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169860

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
	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 ensure that drivers with type 2 diabetes are not prescribed medications known to cause hypoglycaemic events.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	218520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport’s key responsibility is to maintain road safety for all road users. Those who are not medically fit to drive should not be issued with a driving licence. Information on the current medical standards of fitness to drive can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/at-a-glance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/at-a-glance</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for motorists with diabetes to inform the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) when they have experienced a severe hypoglycaemic event. The DVLA provides information to drivers with diabetes and to healthcare professionals on the symptoms of hypoglycaemia. A guide for people with diabetes on when to inform the DVLA depending on how their condition is treated and the type of licence held is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/diabetes-driving" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/diabetes-driving</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has also issued new information for drivers with insulin-treated diabetes completing DIAB-1 medical forms which makes it clear what is meant by a ‘severe hypoglycaemic event’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Healthcare professionals who prescribe and supply any medicines, including those for diabetes that may affect their driving should advise patients not to drive if the medicine causes drowsiness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 218519 question first answered 18/12/2014 17:14:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

169999

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
	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 ensure (a) the reporting by motorists and (b) the recording by healthcare professionals of severe hypoglycaemic events suffered by motorists.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	218519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport’s key responsibility is to maintain road safety for all road users. Those who are not medically fit to drive should not be issued with a driving licence. Information on the current medical standards of fitness to drive can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/at-a-glance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/at-a-glance</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for motorists with diabetes to inform the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) when they have experienced a severe hypoglycaemic event. The DVLA provides information to drivers with diabetes and to healthcare professionals on the symptoms of hypoglycaemia. A guide for people with diabetes on when to inform the DVLA depending on how their condition is treated and the type of licence held is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/diabetes-driving" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/diabetes-driving</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has also issued new information for drivers with insulin-treated diabetes completing DIAB-1 medical forms which makes it clear what is meant by a ‘severe hypoglycaemic event’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Healthcare professionals who prescribe and supply any medicines, including those for diabetes that may affect their driving should advise patients not to drive if the medicine causes drowsiness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 218520 question first answered 18/12/2014 17:14:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

169925

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Medway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effects of the benefits cap on reducing unemployment in (a) Medway and (b) Gillingham and Rainham constituency; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	218325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>A suite of evaluation was published on 15 December 2014 finding those who would be impacted by the benefit cap were 41 per cent more likely to go into work, as defined by having an open Working Tax Credit claim, than a similar group with benefit entitlement just under the cap level and 38 per cent of those capped said they were doing more to find work. Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of households capped in Medway Local Authority from the introduction of the benefit cap (on 15 April 2013) to August 2014 (the latest available data) was 239. Of the 109 households who were no longer capped as at August 2014, 36 had an open Working Tax Credit (WTC) claim, indicative of a move into work. This is not a comprehensive measure of moves into work; some individuals may go into work but may not be eligible to claim WTC if their earnings are too high or the hours worked do not meet the claim requirements.<br> <br></p><p>The number of households capped in Gillingham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency from the introduction of the benefit cap (on 15 April 2013) to August 2014 (the latest available data) was 81. Of the 35 households who were no longer capped as at August 2014, 6 had an open Working Tax Credit claim, indicative of a move into work. This is not a comprehensive measure of moves into work; some individuals may go into work but may not be eligible to claim WTC if their earnings are too high or the hours worked do not meet the claim requirements. Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/12/2014 12:14:31 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

168608

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of Youth Hubs and charities to the reduction of young offending rates.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	217601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government is not responsible for monitoring or assessment of levels of youth offending.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 18/12/2014 15:10:16 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

169758

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Kent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of small firms and shops in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency which may have potentially reduced business rates.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	218321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 bills, bringing the total support of 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement polices to £1.4 billion. This help includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>doubling small business rate relief for a further year. In England, this means an estimated 385,000 properties will pay no rates at all, while a further 190,000 properties will benefit from tapered relief.</li><li>a 2% cap on the increase of the small business rates multiplier. This is a continuation of the 2% cap introduced in 2014-15 as part of Autumn Statement 2013 measures;</li><li>increasing the temporary £1,000 discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16, benefitting an estimated 300,000 properties in England;</li><li>extending the existing transitional relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These policies are in addition to previous Autumn Statement measures that continue into 2015-16, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a 50 per cent discount for 18 months to new occupants of vacant shops;</li><li>allowing businesses to keep their small business rate relief for a year where they take on an additional property;</li><li>business rates relief for empty new builds; and</li><li>allowing businesses to pay their business rate bills over 12 months, in order to assist with their cash flow.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Central Government also now funds 50% of any local discount granted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on a constituency basis, but Gillingham and Rainham constituency lies entirely within the Medway Borough Council boundary. Table 1 shows the number of properties in 2014-15 within the Medway Borough Council boundary that have benefitted from business rates measures extended in this year’s Autumn Statement. Table 2 presents the same information but for Kent County Council, while Table 3 provides a breakdown of the business rates measures by the thirteen local authorities that lie within the Kent County Council boundary.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 07/01/2015 17:32:18 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 218321 Chishti.docx title Tables for Medway and Kent
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

171947

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children secured a place at their top choice school in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Medway in the most recent year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	219712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of children that were made an offer of their first choice school for England was published on 24 June 2014 as part of the Statistical First Release ‘Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2014’, at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest data is for entry into school in September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for England and the local authorities of Kent and Medway are given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Proportion of applicants (%) who received their first choice</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>primary or secondary school place, September 2014 entry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>87.7</p></td><td><p>85.2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>84.9</p></td><td><p>83.6</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>85.6</p></td><td><p>81.2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Based on offers made on respective national offer days</em></p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/01/2015 11:57:40 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

172010

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: Kent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Blue Badges were issued in Kent in each year since 2008-09.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	219710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of valid Blue Badges issued in Kent in each financial year between 2008/09 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Valid Blue Badges issued: Kent, 2008/09 to 2012/13*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Valid Blue Badges issued in Kent</p></td><td><p>26,300</p></td><td><p>27,144</p></td><td><p>28,558</p></td><td><p>24,902</p></td><td><p>26,492</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Issued between 1 April and 31 March</p><p>These results are published in table DIS0108, available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265895/dis0108.xls" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265895/dis0108.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/01/2015 10:56:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

172003

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to install fixed or mobile hearing enhancement systems in courts without such systems.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	219711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service will make reasonable adjustments to ensure access to information and services for customers with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Customers are advised to contact courts if a reasonable adjustment is required. However, we are looking further at the alternative arrangements in place at courts with no hearing systems to identify whether any improvements in provision would be helpful.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 12/01/2015 15:18:54 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

173417

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include affective disorders in prescribed specialist services.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	220530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>In September 2013 the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG) considered a proposal from NHS England that it should commission a specialist complex and refractory affective disorders service. PSSAG considered the service with regard to the four statutory factors set out in the National Health Service Act 2006 (as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012) and was unable to recommend this service for commissioning by NHS England on the basis of the information it had been given. Further information is being sought and the service will be discussed again at a future PSSAG meeting once the additional information has been obtained.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/01/2015 14:22:25 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

173344

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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	New Businesses: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of start-up loans have been taken up by black and minority ethnic people in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	220513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>As of 31st December 2014, 6,351 start-up loans with a value of £34.8 million have been drawn down by black and minority ethnic people. This equates to 25% of the total lent under the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/01/2015 11:57:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti