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1011608

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date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Ocrelizumab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of ocrelizumab as a treatment for people with primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	194211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether drugs and other treatments represent an effective use of NHS resources. NICE is currently developing technology appraisal guidance on the use of ocrelizumab for treating primary progressive multiple sclerosis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/11/2018 17:46:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1011609

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	INTERPOL
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help maintain the integrity and independence of Interpol.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	194004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>INTERPOL is a crucial organisation for police to police cooperation between 194 Member Countries.</p><p>Article 3 of INTERPOL’s constitution forbids the organisation from undertaking any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character. Furthermore, INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of Files provides independent oversight to ensure that INTERPOL processes personal data in accordance with INTERPOL’s rules and Constitution.</p><p>The Government is working with INTERPOL to ensure the right systems are in place to protect individuals’ rights to maintain the integrity and independence of the organisation.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/11/2018 17:38:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1011620

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Court of Justice of the European Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, for what reason the provisions in Article 174 granting the Court of Justice of the European Union the jurisdiction to provide an interpretation of Union Law and of the Agreement was included.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Withdrawal Agreement, if there is a dispute which involves a question on the interpretation of EU law, the panel will not decide on that question, but request the CJEU to give a ruling on it. It will, however, still be for the arbitration panel to rule on the dispute itself.</p><p>Under the EU Treaties, the CJEU is the only body which can deliver interpretations of EU law which bind the EU and its Member States. If the arbitration panel was empowered to interpret EU law and bind the EU and its Member States to this interpretation, it would be considered unlawful by the CJEU and prevent the EU from being able to sign up to such a provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/11/2018 11:14:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1011648

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2018 to Question 175904 on colorectal cancer, whether NHS England has a timeframe for lowering the screening age to 50.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is currently prioritising the introduction of the faecal immunochemical test at 120μg/g to the current eligible cohort, and plans for lowering the age eligibility will be confirmed as part of the National Health Service long term plan.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/11/2018 17:48:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1011666

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish the risk assessments made by his Department on the granting of export licences for arms sales to Saudi Arabia since 25 May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	194231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria provides a thorough risk assessment framework for considering all applications to export military goods to Saudi Arabia. The policy remains as announced to Parliament in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#14032566000018" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#14032566000018</a> and updated with an additional policy, as announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 13 September 2018:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-13/HCWS957/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-13/HCWS957/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/11/2018 10:38:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 87215 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1011670

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Greenwich
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has made of the progress of Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group towards setting up Patient Participation Groups as proposed in its Patient and Public Engagement Strategy (2017 – 2020); how many such groups have been set up; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	194022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>In May 2017 Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) carried out a review of the 35 general practitioner (GP) practices in the borough. This showed that 24 (68%) practices had fully functional Patient Participation Groups (PPGs).</p><p> </p><p>In May 2018 Greenwich CCG undertook a further review which showed that 31 (88%) practices now had a fully functional PPG.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS England does not provide guidance about whether community groups can become PPGs. PPGs are specific to GP practices and included in the GP contract as a way in which practices can engage with their practice population. CCGs should engage more widely than PPGs and we would expect them to connect with and engage with community and voluntary groups in their local communities. This is part of their duty to involve patients and the public and is covered in the guidance for CCGs last published in 2017. Greenwich CCG welcomes engagement opportunities with patient community groups to receive feedback on health services commissioned by the CCG. This would be outside of the formal remit of a Patient Participation Group as defined within national guidance.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 194023 question first answered 26/11/2018 17:46:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1011674

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides on whether clinical commissioning groups can allow community groups representing clearly defined geographical areas to become Patient Participation Groups; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	194023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>In May 2017 Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) carried out a review of the 35 general practitioner (GP) practices in the borough. This showed that 24 (68%) practices had fully functional Patient Participation Groups (PPGs).</p><p> </p><p>In May 2018 Greenwich CCG undertook a further review which showed that 31 (88%) practices now had a fully functional PPG.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS England does not provide guidance about whether community groups can become PPGs. PPGs are specific to GP practices and included in the GP contract as a way in which practices can engage with their practice population. CCGs should engage more widely than PPGs and we would expect them to connect with and engage with community and voluntary groups in their local communities. This is part of their duty to involve patients and the public and is covered in the guidance for CCGs last published in 2017. Greenwich CCG welcomes engagement opportunities with patient community groups to receive feedback on health services commissioned by the CCG. This would be outside of the formal remit of a Patient Participation Group as defined within national guidance.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 194022 question first answered 26/11/2018 17:46:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1011677

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Gloucestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Gloucestershire have posted a deficit budget for the years (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-2019.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	194054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government trusts schools to manage their own budgets and the vast majority are operating with a cumulative surplus, with only a small percentage having a deficit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will be publishing 2017-18 data on maintained school reserves in December 2018; this will show the schools in Gloucestershire which reported a deficit. 2018-19 data is expected to be published in December 2019. Academy trusts are the legal entities responsible for academies, including their finances, and are accountable at trust level. The accounts for each trust are submitted for publication on the Companies House website by May of each year; the latest accounts, published this year, relate to 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures for Gloucestershire’s maintained schools showed one hundred and eighty-eight primary schools and five secondary schools reporting a cumulative surplus or breaking even, compared to fifteen primary schools and one secondary school reporting a deficit in the financial year 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>Forty-four primary and thirty secondary academies in Gloucestershire were in trusts that reported a surplus in the academic year 2016-17, compared to one primary and three secondary academies in trusts that reported a deficit. An academy in a local authority may belong to a trust outside the local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Academy trust accounts allow for a significantly higher level of public scrutiny than is required of maintained schools. This is because maintained schools are not required to prepare individual statutory accounts – their financial performance is instead summarised within local authorities’ accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Academy trust accounts are consolidated in the Sector Annual Report and Accounts (SARA). The SARA provides a sector-level overview and does not break down the data by trust or local authority. The Department published the 2016-17 SARA on 6 November and it is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/11/2018 17:46:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew