Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1079571

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Measles: Disease Control
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 reduce the number of measles cases throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	227365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK is concerned about the rising number of measles cases globally and is supporting efforts to reduce these in low income countries through investment in Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The UK is the largest donor to Gavi, which has helped immunise over 700 million children since 2000 and prevented more than 10 million deaths from vaccine preventable diseases.</p><p> </p><p>Gavi is helping to reduce the number of measles cases by supporting routine immunisation. This is supplemented by rapid vaccination campaigns to stem outbreaks when they occur and limit the spread. Over 67 million people have been vaccinated through Gavi against measles through routine immunisation and over 370 million people have been vaccinated through campaigns.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will host Gavi’s replenishment in 2020, demonstrating the UK's continued strong commitment to support Gavi's efforts to save children’s lives from measles as well as other vaccine preventable diseases.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/03/2019 17:28:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079572

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has held with counterparts in the governments of Commonwealth member states on the payment of compensation to African veterans of the Second World War.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	227366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Defence Ministers have regular discussions with members of the Commonwealth on a range of topics.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/03/2019 14:22:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079573

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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 Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration on food standards in relation to a future trade deal after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	227367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p><em>Whilst we cannot negotiate any trade agreements before leaving the EU, the Government has made it clear that any future deal with the US must work for UK consumers, farmers and food manufacturers as well as protecting the UK’s high standards of food safety, animal welfare and environmental protection.</em></p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 07/03/2019 09:53:08 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079574

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Cards: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has plans to reform the cap on interchange rate fees for card payments introduced in the Interchange Fee Regulation 2016 from a percentage cap to a flat rate of 50p per transaction.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	227415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is open to hearing views on this issue, and digital payments more broadly, as evidenced by its call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy. Amongst other things, this explored how the Government can best support digital payments. The Government will formally respond to the call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/03/2019 15:24:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1079575

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of children in the UK applying for a secondary school place who were accepted by their first choice every year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	227368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>​The proportion of children who applied through the coordinated admissions process for a place at secondary school, and were made an offer of their first choice school, is provided in the table below for entry into the academic years 2010/11 to 2018/19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Entry into academic year</p></td><td><p>Proportion made 1st preference offer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>83.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>84.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>85.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>86.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>85.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>84.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>83.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>82.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Secondary application and offer data are currently being collected and are scheduled to be published, alongside primary level data, in June 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/03/2019 15:57:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079576

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Skin Cancer: Sunbeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential correlation between the use of sunbeds for tanning the risk of skin cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	227416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Ultraviolet (UV) radiation-emitting tanning devices, including sunbeds, were classified in 2009 as ‘carcinogenic to humans’ by the International Agency for Research on Cancer based on consistent evidence of a positive association between their use and incidence of melanoma.</p><p> </p><p>In 2009, the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment published advice to United Kingdom Government on the health effects and risks from UV sunbeds and concluded that there is evidence to suggest an increased risk of skin cancer among those who use sunbeds before the age of 35. The Committee's Report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comare-13th-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comare-13th-report</a></p><p> </p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) report on ‘Artificial tanning devices: public health interventions to manage sunbeds’ states that melanoma risk increases with younger age of first sunbed use and with greater lifetime use of sunbeds. The WHO report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.who.int/uv/publications/artificial-tanning-devices/en/" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/uv/publications/artificial-tanning-devices/en/</a></p><p> </p><p>A systematic review in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) showed that people who have used a sunbed at least once at any stage in their life have a 20% higher risk of developing melanoma than people who have never used a sunbed, and the first use of sunbeds before the age of 35 increases the risk of developing melanoma by 59%. The BMJ report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4757.long" target="_blank">https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4757.long</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2019 16:37:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1079577

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Cancer: Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the proportion of cancer patients in England received radiotherapy as part of their primary treatment in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	227381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2019 11:03:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1079578

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on improving the transparency and effectiveness of his Department’s aid programmes.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	227378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to improving the transparency and effectiveness of its Official Development Assistance (ODA) programmes and works closely with the Department for International Development (DfID) on best practice for aid transparency.</p><p>From later this year the aid transparency advocacy organisation ‘Publish What You Fund’ will begin a review of all Government Departments ’ spending ODA, The Home Office will continue to work closely with DfID to act on the findings of this review.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2019 16:14:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1079579

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the transparency of his Department’s aid budget.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	227379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government transparency target set out in the 2015 Aid Strategy commits all Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending departments to achieve ‘Good’ or ‘Very Good’ in the International Aid Transparency Index (IATI) by 2020. The Home Office is working to improve the transparency of our its aid projects and achieve at least a ‘Good’ rating’ on the Aid Transparency Index by 2020. This will involve publishing detailed information on Home Office ODA projects, whilst safeguarding UK national security obligations, and individual’s’ personal information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/03/2019 16:45:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1079580

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fires: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of (a) trends in fire-related deaths and (b) the adequacy of future funding for the Fire and Rescue Service.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	227408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of fire-related fatalities in England has been on a general downward trend since 1981/82, when comparable figures first became available, but have plateaued in recent years.</p><p>Fire services have the resources to do their work. In 2019/2020, fire and rescue services will receive approximately £2.3bn in funding. At March 2018 the standalone Fire and Rescue Authorities held £545 million in reserves, equivalent to 42 percent of the core spending power.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/03/2019 15:39:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan