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60801

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cervical Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to (a) support cervical Screening Awareness Week and (b) promote awareness by other means of the importance of cervical cancer screening for cervical abnormalities and cancer; and if he will make it his policy to set a target of 85 per cent for screening uptake.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	199664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>We welcome the Demos report <em>Behind the screen: “Revealing the true cost of cervical cancer…”</em>, which we have discussed in detail with Public Health England (PHE). On the specific recommendations in the report:</p><p> </p><p>- it is NHS Cervical Screening Programme policy that general practitioners should offer ‘on the spot' cervical screening tests to women during other appointments, as long as they are overdue. In 2012-13, more than 500,000 were taken without an immediate invitation;</p><p>- on awareness campaigns, PHE is looking at a number of other cancers for potential local pilot tests within the Be Clear on Cancer programme, and a decision will be made later in the summer;</p><p>- a strategy on using celebrities or religious leaders to improve coverage would need to be tied in with any overall marketing campaign, but previous experience shows that this only has a short term effect and needs frequent repetition. The publicity around Jade Goody, diagnosis, illness and subsequent death, brought in many under-screened women, but this dissipated within months following Jade's death at the end of March 2009; and</p><p>- PHE has funded research on the effects of mother/daughter relationships on uptake of screening and vaccination, including in lower socio-economic groups. PHE would be very happy to discuss this with Demos and Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.</p><p> </p><p>We know that for a number of reasons coverage rates amongst women have fallen slightly over the last decade, as highlighted further in the report, and a considerable amount of work is underway to tackle this decline. The third annual report of our Cancer Outcomes Strategy said that a priority for 2014-15 will be to improve screening uptake amongst disadvantaged groups. PHE is undertaking analysis on local screening programmes with poor coverage, and will work with them to develop action plans to increase coverage in their local areas.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically on younger women, the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme has commissioned a £1 million study to determine which interventions are effective at increasing screening uptake amongst women who are receiving their first invitation from the programme. We also know that coverage rates are lower in certain communities. NHS Cancer Screening Programmes have worked with Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust to host two events looking at challenges to screening uptake among black and minority ethnic communities, and a third event is due to be held in Birmingham in July 2014. NHS Cancer Screening Programmes has also funded an award winning Lesbian and Gay Foundation's <em>Are You Ready for Your Screen Test?</em> campaign targeting lesbian and bisexual women to raise awareness about the need to attend for regular cervical screening tests.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding costs discussed in the report, we will ensure that the report is sent to colleagues in NHS England who are responsible for commissioning the cervical screening service. The report will also be discussed at the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Cervical Screening in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>Acceptable and achievable standards for cervical screening coverage rates are being discussed as part of the update of the cervical screening service specification attached to the NHS public health functions agreement: Public health functions to be exercised by NHS England (Section 7a agreement) for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>We are fully supportive of Cervical Screening Awareness Week (CSA Week) and the work Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust does, who I met recently.</p><p> </p><p>I wrote to all Members of Parliament on 11 June to draw their attention to CSA Week, update them on national and local screening statistics and ask for their support in promoting take-up of screening. In addition, the Department and PHE promoted CSA Week on social media.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 199629 199630 question first answered 12/06/2014 14:46:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

60802

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cervical Cancer
	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 implement the recommendations of the Demos report, Behind the Screen, to increase uptake of cervical screening.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	199629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>We welcome the Demos report <em>Behind the screen: “Revealing the true cost of cervical cancer…”</em>, which we have discussed in detail with Public Health England (PHE). On the specific recommendations in the report:</p><p> </p><p>- it is NHS Cervical Screening Programme policy that general practitioners should offer ‘on the spot' cervical screening tests to women during other appointments, as long as they are overdue. In 2012-13, more than 500,000 were taken without an immediate invitation;</p><p>- on awareness campaigns, PHE is looking at a number of other cancers for potential local pilot tests within the Be Clear on Cancer programme, and a decision will be made later in the summer;</p><p>- a strategy on using celebrities or religious leaders to improve coverage would need to be tied in with any overall marketing campaign, but previous experience shows that this only has a short term effect and needs frequent repetition. The publicity around Jade Goody, diagnosis, illness and subsequent death, brought in many under-screened women, but this dissipated within months following Jade's death at the end of March 2009; and</p><p>- PHE has funded research on the effects of mother/daughter relationships on uptake of screening and vaccination, including in lower socio-economic groups. PHE would be very happy to discuss this with Demos and Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.</p><p> </p><p>We know that for a number of reasons coverage rates amongst women have fallen slightly over the last decade, as highlighted further in the report, and a considerable amount of work is underway to tackle this decline. The third annual report of our Cancer Outcomes Strategy said that a priority for 2014-15 will be to improve screening uptake amongst disadvantaged groups. PHE is undertaking analysis on local screening programmes with poor coverage, and will work with them to develop action plans to increase coverage in their local areas.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically on younger women, the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme has commissioned a £1 million study to determine which interventions are effective at increasing screening uptake amongst women who are receiving their first invitation from the programme. We also know that coverage rates are lower in certain communities. NHS Cancer Screening Programmes have worked with Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust to host two events looking at challenges to screening uptake among black and minority ethnic communities, and a third event is due to be held in Birmingham in July 2014. NHS Cancer Screening Programmes has also funded an award winning Lesbian and Gay Foundation's <em>Are You Ready for Your Screen Test?</em> campaign targeting lesbian and bisexual women to raise awareness about the need to attend for regular cervical screening tests.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding costs discussed in the report, we will ensure that the report is sent to colleagues in NHS England who are responsible for commissioning the cervical screening service. The report will also be discussed at the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Cervical Screening in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>Acceptable and achievable standards for cervical screening coverage rates are being discussed as part of the update of the cervical screening service specification attached to the NHS public health functions agreement: Public health functions to be exercised by NHS England (Section 7a agreement) for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>We are fully supportive of Cervical Screening Awareness Week (CSA Week) and the work Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust does, who I met recently.</p><p> </p><p>I wrote to all Members of Parliament on 11 June to draw their attention to CSA Week, update them on national and local screening statistics and ask for their support in promoting take-up of screening. In addition, the Department and PHE promoted CSA Week on social media.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 199630 199664 question first answered 12/06/2014 14:46:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

60803

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cervical Cancer
	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 conclusions of the Demos report, Behind the Screen on (a) the decline in screening rates for all age groups and (b) the costs to both the NHS and individual women of screening uptake levels.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	199630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>We welcome the Demos report <em>Behind the screen: “Revealing the true cost of cervical cancer…”</em>, which we have discussed in detail with Public Health England (PHE). On the specific recommendations in the report:</p><p> </p><p>- it is NHS Cervical Screening Programme policy that general practitioners should offer ‘on the spot' cervical screening tests to women during other appointments, as long as they are overdue. In 2012-13, more than 500,000 were taken without an immediate invitation;</p><p>- on awareness campaigns, PHE is looking at a number of other cancers for potential local pilot tests within the Be Clear on Cancer programme, and a decision will be made later in the summer;</p><p>- a strategy on using celebrities or religious leaders to improve coverage would need to be tied in with any overall marketing campaign, but previous experience shows that this only has a short term effect and needs frequent repetition. The publicity around Jade Goody, diagnosis, illness and subsequent death, brought in many under-screened women, but this dissipated within months following Jade's death at the end of March 2009; and</p><p>- PHE has funded research on the effects of mother/daughter relationships on uptake of screening and vaccination, including in lower socio-economic groups. PHE would be very happy to discuss this with Demos and Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.</p><p> </p><p>We know that for a number of reasons coverage rates amongst women have fallen slightly over the last decade, as highlighted further in the report, and a considerable amount of work is underway to tackle this decline. The third annual report of our Cancer Outcomes Strategy said that a priority for 2014-15 will be to improve screening uptake amongst disadvantaged groups. PHE is undertaking analysis on local screening programmes with poor coverage, and will work with them to develop action plans to increase coverage in their local areas.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically on younger women, the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme has commissioned a £1 million study to determine which interventions are effective at increasing screening uptake amongst women who are receiving their first invitation from the programme. We also know that coverage rates are lower in certain communities. NHS Cancer Screening Programmes have worked with Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust to host two events looking at challenges to screening uptake among black and minority ethnic communities, and a third event is due to be held in Birmingham in July 2014. NHS Cancer Screening Programmes has also funded an award winning Lesbian and Gay Foundation's <em>Are You Ready for Your Screen Test?</em> campaign targeting lesbian and bisexual women to raise awareness about the need to attend for regular cervical screening tests.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding costs discussed in the report, we will ensure that the report is sent to colleagues in NHS England who are responsible for commissioning the cervical screening service. The report will also be discussed at the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Cervical Screening in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>Acceptable and achievable standards for cervical screening coverage rates are being discussed as part of the update of the cervical screening service specification attached to the NHS public health functions agreement: Public health functions to be exercised by NHS England (Section 7a agreement) for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>We are fully supportive of Cervical Screening Awareness Week (CSA Week) and the work Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust does, who I met recently.</p><p> </p><p>I wrote to all Members of Parliament on 11 June to draw their attention to CSA Week, update them on national and local screening statistics and ask for their support in promoting take-up of screening. In addition, the Department and PHE promoted CSA Week on social media.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 199629 199664 question first answered 12/06/2014 14:46:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

106250

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Libya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the threat posed to the UK by extremist training camps in southern Libya.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	213295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>We keep the security situation in southern Libya under close review. We assess that a number of extremist groups consider that region to be an increasingly permissive environment. We continue to work closely with other Government Departments and agencies, particularly JTAC (the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre), to monitor, and consider how best to deal with, potential threats to the UK and UK interests.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/11/2014 17:47:25 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

77579

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to confirm the level of extra funding for 2015-16 that will be allocated as a consequence of her consultation on fairer school funding earlier in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	205589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>We have today published our consultation response confirming the level of extra funding that each local authority will receive.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/07/2014 15:00:34 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

106280

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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	Park Homes: Water Charges
	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 representations she has received on park home owners being able to be individually metered for water use.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	213265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>We have not received any recent representation from park home owners on this topic.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of premises either receive their water and sewerage services from a water company or a reseller. A customer of a water company can request (under the Water Industry Act 1991) a water meter and if it is not feasible to fit one (due to it being impractical or unduly costly) they will be moved across to an assessed charge. The assessed charge should ‘bear as much relation as possible to the volumes of water such customers would be likely to use’ and are normally based on the average metered bill for the area or the number of bedrooms.</p><p> </p><p>Those customers of resellers (and this can include sheltered accommodation, housing association properties, flats above commercial premises, caravan parks and park homes) can ask for a meter to be fitted but there is no legal requirement on the reseller to do this.</p><p> </p><p>The industry regulator, Ofwat, regulates the resale market through The Water Resale Order 2006 (section 150 of the Water Industry Act 1991) and provides examples on how the charges should be apportioned.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 07/11/2014 14:15:11 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

99771

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Riot Control Weapons: Hong Kong
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of the UK's tear gas exports to Hong Kong was in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	211161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold data on actual exports, only on export licences we have granted. They are available to view at: <a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/10/2014 16:14:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

99769

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Gulf States
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value was of UK arms exports to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) Bahrain in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	211158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold data on actual arms sales, only on export licences we have granted, available at: <a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/10/2014 16:09:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

106248

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Libya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent reports he has received on the extent of the circulation of illegal weapons in Libya.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	213296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>We closely monitor the illegal arms trade with regards to Libya, and the risks of proliferation associated with uncontrolled stocks of weapons and ammunition.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 10/11/2014 17:25:24 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

100361

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reliability of the information provided to her Department by local authorities on implementation of special educational needs reform for children with hearing impairment.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	211457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not provided to the Department for Education by local authorities.</p><p>Local authorities and their partners across education, health and social care are implementing the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms which came into force on 1 September this year. The Department is working closely with local authorities and local Parent carer forums to understand how local implementation of the Children and Families Act 2014 is progressing. Summary findings of the autumn implementation survey will be published before the end of the year. We will also publish local authority data on an annual basis, starting summer 2015.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 27/10/2014 17:19:31 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke