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101386

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date	28/10/2014
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	Countryside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will have discussions with the National Gamekeepers Association, the Countryside Alliance and the Land Access and Recreation Association on the protection of moorland and peat bogs where fishing takes place.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	212273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>We would be happy to consider holding such discussions upon receipt of further information from the Member for Strangford about these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2014 17:16:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

101443

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Down's Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with Down’s syndrome there were in the UK aged (a) under 15, (b) 15 to 30, (c) 30 to 50 and (d) over 50 on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	212275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally. The National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register (NDSCR) estimates that in 2012, 775 babies were born with Down’s syndrome in England and Wales. The NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme reports that there are approximately 60,000 people with the condition currently living in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NDSCR was established in 1989 and collects all cytogenetic or DNA reports of trisomies 21, 18 and 13 and their cytogenetic variants occurring in England and Wales. These data are used to (1) monitor the Down syndrome antenatal screening and diagnostic services (2) provide data on annual numbers of affected births to help those planning for their health, educational and social care and (3) provide information for research into Down, Edwards and Patau syndromes. Further information is available from the NDCSR annual reports that appear on the Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine Queen Mary University of London website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk/current-projects/downs-syndrome-register" target="_blank">http://www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk/current-projects/downs-syndrome-register</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 04/11/2014 16:55:39 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

101444

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Caesarean Sections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the number of births by caesarean section in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	212276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government expects that caesarean sections are managed in accordance with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guideline CG132, “Caesarean Section”, published in November 2011. This guideline does not seek to define acceptable caesarean rates. Rather it recommends that if a woman requests a caesarean section without clinical indication, a discussion about the risks and benefits of caesarean section compared with vaginal birth should take place with members of the maternity team, including the midwife, obstetrician and anaesthetist. This will enable all aspects of her wishes and circumstances to be taken into account and ensure the risks and benefits to the mother and baby are properly understood.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/11/2014 17:23:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

101445

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Caesarean Sections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research to investigate the potential link between births by caesarean section and the incidence of autism and ADHD.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	212272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to commission research on this topic. The Department's National Institute for Health Research welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including potential links between births by caesarean section and the incidence of autism and ADHD. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/11/2014 16:46:10 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

101499

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Older Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take further steps to provide support to people who wish to work beyond pension age.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	212274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>To help older people to stay in employment up to and beyond state pension age, the Government has abolished the default retirement age and extended the right to request flexible working. People over State Pension age continue to be exempt from paying employee National Insurance Contributions on any employment earnings.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has also given people more freedom in how they draw their pension pots to smooth the transition to retirement and increasing the options for combining employment and pension income.</p><p> </p><p>And from later this year Fit for Work will provide occupational health assessment and general advice for employees, employers and GPs to help individuals with a health condition to stay in or return to work.</p><p> </p><p>To promote wider cultural change in the perception of employing older workers and of working in later life, the Government has appointed Dr. Ros Altmann as a Business Champion for Older Workers.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/11/2014 15:44:03 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon