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156268

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
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	Zimbabwe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Zimbabwe on the (a) democratic process and (b) seizure of land.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	214823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text As set out in the FCO's last quarterly update to the Human Rights and Democracy Report, we continue to have concerns about the situation in Zimbabwe. Through our Embassy in Harare, we regularly raise issues of human rights, democracy and respect for the rule of law, including land and property rights, with the Government. We will continue to support the aspirations of the Zimbabwean people for a more democratic, stable and prosperous Zimbabwe. answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 21/11/2014 12:45:57 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78506

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to improve the support available to young carers; and what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on improving such support.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Improving support for carers of all ages is a priority for this Government. The Department for Education has provided over £2.7 million of funding to The Children’s Society and Carers Trust over four years between 2011 and 2015 to work with local authorities and voluntary and community organisations. This has helped to promote ‘whole family’ approaches to supporting young carers and identify and share existing good practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also made significant changes to the law relating to young carers that will take effect from April 2015. Section 96 of the Children and Families Act 2014 delivers four things: it consolidates and simplifies the legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; it extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers under the age of 18 regardless of who they care for, what type of care they provide or how often they provide it; it makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or when the need becomes apparent; and it provides the appropriate links between children’s and adults’ legislation to enable local authorities to align the assessment of a young carer with an assessment of the person they care for.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes will work with provisions in the Care Act that also support the combining of children’s and adults’ assessments, and the draft guidance on a whole family approach to assessing and supporting adults. Together they will provide a clear legislative framework that will support local authorities to consider the needs of the whole family, deliver coordinated packages of support and protect children and young people from excessive or inappropriate caring roles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The legislative changes outlined above only affect young carers in England. The Department for Education has not discussed them with the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2014 15:07:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 11718 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

92938

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind turbines were erected in each of the last five years; and how many of those turbines have had to be repaired.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	210256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on when individual wind turbines were constructed and installed, nor on repair and maintenance of wind farm developments.</p><p>It does however hold records of wind farm developments becoming fully operational and the number of turbines associated with those developments. This information is found on the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/renewable-energy-planning-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/renewable-energy-planning-data</a></p><p>For reference, the following shows the number of wind turbines generating in wind farm developments that have become fully operational in the 5 years to the end of 2013:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Onshore Wind</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Offshore Wind</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: REPD, August 2014</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/10/2014 13:18:44 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

91207

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to encourage more people to make a will.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	208644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government believes it is important that people consider what they want to happen to their property when they die. I would encourage people of all ages to ensure they have properly considered making a will so that, if the worst happens, their property is passed on in line with their wishes. We are currently considering what steps we can take to raise awareness of the importance of making a will.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/11/2014 13:52:25 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

76385

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Whooping Cough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS has taken to address recent increases in the incidence of whooping cough in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	204559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>In addition to the National Health Service routine immunisation schedule, where whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine is offered to all children at two, three and four months of age with a further dose offered at pre-school age, the Department introduced a temporary pertussis vaccination programme for pregnant women in October 2012 following the national outbreak in April 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Providing the vaccine to pregnant women between weeks 28 and 38 of pregnancy, results in high levels of antibody against pertussis being transferred to the baby in the womb, protecting them until they are old enough to receive their first pertussis vaccine at the age of two months. Good vaccine uptake has been achieved with approximately 60% of pregnant women immunised in the six months to March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The main aim of the NHS routine immunisation schedule and the temporary vaccination programme for pregnant women is to protect young infants who are at greatest risk of serious disease and death. Pertussis is a cyclical disease but overall activity in England has fallen between October 2012 and March 2014. Confirmed cases in infants less than three months were 54% lower in the first quarter of 2014 (12 cases) than the equivalent quarter in 2013 (26 cases).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/07/2014 15:57:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

92941

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	White Fish: Conservation
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 steps she is taking to help bass recovery through (a) bass nursery areas, (b) a minimum landing size for bass, (c) evidence-based policies and (d) other measures.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	210255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>As a result of discussions facilitated by the European Commission, there is now a consensus amongst interested Member States to significantly reduce targeting of bass across all sectors exploiting that stock. The Commission has also requested advice from the North Sea, North Western Waters and South West Waters Advisory Councils on the appropriate short term measures to apply in 2015, and the development of a long term management plan. We expect EU bass management proposals to be published before the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Government will continue to push for effective EU-wide conservation measures that will ensure the stock recovers and becomes sustainable by working with the Commission and interested Member States. We will consider the need for any further domestic management of bass in the light of these European discussions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2014 11:47:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

90318

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Varicose Veins
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 30 to 40, (b) 41 to 60 and (c) over 60 have been diagnosed with varicose veins in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	207837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information in not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table, we have provided information concerning the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs)<sup>1</sup> with a primary diagnosis<sup>2</sup> of varicose veins<sup>3</sup> for the years 2010-11 to 2012-13<sup>4 </sup>for patients aged (a) 30 to 40, (b) 41 to 60 and (c) over 60.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is not a count of people as the same person may have had more than one episode of care within the same time period. We are not able to identify newly diagnosed cases, and have reported on hospital activity where the patient is receiving treatment for this condition. Additionally, this data only includes hospitalised cases and does not include those treated in primary care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>30 - 40</p></td><td><p>41 - 60</p></td><td><p>61 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>8,271</p></td><td><p>19,361</p></td><td><p>15,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>6,599</p></td><td><p>16,986</p></td><td><p>15,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5,899</p></td><td><p>15,667</p></td><td><p>15,342</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 7 prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>Codes used to identify varicose veins include varicose veins of lower extremities, oesophageal varices, varicose veins of other sites, varicose veins of lower extremity in pregnancy, and genital varices in pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/09/2014 14:33:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

106361

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Twitter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to discourage aggressive and nasty tweeting.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	213347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is absolutely clear that abusive and threatening behaviour online is totally unacceptable.</p><p> </p><p>There is a number of offences which may be committed by those abusing others on social media. Internet communication which is grossly offensive or menacing may fall under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003. Sending indecent, grossly offensive or threatening material to another with the purpose of causing distress or anxiety to a person to whom the material is communicated, including by means of the internet, is also an offence under the Malicious Communications Act 1988.</p><p> </p><p>Internet abuse could also amount to an offence under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 if its distribution is carried out as part of a ‘course of conduct’ which alarms a person or causes distress. Under section 4 of that Act, it is also an offence to pursue a course of conduct that repeatedly puts someone in fear of violence.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to the law being taken forward in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill will increase the maximum penalty for offences under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 to 2 years imprisonment, and extend the time within which prosecutions under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 may be brought, to up to three years, as opposed to the current six month limit.</p><p>These steps will help to ensure that people who commit these awful crimes are prosecuted and properly punished.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/11/2014 17:59:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

100389

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Thailand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Thailand in the last six months regarding the prosecution of Andy Hall.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	211574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>I have been following Mr Hall’s case since 2013, and raised it while I was in Thailand in May 2013. Officials at our Embassy in Bangkok and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London continue to monitor his case closely, ensuring that it is raised with the Thai authorities where appropriate. We continue to remind the Thai authorities of their obligations to ensure international human rights standards are upheld. We fully support the right of activists to carry out their work and voice their opinion in order to promote human rights peacefully.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 27/10/2014 14:38:17 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

156264

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
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	Thailand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Thailand on sex tourism; and what steps he is taking to stop (a) paedophiles and (b) others from the UK using Thailand as a destination for sex tourism.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	214820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK liaises with Thailand to counter a range of activity, including sex tourism and child exploitation. A delegation from Thailand will attend the Global Summit to Tackle Online Child Sexual Exploitation in December. It is aimed at addressing the growing threat to children and will focus on how government, industry and civil society can join together to tackle this crime.</p><p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) uses a number of tactics to disrupt the activities of British child sex offenders and other offenders in Thailand. These include the extradition of offenders for trial in the UK, using Mutual Legal Assistance channels in criminal matters to share evidence to support prosecution, and sharing information to enable the exclusion or deportation of convicted offenders through the Thai Immigration Act.</p><p>The NCA engages in investigations with the Thai authorities where appropriate and in accordance with British Government Human Rights guidelines. It is a member of the Foreign Law Enforcement Community in Thailand's Child Sex Offender Working Group. For several years the NCA Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre Command, with funding from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has delivered training in child protection throughout the region, including Thailand. The International Child Protection Network also has an Advisory Panel in Thailand. This is made up of officials from relevant Thai bodies, non-governmental organisations and relevant UK law enforcement bodies. In addition, a key strand of our engagement in Thailand is focused on British criminals who use Thailand as an operating platform for their international criminal enterprises. High-level political bilateral exchanges have been affected by the coup, but I discussed joint working on these issues during the first UK/Thailand Strategic Dialogue which took place in Bangkok in May 2013. Officials in Bangkok and the UK continue to discuss these issues regularly with Thai counterparts.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 25/11/2014 16:16:23 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon