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229486

registered interest
date	25/03/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rights of Way
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, under the provisions of the Deregulation Bill, rights of way officers have a duty to persuade objectors to a footpath deregulation order agreed by a county council to correct an error in the definitive footpath map in order to prevent an appeal to the Secretary of State.
tabling member printed	Lord Skelmersdale
uin	HL5947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 26/03/2015 17:02:38 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3121 label Biography information for Lord Skelmersdale

229487

registered interest
date	25/03/2015
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	Tunisia and Lebanon
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the proximity of Tunisia and Lebanon to conflicts in Libya and Syria and the role of those states in hosting refugees, they intend to give priority for aid and investment to those states, in the context of the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Union Regional Strategy for Syria, the European Union–Tunisia Action Plan and existing association agreements.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Lebanon and Tunisia are important partners and both the EU and the UK are committed to supporting them in addressing the problems stemming from crises in neighbouring countries. The UK has contributed over £190 million to support refugee and host communities in Lebanon since the Syria crisis began. In Tunisia we have committed £22 million to support political and economic development since the revolution in 2011. Both countries receive significant EU funding. Tunisia has been allocated up to €886 million from the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) for 2014-2020, and €16 million from the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the Instrument Contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP), the Non State Actors programme, the Civil Society Facility and ENI thematic instruments. Lebanon has an allocation of up to €385 million from the ENI for 2014-2020. In addition, Lebanon has been allocated a further €449.4 million in support from both the ENI and the IcSP to help it respond to the effects of the crisis in Syria. The Directorate General of the European Commission for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection is also providing €172.3 million for humanitarian assistance in Lebanon, with the EIDHR providing €2.4m for 2014-2017. Both countries can also benefit from long-term loans and risk capital facilities, provided and managed by the European Investment Bank.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 26/03/2015 15:53:25 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

229329

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	One Public Estate Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the success of the One Public Estate Programme in increasing co-ordination across the public sector on the use of public land and buildings; and what plans he has to expand that programme in the next Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	228890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 26/03/2015 16:23:09 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

229346

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
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	Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the performance of his Department against targets for the processing of new planning applications.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Planning law sets out the statutory time period for determining a planning application as 13 weeks for a major application and 8 weeks for a minor application (unless an Environmental Impact Assessment is required, in which case the statutory period is 16 weeks) – unless a longer period has been agreed in writing with the applicant.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's live tables p151 and p152 set out local planning authorities' speed and quality of decision-taking against these statutory timeframes, for major applications. The Government has also recently published data on local planning authorities' timeliness in determining minor applications in live tables p153 and p154. The live tables are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to simplify and speed-up the application process, and to deal with the few cases where planning authorities are under-performing, are having a positive effect on decision times. For example 77% of major applications were determined on time in October to December 2014, compared with 57% in July to September 2012.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 26/03/2015 15:56:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229349

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
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	Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on ensuring that new large-scale provision of housing takes place within mixed-use development schemes.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	228888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework states that councils planning policies and decisions should aim to promote mixed use developments.<br><br>It is for local planning authorities to determine the shape of large scale development locally in the light of local planning policies. The delivery of housing at scale that this Government has supported, for example through our Large Sites investment programme, has a focus on creating strong new communities with development supporting a range of uses.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 26/03/2015 15:01:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

229351

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
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	Public Sector: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment he has made of the benefit to the public purse of using surplus public land to (a) generate long-term revenue and (b) generate capital from the sale of that land.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	228887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Over the course of this Parliament, Departments have exited unnecessary leases and sold vacant buildings. As a result, we have generated £1.4 billion in capital receipts, and saved £625 million by reducing the annual running cost of the estate. The Government has exited in aggregate more than one building every day since May 2010, reducing the size of our estate by 20%.</p><p> </p><p>The One Public Estate programme has already shown that, with small levels of investment and support, a great deal can be achieved. The 12 pilot areas that joined the programme in year 1 expect to cut running costs in the order of £21 million and to raise £88 million in capital receipts by 2018, as well as creating 7,500 new homes and 5,500 new jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Local 'capital and asset pathfinder' pilots have found that savings of around 20% are possible from a cross-public sector approach. Public sector assets are worth an estimated £385 billion, with almost two thirds owned by councils. ( Local Government Association Capital and Asset pathfinders Wave 2 summary report). The Government estimates this could potentially save £35 billion over 10 years through better property management. (DCLG press release, 5 August 2011).</p><p> </p><p>Further research has suggested that local government could reduce the space that it occupies by 20-30%, with potential savings in running costs of up to £7 billion a year. (Westminster Sustainable Business Forum, Leaner and Greener: Delivering Effective Estate Management, February 2011).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 26/03/2015 15:52:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

229355

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222433, on Syria, whether UK Reapers in Syria are conducting (a) pattern of life analyses, (b) collateral damage estimates and (c) battle damage assessments.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	228913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>While operating over Syria, UK Reapers conduct a range of surveillance tasks. No UK Reaper missions have been conducted in Syria other than for surveillance purposes.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 26/03/2015 15:19:16 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

229358

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Olympic Games 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) Watchkeeper and (b) other unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to his Department were operated outside designated airspace in connection with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	228911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 26/03/2015 15:11:17 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

229381

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Babies: Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born with a hole in their heart in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	228926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of babies born with a hole in their heart is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table provides information on the number of finished birth episodes where there was a primary or secondary diagnosis of a cardiac septal defect (where there is a hole between two of the heart's chambers) for the years 2009-10 to 2013-14. The table does not include babies where the condition was diagnosed after the birth episode.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9" rowspan="2"><p>Count of finished consultant (birth) episodes (FCEs)<sup>1</sup> with a primary or secondary diagnosis<sup>2</sup> of cardiac septal defects<sup>3</sup>, 2009-10 to 2013-14<sup>4</sup></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Birth Episodes</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,615</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,888</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,069</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,217</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>FCE</p><p> </p><p>A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. There is one FCE record per baby born in each delivery episode.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>Number of episodes in which the patient had a primary or secondary diagnosis</p><p> </p><p>The number of episodes where this diagnosis was recorded in any of the 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) primary and secondary diagnosis fields in a HES record. Each episode is only counted once, even if the diagnosis is recorded in more than one diagnosis field of the record.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>ICD-10 Codes</p><p> </p><p>The term ‘hole in the heart’ does not exist in the ICD-10 classification. Instead, we have used the following ICD-10 coding:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Q21.- Congenital malformations of cardiac septa.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>Assessing growth through time (Admitted patient care)</p><p> </p><p>HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer included in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/03/2015 14:23:43 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

229384

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government will refund penalty charges for people who subsequently were given a medical exemption certificate.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Mr John Leech
uin	228934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It is important that those who should pay prescription charges do so. However we recognise that some people with an underlying medical entitlement to exemption are not clear about the requirement to hold a valid exemption certificate. We have therefore introduced a new process whereby if someone has made a claim for medical (or maternity) exemption, and there is no evidence they hold an exemption certificate, they will still receive a penalty charge, but this can be cancelled if they submit a valid application for a medical (or maternity) exemption certificate within 60 days of the receipt of the penalty charge notice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/03/2015 14:23:44 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1543 label Biography information for Mr John Leech