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839162

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what age a person with dementia is eligible for benefit entitlement as a result of that condition.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	127720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Entitlement to benefit is not dependent on a specific diagnosis, meaning that claimants may apply at any age above the minimum age requirement specific to each individual benefit claimed.</p><p> </p><p>For those diagnosed with dementia, once the impact is such that a person has care or mobility needs which may give rise to additional costs, they may apply for a disability benefit.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/02/2018 15:02:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

832665

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	903598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We have been strengthening the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system through the biggest programme of reforms in a generation. We have legislated to improve the system and have invested £341 million since 2014 to help ensure the reforms make a real difference. We will continue to build on this, so that every child has the chance to fulfil their potential.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 903593 903594 903599 question first answered 29/01/2018 16:30:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

808284

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether universal credit claimants will lose money if they receive a disability premium in addition to income-based benefits.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	903001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>We simplified and rationised the various, complex disability premiums that exist in the legacy system and anyone in the Support Group who only qualifies for the Enhanced Disability Premium, will be better off in Universal Credit by over £90 per month.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/12/2017 17:33:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

802614

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales were prosecuted for possession of a weapon while in prison in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, c) 2016 and (d) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	118164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced an offence of unauthorised possession in prison of a knife or offensive weapon. Data on proceedings in 2015 and 2016 is available on the gov.uk website.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614435/experimental-statistics-by-ho-offence-code.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614435/experimental-statistics-by-ho-offence-code.zip</a></p><p>Data on proceedings in 2017 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:23:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

792126

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that businesses have access to temporary non-UK EU workers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	901925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering options for our future immigration system very carefully. Our decisions will be based on evidence and engagement with stakeholders. After we leave the EU, we will want to control immigration from the EU whilst continuing to attract the brightest and best to work or study in Britain. We will ensure that businesses and communities have the opportunity to contribute their views before any final decisions are made.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/11/2017 15:27:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

788697

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fireworks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ban the public sale of fireworks that are not silent.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	112475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to ban the sale of fireworks that are not silent. The Government is aware of the impact of exceedingly loud fireworks which is why there is already a noise limit in place on consumer fireworks. Under the 2015 Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations the maximum noise level of fireworks, for sale to the public, must not exceed 120dB.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/11/2017 14:22:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

782787

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to identify children with familial hypercholesterolemia.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	111225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England, NHS England, the British Heart Foundation, HEART UK and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) are working in partnership to aid the implementation of recently updated NICE guidance on familial hypercholesterolemia (FH).</p><p> </p><p>A cholesterol test is included as part of an NHS Health Check. This provides a key opportunity to identify the first case of FH within a family and, in line with NICE guidance, the subsequent testing of family members including children.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommended against a population screening programme in 2016. The UK NSC will review the evidence for FH again in 2018/19 as part of its three-yearly cycle.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/11/2017 17:42:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

776267

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Letting Agents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's call for evidence on protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market, published in October 2017, for what reasons extending rights to freeholders was not included in that publication.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	109012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>My Department's consultation ‘Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market’, which closed on 19 September, sought views on whether the Government should promote solutions to provide freeholders equivalent rights to leaseholders, to challenge the suitability of service charges for the maintenance of communal areas and facilities on a private estate. The Government will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 31/10/2017 14:59:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

720256

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to encourage high street banks to offer the Lifetime ISA.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	70964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Ultimately, the decision to offer the Lifetime ISA is for individual providers to make.</p><p> </p><p>The Government anticipates that the market will continue to grow over the course of the year as providers put their systems in place and develop their products.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/04/2017 14:11:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

710866

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medway Maritime Hospital
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 ensure that Medway Maritime Hospital has capacity to meet the needs of the local population.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	67730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>Capacity planning is a matter for NHS England. Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is the lead commissioner for Medway Maritime Hospital and we are advised that local health and care leaders are working through the Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) to ensure that capacity across the STP footprint will meet future need.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG advises that there are currently no commissioning plans, as part of the STP, to reduce capacity at Medway Maritime Hospital.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/03/2017 11:34:12 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson