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346862

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date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial support will be made available to housing associations to compensate for and replace housing stock sold at below market value through the extended right to buy scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p>It has been made clear that every additional home sold under the extended Right to Buy would be replaced with a new affordable home.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 165 228 229 39 40 question first answered 05/06/2015 13:30:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346864

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
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 implications for his Department's policies of recent Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency guidelines on prescribing sodium valproate during pregnancy; and if he will implement stronger guidelines to minimise the risks of fetal valproate syndrome from use of sodium valproate.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for developing national clinical guidelines to secure consistent, high quality, evidence based care for patients using the National Health Service. The NICE guideline on epilepsy, <em>The epilepsies: the diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care</em>, makes clear that to enable informed decisions and choice, women and girls with epilepsy must be given accurate information and counselling about contraception, conception and pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department worked with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, healthcare professionals and patient groups to raise awareness and encourage discussion about the risks and benefits of sodium valproate between healthcare professionals and their patients. Several measures were put in place to minimize the prescribing of sodium valproate to women of childbearing potential (except where other drugs are ineffective or not tolerated) and to communicate the warnings around the drug sodium valproate to healthcare professionals and patients (particularly women of child bearing potential). These include:</p><p> </p><p>- working with the Health and Social Care Information Service on introducing red-flag warnings on general practitioners and community pharmacy IT systems;</p><p> </p><p>- updating the British National Formulary (BNF) and BNF for children (BNFc);</p><p> </p><p>- using existing Departmental and NHS communication channels to raise awareness and provide information to patients; and</p><p> </p><p>- working with the relevant Royal Colleges and professional bodies to communicate with their members and raise awareness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/06/2015 11:51:37 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346866

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Vanguard: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the reported problems with the main hydraulic plant on HMS Vanguard; and whether each such reported defect has been resolved.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>I have interpreted this question to refer to recent claims made about HMS Victorious.</p><p> </p><p>As the Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon) said in his Written Statement of 28 May 2015 (Column 1WS), and as was reiterated during the Adjournment Debate the same day (Column 293), I can assure the House and the general public that the recently reported comments and concerns raised by an Able Seaman following his first submarine deployment have been thoroughly investigated. That investigation concluded that neither the operational effectiveness of our continuous at-sea deterrent nor the safety of our submariners or members of the public has been compromised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Written Statements.doc 28 May HOC 129.doc title WMS Hansard Extract 28 May 2015 2 file name 28 May 2015.doc HM N Naval Base Clyde.doc title WMS Hansard Extract Adjournment Debate 28 May 2015 grouped question UIN 138 question first answered 04/06/2015 16:23:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346867

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Vanguard
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department of reported inadequacies in the missile control and monitoring position procedures on HMS Vanguard.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>I have interpreted this question to refer to recent claims made about HMS Victorious.</p><p> </p><p>As the Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon) said in his Written Statement of 28 May 2015 (Column 1WS), and as was reiterated during the Adjournment Debate the same day (Column 293), I can assure the House and the general public that the recently reported comments and concerns raised by an Able Seaman following his first submarine deployment have been thoroughly investigated. That investigation concluded that neither the operational effectiveness of our continuous at-sea deterrent nor the safety of our submariners or members of the public has been compromised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Written Statements.doc 28 May HOC 129.doc title WMS Hansard Extract 28 May 2015 2 file name 28 May 2015.doc HM N Naval Base Clyde.doc title WMS Hansard Extract Adjournment Debate 28 May 2015 grouped question UIN 137 question first answered 04/06/2015 16:23:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346870

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse will be by 2020 of increasing the personal allowance to £12,500 per annum; and from which area of expenditure that cost will be met.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>The cost of raising the income tax personal allowance may be approximated using the “Direct effects of illustrative tax changes” table as published at the following address:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table shows the cost of a £100 increase and a 10% increase in the personal allowance. This can be used to scale the proportionate cost to raise the personal allowance to a level where indexation would take it to £12,500 by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/06/2015 13:38:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346882

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what areas of his Department's expenditure spending reductions are planned.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	97
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/06/2015 13:51:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346885

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many workers in the UK are on zero-hours contracts.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	99
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 03/06/2015 12:50:21 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ99.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Zero Hour Contracts
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346887

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures exist to stop toilet rolls catching fire on Trident submarines; and what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of any such procedures.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Strict safety rules govern the stowage of all flammable material on Trident submarines. These rules are regularly reviewed and compliance is subject to regular independent assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 04/06/2015 16:34:51 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn