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348257

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to make additional funding available to tackle drug-resistant infections over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The health and care system across the United Kingdom is taking action against the growing threat of infections that are resistant to the antimicrobial drugs used to treat them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2014, we published the UK Five Year AMR Strategy detailed implementation plan. The plan set out those activities that needed to be undertaken to deliver the strategy in each of seven key areas for action. Activity in the plan is led by the Department of Health, Public Health England, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and NHS England and is incorporated within existing business plans for those organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to make additional funding available to tackle drug-resistant infections. Any proposals for funding would be subject to the outcome of the Spending Review later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 10:54:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

348258

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Infectious Diseases
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 the number of drug-resistant infections (a) in the West Midlands and (b) nationally in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has published no estimates for the number of drug-resistant infections in the West Midlands or nationally over the next five years. The science of drug resistant infections is incompletely understood and is rapidly changing and evolving. Multi-drug resistant infections are unpredictable in their occurrence and can rapidly change. For these reasons producing estimates of the likely burden in future years is unlikely to be meaningful or robust.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Antimicrobial resistance is a priority for PHE who are working to improve surveillance and knowledge in this area. Specific antimicrobial resistant infections have been measured by PHE and openly published in weekly Health Protection Reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 10:58:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

348415

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy that the proposed legislation requiring young people to earn or learn will extend to existing claimants of employment and support allowance under the age of 21.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	1030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will set out our policy design in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

347970

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what regulations apply to asbestos in buildings; when such regulations are laid; and for what duration those regulations are in force.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Use of any asbestos in new buildings was prohibited in Great Britain by 1999 following earlier national prohibitions of the highest risk types in 1985 and 1992. The current prohibitions are now via the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation 2006.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of legacy asbestos present in older buildings the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 regulation 4 came into force on 21 May 2004. This regulation was then superseded by the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) laid on 5 March 2012.</p><p> </p><p>CAR Regulation 4 requires the owner, or person responsible for maintenance (the ‘duty holder’) of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and to put into place a plan to manage the risk they present. The record of the location and condition of any ACMs, and management plan, must be available for as long as ACMs are present in the building.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/06/2015 09:06:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347980

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Food Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to promote in primary and secondary schools (a) participation in home economics by and (b) the catering industry as a career for boys.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the new national curriculum for England, in September 2014, cooking and nutrition have been compulsory for both boys and girls from key stage 1 to key stage 3. Pupils can also take the new GCSE in food preparation and nutrition from September 2016. This qualification will be a valuable stepping stone for young people wishing to develop their skills, interests and career paths in food-related professions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to careers guidance in England are based on schools connecting pupils with employers, helping them to understand the breadth of career opportunities available. The new, independent Careers and Enterprise Company, announced by the Secretary of State for Education in December 2014, will help secondary schools to build these links. We also welcome the work of programmes such as Primary Futures, which help to broaden the aspirations of young people from an even earlier age.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Schools should consciously work to prevent all forms of stereotyping in the advice and guidance they provide in order to ensure that boys and girls from all backgrounds consider the widest possible range of careers. This is made clear in statutory guidance for schools, which underpins their careers duty.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/06/2015 10:13:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

348054

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people his Department will assess for personal independence payment in each month from July 2015 to July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Such estimates as are available have been published and can be found at; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180964/pip-reassessments-and-impacts.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180964/pip-reassessments-and-impacts.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Table one shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) reassessments that the Department is expecting in each quarter to 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Tables two shows that we expect 30% of DLA reassessment claims (made in advance of October 2015) to not be awarded PIP following assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Table six shows this figure is expected to reduce to 26% following assessment of all DLA reassessment claims by May 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 767 question first answered 08/06/2015 09:10:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

348056

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming disability living allowance who will cease to receive disability benefits after being assessed for personal independence payment in each month from July 2015 to July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Such estimates as are available have been published and can be found at; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180964/pip-reassessments-and-impacts.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/180964/pip-reassessments-and-impacts.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Table one shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) new claims and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) reassessments that the Department is expecting in each quarter to 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Tables two shows that we expect 30% of DLA reassessment claims (made in advance of October 2015) to not be awarded PIP following assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Table six shows this figure is expected to reduce to 26% following assessment of all DLA reassessment claims by May 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 768 question first answered 08/06/2015 09:10:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

348059

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Students: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of full maintenance grants to households earning (a) more and (b) less than £17,000 per year was in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student support for each of the UK Government Administrations. Information on English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants is published annually by SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>’.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of Maintenance Grants awarded to English applicants by their household income for the academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 has been provided in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Maintenance Grants <sup>(1)</sup> awarded <sup>(2)</sup> to English applicants by their household income</strong></p><p>Academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 [provisional] <sup>(3)</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Amount awarded (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maintenance Grant level</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Household income</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15 [p]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full</p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>973.6</p></td><td><p>1103.6</p></td><td><p>1076.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>233.3</p></td><td><p>251.7</p></td><td><p>255.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Partial <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>224.6</p></td><td><p>235.0</p></td><td><p>233.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Figures include Special Support Grants, which are payable in place of Maintenance Grants to vulnerable students who may otherwise have their DWP benefits reduced.</p><p>(2) Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC have received confirmation from the student’s provider at the start of the academic year that the student has been registered on the course.</p><p>(3) The data are effective at November following each academic year. Figures for the academic year 2014/15 are provisional, as they are effective at November at the beginning of the academic year, and so will not include applicants who were awarded Maintenance Grants after November 2014. Complete figures for the academic year 2014/15 will be available from November 2015.</p><p>(4) Applicants awarded a partial grant, and whose household income is less than £25,000, are typically those who have suspended study for part of the year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 241 242 243 244 245 766 question first answered 04/06/2015 13:41:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

348060

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Students: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of partial maintenance grants to households earning (a) more and (b) less than £17,000 per year was in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student support for each of the UK Government Administrations. Information on English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants is published annually by SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>’.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of Maintenance Grants awarded to English applicants by their household income for the academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 has been provided in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Maintenance Grants <sup>(1)</sup> awarded <sup>(2)</sup> to English applicants by their household income</strong></p><p>Academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 [provisional] <sup>(3)</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Amount awarded (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maintenance Grant level</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Household income</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15 [p]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full</p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>973.6</p></td><td><p>1103.6</p></td><td><p>1076.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>233.3</p></td><td><p>251.7</p></td><td><p>255.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Partial <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>224.6</p></td><td><p>235.0</p></td><td><p>233.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Figures include Special Support Grants, which are payable in place of Maintenance Grants to vulnerable students who may otherwise have their DWP benefits reduced.</p><p>(2) Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC have received confirmation from the student’s provider at the start of the academic year that the student has been registered on the course.</p><p>(3) The data are effective at November following each academic year. Figures for the academic year 2014/15 are provisional, as they are effective at November at the beginning of the academic year, and so will not include applicants who were awarded Maintenance Grants after November 2014. Complete figures for the academic year 2014/15 will be available from November 2015.</p><p>(4) Applicants awarded a partial grant, and whose household income is less than £25,000, are typically those who have suspended study for part of the year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 241 242 243 244 245 765 question first answered 04/06/2015 13:41:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

348061

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the most recent findings from the Care Quality Commission Inpatient Survey.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Listening to patient feedback and acting on it is a vital way for the National Health Service to improve the quality of care it provides. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inpatient Survey is one way patients can give feedback to the NHS and complements the Friends and Family Test which collects feedback from patients in real-time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The findings from the CQC Inpatient Survey show that patient experience in hospital remains positive, with 84% of patients rating their experience with a score of seven or more out of ten compared with 81% in 2012. However, we know there is more to do. That is why we are transforming the way we deliver care in the community and through general practitioners, and working with staff to create a safe, open, compassionate, patient-centred culture throughout the NHS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/06/2015 10:54:00 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney