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99774

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date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	New Businesses: Surrey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey to date.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Woking Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Surrey</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume of drawn Start Up Loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>223 loans</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/10/2014 14:46:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99780

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Surrey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship starts there were in each sector in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship starts by geography and sector subject area is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364257/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364257/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 27/10/2014 14:13:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99782

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Small Businesses: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium-sized enterprises have premises in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 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 23/10/2014 15:49:08 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 211119 ONS 357.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - SME's
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99792

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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	Help to Buy Scheme: Woking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) house buyers and (b) first-time buyers have been supported under the Government's Help to Buy scheme in Woking constituency.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting people’s aspirations to own their own home.</p><p> </p><p>Over 50,000 households have been supported by the Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Equity Loan schemes and around 80% of these are first-time buyers. The Department does not collect data on the number of first time buyers supported by Help to Buy: NewBuy. The Department does not publish data on the number of first-time buyers supported by the Help to Buy schemes at local authority or constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>Data at constituency level is only available for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of Help to Buy sales at local authority and postcode level are published in the Open Data Communities portal for Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Help to Buy: Equity Loan, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market" target="_blank">http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics on Help to Buy: NewBuy sales at local authority level are published on the Department’s website, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below breaks down the total Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Equity Loan sales in Woking and Guildford local authority areas:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Mortgage Guarantee</p><p>(to 30 June 2014)</p></td><td><p>Equity Loan</p><p>(to 31 August 2014)</p></td><td><p>NewBuy</p><p>(to 30 June 2014)</p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/10/2014 17:11:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99794

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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
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 nuisance telephone calls; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Tackling nuisance telephone calls is a priority for the Department. A range of options for reform are being pursued, which includes both legislative and non-legislative measures that will protect consumers more effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Our Nuisance Calls Action Plan of 30 March 2014, included proposals to enable the Office of Communications (Ofcom) to share information more easily with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about companies who may be breaching the regulations. We made this measure effective on 15 July 2014 and it will help ICO to take enforcement action against companies deliberately breaching the rules.</p><p> </p><p>We are also soon to consult to lower the legal threshold, making it easier for ICO to take more enforcement action, including issuing monetary penalties to companies who currently manage to avoid having action taken against them. Work on improving the ability of communication service providers to trace calls is underway and led by Ofcom, with our encouragement. Consent and lead generation issues including how telephone numbers are captured and sold on, are also being considered by the Taskforce led by Which? that will report to the Department by the end of this year. Further details about the full range of measures outlined in our Action Plan can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled</a></p><p> </p><p>Steps taken to date include the Department having improved signposting and information about whom to contact when needing to report nuisance calls, a simpler complaints process, and greater use by regulators of their powers, including the ICO and Ofcom having to date issued monetary penalties totalling more than £2.2 million for nuisance telephone calls and SMS text messages. We will continue to work with regulators, consumer group representatives and the industry to deliver improved protection for the benefit of consumers.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 27/10/2014 11:44:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99812

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the schemes in the Levy Control Framework on average annual household energy bills in each of the years from 2015 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The projected expenditure from schemes under the Levy Control Framework for the financial years from 2015/16 to 2020/21 <del class="ministerial">will be</del> <ins class="ministerial">is expected to be</ins> published as an annex (‘DECC’s Consumer Funded Policies – a report to Parliament’) to the Annual Energy Statement. Publication of the Annual Energy Statement is expected in Autumn 2014.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:32:43 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:33:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24105 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99813

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the effect of schemes in the Levy Control Framework was on average annual household energy bills in each of the years from 2010 to 2014.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>In order to help ensure that policies achieve their objectives cost effectively and affordably, the Government introduced a Levy Control Framework to control levy funded spending by DECC at Budget 2011. Over 2010 to 2014 the Levy Control Framework covered the Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariffs and the Warm Home Discount.</p><p>The table below sets out the estimated average impact on household energy bills over 2010 to 2013. Figures on spend for 2014 are not yet available.</p><p><strong><em>Estimated average impact on household energy bills from policies in the Levy Control Framework (real 2012 prices)1</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Renewables Obligation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feed-in Tariffs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Warm Home Discount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£17</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£20</p></td><td><p>£2</p></td><td><p>Zero</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£24</p></td><td><p>£5</p></td><td><p>Zero</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£30</p></td><td><p>£7</p></td><td><p>Zero</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that this table only reflects the costs of these policies on bills. Renewable generation supported by RO and FITs helps put downward pressure on wholesale electricity prices, because they have very low operating costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> These estimates are consistent with the methodology used in the Government’s publication on the impacts of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills</a>)</em></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:31:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99814

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animals: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the number of animals exported (a) to the EU and (b) to countries outside the EU in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Exports of Live Animals (in thousand head) from the UK to other EU Countries, 2009 to 2014</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>(thousand head)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>Year</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Livestock Type</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pure bred breeding cattle</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-pure bred breeding cattle</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pure bred breeding pigs</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-pure bred breeding pigs</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheep</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poultry &lt;=185 grams</p></td><td><p>21,868</p></td><td><p>23,710</p></td><td><p>18,192</p></td><td><p>24,031</p></td><td><p>15,187</p></td><td><p>6,310</p></td><td><p>109,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poultry &gt; 185 grams</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>679</p></td><td><p>642</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>2,283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horses, asses and mules</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goats</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other animals</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>22,058</p></td><td><p>24,362</p></td><td><p>18,992</p></td><td><p>24,780</p></td><td><p>15,537</p></td><td><p>6,478</p></td><td><p>112,207</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ó Crown Copyright</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source: HM Revenue and Customs</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Data prepared by Trade Statistics, Analysis &amp; Evidence Team, DEFRA</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014 data are subject to amendments</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EU data based on EU 28</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Please note these figures are obtained using VAT records and will exclude some EU trade </strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>for businesses which are below the VAT threshold. As a result, actual trade levels </strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>may be higher than those given.</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>The data are subject to a degree of statistical error. The overall level of </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>errors is low, but these errors have a much greater proportional effect on </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>countries with small values or volumes of trade. Therefore, care is </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>needed when interpreting the data.</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notation:</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>0 = quantity less than half the unit shown</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Empty cells are nil values</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Exports from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland make up a significant proportion of the live</p><p>exports to the EU, accounting for around 90% of live UK sheep exports to the EU and 40% of live UK poultry exports to the EU.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Exports of Live Animals (in thousand head) from the UK to Non-EU Countries, 2009 to 2014</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>(thousand head)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>Year</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Livestock Type</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pure bred breeding cattle</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-pure bred breeding cattle</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pure bred breeding pigs</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-pure bred breeding pigs</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheep</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poultry &lt;=185 grams</p></td><td><p>3,483</p></td><td><p>7,081</p></td><td><p>7,333</p></td><td><p>7,039</p></td><td><p>6,721</p></td><td><p>3,969</p></td><td><p>35,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poultry &gt; 185 grams</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horses, asses and mules</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goats</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other animals</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>3,494</p></td><td><p>7,088</p></td><td><p>7,342</p></td><td><p>7,047</p></td><td><p>6,729</p></td><td><p>3,974</p></td><td><p>35,673</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ó Crown Copyright</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source: HM Revenue and Customs</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Data prepared by Trade Statistics, Analysis &amp; Evidence Team, DEFRA</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014 data are subject to amendments</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>The data are subject to a degree of statistical error. The overall level of </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>errors is low, but these errors have a much greater proportional effect on </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>countries with small values or volumes of trade. Therefore, care is </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>needed when interpreting the data.</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notation:</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>0 = quantity less than half the unit shown</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Empty cells are nil values</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/10/2014 17:09:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
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99848

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease
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 availability of augmentative and alternative communication aids for sufferers of motor neurone disease in (a) Surrey and Sussex and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Since April 1 2013 NHS England has been responsible for commissioning Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) aids for patients with complex disability whose needs require specialised assessment, including for patients with motor neurone disease (MND). Commissioning of non-specialised AAC aids is the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has published a service specification for specialised AAC aids that sets out what should be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services and supports equity of access to a nationally consistent, high quality service for patients across the country including in Surrey and Sussex. The specification can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d01-com-dis-equ-alt-aug-comm-aids.pdf</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has identified an additional £22.5 million funding for AAC and Environmental Controls in 2014-15. They have been working closely with the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) to ensure this funding is equitably distributed across England in a fair and consistent manner. The MNDA are representing all patients on the panel which is reviewing this funding allocation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 27/10/2014 17:07:49 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
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99849

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Woking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of GP appointments in Woking constituency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The vast majority of patients can get appointments and are satisfied with their general practitioner (GP) but we know more needs to be done. This is why we are offering 7.5 million more people extra evening and weekend appointments as well as email and Skype consultations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also understand that a recent small survey by Healthwatch highlighted Woking as an area where there was a potential issue with booking and arranging appointments which are convenient to patients. Following this, we are advised that Surrey and Sussex Area Team agreed to meet with the Health and Adult Social Care Committee and Healthwatch to set up a working group to look at areas which could be improved with regard to access to GP services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/10/2014 17:31:21 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord