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175926

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Oil: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of falling oil prices on the ability of businesses to pay salary increases.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	222161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Falling oil prices will provide a further boost to the UK’s GDP, which in 2014 grew faster than any other major advanced economy. Cheaper oil and low inflation will support living standards across the country for hardworking families and reduce business costs. Wages are rising faster than inflation, and the OBR expect that trend to continue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 02/02/2015 14:09:29 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

175927

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs has taken to encourage people to complete their tax returns by 31 January.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	222146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The 31 January deadline for online filing of tax returns is well known among Self Assessment (SA) filers, more than two-thirds of whom are represented by agents. For the past three years, more than 90% of customers filed on time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses a mixture of direct reminders and a multimedia proactive publicity campaign to raise awareness and encourage people to pay and file on time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/02/2015 13:58:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

175928

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many trained staff delivering (a) face-to-face and (b) telephone guidance through the Government's Pension Wise scheme will be based in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	222172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Around 300 trained guidance specialists will be working to deliver the Pension Wise service face-to-face and over the phone across the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise telephone sessions will be delivered by the Pensions Advisory Service, based at its headquarters in London. Face to face sessions will be offered in selected Citizens Advice bureaux across the United Kingdom with the aim of providing good geographic coverage and ensuring the service is accessible across the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMT is working with Citizens Advice Scotland and Citizens Advice Bureau Northern Ireland to finalise the number and location of Citizens Advice offices in Scotland and Northern Ireland which will be providing coverage for the Pension Wise service.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 222173 question first answered 03/02/2015 17:46:48 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

175929

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Citizens Advice Scotland offices in Scotland will deliver pension guidance through the Government's Pension Wise scheme.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	222173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Around 300 trained guidance specialists will be working to deliver the Pension Wise service face-to-face and over the phone across the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise telephone sessions will be delivered by the Pensions Advisory Service, based at its headquarters in London. Face to face sessions will be offered in selected Citizens Advice bureaux across the United Kingdom with the aim of providing good geographic coverage and ensuring the service is accessible across the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMT is working with Citizens Advice Scotland and Citizens Advice Bureau Northern Ireland to finalise the number and location of Citizens Advice offices in Scotland and Northern Ireland which will be providing coverage for the Pension Wise service.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 222172 question first answered 03/02/2015 17:46:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

175934

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Offshore Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with (a) trades unions and (b) Oil and Gas UK on employment levels in the offshore energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meet with Oil and Gas UK and senior representatives from the oil and gas industry on 15<sup>th</sup> January in Aberdeen and tasked Dr Andy Samuel to lead an urgent commission to identify risks and what further measures might be taken by Government and industry to mitigate them. I convened PILOT on 13 January, including Trade Unions, Dr Samuel and industry representatives.</p><p>Dr Samuel and DECC officials also participated in the Jobs Taskforce which was held in Aberdeen on the 28 January and I will be visiting Aberdeen on 5 February.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 17:21:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

175944

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will launch a public campaign to stem the rise in the number of people with Type 2 diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	222167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England in partnership with NHS England and Diabetes UK are currently developing proposals for a nationally scaled diabetes prevention programme. This will consider the contribution of public campaigns to raise awareness of the risks of Type 2 diabetes and the lifestyle modifications that can prevent and reduce risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2015 16:37:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

175945

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many diabetes sufferers are not getting the recommended number of annual checks in (a) Lancashire and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	222168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the completion rate for all eight measurable care processes assessed in the National Diabetes Audit (NDA), the number of patients completing all eight care processes and the number not completing all eight care processes. This is provided for England and the eight clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in the Lancashire area. Also provided is the participation rate for England and each CCG.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The care processes are those which the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence recommend should be part of an annual check for people with diabetes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data is not available in the format requested as figures on the completion of annual checks are not held centrally at county level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data provided is from the 2012-13 audit year.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Registrations - all diabetes<sup>1</sup> 2012-13 NDA</p></td><td><p>All 8<sup>2</sup> care process completion rate</p></td><td><p>Number of registrations completed all 8 processes</p></td><td><p>Number of registrations not completed all 8 processes</p></td><td><p>Participation rate<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1,858,974</p></td><td><p>59.5%</p></td><td><p>1,106,561</p></td><td><p>752,413</p></td><td><p>70.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG</p></td><td><p>9,070</p></td><td><p>70.6%</p></td><td><p>6,400</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Blackpool CCG</p></td><td><p>9,659</p></td><td><p>65.9%</p></td><td><p>6,362</p></td><td><p>3,297</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG</p></td><td><p>8,718</p></td><td><p>66.0%</p></td><td><p>5,756</p></td><td><p>2,962</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS East Lancashire CCG</p></td><td><p>17,856</p></td><td><p>66.7%</p></td><td><p>11,907</p></td><td><p>5,949</p></td><td><p>94.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Greater Preston CCG</p></td><td><p>8,114</p></td><td><p>62.6%</p></td><td><p>5,079</p></td><td><p>3,035</p></td><td><p>79.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Lancashire North CCG</p></td><td><p>3,895</p></td><td><p>72.0%</p></td><td><p>2,805</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>61.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS West Lancashire CCG</p></td><td><p>5,539</p></td><td><p>63.9%</p></td><td><p>3,541</p></td><td><p>1,998</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG</p></td><td><p>7,016</p></td><td><p>71.5%</p></td><td><p>5,019</p></td><td><p>1,997</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>All diabetes includes maturity onset diabetes of the young, other specified diabetes and not specified diabetes</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The eye screening care process has been removed from this figure due to data quality issues. This figure comprises the following care processes:</p><p> </p><p>HbA1c</p><p> </p><p>Blood pressure</p><p> </p><p>Cholesterol</p><p> </p><p>Serum creatinine</p><p> </p><p>Urine albumin</p><p> </p><p>Foot surveillance</p><p> </p><p>Body Mass Index</p><p> </p><p>Smoking</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>Participation is calculated from the percentage of general practices (GP) practices participating in the NDA 2012-13 out of all GP practices within the CCG</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2015 18:00:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

175947

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last reviewed the effectiveness of public health measures designed to increase the uptake of exercise in adults and children in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	222155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Promoting and increasing levels of physical activity is a key priority for the Department. This is supported by a well-developed and wide-ranging programme of actions, including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The four UK Chief Medical Officers’ recommendations for physical activity published in 2011. These are the first United Kingdom-wide guidelines and are in line with international recommendations. For the first time, the guidelines have included a life course approach and guidelines for sedentary behaviour. I have asked Public Health England to develop a ‘5-a-day’ style message to ensure we improve the effectiveness of these guidelines in public messaging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work with other Government departments to ensure all children and young people have opportunities to be physically active and enjoy sport so, particularly the least active and those not currently engaged with sport. Alongside this the Department is investing almost £222 million in programmes such as the PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools, School Games, and Change4Life Sports Clubs to ensure all children and young people have opportunities to be physically active We are also funding Play England £1 million over a three year period to promote playing outdoors. The project is currently running a pilot in 10 deprived areas to help school children become more active and also reduce sedentary behaviour in adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Investment of £1.2 million in five English cities to deliver a range of interventions to support residents to build walking into their day- to -day lives. Evidence shows that these programmes have been very successful at encouraging older people to become more active. In addition, the Department works closely with the Ramblers/McMillan Cancer Support to promote the nationwide Walking for Health Programme which has a wide participation by older people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work with a range of organisations in the voluntary and private sector as part of the Department’s Public Health Responsibility Deal, to promote physical activity amongst adults and children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In February 2014, the Government published “Moving More, Living More” (MMLM), a cross-Government campaign to deliver a physical activity legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As part of this, I chair a Ministerial Sub-Group of the Cabinet Committee for Olympic and Paralympic Legacy. The role of the Sub-Group is to take forward the commitments made in MMLM and ensure that relevant Government departments are making a contribution to the physical activity agenda. The Ministerial Sub-Group is supported by an officials’ group which meets monthly and reports to Ministers on progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, Public Health England published<em>, “Everybody active, every day”</em> with full ministerial involvement. Building on ‘Moving More, Living More’, this framework aims to increase the levels of physical activity in local communities by identifying key areas where more action is needed. The Department is now working with a range of partners to take forward the recommendations of this report, as part of the MMLM programme of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 222156 222157 222158 222159 question first answered 02/02/2015 16:34:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

175948

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adults in the UK increase their uptake of exercise to match NHS activity guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	222156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Promoting and increasing levels of physical activity is a key priority for the Department. This is supported by a well-developed and wide-ranging programme of actions, including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The four UK Chief Medical Officers’ recommendations for physical activity published in 2011. These are the first United Kingdom-wide guidelines and are in line with international recommendations. For the first time, the guidelines have included a life course approach and guidelines for sedentary behaviour. I have asked Public Health England to develop a ‘5-a-day’ style message to ensure we improve the effectiveness of these guidelines in public messaging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work with other Government departments to ensure all children and young people have opportunities to be physically active and enjoy sport so, particularly the least active and those not currently engaged with sport. Alongside this the Department is investing almost £222 million in programmes such as the PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools, School Games, and Change4Life Sports Clubs to ensure all children and young people have opportunities to be physically active We are also funding Play England £1 million over a three year period to promote playing outdoors. The project is currently running a pilot in 10 deprived areas to help school children become more active and also reduce sedentary behaviour in adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Investment of £1.2 million in five English cities to deliver a range of interventions to support residents to build walking into their day- to -day lives. Evidence shows that these programmes have been very successful at encouraging older people to become more active. In addition, the Department works closely with the Ramblers/McMillan Cancer Support to promote the nationwide Walking for Health Programme which has a wide participation by older people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work with a range of organisations in the voluntary and private sector as part of the Department’s Public Health Responsibility Deal, to promote physical activity amongst adults and children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In February 2014, the Government published “Moving More, Living More” (MMLM), a cross-Government campaign to deliver a physical activity legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As part of this, I chair a Ministerial Sub-Group of the Cabinet Committee for Olympic and Paralympic Legacy. The role of the Sub-Group is to take forward the commitments made in MMLM and ensure that relevant Government departments are making a contribution to the physical activity agenda. The Ministerial Sub-Group is supported by an officials’ group which meets monthly and reports to Ministers on progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, Public Health England published<em>, “Everybody active, every day”</em> with full ministerial involvement. Building on ‘Moving More, Living More’, this framework aims to increase the levels of physical activity in local communities by identifying key areas where more action is needed. The Department is now working with a range of partners to take forward the recommendations of this report, as part of the MMLM programme of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 222155 222157 222158 222159 question first answered 02/02/2015 16:34:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

175949

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children in the UK increase their uptake of exercise to match NHS activity guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	222157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Promoting and increasing levels of physical activity is a key priority for the Department. This is supported by a well-developed and wide-ranging programme of actions, including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The four UK Chief Medical Officers’ recommendations for physical activity published in 2011. These are the first United Kingdom-wide guidelines and are in line with international recommendations. For the first time, the guidelines have included a life course approach and guidelines for sedentary behaviour. I have asked Public Health England to develop a ‘5-a-day’ style message to ensure we improve the effectiveness of these guidelines in public messaging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work with other Government departments to ensure all children and young people have opportunities to be physically active and enjoy sport so, particularly the least active and those not currently engaged with sport. Alongside this the Department is investing almost £222 million in programmes such as the PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools, School Games, and Change4Life Sports Clubs to ensure all children and young people have opportunities to be physically active We are also funding Play England £1 million over a three year period to promote playing outdoors. The project is currently running a pilot in 10 deprived areas to help school children become more active and also reduce sedentary behaviour in adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Investment of £1.2 million in five English cities to deliver a range of interventions to support residents to build walking into their day- to -day lives. Evidence shows that these programmes have been very successful at encouraging older people to become more active. In addition, the Department works closely with the Ramblers/McMillan Cancer Support to promote the nationwide Walking for Health Programme which has a wide participation by older people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work with a range of organisations in the voluntary and private sector as part of the Department’s Public Health Responsibility Deal, to promote physical activity amongst adults and children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In February 2014, the Government published “Moving More, Living More” (MMLM), a cross-Government campaign to deliver a physical activity legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As part of this, I chair a Ministerial Sub-Group of the Cabinet Committee for Olympic and Paralympic Legacy. The role of the Sub-Group is to take forward the commitments made in MMLM and ensure that relevant Government departments are making a contribution to the physical activity agenda. The Ministerial Sub-Group is supported by an officials’ group which meets monthly and reports to Ministers on progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, Public Health England published<em>, “Everybody active, every day”</em> with full ministerial involvement. Building on ‘Moving More, Living More’, this framework aims to increase the levels of physical activity in local communities by identifying key areas where more action is needed. The Department is now working with a range of partners to take forward the recommendations of this report, as part of the MMLM programme of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 222155 222156 222158 222159 question first answered 02/02/2015 16:34:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham