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390466

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to require heavy goods vehicles satellite navigation system providers to remove weight-restricted roads from their routes.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	7366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>All road users benefit from clear directions, including HGV drivers. It is clearly not in the interests of HGV drivers to rely upon inaccurate information, which may make them late or even involve them in accidents. Nevertheless, we believe that legislation would be a costly, bureaucratic and inappropriate way of dealing with the problem. Instead we have made significant efforts to link together freight associations, local authorities and satnav companies to ensure that HGV drivers are aware of the issue and have the latest information available to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Councils already have the means to set height and weight restrictions for roads, which are enforced by the police, and HGV satnav devices increasingly include up-to-date routing information that takes account of such restrictions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Decisions on all aspects of traffic management policy are the responsibility of local traffic authorities, and how they and the police enforce this once they are in place it is a matter for them. We believe the necessary enforcement powers are available for this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 7365 question first answered 20/07/2015 14:46:34 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

390468

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of whether the powers local councils and police have to enforce restrictions on heavy goods vehicles driving on weight-restricted roads are sufficient to protect rural roads and surrounding environments.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	7365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>All road users benefit from clear directions, including HGV drivers. It is clearly not in the interests of HGV drivers to rely upon inaccurate information, which may make them late or even involve them in accidents. Nevertheless, we believe that legislation would be a costly, bureaucratic and inappropriate way of dealing with the problem. Instead we have made significant efforts to link together freight associations, local authorities and satnav companies to ensure that HGV drivers are aware of the issue and have the latest information available to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Councils already have the means to set height and weight restrictions for roads, which are enforced by the police, and HGV satnav devices increasingly include up-to-date routing information that takes account of such restrictions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Decisions on all aspects of traffic management policy are the responsibility of local traffic authorities, and how they and the police enforce this once they are in place it is a matter for them. We believe the necessary enforcement powers are available for this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 7366 question first answered 20/07/2015 14:46:34 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

65791

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Framework Agreement between his Department and Network Rail on the reclassification of Network Rail will ensure that the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies to Network Rail.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	203914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 17th December 2013, the ONS announced that under new EU statistical rules (ESA10) which come into force on 1st September 2014, Network Rail will be reclassified to the public sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is currently working with Network Rail to decide on the details of how Network Rail will operate in the public sector. A Framework Agreement explaining these decisions will be published before 1st September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Framework Agreement will address a number of issues, and this is likely to include our intended approach to the FOIA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/07/2014 15:06:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

626686

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Witnesses: Video Recordings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to start the national roll-out of pre-recorded cross-examination for young vulnerable witnesses following the pilot of section 28 of the Youth and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	51414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The roll-out of pre-trial cross examination for all vulnerable witnesses, including children, will commence in January 2017. The roll-out across all Crown Courts should be complete by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/11/2016 17:15:04 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

171306

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will contribute to the European Trust Fund for the Central African Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	219178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK is not a current contributor to the EU Trust Fund for CAR. We welcome the leadership of the EU on the humanitarian response in CAR and on programmes linking relief, recovery and development. The UK has committed £30 million in humanitarian funds to CAR and CAR refugees since July 2013, funding a range of NGOs and UN agencies to provide protection, water, health, shelter and food security. We are keeping the international response to the CAR crisis under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/01/2015 17:45:08 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

100194

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's benchmark waiting time is to see a General Practitioner for a routine appointment; and how that benchmark was set.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	211311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not set a benchmark for waiting times to see a general practitioner (GP) for a routine appointment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 48 hour waiting time target was removed because it as seen as too inflexible in meeting the needs of patients. The GP patient survey showed that the proportion of people who wanted to get an appointment within 2 days (and were able to) actually fell between 2008-09 and 2009-10 i.e. when the target was in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/10/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

100195

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to simplify the provision and commissioning of secondary care; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	211309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>In considering the commissioning and provision of secondary care, it is for commissioners and clinicians locally to design and deliver the models of care that are going to provide the best outcomes for patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has published a Five Year Forward View which describes the vision for the future of the NHS, including increasing the involvement of General Practitioners in the provision of services traditionally placed in secondary care through ‘Multispecialty Community Providers’ and ‘Primary and Acute Care Systems’. A copy of the Five Year Forward View is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2014 17:11:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name NHS England- Five Year Forward View.pdf title NHS England- Five Year Forward View
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

100204

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the effectiveness of National Health Service purchasing and promote procurement on a regional or national scale.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	211312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Individual National Health Service trusts are responsible for their own procurement activity and are supported by collaborative procurement organisations working at regional and national level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department launched a Procurement Efficiency Programme (<em>Better Procurement Better Value Better Care</em>) in August 2013, further details of which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-procurement-in-the-nhs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-procurement-in-the-nhs</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This programme focussed on the need to improve local capability, data and leadership in the longer term and the need to drive £1.5-£2 billion of efficiency savings in the immediate term. As part of this efficiency programme the Department is working with NHS trusts and collaborative procurement organisations to determine the most effective procurement approaches going forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/10/2014 16:38:12 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

147558

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer
	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 develop and support the cancer screening programme.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	214020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The NHS Cancer Screening Programmes screen millions of people each year in order to detect cancer or abnormalities which could develop into cancer if left undetected and untreated. They are supported by a national co-ordinating team and regional quality assurance teams in Public Health England (PHE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the specific programmes, NHS England and PHE are working together to set up screening centres for Bowel Scope Screening (BSS) for 55 year-olds as an addition to the current NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Our commitment is to have BSS rolled out to 60% of screening centres in England by the end of March 2015, and to all screening centres in England by the end of 2016. In addition, as part of the original programme, PHE are piloting a new form of home testing kit (faecal immunochemical testing - FIT) which is easier to use and potentially more accurate than the current faecal occult blood (FOB) test used in the programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS Breast Cancer Screening Programme has developed considerably with the use of digital mammography in screening clinics and the extensions to the age range for screening women, including the current randomised controlled trial screening 47-49 and 71-73 year-old women. Around 97.1% of women who have had invasive breast cancer detected by screening are alive five years later and over three quarters of the women whose cancer is detected by the programme do not need chemotherapy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS Cervical Screening Programme is currently piloting the use of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as the primary screen for cervical disease in order to achieve better, more personalised outcomes for women. Through early detection and treatment the NHS Cervical Screening Programme can prevent around 75% of cervical cancers developing; where an early cancer is found, women with cervical cancer diagnosed by screening have a better chance of being cured than those who present with symptoms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All NHS screening programmes are based on National Screening Committee recommendations using the best evidence available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/11/2014 14:08:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

147560

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	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 support the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	214021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Through <em>Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer </em>(2011), the Government has invested an additional £750 million in improving cancer services, including over £450 million supporting earlier diagnosis. Earlier diagnosis is an essential element in delivering against the Government’s ambition to save an additional 5,000 lives from cancer per year by 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative, the Department continues to work in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), NHS England, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and other public and voluntary sector organisations to support centrally led Be Clear on Cancer symptom awareness campaigns and work to support general practitioners and primary care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know that diagnosis at an early stage of a cancer’s development leads to improved survival chances. An indicator on the proportion of cancers diagnosed at an early stage is therefore a useful proxy for assessing improvements in cancer survival rates. This is why the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) includes an indicator on the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2. <br> <br></p><p> </p><p>PHE has published the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 or 2 as part of PHOF. This has also been published as part of the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcome Indicator Set. PHE’s National Cancer Intelligence Network is using these staging data to examine the impact of the Be Clear on Cancer campaigns on any shift in the stage at diagnosis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 214022 question first answered 18/11/2014 16:00:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham