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93094

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Childbirth: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will undertake research into the effects of having a baby prematurely born on a mother's labour market attachment.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	210336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to look at the impact of having a premature baby on the mother’s attachment to the labour market. We will, however, consider the issues facing families with babies admitted to neonatal care within the context of the review of changes to employment law enacted by the Children and Families Act after 2018 – in particular the take up of shared parental leave and pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new system of shared parental leave and pay will give parents much more flexibility in the first year following their child’s birth. This flexibility will be particularly valuable to parents who have to deal with difficult or unexpected circumstances and it will allow parents, for the first time, to take leave together in a way that suits them. The system will be available for working parents whose baby is due on or after 5 April 2015 (irrespective of when the baby is born), and will be introduced later this year so that it catches babies who are born early.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 20/10/2014 14:55:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91023

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Intersex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals have been diagnosed with disorders of sexual development when they were aged (a) up to two, (b) two to five, (c) five to 11, (d) 11 to 16 and (e) over 16 years in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre have advised that this information is not available in the format requested as the term “disorders of sexual development” is too broad to identify using the classification system available in the Hospital Episode Statistics database.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 208614 question first answered 13/10/2014 14:31:40 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91041

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Intersex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical procedures or other medical interventions were carried out in the NHS on people diagnosed with disorders of sexual development aged (a) up to two, (b) two to five, (c) five to 11, (d) 11 to 16 and (e) over 16 years in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre have advised that this information is not available in the format requested as the term “disorders of sexual development” is too broad to identify using the classification system available in the Hospital Episode Statistics database.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 208496 question first answered 13/10/2014 14:31:40 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91102

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Transgender People: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the extent to which government policy on gender identity conforms to the Yogyakarta Principles on human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity; and what steps she has taken to ensure that policy conforms to those principles.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is proud of its record in protecting and advancing the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens and in promoting equal treatment abroad.</p><p>The Yogyakarta Principles are a set of standards conceived by an independent group of human rights experts. The Principles have not been adopted by any nation state or international legislative body and the Government does not intend to undertake an assessment of the extent to which its policies conforms to them. However, our legislation, policy and practice in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality meets, or surpasses, our international commitments and human rights requirements.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 12/09/2014 12:45:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

66111

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Surgery
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 role bariatric surgery has in achieving healthy and sustainable weight loss.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	204133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Information about National Health Service spending on bariatric surgery is not available in the format requested. Information is available from reference costs, which are the average cost to NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts for providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs for acute care are collected by Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs), which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments that consume common levels of healthcare resource. The HRGs in the attached table are specific to bariatric surgery and were introduced in 2011-12. For previous years, costs data is not available because the costs of bariatric surgery were included in HRGs which also covered other stomach procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not undertaken an assessment of the potential benefits of bariatric surgery or evaluated its efficacy and cost-effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued “Guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children”. This includes recommendations on when to consider bariatric surgery for people who are obese. These recommendations were informed by an evidence review process, conducted by NICE, on the benefits and effectiveness of surgery. NICE is currently consulting on this guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204132 204134 question first answered 14/07/2014 12:23:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ204132_33_34 - Table.docx title Table
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

62836

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	Maternity 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 women received maternity allowance in the last year for which figures are available; what the average length of time they received it for was; and what the total cost to the public purse was.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	201534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information we have for the number receiving Maternity Allowance and the average duration is published each quarter and is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maternity-allowance-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maternity-allowance-quarterly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The cost to the public purse for Great Britain in 2012/13 was £395 million in nominal terms consistent with expenditure tables published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/06/2014 13:04:47 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

62840

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many parents received Healthy Start vouchers in the latest year for which figures are available; and what the total cost to the Exchequer of such vouchers was.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	201421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>Healthy Start provides a nutritional safety net to pregnant women, new mothers and children under four years old in United Kingdom families claiming income-based benefits, or claiming Child Tax Credit without Working Tax Credit (unless it is Working Tax Credit run-on) with an annual family income of £16,190 or less. Healthy Start vouchers are issued four-weekly by post and the number entitled to receive the vouchers in each complete four week period during 2013-14 is set out in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Four weeks beginning on:</p></td><td><p>Total number of households</p></td><td><p>Total number of women and children</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 April 2013</p></td><td><p>457,035</p></td><td><p>557,833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 May 2013</p></td><td><p>455,271</p></td><td><p>555,454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 June 2013</p></td><td><p>453,646</p></td><td><p>553,208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 July 2013</p></td><td><p>450,164</p></td><td><p>548,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 July 2013</p></td><td><p>443,939</p></td><td><p>540,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 August 2013</p></td><td><p>441,385</p></td><td><p>537,195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 September 2013</p></td><td><p>438,471</p></td><td><p>533,703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 October 2013</p></td><td><p>434,397</p></td><td><p>528,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 November 2013</p></td><td><p>432,549</p></td><td><p>526,151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 December 2013</p></td><td><p>428,328</p></td><td><p>520,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 January 2014</p></td><td><p>427,362</p></td><td><p>519,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 February 2014</p></td><td><p>425,659</p></td><td><p>517,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 March 2014</p></td><td><p>423,156</p></td><td><p>514,217</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The gradual reduction in the number entitled to support during 2013-14 reflects a decline in the number of households meeting the qualifying criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately £93 million was paid to retailers during 2013-14 for Healthy Start vouchers they had accepted in exchange for milk, formula milk, fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables. Retailers have six months from the use-by date printed on vouchers to claim reimbursement, and typically they claim reimbursement for at least 91% of all Healthy Start vouchers issued.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/06/2014 12:10:38 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

62842

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	Paternity Pay
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 people received statutory paternity pay in the latest year for which figures are available; what the total cost to the Exchequer of such pay was; and for what average length of time such pay was received.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	201422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government collects data on the total amount of Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay paid to employees by employers and uses this to estimate the numbers taking paternity pay, and the size of the average claim. Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay are payable at the lesser of 90% of salary or the statutory flat rate (£135.45 in 2012/13, currently £138.18).</p><p>The latest available figures are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claimants</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total claimed</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Average claim</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay</p></td><td><p>209,223</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£50.5 million</p></td><td><p>£241.50</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional Statutory Paternity Pay</p></td><td><p>4,733</p></td><td><p>£7.2 million</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,529</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Note: All figures are estimates using the HMRC CANDIF database. Figures are calculated using a 3% scan of employer National Insurance returns and scaling the results up to create a 100% estimate. Scan conducted in June 2014. </strong></p><p>HMRC estimates do not include the average length of time that this pay is received.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:51:19 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

62960

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) ministerial colleagues in the Ministry of Justice, (b) the Muslim Institute, (c) the Muslim Council of Great Britain and (d) the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain on the legal status of Islamic marriages in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	201472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of <br>international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public <br>and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and <br>operational delivery. Details of Ministerial meetings with external <br>organisations and individuals are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly <br>basis and are subsequently published on the Cabinet Office website, which is <br>available here: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-mnisters-hospitality-data<br><br>There are no plans to change the law to recognise in English law Muslim <br>marriages and divorces which do not conform to the Marriage Act 1949.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/07/2014 09:57:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

62961

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to raise awareness amongst Muslim couples that Islamic marriages without a legal component are not recognised in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	201474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text A small working group of internal and external stakeholders was established by the MoJ in 2012 to consider why so few mosques are registered for the purpose of conducting marriages. The working group has been exploring what more could be done in communications and guidance within the existing legal framework. The group is also examining how community led approaches could raise awareness of religious marriages which are not recognised by the state and the potential legal consequences. answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 03/07/2014 16:53:02 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson