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1055014

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date	05/02/2019
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	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change has been in the number of people making blood donations between 2008 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	216948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for the collection, manufacturing and issuing of blood products to the NHS in England. NHS Blood and Transplant collects around 1.5 million blood donations every year to make sure hospitals have the blood they need to treat patients.</p><p> </p><p>The following table below shows that the number of active blood donors has decreased by 11.61% between 2008 and 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Active Donors<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2008</p></td><td><p>1,478,332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - Dec ember 2009</p></td><td><p>1,447,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2010</p></td><td><p>1,408,849</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2011</p></td><td><p>1,375,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2012</p></td><td><p>1,330,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2013</p></td><td><p>1,289,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2014</p></td><td><p>1,237,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2015</p></td><td><p>1,281,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2016</p></td><td><p>1,275,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2017</p></td><td><p>1,259,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2018</p></td><td><p>1,306,752</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The data are based on a two-year measure. This is because up until 2014, NHS Blood and Transplant’s active donor base was based on donors who had made at least one donation within two years, and not within one year as is now the case with NHS Blood and Transplant.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/02/2019 12:46:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1055023

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications his Department has received for European Conference of Ministers of Transport permits since November 2018; and how many such permits have been provided.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	217018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department received applications for a total of 11,392 permits from 1,991 operator licence holders. Following the application of allocation criteria previously set out to the House, 984 ECMT annual permits have been allocated to operators and a further 2,832 short term permits will start to be allocated by March 2019. The Government has secured additional ECMT permits for 2019 and is in discussions with road haulage stakeholders on the process for allocating these. While hauliers are keen to have certainty on ECMT permits, the Government does not expect these to be primary means of securing market access to the EU for UK hauliers, given good progress on the EU Commission’s proposal on reciprocal access, unilateral measures and bilateral agreements.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 08/02/2019 13:08:40 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1055045

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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 Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to track outcomes for the Youth Obligation; and whether that tracking will be backdated to the launch of that programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	216920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We are clerically collecting Management Information on outcomes of programme participants from January 2019 onwards. This is the first month in which we will have fully rolled out the programme across the entire country. The data capture will include what provision a participant has been referred to and their attendance on different elements of the programme. We will have the ability, via the use of the RTI information that we hold, to look at whether individuals go into work and how much they earn. We have no plans to backdate this data capture to the start of the Youth Obligation Support Programme.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/02/2019 10:48:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1055156

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date	05/02/2019
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	EnAble Fund for Elected Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the EnAble Fund for Elected Office is available to (a) parliamentary candidates (i) seeking selection for the next General Election, (ii) standing in parliamentary by-elections; and if she will publish the Equality Impact Assessment conducted on the scope of that Fund.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	217059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The EnAble Fund for Elected Office is an interim fund primarily for the forthcoming local elections in May. It is available until March 2020 or until its total of £250,000 is exhausted, whichever is sooner.</p><p> </p><p>The fund is therefore timebound. No general election is scheduled for the time period of the fund. We have however committed to consider parliamentary by-elections on a case by case basis should they arise.</p><p>We will publish an impact equalities assessment on the fund in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2019 14:22:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1055163

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) countries with which UK armed forces will carry out joint exercises in 2019, (b) dates of those exercises and (c) nature of those exercises.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	217061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK Armed Forces routinely participate in international defence exercises with allies and partners across the globe. In 2019 the UK is currently planned to take part in 23 joint exercises involving over 28 countries.</p><p> </p><p>International defence exercises vary significantly in scale, complexity and the number of contributing nations, but all are focused upon developing interoperability with our allies and partners. The exercises involve a mix of live, synthetic and table top activity.</p><p> </p><p>At the cornerstone of our exercise programme are NATO, the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Partner Nations and the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) alliance between the UK and France. Discrete bilateral defence activity with nations outside of these alliances also make up part of the international programme and support wider Defence Engagement.</p><p> </p><p>Major NATO exercise activity in 2019 centres on development of the NATO Response Force and the ability of contributing nations to respond quickly to an international crisis. Exercises will take place in the US and across Europe in Land, Maritime and Air domains. Most notably, ARRCADE FUSION in November 2019 will test the ability of the UK led Allied Rapid Reaction Corps to provide a Corps warfighting headquarters for the Alliance. This will be the first time this capability will be held at readiness for NATO.</p><p> </p><p>An annual Baltic Operations Exercise focuses on the ability of NATO forces to work collectively in the protection of nations across the Baltic region. It routinely involves over 5,000 personnel from 17 nations and includes participation by up to 40 warships and submarines and over 60 aircraft. In 2019 the UK will be contributing an Amphibious Task Group based on HMS ALBION supported by aviation and Royal Marines.</p><p> </p><p>The JEF, for which the UK is the framework nation, also exercises throughout the year to develop the ability of partner nations to respond rapidly and work together. Exercise JOINT WARRIOR is the annual major exercise which involves more than 10,000 personnel from seven partner nations and other allies, the next is scheduled for April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and French CJEF will conduct two major exercises in the 2019 period, in March, and in November.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the major defence international partnerships, significant bilateral exercise activity is also planned over this period. Joint training with the US makes up a significant proportion of the exercise programme and includes Aircraft Carrier, Fighter Jet and land forces exercises.</p><p> </p><p>Further detailed information on bilateral and multilateral exercises, can only be released after consultation with relevant allies and partners, to avoid damaging security, bilateral relationships or strategic messaging plans.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 08/02/2019 14:05:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1055166

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's (a) aims and (b) objectives will be at the 70 Anniversary Meeting of NATO in April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>NATO Foreign Ministers will meet in Washington DC to commemorate NATO's 70th anniversary and to drive forward progress since the July 2018 NATO Summit. The Government's objectives will be to underscore the position of NATO at the cornerstone of UK and Euro-Atlantic defence and security, and to support NATO's continuing adaptation to meet the complicated and evolving threat environment.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 08/02/2019 11:48:40 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1055209

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Fixed Penalties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of penalty notices issued in the last 12 months as a result of images taken by cameras across the country have been challenged by drivers on the grounds that (a) the vehicle was not theirs and (b) the registration number had been read incorrectly.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	216964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. The enforcement of motoring offences is an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/02/2019 14:18:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1055227

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many (a) standard and (b) first-class tickets for train travel his Department has purchased in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	217086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We are working hard to make our departure from the EU a success. Clearly this involves some travel for those staff engaged in negotiations, occasionally at short notice.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Financial Year 16/17</strong></p><p>First-class tickets - 3</p><p>Standard tickets - 119</p><p> </p><p><strong>Financial Year 17/18</strong></p><p>First-class tickets - 38</p><p>Standard tickets - 1379</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/02/2019 11:27:46 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1055271

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Buckinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent estimate is of the number of HS2 Ltd workers planned to be housed near the Phase one line in the Chesham and Amersham and Aylesbury constituencies.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	216885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Environmental Statement has 2 main areas of accommodation sites for construction workers in the Aylesbury area. The A41 Bicester Road has living accommodation for 60-200 people and the Small Dean Compound (near Wendover) has living accommodation for 170-240 people. There is no provision for living accommodation at the vent shaft sites in the Chesham and Amersham constituency.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 08/02/2019 12:32:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1055277

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the results of the review into the business case for High Speed Two Phase 1 will be published.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	216887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd are currently working with their contracted suppliers to update and agree the latest cost and schedule positions for Phase One. Once completed we will make these details public as part of the Phase One Full Business Case, which is due for publication later in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 08/02/2019 11:53:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan