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34374

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families were based in temporary accommodation in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in each quarter of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	184755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Monday 27 January 2014]</em></p><p>The Department does not collect constituency level data. A table has been placed in the Library of the House with data for Chelmsford City Council and Essex. To assist my rt. hon. Friend, I have provided quarterly data back for the last ten years; the table illustrates how there are fewer households in temporary accommodation than the average under the last Administration.</p><p>This Government has retained a strong homelessness safety net protected in law, supported by £470 million in the current Spending Review period to prevent and tackle homelessness, rough sleeping and repossessions. We are seeing this investment making an impact with households now spending on average 7 months less in temporary accommodation than at the start of 2010.</p><p>We have also made some changes to the rules under the Localism Act to enable local authorities to end the main homelessness duty by arranging an offer of suitable accommodation in the private rented sector. This means households are likely to spend less time in temporary accommodation waiting for social housing to become available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

60863

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Primary Health Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve access to and standards of primary care.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	904120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government recently outlined its ambitions in ‘Transforming Primary Care'. We have invested £50 million to improve access and made changes to the general practitioner (GP) contract to help ensure that patients aged over 75 and those with the most complex needs receive more personalised and proactive care.</p><p> </p><p>We have also appointed a new Chief Inspector of General Practice, and the Care Quality Commission is inspecting standards in GP practices and taking strong action wherever they find poor care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Surrey answering member printed Mr Jeremy Hunt question first answered 10/06/2014 14:16:30 answering member 1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

62061

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments his Department has made to the devolved administrations as a consequence of rebates paid to it under the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	200803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides details of payments made to the devolved administrations under the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) for the last three complete financial years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>PPRS payments made by the Department of Health to the devolved administrations in resource terms (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3,388.4</p></td><td><p>6,218.8</p></td><td><p>3,464.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,998.8</p></td><td><p>7,562.1</p></td><td><p>4,077.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,852.5</p></td><td><p>6,865.2</p></td><td><p>3,827.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source</em>: Department of Health</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/06/2014 14:59:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

62352

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Clerk of the House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the criteria were for the choice of members of the panel of selection to consider the appointment of the next Clerk of the House and Chief Executive; and who selected those members.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	201113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The selection panel that will consider the appointment of the next Clerk of the House was chosen by Mr Speaker and its composition was considered by the House of Commons Commission at its meeting on 16 June. The criteria for selection of panel members included party balance, gender balance and the need for external independent input.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 23/06/2014 15:25:39 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

62944

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prostate Cancer: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons NICE has not recommended the treatment of abiraterone for use on the NHS; if he will place in the Library all correspondence NICE has received on the issue from (a) patient groups and (b) clinicians; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	201499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published technology appraisal guidance in June 2012 which recommends abiraterone (Zytiga) in its licensed indication for the treatment of castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer previously treated with a docetaxel-containing regimen, subject to a patient access scheme agreed between the Department and the drug's manufacturer.</p><p> </p><p>NICE is currently appraising abiraterone for the treatment of metastatic hormone relapsed prostate cancer not previously treated with chemotherapy and has not yet published final guidance for the National Health Service. We understand that NICE has recently consulted on its draft guidance for this indication, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>http://guidance.nice.org.uk/TAG/434/Consultation/Latest</p><p> </p><p>NHS commissioners are legally required to fund those treatments recommended by NICE in its technology appraisal guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In the absence of NICE technology appraisal guidance it is for the relevant NHS commissioner to make funding decisions based on an assessment of the available evidence. The NHS Constitution states that patients have the right to expect local decisions on the funding of drugs and treatments 'to be made rationally following a proper consideration of the evidence'.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that abiraterone as a first-line treatment is available through the Cancer Drugs Fund to NHS patients in England who could benefit from it.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide copies of the correspondence requested in the time available and this information will be placed in the Library in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/06/2014 14:09:43 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

63454

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Long-term Economic Plan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his long-term economic plan.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	904415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The government's long-term economic plan is working, and the UK is expected to grow faster than any other G7 country this year. Inflation is below target, the deficit has been reduced by over a third since 2009-10, and employment is at record levels. But the job is not yet done and the biggest risk now to the recovery would be abandoning the plan that is delivering a brighter economic future.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 24/06/2014 14:25:53 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

63503

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
	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 23 June 2014, Official Report, columns 27-8W, on pharmaceutical price regulation scheme, what payments have been made to the devolved administrations in the financial year 2014-15 to date; and what payments were made to the devolved administrations in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 financial years under the iteration of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme which has applied from 1 January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	202163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>To date, no payments have been made to the devolved administrations in respect of the 2014 Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) in financial year 2014-15. Constructive discussions have taken place with the Department and the devolved administrations to identify a fair allocation of receipts received under the PPRS. Agreement on the allocations for financial year 2013-14 has been reached and the Department intends to make the payments for that financial year within the next month.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 30/06/2014 16:02:42 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

63908

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost to the NHS was of providing free flu vaccinations in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	202341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>NHS England spent a total of £251 million on immunisation programmes in 2013-14. Of this, £89 million is identifiable as relating to the purchase of flu vaccines for adults and the administration of flu vaccines for both adults and children.</p><p> </p><p>Vaccines for the national childhood immunisation programme, including for childhood flu immunisation from 2013-14, are purchased and managed by Public Health England on behalf of the Department and are not a cost for the National Health Service. The cost of the vaccine and its storage and distribution are commercially confidential.</p><p> </p><p>Data for NHS spend for the years prior to 2013-14 is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/06/2014 15:45:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

63911

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) NHS staff, (b) pregnant women and (c) pensioners took up influenza vaccinations in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	202301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Data for England on the number of seasonal influenza vaccinations administered by primary care and National Health Service trusts to target groups have been derived from the Annual Influenza Vaccine Uptake Reports published by Public Health England (PHE).</p><p> </p><p>Annual influenza vaccine uptake for healthcare workers (HCWs) (England) is reported in the following table. Influenza vaccination is offered to frontline healthcare or social care professionals directly involved in patient care.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Influenza vaccine uptake for frontline HCWs with direct patient care</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of HCWs With Direct Patient Care</p></td><td><p>Number of Vaccines Administered</p></td><td><p>Vaccine Uptake (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,035,219</p></td><td><p>359,080</p></td><td><p>34.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,023,679</p></td><td><p>456,542</p></td><td><p>44.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,023,763</p></td><td><p>466,601</p></td><td><p>45.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>974,632</p></td><td><p>534,090</p></td><td><p>54.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Annual influenza vaccine uptake for pregnant women (England) are presented in the following table. Influenza vaccination has been offered to all pregnant women (includes those NOT in a clinical at-risk group and those IN a clinical at-risk group) since the 2010-11 flu season.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Influenza vaccine uptake for pregnant women</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of Patients Registered</p></td><td><p>Number of Vaccines Administered</p></td><td><p>Vaccine Uptake (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>318,562</p></td><td><p>121,164</p></td><td><p>38.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>710,554</p></td><td><p>195,031</p></td><td><p>27.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>713,740</p></td><td><p>287,561</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>659,223</p></td><td><p>262,081</p></td><td><p>39.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Annual influenza vaccine uptake for people aged 65 and over (England) are presented in the following table. Influenza vaccination is offered to this group.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Influenza vaccine uptake in those aged 65 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of Patients Registered</p></td><td><p>Number of Vaccines Administered</p></td><td><p>% Vaccine Uptake</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>8,631,137</p></td><td><p>6,287,011</p></td><td><p>72.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>9,138,632</p></td><td><p>6,764,364</p></td><td><p>74.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9,377,661</p></td><td><p>6,881,636</p></td><td><p>73.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>9,646,433</p></td><td><p>7,062,210</p></td><td><p>73.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: PHE Influenza Immunisation Vaccine Uptake Monitoring Programme</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/06/2014 15:23:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

77190

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Clerk of the House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what funding the Commission allocated for payment of travel, hotel and subsistence expenses of candidates interviewed for the role of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive; what the actual cost was of paying those expenses; and from which budget those expenses will be paid.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	205043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>No specific budget has been allocated for the payment of travel, hotel or subsistence expenses for candidates interviewed for the role of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive. The cost incurred to 14 July is £2,702.31. The costs are met from the House Service's general recruitment budget.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 16/07/2014 15:21:46 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns