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100665

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of people who completed apprenticeships went on to get (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	211784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on the employment destinations for apprentices is collected in the Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2012-13:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229998/bis-13-1126-apprenticeship-evaluation-learners.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229998/bis-13-1126-apprenticeship-evaluation-learners.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of those apprentices who completed their apprenticeships between 1 and 2 years ago 81% are in full or part-time employment. Of these, 81% are in full-time employment and 16% part-time employment. The hours of the remainder varied too much to make a distinction[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] See page 64 and 65 of the report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 30/10/2014 15:43:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

99867

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
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 ensure that hospitals follow the updated guidelines on hospital car parking charges.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	211028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Health published new National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014. These principles, widely welcomed by a range of charities and organisations representing patients’ interests, made it clear that NHS trusts should publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with our policy of making all key information transparently available to patients, our expectation is that this information will be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we will be collecting information about NHS compliance with these principles via the next round of the Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment data collection and the results will be published so that patients can identify those trusts who are falling short.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 211029 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:57:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

99868

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sanctions he intends to impose against hospitals found not to be complying with the updated guidance on hospital car parking fees.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	211029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Health published new National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014. These principles, widely welcomed by a range of charities and organisations representing patients’ interests, made it clear that NHS trusts should publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with our policy of making all key information transparently available to patients, our expectation is that this information will be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we will be collecting information about NHS compliance with these principles via the next round of the Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment data collection and the results will be published so that patients can identify those trusts who are falling short.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 211028 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:57:31 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

99894

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Harlow
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 crime levels in Harlow; and what steps she is taking to reduce such levels.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	211030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Police recorded crime in Harlow Community Safety Partnership has fallen by 11% since June 2010.<br><br>The Government’s police reforms, including cutting unnecessary targets and red tape and giving officers the discretion to use their professional judgment, mean that forces can focus on cutting crime. We have also introduced direct democratic accountability through Police and Crime Commissioners, ensuring that the police focus on tackling the crimes that matter to local people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/10/2014 15:02:15 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

99895

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Harlow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of each type have been committed in Harlow constituency in each of the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	211031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The data requested are given in the table. Data for Harlow are available from 2002/03.<br><br>The Office for National Statistics publishes quarterly statistics on crime. As part of this, a set of open data tables are published, showing crime at Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership level. These contain the data requested, and can be found using this link:<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 24/10/2014 14:58:27 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker attachment 1 file name PQ 211031 - table.xls title Police recorded crime in Harlow
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

91918

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of completed new houses were built on brownfield land in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	209511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The proportion of new dwellings in England built on previously-developed land can be found in Table P211 of the Live Tables on Land Use Change Statistics, which is available from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-land-use-change-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-land-use-change-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/10/2014 16:08:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

91988

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of treating obesity and its related diseases in (a) Harlow constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	209528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on National Health Service expenditure on the treatment and prevention of obesity is not collected centrally. However, an analysis of the economic burden of a range of risk factors for chronic disease estimated that overweight and obesity cost the NHS £5.1 billion per year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/10/2014 17:54:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

91989

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Harlow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young poeple have been referred to specialist paediatric psychiatric services in Harlow in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	209510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Information about the number of young people who have been referred to specialist paediatric psychiatric services in Harlow in each of the last 10 years is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since April 2013, specialist paediatric psychiatric services are commissioned directly by NHS England, according to national specifications. Data related to provision of these services nationally was published in July 2014 by NHS England in the <em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Tier 4 Report</em>. The Report has already been placed in the Library and is available online at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/camhs-tier-4-rep.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/10/2014 10:15:06 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

91990

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antidepressants: Harlow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were issued for antidepressant medication in Harlow constituency in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	209512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows numbers of prescriptions issued for antidepressant medication for West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT) from 2010-11 to 2012-13 and for West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for 2013-14. Data is not available at constituency level or prior to 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Numbers of antidepressant prescription items written in the specified organisations and dispensed in the community by the specified financial years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</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></tr><tr><td><p>West Essex PCT</p></td><td><p>233,181</p></td><td><p>252,536</p></td><td><p>258,873</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Essex CCG</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>274,969</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre Prescribing Analysis and CosT tool (PACT) system</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. The data in the table relate to prescriptions of items from the British National Formulary (BNF) section 4.3.</p><p> </p><p>2. The data available in PACT is a rolling 60-month dataset, so only the number of prescriptions in the last four full financial years is available.</p><p> </p><p>3. PACT covers prescriptions prescribed by GPs, nurses, pharmacists and others in England and dispensed in the community in the UK. For data at PCT level, prescriptions written by a prescriber located in a particular PCT but dispensed outside that PCT will be included in the PCT in which the prescriber is based. Prescriptions written in England but dispensed outside England are included.</p><p> </p><p>4. Prescriptions written in hospitals/clinics that are dispensed in the community, prescriptions dispensed in hospitals, dental prescribing and private prescriptions are not included in PACT data. It is important to note this as some BNF sections have a high proportion of prescriptions written in hospitals that are dispensed in the community including, for example, BNF chapter 4, <em>Central Nervous System</em>. These prescriptions are not included in PACT data.</p><p> </p><p>5. Prescriptions are written on a prescription form known as a FP10. Each single item written on the form is counted as a prescription item.</p><p> </p><p>6. The PACT system uses the therapeutic classifications defined in the BNF. Information on why a drug is prescribed is not available in this dataset. Since drugs can be prescribed to treat more than one condition, it may not be possible to separate the different conditions for which a drug may have been prescribed.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/10/2014 15:38:10 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

89625

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Sri Lanka
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of the appointment of a team of experts led by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist the investigation into alleged abuses in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	207273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>On 26 June, the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt Hon member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) welcomed the appointment of experts to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Investigation on Sri Lanka. As his statement noted: ‘the inclusion of Martti Artisaahri, Silvia Cartwright and Asma Jahangir completes a strong team with a clear mandate from the UN Human Rights Council’ to investigate alleged violations and abuses on both sides of Sri Lanka’s military conflict. The UK played a key role in securing the investigation.</p><p>The full statement can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-welcomes-announcement-of-un-investigation-team-on-sri-lanka</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 05/09/2014 11:07:22 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon