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937467

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date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding allocated to tackling mental illness is spent on that issue.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	162058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health Dashboard reports detail on the expenditure made by National Health Service clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on mental health services. It is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/taskforce/imp/mh-dashboard" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/taskforce/imp/mh-dashboard</a></p><p> </p><p>CCGs are required each year, under the Mental Health Investment Standard (MHIS), to increase their spend on mental health services by a greater amount than the growth in their overall programme allocation. The requirement to meet the MHIS is included within the NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2017–2019 and is a key part of NHS England’s operational and financial planning assurance process for 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/07/2018 16:50:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

937468

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what policies he plans to bring forward to enable more hospitals to meet the targets on waiting times for (a) A&E treatment, (b) cancer treatment and (c) planned operations and care.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	162059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Mandate to NHS England for 2018-19 is clear that it is to maintain and improve performance against core patient access standards including accident and emergency (A&amp;E), cancer and planned operations and care-Referral to Treatment (RTT).</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects the National Health Service to deliver the actions set out in the NHS Planning Guidance for 2018-19 – in full – as key steps towards fully recovering performance against core access standards. This means treating a quarter of a million more patients in A&amp;E, halving the number who have the longest waits for treatment and working towards reducing the number of patients waiting overall. We gave the NHS top priority in the 2017 budget with an additional £2.8 billion of funding for the NHS between 2017-18 and 2019-20, and this has been reflected in the mandate.</p><p> </p><p>To provide the NHS with financial stability, the longer-term plan, announced last month will see NHS funding increase by £20.5 billion per year by 2023/24, the end of the first five years compared with today.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 16/07/2018 10:10:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

937469

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bananas: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the extinction of the banana plant.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	162060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID is investing in technologies to identify ways to control the spread of banana diseases, including Panama Disease, in Africa and Asia, as part of a global effort to tackle this problem.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is major funder of the international research organisation, the Consultative group on International Agricultural Research (CCIAR), which is currently working to address Panama Disease (TR4) as well as other emerging disease and pest threats in developing countries.</p><p> </p><p>Although the disease cannot currently be eradicated, this research aims to develop effective control measures and to identify banana varieties that are not susceptible to the disease. These are being tested in countries like Mozambique and Myanmar that are already affected by Panama Disease.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/07/2018 14:57:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

832955

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding was allocated to youth cadets in North Yorkshire in (a) 2015-2016 and (b) 2016-2017.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	125271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/02/2018 17:30:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

832956

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households claimed childcare vouchers in (a) the Harrogate District, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and The Humber in 2016-2017.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	125272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 25 January 2017 to the Honourable Member for Hull North (123405).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/02/2018 11:59:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

832957

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Nurses: North Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses were employed in Harrogate District and North Yorkshire in (a) 2013-2014, (b) 2014-2015 and (c) 2016-2017.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	125273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Hospital and Community Health Service nurses and health visitors in Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, which is the main service provider for north Yorkshire, each year from 2013 to 2017.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Nurses and health visitors as at 31 October each specified year (FTE).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>October 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>766</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>789</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td><td><p>1,081</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital HCHS workforce statistics</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/02/2018 15:05:08 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227906

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce, refine and replace the use of animals in research.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>In 2010, the coalition government made a commitment to work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research and a delivery plan has been published. The plan shows how alternative methods can deliver fast, high-quality research that <br>also boosts economic growth. <br><br>Since the Plan was published, a wealth of significant new research and knowledge dissemination on the 3Rs - Replacement, Refinement and Reduction - has been completed. It includes the launch of the first products from the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) open innovation programme CRACK IT, a £4 million<br>competition run by Innovate UK and the NC3Rs to fund the commercialisation of non-animal technologies.<br><br>There is also the publication of important new studies on veterinary and human vaccine testing by Defra and Public Health England which have identified scope to reduce the numbers of animals used in developing vaccines. New joint working by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Home Office has additionally produced refined testing models to reduce animal <br>suffering.<br><br>We have taken major steps to encourage greater international adoption of 3Rs techniques, including a ground-breaking programme of knowledge-sharing with regulators and life science associations in China led by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit. In addition, we have published collaborative research across the global life sciences sector led by the NC3Rs and the UK’s Medicines and <br>Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to minimise the use of recovery animals in pharmaceutical development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 23/03/2015 16:01:25 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227907

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to improve the efficiency of the asylum system.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office have a number of Asylum Improvement projects underway. We are reviewing asylum processes to provide a better experience for our customers such as moving administrative tasks from the asylum interview into the screening process or revising decision letters to make them more user-friendly for customers. <br><br>We are also implementing a number of pilot initiatives to modernise our case working processes including exploring the use of Summary Notes within our asylum interviews. At the same time we are looking to invest in technology to automatically obtain a transcript of an asylum interview. This should improve the efficiency of our interviewing process and reduce the need for our customers to have lengthy interviews regarding their claim whilst we are also looking to expand on the use of video conferencing equipment to build greater flexibility into the asylum case working process and to realise potential savings. We are seeking to digitalise our work where possible, removing the need for paper-based files so our work can be moved around the country to meet service demands. <br><br>We have also made improvements to our decision making processing times. We aim to decide all straightforward asylum claims within six months. We recognise that asylum cases are often complex and require our full and thorough consideration, meaning that some decisions will take longer than six months. Those cases that do take longer than six months are actively managed to ensure they are concluded as promptly as possible. <br><br>We have significantly improved our suite of guidance on considering asylum claims, including key instructions on asylum interviews and assessing credibility. We have streamlined processes by reducing the volume of paperwork required and cutting duplication in the asylum process, including improvements to the way in which decisions are explained to applicants in correspondence to make it easier to understand. These changes are designed to support caseworkers to improve decision quality and efficiency to ensure we grant protection where it is needed whilst refusing unfounded claims more quickly, whilst also ensuring a more customer focused approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/03/2015 16:22:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227306

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of potential savings from mergers of police forces.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made any estimate as to the potential savings from merging police forces. It is not necessary for forces to merge in order to <br>become more efficient. Chief constables and police and crime commissioners are demonstrating that they can collaborate in order to make efficiency savings <br>without sacrificing the local accountability and identity of their forces. A programme of force mergers would also impose significant transition and reorganisation costs on the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/03/2015 14:36:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227165

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pieces of unlawful terrorist material have been taken off the internet since 2010; how many hate preachers have been excluded from the UK since 2010; how many organisations have been proscribed in the UK since 2010; how many (a) British citizenships have been revoked and (b) passports have been removed for terrorism-related reasons since 2010; and how many arrests the police have made for terrorism-related offences since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit has secured the removal of more than 75,000 pieces of terrorist-related content since 2010.<br><br><br>Since January 2010, 91 hate preachers have been excluded from the UK. Since May 2010, this Government have excluded 88 hate preachers from the UK. The Home <br>Secretary has the power to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good or if their exclusion is justified on public policy or public security grounds. Coming to the UK is a privilege that we refuse to extend to those who seek to subvert our shared values.<br><br><br>19 organisations have been proscribed since May 2010.<br><br><br>Since 2010 there have been 28 deprivation decisions taken on the basis that such action would be ‘conducive to the public good.<br><br><br>On 25 April 2013, the Government redefined the public interest criteria to refuse or withdraw a passport in a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament. Since the Secretary of State’s statement in April 2013, the Royal Prerogative was used 6 times in 2013 and 24 times in 2014. The Royal Prerogative was not exercised on these grounds in the period 2010-2012.<br><br><br>Since (April) 2010, over 800 people have been arrested for terrorism-related offences. Of these more than 220 have been charged and over 150 successfully prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/03/2015 14:38:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones