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427857

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have not been able to request employment and support allowance paid at the assessment rate pending an appeal since March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	15766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/11/2015 14:14:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

426564

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternity Services: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of total NHS expenditure spending on maternity services represented in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	15041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>Not all of the information requested is collected centrally. Data for primary care trusts (PCTs) secondary healthcare commissioning spend on maternity services for the years 2005/06 to 2012/13 is shown in the tables below. Maternity services may also be commissioned in primary care environments. However, it is not possible to separately identify the amount of primary care expenditure on maternity services from the statutory accounting data collected by the Department.</p><br /><p>Table 1: 2005/06 to 2007/08. NHS expenditure figures on a pre-Clear Line of Sight resource budgeting basis.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Maternity services commissioned by PCTs 2005/06 to 2012/13<br> ( £ billion)</p></td><td><p>Spend on maternity services as % of NHS revenue expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>1.67</p></td><td><p>2.25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>1.62</p></td><td><p>2.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>1.79</p></td><td><p>2.07%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><br>Source:</em> NHS (England) Summarised Account (2005/06 to 2010/11)</p><p>Table 2: 2008/09 to 2012/13. NHS expenditure figures on an aligned basis following the HM Treasury’s Clear Line of Sight programme.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Maternity services commissioned by PCTs 2005/06 to 2012/13<br> ( £ billion)</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Spend on maternity services as % of NHS revenue expenditure</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1.97</p></td><td><p>2.25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2.41</p></td><td><p>2.55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2.53</p></td><td><p>2.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2.62</p></td><td><p>2.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2.58</p></td><td><p>2.52%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><br>Source:</em> NHS (England) Summarised Account (2005/06 to 2010/11) and the Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts (2011/12 and 2012/13).</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li>Commissioning expenditure on maternity services relates to the payments made by commissioners to providers for delivery of maternity services.</li><li>The Clear Line of Sight HM Treasury alignment project simplified financial reporting to Parliament by ensuring improved consistency between accounts and HM Treasury budgeting rules.</li></ol><br /><p>Following the abolition of PCTs and strategic health authorities at 31 March 2013, NHS England became responsible for the commissioning of healthcare in England via the network of individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The Department does not collect data on maternity services spend by CCGs.</p><br /><p>NHS England has published expenditure on ‘maternity and reproductive health’ services commissioned by CCGs for 2013/14, which was estimated to be £2.8 billion (4% of total CCG expenditure). CCG spend represents a proportion of overall NHS expenditure on maternity services. NHS England also commissions some services that were previously included within PCT estimates, such as antenatal screening services. NHS England is currently reviewing the data on direct commissioning expenditure and plans to publish this when finalised.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 14966 question first answered 11/11/2015 11:06:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

426074

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) standalone midwife-led units, (b) midwife-led units situated alongside consultant-led units and (c) consultant-led maternity units there are in each region of England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	14850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of standalone midwife-led units, midwife-led units situated alongside consultant-led units and consultant-led maternity units in each region of England is set out in the table below:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>Standalone midwife-led units</p></td><td><p>Midwife-led units situated alongside consultant-led units</p></td><td><p>Consultant-led maternity units</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria, North East of England and Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Midlands and East. <br></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Coast and Wessex</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Women can expect a range of choices over place of birth. As set out in the NHS Choice Framework for 2015/16, these choices include giving birth at home with the support of a midwife, in a midwifery facility with the support of a midwife, or in any available hospital with the support of a maternity team. Choices will depend on what is best for the woman and her baby, as well as what is available locally.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/11/2015 11:11:08 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

426355

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives per 1,000 births there were in each region of England in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	14967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The number of midwives per 1,000 births (live and stillborn combined) has grown from 29.7 in 2004 to 32.6 in 2014. The table attached provides the available detail by region as collected by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/11/2015 11:23:58 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer attachment 1 file name PQ14967 data attachment.xlsx title Table of registered midwives per 1000 births
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

426360

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternity Services: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on maternity services in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	14966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>Not all of the information requested is collected centrally. Data for primary care trusts (PCTs) secondary healthcare commissioning spend on maternity services for the years 2005/06 to 2012/13 is shown in the tables below. Maternity services may also be commissioned in primary care environments. However, it is not possible to separately identify the amount of primary care expenditure on maternity services from the statutory accounting data collected by the Department.</p><br /><p>Table 1: 2005/06 to 2007/08. NHS expenditure figures on a pre-Clear Line of Sight resource budgeting basis.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Maternity services commissioned by PCTs 2005/06 to 2012/13<br> ( £ billion)</p></td><td><p>Spend on maternity services as % of NHS revenue expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>1.67</p></td><td><p>2.25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>1.62</p></td><td><p>2.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>1.79</p></td><td><p>2.07%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><br>Source:</em> NHS (England) Summarised Account (2005/06 to 2010/11)</p><p>Table 2: 2008/09 to 2012/13. NHS expenditure figures on an aligned basis following the HM Treasury’s Clear Line of Sight programme.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Maternity services commissioned by PCTs 2005/06 to 2012/13<br> ( £ billion)</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Spend on maternity services as % of NHS revenue expenditure</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1.97</p></td><td><p>2.25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2.41</p></td><td><p>2.55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2.53</p></td><td><p>2.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2.62</p></td><td><p>2.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2.58</p></td><td><p>2.52%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><br>Source:</em> NHS (England) Summarised Account (2005/06 to 2010/11) and the Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts (2011/12 and 2012/13).</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li>Commissioning expenditure on maternity services relates to the payments made by commissioners to providers for delivery of maternity services.</li><li>The Clear Line of Sight HM Treasury alignment project simplified financial reporting to Parliament by ensuring improved consistency between accounts and HM Treasury budgeting rules.</li></ol><br /><p>Following the abolition of PCTs and strategic health authorities at 31 March 2013, NHS England became responsible for the commissioning of healthcare in England via the network of individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The Department does not collect data on maternity services spend by CCGs.</p><br /><p>NHS England has published expenditure on ‘maternity and reproductive health’ services commissioned by CCGs for 2013/14, which was estimated to be £2.8 billion (4% of total CCG expenditure). CCG spend represents a proportion of overall NHS expenditure on maternity services. NHS England also commissions some services that were previously included within PCT estimates, such as antenatal screening services. NHS England is currently reviewing the data on direct commissioning expenditure and plans to publish this when finalised.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 15041 question first answered 11/11/2015 11:06:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

425059

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much centrally-provided capital funding has been provided to each further education college in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	14240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The amount of centrally-provided capital funding provided to each further education college in each of the last five years is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/11/2015 16:30:56 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles attachment 1 file name FE College capital Grants 2010-11 to 2014-15.xls title Table of capital funding to FE colleges
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

424958

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of substantive replies to hon. Members her Department has answered within the targets it has set for such correspondence since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	13972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The proportion of substantive replies to hon. Members answered within target since 1 May 2015 is 95%</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2015 13:28:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

422202

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Attaches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries UK defence attachés are posted.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	12325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>There are resident Defence Attachés in the following countries:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Afghanistan - Kabul</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria - Algiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina - Buenos Aires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia - Canberra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria - Vienna</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain - Manama</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia - Tallinn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh - Dhaka</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil - Brasilia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burma - Rangoon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada - Ottawa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile - Santiago</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China - Beijing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia - Bogota</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia - Zagreb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus - Nicosia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic - Prague</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark - Copenhagen</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt - Cairo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia - Addis Ababa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France - Paris</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia - Tbilisi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany - Berlin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana - Accra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece - Athens</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India - New Delhi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia - Jakarta</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq - Baghdad</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland - Dublin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel - Tel Aviv</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy - Rome</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan - Tokyo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan - Amman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan - Astana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya - Nairobi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Korea - Seoul</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait - Kuwait City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon - Beirut</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya - Tripoli</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Skopje</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico - Mexico City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco - Rabat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal - Kathmandu</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands - The Hague</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand - Wellington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria - Abuja</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway - Oslo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman - Muscat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan - Islamabad</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland - Warsaw</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qatar - Doha</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania - Bucharest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia - Moscow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia - Riyadh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia - Belgrade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone - Freetown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore - Singapore City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia - Mogadishu</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa - Pretoria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sudan - Juba</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain - Madrid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan - Khartoum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden - Stockholm</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand - Bangkok</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey - Ankara</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda - Kampala</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine - Kyiv</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America - UK Mission to UN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America - Washington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uzbekistan - Tashkent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam - Hanoi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen - Sana'a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe - Harare</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>There is Non-Resident Accreditation for a further 82 countries.</p><br /><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 22/10/2015 15:25:19 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

422269

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects Public Health England's Evidence into Action review of the evidence on reducing sugar consumption to be published.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	12288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. However all taxes are kept under review, with decisions being a matter for the Chancellor as part of the Budget process.</p><br /><p>Public Health England's (PHE) report <em>Sugar Reduction: The evidence for action</em> was published on the GOV.UK website on 22 October. We continue to work very closely with PHE and this evidence is integral to our ongoing policy development. We will publish our childhood obesity strategy in the new year.</p><br /><p><em>Sugar Reduction: The evidence for action</em> is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470179/Sugar_reduction_The_evidence_for_action.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470179/Sugar_reduction_The_evidence_for_action.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 12287 question first answered 27/10/2015 15:42:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

422270

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential of introducing tax on sugar-sweetened drinks to improve liver disease health outcomes in England.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	12287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. However all taxes are kept under review, with decisions being a matter for the Chancellor as part of the Budget process.</p><br /><p>Public Health England's (PHE) report <em>Sugar Reduction: The evidence for action</em> was published on the GOV.UK website on 22 October. We continue to work very closely with PHE and this evidence is integral to our ongoing policy development. We will publish our childhood obesity strategy in the new year.</p><br /><p><em>Sugar Reduction: The evidence for action</em> is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470179/Sugar_reduction_The_evidence_for_action.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470179/Sugar_reduction_The_evidence_for_action.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 12288 question first answered 27/10/2015 15:42:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith