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418442

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Burundi: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on progress made by the Burundian government on the commitments made in UN Security Council resolution 1606.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	10059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>UN Security Council Resolution 1606 reaffirmed support for the Arusha Peace Agreement and began the process for establishing a truth commission and special chamber within Burundi’s court system to ensure reconciliation and bring to justice those responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Progress by the Burundian government has been extremely slow with the Truth and Reconciliation Law only submitted to Parliament in December 2012 and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission appointed in December 2014. More recently, the Burundian government has refused to engage with the UN and has refused the appointment of a UN Special Envoy to Burundi. The UK Government continues to voice concerns over the delay given the links between impunity and instability in Burundi.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/09/2015 11:13:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

418443

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Burundi: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on progress by the Burundian government on establishing a truth commission.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	10060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text The Burundian government first submitted the Truth and Reconciliation Law to Parliament in December 2012 before announcing the appointment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 3 December 2014. It has not reported further since then. We understand that opposition parties boycotted the process over the remit of the Commission, calling into question its ability to establish the truth and bring reconciliation. The UK Government believes that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, guided by the Arusha Agreement signed in the aftermath of Burundi’s civil war, has an important role in ensuring long-term reconciliation. The illegitimate elections and continued violence show that the principles of inclusion set out in the Arusha Agreement are needed now more than ever and we continue to urge all in Burundi to uphold them. answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/09/2015 11:14:51 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

390339

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings his Department has had with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on inspections by CQC of local authorities' commissioning of care services.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	7300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>While there has been some discussion between Departmental officials and the Care Quality Commission about inspection of local authorities’ commissioning, there have been no specific meetings on this topic during 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/07/2015 11:30:38 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

390342

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates his Department held discussions with NICE on the decision by that body to publish guidance on A&E staffing levels.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	7299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>There are regular communications between the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Department on all its programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE was asked in November 2013 to develop a number of guidelines on safe staffing including accident and emergency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 16 July, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health announced that NHS Improvement will have safety and quality at the heart of the organisation's remit and Dr Mike Durkin's safety function will move there.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One of Dr Durkin's early priorities will be working with the Chief Nursing Officer to complete the work started by NICE on safe staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This will be independently reviewed by NICE, the Chief Inspector of hospitals, and Sir Robert Francis to ensure it meets the high standards of care the National Health Service aspires to.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/07/2015 16:39:41 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

389844

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been made to the NHS Constitution in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	6973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>In the past three years, the NHS Constitution has been amended twice. In April 2013, the NHS Constitution was updated to reflect a number of key areas, including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- patient involvement in discussions and decisions about their care and treatment, including end of life care;</p><p> </p><p>- a duty of candour;</p><p> </p><p>- the addition of a pledge to welcome feedback;</p><p> </p><p>- integrated care, reflecting the needs and preferences of patients;</p><p> </p><p>- new patient rights on complaints;</p><p> </p><p>- amending the language to better reflect patient involvement in managing their own care;</p><p> </p><p>- the addition of further staff rights, responsibilities and commitments; and</p><p> </p><p>- ensuring patients will not have to share hospital sleeping accommodation with patients of the opposite sex.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Between February and April this year, the Department consulted on a package of further changes to the NHS Constitution. This included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- reflecting recommendations made by Sir Robert Francis QC in his Inquiry Report on Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust;</p><p> </p><p>- incorporating a series of fundamental standards, below which standards of care should never fall;</p><p> </p><p>- highlighting the importance of transparency and accountability within the National Health Service;</p><p> </p><p>- giving greater prominence to mental health, through reflecting a parity of esteem between mental and physical health problems; and</p><p> </p><p>- making reference to the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The updated NHS Constitution will be published alongside a revised version of the Handbook to the NHS Constitution on 27 July 2015. The Handbook outlines the contents of the NHS Constitution in further detail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/07/2015 10:07:01 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

389852

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer Drugs Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether doctors will be able to make applications for cancer drugs for their patients from the Cancer Drugs Fund after May 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	7038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Since it was established, the Cancer Drugs Fund has helped over 72,000 people in England to receive the life-extending cancer drugs that would not otherwise have been routinely available to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government has committed to continuing to invest in the Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/07/2015 12:01:11 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

389853

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional funding has been allocated to clinical commissioning groups to tackle pressures in A&E departments in winter 2015-16; and on what date that funding was announced.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	7039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>For 2015/16, around £380 million has been allocated to all clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to support resilience initiatives, including tackling pressures on accident and emergency departments and is included in CCG baselines. The 2015/16 arrangements were announced in December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/07/2015 16:50:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

389857

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that the NHS will next meet the target for 85 per cent of cancer patients to start treatment within 62 days.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	7093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS England, in its Business Plan for 2015/16, sets out how it will support the National Health Service to meet NHS Constitution commitments on cancer waiting times by March 2016. This includes the standard that 85% of patients should begin first definitive treatment within 62 days from urgent general practitioner referral for suspected cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To support the NHS, a cancer waiting times taskforce, jointly chaired by NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Cancer and the NHS Trust Development Authority’s Medical Director, has developed a set of high impact priorities to improve current performance and meet the operational standards. Alongside Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS England’s regional teams are working with clinical commissioning groups and NHS providers to ensure poor performance is effectively addressed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/07/2015 16:44:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

388636

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tameside Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to be in a position to apologise to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne for not notifying the hon. Member of his visit to her constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	6165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State responded to the hon. Member on 9 July.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Other than the exception of the hon. Member, we are not aware of another incidence of a member not being informed of a visit to their constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 5817 5826 question first answered 14/07/2015 13:55:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

388264

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tameside Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Points of Order raised by the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne on 29 June 2015 and 6 July 2015, when he plans to respond to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne in respect of his unannounced visit to Tameside Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	5817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State responded to the hon. Member on 9 July.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Other than the exception of the hon. Member, we are not aware of another incidence of a member not being informed of a visit to their constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 5826 6165 question first answered 14/07/2015 13:55:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner