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532896

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes were made to his Department's contract with AWE Management Ltd for the management and operation of the Atomic Weapons Establishment as a result of the recent review of that contract.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	41924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>As announced in the Written Ministerial Statement on 21 April 2016 (HCWS689), the contract between the Ministry of Defence and AWE Management Limited (AWEML) has been reviewed and now falls under the Single Source Procurement Framework which is overseen by the Single Source Regulations Office.</p><p>As a result of the review, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has greater control over the programme, while ensuring that AWE continues to deliver value for money for the taxpayer. The contract between MOD and AWEML also provides the opportunity for higher performance incentives, as well as reductions if targets are not met.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 42068 question first answered 12/07/2016 15:16:55 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 21 April 2016, HCWS689.docx title Atomic Weapons Establishment Contract
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

528560

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of linking the annual financial contribution of gambling licence holders for research into, prevention of and treatment for gambling addiction linked to their profit margins.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	41243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to PQ 40986.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2016 11:46:49 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

528000

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with gambling license holders to encourage those licensees to increase annual contributions for the research, prevention and treatment of gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	40986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>It is a requirement on all gambling licence holders to make an annual financial contribution to one or more organisations that perform research, education and treatment (RET) for gambling-related harm. The vast majority choose to make that contribution to the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) which raised £6.5million in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB), was set up to by the Gambling Commission to advise on priorities for research, education and training relating to responsible gambling. The RGSB is now working with the RGT to estimate the costs of the relevant activities that have been identified in the recently published National Responsible Gambling Strategy, 2016-19. This process will determine what RGT should expect to raise from all those businesses who profit from commercial gambling in Britain.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 28/06/2016 14:31:18 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

528062

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gambling: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide specialist local NHS services to treat gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	40983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust provides the only specialised national problem gambling clinic. However, specialised addiction services, which mainly deal with substance misuse, do tend to accept people with gambling problems referred to them. People can also access addiction services in primary care and secondary care, which may provide support for problem gambling.</p><p>People may also access psychological therapies through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Although problem gambling is not listed amongst the provisional diagnosis categories that IAPT treats, IAPT practitioners would be able to treat common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, which may be present in people with gambling addiction problems.</p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the number of specialist National Health Service professionals which provide support and treatment for gambling addiction.</p><p>Data is not collected on the funding of services to treat people with gambling problems. Funding to provide NHS mental health services is allocated to clinical commissioning groups which are best placed to commission local health services based on the needs of their local populations. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning local alcohol and drug treatment services which may also refer people to gambling support services where they identify people with gambling issues.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 40984 40985 question first answered 29/06/2016 09:59:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

528063

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gambling: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed as specialists by the NHS to assist people with gambling addictions.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	40984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust provides the only specialised national problem gambling clinic. However, specialised addiction services, which mainly deal with substance misuse, do tend to accept people with gambling problems referred to them. People can also access addiction services in primary care and secondary care, which may provide support for problem gambling.</p><p>People may also access psychological therapies through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Although problem gambling is not listed amongst the provisional diagnosis categories that IAPT treats, IAPT practitioners would be able to treat common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, which may be present in people with gambling addiction problems.</p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the number of specialist National Health Service professionals which provide support and treatment for gambling addiction.</p><p>Data is not collected on the funding of services to treat people with gambling problems. Funding to provide NHS mental health services is allocated to clinical commissioning groups which are best placed to commission local health services based on the needs of their local populations. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning local alcohol and drug treatment services which may also refer people to gambling support services where they identify people with gambling issues.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 40983 40985 question first answered 29/06/2016 09:59:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

528064

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gambling: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department provides to the NHS to treat people with gambling addictions.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	40985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust provides the only specialised national problem gambling clinic. However, specialised addiction services, which mainly deal with substance misuse, do tend to accept people with gambling problems referred to them. People can also access addiction services in primary care and secondary care, which may provide support for problem gambling.</p><p>People may also access psychological therapies through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Although problem gambling is not listed amongst the provisional diagnosis categories that IAPT treats, IAPT practitioners would be able to treat common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, which may be present in people with gambling addiction problems.</p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the number of specialist National Health Service professionals which provide support and treatment for gambling addiction.</p><p>Data is not collected on the funding of services to treat people with gambling problems. Funding to provide NHS mental health services is allocated to clinical commissioning groups which are best placed to commission local health services based on the needs of their local populations. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning local alcohol and drug treatment services which may also refer people to gambling support services where they identify people with gambling issues.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 40983 40984 question first answered 29/06/2016 09:59:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

524292

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Basic Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has undertaken on the potential merits of implementing a universal basic income.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	40099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>My department has not undertaken any research on this topic.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2016 12:17:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

519893

registered interest
date	20/05/2016
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	Small Businesses: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government is taking to ensure all Feed-in-Tariff applications from small and medium-sized enterprises are dealt with in 60 days.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	37731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>Ofgem aims to approve applications in under 12 weeks where all the necessary information has been provided. Those applications still in the process after 12 weeks are likely to be complex or require further clarification from the applicant.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem is committed to continuous improvement of accreditation processes and works with applicants to get applications approved as quickly as possible. In order to accomplish this Ofgem has now doubled the level of staffing in this area and made process improvements.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 16:11:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

519682

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for feed-in tariffs under the renewables obligation order-feed-in tariff application process for larger systems managed by Ofgem are awaiting accreditation.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	37604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The total number of Renewables Obligation Order Feed-in Tariff (ROO-FIT) applications which are awaiting accreditation as of April 2016 is 1993. This includes 472 applications for preliminary accreditation, 1456 applications which have converted to full accreditation or applied for full accreditation, and 65 amendments to existing accredited installations. Ofgem aims to approve applications in under 12 weeks where all the necessary information has been provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 16:10:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

516924

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department provides to prevent job losses in highly-skilled manufacturing businesses.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	904786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>We are creating a highly competitive business environment to make the UK an attractive location for advanced manufacturing investment, boosting skills and protecting spending on innovation and cutting edge manufacturing technologies. This drives the strong productivity growth, and exports, that will sustain the UK as a leading manufacturing nation.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/05/2016 16:49:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan