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1140584

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has provide information to patients on changes to the provision of medicines as a result of the serious shortage protocol; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	279390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>A Serious Shortage Protocol is an additional tool to manage serious medication shortages and may be used in the exceptional and rare situation when other measures have been exhausted or are likely to be ineffective.</p><p>At present we are currently working on the governance process for developing Serious Shortage Protocols, should one be required, through engagement, including with professional bodies and patient groups. Following this we will issue guidance to health professionals in due course.</p><p>The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the organisation who represent National Health Service community pharmacy contractors in England, have developed a briefing note to support community pharmacies, who will need to consider training and changes to their standard operating-procedures to take account of the potential new processes.</p><p>Any Serious Shortage Protocol would be developed by senior, specialist doctors and pharmacists, with input from national experts, Royal Colleges and specialist societies. If a Serious Shortage Protocol is to be authorised then there will also be engagement with the relevant patient groups, who can assist in informing patients. Pharmacists still have to use their professional judgment as to whether supplying against the protocol rather than the prescription is appropriate and provide the patient with relevant information. If they determine supply is not appropriate, then the patient should be referred back to their prescriber.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 279391 question first answered 26/07/2019 11:36:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131087 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1140585

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions the Government has had with (a) patient groups and (b) professional bodies on the development of the serious shortage protocol.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	279391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>A Serious Shortage Protocol is an additional tool to manage serious medication shortages and may be used in the exceptional and rare situation when other measures have been exhausted or are likely to be ineffective.</p><p>At present we are currently working on the governance process for developing Serious Shortage Protocols, should one be required, through engagement, including with professional bodies and patient groups. Following this we will issue guidance to health professionals in due course.</p><p>The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the organisation who represent National Health Service community pharmacy contractors in England, have developed a briefing note to support community pharmacies, who will need to consider training and changes to their standard operating-procedures to take account of the potential new processes.</p><p>Any Serious Shortage Protocol would be developed by senior, specialist doctors and pharmacists, with input from national experts, Royal Colleges and specialist societies. If a Serious Shortage Protocol is to be authorised then there will also be engagement with the relevant patient groups, who can assist in informing patients. Pharmacists still have to use their professional judgment as to whether supplying against the protocol rather than the prescription is appropriate and provide the patient with relevant information. If they determine supply is not appropriate, then the patient should be referred back to their prescriber.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 279390 question first answered 26/07/2019 11:36:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131085 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1137563

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Preventive Medicine: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Green Paper on Prevention will include and assessment of the level of funding required to implement the contents of that Green Paper.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	274472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>We are considering a number of policy options for the Prevention Green Paper and will be mindful of the level of funding that may be required for their implementation.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/07/2019 13:32:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1129858

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Carbon Budgets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to carry forward part of the second carbon budget in to the third budgetary period.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	259905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a world-leading record in tackling climate change. We are rightly proud of our performance against our carbon targets, having overperformed for the second time, leading us to cut our emissions faster than any G7 country. We remain firmly committed to tackling the threat of climate change and to meeting our future carbon targets through the ambitious plans and policies set out in the Clean Growth Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to reserve part of the second carbon budget is a technical one which does not impact the Government’s commitment to taking strong domestic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has deposited letters in the Libraries of the House confirming its decision.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/06/2019 16:11:48 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 121629 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1124976

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of greenhouse gas emissions of the Government's decision of June 2017 to cancel the planned electrification of railway lines between (a) Cardiff and Swansea, (b) Kettering and Sheffield and (c) Windermere and Oxenholme.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	251255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to a greener, cleaner transport system. That’s why we are modernising the UK rail fleet to introduce more electric, bi-mode (electric and diesel hybrid) and alternative-fuel trains to the network. Better trains and upgraded infrastructure will take polluting cars and lorries off our roads – reducing the overall carbon footprint of UK transport – making our air cleaner..</p><p> </p><p>On the Midland Main Line, brand new intercity trains will be introduced, which will have less environmental impact than the current trains, some of which are over 30 years old. They will be bi-mode, which means they can also take advantage of the electrified parts of the line.</p><p> </p><p>Our ambition is that these will be the cleanest ever bi-mode trains. Abellio, who have recently been awarded the new East Midlands Railway franchise, are seeking innovative ways to keep emissions to a minimum when running under diesel power. It is not possible to accurately calculate the environmental impact of new bi-mode trains until the design and development of the new trains is complete.</p><p> </p><p>This new franchise will be at the forefront of delivering a cleaner, greener rail network. Abellio will trial hydrogen fuel cell trains on the Midland Main Line and will run zero-carbon pilots at six stations along the route.</p><p> </p><p>Once the transformation of the Great Western is complete the new Intercity Express trains will spend most of the journey between London and Swansea in electric mode. In diesel mode the new trains meet the highest rolling stock emissions standards.</p><p> </p><p>On Windermere to Oxenholme, there are proposals for alternative fuel trials involving battery technology by Northern on the Lakes Line.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/05/2019 11:37:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1104904

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) domestic violence protection notices and (b) domestic violence protection orders have been issued in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	236335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) were rolled out across all 43 police forces in England Wales from 8 March 2014.</p><p>Table A shows ONS published data for the number of Domestic Violence Protection Notices both applied for and granted by the police in the last two financial years. Data prior to 2017 is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>DVPNs applied for</p></td><td><p>DVPNs granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ONS stats for Year Ending March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,408</p></td><td><p>4,219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ONS stats for Year Ending March 2017</p></td><td><p>3,245</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) Not all police forces could provide data to HMICFRS, therefore the total of applications granted may be greater than the total made.</p><p>Table B below shows the available information on the number of Domestic Violence Protection Orders that were issued by the courts during the period in question.</p><p>(Data only available from December 2014 as the Magistrates’ Courts case management and management information systems only began separately recording Domestic Violence Protection Orders from that date.)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>DVPOs granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 - March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,878 (HMICFRS data)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016 – June 2017</p></td><td><p>3,698 (HMICFRS data)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 - March 2016</p></td><td><p>3,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2014 - March 2015</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The draft Domestic Abuse Bill published on January 21 includes measures to introduce a new Domestic Abuse Protection Notice and Domestic Abuse Protection Order. This new order would bring together the strongest elements of existing orders to provide better protection to victims of domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/03/2019 17:33:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1082317

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	NHS Trusts: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much each NHS trust spent on legal fees defending employment tribunal cases relating to (a) discrimination, (b) unfair dismissal and (c) public interest disclosure in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	228644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Costs for how much each National Health Service trust spent in legal fees defending employment tribunal cares relating to discrimination, unfair dismissal and public interest disclosure since 2016 is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/03/2019 12:42:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1081800

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunal: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average waiting time and (b) longest wait between the Employment Tribunal receiving an employment tribunal application and the date of the first hearing has been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	227964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The average and the longest waiting times between the Employment Tribunal receiving an employment tribunal application and the date of the first hearing, in each of the last five years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Waiting time (in weeks) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April 14 - March 15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 15 - March 16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 16 - March 17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 17 - March 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 18 – Sept 18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Claims (Median) </strong><strong>1,2</strong></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oldest Claim</strong></p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>704</p></td><td><p>682</p></td><td><p>561</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1 Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</p><p>2 Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This table provides the average listing time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p><p>Median – This shows the waiting time for the claim in the middle of the distribution: half of all claims waited for less time and half waited longer.</p><p>A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaint (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may importantly influence the listing of such claims.</p><p>All data was taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is, provisional and subject to change.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and is the best data that is available at the time of publication.</p><p> </p><p>95% of multiple claims are stayed waiting decisions from a lead claim, as these are usually complex claims involving jurisdictions such as equal pay, holiday pay and pensions and it can take some time for these claims to be dealt with. This explains why the oldest claims in the table exceed ten years in length as they spend the majority of this period as a stayed claim.</p><p> </p><p>All data was taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is provisional and subject to change. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and are the best data available.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/03/2019 17:56:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1041623

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Royal Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the process is to determine whether to grant a request for a royal warrant.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	208779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Government ministers are not involved in the process of awarding or withdrawing royal warrants. Information on the awarding of warrants can be found on the Royal Household's website or requested from the Lord Chamberlain's Office.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/01/2019 10:14:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1041625

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Royal Household: Royal Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether goods obtained by the Royal Household from Royal Warrant holders are obtained at the normal commercial rate.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	208781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Government ministers are not involved in the process of awarding or withdrawing royal warrants. Information on the awarding of warrants can be found on the Royal Household's website or requested from the Lord Chamberlain's Office.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/01/2019 10:14:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb