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707219

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Foreign Exchange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government has made on bringing greater transparency to foreign currency transactions.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	66412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>A competitive and transparent financial services sector is vital to ensuring that the UK economy delivers for consumers and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>As with all policy areas, the Government continues to keep transparency of foreign exchange fees under review, and is currently conducting research on the effects of this on consumer decisions to inform its policy approach.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also currently consulting on its draft regulations for the implementation of the Second Payment Services Directive and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 66413 question first answered 07/03/2017 10:07:45 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

707220

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Foreign Exchange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will take steps to make currency conversion fully transparent in forthcoming payment services regulations.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	66413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>A competitive and transparent financial services sector is vital to ensuring that the UK economy delivers for consumers and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>As with all policy areas, the Government continues to keep transparency of foreign exchange fees under review, and is currently conducting research on the effects of this on consumer decisions to inform its policy approach.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also currently consulting on its draft regulations for the implementation of the Second Payment Services Directive and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 66412 question first answered 07/03/2017 10:07:45 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

707274

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
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	United Arab Emirates: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Scottish people are detained in the United Arab Emirates.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	66272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>According to our latest statistics as of November 2016, we are currently providing consular assistance to 47 British nationals who have been detained in the United Arab Emirates. British nationals are not obliged to report their detention to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) if they do not wish to. The FCO does not record information about where in the UK they originated from.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/03/2017 16:53:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

707330

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reapplications to the DVLA for driving licences following medical conditions have taken more than 8 weeks to assess in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	66334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The length of time taken to deal with an application depends on the medical condition and whether further information is required from medical professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has made major improvements in this area, including introducing an electronic service which allows drivers to notify the DVLA online about certain medical conditions. The DVLA has recruited 100 extra casework staff as well as more doctors to deal with complex cases. Three nurses have also been employed to help deal with certain cases and further recruitment is underway.</p><p> </p><p>A dedicated team has been put in place which is responsible for continuous improvement of medical driver licensing services and communications. Letters to customers and medical professionals have been improved, helping to ensure that the DVLA receives the information it needs as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>These changes have had significant and sustainable improvements. Information specifically about the time taken to assess re-applications for a driving licence following notification of a medical condition is not available. Since 1 April 2016 the DVLA has dealt with 645,841 medical cases. Of these, 72% received a licensing decision within eight weeks.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/03/2017 13:49:20 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

706148

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure the safe use of equipment used by companies to whom his Department's services are contracted.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	65881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>For all of the Department’s major outsourced contracts to deliver its services, for example health assessments and employment-related training provision, the suppliers are responsible for providing and maintaining all items of equipment within their premises necessary for the supply of the services.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of their contractual obligations, suppliers are required to comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and any other acts, orders, regulations and codes of practice relating to health and safety, which may apply to their staff and other persons working on the premises. The Department manages these supplier obligations as part of its regular contract and performance management activities.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/03/2017 17:20:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

706150

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
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	Industrial Health and Safety: Breathing Apparatus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure face-fit testing by the Fit2Fit Scheme providers is undertaken for all workers using tight-fitting respiratory face pieces.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	65882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance states that Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) fit testing should be conducted by a competent person and that person should be appropriately trained, qualified and experienced.</p><p> </p><p>The voluntary Fit2Fit accreditation scheme, administered by the British Safety Industry Federation, provides evidence to help those who have responsibility for the use of RPE at work to decide whether a face fit tester is competent. Following this scheme is not compulsory and employers are free to take other action to comply with the law.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/03/2017 13:51:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

705611

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's arms export policy to Saudi Arabia on the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	65575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government takes its arms export licensing responsibilities very seriously and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application.</p><p>The conflict is making the delivery of commercial and humanitarian supplies into Yemen, and their onward distribution, extremely difficult. We continue to urge all parties to the conflict to take all reasonable steps to allow the delivery and distribution of aid, and to facilitate rapid and safe humanitarian access. We also call upon all sides to do everything possible to prevent civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/03/2017 16:00:21 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

694234

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Brain: Tumours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of recommendations made by the Brain Tumour Charity in its Patient Guide to Brain Tumour Treatment and Services, published in November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	65516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The recommendations made by The Brain Tumour Charity in its report and guidance align with the recommendations in the independent Cancer Taskforce’s 2015 report, <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A strategy for England 2015-2020<sup>1</sup></em>, which represented the consensus views of the whole cancer community.</p><p> </p><p>Improving early diagnosis of cancer is a priority for this Government. We have committed to delivering the independent Taskforce’s recommendations on early diagnosis, including the introduction of a 28 day waiting times standard. NHS England’s Accelerate, Co-ordinate, Evaluate programme is testing innovative ways of diagnosing cancer earlier. The second wave of the programme is piloting multi-disciplinary diagnostic centres for patients with vague or non-specific symptoms. The pilots are taking place in London, Greater Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Oxfordshire and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven (Yorkshire).</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, patient experience was one of the six strategic priorities identified by the independent Cancer Taskforce, and ‘overall patient experience’ is one of the four key metrics included in the Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework published for the first time in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>A new Department of Health Task and Finish Working Group on Brain Tumour Research is bringing together clinicians, charities, patients, and officials to discuss how, working together with research funding partners, we can address the need to increase the level and impact of research into brain tumours. The Working Group is chaired by Professor Chris Whitty, the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser. The Working Group met for the second time on 30 January, and plans to report to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation by summer 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) supports brain tumour clinical trials via its Biomedical Research Centres, Clinical Research Facilities, and its Clinical Research Network (CRN). The CRN comprises 15 Local CRNs (LCRNs). In a new initiative from April 2015, each of these LCRNs has designated a senior clinician as the Subspecialty Lead for Brain Tumours. These local leaders are liaising with the National Cancer Research Institute’s Clinical Studies Groups to help plan the development and delivery of the national portfolio of brain tumour research, identifying new research opportunities and areas of clinical need. In the financial year 2015/16 the NIHR CRN supported recruitment of 1,061 patients to 37 brain cancer studies.</p><p> </p><p>To support people after treatment ends, in December 2016, NHS England announced a fund of over £200 million available to Cancer Alliances over the next two years, specifically to support those areas of the Cancer Taskforce strategy that it estimated would need significant investment. This includes implementation of the Recovery Package so that patients have personalised care and support from the point they are diagnosed to improve their quality of life.</p><p> </p><p>The report also included recommendations on palliative care. The Government’s ambition is for everyone approaching the end of life to receive high quality care that reflects their individual needs, choices and preferences. On 5 July 2016, we set out plans to improve end of life care in England. Our proposals are based on a commitment to high quality, personalised end of life care that we are making to all people at, or approaching the end of life.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> <a href="http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/achieving_world-class_cancer_outcomes_-_a_strategy_for_england_2015-2020.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/achieving_world-class_cancer_outcomes_-_a_strategy_for_england_2015-2020.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65517 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:21:01 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

694235

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Brain: Tumours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of recommendations made by the Brain Tumour Charity in its report, Finding Myself: The Reality of Brain Tumour Treatment and Care, published in February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	65517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The recommendations made by The Brain Tumour Charity in its report and guidance align with the recommendations in the independent Cancer Taskforce’s 2015 report, <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A strategy for England 2015-2020<sup>1</sup></em>, which represented the consensus views of the whole cancer community.</p><p> </p><p>Improving early diagnosis of cancer is a priority for this Government. We have committed to delivering the independent Taskforce’s recommendations on early diagnosis, including the introduction of a 28 day waiting times standard. NHS England’s Accelerate, Co-ordinate, Evaluate programme is testing innovative ways of diagnosing cancer earlier. The second wave of the programme is piloting multi-disciplinary diagnostic centres for patients with vague or non-specific symptoms. The pilots are taking place in London, Greater Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Oxfordshire and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven (Yorkshire).</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, patient experience was one of the six strategic priorities identified by the independent Cancer Taskforce, and ‘overall patient experience’ is one of the four key metrics included in the Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework published for the first time in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>A new Department of Health Task and Finish Working Group on Brain Tumour Research is bringing together clinicians, charities, patients, and officials to discuss how, working together with research funding partners, we can address the need to increase the level and impact of research into brain tumours. The Working Group is chaired by Professor Chris Whitty, the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser. The Working Group met for the second time on 30 January, and plans to report to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation by summer 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) supports brain tumour clinical trials via its Biomedical Research Centres, Clinical Research Facilities, and its Clinical Research Network (CRN). The CRN comprises 15 Local CRNs (LCRNs). In a new initiative from April 2015, each of these LCRNs has designated a senior clinician as the Subspecialty Lead for Brain Tumours. These local leaders are liaising with the National Cancer Research Institute’s Clinical Studies Groups to help plan the development and delivery of the national portfolio of brain tumour research, identifying new research opportunities and areas of clinical need. In the financial year 2015/16 the NIHR CRN supported recruitment of 1,061 patients to 37 brain cancer studies.</p><p> </p><p>To support people after treatment ends, in December 2016, NHS England announced a fund of over £200 million available to Cancer Alliances over the next two years, specifically to support those areas of the Cancer Taskforce strategy that it estimated would need significant investment. This includes implementation of the Recovery Package so that patients have personalised care and support from the point they are diagnosed to improve their quality of life.</p><p> </p><p>The report also included recommendations on palliative care. The Government’s ambition is for everyone approaching the end of life to receive high quality care that reflects their individual needs, choices and preferences. On 5 July 2016, we set out plans to improve end of life care in England. Our proposals are based on a commitment to high quality, personalised end of life care that we are making to all people at, or approaching the end of life.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> <a href="http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/achieving_world-class_cancer_outcomes_-_a_strategy_for_england_2015-2020.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/achieving_world-class_cancer_outcomes_-_a_strategy_for_england_2015-2020.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65516 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:21:02 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

694292

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons brain tumours are not included in the list of health conditions requiring additional support needs in the most recent Personal Independence Payment Assessment guide.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	65538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Claimants to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) who cannot engage effectively with the claims process due to a lack of mental capacity or insight, and who do not have any support from another person or organisation, are considered to require additional support from the DWP and elements of the PIP claims process have been adapted to provide further support for this group.</p><p> </p><p>The PIP Assessment Guide provides guidance for Health Professionals carrying out assessments for PIP on who is likely to require additional support and describes the broad health conditions which would give rise to a lack of mental capacity or insight together with some specific examples. The guidance would not preclude someone with a brain tumour from being considered for additional support if the tumour gave rise to a lack of mental incapacity or insight.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/03/2017 15:14:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day