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808879

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date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the non-executive members of the Trade Remedies Authority will include representatives from the UK manufacturing sector and trades unions.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	119988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to creating an organisation with the expertise required to reach informed and objective conclusions on trade remedies cases and this means ensuring the Trade Remedies Authority is led by individuals with the right skills to effectively operate a UK-wide function. As with other such appointments, appointments to the Trade Remedies Authority will be made in accordance with good governance principles and rules on public appointments.</p><p>The Department for International Trade has engaged with a range of stakeholders including all sorts of businesses, and trade unions, throughout the policy and legislative development process for the trade remedies framework and will continue to do so as it sets up the Trade Remedies Authority.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/12/2017 10:37:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

809120

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	903082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We are taking a wide range of initiatives that will improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>We have reformed the Electronic Communications Code to make it easier and cheaper to install digital infrastructure. Our ambition is to extend mobile coverage to 95% of the UK’s landmass by 2022 and this will benefit rural areas as well. Ofcom has identified the 700 MHz band as suitable for coverage obligations and we will work with Ofcom to determine the best options.</p><p>95% of UK premises will have access to superfast speeds by the end of 2017 and we expect coverage will be extended beyond that to reach at least a further 2% of premises.</p><p> </p><p>All homes and businesses which are unable to receive a speed of at least 2Mbps can benefit from support from the Better Broadband Scheme. Further information on the Scheme can be found on our website (<a href="https://basicbroadbandchecker/" target="_blank">https://basicbroadbandchecker</a>.<a href="http://culture.gov.uk/guide-to-" target="_blank">culture.gov.uk/guide-to-</a>better-broadband-subsidy-scheme.pdf).</p><p><br>As confirmed in our announcement yesterday, we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to high speed broadband.</p><p><br>As part of the Local Full Fibre Network programme, a £4.66 million pilot project has begun to deliver fibre connections to public buildings across West Sussex, including Chichester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 903083 question first answered 21/12/2017 16:59:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

809125

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to broaden routes into nursing.
tabling member constituency	Yeovil
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
uin	903029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England published a draft workforce strategy last week, which emphasised clearly the priority we have to increase the nursing workforce and broaden routes into nursing.</p><p>That is why, in England, we have developed the new nursing associate role and Nursing Degree Apprenticeship to open routes into the registered nursing profession for thousands of people from all backgrounds, and allow employers to grow their own workforce from within their local communities.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/12/2017 17:30:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

809126

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Skin Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate he has made of the number of patients with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	903031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>In 2016/17 there were 54 National Health Service admissions in England with a primary diagnosis of Erythropoietic Protoporphyria.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the numbers of people with a particular rare disease can be very small, 3.5 million people in the United Kingdom have a rare disease. We know, as with the hon. Member’s constituent, that these diseases can have a heart-breaking impact on a person’s health.</p><p> </p><p>That‘s why the UK is committed to building on our position as a world-leader in the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/12/2017 17:07:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

809127

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress his Department has made on improving the performance of hospitals in special measures.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	903032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Special Measures programme has been in place since 2013 with 37 instances of trusts entering. 21 trusts have exited Special Measures since the programme began, including five which have exited since March this year. I particularly congratulate Colchester, which exited in November.</p><p>Eight former Special Measures trusts are now rated either “Good” or “Outstanding”.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/12/2017 17:33:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

809128

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to broaden routes into nursing.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	903034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England published a draft workforce strategy last week, which emphasised clearly the priority we have to increase the nursing workforce and broaden routes into nursing.</p><p>That is why, in England, we have developed the new nursing associate role and Nursing Degree Apprenticeship to open routes into the registered nursing profession for thousands of people from all backgrounds, and allow employers to grow their own workforce from within their local communities.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/12/2017 17:32:24 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

809129

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of fines in relation to dental and prescription charges.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	903036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) issues penalty charge notices (PCNs) for incorrect claims for exemption from National Health Service dental and prescription charges.</p><p>To ensure the integrity of the exemption system the NHS BSA has recently increased the number of checks. In 2016/17, 365,181 PCNs for dental charges and 975,065 for prescription charges were issued. This represents an increase of 90.11% and 90.23%, respectively, on 2015/16. There is a clear process for patients to appeal a PCN if they believe it is unjustified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/12/2017 17:09:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

809137

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Serious Fraud Office on tackling economic crime.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	903074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text The Serious Fraud Office does vital work in tackling some of the most serious instances of economic crime. As the superintending Minister for the SFO, I regularly meet with the Director of the SFO to discuss key issues in relation to economic crime. answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/12/2017 11:35:22 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

809138

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	903083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We are taking a wide range of initiatives that will improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>We have reformed the Electronic Communications Code to make it easier and cheaper to install digital infrastructure. Our ambition is to extend mobile coverage to 95% of the UK’s landmass by 2022 and this will benefit rural areas as well. Ofcom has identified the 700 MHz band as suitable for coverage obligations and we will work with Ofcom to determine the best options.</p><p>95% of UK premises will have access to superfast speeds by the end of 2017 and we expect coverage will be extended beyond that to reach at least a further 2% of premises.</p><p> </p><p>All homes and businesses which are unable to receive a speed of at least 2Mbps can benefit from support from the Better Broadband Scheme. Further information on the Scheme can be found on our website (<a href="https://basicbroadbandchecker/" target="_blank">https://basicbroadbandchecker</a>.<a href="http://culture.gov.uk/guide-to-" target="_blank">culture.gov.uk/guide-to-</a>better-broadband-subsidy-scheme.pdf).</p><p><br>As confirmed in our announcement yesterday, we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to high speed broadband.</p><p><br>As part of the Local Full Fibre Network programme, a £4.66 million pilot project has begun to deliver fibre connections to public buildings across West Sussex, including Chichester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 903082 question first answered 21/12/2017 16:59:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

809547

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of availability of cancer gene tests is on the NHS; and whether the NHS prioritises such tests for people whose families have a history of cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS England is committed to implementing the Independent Cancer Taskforce’s recommendations on molecular diagnostics, meaning that around 25,000 additional people will have their cancers genetically tested every year to identify the most effective treatments. NHS England will continue to invest in building the infrastructure for genomics and by the end of 2018/19, will have developed a genomic medicine service for England, underpinned by a new consolidated genomic laboratory infrastructure and facilitated by informatics, data and analytical platforms to enable the sequencing data we generate to improve clinical practice. Once established, the new genomic laboratory infrastructure for the National Health Service in England will support rare, inherited and acquired disease, to support the NHS to deliver personalised medicine to all eligible patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/12/2017 11:43:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon