The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the letter sent to his Department by Jeena International on 27 May 2014 on the misrepresentation of its organisation in a Parliamentary debate on abortion; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
A reply to the letter of 27 May has now been sent to Jeena International.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 10 primary care areas in England had the (a) highest and (b) lowest abortion rates per 1,000 women aged between 15 and 44 years in 2013.
Jane Ellison
The following tables show the information requested.
Table 1: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) with the 10 highest abortion rates, 2013
|
CCG Name |
Rate per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44 ASR 1, 2 |
|
NHS Barking and Dagenham |
31.4 |
|
NHS Croydon |
26.9 |
|
NHS Greenwich |
26.6 |
|
NHS Lewisham |
26.6 |
|
NHS Waltham Forest |
25.8 |
|
NHS Southwark |
25.0 |
|
NHS Brent |
25.0 |
|
NHS Hounslow |
24.6 |
|
NHS Lambeth |
24.0 |
|
NHS Redbridge |
23.8 |
1Rates for CCGs are based on mid-2013 population estimates.
2Aged Standardised Rates are calculated using the 2013 European Standard Population (ESP).
Table 2: CCGs with the 10 lowest abortion rates, 2013
|
CCG Name |
Rate per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44 ASR 1, 2 |
|
NHS Hardwick |
9.2 |
|
NHS Vale of York |
9.7 |
|
NHS North Durham |
9.9 |
|
NHS South Norfolk |
10.1 |
|
NHS North Derbyshire |
10.1 |
|
NHS North Norfolk |
10.2 |
|
NHS West Suffolk |
10.5 |
|
NHS Rushcliffe |
10.5 |
|
NHS South Lincolnshire |
10.7 |
|
NHS Bath and North East Somerset |
10.8 |
1Rates for CCGs are based on mid-2013 population estimates.
2Aged Standardised Rates are calculated using the 2013 ESP.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the British Medical Association’s press release of 27 May 2014 entitled Abortion guidance ignores gender complexity; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
We have noted the views of the British Medical Association on this issue.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) location of memorials to commemorate the war dead in the (i) First World War and (ii) Second World War; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Edward Vaizey
DCMS holds no records on the number or location of memorials to commemorate the war dead. Information about war memorials throughout the UK is held by both the Imperial War Museum and the War Memorials Trust. The Imperial War Museum is working with its partners to make this information more easily accessible to the public.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the taking of minutes in meetings conducted by his departmental officials with representatives of (a) other Government departments and (b) outside organisations; and if he will make a statement.
Dr Daniel Poulter
Where meetings of formally constituted committees or boards are held, a minute of the meeting must be produced for governance purposes. For other less formal meetings, a note or minute is produced at the discretion of the officials concerned.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has allocated to the maintenance of war memorials in each of the next three years; what steps it takes to ensure that war memorials are maintained to a high standard; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Edward Vaizey
The DCMS-run Memorial Grant Scheme has a budget of £543,000 for this financial year. Grants are available to charities and faith groups, and can be used to repair and maintain war memorials. The Government has today announced that it will give the War Memorials Trust up to £3 million over the First World War centenary period to boost the funds available to local communities for the repair and conservation of war memorials. English Heritage, Imperial War Museums and Civic Voice will together be given £1.5 million over the same period to deliver better protection through Listing, a greater pool of specialist skills, a national register of war memorials, and a network of trained volunteers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received requesting the Government to intervene to require the British Pregnancy Advisory Service to remove advice on its website which alleges that gender-selective abortion is not illegal; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
There has been one request for intervention by the Government to require the British Pregnancy Advisory Service to remove the advice from its web site.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding has been allocated for commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War; and if he will make a statement.
Anna Soubry
Following the very successful commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day we will now be focusing in more detail across Government on how the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2015 might be marked in an appropriate manner. I expect an announcement to be made later in the year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-07-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress NHS England has made on development of the (a) mission and vision and (b) service-level planning elements of its five year strategy for specialised services; when publication of that strategy is expected; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
NHS England established the specialised commissioning taskforce to make some immediate improvements to the way in which NHS England commissions specialised services, and to put commissioning arrangements on a stronger footing for the longer-term. The task force is not conducting a complete review of specialised commissioning, although there are some aspects of this work which will require some specific services or arrangements to be reviewed. The life of the task force was originally three months running from May to July 2014: this has now been extended to the end of October 2014.
The publication and application of the specialised services strategy have been paused while the task force undertakes its work. At this stage, NHS England is yet to confirm when the strategy will be published. However, many aspects of the work of the taskforce will contribute to taking the strategy work forward later in the year.
Information on the work on development of the mission and vision and service-level planning elements of the specialised services strategy, prior to the pause, is available on the following webpages:
www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/mission-vision/
www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/five-year-strat/service-level-plan/
NHS England has advised that the A3 change proposals were a pilot process to establish how NHS England might be able to achieve multiple stakeholder involvement on future service change. Proposals that demonstrate good opportunities to increase value and contain cost have moved into the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme for specialised services. Other proposals which support strategic service planning continue to be considered. Authors with proposals that do not meet the objectives of QIPP or strategic services planning will be informed within the next few weeks.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department are engaged (a) full-time and (b) part-time in preparations to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War; and if he will make a statement.
Anna Soubry
Following the very successful commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day we will now be focusing in more detail across Government on how the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2015 might be marked in an appropriate manner. I expect an announcement to be made later in the year.