Category: Speeches

  • Barry Sheerman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Barry Sheerman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to increase awareness of early screenings for prostate cancer for men at risk.

    Jane Ellison

    The Prostate Cancer Risk Management Programme (PCRMP) Scientific Reference Group (SRG) keeps the evidence on prostate cancer screening under review, and has not yet seen compelling evidence that screening should be offered to high risk groups.

    The PCRMP is in place to ensure that men over 50 without symptoms of prostate cancer can have a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test free on the national health service after careful consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of the test and after a discussion with a general practitioner.

    The patient information sheets on PSA testing make it clear that the risk of prostate cancer is greater for men with a familial history of prostate cancer and black-African and black-Caribbean men.

    The National Cancer Action Team (NCAT) previously highlighted the increased risk of prostate cancer in black men through the ‘Cancer Does Not Discriminate’ campaign, including distributing over 200,000 health supplements and an editorial in The Voice newspaper.

    In 2011, the Department, NCAT, North East London Cancer Network and Prostate Cancer UK worked with NHS Newham and Barts Health Care Trust to pilot the Newham Prostate Health Drop-in Clinic at the Newham African-Caribbean Resource Centre. 322 men had a consultation at the clinic, 59 were referred to secondary care and nine new diagnoses of early stage prostate cancer were made.

    The learning gained from a formal evaluation of the pilot was shared widely with stakeholders within London and across England, including NHS England. The pilot won the in the 2013 Civil Service Diversity and Equality Award for Understanding and engaging with communities.

    The Department is represented on the multi-disciplinary PCRMP SRG and the Prostate Cancer Advisory Group, along with representatives from clinicians, professional bodies, academics, the voluntary sector and patient groups.

  • Lord Jopling – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Lord Jopling – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jopling on 2014-03-11.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 10 March (WA 348), whether they will now answer the question.

    Lord Taylor of Holbeach

    As I stated to the House on 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 846, and
    repeated in my reply to the noble lord, Lord Vinson on 10 March (WA 348), the
    Government remains committed ‘to holding another vote on the final package of
    measures that we will apply to rejoin’.

  • Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-06-04.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantees and (b) Help to Buy: Equity Loans have been taken out in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Pendle to date.

    Andrea Leadsom

    The Government publishes quarterly official statistics relating to the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme. The first of these were published on 29 May 2014.

    This report, along with accompanying tables, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014

    The Government also publishes monthly statistics on the number of homes purchased with the support of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme, by local authority in England. This data can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics.

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  • Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in each of the last three years; and what the survival rate of women with ovarian cancer has been in each of the last three years.

    Nick Hurd

    The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

  • Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    Alison McGovern – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to investigate allegations that employees of programmes in Bihar State funded by her Department are not receiving their salaries.

    Mr Alan Duncan

    DFID is aware of a contractual dispute between a contractor to the Government of Bihar and its sub-contractors. We have looked into this, and are clear that this is now a matter for the Government of Bihar.

  • Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants charged with each offence type were sent to the Crown Court for sentence by magistrates in each of the last five years.

    Shailesh Vara

    The answers to both questions are contained in the following tables:

  • Jim Dobbin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Jim Dobbin – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Dobbin on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appeals were made by applicants for social care at the end of their life in the last two years; how many such appeals were successful; and what proportion of total appeals against decisions about social care such appeals represent.

    Norman Lamb

    Local authorities have a duty to assess the needs of any person for whom the authority may arrange social care and who may be in need of such care. They have a further duty to decide, having regard to the results of the assessment, what, if any, care and support they should provide to meet the individual’s needs. Where a local authority decides to arrange care and support it will carry out a financial assessment to decide what an individual can afford to contribute towards the cost. Appeals against decisions by local authorities are considered locally. Information about appeals is not collected centrally.

    In its 2011 report, the independent Palliative Care Funding Review recommended the provision of free social care at the end of life. A series of palliative care funding pilots were established to test the review’s recommendations, and these completed their work in March 2014. NHS England is currently analysing the financial data collected from the pilots. Once this analysis has been completed, a decision will be made on the issue of free social care at the end of life, taking into account this analysis and wider policy and financial considerations.

  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-03-10.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will place in the Library a copy of the newly-designed Household Registration Form and the Invitation to Register forms.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that these forms have been formally approved by the Minister of State, and as such the Cabinet Office will be placing them in the Library shortly.

  • Gordon Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Gordon Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Brown on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the advice received by his Department on health risks of the radiation contamination at Dalgety Bay.

    Mr Mark Francois

    In 2006 the then Health Protection Agency (HPA) Radiological Protection Authority advised that radioactive contamination on Dalgety Bay presented a low risk to the public. A more recent scoping risk assessment undertaken in 2011 by the HPA Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards at the bequest of the Scottish Government concluded that the risk to health was very low.

    The view of the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (now part of Public Health England) remains unchanged. However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is completing a detailed quantitative risk assessment to inform the longer term management strategy which will be available in due course.

    Copies of the advice received by MOD together with a copy of the more detailed risk assessment, when published, will be placed in the Library of the House.

  • Stephen Doughty – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    Stephen Doughty – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electorial Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2014-03-07.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Cardiff County Council and (b) Vale of Glamorgan Council.

    Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.

    Results for all wards are available on the Commission’s website here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls

    The ward results for Cardiff Council are as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    Adamsdown

    55.0%

    7.2%

    37.8%

    Butetown

    55.3%

    3.8%

    41.0%

    Caerau

    84.1%

    2.0%

    13.9%

    Canton

    75.0%

    3.5%

    21.5%

    Cathays

    24.1%

    3.8%

    72.2%

    Creigiau/st. Fagans

    84.8%

    1.6%

    13.6%

    Cyncoed

    78.6%

    1.7%

    19.7%

    Ely

    84.9%

    1.6%

    13.6%

    Fairwater

    84.0%

    1.6%

    14.4%

    Gabalfa

    38.0%

    3.1%

    58.9%

    Grangetown

    65.8%

    4.7%

    29.5%

    Heath

    81.7%

    1.4%

    16.9%

    Lisvane

    87.2%

    1.2%

    11.6%

    Llandaff

    78.8%

    1.9%

    19.2%

    Llandaff North

    82.4%

    1.7%

    15.9%

    Llanishen

    81.7%

    1.4%

    16.9%

    Llanrumney

    85.1%

    1.7%

    13.3%

    Pentwyn

    82.6%

    1.5%

    15.9%

    Pentyrch

    86.1%

    1.8%

    12.1%

    Penylan

    71.3%

    3.5%

    25.2%

    Plasnewydd

    42.5%

    8.3%

    49.2%

    Pontprennau/old St. Mellons

    78.6%

    1.4%

    20.0%

    Radyr

    82.8%

    1.5%

    15.7%

    Rhiwbina

    87.2%

    1.3%

    11.5%

    Riverside

    62.0%

    8.1%

    29.9%

    Rumney

    84.0%

    2.4%

    13.7%

    Splott

    75.3%

    2.8%

    21.9%

    Trowbridge

    80.5%

    2.0%

    17.5%

    Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

    83.6%

    1.2%

    15.1%

    The ward results for The Vale of Glamorgan Council are as follows:

    Ward

    Green matches

    Amber matches

    Red matches

    BARUC

    81.8%

    2.6%

    15.7%

    BUTTRILLS

    83.0%

    2.0%

    15.0%

    CADOC

    82.9%

    2.0%

    15.1%

    CASTLELAND

    76.9%

    2.8%

    20.3%

    CORNERSWELL

    86.3%

    1.0%

    12.6%

    COURT

    82.5%

    2.4%

    15.1%

    COWBRIDGE

    81.9%

    4.0%

    14.1%

    DINAS POWYS

    86.6%

    2.0%

    11.4%

    DYFAN

    86.3%

    1.3%

    12.4%

    GIBBONSDOWN

    85.4%

    1.4%

    13.2%

    ILLTYD

    85.8%

    1.6%

    12.7%

    LLANDOUGH

    84.5%

    1.7%

    13.8%

    LLANDOW/EWENNY

    82.0%

    5.2%

    12.8%

    LLANTWIT MAJOR

    82.8%

    1.9%

    15.3%

    PETERSTON-SUPER-ELY

    81.3%

    5.0%

    13.7%

    PLYMOUTH

    82.9%

    3.9%

    13.3%

    RHOOSE

    84.3%

    2.3%

    13.4%

    ST. ATHAN

    82.2%

    2.3%

    15.5%

    ST. AUGUSTINE’S

    73.8%

    3.8%

    22.4%

    ST. BRIDE’S MAJOR

    82.0%

    3.8%

    14.1%

    STANWELL

    82.7%

    2.5%

    14.8%

    SULLY

    82.1%

    2.3%

    15.6%

    WENVOE

    82.6%

    4.9%

    12.5%

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