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784369

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications of the new National Funding Formula for areas experiencing rapid housing growth.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	901621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Through the national funding formula, local authorities will receive growth funding to help them to respond to significant increases in pupil numbers. In 2018-19, we will allocate this funding based on local authority growth spending in 2017-18. This represents an improvement on the current system, which fails to recognise growing areas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/11/2017 17:24:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

775468

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage innovation in the defence industry.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	901322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>With an equipment plan worth £178 billion and a rising defence budget, there are great opportunities for innovative suppliers. We have launched the Defence and Security Accelerator and an £800 million innovation fund to pursue innovative solutions to meet defence requirements.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 901323 question first answered 23/10/2017 16:48:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

642377

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Guide Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to improve the enforcement of regulations against the discrimination of guide dogs and their owners by taxis and private hire vehicle operators.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	54148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010 it is illegal for the driver of a taxi or private hire vehicle to refuse to carry an assistance dog unless they hold a medical exemptions certificates issued by the local licensing authority. It is unacceptable that some drivers continue to discriminate in this way and I am determined that this practice must stop.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance has previously been issued to licensing authorities to support their implementation of these legal protections, and we are currently reviewing Best Practice Guidance to strengthen the recommendations relating to taxi and PHV accessibility more generally.</p><p> </p><p>I am clear that the local licensing authorities should play their part in eradicating such harmful discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/11/2016 12:18:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

582177

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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 steps he is taking to improve the confidence of suppliers and customers in the future of the UK steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	906297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has been working closely with industry to provide all the support we can during these difficult times.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress in addressing the challenges faced by the industry and we have convened a Steel Council to ensure our continued support is targeted in the right areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/09/2016 13:46:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

519336

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, how many of the leaflets entitled Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK, have been returned to (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) other Government departments; and what the postage cost to the Government has been of such returns.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	37198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 25/05/2016 14:28:37 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

511267

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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	Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much compensation has been paid to (a) all energy intensive industries, (b) the steel industry and (c) the aluminium industry under the energy intensive compensation scheme since 25 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	33509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Across all compensation schemes (EU ETS, CPS, RO &amp; FiT) to date, we have paid out over £189m in compensation.</p><p>Of this, the steel sector has been paid over £80m.</p><p>Since 25 Nov 2015, the aluminium sector has been paid over £464,000.</p><p>Additionally, we are processing 2016 EU ETS/CPS claims, as well as RO/FIT compensation applications, so the amounts will increase significantly in coming months.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/04/2016 16:30:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

506223

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offenders: Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2016 to Question 31332, if he will estimate the cost of collecting information on the nationality of offenders referred to the court.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	33109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The nationality of offenders referred to the court is not collated centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice hold data on foreign nationals held in prisons in England and Wales and publish statistics quarterly. The data does not include those offenders who receive non-custodial sentences.</p><p> </p><p>To obtain even the limited data which is held would require the consideration of the files in all cases over the past three years where the Court of Appeal increased a sentence of imprisonment previously imposed to ascertain if they contained sufficient information for the data to be requested from the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The process that would have to be undertaken would incur costs above the current disproportionate cost threshold and would in any event only provide the nationality for a limited number of offenders referred to the court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/04/2016 12:25:58 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

506581

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Liver Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of treating a patient with (a) hepatitis C, (b) cirrhosis and (c) hepatitis C and cirrhosis has been in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	32899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the table below and is from reference costs, which are the average unit cost to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year. Reference costs are published annually, with most recently available data being for 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>Reference costs for acute care are collected by healthcare resource group (HRG), which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments that consume similar levels of healthcare resource. HRGs are organised by chapters and sub-chapters, representing different body systems, and HRG sub-chapters GC and PG describe hepatobiliary and pancreatic system disorders for adults and children respectively. The average costs in the following table will therefore include the costs to NHS hospitals of treating hepatitis C and cirrhosis, as well as the costs of other related disorders.</p><p> </p><p>These costs do not include high cost drugs, or treatment in outpatient or other settings outside of hospital. They reflect the costs of a single episode of care under one consultant for a patient admitted to hospital. Patients admitted to hospital may have multiple episodes of care and each one of these episodes will be recorded separately.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table: Average cost to NHS hospitals of treating hepatobiliary and pancreatic system disorders, 2014-15 (excluding high cost drugs, or treatment in outpatient or other settings outside of hospital)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average cost per unit of activity (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders</p></td><td><p>1,751</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paediatric, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders</p></td><td><p>2,344</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>Reference costs, Department of Health</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li>The following HRGs are included in the table:</li></ol><p>GC17A Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, with Multiple Interventions, with CC Score 9+</p><p>GC17B Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, with Multiple Interventions, with CC Score 4-8</p><p>GC17C Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, with Multiple Interventions, with CC Score 0-3</p><p>GC17D Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, with Single Intervention, with CC Score 9+</p><p>GC17E Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, with Single Intervention, with CC Score 4-8</p><p>GC17F Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, with Single Intervention, with CC Score 0-3</p><p>GC17G Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, without Interventions, with CC Score 8+</p><p>GC17H Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, without Interventions, with CC Score 5-7</p><p>GC17J Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, without Interventions, with CC Score 2-4</p><p>GC17K Non-Malignant, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, without Interventions, with CC Score 0-1</p><p>PG71A Paediatric, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, with CC Score 2+</p><p>PG71B Paediatric, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, with CC Score 1</p><p>PG71C Paediatric, Hepatobiliary or Pancreatic Disorders, with CC Score 0</p><ol start="2"><li>These HRGs are common groupings of the ICD-10 codes used to count the number of finished admission episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of hepatitis C or cirrhosis. They also include other ICD-10 codes.</li><li>For each HRG or other currency in the reference cost collection, NHS hospital trusts submit a unit cost and amount of activity undertaken.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/04/2016 16:43:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

483118

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Playing Fields: Sales
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 make it his policy to extend the protection granted to playing fields to any community leisure facilities, by ensuring that Sport England must be consulted before the sale of any such facility; and if he will ensure that Sport England is sufficiently resourced to carry out that role effectively.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	31911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Government recognises the important contribution that opportunities for sport and recreation make to the health and wellbeing of communities. Planning policies should be based on robust and up-to-date assessments of community needs. Any change of policy to allow Sport England (or any other public body) to have similar responsibilities for community leisure facilities, as it does for playing fields, would be a matter for DCLG.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 24/03/2016 11:55:35 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

483119

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Sports: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish further details of his Department's draft plans to change the way sports funding is allocated, with reference to pages 16 and 17 of Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	31908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Sport England's new strategy, which is due to be published in Spring, will set out how the actions in Sporting Future will be delivered at grassroots level. This will set out the way in which funding will be allocated, in accordance with the principles set out in the government's strategy for sport.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 24/03/2016 10:49:19 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove