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522128

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date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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 address barriers faced by people with ME in accessing care and support; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	38801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The commissioning of services for people with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), is a local matter. To support the local NHS in shaping services for people with CFS/ME, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a clinical guideline on the management of CFS/ME in adults and children, which set outs best practice on the care, treatment and support of people with the condition.</p><p> </p><p>Although there is no cure for CFS/ME, there are treatments that may help to ease symptoms. The NICE guideline on CFS/ME recommends treatment such as cognitive behavioral therapy and graded exercise therapy approaches, which have the clearest research evidence of benefit. However, the guideline is clear that there is no one form of treatment to suit every patient. Treatment approaches will not be appropriate for all patients and the needs and preferences of patients should be taken into account. Shared decision-making between patients and healthcare professionals should take place during diagnosis and all phases of care. Furthermore, patients should be offered information about local and national self-help groups and support groups for people with CFS/ME and their carers.</p><p> </p><p>NICE last reviewed the guidance with its stakeholders, including CFS/ME charities during 2013. The review found no update was required. The full guideline may be viewed on the NICE website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg53" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg53</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2016 10:59:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

522169

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 20 January 2016, Official Report, columns 1425-30, whether there is no predominant colour for the front doors of properties used to house asylum seekers in Teesside.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	38900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The provision of accommodation for asylum seekers is provided under the COMPASS contracts. It is the responsibility of all of the suppliers to ensure that all accommodation used meets the required contractual standard and complies with the Decent Homes Standards. The accommodation should be safe, habitable and fit for purpose. The COMPASS providers are required to inspect properties each month and UKVI's contract compliance teams reinforce this by visiting properties regularly.</p><p>The Home Office expects the highest standards and where a contractor is found to be falling short of these standards we work with them to ensure that issues are quickly addressed.</p><p>Earlier this year, we instructed our supplier (G4S) to repaint the doors of G4S and Jomast managed properties to ensure that no one colour is predominant. I have received confirmation from the Provider that this had been completed, UKVI staff have also confirmed that no one colour is predominant as they have visited properties as part of their inspection regime.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 38728 38730 question first answered 06/06/2016 12:44:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

522182

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure (a) compliance with and (b) appropriate implementation of COMPASS contracts in Teeside.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	38728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The provision of accommodation for asylum seekers is provided under the COMPASS contracts. It is the responsibility of all of the suppliers to ensure that all accommodation used meets the required contractual standard and complies with the Decent Homes Standards. The accommodation should be safe, habitable and fit for purpose. The COMPASS providers are required to inspect properties each month and UKVI's contract compliance teams reinforce this by visiting properties regularly.</p><p>The Home Office expects the highest standards and where a contractor is found to be falling short of these standards we work with them to ensure that issues are quickly addressed.</p><p>Earlier this year, we instructed our supplier (G4S) to repaint the doors of G4S and Jomast managed properties to ensure that no one colour is predominant. I have received confirmation from the Provider that this had been completed, UKVI staff have also confirmed that no one colour is predominant as they have visited properties as part of their inspection regime.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 38730 38900 question first answered 06/06/2016 12:44:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

522199

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of criminal offences against residents of properties used to house asylum seekers have been recorded in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	38729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office and its accommodation providers encourage accommodated asylum seekers to inform us of any criminal or anti-social activity against them so that appropriate action can be taken to ensure their safety. Information concerning the reports of criminal offences is not recorded on centrally collated statistical databases and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by examination of case records.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2016 11:03:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 2071 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

522200

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the progress of the programme to re-paint the red doors of properties used to house asylum seekers on Teesside.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	38730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The provision of accommodation for asylum seekers is provided under the COMPASS contracts. It is the responsibility of all of the suppliers to ensure that all accommodation used meets the required contractual standard and complies with the Decent Homes Standards. The accommodation should be safe, habitable and fit for purpose. The COMPASS providers are required to inspect properties each month and UKVI's contract compliance teams reinforce this by visiting properties regularly.</p><p>The Home Office expects the highest standards and where a contractor is found to be falling short of these standards we work with them to ensure that issues are quickly addressed.</p><p>Earlier this year, we instructed our supplier (G4S) to repaint the doors of G4S and Jomast managed properties to ensure that no one colour is predominant. I have received confirmation from the Provider that this had been completed, UKVI staff have also confirmed that no one colour is predominant as they have visited properties as part of their inspection regime.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 38728 38900 question first answered 06/06/2016 12:44:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

523763

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Low Pay: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to tackle low pay in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	905257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to delivering a higher wage, lower tax and lower welfare society.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we have introduced the new National Living Wage of £7.20 which will benefit 100,000 people in Northern Ireland and increase annual wages by up to £900.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/06/2016 14:42:46 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

521561

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make an assessment of the potential role of the UK in developing usable carbon capture and storage technology.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	38426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government views Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as having a potentially important role in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK’s economy. However, CCS is currently too expensive and costs must come down. This is why we are committed to working with industry to help develop the technology and reduce its costs, including by investing over £130 million in CCS Research and Development since 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/06/2016 14:46:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

520740

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Energy Technologies Institute report, published on 12 May 2016, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of carbon capture and storage technology contributing to meeting the UK's commitments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	37854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government views Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as having a potentially important role in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK’s economy. The Government will set out its approach to CCS in due course, and the recent Energy Technologies Institute report, funded by DECC, will inform the Government’s thinking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/06/2016 14:33:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

520741

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the financial viability of (a) carbon capture and storage and (b) alternative options in helping to reduce the UK's carbon dioxide emissions.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	37853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government views Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as having a potentially important role in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK’s economy. However, CCS is currently too expensive and costs must come down. Government will set out its approach to CCS in due course, informed by the findings from Lord Oxburgh’s CCS Advisory Group.</p><p> </p><p>In comparing the costs of other low-carbon technologies in the future, DECC typically use the levelised costs of electricity generation. Levelised costs include capital and operating costs over the lifetime of a plant, as well as DECC estimates of projected fuel and carbon costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently undertaking a comprehensive review of our evidence on levelised costs of electricity generation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/06/2016 14:34:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

520742

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of the conclusion of the Energy Technologies Institute report, published on 12 May 2016, that there are no technical hurdles to permanently and safely storing large quantities of carbon dioxide off the coast of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	37851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government views Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as having a potentially important role in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK’s economy. The Government will set out its approach to CCS in due course, and the recent Energy Technologies Institute report, funded by DECC, will inform the Government’s thinking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/06/2016 14:31:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham