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100349

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often his Department makes contact with former service personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and left the armed forces with life-changing injuries to inquire about their welfare.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government believes that the country owes a particular debt of gratitude to those Service personnel who suffer life-changing injuries.<br><br>The Ministry of Defence therefore continues to improve the support that it offers to such personnel. In particular we now operate a Seriously Injured Leavers Protocol (SIL) which aims to ensure the identification of and ongoing support for, those Service leavers deemed likely to be medically discharged due to a severe physical or mental disablement.<br><br>This identification is based upon defined major disabling medical criteria, whilst the support is organised through the closer working of MOD in-Service and post Service welfare groups. The MOD’s Veterans Welfare Service proactively intervenes for 24 months and then maintains contact as required but at least yearly on the anniversary of discharge. Full details of the SIL protocol are available at the following website: http://www.veterans-uk.info/welfare/protocol_new.html</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/10/2014 18:00:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

90487

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Incinerators: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health Protection Agency study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In January 2012, the Health Protection Agency, whose functions were transferred to Public Health England (PHE) on 1 April 2013, approved funding for the study.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It was originally envisaged that preliminary results for this study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerator would be available by March 2014 but because of unanticipated complexity in gathering both emissions and health data this has been delayed. A paper with preliminary results is now expected to be published in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE’s position that well run and regulated modern Municipal Waste Incinerators are not a significant risk to public health remains valid, and the study is being carried out to extend the evidence base and to provide further information to the public on this subject.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/09/2014 14:54:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

76822

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-specialist trust acute hospitals were in financial deficit at the end of the 2013-14 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>At the 2013-14 financial year-end, there were 102 National Health Service trusts and 147 foundation trusts, each of which produced their own financial accounts. Of which, the Department recognise 62 non-specialist acute NHS trusts and 83 non-specialist foundation trusts, 145 organisations in total.</p><p> </p><p>Of these 145 organisations, the majority (ie 87) reported a financial surplus whilst 58 reported a financial deficit.</p><p> </p><p>NHS providers are required to deliver a break-even position. Where deficits occur they must be tackled in the right way. The NHS Trust Development Authority and Monitor, the independent regulator for foundation trusts, have a robust process for ensuring that trusts in deficit put a plan in place to recover their position, which in some instances will only be achieved in the medium term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 14/07/2014 16:34:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

76832

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many early deaths from cancer have occurred among (a) men and (b) women in each local authority area in each year since 2001; and what proportion of those diagnosed with cancer such deaths represented.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ204962.xlsx title Excel Sheet - Cancer Deaths 2 file name PQ204962.pdf title ONS Letter to Member question first answered 14/07/2014 13:26:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

76957

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 110W, on personal independence payment, what the average clearance times were for claims from terminally ill people at (a) 31 January 2014 and (b) 30 June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication and the Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/07/2014 15:28:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

76963

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Halton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently waiting for an assessment for personal independence payment in the Halton local authority area; and what the average waiting time for an assessment is in that area.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There are several reasons why a registered claim may not yet have a decision, for example the claimant has not yet returned their additional information form or is awaiting their assessment date, DWP have not yet made a decision on their claim, or the claimant has advised that they wish to withdraw their claim. At the end of March 2014, around 1300 people in the Halton Local Authority had registered a New Claim for PIP and around 400 decisions had been made.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication and the Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/07/2014 16:39:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

65509

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any specialist trust hospitals currently have a deficit.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2014, there was one specialist trust that ended the 2013-14 financial year in financial deficit (Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust).</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2014 16:12:24 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

65599

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forecast his Department has made of the length of time each part of the claims process for personal independence payment (PIP) up to provision of accurate and targeted assessments will take; and what guidance his Department uses for a reasonable amount of time for an individual to wait for an accurate targeted assessment for PIP.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We keep the time taken to process claims under constant review and are absolutely committed to improving performance. We accept that the delays faced by some people are unacceptable, and we are committed to putting that right. By the Autumn, we expect no one to be waiting for an assessment for longer than 26 weeks and by the end of the year, we expect no one will be waiting longer than 16 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 15:21:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

65608

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to better identify personal independence payment claimaints who could be assessed solely on the basis of written evidence and without the need for face-to-face assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Lewisham East (Heidi Alexander), on 2 July 2014, <em>Official Report, </em>column 641W.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 16:48:14 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

65617

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the effects of the time taken to resolve claims for personal independence payments on claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We keep the time taken to process claims under constant review and are absolutely committed to improving performance. We are already seeing improvements to our processes and will continue to work to further reduce delays and backlogs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 16:51:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg