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581629

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date	12/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the paper presented to members of the Ethical Medicines Industry Group on 5 September, stating that new drugs and treatments can be made available to UK patients more quickly once the UK has left the EU; and what preparations they are making to ensure that the UK can more rapidly approve medicines once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Nothing will change overnight as a result of the European Union referendum decision.</p><p>The United Kingdom remains a member of the EU until Article 50 negotiations have concluded. EU law continues to apply and ongoing compliance with EU law is considered important in facilitating orderly transition, for negotiating purposes, and to offer certainty in the meantime. As long as the UK is subject to EU law, the present arrangements remain in place.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 15/09/2016 11:42:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

581932

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets he has set for the senior talent team in his Department since taking up office.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Civil Service Workforce Plan 2016-2020 was published in July this year. This sets out how the Civil Service will deliver five key priorities that will have the greatest impact on readying the workforce to respond to the challenges the UK will face. The Workforce Plan is available here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536961/civil_service_workforce_strategy_final.pdf</p><p>The senior talent team is expected, alongside colleagues across Civil Service HR, to deliver the commitments in this Plan.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/09/2016 07:58:45 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

581935

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answers given on 21 July 2016 to Questions 43013 and 43014, what information his Department holds on legal advice expenditure by the (a) Economic and Domestic Affairs secretariat and (b) Propriety Ethics Unit on Freedom of Information cases in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	46034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>I would refer the Right Honourable gentleman to the answer to his previous question of 21 August 2016 (43013 and 43014).</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/09/2016 08:00:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

581971

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Antiaircraft Missiles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected lifespan is of the Sea Ceptor Anti-Air Missile System.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	46001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Sea Ceptor system is currently being fitted to the Royal Navy's Type 23 Frigates as the principal anti-air missile system and will also be fitted to the Royal Navy's future Type 26 Frigates as they enter service. The capability will remain in service for over 40 years to align with the out of service date for the Type 26 Frigate.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/09/2016 08:51:14 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

582000

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	Marine Protected Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to announce her decision on the Scottish Government's consultation on the five remaining cross-border or offshore marine special protection areas.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	45931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>I wrote to the Scottish Government on 2 September giving agreement to public consultation starting on four proposed marine Special Protection Areas that are partly in offshore waters. I also informed the Scottish Government that Defra was not yet in a position to start consultation on the English part of the proposed Solway Firth Special Protection Area, but that we would keep them updated on our position.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/09/2016 10:24:12 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

582082

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many citizens of EU countries other than the UK work in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and other bodies for which his Department is responsible.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	45953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>My Department does not hold this information and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>My department has two executive non-departmental public bodies – the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and one advisory non-departmental public body – the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. As these bodies are independent of Government, the hon Member may wish to write to the Commissions directly on these matters – contact details are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ALB</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contact Details</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parades Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>Executive NDPB</p></td><td><p>info@paradescommission.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission</p></td><td><p>Executive NDPB</p></td><td><p>information@nihrc.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>Advisory NDPB</p></td><td><p>contact@boundarycommission.org.uk</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 14/09/2016 12:07:58 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

582083

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many citizens of EU countries other than the UK work in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and other bodies for which his Department is responsible.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	45954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly. All staff that join, do so on assignment, loan or secondment, principally from the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government; who remain the employers. Details of staff nationality and ethnicity is retained by the parent department.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 15/09/2016 08:59:19 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

582084

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Fraud Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what response the Electoral Commission has made to paragraphs 214 to 226 of the Report entitled, Securing the ballot, Report of Sir Eric Pickles' review into electoral fraud, published in August 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	46022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission welcomed the publication of Sir Eric Pickles' review into electoral fraud and is now carefully considering the detail of its recommendations. The Commission has noted that the review supports a number of its own longstanding recommendations, including its call for voter ID, first put forward in 2014.</p><p>The Commission is an independent statutory body which reports and is accountable to the UK and Scottish Parliaments. It will publish a full response to Sir Eric’s review in due course and a copy will be placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/09/2016 11:41:25 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

582122

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	Television Licences: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the Exchequer was of providing free television licences to people over 75 years of age in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 for qualifying residents in (i) the North East, (ii) Country Durham and (iii) Easington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	46011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2014/15 the cost of providing free TV licences to those 75 and over in the North East was £26.5m and it is estimated the cost for qualifying residents in Durham County local authority and Easington constituency was £5.3m and £0.8m respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of the free TV licences to those aged 75 and over in the North East for 2015/16 will be published on 21 September on the Gov.uk website. Breakdowns by County and Parliamentary Constituency use that North East expenditure estimate.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 15/09/2016 11:00:31 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

579476

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BT Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the implementation of Ofcom's recommendations related to BT and Openreach.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	45813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>It is for Ofcom to implement its recommendations for the relationship between BT Group and Openreach. Nine out of ten homes and businesses now have access to superfast broadband, but our goal is to make sure the UK builds the right infrastructure to maintain our position as a world leading digital nation. We welcome Ofcom’s determination to tackle these issues.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that a more independent Openreach is needed to benefit consumers and the UK’s digital infrastructure. Swift and clear action is needed to give certainty to consumers, industry and investors in the UK’s broadband infrastructure and to deliver rapid improvements in the level of investment and service.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2016 11:38:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh