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1002543

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date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Acton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on (a) the average weekly number of customers and (b) revenue generated at Acton Post Office in the six months prior to its closure on 24 October.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	188894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p>I have been informed that Acton Post Office has closed as the site is being redeveloped and that unfortunately the Post Office has not been able to establish an alternative service so far. As this is an operational matter for the Post Office I have asked Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to you on this matter setting out what steps the Post Office is doing to restore the service as soon as possible. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/11/2018 17:27:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1002605

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Knee Replacements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of elective knee replacement surgery has been outsourced to the private sector in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	188867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of elective knee replacement operations which have been commissioned by the National Health Service from the private sector in the last three years is shown in the following table. Figures represent the number of operations – not the number of patients – as some patients may have more than one operation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Proportion Carried out by Private Providers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 12/11/2018 17:26:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1002717

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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 Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of Government funding for local authorities and trends in local authority spending on sports and recreation spaces.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	188754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government understands the important part that sports and recreation places play in local communities.</p><p>Over the five year period from 2015-16 to 2019-20 council’s will have access to more than £200 billion after this month’s budget. The Chancellor’s announcement means a real-terms increase in funding for local government in 2018/19 and 2019/20.</p><p>The Government has increased local councils’ financial flexibility by removing conditions from many grants. This gives them more freedom over the money they receive and enables them to work with their residents to decide how best to spend it on local priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 12/11/2018 17:27:43 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1002723

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government departments are using a protective domain name system.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	188906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>There are several commercial Protective DNS services available alongside the one provided by the NCSC. We do not hold the figure on how many Departments use these commercial providers and can only provide information for those using the NCSC offer. Of the 45 ministerial and non-ministerial departments there are 25 using, or are in the process of adopting the NCSC service. GSG and NCSC are actively working with Departments to adopt the use of the PDNS service.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/11/2018 17:28:37 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1002726

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of student nurses experiencing financial hardship as a result of travel costs incurred during training placements.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	188878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of students who apply to universities for financial assistance during their studies is not held centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 12/11/2018 17:27:04 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1002742

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Ali Salman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the validity of the reported statement by the Government of Qatar denying communications with Bahraini political opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	188694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Rt Hon. member will have seen my statement of 4 November where I expressed my concerns on the further sentencing of Sheikh Ali Salman. I understand that he now has a further opportunity of appeal.</p><p>The UK has raised this case at senior levels with the Government of Bahrain. Most recently, I discussed my concerns on the sentencing with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Court of St James’ on 5 November. We will continue to closely monitor the case as it makes its way through the judicial system. Should we have concerns we will raise them at an appropriately senior level with the Government of Bahrain.</p><p>It would be inappropriate for me to comment on statements by the State of Qatar concerning the Kingdom of Bahrain.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/11/2018 17:27:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1002756

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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 Health Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff who work in (a) adult and (b) child and adolescent mental health services have cited stress as the reason for taking time off from work in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	188807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 188808 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:25:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1002757

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	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 and Social Care, how many NHS staff who work in Accident and Emergency services have cited stress as the reason for taking time off from work in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	188808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 188807 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:25:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1001906

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October to Question 175797, what the timeframe for its response to the Intelligence and Security Committee's reports on detainee mistreatment and rendition is.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	187980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I have nothing further to add to my Answer of 11 October to Question 175797.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/11/2018 17:27:26 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1001919

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Rare Diseases: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 4.12 the UK Rare Diseases Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Single Technology Appraisal Programme meets the ambition of suitability for assessing rare disease treatments.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	188234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Where a company is willing to set a fair price for a drug, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal process has been proven to be suitable for the assessment of drugs for rare diseases. NICE has been able to recommend a number of drugs for patients with rare diseases through its technology appraisal programme; recent examples include dinutuximab beta for neuroblastoma and daratumumab for relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.</p><p> </p><p>With the aim of improving the lives of all those affected by a rare disease, the United Kingdom Government published the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases in 2013, a high-level framework containing 51 commitments which sets out a seven-year strategic vision (2013-2020). The Government is committed to implementing the Strategy’s commitments and has, in January 2018, published Implementation Plans setting out its actions for England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/11/2018 17:23:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith