Wales Office<p>Last year, over 3000 jobs came to Wales through Foreign Direct Investment, through 57 projects of which 93% were supported by both my department and the Department for International Trade.</p><p>Between 2015 and 2018, the UK attracted more foreign direct investment in capital investment than France and Germany combined.</p>TorbayKevin Foster2019-05-15false2019-05-15T12:38:15.39Z28WalesWales2019-05-15Tourism and Foreign Investment in UK1House of CommonsWhat recent steps the Government has taken to promote (a) inward tourism and (b) foreign direct investment in Wales; and if he will make a statement.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant910826Ministry of Justice<p>Section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902 requires that a crematorium must be sited at least 50 yards from a public highway. It is a criminal offence for cremation to take place at a crematorium which does not meet this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not keep a record of whether individual crematoria comply with this requirement.</p>South East CambridgeshireLucy Frazer2019-03-15false2019-03-15T14:58:37.603Z54JusticeJustice2019-03-06Crematoriums1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all the crematoria in England operating within the 50-yard requirement of Section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant229086Department of Health and Social Care<p>The number of doctors in dermatology specialty training programmes in England is shown in the following table. Data is not available for years prior to 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Number of doctors in dermatology specialty training at March of each year in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year in training</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of dermatology trainees</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Published General Medical Council (GMC) data</p><p> </p><p>Doctors wishing to enter specialty training in the United Kingdom need to have completed an undergraduate medical degree and two years of foundation training, after which they can enter a six-year specialty training programme. This comprises of one of three two-year core training programmes (Core Medical Training, Acute Care Common Stem in Acute Medicine or Level 1 Paediatric training), followed by four years of dermatology training, and upon successful completion they can gain registration with the GMC as a specialist doctor.</p><p> </p><p>The data in the table is specific to years three to six of this training pathway.</p>WimbledonStephen Hammond2019-02-25false2019-02-25T17:05:00.567Z17Health and Social CareHealth and Social Care2019-02-15Dermatology1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student specialist dermatologists there were in each of the last 10 years for which data is available.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant221977Department of Health and Social Care<p>The information is unavailable in the format requested.</p>WinchesterSteve Brine2019-02-25false2019-02-25T17:42:26.037Z17Health and Social CareHealth and Social Care2019-02-15Dermatology1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were treated by consultant dermatologists for skin diseases in (a) the last 12 months for which data are available, (b) 2014 and (c) 2009.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant221978Department of Health and Social Care<p>The number of medical specialty training places that are available each year is set by Health Education England (HEE) and based on their assessment of service gaps and predicted workforce needs.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the HEE National Recruitment Office shows that there has been a 100% fill rate in dermatology specialty training in each of the past six years. The numbers of training places available in each year since 2013, the earliest available data, are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total national training numbers</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: ST3 recruitment website: <a href="https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/dermatology" target="_blank">https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/dermatology</a></p><p> </p><p>Note: Data includes England, Scotland and Wales</p>WimbledonStephen Hammond2019-02-25false2019-02-25T17:03:52.88Z17Health and Social CareHealth and Social Care2019-02-15Dermatology1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of professional training places for medical graduates wishing to specialise in dermatology; and if he will make a statement.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant221979Department of Health and Social Care<p>During 2017/18, NHS Blood and Transplant spent £3.14 million on paid media to encourage people to donate blood. All marketing materials promote the ‘eligibility criteria tool’ which is found on the Give Blood website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.blood.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.blood.co.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The ‘eligibility criteria tool’ lists the deferral times for a range of scenarios such as travel, medical conditions, tattoos and includes information for men who have sex with men and wish to donate blood. NHS Blood and Transplant is committed to exploring whether a more individualised approach to risk assessment could be taken to donor selection and expects to report on its findings regarding new evidence and new technologies for assessing risk by 2020. NHS Blood and Transplant has and will continue to engage with key stakeholders such as the Terrence Higgins Trust, the National Aids Trust and Stonewall about changes to eligibility criteria.</p>ThurrockJackie Doyle-Price2019-02-20false2019-02-20T16:46:11.017Z17Health and Social CareHealth and Social Care2019-02-14Blood: Donors1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2019 to Question 216936, for what reason NHS Blood and Transplant has not conducted paid for advertising to inform men who have sex with men of changes to blood donation rules.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant221576Department of Health and Social Care<p>In November 2017, when the change to the blood donor criteria for men who have sex with men came into force, a media release was distributed to national, regional and trade media. Posts on blood donation social media channels also directed individuals to this information. NHS Blood and Transplant has and will continue to engage with key stakeholders such as the Terrance Higgins Trust, the National Aids Trust and Stonewall on this issue. Further to this activity, NHS Blood and Transplant has not conducted paid for advertising to advertise the change.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Blood and Transplant is committed to exploring whether a more individualised approach to risk assessment could be taken to donor selection and expects to report on its findings regarding new evidence and new technologies for assessing risk by 2020.</p>ThurrockJackie Doyle-Price2019-02-13false2019-02-13T15:08:36.677Z17Health and Social CareHealth and Social Care2019-02-05Blood: Donors1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on advertising directly to men who have sex with men to inform them of recent changes to the rules on blood donation.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant216936Ministry of Defence<p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) routinely works with other Government Departments to assure the resilience of the UK. The MOD holds forces, specialist capabilities and equipment ready to provide assistance to civil authorities if required.</p><p> </p><p>While programmes like the Modernising Defence Programme are used to agree the range of tasks that Defence fulfils for the Government, specific requests for Service personnel are made through the separate, routine process of cross-Government operational planning.</p><p> </p>Milton Keynes NorthMark Lancaster2018-12-28false2018-12-28T09:57:09.113Z11DefenceDefence2018-12-18Military Aid1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requests his Department has received from other Government Departments for the use of service personnel as part of (a) the Modernising Defence Programme and (b) other programmes to improve the resilience and defence of the UK; and if he will make a statement.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant203259Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government<p>The letter from Andy Street, Metro Mayor of the West Midlands, has been received. A response will be sent shortly.</p><p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) have been integral to economic growth across England since their establishment in 2010. This Government remains committed to strengthening LEPs to deliver ambitious strategies for growth and build an economy which is fit for the future.</p>Rossendale and DarwenJake Berry2018-12-07false2018-12-07T14:56:22.543Z7Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentHousing, Communities and Local Government2018-11-29Local Enterprise Partnerships: West Midlands1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter from Andy Street, Metro Mayor of the West Midlands, on proposed changes to the geography of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull local enterprise partnership; and if he will make a statement.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant197323Department for Transport<p>Access for All is already due to provide an accessible route into the station and to and between all platforms, including access to one of the car parks. As only around a fifth of UK stations have proper step free access we intend to target the new tranche of funding at stations that disabled passengers are unable to use, ensuring that Access for All will benefit the maximum number of people across the country. Additional scope at existing projects, such as an extra ramp, would therefore need to have third party funding.</p>WealdenMs Nusrat Ghani2018-11-26false2018-11-26T16:58:11.087Z27TransportTransport2018-11-21Lichfield Trent Valley Station: Disability1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November to Question 190750, if he will (a) respond to the question of disabled access from the London side car park at Lichfield Trent Valley railway station and (b) provide Access for All funding for the construction of a ramp enabling disabled access from that car park to the station and its platforms; and if he will make a statement.falseLichfieldMichael Fabricant1940481001112