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50062

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to encourage all UK clothing companies which use suppliers in Bangladesh to join the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	198109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Over 160 companies, including many well-known British brands and retailers, have now signed up to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety, a ground-breaking, legally binding agreement between international unions and clothing companies. Signing up to the Accord shows that they are serious about their responsibilities in ensuring the safety of all those people in Bangladesh that make their clothes.</p><p>DFID has used every opportunity, such as the Westminster Debate on 30 April, my recent visit to Bangladesh, communications around the Rana Plaza anniversary, and meetings with retailers and buyers to call for companies to take responsibility for the working conditions of all those that make their clothes and to contribute to the Rana Plaza Trust Fund for the victims of the factory building collapse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

50154

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status is of Tareque Rahman, Vice Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	198034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>For reasons of confidentiality, the Home Office does not routinely <br>comment on individual cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

50158

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department collects on prescriptions dispensed to prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Eric Ollerenshaw
uin	198140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of prisoners who are prescribed a particular medicine or class of medicine is not collected centrally, nor are data held relating to prescription items dispensed in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissions all pharmacy services in prisons in England. It is responsible for the quality of service and for ensuring that good practice guidelines are followed in relation to the prescribing, safe use and treatment following withdrawal of psychotropic drugs treatments, including benzodiapines and Z-drugs. Where healthcare professionals have concerns about prescribing decisions in relation to psychotropic drug treatment in prisons, they should record these as medication safety incidents and report them to the local medicines management committee for possible further investigation. NHS England commissioners also require healthcare providers to report these incidents in patient safety contract monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>Prison pharmacy services currently follow guidelines set out in <em>A Pharmacy Service for Prisoners</em>, issued by the Department in 2003. NHS England is currently reviewing this guidance, and updated guidance will be published in due course. A copy of the current guidance has already been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed guidance on benzodiazepine detoxification for prisoners is included in <em>Clinical Management of Drug Dependence in the Adult Prison Setting</em>, published by the Department in 2006. A copy has already been placed in the Library. Clinicians are expected to follow this and other relevant guidance such as that published by the Royal College of General Practitioners' Secure Environments Group on <em>Safer Prescribing in Prisons</em>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 198060 198061 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4141 label Biography information for Eric Ollerenshaw

50159

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent over-prescribing or mis-prescribing of psychotropic drugs to prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Eric Ollerenshaw
uin	198060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of prisoners who are prescribed a particular medicine or class of medicine is not collected centrally, nor are data held relating to prescription items dispensed in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissions all pharmacy services in prisons in England. It is responsible for the quality of service and for ensuring that good practice guidelines are followed in relation to the prescribing, safe use and treatment following withdrawal of psychotropic drugs treatments, including benzodiapines and Z-drugs. Where healthcare professionals have concerns about prescribing decisions in relation to psychotropic drug treatment in prisons, they should record these as medication safety incidents and report them to the local medicines management committee for possible further investigation. NHS England commissioners also require healthcare providers to report these incidents in patient safety contract monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>Prison pharmacy services currently follow guidelines set out in <em>A Pharmacy Service for Prisoners</em>, issued by the Department in 2003. NHS England is currently reviewing this guidance, and updated guidance will be published in due course. A copy of the current guidance has already been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed guidance on benzodiazepine detoxification for prisoners is included in <em>Clinical Management of Drug Dependence in the Adult Prison Setting</em>, published by the Department in 2006. A copy has already been placed in the Library. Clinicians are expected to follow this and other relevant guidance such as that published by the Royal College of General Practitioners' Secure Environments Group on <em>Safer Prescribing in Prisons</em>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 198061 198140 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4141 label Biography information for Eric Ollerenshaw

49788

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the announcement of 25 April 2014, entitled Chancellor puts UK at forefront of ocean research with new polar science ship, if he will take steps to ensure that the new polar research ship is constructed in a UK shipyard.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	197970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>This new polar flagship presents a significant opportunity for British business to show that they can compete with the best in the world. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will be working hard to make sure that British business are aware of the major opportunities around the project. The UK has world class skills and technology in this area and the Government hopes that UK marine and maritime companies will take the wider range of opportunities – from the design and building of the ship, through to its operation and maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>This ship will cost more than £200 million and legally it has to be procured through open competition. This ensures a fair process so that the UK gets the best possible product with the best value to the taxpayer. The Natural Environment Research Council's British Antarctic Survey will be operating the ship. They will be consulting the scientific community on the detailed specification for the ship shortly. An invitation to tender is expected to be issued in summer 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

49641

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many immigration appeal hearings lost by the Government her Department failed to send a presenting officer in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	197652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>I will write to the Rt Hon Member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 9167 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

49544

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions either orally or in writing he or his Ministers or officials have had with (a) Pfizer and (b) AstraZeneca in the last two months regarding any bid for AstraZeneca.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
uin	197492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the life sciences sector in this country continues to flourish and grow, with the UK at the forefront of life sciences R&amp;D, and retaining our role as a leading manufacturing base. While ultimately the potential takeover bid is a matter for the respective boards and shareholders of the two companies, Ministers and officials across Government have engaged with both companies to ensure that the outcome is positive for the long-term future of this sector in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>I also refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave at Prime Minister's Questions today.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron grouped question UIN 197491 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

49258

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 418W, on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014, when the Electoral Commission will have finalised its guidance on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014; and how many charities (a) have been and (b) will be consulted in the compilation of that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	197395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that since Royal Assent of the Act, it has published a series of regular updates that explain how the new rules will work and how they may affect campaigners. These campaigner updates are available on the Commission's website and Members of Parliament can also sign up to receive them at:</p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/political-parties-campaigning-and-donations/non-party-campaign-spending-and-donations-at-elections/sign-up-for-updates" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/political-parties-campaigning-and-donations/non-party-campaign-spending-and-donations-at-elections/sign-up-for-updates</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission has held four roundtable discussions across the UK, and used an online survey to listen carefully to the needs of campaigners and explain its plans for the guidance. There were 82 responses from charities to the survey and 24 charities attended the Commission's roundtable events. Electoral Commission officials have also spoken at events hosted by charity sector umbrella bodies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission will publish its full guidance on the new rules in the summer, ensuring that campaigners have guidance available to them in advance of the regulated period. Campaigners are also able to approach the Commission for bespoke advice as usual and will continue to be able to do this when the new legislation comes into force on 19 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

48501

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 533W, on wind power, what proportion of the anticipated generating capacity of onshore wind projects at appeal stage in the planning system related to applications recovered by him in each month of 2013.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	196646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As I have said in my earlier answer, my Department does not centrally hold details of the generation capacity of wind turbine appeals.</p><p>As at the 1 October 2013, there were 255 onshore wind farm appeals, of which 32 were or have subsequently been recovered.</p><p>I can confirm that 17 onshore wind farm appeals were recovered in 2013. This amounts to 6% of the number of onshore wind farm appeals received (280) during that period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Appeals Received</p></td><td><p>Appeals Recovered</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I also refer the hon. Member to the written statement of 9 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 12-13WS, which explains the background to the recovery of these planning appeals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 196645 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

48502

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 533W, on wind power, what proportion of the anticipated generating capacity of onshore wind projects at appeal stage in the planning system on 1 October 2013 related to applications subsequently recovered by him.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	196645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As I have said in my earlier answer, my Department does not centrally hold details of the generation capacity of wind turbine appeals.</p><p>As at the 1 October 2013, there were 255 onshore wind farm appeals, of which 32 were or have subsequently been recovered.</p><p>I can confirm that 17 onshore wind farm appeals were recovered in 2013. This amounts to 6% of the number of onshore wind farm appeals received (280) during that period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Appeals Received</p></td><td><p>Appeals Recovered</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I also refer the hon. Member to the written statement of 9 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 12-13WS, which explains the background to the recovery of these planning appeals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 196646 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott