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381963

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department's second generation contract for the supply of language services will require interpreters to be registered with the National Registers of Communications Professionals Working with Deaf and Deafblind People or the National Register of Public Service Interpreters.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing language service professionals who meet the needs of those requiring support in the justice system, including those working with deaf and deafblind people.</p><p> </p><p>Future provision of the service is currently being explored.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2015 13:59:15 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381398

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Direct Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with consumer groups on nuisance telephone calls.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>The Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy has held two roundtables this year with a range of interested stakeholders, including consumer groups. The last one took place in March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government takes the issue of the nuisance telephone calls seriously and continues to work with the regulators, consumer groups and industry to co-ordinate on efforts to clamp down on such unwanted calls and protect all consumers.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2015 10:15:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381399

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Direct Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to require companies making unsolicited telephone calls to state their telephone numbers when they call.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of unsolicited telephone calls very seriously and is considering such proposals as part of its work to tackle nuisance calls, including considering options of call blocking technology.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2015 10:13:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381400

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Direct Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on preventing unwanted and nuisance telephone calls.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2015 answer text <p>Substantial progress has been made to tackle nuisance calls. This has included ensuring improved information &amp; signposting for consumers wanting to report nuisance calls. In addition we have increase powers for the regulators. Ofcom’s monetary penalty powers increased from £50,000 to £2 million in September 2010. In July 2011, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was equipped with a new monetary penalty power of £500,000. Previously this was £5,000.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2014, Ofcom was empowered to share relevant information with the ICO that it acquired about companies breaching the regulations. And more recently, the legal threshold was lowered for the ICO on 6 April 2015, making it easier for them to take enforcement action, including issuing monetary penalties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is continuing to work to ensure protection of consumers from unwanted and nuisance calls.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/10/2015 15:07:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381464

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Air Pollution: Greater Manchester
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 levels of air pollution were recorded in Greater Manchester in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Defra uses both monitoring and modelling to assess air quality in the UK. Information about recent and historic levels of pollution, pollution forecasts, health advice and background modelled data is available on the UK-AIR website.</p><p>Defra has five monitoring stations in the Greater Manchester Urban Agglomeration. Information about the sites and the pollutants measured is available as follows:</p><p>· Bury Whitefield Roadside:</p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00598" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00598</a></p><p>· Manchester Piccadilly:</p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00248" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00248</a></p><p>· Manchester South:</p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00313" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00313</a></p><p>· Salford Eccles:</p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00339" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00339</a></p><p>· Shaw Crompton Way:</p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00579" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/site-info?uka_id=UKA00579</a></p><p> </p><p>Defra produces annual “Air Pollution in the UK” reports, which summarise the Department’s annual air quality assessment. These reports include results from all UK monitoring sites and can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/index" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/index</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/06/2015 13:13:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381527

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department (a) has commissioned and (b) is aware of on the diagnosis, blood-testing and other testing of ovarian cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds a range of research relating to ovarian cancer diagnosis and testing. The NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme is currently funding a £1 million project on refining ovarian cancer test accuracy scores. The research aims to identify, refine and validate tests and risk prediction models that estimate the probability of having ovarian cancer for post and premenopausal women with suspected ovarian cancer, applicable to secondary and primary care. It also aims to define thresholds of predicted risk from the test and models that inform decisions for patient management. The project began in October 2014 and the final report is expected to be published in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening began in 2000. 200,000 post-menopausal women aged 50 to 74 have been randomised in 12 UK centres. Half the women have been screened, either by annual CA125 blood test or annual trans-vaginal ultrasound, with the remainder as the control group. The study is being funded by the Medical Research Council and Cancer Research UK - the Department is providing the National Health Service costs of the study.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Final results of the study showing the impact of ovarian cancer screening on mortality are due to be published in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR has recently approved £1.3 million funding for a trial looking at whether a newer version of magnetic resonance imaging, multi-parametric MR (mpMR), may be more beneficial for women with ovarian cancer pre-operatively than a CT scan. Small studies suggest mpMR is better at discriminating ovarian cancer from non-cancer (benign ovarian masses) and in seeing how much the disease has spread. This is important for planning the type of surgery and whether surgery will be successful in removing disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/06/2015 15:29:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381546

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the proportion of UK aid that supports projects for deaf people.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID funds a number of projects which support deaf people, including through Sense International and the Disability Rights Fund, which supports Deaf People’s Organisations in a number of countries including Rwanda and Uganda. DFID advocates for the use of the Washington Group Questions as a method of disaggregating data by disability. The questions can give policy makers a better understanding of the number and situation of deaf people as well as those with other impairments. DFID is implementing its disability framework, published in December 2014. The framework sets out how DFID will make its policies and programmes more inclusive of all people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 2775 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:34:32 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381547

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects funded by UK aid support deaf people; and in which countries those projects are based.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID funds a number of projects which support deaf people, including through Sense International and the Disability Rights Fund, which supports Deaf People’s Organisations in a number of countries including Rwanda and Uganda. DFID advocates for the use of the Washington Group Questions as a method of disaggregating data by disability. The questions can give policy makers a better understanding of the number and situation of deaf people as well as those with other impairments. DFID is implementing its disability framework, published in December 2014. The framework sets out how DFID will make its policies and programmes more inclusive of all people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 2774 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:34:32 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381588

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the work-related activity group for employment and support allowance have died while in receipt of that benefit.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 6 November 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=QuestionsWithAnswersOnly&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=212728" target="_blank">UIN 212728</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/06/2015 12:01:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381589

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been fast-tracked into the support group for employment and support allowance as a result of being terminally ill.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number and percentage of people in the Support Group of Employment and Support Allowance, who are terminally ill, can be found in table 5 of the publication at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 2780 question first answered 23/06/2015 14:17:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green