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751681

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Defibrillators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to install defibrillators in all departmental and public buildings.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We recognise that better provision of defibrillators, and increasing the number of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, could help save more lives of those who have a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting. Therefore, we encourage organisations to consider purchasing a defibrillator as part of their first-aid equipment, particularly where there are high concentrations of people.</p><p> </p><p>In order to further support the National Health Service and local communities, the Government has provided £2 million to make public access defibrillators more widely available and to increase the numbers of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/07/2017 13:32:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

751791

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Lung Diseases: Health Services
	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 share best practice in care for people with a lung condition.
	tabling member constituency	Waveney
	tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for NHS England. The National Clinical Director for respiratory disease shares best practice in care for people with a lung condition by working with relevant stakeholders including the British Lung Foundation and the NHS Right Care Programme. Examples of current activity include:</p><p> </p><p>- NHS Right Care is developing an evidence based pathway for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in close collaboration with National Clinical Directors, Public Health England, Royal Colleges, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and other non-statutory stakeholders including patient groups;</p><p> </p><p>- The Best Practice Tariff for COPD is now in place and aims to improve the quality of care by reducing unwarranted variation and promoting best practice; and</p><p> </p><p>- NHS England is funding a large national audit of COPD as well as the Respiratory Futures programme hosted by the British Thoracic Society, a resource to support innovation and sharing of best practice on respiratory conditions. In addition, an asthma audit has been agreed and a specification is currently being developed.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/07/2017 13:36:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

751839

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Running
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Couch to 5K running scheme on improving levels of physical activity.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service Couch to 5k programme was initially a nine week podcast series which was downloaded more than 1.5 million times. The success of the service led to the development of the Couch to 5k app in partnership with the British Broadcasting Corporation.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England began leadership of the Couch to 5k programme in 2016, where the mobile phone app was developed. The app has received more than 500,000 downloads since launch<sup>1</sup>. The feedback from users is overwhelmingly positive with many referencing the voice-over from popular coaches being especially motivating.</p><p> </p><p>The app does not record mobile sensor data and there is no historical app data available to compare pre and post usage.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Source: Google Analytics</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/07/2017 13:06:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

751794

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	West Cumberland Hospital
	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 adequacy funding for the final stage of construction of the West Cumberland Hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Trudy Harrison
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The West, North and East Cumbria Sustainability and Transformation Project has made an application for funding for the West Cumberland scheme from the additional £325 million capital funding announced in the spring budget earlier this year. An announcement on the successful applications will be made shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/07/2017 09:03:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison

751849

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies are registered as disability confident.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>As of the 7th July 2017, 4,589 employers had signed up to Disability Confident.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/07/2017 10:13:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

751883

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 2771, if he will publish a list of the groups and organisations his Department is engaging with in order to represent the diverse communities of the UK throughout its negotiation process.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>DExEU Ministers and officials have held roundtables, visits, and bilateral meetings with organisations including youth groups, faith groups, and charity bodies. Details of Ministerial meetings will be published in the Department's Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 19/07/2017 10:26:50 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

751814

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 13 March 2017 to Question 3658, how many requests for special grants from which police forces HM Inspectorate of Constabulary is considering (a) now and (b) for 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers receive a number of applications throughout the year, which are typically referred to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to review before a final decision. Special Grant is a discretionary budget and the number of applications that will be received throughout the year is unknown. The Home Office publishes the applications and decisions taken on Special Grant at the end of the financial year. This can be found at the link below. Data relating to 2016/17 will be published shortly.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications</a></p><p> </p><p>Applications for Special Grant from 2007 to 2014 can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-grants-paid-to-the-police-forces-in-england-and-wales-from-2007-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-grants-paid-to-the-police-forces-in-england-and-wales-from-2007-to-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/07/2017 12:55:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

751816

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Cameras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that all on-duty uniformed and armed officers wear body-worn cameras.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The decision to procure and deploy body worn video (BWV) cameras is one for Police and Crime Commissioner and chief officers.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/07/2017 12:53:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

751725

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Channel Four
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the outcome of the consultation Increasing the Regional Impact of Channel 4.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The government's consultation closed on 5 July and we will set out the next steps on this issue in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/07/2017 13:26:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

751867

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Business: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2017 to Question 3324, on energy: small businesses, how many businesses have switched energy suppliers; and what steps he has taken to raise awareness among businesses of the availability of different tariffs.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department doesn’t collect data on the number of small and microbusinesses who have switched supplier.</p><p>It is important that small and microbusinesses are aware of their ability to switch and engage in the energy market. The Government therefore supports the Competition Markets Authority’s remedies which Ofgem have implemented to help these customers access better energy deals.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 13:54:29 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson