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1055014

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date	05/02/2019
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	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change has been in the number of people making blood donations between 2008 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	216948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for the collection, manufacturing and issuing of blood products to the NHS in England. NHS Blood and Transplant collects around 1.5 million blood donations every year to make sure hospitals have the blood they need to treat patients.</p><p> </p><p>The following table below shows that the number of active blood donors has decreased by 11.61% between 2008 and 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Active Donors<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2008</p></td><td><p>1,478,332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - Dec ember 2009</p></td><td><p>1,447,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2010</p></td><td><p>1,408,849</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2011</p></td><td><p>1,375,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2012</p></td><td><p>1,330,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2013</p></td><td><p>1,289,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2014</p></td><td><p>1,237,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2015</p></td><td><p>1,281,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2016</p></td><td><p>1,275,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2017</p></td><td><p>1,259,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2018</p></td><td><p>1,306,752</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The data are based on a two-year measure. This is because up until 2014, NHS Blood and Transplant’s active donor base was based on donors who had made at least one donation within two years, and not within one year as is now the case with NHS Blood and Transplant.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/02/2019 12:46:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1055018

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Cannabis: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has offered any financial support to companies involved in the exporting of cannabis for medicinal purposes since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	217016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>No. The Government has not offered financial support to companies involved in the exporting of licensed cannabis-based medicines since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/02/2019 14:32:08 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1055023

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications his Department has received for European Conference of Ministers of Transport permits since November 2018; and how many such permits have been provided.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	217018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department received applications for a total of 11,392 permits from 1,991 operator licence holders. Following the application of allocation criteria previously set out to the House, 984 ECMT annual permits have been allocated to operators and a further 2,832 short term permits will start to be allocated by March 2019. The Government has secured additional ECMT permits for 2019 and is in discussions with road haulage stakeholders on the process for allocating these. While hauliers are keen to have certainty on ECMT permits, the Government does not expect these to be primary means of securing market access to the EU for UK hauliers, given good progress on the EU Commission’s proposal on reciprocal access, unilateral measures and bilateral agreements.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 08/02/2019 13:08:40 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1055025

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Venezuela: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her Venezuelan counterpart on addressing the food shortages in that country.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	217020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary discussed the humanitarian crisis with Venezuela’s constitutional, interim President, Juan Guaidó, on 30 January. The UK Government is extremely concerned about the situation in Venezuela and continues to call for all actors to allow unhindered access for humanitarian assistance to meet the urgent needs of the Venezuelan people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a lack of official data from the Maduro regime, but the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that approximately 4.1 million people are currently undernourished.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We remain in touch with partners in the region, including through British Embassies and DFID advisers deployed to the region. DFID continues to work closely with, and provide significant core funding to, the UN and Red Cross movement, while actively looking at how we may enhance our efforts to support the response to the Venezuela crisis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 217021 question first answered 08/02/2019 14:50:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1055039

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) guidance and (b) regulations have been produced on how social workers are able to spend devolved budgets in relation to What Works Centre change projects in (a) Darlington Borough Council, (b) Hillingdon Borough Council and (c) Wigan Council.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	217024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Darlington, Hillingdon and Wigan each have a contract in place with Cardiff University setting out that the devolved budgets are to be used by social workers to support families under Section 17 of the Children Act (1989). Each local authority is required to use appropriate procedures for governance and reporting of expenditure as a condition of receiving funding.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/02/2019 14:50:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1055044

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 213885, Deportation: English Language, how many (a) removals and (b) departures there have been in respect of ETS-linked cases to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	216919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>UKVI transparency data provides details of refusal, curtailments and removal decisions in response to the abuse of secure English language testing</p><p>A link to the most recent available data is provided here;</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017</a></p><p><br>The table in SELT_02 is the closest match to the information requested</p><p>The data was last published in February 2017 and only contains data to the last quarter (December 2016). ETS data is no longer published after this date.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/02/2019 14:30:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1055050

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Transgender People: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to tackle (a) GPs not being allowed to run oestrogen tests if a patient is still registered as male on the NHS and (b) other barriers in relation to those test barriers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	217146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular dialogue with counterparts in DHSC, where concerns of the trans community are raised. We will continue to work with the Department for Health and Social Care to ensure improved service for transgender patients and service users.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office has recently provided grants to the Royal College of General Practitioners and to the LGBT Foundation to pilot and evaluate ways to improve delivery of services to LGBT patients and service users, especially in general practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2019 14:30:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1055070

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Darfur: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress is being made towards a lasting peace deal in Darfur; which parties have (a) signed and (b) not signed the 2006 peace deal for that region.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	216923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>​We welcome the 6 December signing in Berlin of a &quot;Pre-Negotiation Agreement for the Resumption of the Peace Process&quot; in Darfur. We continue to press all parties to engage with the peace process, including progress towards a permanent ceasefire, and ensure full humanitarian access. The 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement (also referred to as the Abuja Agreement) was signed by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Movement – Mini Minnawi. This agreement was not signed by the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Army – Abdul Wahid.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 08/02/2019 14:43:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1055156

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	EnAble Fund for Elected Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the EnAble Fund for Elected Office is available to (a) parliamentary candidates (i) seeking selection for the next General Election, (ii) standing in parliamentary by-elections; and if she will publish the Equality Impact Assessment conducted on the scope of that Fund.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	217059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The EnAble Fund for Elected Office is an interim fund primarily for the forthcoming local elections in May. It is available until March 2020 or until its total of £250,000 is exhausted, whichever is sooner.</p><p> </p><p>The fund is therefore timebound. No general election is scheduled for the time period of the fund. We have however committed to consider parliamentary by-elections on a case by case basis should they arise.</p><p>We will publish an impact equalities assessment on the fund in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2019 14:22:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1055159

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 May 2018 on Access to Elected Office for Disabled People, HCWS695, on what date the 12-month programme of work to help political parties encourage and support their candidates started.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	217060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office have been focused on ensuring support is in place for disabled candidates for the forthcoming local elections in May. The £250,000 interim EnAble Fund for Elected Office has been open since December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, officials have met political parties, including the Green Party, and several disability organisations to work on options and solutions for long-term support including for smaller parties and independents.</p><p> </p><p>While this work is ongoing political parties should consider how best to put in place sustainable measures to support disabled candidates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2019 14:23:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas