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1149890

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date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of vehicles that were assisted by Highways England after vehicular failure on a smart motorways in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Highways England collects data across its Strategic Road Network on the number of breakdown incidents managed by its regional control centres.</p><p> </p><p>To provide this information, Highways England has applied the following requirements as detailed below to then calculate the totals shown in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The data presented below summarises the number of incidents categorised as a ‘breakdown’ in their incident management logs. The data only includes incidents when Highways England Traffic Officers have attended such a breakdown incident and only captures incidents which are mapped to operational smart motorway locations.</p><p> </p><p>The total mileage of smart motorways on the strategic road network increased during the assessed period, which is due to new schemes opening and becoming operational.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total no. ‘breakdown’ incidents</p></td><td><p>16,763</p></td><td><p>20,421</p></td><td><p>25,333</p></td><td><p>62,517</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2019 12:45:07 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1149893

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average time taken for Highways England to provide assistance to motorists on smart motorways after vehicular failure.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Highways England monitors the performance of its management of incidents across the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England’s Traffic Officers provide assistance on the network to all motorists who require help.</p><p> </p><p>Using its recorded data, Highways England has summarised in the table below the average response times for Traffic Officers to arrive on scene at incidents which have been reported to, and are being managed, by its regional control centres.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England has used the same data parameters as set out in PQ answer 992.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of smart motorway increased during the assessed period, due to new schemes opening.</p><p> </p><p>This data provides Traffic Officer response times for breakdown incidents which are mapped to operational smart motorway locations.</p><p> </p><p>The average response time (in hh:mm:ss) for breakdown incidents between 2016 and 2018 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total average response time</p></td><td><p>00:16:04</p></td><td><p>00:17:07</p></td><td><p>00:17:39</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2019 12:53:07 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1147548

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of vaccinating all cattle against the TB virus.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	292889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Vaccination of cattle against the bovine TB bacterium is a part of our long-term eradication strategy. There are merits to cattle vaccination as it has the potential to reduce the prevalence, incidence and spread of TB. As with badgers, however, BCG (<em>M. bovis </em>- bacille Calmette-Guérin) vaccination is not completely effective, and has no impact on already infected cattle. It also sensitises cattle to the tuberculin skin test used to identify animals infected with TB, so we need to licence an effective test that differentiates between the disease and the vaccine before deployment would be possible.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/10/2019 14:58:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1147550

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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: Electricity and Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with cancer that live within a mile of (a) an electricity pylon and (b) a mobile telecommunications mast.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	292890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the number of people who have cancer living either within a mile of an electricity pylon or mobile telecommunications mast.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 14:42:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1147552

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to prevent mobile telecommunications companies from financially exploiting consumers with roaming charges in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	292891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The government has legislated to protect consumers from unexpected charges if there is no Brexit deal. This is to ensure that obligations on mobile operators to apply a financial limit on mobile data usage while abroad is retained in UK law. The limit has been set at £45 per monthly billing period. This means you cannot continue to use mobile data services when roaming unless you actively chose to continue spending. The government has also legislated to continue to ensure that consumers receive alerts when they are at 80% and 100% data usage.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 07/10/2019 13:10:12 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1147554

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a committee of inquiry into the causes and effects of the Afghanistan operation between 2003 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	292892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to conduct an inquiry into the causes and effects of the Afghanistan operation. Following the conclusion of Operation Herrick in 2014, the Army conducted a thorough internal review. We remain focused on supporting the Government of Afghanistan as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/10/2019 13:32:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1147556

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Audio Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of drivers of private hire vehicles using a microphone whilst in transit.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	292893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate of the number of private hire vehicle drivers using a microphone whilst in transit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/10/2019 15:47:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1147561

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the safety performance of train operating companies at train stations is reported.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	292894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>As health and safety regulator for the rail industry, including at stations, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have responsibility for setting requirements for train operators in relation to reporting safety performance. In order to operate services, operators are required to operate and maintain a safety management system and to have this certified or authorised by the ORR every five years.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/10/2019 09:51:29 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1145890

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Ophthalmic Services: Medical Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department ended funding for the National Ophthalmology Database audit.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	290843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Health Care Quality Improvement Partnership through the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme runs audits funded by NHS England for a range of clinical areas. Central funding is usually time limited and the National Ophthalmology Database Audit (NODA) was no exception. It should be noted less than 50% of ophthalmologist submitted their data.</p><p> </p><p>This Audit was commissioned for an initial three years of funding. This was then extended by two further years in 2017. Central funding is time limited to ensure a range of areas benefit over time. However, this does not mean an audit which is valued by a sector has to cease. Many audits move from central to other funding arrangements led by the sector.</p><p> </p><p>An audit provides an additional focus on improvement that those taking part benefit from, but all ophthalmology services continue to be subject to the same general standards whether or not they are taking part in the Audit programme. The intention of an audit is to look in a focussed way at outcomes and for the NODA this covered cataract surgery. The findings from the audit are available to surgeons and patients with the aim of driving continuous improvement. Participation in an audit, however, is not compulsory for trusts or individual surgeons and participation rates vary. Standards of individual clinical care continue to be the responsibility of the surgeon involved and, if appropriate, the relevant professional body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 290845 290846 question first answered 02/10/2019 11:08:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1145898

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Ophthalmic Services: 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 steps he will take to monitor the performance of ophthalmology services in the event of the cessation of the National Ophthalmology Database audit.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	290845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Health Care Quality Improvement Partnership through the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme runs audits funded by NHS England for a range of clinical areas. Central funding is usually time limited and the National Ophthalmology Database Audit (NODA) was no exception. It should be noted less than 50% of ophthalmologist submitted their data.</p><p> </p><p>This Audit was commissioned for an initial three years of funding. This was then extended by two further years in 2017. Central funding is time limited to ensure a range of areas benefit over time. However, this does not mean an audit which is valued by a sector has to cease. Many audits move from central to other funding arrangements led by the sector.</p><p> </p><p>An audit provides an additional focus on improvement that those taking part benefit from, but all ophthalmology services continue to be subject to the same general standards whether or not they are taking part in the Audit programme. The intention of an audit is to look in a focussed way at outcomes and for the NODA this covered cataract surgery. The findings from the audit are available to surgeons and patients with the aim of driving continuous improvement. Participation in an audit, however, is not compulsory for trusts or individual surgeons and participation rates vary. Standards of individual clinical care continue to be the responsibility of the surgeon involved and, if appropriate, the relevant professional body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 290843 290846 question first answered 02/10/2019 11:08:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord