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155434

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date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Direct Marketing: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to tackle the sending of unsolicited SMS messages which seek to advance illegal money-making scams; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	214346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Tackling nuisance calls and SMS text messages is a priority for the Department.</p><p>In May 2011, the Government provided the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) with a monetary penalty power of £500,000, under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) 2003 to enforce the PECR more effectively.</p><p>The ICO has issued monetary penalties totaling £315,000 for SMS text messages. Details about enforcement action taken to date by them can be viewed at: <a href="http://ico.org.uk/enforcement/action/texts" target="_blank">http://ico.org.uk/enforcement/action/texts</a>.</p><p>On 15<sup>th</sup> July 2014, we amended Section 393 of the Communications Act 2003, which has enabled Ofcom to disclose information to ICO about organisations sending unsolicited texts.</p><p>On 25 October 2014, the Government published a consultation, which proposes to make it easier for ICO to take enforcement action against organisations, by lowering, or removing the legal threshold.</p><p>Additionally, the National Trading Standards Board (NTSB) and Trading Standards Scotland continue to support the fight against illegal money lenders. As well as arresting and prosecuting loan sharks, the teams work with community partners to provide access to advice and support for victims. Between April 2012 and June 2014, their Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) specialist work has resulted in 43 custodial sentences being handed down. In the same period, support has been provided to over 2800 victims. The IMLT works together with the new consumer credit regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to police the market, and can prosecute those who are found to be lending illegally.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/11/2014 10:29:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

155488

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	214218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year</td><td>2010-11</td><td>2011-12</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td></tr><tr><td>Number of buildings sold*</td><td>25</td><td>20</td><td>17</td><td>21</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*All sales are overseas. Sales of compounds classed as one sale.</p><p>Excludes sales of plots of land. Information has been provided by financial year as this is the form in which it is readily available. A definitive figure is not yet available for 2014-15.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/11/2014 16:28:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

155489

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to Question 213577, which Scottish ministers made the visits in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; and what the destination of each visit was.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	214210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Details of these visits are the responsibility of the Scottish Government. However, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office holds the information attached.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/11/2014 17:16:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington attachment 1 file name Response to PQ 214210.docx title Lists of visits
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

155490

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will produce a new national cancer plan for the next Parliament which prioritises the importance of early diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	214186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Achieving earlier diagnosis of cancer is key to our ambition to save an additional 5,000 lives per year by 2014-15 and improve cancer outcomes and survival.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer,</em> (January 2011) set out the Government’s ambition to close the gap in survival outcomes by 2014-15 and the strategy is backed with more than £750 million over this spending review period (four years), including more than £450 million to achieve early diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Along with NHS England and Public Health England, we will publish the latest progress on commitments and initiatives outlined in the plan in the fourth annual report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2014 14:34:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

155491

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	214219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of buildings sold by the Department since 2010 is detailed below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Buildings Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 17/11/2014 17:33:56 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

155492

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will investigate the request for the European Arrest Warrant issued for the parents of Ashya King.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	214177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>No Ministers or Home Office officials have any involvement in decisions about whether to issue Arrest Warrants, nor did they have any involvement in the decision to issue an Arrest Warrant for Ashya King’s parents. The decision to seek an Arrest Warrant is an operational matter for the Police and the prosecuting authorities, in this case the Crown Prosecution Service. Any decision about whether to issue a warrant is a matter for a judge. The Director of Public Prosecutions told the Home Affairs Committee in her evidence on this matter on 14 October 2014 that at the time, the Crown Prosecution Service &quot;reviewed the case&quot; and &quot;upon further evidence, reviewed it again&quot; which led to them contacting Spain to request that the Arrest Warrant be discharged, which it was.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 214176 question first answered 20/11/2014 14:33:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

155493

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	World AIDS Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what events he and his ministerial team are supporting on World AIDS Day.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	214178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>I will attend a Terrence Higgins Trust event on 24 November and I am hosting an event for Wandsworth Oasis, an HIV charity serving my constituency on 27 November. I will also be attending the European Union Health Council on 1 December, and will raise the issue with ministerial colleagues. Other Ministerial plans are still to be finalised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2014 14:29:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

155494

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vaccination: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the uptake of vaccines containing porcine gelatine by children from families who observe religions that restrict the consumption of pork products.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	214322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Information about the religion of children being vaccinated, or their families, is not routinely collected by Public Health England (PHE). Therefore, it is not possible to make a national assessment of the uptake of vaccines containing porcine gelatine by children from families of a religious background that restricts the consumption of pork products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst broad acceptance has been gained from faith groups for the use of porcine gelatine in non-oral medicines (see PHE’s website</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/vaccines-and-gelatine-phe-response" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/vaccines-and-gelatine-phe-response</a>)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE recognises that there is still some uncertainty amongst some groups about the acceptability of the nasal flu spray.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE is therefore conducting an exercise to assess the impact of factors such as religion, deprivation and ethnicity on uptake of influenza vaccination in children in 2013/14 in a limited number of geographical areas. This work is currently being reviewed externally and results will be available in spring 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/11/2014 16:58:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

155495

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Public Health England plans to publish revisions to the eatwell plate.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	214323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition published a draft report on Carbohydrates and Health in June which indicated a need to revise dietary reference values for sugars and fibre. The responses to the consultation on the draft report are being reviewed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is reviewing the potential implications of the report for wider healthy eating messages, including the eatwell plate. Should current dietary reference values be revised and subsequently accepted by Government, it is anticipated any revision to the eatwell plate will be published in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/11/2014 17:40:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

155496

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that people diagnosed with sight loss or vision impairment have access to an eye clinic liaison officer.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	214321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Eye clinics and their staffing including eye clinic liaison officers are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups on the basis of local assessments of need. NHS England is aware of the issues surrounding sight loss and has recently consulted on how care in this area can be improved, through “Improving eye health and reducing sight loss – a call to action”. NHS England is currently considering the responses received to the consultation and expect to respond in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 17/11/2014 14:35:50 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger