Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1173814

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
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 recent discussions he has had with devolved Administrations on ensuring consistency of sentencing for animal abuse offences.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for the courts, which are independent from the Government. When deciding what sentence to impose the courts take into account the circumstances of the offence and any mitigating and aggravating factors, in line with the sentencing guidelines which are published by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales. The guidelines are intended to promote greater transparency and consistency in sentencing. Sentencing is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the manifesto commitment to introduce tougher sentences for animal cruelty, the Government remains fully committed to increasing the maximum custodial sentences for animal cruelty offences from six months to five years. The necessary legislation will be introduced as soon as Parliamentary time allows. The Welsh Government has agreed this increase should apply in Wales. The Scottish Government has proposed a similar increase for its equivalent offence in Scotland. Northern Ireland already has a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment for animal cruelty offences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/02/2020 16:13:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173815

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Statins
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the level of use of statins.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The efficacy and safety of statins has been studied in a number of large trials which showed that they can reduce cardiovascular events low-density lipoprotein strokes and save lives. The studies have also provided evidence that more significant lowering of LDL cholesterol with statins is associated with increased benefits in reducing cardiac events, particularly in patients who are at high risk such as those with a history of coronary artery disease and diabetes. Trials have also shown that medically significant side effects with statins are rare. Overall, the benefits of using statins to reduce cholesterol levels are considered to outweigh the risk of side-effects in the majority of patients.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the national body responsible for issuing best practice guidance for the National Health Service in England, has also published a clinical guideline on cardiovascular disease. This guideline, ‘Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification’ was last updated in September 2016 and makes recommendations on the effective use of statins. NICE’s guideline is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg181" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg181</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/02/2020 13:59:47 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173821

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on NHS funding after the UK leaves the EU; and what his policy is on levels of pay for frontline staff in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>NHS funding has been set out in the published Long Term Plan which commits to grow NHS revenue funding by an average of 3.4% in real terms over the next 5 years – a real terms increase of 20.5 billion by 2023/24. The Barnett formula will be applied in the usual way to determine funding for the devolved administrations. It is for devolved administrations to allocate this funding across their devolved responsibilities, including to their health services if they so choose.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting frontline staff in the NHS who make a valuable contribution to patient care. More than one million NHS staff in England are currently benefitting from the three-year Agenda for Change pay deal, which came into force in 2018/19 and will see the starting salary for a newly qualified NHS nurse rise to £24,907 by 2020/21, an increase of 12.6% since 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes a flexible approach to public sector pay, taking into account each workforce’s circumstances so that public sector employers can address skill shortages, incentivise improvements to public sector productivity, and recruit to meet demand for services. This approach means that public servants, including NHS frontline staff, are rewarded fairly while making sure that public services remain affordable and sustainable in the long-term.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 05/02/2020 15:31:55 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173823

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Parking: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure equity in the level of fines that private parking companies levy on drivers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Privately managed parking is currently self-regulating through the two parking trade associations, the British Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC). Both bodies have Codes of Practice that cap parking fines at £100. <br> <br> Government has had concerns about the current system of self-regulation and we are taking action to improve the situation for motorists through the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.</p><p><br> On 3 November 2019, we announced we were contracting with the British Standards Institution (BSI) to develop a new Code of Practice for all private parking companies as a British Standard, to ensure the new regulation will be robust and of the highest quality. This will consider a range of issues including the cap on parking charges.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/02/2020 17:03:01 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173631

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Snoring: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when laser surgery to cure snoring will be available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to make laser surgery for snoring routinely available on the National Health Service. Any such technology would need to be assessed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) before it can be considered for use by the NHS.</p><p>NICE has recommended continuous positive airway pressure devices as a treatment option for adults with moderate or severe symptomatic obstructive sleep apnoea or hypopnoea syndrome, where certain clinical criteria are met.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2020 16:57:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173632

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on improving access to mental health assessments for children in care.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Education jointly commissioned with the Department for Health and Social Care an Expert Working Group to look at how the mental health needs of looked-after children, previously looked-after children and care leavers could be better met.</p><p>In November 2017, the group made a set of recommendations, including on improving assessment of the mental health needs of looked-after children.</p><p>We are taking forward a number of these recommendations through our £1 million mental health assessment pilot programme, which is testing improved approaches to the mental health and wellbeing element of the health assessment on entry to care.</p><p>We have appointed SQW Limited to carry out an evaluation of the pilot and fieldwork is currently underway. This will help inform our assessment of the changes needed to the mental health assessments of looked-after children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 04/02/2020 17:40:25 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173633

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Government's Carers action plan 2018 to 2020, published on 5 June 2018; and whether that plan will be extended.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In July 2019 we published the ‘Carers action plan 2018 to 2020: 1-year progress review’ to demonstrate the progress the Carers Action Plan (CAP) had made so far and plan to publish a final report this summer following the conclusion of the CAP.</p><p>We are committed to continuing to work with all our stakeholders to consider the next steps after the publication of the final report.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2020 13:44:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173634

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Carers: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent of take up by GP practices of NHS England's Care for young carers recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2020 13:49:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173635

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to review the range of services offered through the Healthy Child Programme in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England is undertaking a systematic review of the Healthy Child Programme in England bringing together health, education and other main partners to deliver an effective programme for prevention and support covering pre-conception to age 24 years.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/02/2020 17:22:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173636

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on provision for children and young people's mental health in the Online Harms Bill.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>While the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has had no direct discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, officials from their respective Departments have worked together closely to develop the Online Harms White Paper, and continue to work together on taking forward the measures set out in the White Paper.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 04/02/2020 15:24:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon