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943886

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Veterinary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2018 to Question 161987 on Veterinary Medicine, how many veterinary surgeons from (a) non-UK EU and (b) non-EU member states employed by organisations contracted to deliver veterinary services in abattoirs on behalf of the by Food Standards Agency, have left that employment since 23 June 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	165449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>339 non-United Kingdom European Union veterinary surgeons employed by organisations contracted to deliver veterinary services in abattoirs on behalf of the Food Standards Agency, have left that employment since 23 June 2016.</p><p> </p><p>One non-EU veterinary surgeon employed by organisations contracted to deliver veterinary services in abattoirs on behalf of the Food Standards Agency, has left that employment since 23 June 2016.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/07/2018 14:57:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

935001

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Serco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many current contracts his Department has with Serco; and what the (a) value, (b) start date and (c) end date of each of those contracts is.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	161087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p><br>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/07/2018 13:15:46 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

771345

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to launch a scheme to help GPs with indemnity payments; whether that scheme will be targeted at new entrants to the profession; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	107780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health said in a Written Ministerial Statement on 12 October 2017, <em>Official Report</em>, column 28WS, the Department is planning, subject to examination of relevant issues, the development of a state-backed indemnity scheme for general practice in England.​</p><p> </p><p>Any new scheme should meet the needs of current and future general practitioners (GPs), be in the interest of patients, and represent value for money for taxpayers. Transfer of historic liabilities from Medical Defence Organisations (MDOs) to a new scheme would be dependent on satisfactory negotiation with the MDOs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will set up a stakeholder group and arrange a first roundtable next month with the Royal College of General Practitioners, the British Medical Association and other GP representatives to gather views from general practice and agree how best to engage with the sector going forward.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/10/2017 10:32:11 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

776157

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on the future role of health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	109198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health regularly meets with stakeholders to discuss a variety of topics.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/10/2017 11:46:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

843701

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Doctors: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on responding to the recommendations of the Shape of Training review of October 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	128053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>A Ministerial Statement and the report of the Shape of Training United Kingdom Steering Group was published on 11 August 2017 here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.shapeoftraining.co.uk/1739.asp" target="_blank">https://www.shapeoftraining.co.uk/1739.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>Since then the four UK Health Departments and associated education bodies have established, with the General Medical Council, the Curriculum Oversight Group. This Group is engaging with the medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties to consider how training pathways and curricula might be adapted in each specialty to meet future patient and service needs in accordance with the Shape of Training principles.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/02/2018 13:07:08 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910333

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Eritrea: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will work with his international counterparts to establish an urgent UN investigation into allegations of extrajudicial killings, arrest, false imprisonment and the culture of official impunity in Eritrea.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	147314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>A UN Commission of Inquiry reported at length on the human rights situation in Eritrea in 2016. The Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights has also undertaken four visits to Eritrea since 2014 and started direct discussions with the Government of Eritrea on a number of areas of human rights concern. The United Kingdom continues to call for the Government of Eritrea to grant access to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:36:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

828234

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Waste Disposal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the statement in his Department's report entitled Energy recovery for residual waste, published in February 2014, on landfill acting as a partial carbon sink for biogenic carbon, what assessment his Department has made of the CO2e impact, including biogenic CO2e, of waste sent to landfill as compared to waste sent for incineration.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	124194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>A comparison of the CO₂ impact of waste going to energy from waste and landfill is included in the analysis of the 2014 report “Energy recovery for residual waste: A carbon based approach.” No formal analysis has been undertaken since this report was published.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/01/2018 18:32:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

917140

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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	Forestry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's 25-Year Environment Plan, when he plans to appoint a national tree champion.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	149589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>A decision on the appointment of the national Tree Champion will be made shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/06/2018 16:25:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

777917

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Eastwood Park Prison: Mother and Baby Units
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the mother and baby unit at Eastwood Park Prison remains out of commission; and when the repair to that unit will be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	109775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>A full refurbishment of the mother and baby unit at Eastwood Park, is scheduled to start in December 2017, with the project plan suggesting it will take 12 weeks to complete before re-opening. This unit has been out of use since it was flooded due to a burst pipe in October 2016.</p><p>While the MBU at Eastwood Park remains out of use, any women at the prison whose application for a place on the unit is accepted can be accommodated in one of the other five MBUs within the women’s prison estate.</p><p>We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/11/2017 21:46:08 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

890005

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many registered disabled students in (a) further and (b) higher education have received support from his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	137057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>A number of financial support schemes are available to eligible 16-19 year olds (up to 25 years of age if they have an Education, Health and Care Plan) to help with the costs associated with staying in post-16 education. This can include support for travel, educational trips, and course equipment costs, childcare funding (for young parents under 20) and support with accommodation costs. In particular, the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund targets support at young people who most need help with the costs of staying on in post-16 education and training. Students in defined vulnerable groups – young people in care, care leavers, those on income support (or Universal Credit) and disabled young people in receipt of both Employment and Support Allowance (or Universal Credit) and Disability Living Allowance (or Personal Independence Payments) – may receive yearly bursaries of £1,200 a year (pro-rata for part-timers). For learners aged 19 and above, providers are able to access Learner Support funding to help learners with a specific financial hardship to help meet costs such as transport, accommodation, books, equipment and childcare.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on the numbers of eligible English-domiciled students who have applied for and received higher education Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) in the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Full-time undergraduate students</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Part-time undergraduate students</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Postgraduate students</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of students</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of students</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of students</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>53,300</p></td><td><p>£125.1m</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>£7.9m</p></td><td><p>4,700</p></td><td><p>£11.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>56,600</p></td><td><p>£127.6m</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>£7.3m</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td><td><p>£10.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>60,200</p></td><td><p>£134.2m</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td><td><p>5,600</p></td><td><p>£11.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>59,900</p></td><td><p>£132.2m</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>£8.6m</p></td><td><p>5,800</p></td><td><p>£11.0m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>58,900</p></td><td><p>£115.6m</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>£8.9m</p></td><td><p>5,600</p></td><td><p>£10.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17*</strong></p></td><td><p>54,900</p></td><td><p>£92.1m</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>£6.4m</p></td><td><p>7,100</p></td><td><p>£11.4m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Figures for 2016/17 are provisional.</p><p>(Source: Student Loans Company. <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Although we do not yet have full-year data for 2016/17, we expected to see a reduction in DSAs’ take-up from 2016/17 as higher education providers are now expected to provide less-specialist non-medical help for disabled students as part of their responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/04/2018 16:18:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew