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347279

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Maternal Mortality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether there is a correlation between access to abortion and maintaining a low maternal mortality rate; and what the evidential basis is for that assessment.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment on whether there is a correlation between access to abortion and maintaining a low maternal mortality rate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/06/2015 15:08:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

347280

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Maternal Mortality
	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 reduce the UK's maternal mortality rate.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Maternal mortality rates in the United Kingdom are falling, from 13.95 deaths per 100,000 women giving birth in 2003–05 to 10.12 in 2010-12. Internationally, UK maternal mortality rates are similar to France and Germany, but still higher than in Norway, Spain and Sweden.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A range of actions have been taken to help improve outcomes for both women and babies. The Department aims to ensure that women receive the highest quality maternity care by focusing on improving health outcomes and women’s experience of care, and giving women greater choice over childbirth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To support the National Health Service in improving outcomes in pregnancy, labour and immediately after birth, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has developed quality standards on antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care designed to drive up standards and measure priority quality improvements. The standards are derived from the best available evidence and are central to improved care focussing on delivering the best possible outcomes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of NHS organisations to ensure high quality care and choice for women in pregnancy and during childbirth. Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning maternity services locally. To assist with the commissioning of safe maternity services that reflect the needs and preferences of local maternity users, NHS England has developed a maternity commissioning resource pack for clinical commissioning groups which is currently being updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has the most robust data in the world and a long established programme to review maternal deaths, which widely disseminates its findings and recommendations to help reduce the number of such deaths in the future. Since the programme was established in the early 1950s, there has been a 90% reduction in maternal deaths due to direct obstetric complications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we now have over 2,000 more midwives and over 4,000 more health visitors since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/06/2015 11:47:15 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

347281

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Private Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Director of Public Prosecutions has (a) taken over and (b) discontinued private prosecutions in the last 10 years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain an authoritative central record of the number of private prosecutions (a) taken over and (b) discontinued by the Director of Public Prosecutions. To identify the number would require a manual exercise to review individual files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/06/2015 13:06:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

348294

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Levodopa: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many submissions NHS England has received on the consultation on Duodopa levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel clinical commissioning policy.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that there were 35 online responses received during the 30 day consultation period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 12/06/2015 10:52:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

353919

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Stem Cells: Research
	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 scientific research into stem cell transplantation.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	2328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>A wide range of research relating to stem cell transplantation is supported by the Department through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The translation of scientific advances to the clinic is supported through NIHR Biomedical Research Centres and Units, clinical research facilities and experimental cancer medicine centres (funded jointly with Cancer Research UK). The NIHR clinical research network supports the coordination of clinical trials including any involving stem cell transplantation. NHS Blood and Transplant are directly involved in a number of research projects and provide an essential part of the necessary infrastructure supporting research in this field. NHS England supports the important role of innovation and research in transforming the quality of services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 19/06/2015 11:09:08 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

353920

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS England: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NHS England to respond to its consultation on Investing in Specialised Services.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	2329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England expects to publish its response to the Investing in Specialised Services consultation by the end of June 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 19/06/2015 10:58:35 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

353921

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Haematological Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the recommendations in the report, Destination: Cure - arriving at a better future for people with blood cancer by Anthony Nolan; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	2327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Department has provided our delivery partners, NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan, a total of £16 million in additional, new funding to improve stem cell transplantation services in the United Kingdom. A further £3 million investment was announced in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This funding has led to a tangible improvement in the availability of stem cells in the UK and the achievements include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- More UK patients received a stem cell transplant in 2014 than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>- Over 60% of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) patients are now able to find a well matched donor compared to only 40% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>- A single unified bone marrow donor registry has been created streamlining the provision of stem cells and reducing the time to provide cells from adult donors.</p><p> </p><p>- The proportion of patients receiving cord blood from UK donors has significantly increased.</p><p> </p><p>- The increased use of UK-sourced stem cells has meant that more donors than ever are available to donate leading to a significant cost saving by reducing the need to import stem cells.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report ‘Destination Cure – arriving at a better future’ from Anthony Nolan is a timely contribution to the debate on the future of this work.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/06/2015 16:15:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

384768

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that the National Infrastructure Plan of 2014 is implemented in full.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	3453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed to delivering the National Infrastructure Plan alongside a commitment to invest over £100 billion of public spending over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/06/2015 15:12:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

385951

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2015
	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	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans she has to address the effects of the Renewable Heat Incentive on the ground source industry; and what consultation she plans to undertake with that industry on that incentive.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	4483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHPs) are supported under both the non-domestic and domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). We have increased the non-domestic tariff for GSHPs to 8.7 pence per kilowatt hour (p/kWh) for tier 1 (i.e. the first 1,314 hours of renewable heat produced per year) and 2.6p/kWh for tier 2 (subsequent heat produced). The level of support for GSHPs under the domestic scheme is 19.1p/kWh.</p><p>We are aware of the industry’s concerns that the RHI is not supporting as many GSHPs as might be expected; and we are considering what action could be taken. My officials are already discussing this issue with industry, and will continue to do so as options are developed. However, any decisions which involve changes to RHI support will be dependent on the outcome of the Spending Review later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/07/2015 13:56:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 10614 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

385972

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Huntington's Disease: Health Services
	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 for regional or national multi-disciplinary care teams to incorporate aspects of Huntington's disease care; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	4481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS England commissions adult specialised neuroscience services, including those for people with complex neurological diseases. Although some of this specialised care would be related to Huntington's Disease, much of the care that patients require can be accessed through local hospital and general practitioner (GP) services which are funded by clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Patients with Huntington's Disease have access to a range of NHS services including those provided by GPs and associated health professionals, neurology services, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, local mental health services and palliative care where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group (CRG) is continuing to work on the development of a draft neuropsychiatry service specification which will be of relevance for patients with Huntington’s Disease. The service specification will outline the multi-disciplinary approach to caring for patients with long term conditions who require assessment and help in managing a neurological problem.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CRG is also tasked to consider the current service specification and describe in detail where services are specialised and can only be delivered in a tertiary centre and where services can be part of a hub and spoke arrangement with secondary care (in a hospital closer to home). This should assist in the day to day care and access as care closer to home for some conditions, will be supported by advice where needed from the specialised centre and delivered in the local hospital.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 13:15:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon