Treasury Ministers and officials receive a wide variety of representations from organisations in both the public and private sectors.<\/p>
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Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published quarterly and are available at:<\/p>
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Age Group<\/p><\/td> | Uptake Rate (%)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
People aged 65 years or older<\/p><\/td> | 44.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
People aged six months to under 65 years in risk groups<\/p><\/td> | 25.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Pregnant women<\/p><\/td> | 22.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Children aged two years old<\/p><\/td> | 8.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Children aged three years old<\/p><\/td> | 8.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Children aged four years old<\/p><\/td> | 6.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Vaccine uptake rates for those aged 65 and over, those under 65 with a clinical condition, and pregnant women are slightly higher than at the same point in the last two years. Uptake for two and three year olds is lower than at this point a year ago. For the new cohort of four year olds, vaccination levels are similar to those for two and three year olds.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> It is not possible to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the 2014-15 influenza immunisation programme at this very early stage before the influenza virus is circulating. The planned programme of campaign communication is ongoing.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3918", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Ellison"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Battersea"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Ellison"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-10-30T16:57:25.8382413Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Influenza: Vaccination"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) uptake and (b) effectiveness of the influenza immunisation vaccine campaign.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1388", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Belfast North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Nigel Dodds"} ], "uin" : "211669"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100707", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100707/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Public Health England (PHE) strongly encourages women to take a folic acid supplement from before they are pregnant to the 12th week of pregnancy, to reduce the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect. This advice is included in public health messages around pregnancy and planning a pregnancy.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance states that advice on folic acid supplementation should be provided as part of antenatal care at first contact with a healthcare professional. Advice on folic acid supplementation for women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, is disseminated through a variety of sources including the NHS Choices website, the NHS Information Service for Parents, the charity \u2018Tommy\u2019s\u2019, and Start4Life - PHE\u2019s campaign to give babies the best start in life and reduce the risk of poor health in the future.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> PHE has recently established a media partnership to communicate the key healthy behaviour messages prior to conception in more mainstream women\u2019s magazine media.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> In addition, the Department has commissioned the Behavioural Insights Team to look at innovative approaches to raising awareness of the need to take folic acid supplements during pregnancy. This programme of work is scheduled for completion by the end of January 2015.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100746/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The 4th<\/sup> EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive transposes the global standards on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in 2012. These standards further embed the risk-based approach, which allow obliged entities, including companies, to adopt anti-money laundering checks which are best suited to the risk they face in their everyday business. This allows for more proportionate and balanced anti-money laundering regimes across the EU including in the UK.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Directive is currently in its last stage of negotiations. The UK government is committed to publishing an impact assessment and to consulting on the implementation of the Directive before transposing its new requirements into UK legislation, in line with better regulation principles. This timing is necessary to ensure that any Impact Assessment accurately reflects any changes to the draft legislation agreed in negotiations.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed revision of EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive on individuals and companies in the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on (a) regional air routes to Northern Ireland and (b) other regional UK routes of the sale of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports to a Spanish and Australian consortium.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations the Government has made to the European Commission on the future regulation of health food supplements.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the progress being made to offset job losses and the cost to the economy resulting from the collapse of mobile telephone retailer Phones 4U.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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