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638630

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date	18/11/2016
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	Music Venues and Nightclubs: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take (a) through guidance to property developers and local authorities and (b) otherwise to protect the capacity for nightclubs and live music venues to continue to trade when planning permission is being considered for converting existing offices nearby to residential properties.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Where permitted development rights apply, in considering the prior approval on noise for a change of use from office to residential (under Class O of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, local planning authorities will have regard to those relevant parts of the National Planning Policy Framework and supporting planning guidance on noise, as would be the case under a planning application. Prior approval may be refused where any impacts of noise from commercial premises identified are not sufficiently mitigated by the proposed measures, as consistent with national policy. Links to the National Planning Policy Framework and Guidance can be found here - <a href="http://planningguidance.communities.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://planningguidance.communities.gov.uk/</a>. A local planning authority cannot consider matters other than those for which their prior approval may be given, as listed in Class O.</p><p>When determining a planning application for a change of use from office to residential where permitted development rights do not apply, local planning authorities must take into account the policies and guidance listed above, and must determine the application in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise.</p><p>Separate regimes apply to licencing and statutory nuisance, which are the responsibility of the Home Office and the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs respectively.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 53756 question first answered 23/11/2016 15:29:06 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638631

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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	Licensed Premises: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2016 to Question 51986, what guidance the Government plans to issue to (a) local authorities, (b) nightclubs, (c) residents of existing properties and (d) property developers applying for planning permission to convert offices to residential properties on their respective rights and responsibilities in relation to noise.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Where permitted development rights apply, in considering the prior approval on noise for a change of use from office to residential (under Class O of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, local planning authorities will have regard to those relevant parts of the National Planning Policy Framework and supporting planning guidance on noise, as would be the case under a planning application. Prior approval may be refused where any impacts of noise from commercial premises identified are not sufficiently mitigated by the proposed measures, as consistent with national policy. Links to the National Planning Policy Framework and Guidance can be found here - <a href="http://planningguidance.communities.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://planningguidance.communities.gov.uk/</a>. A local planning authority cannot consider matters other than those for which their prior approval may be given, as listed in Class O.</p><p>When determining a planning application for a change of use from office to residential where permitted development rights do not apply, local planning authorities must take into account the policies and guidance listed above, and must determine the application in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise.</p><p>Separate regimes apply to licencing and statutory nuisance, which are the responsibility of the Home Office and the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs respectively.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 53755 question first answered 23/11/2016 15:29:06 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638654

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was provided from the public purse for early years (a) childcare, (b) children's centres, (c) nurseries and (d) other provisions in Bristol West constituency in 2015-16; how much such funding is allocated for (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18; and what estimate her Department has made of how many full-time equivalent places such funding supports.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Funding for the free early years entitlements is allocated on a local authority basis through the Dedicated Schools Grant. This funding covers childcare, nurseries and other early years provisions, including childcare via children’s centres. Local authorities have the freedom to determine how to fund other services delivered via their networks of children’s centres, including via the Business Rate Retention Scheme. Local authorities have the freedom to decide what children’s centre services are appropriate to meet local needs and statutory duties.</p><p>In 2015-16, the City of Bristol received £29.16m from central government for the early years entitlements (three- and four-year olds and two-year olds but not including the Early Years Pupil Premium). This funding supported 5,161 full-time equivalent places.</p><p>In 2016-17, the City of Bristol received a provisional £28.71m from central government for the early years entitlements (three- and four-year olds and two-year olds but not including the EYPP). This funding supported a provisional 5,082 full-time equivalent places.</p><p>The Government consulted earlier this year on proposals to ensure that early years funding is allocated efficiently and fairly across the country from 2017-18. Under such proposals the City of Bristol would have been allocated a provisional £32.56m from central government for the early years entitlements (three- and four-year olds including 30 hours childcare for working parents; two-year olds; and supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools). This funding would have supported a provisional 5,666 full-time equivalent places.</p><p>Government will announce a response to the consultation shortly, including 2017-18 funding for the City of Bristol.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/11/2016 16:58:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638672

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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	Occupied Territories: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the press release issued by the Minister for the Middle East of 3 November 2016, what further steps he plans to take in respect of the approval by the Israeli government of permits for constructing new homes in the illegal settlement of Gilo, East Jerusalem.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>​We strongly condemn Israeli settlement advancement, including recent plans for new settlements deep in the West Bank, and moves to retroactively approve unauthorised settlement outposts. These proposed actions call into question the commitment of the Israeli government to the two-state solution. We continue to raise our grave concerns about Israeli settlements with the Israeli Government. I raised our concerns about settlements with Israeli Defence Minister Lieberman during our meeting in London on 7 September 2016. ​The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), also raised our concerns over new settlements with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he met him in Jerusalem on 30 September. I issued a further statement on 16 November expressing our deep concern about the land regulation bill in the Israeli Knesset proposing to ‘legalise’ settlement outposts across the West Bank. Such outposts are currently illegal under both Israeli domestic law and international humanitarian law and should be removed entirely.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/11/2016 16:48:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638680

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hepatitis: Bristol West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Bristol West constituency (a) he estimates have undiagnosed and (b) have diagnosed hepatitis C; and how many people who have been so diagnosed have access to the latest treatments for hepatitis C.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>There is no routine national notification system in place to capture cases diagnosed with current hepatitis C infection. However, there are a number of systems and programmes in place that provide robust information on samples of the population which allow us to generate estimates at both a national and local level.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the number of people with undiagnosed hepatitis C are available at local authority level. The estimated number of people in the city of Bristol with current undiagnosed hepatitis C infection is approximately 750.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people diagnosed with hepatitis C who have access to the latest treatment is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 28/11/2016 17:24:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638681

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hepatitis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2016 to Question 51807, for what reasons access to the new treatments for hepatitis C that have been approved as cost-effective by NICE has been limited to 10,011 people in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in relation to new direct acting antivirals for hepatitis C recommends that the decision to treat, and prescribing decisions, are made by multidisciplinary teams in the operational delivery networks put in place by NHS England. These prioritise treatment for people with the highest unmet clinical need.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s commitment to treat 10,000 patients in 2016/17, increasing to 12,500 in 2017/18, is in line with NICE’s estimate of activity included in the costing tools published to support implementation of the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 53767 question first answered 28/11/2016 15:17:26 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638682

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hepatitis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on its decision to limit the number of people able to access new hepatitis C treatments to 10,011; and on what basis that number was chosen.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in relation to new direct acting antivirals for hepatitis C recommends that the decision to treat, and prescribing decisions, are made by multidisciplinary teams in the operational delivery networks put in place by NHS England. These prioritise treatment for people with the highest unmet clinical need.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s commitment to treat 10,000 patients in 2016/17, increasing to 12,500 in 2017/18, is in line with NICE’s estimate of activity included in the costing tools published to support implementation of the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 53772 question first answered 28/11/2016 15:17:25 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638685

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hepatitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the World Health Organisation's Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis, whether he plans to produce a national strategy for the elimination of hepatitis C by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a comprehensive surveillance system in place combining laboratory diagnoses data, risk/behaviour data, outcome data, statistical modelling and service evaluation to monitor the cascade of care, detect outbreaks, and generate burden estimates. The UK already has a comprehensive national programme of screening of blood donors and blood transfusions for blood-borne viruses, including hepatitis C, to ensure safe supplies – 100% of blood donors are screened with quality assured methods. There is national guidance and legislation around infection control in healthcare settings including a policy for healthcare workers to prevent nosocomial transmission of blood-borne viruses. Prevention efforts in minimising harm in people who inject drugs is focused on access to opiate substitution therapies and needle syringe exchange programmes, and disinfection tablets in prisons.</p><p>Public Health England has published hepatitis C metrics for the report “Hepatitis C in the UK 2016 report - Working towards its elimination as a major public health threat”. The report is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/541317/Hepatitis_C_in_the_UK_2016_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/541317/Hepatitis_C_in_the_UK_2016_report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 28/11/2016 15:20:19 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638757

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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	Pensioners: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners live in (a) other EU countries, (b) Commonwealth countries and (c) the rest of the world; and how many of those people have an address in Bristol West constituency as their most recent UK residence.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of pensioners in receipt of the UK State Pension living in the country groupings requested. Please note that residents in Cyprus and Malta appear in both the European Union and Commonwealth totals.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of UK State Pensioners</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union (excluding UK)</p></td><td><p>474,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commonwealth (excluding UK)</p></td><td><p>565,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of the world</p></td><td><p>218,580</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study May 2016.</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>The information in relation to those who reside overseas and previously lived at an address in Bristol West constituency is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 24/11/2016 13:47:49 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

638775

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Government's press release of 14 October 2016 on the visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the UK trade envoy for that region, what further steps he plans to take in order to facilitate trade by (a) people in the Palestinian Business Women's Forum and (b) other Palestinian women.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	53731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Baroness Morris, visited the market in October. Following this there are plans to reactivate the Palestinian British Business Council to facilitate and develop trade links between the UK and the OPT including members of the Palestinian Business Women's Forum (PBWF).</p><p>The PBWF in Ramallah, with the UK government’s help, aims to host specialised speakers from the UK to educate forum members and other beneficiaries about the import and export regulations and the business environment in the UK for start-up businesses.</p><p>Further to this, the DFID-EU’s Palestinian Market Development Programme (PMDP) is a high performing programme which has helped 283 companies to develop new products and/or enter new markets. Approximately 50% of the companies assisted are women owned/managed companies.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 23/11/2016 13:17:30 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire