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784701

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Antigua and Barbuda: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the eligibility of Antigua and Barbuda to receive aid and assistance following the recent hurricane damage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Howell of Guildford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>Antigua and Barbuda is eligible to receive Official Development Assistance (ODA). The island of Barbuda, with a population of 1,800 persons, was recently devastated by Hurricane Irma and the UK is providing humanitarian assistance, through the Red Cross and the Pan American Health Organisation, to the affected population. We have also released £14 million, to Antigua and Barbuda, for climate-resilient infrastructure projects to help the islands build back better and stronger. DFID is awaiting the World Bank’s post disaster needs assessment and will review future needs accordingly, in collaboration with other donors. All of this UK support will be classified as ODA.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/11/2017 12:38:04 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	993 label Biography information for Lord Howell of Guildford

784765

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been received in relation to the Valuation Office's online system in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer provided at UIN HC111194 on numbers of complaints about the Check, Challenge, Appeal system.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/11/2017 13:03:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

784766

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken to answer telephone calls from the public was at the Valuation Office in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The average time for the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to answer telephone calls from the public in the last 12 months is 3 minutes 58 seconds.</p><p> </p><p>The longest time taken to answer a call in the last 12 months was 1 hour 4 minutes on 11<sup>th</sup> April. Delays of this length are very uncommon. April 2017 was a particularly busy period due to business rates revaluation and introduction of the new business rates appeal system in England. In the last 12 months, February 2017 was the month with the highest average call wait time, of 5 minutes 53 seconds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/11/2017 13:49:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

784770

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department or its executive agencies have had with the Welsh Government on the future of valuation offices in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Valuation Office Agency (VOA) officials have regular conversations with Welsh Government officials about how valuation work is carried out in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/11/2017 15:37:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

784773

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Rhyl
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) businesses and (b) people have accessed services at the Rhyl Valuation Office in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) office in Rhyl is not open to the public to access its services on site. The Rhyl office offers support to businesses and people as part of the VOA's wider telephone and customer service network.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/11/2017 16:16:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

784925

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eyesight: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sight tests were carried out on the NHS in each clinical commissioning group area in the last 12 months for which data is available; and how many referrals for treatment there were for (a) AMD, glaucoma, (c) cataract and (d) diabetic eye disease in each such area in that same period.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of National Health Service sight tests is published as part of the General Ophthalmic Services activity statistics – England. Data is not broken down centrally to clinical commissioning group level. Data is held at the old NHS England area team level. The latest data (2016/17) is available in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>NHS funded sight tests provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>12,995,512</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North of England Commissioning Region</p></td><td><p>3,790,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral Area Team</p></td><td><p>326,988</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham, Darlington and Tees Area Team</p></td><td><p>297,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Area Team</p></td><td><p>661,857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire Area Team</p></td><td><p>371,998</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside Area Team</p></td><td><p>268,316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Area Team</p></td><td><p>466,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire and Humber Area Team</p></td><td><p>447,007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Area Team</p></td><td><p>358,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire Area Team</p></td><td><p>592,971</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England Commissioning Region</p></td><td><p>4,267,276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Area Team</p></td><td><p>407,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham and The Black Country Area Team</p></td><td><p>697,504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Area Team</p></td><td><p>477,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglia Area Team</p></td><td><p>637,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex Area Team</p></td><td><p>461,967</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire and The South Midlands Area Team</p></td><td><p>682,369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire and Lincolnshire Area Team</p></td><td><p>487,956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire and Staffordshire Area Team</p></td><td><p>413,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Commissioning Region</p></td><td><p>1,623,908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Area Team</p></td><td><p>1,623,908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South of England Commissioning Region</p></td><td><p>3,313,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire Area Team</p></td><td><p>357,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire Area Team</p></td><td><p>357,718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Area Team</p></td><td><p>455,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent and Medway Area Team</p></td><td><p>412,732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey and Sussex Area Team</p></td><td><p>674,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley Area Team</p></td><td><p>436,231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex Area Team</p></td><td><p>618,978</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data is not available on the number of referrals for treatment for age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataract and diabetic eye disease.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/11/2017 11:23:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

784926

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eyesight: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent from the public purse on each category of eye research by the (a) National Institute for Health Research and (b) Medical Research Council in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) welcome funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including eye research; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. 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><p>Total spending on eye research from 2009/10 to 2016/17 by the NIHR was £113.7 million; and by the MRC from 2010/11 to 2016/17 was £70.4 million. The NIHR and MRC were not able to provide spend broken down by the categories requested. However, information on individual projects funded by the NIHR can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p><p>And by the MRC at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/" target="_blank">http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/11/2017 11:35:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

784927

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eyesight: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with medical research organisations on the potential use of stem cells research and gene therapies to improve eye treatments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department, through the National Institute of Health Research, works closely with the Medical Research Council, and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult as well as with the charity and commercial sectors in the application of new techniques to treat ocular disease.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/11/2017 11:33:25 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

784928

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Glaucoma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people living with glaucoma; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce their sight loss.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>Data is not collected centrally showing the total numbers of people living with glaucoma.</p><p> </p><p>For individuals at risk of glaucoma, early detection is key. Free National Health Service sight tests are available for individuals at risk of, or diagnosed with, glaucoma. The NHS also continues to provide successful treatments for a range of eye conditions, including glaucoma.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:37:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

784938

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cataracts: Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times have been for cataract surgery in each clinical commissioning group in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>A count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of cataracts and a primary cataract procedure, by clinical commissioning group, with average waiting times (days) for the financial years 2014-15 to 2016-17 is supplied in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of hospital activity, not individual patients as the same person may have been admitted into an National Health Service hospital on more than one occasion.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/11/2017 12:02:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Data for PQ111662_FINAL.xlsx title PQ111662 attached table
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane