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746111

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has agreed to a request for funding for the financial year 2017-18 from Action on Smoking and Health; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	1592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has received no request for funding for the financial year 2017-18 from the charity Action on Smoking and Health. Any grant funding awards agreed in this financial year will be made on a competitive basis in line with Government guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/07/2017 14:45:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

746123

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of women in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry local authority area, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England who will be affected by changes to the state pension age for women born in the 1950s.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	1557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers affected by constituent country, parliamentary constituency or local authority is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. However, the most recent population breakdowns for England and its parliamentary constituencies by age can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p> </p><p>Population breakdowns by local authority, region and country can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland</a></p><p> </p><p>The House of Commons library have produced a paper estimating the number of women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 (those born between 6 April 1953 and 5 <del class="ministerial">December 1953</del><ins class="ministerial"> April 1960</ins>) by constituency, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/07/2017 14:01:01 question first ministerially corrected 05/07/2017 08:38:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 1264 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

746139

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Portugal: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of British subjects being held in pre-trial detention in Portugal.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	1593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Of the 19 British nationals currently in prison in Portugal, 8 are being held in pre-trial detention.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/07/2017 14:19:16 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

746143

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	British Business Bank: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps have been taken by the British Business Bank to help small businesses in Northern Ireland access finance.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>As of the end of December 2016, the British Business Bank is supporting £26m of finance to almost 1,100 SMEs in Northern Ireland. This includes £4m of Start-Up Loans to support 644 small businesses</p><p> </p><p>Alongside designing and delivering programmes through its partners, the British Business Bank works to promote the provision of better information in the market to increase smaller businesses’ understanding of the finance options available to them. The Business Finance Guide (<a href="http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb" target="_blank">http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb</a> ) sets out the different sources of finance available to businesses – from start-ups to SMEs and growing mid-sized companies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/07/2017 14:50:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

746145

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Pakistan on the recent case of a sewage cleaner who was a Christian, who died after becoming unconscious at work, and whose medical treatment was allegedly delayed as a result of the religious beliefs of doctors during Ramadan.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>We are concerned about continuing reports of abuses against Christians (and other religious minorities) in Pakistan. The British Government strongly condemns the targeting of innocent people based on their religion or beliefs.</p><p>We regularly raise our concerns about the protection of minority communities, including religious minorities, with the Pakistani Government at a senior level. The Foreign Secretary discussed the importance we attach to safeguarding the rights of all Pakistan's citizens during his visit to Pakistan in November 2016.</p><p>In January 2017, my predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for Reading West (Mr Sharma), raised the protection of religious minorities with Kamran Michael, Pakistani Minister for Human Rights, and Barrister Zafarullah Khan, the Pakistani Prime Minister's Special Assistant for Human Rights.</p><p>We continue to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to religious freedom, and to uphold the rule of law.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 03/07/2017 15:09:49 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

746149

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Liu Xiaobo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on ensuring that Liu Xiaobo has access to (a) adequate medical care and (b) his family.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>​We raised the case of Liu Xiaobo at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue which was held in Beijing on 27 June. We urged the Chinese authorities both to ensure Liu Xiaobo has access to his choice of medical treatment and also to lift all restrictions on him and his wife Liu Xia.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 03/07/2017 15:03:32 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

746150

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Liu Xiaobo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions Ministers of his Department have had with their Chinese counterparts on the transfer of Lui Xiaobo to hospital.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>We raised the case of Liu Xiaobo at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue which was held in Beijing on 27 June. We urged the Chinese authorities to ensure Liu Xiaobo has access to his choice of medical treatment and to lift all restrictions on him and his wife Liu Xia.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 03/07/2017 15:12:26 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

746157

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to launch its own webpage to match schools and teachers and save the recruitment costs that schools incur.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	1673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>We are creating a new national teacher vacancy service that will make it easier for schools to advertise vacancies and for teachers to find jobs quickly and easily. We will provide further details of the service in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/07/2017 13:15:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

746161

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Democratic Unionist Party: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what the allocation of Short Money to the Democratic Unionist Party is.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	1655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>I have been informed by the Clerk of the House as Accounting Officer that the Democratic Unionist Party does qualify for Short money as an opposition party under the terms of the Resolution of the House of 26 May 1999.</p><p>Following the General Election of 8 June 2017, the full year Short Money allocation for the Democratic Unionist Party is:</p><p>Main Budget: £222,305.00</p><p>Travel Budget: £4,925.14</p><p>There is no Ministerial responsibility for Short money, which comes under the auspices of the Members Estimate Committee, for which I act as spokesperson.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2017 14:54:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

746168

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to reduce the practice of sending patients with severe mental problems to hospitals out of the patient's area.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	1776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Inappropriate out of area placements are unacceptable and the Government has committed to eliminate these in non-specialist, acute mental health care by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>To support the delivery of this ambition, in October 2016 the Government put in place the first data collection to secure much-needed national transparency on this issue.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups also have the opportunity to gain a financial Quality Premium if they successfully reduce their out of area bed days by 33% during 2017/18. This will also be available in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 03/07/2017 13:41:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley