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 16 December 2015 to Question 19441 and 20 November 2015 to Question 16648, what the reason is for the apparent difference in the data collection policies on local clinical commissioning groups' spend with independent sector providers described in those Answers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	20614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>This corrects the answer<del class="ministerial">s</del> to Question<del class="ministerial">s</del> 16648 <del class="ministerial">and 19441</del>. This was the result of a miscommunication between NHS England and the Department. The total NHS expenditure on non-NHS providers is collected centrally, and is published on page 47 of the Department’s annual report, available from:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/447002/DH_accounts_14-15_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/447002/DH_accounts_14-15_web.pdf</a></p><br /><p>This report divides providers by type (i.e. independent sector providers, voluntary organisations) – it does not specify the different types of services provided.</p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/01/2016 17:56:23 question first ministerially corrected 06/01/2016 10:54:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 37629 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

438683

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents there were of (a) self-harm, (b) attempted self-inflicted death and (c) self-inflicted death by prisoners on remand in each year since 2010; and what proportion of all prisoners on remand such incidents represented in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	20192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Every death in custody is a tragedy, and we are committed to reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths and self-harm incidents in prisons. Since 2010 the number of self-harm incidents and self-inflicted deaths by prisoners on remand has fallen significantly. All prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves, and the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has put in place additional resources to undertake this safer custody work. NOMS has also reviewed case management process for prisoners assessed as being at risk and will be acting on the recommendations in due course.</p><br /><p>The national statistics on safety in custody use the following categories: self-harm incidents are defined as “any act where a prisoner deliberately harms themselves irrespective of the method, intent or severity of any injury”; and self-inflicted deaths are defined as “any death of a person who has apparently taken his or her own life, irrespective of intent.” They do not include a separate category of “attempted self-inflicted death”, because the intent of the prisoner is often unknown. Some incidents are more likely to result in a fatality than others, but the point at which a self-harm incident becomes an attempted self-inflicted death is unclear. For this reason, the tables below include the answers to parts (a) and (c) of the question only. It is not possible to provide the proportion of prisoners that self-harm incidents relate to, as more than one incident may be attributed to the same individual. Instead, a rate per 1,000 prisoners has been provided.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Self-harm incidents by prisoners on remand, England and Wales, 2010 to 2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Number of incidents</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,746</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5,302</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,820</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,688</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,913</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Incidents per 1,000 remand prisoners</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">596</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">413</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">332</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">325</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Self-inflicted deaths by prisoners on remand, England and Wales, 2010 to 2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Number of deaths</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">29</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Deaths per 1,000 remand prisoners</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2.2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1.6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1.5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2.2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1.5</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><br /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2016 11:47:26 question first ministerially corrected 06/01/2016 09:57:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 37398 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

437038

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Altmann on 4 December (HL3783) that the Personal Independence Payment assessment criteria were "designed in close collaboration with disabled people and disability groups", whether they will now take into account the responses to the consultation held separately between 24 June and 5 August 2013 on the moving around criteria.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL4504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p><strong>The full public consultation on the ‘Moving around’ activity of the mobility component closed on 5 August 2013. We received more than 1,100 responses. We carefully considered all the responses received, including the suggestions for alternative approaches. We published our response to the consultation on 21 October 2013.</strong></p><br /><p><strong>We believe the assessment criteria, including the 20 metres distance, are the best way of identifying those whose physical mobility is most limited, so we did not make any changes. However, we have strengthened the measures around the reliability criteria – we recognise these are a key protection for claimants.</strong></p><br /><p><strong>Our response to the consultation is annexed to this answer.</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/12/2015 12:19:10 question first ministerially corrected 22/12/2015 14:16:11 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex HL 4504.pdf title Annex "Moving around activity" previous answer version 36662 answering member printed Baroness Altmann answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

437148

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Flood Control: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2015 to Question 16031, how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and how much the agency projects it will spend on such defences in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18, (iv) 2018-19 and (v) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 04/02/2016 11:26:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 36488 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437150

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Environment Agency's 2014 Long Term Investment Scenarios recommended optimum overall investment in flood defences of £750m to £800m each year to 2019-20; and whether she expects that level of overall investment to be achieved.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Environment Agency's Long Term Investment Scenarios report represents the best currently available projections of potential long term costs to manage flood and coastal risk under a range of scenarios reflecting future uncertainties. It will be kept under review as any further evidence emerges.</p><br /><p>The report confirms that current Government investment plans to 2020, together with forecast local contributions, are in line with the level the Environment Agency’s assessment indicates is necessary to reduce overall flood risk <del class="ministerial">by 5%</del>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/12/2015 15:36:34 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2015 16:15:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35407 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437153

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Flood Control: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2015 to Question 18118, when she plans to announce the level of funding for flood defence maintenance in each year until 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p></ins></p> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 18/12/2015 11:39:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35561 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437221

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget is for prison libraries in (a) total and (b) each prison in 2015; and what the cost was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	19525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>All prisons in England and Wales have a library. NOMS has been responsible for funding prison library services in England from April 2011.</p><p>The total NOMS allocated budget for prison libraries in 2015/16 in England was £7,592,414</p><p>The attached table shows both the provider and allocated library budget for each prison in England since 2010. NOMS is not responsible for funding library services in prisons in Wales as this is a devolved function of the Welsh Government so data is not included. Privately managed prison contracts put in place since 2011 have identified levels of funding for libraries and so are included in the table. The table does not include library provision at privately managed prisons whose contracts were awarded before 2011 as this was part of the overall included contract price and so it is not possible to extract a specific cost element to this part of the contract. This equates to 10 prisons.</p><p>On 8 September 2015 the Secretary of State announced a review of the quality of education in prisons, chaired by Dame Sally Coates, which will report later in the year.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/02/2016 18:19:17 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2016 17:54:54 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 19525 and 19526 Table.xls title Libraries Allocation by Prisons 2010-16 previous answer version 47348 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees