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224870

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The last period for which complete figures are available is the 2013-14 financial-year i.e. 12 months ended 31 March 2014. The table below details the proportion (%) of undisputed payments made, by individual body:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Body</p></td><td><p>Proportion of invoices paid within 5 days</p><p>(% to nearest 1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">92</del><ins class="ministerial">0*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Litigation Authority</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education England</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Research Authority</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health &amp; Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Blood and Transplant</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Property Services</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Business Services Authority</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">*Monitor return is 0% because it works towards paying all valid invoices within 10 working days not five. The 10-day compliance for 2013-14 was 92%.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 16:36:28 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2015 17:31:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49032 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224138

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 223733 on telecommunications, who made the oversight referred to in that Answer; and when and by whom that oversight was discovered.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	225728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Policy officials published the Impact Assessment under the<ins class="ministerial"> Secretary of State's</ins> <del class="ministerial">Minister’s</del> name. Once the oversight became clear at Committee Stage of the Infrastructure Bill on 15<sup>th </sup>January 2015, the Department acted immediately to rectify this and published the document on the 16<sup>th</sup> January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/03/2015 16:33:03 question first ministerially corrected 09/03/2015 10:04:04 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 48143 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

223678

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of comparative per capita levels of legal aid spending in England and Wales and other jurisdictions.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>A Ministry of Justice study published in 2011 (based on 2008 estimates) showed that England and Wales had the highest legal aid expenditure amongst countries with similar legal and judicial traditions.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) publishes a biennial report “European judicial systems: efficiency and quality of justice” which contains the comparative per capita levels of legal aid spending. The Department contributes data to these reports and the most recent, published in 2014 using 2012 data, can be found at: www.coe.int/t/dghl/cooperation/cepej/evaluation/2014/Rapport_2014_en.pdf</p><p> </p><p>This report shows that England and Wales has the third highest allocated budget to legal aid (after Norway and N.Ireland) per inhabitant at <del class="ministerial">€41.55</del> <ins class="ministerial">£33.74 </ins>per head. The European average is <del class="ministerial">€8.63</del> <ins class="ministerial">£7.01 </ins>per head.</p><p /> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Sterling figures provided in this answer were calculated from the Euro figures in the CEPEJ report, using the conversion date of 01/01/2013 as used in the CEPEJ report. </ins></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/03/2015 17:13:15 question first ministerially corrected 12/03/2015 16:36:51 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 48401 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

222915

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Small Business Research Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total value of contracts was awarded under his Department's Small Business Research Initiative competitions advertised through the Innovate UK website in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The total value of contracts awarded via Small Business Research Initiative competitions advertised through the Innovate UK website was £6.7 million in Financial Year (FY) 2012-13 and <del class="ministerial">£7.955</del><ins class="ministerial">£8.255</ins> million in FY 2013-14.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne previous answer version 47410 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne 49001 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne question first answered 10/03/2015 17:00:00 question first ministerially corrected 12/03/2015 14:11:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222966

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Dataset will start publishing data; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	225018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The Health and Social Care Information Centre advise that the collection of data for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services dataset will start at the beginning of February 2016. The first submission period will cover January to March 2016. Statistical reports based on the initial data collection will be published in mid-2016.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance <em>Multiple sclerosis: management of multiple sclerosis in primary and secondary care</em>, updated in October 2014, sets out best practice on the diagnosis, treatment, care and support of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The guidance makes a range of recommendations on drug based treatments for MS, but also highlights the importance of involving professionals who can meet the needs of the patient in the best way, such as physiotherapists and occupational therapists. </del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">With regard to early diagnosis, MS is a difficult condition to diagnose as a number of the symptoms such as fatigue, depression or dizziness may be unrelated. The guidance sets out a number of initial presentations that clinicians should be aware of when looking for signs of MS. It also recommends a number of assessments a clinician should make, including testing of vision and blood tests before referral to a consultant neurologist, who can confirm or exclude a diagnosis of MS, subject to investigation.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/02/2015 15:20:43 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2015 13:56:12 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb previous answer version 46777 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

222480

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem are responsible for regulating the electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the setting of the price control review. Ofgem’s latest estimate for the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the DNOs is in the attached table which covers the years 2010-11 to 2013-14. The last year of Distribution Price Control Review 5 (2014-15) is still on-going.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:44 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2015 09:58:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of RORE DNOs Excel.xlsx title Rate of Return on Equity for DNOs 2010-1 to 2013-4 previous answer version 46378 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222497

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total value of contracts his Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Contracts of the Department are published on the Cabinet Office Website which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Department would be able to provide further contract information by narrowing the scope, if specific procurement projects were identified.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">As an indication of departmental spend our financial records show that the following payments have been made to 3<sup>rd</sup> party suppliers:</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">April 2013 to March 2014: £184,784,757.64;</ins></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">April 2014 to January 2015: £147,863,946.28.</ins></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/02/2015 13:07:31 question first ministerially corrected 26/02/2015 13:45:41 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 46371 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

222617

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contribution by the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 625 and pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 217723, how many (a) ex-parte non-molestation orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (b) with notice non-molestation orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (c) non-molestation orders were applied for by each firm of solicitors, (d) non-molestation orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men by each judge, (e) ex-parte occupancy orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (f) with notice occupancy orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men, (g) occupancy orders were applied for by each firm of solicitors, (h) occupancy orders were given to (i) women and (ii) men by each judge in each quarter from the first quarter of 2011 to the third quarter of 2014 in courts in (A) Sussex and (B) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	224775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Details of the gender of those receiving non molestation orders (ex-parte and with notice), and occupancy orders (ex-parte and with notice) since 2011 can only be obtained by manually checking every case file at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Figures requested for non molestation and occupancy orders applied for by each firm of solicitors in courts in a) Sussex and b) West Midlands are available and provided as extracted from the central MoJ database on family cases, in the accompanying tables.</p><p> </p><p>Domestic violence and abuse is unacceptable and no one should have to experience it. It is right that the family court has the power to take swift action to protect families and children from domestic abuse. We are confident that the court procedures for making non-molestation orders are sufficiently robust and in each case the court will make a decision whether to make an order based on the circumstances of the case including the need to secure the health, safety and well-being of the applicant and of any relevant child.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 27/02/2015 14:59:07 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2015 15:10:52 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name 224755 Domestic Violence applications.xls title Domestic Violence Applications Solicitors firms previous answer version 47120 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

179561

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected operational dates are for Project Pegasus and Project Mensa at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	224444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Project Pegasus received Main Gate approval in August 2011 with an approved cost of £634 million. Project Mensa received Main Gate approval in May 2011 with an approved cost of £734 million.<ins class="ministerial">Both projects' approved in-service dates are between 2016 and 2020.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Consistent with industry best practice, major projects are regularly reviewed and may seek revised approvals if a robust evidence base is established.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/02/2015 17:19:32 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2015 10:46:31 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 46836 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

179562

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected out-turn expenditure is on (a) Project Pegasus and (b) Project Mensa at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	224445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Project Pegasus received Main Gate approval in August 2011 with an approved cost of £634 million. Project Mensa received Main Gate approval in May 2011 with an approved cost of £734 million.<ins class="ministerial">Both projects' approved in-service dates are between 2016 and 2020.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Consistent with industry best practice, major projects are regularly reviewed and may seek revised approvals if a robust evidence base is established.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/02/2015 17:19:32 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2015 11:39:42 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 46890 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey