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455700

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide additional funding for projects identified by the forthcoming Northern Transport Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	28724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The government will need to consider the proposals from both Transport for the North and the National Infrastructure Commission before taking any funding decisions. The Government looks forward to the publication of both reports in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/03/2016 17:59:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

455721

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
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	Fuel Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of children living in fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	28723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>We are investing close to £1 billion a year to help consumers through a reformed supplier obligation and Warm Home Discount, and plan to reform both schemes to focus that funding better on those that need it most.</p><p> </p><p>Our ability to do that is strengthened significantly by the introduction of an improved definition of fuel poverty which captures those in genuine need who are facing the overlapping problem of a low household income and high energy costs.</p><p> </p><p>This low income high costs indicator has meant a change in the demographic of who is considered to be fuel poor in England - with homes with at least one child now accounting for nearly half of the fuel poor population.</p><p> </p><p>We will be consulting on our proposals to reform the supplier obligation and the Warm Home Discount later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/03/2016 16:19:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

453070

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
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	Local Government Finance: Redcar and Cleveland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how he plans to respond to the recent request from the Leader of Redcar and Cleveland Council for a transitional sum of £1 million in lieu of raising the adult social care precept.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	27478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The Spending Review recognised that demographic changes are leading to increased demand for adult social care. To support those most in need, we provided a social care package of up to £3.5 billion by 2019-20. This package includes giving all councils with responsibility for adult social care the option of an extra 2% council tax precept, as long as the precept is spent on adult social care. It is for Redcar and Cleveland to decide if they wish to take up this flexibility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 24/02/2016 17:30:30 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

453259

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Guisborough Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide additional funding to South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Clinical Commissioning Group for improvements and new facilities at Guisborough Primary Care Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	27477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>We are making additional resources available to the National Health Service by backing the NHS Five Year Forward View with £10 billion a year real terms additional funding by 2020-21, compared to 2014-15, with £3.8 billion real terms growth in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the local NHS to determine how best to use the funds available to it to improve local services. In 2016-17, the South Tees Clinical Commissioning Group will receive £413.3 million - a cash increase of 3.05%.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/02/2016 14:27:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

448938

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
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	Carbon Capture and Storage: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding the Government has provided for carbon capture and storage research and development projects not based in the UK since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	24933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Under DECC’s £20m CCS Innovation Programme, Net Power LLC, a US company, was awarded a Research and Development grant of £7.5m to demonstrate a British invented low carbon power generation technology. Net Power worked with Goodwin Steel castings, an established UK manufacturer, to manufacture turbine casings for the project.</p><p>Through the International Climate Fund (ICF) the Government has funded capacity building projects in a number of partner countries. In December 2012, the UK committed £60 million from the ICF to trust funds operated by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to support developing countries to develop both the technical and institutional knowledge necessary to enable the deployment of CCS technologies. The ICF finance is supporting CCS capacity building through pilot projects, with the aim of demonstrating the technology and reducing the cost of the technology application across the CCS chain.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/02/2016 14:50:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

449009

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Muscular Dystrophy: Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of clinical trial capacity at muscle centres.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	24934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 13 January 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=21102" target="_blank">21102.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/02/2016 11:29:25 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

449010

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neuromuscular Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on establishing NHS-funded neuromuscular networks in each region.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	24935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning specialised neurological services, including some services for patients with neuromuscular disorders. NHS England has published a service specification for neurological care that includes an exemplar service specification for neuromuscular conditions that sets out what providers must have in place to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services. The specification can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>National Health Service providers, working with local area teams, may establish neuromuscular networks if they consider it would benefit service provision; such decisions are a local matter.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/02/2016 16:19:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

449011

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neuromuscular Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to integrate standards for specialist neuromuscular care within the paediatric neurology service specification.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	24936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>Children with neuromuscular conditions are included within the current service specification for paediatric neurology:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/e09-paedi-neurology.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/e09-paedi-neurology.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/02/2016 16:24:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

447028

registered interest
date	22/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cleveland Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) police and staff, (c) police community support officers were in post in Cleveland in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014 and (vi) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	23728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of full time equivalent (FTE) police officers, police staff and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in Cleveland police force area, as at 31 March in each of the requested years, are provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) police officers, police staff and PCSOs as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2015, Cleveland Constabulary<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Situation as at:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Police<br>officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Police<br>staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PCSOs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2010</p></td><td><p>1,724</p></td><td><p>711</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>1,529</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>1,463</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>1,382</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>1,326</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. Police officer strength statistics are published in the data tables of the annual Police Workforce, England and Wales, statistical publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales).</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has made clear, there is no simple link between police numbers and crime levels, between numbers and the visibility of police in the community, or between numbers and the quality of service provided.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/01/2016 16:27:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 41416 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

447032

registered interest
date	22/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the increase in sexual offences on Teesside.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	23736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Rape and sexual violence are devastating crimes and the Government has made protecting women and girls from violence and supporting victims and survivors of sexual violence a key priority. We want victims to have the confidence to report these crimes, knowing they will get the support they need and that everything will be done to bring offenders to justice.</p><p>These are under-reported crimes, and the Office for National Statistics report that recent increases in police recorded crime are likely due to improved recording by the police and an increase in the willingness of victims to come forward and report to the police. The number of prosecutions and convictions for sexual offences are at their highest ever levels.</p><p>The Government continues to support improvements to the criminal justice system’s response to victims of sexual violence. We have supported the publication of data on rape for every police force in the country as a basis for improving recording and investigations of rape and ensure that guidance on investigating and prosecuting rape is implemented in every police force area. The Rape Action Plan, led by the Crown Prosecution Service and the police, is helping to ensure that every report of rape is treated seriously and every victim is given the help they deserve.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/02/2016 17:06:12 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 41424 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop