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444920

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sunscreens: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will include the removal of VAT on sun safety products in his negotiations on VAT on sanitary products with his counterparts in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	22538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>EU VAT rules do not currently allow for the application of a zero rate of VAT to sanitary products. That is why I have written to the European Commission and other Member States setting out our strong view that Member States should have full discretion over what rate of VAT they can apply to these products.</p><br /><p>Drugs and medications that are dispensed by a registered pharmacist against a prescription issued by a qualifying health professional are zero rated for VAT.</p><br /><p>High-factor sunscreen is on the NHS prescription list for certain conditions and is therefore provided VAT free when dispensed by a pharmacist to patients.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/01/2016 10:39:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

443795

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for colonoscopy to detect bowel cancer.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	21838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Helping more people survive cancer is a key priority for this Government.</p><br /><p>We expect the National Health Service to look urgently at any dips in local performance and take action to make sure all patients get access to cancer treatment as quickly as possible. NHS England has set up a taskforce to look at what should be done to ensure cancer waiting times standards are met.</p><br /><p>Specifically for colonoscopy for bowel cancer, the NHS has committed to train an extra 250 gastroenterologists by 2020. In addition, Health Education England has pledged to fund the training of 200 non-medical endoscopists to significantly increase endoscopy capacity in England. The first cohort will begin training at the end of January 2016. NHS England’s Sustainable Improvement Team (formerly NHS Improving Quality) is working intensively with trusts that have significant endoscopy waiting lists, in order to improve performance. The learning from this will be shared widely.NHS England is also exploring ways to improve endoscopy performance through pricing changes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 19/01/2016 15:51:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

443796

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the uptake of bowel screening was under the National Screening Programme for bowel cancer in England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	21839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The National Bowel Screening Programme has been received positively since it commenced in 2006 and has seen a steady rise in participation achieving over 55% engagement over the last three years.</p><br /><p>Table: Bowel screening engagement of the last three years</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>2012 - 2013</p></td><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Invited</p></td><td><p>3,623,950</p></td><td><p>3,839,325</p></td><td><p>3,976,616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Screened</p></td><td><p>1,996,701</p></td><td><p>2,246,893</p></td><td><p>2,206,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abnormal</p></td><td><p>41,707</p></td><td><p>40,983</p></td><td><p>40,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uptake</p></td><td><p>55.10%</p></td><td><p>58.52%</p></td><td><p>55.49%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The programme expects that engagement will continue to increase following a positive recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee to use Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) as the primary screen test for bowel cancer. FIT has seen an increase in participation especially amongst men and in deprived areas as well as help reduce the number of deaths from bowel cancer.</p><br /><p>Following a positive screening test approximately half (50%) of the patients, at colonoscopy will have either bowel cancer or adenomas that require surgical intervention. An additional 25% of patients will have another disease affecting the colon and may require medical attention outside of the bowel screening programme, with the remaining 25% of colonoscopies having no medical reason for a positive result.</p><br /><p>Bowel screening has increased colonoscopy work and has subsequently helped to improve the quality of this service. False negatives from the screening test have no direct impact on the waiting times since colonoscopy is not undertaken.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 21837 question first answered 19/01/2016 16:12:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

443797

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
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 (a) frequency of false (i) positives and (ii) negatives from the National Screening Programme for bowel cancer and (b) the effect of such false positives and negatives on waiting times for colonoscopy.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	21837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The National Bowel Screening Programme has been received positively since it commenced in 2006 and has seen a steady rise in participation achieving over 55% engagement over the last three years.</p><br /><p>Table: Bowel screening engagement of the last three years</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>2012 - 2013</p></td><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Invited</p></td><td><p>3,623,950</p></td><td><p>3,839,325</p></td><td><p>3,976,616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Screened</p></td><td><p>1,996,701</p></td><td><p>2,246,893</p></td><td><p>2,206,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abnormal</p></td><td><p>41,707</p></td><td><p>40,983</p></td><td><p>40,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uptake</p></td><td><p>55.10%</p></td><td><p>58.52%</p></td><td><p>55.49%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The programme expects that engagement will continue to increase following a positive recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee to use Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) as the primary screen test for bowel cancer. FIT has seen an increase in participation especially amongst men and in deprived areas as well as help reduce the number of deaths from bowel cancer.</p><br /><p>Following a positive screening test approximately half (50%) of the patients, at colonoscopy will have either bowel cancer or adenomas that require surgical intervention. An additional 25% of patients will have another disease affecting the colon and may require medical attention outside of the bowel screening programme, with the remaining 25% of colonoscopies having no medical reason for a positive result.</p><br /><p>Bowel screening has increased colonoscopy work and has subsequently helped to improve the quality of this service. False negatives from the screening test have no direct impact on the waiting times since colonoscopy is not undertaken.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 21839 question first answered 19/01/2016 16:12:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

443798

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2015 to Question 18808, what assessment he made of the conclusion by the Independent Cancer Taskforce in its 2015 report entitled Achieving world class outcomes for cancer: A strategy for England 2015-2020 that faecal immunochemical testing has extremely poor rates of detection for precancerous polyps.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	21788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recently consulted on the use of Faecal Immunochemical testing (FIT) as an alternative screen test for bowel cancer. Both the UK NSC and the Independent Cancer Taskforce are supportive of the initial results of the FIT pilot, which indicates that this test is more acceptable to the screened population with a significant increase in participation (10%). The UK NSC has published its minutes from the November meeting and recommends a change to use FIT as the primary test to be used in the National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.</p><br /><p>We are considering the UK NSC’s recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 19/01/2016 16:04:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

426191

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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	Bermuda: Companies
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 ensure that any agreement on a central registry of beneficial ownership in Bermuda includes access for the public with legitimate reason.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	14836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>In March the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and I wrote to the Premier of Bermuda asking him to set out plans and a timetable for the implementation of a central register of company beneficial ownership, or similarly effective system, to meet three criteria, including law enforcement access. Bermuda has had a central registry of company and trust beneficiaries since 1939. It includes all shareholdings above 10% compared to the 25% which is the threshold for the UK’s register. The information is updated in real time and is already shared with law enforcement and tax authorities on request. We remain of the view that a public central register is the best approach to improve company transparency.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 09/11/2015 15:02:20 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

418896

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of proposed changes to the feed-in tariff on community renewable energy projects.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	10366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>We recognise that many community-led renewable projects rely on the feed-in tariff as a reliable source of income on which to build a business case for funding. However, we have actively engaged with community groups as part of our recent consultation on pre-accreditation and will do so further through targeted stakeholder events as part of the broader FITs review. In the FIT review consultation, we specifically seek views on whether the scheme might be focussed towards specific groups or sectors; we have also acknowledged that it may be possible to reintroduce pre-accreditation if the evidence submitted at consultation supports it.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:57:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

418897

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of proposed changes to the feed-in tariff on business growth in the renewable energy sector over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	10367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>An impact assessment was published alongside the feed-in tariff (FIT) review consultation document in August. We are seeking to supplement that assessment with evidence gathered through the consultation. The actual impact on the sector will, of course, depend on the options taken forward after all responses to the consultation have been considered.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:58:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

418898

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of potential changes in the level of employment in the UK's renewable energy sector as a result of the proposed changes to the feed-in tariff.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	10368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report, “The Size and Performance of the UK Low Carbon Economy”, estimated that in 2013 there were over 34,000 jobs in the UK solar sector.</p><p>Our consultation on the feed-in tariff review reflects the need to balance sector support whilst keeping bills down for consumers.</p><p>We strongly welcome evidence from the sector during this review consultation, which ends on 23 October, and only then can we begin to analyse the impact on jobs.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:58:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

418899

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department plans to take to support the UK's renewable energy sector after implementation of the proposed changes in the Feed-in Tariff.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	10369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>As yet, there has not been any decision taken about the future of the feed-in tariff scheme. We are currently holding a consultation on the future of the FIT scheme which will close on 23 October. The consultation can be found at the following link: <a href="https://econsultation.decc.gov.uk/office-for-renewable-energy-deployment-ored/fit-review-2015" target="_blank">https://econsultation.decc.gov.uk/office-for-renewable-energy-deployment-ored/fit-review-2015</a>.</p><p>A Government Response will follow the closure of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:59:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham