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93264

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last changed its guidance on access to inoculation for influenza; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>In July 2012, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) which advises the Government on all immunisation matters recommended extending the national flu programme to all children from the age of two to less than 17 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This extension began in 2013-14 with all two and three year olds being offered vaccination through GP surgeries, and 5-11 year old children in seven areas being offered vaccination through pilot programmes. The extension programme for children will be phased in over a number of years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A number of key groups remain eligible for flu vaccination under the annual national flu immunisation programme. Information on who is eligible for the flu vaccination is contained in the Flu Plan: Winter 2014/15. This is available on the GOV.UK website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-flu-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-flu-programme</a>. A copy has been attached.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 16:48:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ210389 - FluPlan2014.pdf title Flu Plan Winter 2014-15
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93377

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Housing Benefit
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 13 October 2014 to Question 209233 for what reason the information is not available.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions publishes monitoring returns from local authorities that give a breakdown of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) awards by broad category, including to recipients of Housing Benefit subject to Local Housing Allowance calculations. Further detail, for example awards to those subject to the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR), is not available. Returns are voluntary and information is not provided by all local authorities. The returns give the number of awards, which may not equate to the number of people receiving them; some people may receive more than one award over the period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s housing benefit administrative database, compiled from electronic data supplied by local authorities, identifies by gender and age those Housing Benefit claimants that are assessed by the SAR in the given area. These data are taken from scans of local authority systems. They also hold some information on whether a DHP is being made to the claimant at that time. The recording of this information on the electronic data is incomplete and not reliable.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 15:18:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91771

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals have been made against the application of the shared accommodation rate; and how many of those appeals have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	209232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:29:13 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91773

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) male and (b) female claimants of each cohort have had the shared accommodation rate rule applied to their claim since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	209237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The information which is available is point in time monthly caseload information on the shared accommodation rate from December 2012 onwards which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 11:07:40 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91774

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who have had the shared accommodation rate applied to their claim have subsequently moved home; and whether his Department has commissioned research to find out their eventual destinations.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	209238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available. The Department commissioned an independent evaluation of the changes to Local Housing Allowance, including the extension of the shared accommodation rate, by a research consortium from the Centre for Regional and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and Ipsos Mori. The final reports were published in July 2014 at the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:53:52 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91775

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the effect of the shared accommodation rate on (a) pregnant women, (b) those fleeing domestic violence, and (c) other vulnerable people; and what research he has commissioned on those issues.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	209235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There have been a number of representations about the extension of the age threshold for the Shared Accommodation Rate and the effect of the change on certain groups of people. However, the cost of identifying which representations were about the specific groups quoted since January 2012 would be disproportionate.</p><p>Whilst there is no research planned by DWP to look at the impact on the groups of people mentioned, the Department commissioned an independent evaluation of the changes to Local Housing Allowance, including the extension of the shared accommodation rate. The final reports were published in July 2014 and are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 11:53:55 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91777

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of local housing allowance claimants receive discretionary housing payments; what proportion of such claimants on the shared accommodation rate receive discretionary housing payments; and how many such shared accommodation rate claimants who were (a) female, (b) male and (c) persons aged over 25 years receive discretionary housing payments.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	209233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:32:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91779

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will provide longer-term discretionary housing payments to those affected by the extension of the shared accommodation rate who have not found suitable alternative accommodation to help with their housing costs.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	209262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The start and end dates of a discretionary housing payment are decided by local authorities on a case by case basis. The Government has allocated extra funding in 2014/15 to give local authorities the confidence to make long-term awards in any cases where they consider this is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 11:00:15 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91243

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider including information about bone marrow donation within correspondence informing people of their National Insurance number.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	208684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to include information about bone marrow donation within the letters issued informing people of their National Insurance number. However, as digital delivery of services increase HMRC are looking at whether there are opportunities to highlight other services that individuals may wish to consider.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/10/2014 11:34:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91296

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Stem Cells: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve awareness of stem cell donation among 16 and 17 year olds.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	208683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transport (NHSBT) manages the British Bone Marrow Registry (BBMR), the NHS Cord Blood Bank (NHS CBB) and provides specialist services related to the provision of stem cells which can turn into blood cells for the treatment of blood cancers and is responsible for raising awareness of these issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSBT recruits stem cell donors to the British Bone Marrow Registry (BBMR) exclusively from the pool of active blood donors (aged 17 years and above), however those wishing to join at age 16, can do so through The Anthony Nolan Trust.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All registered stem cell donors are in the United Kingdom's aligned register. Anthony Nolan manages this single UK bone marrow register, which is known as the 'Anthony Nolan &amp; NHS Stem Cell Registry', and is aligned with the NHS British Bone Marrow Registry and the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSBT has programmes in place to support education about donation and transplantation for children and young adults including Give and Let Live, a national education programme aimed at promoting awareness of bone marrow, blood, tissue, cord blood and organ donation amongst 14-16 year old pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/10/2014 16:10:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson