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416283

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will respond to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact's Report on the Department for International Development's Contribution to Improving Nutrition published July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>DFID provided a management response to the report on 30 July 2014 which can be seen at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-management-response-to-independent-commission-for-aid-impact-recommendation-on-dfids-contribution-to-improving-nutrition-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-management-response-to-independent-commission-for-aid-impact-recommendation-on-dfids-contribution-to-improving-nutrition-june-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 11/09/2015 12:07:25 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

416284

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July to Question 7590, what his timetable is for publishing updated guidance and advice on the implementation of changes to tax credit entitlement arising from the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will publish an online calculator incorporating those changes to tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs will be in contact with those individuals affected by any changes to their tax credit entitlements in due course.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon member to the answer given by the Financial Secretary on 15 July to question 6497.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/09/2015 16:55:36 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

416285

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland and Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the recent effect on the public purse of the sale of public assets in the (a) Royal Bank of Scotland and (b) Royal Mail; and what steps he is taking to ensure the further sale of public assets does not result in a loss to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>On 4 August 2015, the government sold approximately 5.4% of its shareholdings in the Royal Bank of Scotland raising £2.1 billion in proceeds. The proceeds raised from the sale will be used to pay down the government’s national debt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The recent sale of Royal mail shares on 11 June 2015 raised proceeds of £750 million which will also be used to pay down the government’s national debt</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/09/2015 10:59:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

416286

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Game: Animal Breeding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Objective 7 of the study to provide scientific evidence on cage-based breeding (a) whether and (b) how the best practice recommendations have been disseminated.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The results have been presented at the 2nd Avian Expert Group at AHVLA Weybridge and the Scottish Gamebird Conference and an abstract was presented at an international conference on Welfare Assessment at Farm and Group Level.</p><p>The research team are currently considering further knowledge exchange activities.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/09/2015 16:36:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

416287

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the diagnosis rate for dementia of people of each (a) age group and (b) gender in (i) Allerdale borough and (b) Copeland borough has been in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	8755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people recorded on the practice dementia disease register is available in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, from 2006/07, when dementia indicators were introduced into the framework. The diagnosis rate is not available but the numbers of people on the dementia register are available. This is a measure of prevalence rather than incidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of patients on the QOF Dementia Register in Cumbria as at 31 March</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of GP practices</p></td><td><p>Number of patients on the Dementia Register</p></td><td><p>Prevalence (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>4,602</p></td><td><p>0.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Cumbria CCG</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>4,248</p></td><td><p>0.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT)</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>3,938</p></td><td><p>0.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>3,524</p></td><td><p>0.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>3,318</p></td><td><p>0.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>3,114</p></td><td><p>0.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>3,008</p></td><td><p>0.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>2,856</p></td><td><p>0.56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. Data is received at practice level, however the practice data cannot be used to estimate prevalence for small areas as practices serve registered patients, not defined geographical areas. The QOF data has been provided down to CCG/PCT level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. The figures provided are a snapshot ‘as at 31 March each year’ and are for people of all ages, as a breakdown by age group and gender is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. The objective of the QOF is to improve the quality of care that patients are given by rewarding practices for the quality of care they provide to their patients. QOF is therefore an incentive payment scheme. Participation by practices is entirely voluntary, though participation rates are over 95%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4. As QOF registers are constructed to underpin indicators on quality of care, they do not necessarily equate to prevalence as may be defined by epidemiologists. For example, prevalence figures based on QOF registers may differ from prevalence from other sources because of coding and definitional issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>5. The number of patients on clinical registers can be used to calculate disease prevalence, expressing the number of patients on each register as a percentage of the number of patients on practices’ lists. Therefore, ‘raw prevalence’ for a clinical area is defined as:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Raw Prevalence = (number on clinical register / number on practice list) *100</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 8771 question first answered 09/09/2015 16:18:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

416288

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Air Conditioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to prevent toxic fumes from aircraft engines entering the cabin and causing crew and passengers to fall ill.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	8756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Following a recommendation in 2007 by the Committee on Toxicity (the COT) – an independent committee of toxicology experts – the Department commissioned a series of scientific studies as part of a research programme into cabin air. The principal research study, carried out by Cranfield University, was published in May 2011. In addition to the principal study, three further research studies were commissioned and published by the Department. The Department’s four published reports were formally submitted to the COT for consideration in June 2012. The COT considered the research reports, as well as other research published in the scientific literature since 2007, and subsequently published their position paper in December 2013 in which they concluded that further research was needed to properly understand the effects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not plan to undertake any additional research on this issue and wrote to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) informing them of the four scientific studies commissioned by the Department. The limited number of incidences means that a larger data sample from more than just the UK would be beneficial. In addition, given that the same planes, engines and oils are used all round the world and across borders, an international approach to any future research investigations would now be more appropriate. EASA has launched in spring 2015 a preliminary in-flight cabin air measurement campaign, which will develop the methodology and put into place adequate equipment to perform cockpit and cabin air measurements. The results of this campaign, which will be used to prepare for an envisaged large scale project in the future, are expected in autumn 2016. The Department will follow the progress of this work with interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At a national level, the Aviation Health Unit as part of the Medical Department of the Civil Aviation Authority, will continue to monitor issues around cabin air as part of their wider role as the specialist adviser to the Government on aviation health issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/09/2015 13:45:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

416289

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of dementia among each (a) age group and (b) gender in (i) Allerdale borough and (ii) Copeland borough has been in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	8771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people recorded on the practice dementia disease register is available in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, from 2006/07, when dementia indicators were introduced into the framework. The diagnosis rate is not available but the numbers of people on the dementia register are available. This is a measure of prevalence rather than incidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of patients on the QOF Dementia Register in Cumbria as at 31 March</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of GP practices</p></td><td><p>Number of patients on the Dementia Register</p></td><td><p>Prevalence (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>4,602</p></td><td><p>0.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Cumbria CCG</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>4,248</p></td><td><p>0.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT)</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>3,938</p></td><td><p>0.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>3,524</p></td><td><p>0.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>3,318</p></td><td><p>0.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>3,114</p></td><td><p>0.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>3,008</p></td><td><p>0.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria PCT</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>2,856</p></td><td><p>0.56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. Data is received at practice level, however the practice data cannot be used to estimate prevalence for small areas as practices serve registered patients, not defined geographical areas. The QOF data has been provided down to CCG/PCT level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. The figures provided are a snapshot ‘as at 31 March each year’ and are for people of all ages, as a breakdown by age group and gender is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. The objective of the QOF is to improve the quality of care that patients are given by rewarding practices for the quality of care they provide to their patients. QOF is therefore an incentive payment scheme. Participation by practices is entirely voluntary, though participation rates are over 95%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4. As QOF registers are constructed to underpin indicators on quality of care, they do not necessarily equate to prevalence as may be defined by epidemiologists. For example, prevalence figures based on QOF registers may differ from prevalence from other sources because of coding and definitional issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>5. The number of patients on clinical registers can be used to calculate disease prevalence, expressing the number of patients on each register as a percentage of the number of patients on practices’ lists. Therefore, ‘raw prevalence’ for a clinical area is defined as:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Raw Prevalence = (number on clinical register / number on practice list) *100</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 8755 question first answered 09/09/2015 16:18:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

416290

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to speed up the processing of benefit claims; what effect such measures are having on processing times in (a) the UK on (b) the smallest area that can be distinguished which includes Nottingham North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	9028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring benefits are processed as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Over the last three years we have seen a marked improvement. The improvement in the experience of our customers was shared in the recently published Annual Report and Accounts, 2014-15 here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide data specifically for Nottingham North constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/09/2015 13:27:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen

416291

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Vacancies: Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many clinical trials have been advertised to jobseekers through Jobcentre Plus as employment opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Work &amp; Pensions cannot provide a figure on ‘how many clinical trials have been advertised through Jobcentre Plus as employment opportunities’ because vacancies such as this are not accepted on Universal Jobmatch as they breach the Terms &amp; Conditions, therefore no statistical information is held.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Jobmatch is the main conduit by which job vacancies are advertised by Jobcentre Plus, however there will be instances where vacancies are advertised locally in Jobcentre Plus offices outside of Universal Jobmatch. The Department for Work &amp; Pension’s policy around clinical trial vacancies on Universal Jobmatch is; any vacancies that are advertised as clinical trials on Universal Jobmatch would not be accepted as they breach the Terms &amp; Conditions. Where a clinical trial vacancy is identified on Universal Jobmatch the vacancy will immediately be removed and the employer contacted to advise that they have breached the Terms &amp; Conditions and that any subsequent breaches could result in their account being suspended.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 9051 question first answered 09/09/2015 13:58:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

416292

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Vacancies: Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the advertising of clinical trials to jobseekers as employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Work &amp; Pensions cannot provide a figure on ‘how many clinical trials have been advertised through Jobcentre Plus as employment opportunities’ because vacancies such as this are not accepted on Universal Jobmatch as they breach the Terms &amp; Conditions, therefore no statistical information is held.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Jobmatch is the main conduit by which job vacancies are advertised by Jobcentre Plus, however there will be instances where vacancies are advertised locally in Jobcentre Plus offices outside of Universal Jobmatch. The Department for Work &amp; Pension’s policy around clinical trial vacancies on Universal Jobmatch is; any vacancies that are advertised as clinical trials on Universal Jobmatch would not be accepted as they breach the Terms &amp; Conditions. Where a clinical trial vacancy is identified on Universal Jobmatch the vacancy will immediately be removed and the employer contacted to advise that they have breached the Terms &amp; Conditions and that any subsequent breaches could result in their account being suspended.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 9050 question first answered 09/09/2015 13:58:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah