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846970

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date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the work load of the DVLA's medical section has increased in the last five years; and how many extra staff have been hired in that section in that same period.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	129144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of medical cases dealt with by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has increased from 656,000 in 2013/14 to 741,000 in 2017/18.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since April 2013, the number of staff in the DVLA’s medical section has increased by 218. This includes an increase in the number of doctors employed from 22 to 36. Ten nurses were also recruited for the first time in 2017. The doctors and nurses employed by the DVLA deal with the most complex medical cases.</p><p> </p><p>During this time, DVLA has also made significant changes to IT systems and processes to improve customer service and increase efficiency. This includes the online service introduced in October 2016 to allow customers to notify the DVLA of a medical condition or renew a driving licence previously issued following a medical condition.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2018 11:54:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

846971

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people who did not inform the DVLA of medical conditions as required in each the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the reasons people do not so inform the DVLA.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	129145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Information is not held on the number of people who fail to comply with their legal obligation to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) of a medical condition that may affect their fitness to drive.</p><p>The UK’s roads are among the safest in the world and there is no evidence to suggest that there is a widespread road safety issue related to drivers who may be driving inappropriately due to a prescribed medical condition.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2018 09:48:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

846972

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were prosecuted for failing to inform DVLA of medical conditions in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	129146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Information about the number of people prosecuted for failing to inform the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of a medical condition is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions to prosecute in such cases are a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2018 12:22:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

846973

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions are in place to allow doctors to provide information to the DVLA on a person’s fitness to drive.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	129147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Doctors play an important role in the medical notification process by advising their patients of the effect of any treatment or medication that they are receiving and whether they should notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). The DVLA will often correspond with a patient’s doctor, consultant or optician as part of the medical investigation to determine the impact of the patient’s condition on their fitness to drive. The DVLA provides a dedicated telephone line which allows doctors to discuss concerns about a patient’s fitness to drive with one of the DVLA’s doctors.</p><p> </p><p>A doctor may also decide to notify the DVLA directly about a patient’s medical condition. This is provided for in guidance from the General Medical Council, which states that while doctors must make every reasonable effort to persuade their patients to inform the DVLA, they may themselves notify the DVLA of a patient’s medical condition, in confidence, if the patient does not do so.</p><p> </p><p>To assist the medical profession the DVLA has created a dedicated form that may be used for this purpose. The DVLA treats notifications received from doctors and opticians as a high priority.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2018 09:53:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

843594

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to list all meetings Ministers of his Department held with external stakeholders in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) between 1 January and 30 June 2017 in which fire safety standards in public housing were discussed.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	127935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published quarterly on Gov.uk and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 27/02/2018 17:40:44 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

843627

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2017 to Question 118225, on mental illness: children, whether his Department plans to collect such information centrally; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	127968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2014 published its report in 2016 and is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21748" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21748</a></p><p> </p><p>7,500 people aged 16 or more were interviewed. Although the content in the published report did not include a section on the correlation between child sexual abuse and subsequent diagnosis of a mental health condition, questions on the experience of sexual abuse were included in the questionnaires and are therefore present in the full dataset. The Department will explore the feasibility of further analysis of the dataset to investigate the correlation between experience of sexual abuse under 16 years old and the prevalence of mental health conditions in adulthood.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/02/2018 13:03:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

843628

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 7 December to Question 118220 on trade agreements; arbitration, which which counterparts in other government departments and existing arms-length bodies his Department held discussions with on the appropriate number of staff needed for the trade remedies authority.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	127969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The organisation design process to determine the precise capacity and capability requirements for the Trade Remedies Authority is ongoing. To inform the process we have held discussions with: the Competition &amp; Markets Authority; the Department for Education, regarding the Office for Students; and the Department for Work and Pensions, regarding the upcoming Single Financial Guidance Body.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/02/2018 16:07:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

843629

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 7 December to Question 118220 on trade agreements: arbitration, which other international systems his Department is reviewing.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	127970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The organisation design process to determine the precise capacity and capability requirements for the Trade Remedies Authority is ongoing. To inform this specific process we have reviewed the structures, caseloads and resources of the Australian, Canadian, EU and United States trade remedies systems.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/02/2018 17:02:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

843631

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Accountability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2017 to Question 107540, on local government: accountability, whether his Department has made any progress on further steps to ensure compliance.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	127972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>That work is still underway and I will update the House when that work has concluded. The government remains committed to the transparency agenda and in ensuring that local authorities are accountable to citizens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/02/2018 14:54:59 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

843633

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2017 to Question 119798, on adoption, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting such information; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	127974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>By law, local authorities can delegate adoption services to non-profit-making registered adoption charities. The department has no plans to begin collecting information on which local authorities decide to do this. This information is available from local authorities.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/02/2018 17:35:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne