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That this House notes the ten-fold increase over 10 years of labelling children with diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); further notes the guidance by NICE on the serious potential side effects of pharmaceutical drugs prescribed for this condition; affirms that there are serious concerns about the overuse of drug treatment and notes that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has expressed deep concern about children being misdiagnosed with ADHD; and calls for a significant review of existing treatments and for existing studies and non-drug methods for treating children with symptoms diagnosed as ADHD to be looked into in greater depth including potential causes such as toxins in the environment, poor nutrition and other biophysical reasons.
That this House notes the ten-fold increase over 10 years of labelling children with diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); further notes the guidance by NICE on the serious potential side effects of pharmaceutical drugs prescribed for this condition; affirms that there are serious concerns about the overuse of...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost has been to the UK of the EU's Solvency II Initiative to date; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of full implementation of that initiative.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost has been to the UK of the EU's Solvency II Initiative to date; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of full implementation of that initiative.
HM Treasury published an impact assessment on UK implementation of Solvency II in November 2011. The impact assessment can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/solvency-ii-framework-directive-2009138ec
A constituent has contacted me to tell me that when he turned up for his assessment he was told that it had been cancelled because there were too many people waiting, so he was sent home. He then missed two further appointments, arguably through no fault of his own, and has now been refused a further assessment. Will the Minister intervene to ensure that, as the first one was cancelled through no fault of his own and was a result of a mistake by the assessors, a new assessment can be booked for him as soon as possible?
A constituent has contacted me to tell me that when he turned up for his assessment he was told that it had been cancelled because there were too many people waiting, so he was sent home. He then missed two further appointments, arguably through no fault of his own, and has now been refused a further assessment. Will the Minister intervene to ensure that, as the first one was cancelled through no fault of his own and was a result of a mistake by the assessors, a new assessment can be booked for him as soon as possible?
Clearly, I do not know the facts of the case. If my hon. Friend contacts my office after questions, I will of course consider it and see what we can do to ensure that his constituent gets an assessment and that if he is entitled to the benefit, he can receive it.
Agreed to on question.
Agreed to on question.
What discussions has the Foreign Secretary had about the situation in Ukraine with his counterparts in other countries in the former Soviet Union but outside the European Union, such as Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, to understand their perspectives and concerns as he develops his thinking on that area?
What discussions has the Foreign Secretary had about the situation in Ukraine with his counterparts in other countries in the former Soviet Union but outside the European Union, such as Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, to understand their perspectives and concerns as he develops his thinking on that area?
We have had many discussions at many different levels with those countries. I think it was significant that, when it came to the vote at the UN General Assembly on what has happened in Crimea, only 11 countries in the world supported the Russian position. Even many of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States were not willing to support the Russian position. That is an illustration of Russia’s diplomatic isolation on the issue.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the mean average time taken to process an application for a personal independence payment from receipt of application to determination is; and what the longest time taken to determine any such application is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the mean average time taken to process an application for a personal independence payment from receipt of application to determination is; and what the longest time taken to determine any such application is.
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) started from April 2013 and although limited data has started to feed through, we need to wait until the Department has quality assured, meaningful figures for publication. The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity. We intend to publish official statistics on PIP from spring 2014 in line with our publication strategy:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284330/pip_stats_release_strategy_feb14.pdf
An ad-hoc release of PIP information was published on 11 February 2014.
Will my right hon. Friend welcome the decision of Chevron this week to allocate at least 75% of the work for the Alder field development in the North sea to companies in the UK supply chain? Will he congratulate his officials in DECC’s office in Aberdeen on how they have worked tirelessly to achieve that outcome, which is a huge boost of confidence in the UK supply chain and will be worth many tens of millions of pounds?
Will my right hon. Friend welcome the decision of Chevron this week to allocate at least 75% of the work for the Alder field development in the North sea to companies in the UK supply chain? Will he congratulate his officials in DECC’s office in Aberdeen on how they have worked tirelessly to achieve that outcome, which is a huge boost of confidence in the UK supply chain and will be worth many tens of millions of pounds?
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue. I will certainly congratulate my officials in the Aberdeen office, who do tremendous work both for the oil and gas industry directly and in helping the supply chain. The industrial strategy that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and I published last year has made a big difference in saying to those in the oil and gas supply chain that we want them to contract with British fabricators and other British companies.
Finally, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for leading the all-party group set up under the industrial strategy to create better communications with the supply chain and to make it clear to international companies that they should consider using British companies as part of their projects.
Will my right hon. Friend look at taking some specific measures to tackle fuel poverty for those who are off the gas grid? Will he encourage the use of syndicates, which can buy oil and LPG more cheaply? Will he look again at whether this vital sector should be regulated by Ofgem, and will he explore whether some of the revenues from future shale gas development could be used directly to extend the gas grid?
Will my right hon. Friend look at taking some specific measures to tackle fuel poverty for those who are off the gas grid? Will he encourage the use of syndicates, which can buy oil and LPG more cheaply? Will he look again at whether this vital sector should be regulated by Ofgem, and will he explore whether some of the revenues from future shale gas development could be used directly to extend the gas grid?
I take my hon. Friend’s points extremely seriously, not least because he did a great deal for this group of people when he was an energy Minister. Speaking as someone who is off the gas grid, I am delighted to say that I recently joined my local community’s syndicate for buying heating oil, and it has delivered a very good price. I encourage others to do the same. The good point that my hon. Friend raises is under review. We are looking at more effective data matching to identify those in fuel poverty in rural areas who are often much harder to find than those in similar circumstances in urban areas. We are absolutely on it; I can assure my hon. Friend of that.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people's records have been mislaid by his Department in the course of moving documents between storage offices since 1990.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people's records have been mislaid by his Department in the course of moving documents between storage offices since 1990.
The Department takes its responsibilities to protect personal data extremely seriously.
The Department informs the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) of serious incidents involving personal data that arise, and publishes details of such cases in the annual resource accounts.
One incident arose in September 2011, where a package intended for storage archives was delivered to an incorrect address, but subsequently recovered.
As a precaution, all the 150 individuals whose data was contained in the package were informed and given advice about protecting their information. The incident was also reported in the relevant annual resource accounts.
Aside from that incident there have been no other serious incidents involving the movement of documents between storage offices that have been reported to the ICO since 1990.
Less serious incidents involving personal data that arise are managed locally, and the details of these are not collated centrally. To provide these would incur disproportionate cost.
Does my right hon. Friend agree that fuel poverty would be worsened if the cost of the capital required for the billions of pounds of new investment rose because of heightened political risk associated with the United Kingdom? Indeed, is that not exactly what the Leader of the Opposition has achieved? Surely his comments will make fuel poverty worse.
Does my right hon. Friend agree that fuel poverty would be worsened if the cost of the capital required for the billions of pounds of new investment rose because of heightened political risk associated with the United Kingdom? Indeed, is that not exactly what the Leader of the Opposition has achieved? Surely his comments will make fuel poverty worse.
My hon. Friend, who has huge experience in these matters, is absolutely right. Labour’s policy would scorch investment. According to an analysis by Cornwall Energy, which leads the monthly forum for independent energy companies, Labour’s policy is “wrong”, and
“based on imperfect information, flawed assumptions and emotion, which will cost the consumer dearly. There are at least five significant problems with it.”
Labour’s policy would indeed have an impact on the cost of capital and on investment, and consumers—particularly vulnerable consumers—would be left to pick up the pieces.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out how his Department calculates the levels of settlements offered to each Equitable Life claimant.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out how his Department calculates the levels of settlements offered to each Equitable Life claimant.
The scheme published the detailed calculation methodology in May 2011 and this information can be found on the Scheme's website:
http://equitablelifepaymentscheme.independent.gov.uk/resources/index.htm
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many births took place in each obstetric-led NHS maternity unit in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many births took place in each obstetric-led NHS maternity unit in the most recent year for which figures are available.
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Information on the number of deliveries by type of hospital ward for each national health service trust and foundation trust in England in 2011-12 has been placed in the Library. This data does not represent the number of births as more than one baby may have been delivered in a delivery episode.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many serious incidents occurred in each NHS maternity unit in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what definition his Department uses of a serious incident.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many serious incidents occurred in each NHS maternity unit in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what definition his Department uses of a serious incident.
Information on the number of serious incidents in each national health service maternity unit is not collected centrally.
The definition of a serious incident is set out in the National Patient Safety Agency's (NPSA) “National Framework for Reporting and Learning from Serious Incidents Requiring Investigation”, which was published in 2010. This document is available on the NPSA's website at:
www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/?entryid45=75173
and defines a serious incident requiring investigation as:
An incident that occurred in relation to NHS-funded services and care resulting in one of the following:
unexpected or avoidable death of one or more patients, staff, visitors or members of the public;
serious harm to one or more patients, staff, visitors or members of the public or where the outcome requires life-saving intervention, major surgical/medical intervention, permanent harm or will shorten life expectancy or result in prolonged pain or psychological harm (this includes incidents graded under the NPSA definition of severe harm);
a scenario that prevents or threatens to prevent a provider organisation's ability to continue to deliver healthcare services, for example, actual or potential loss of personal/organisational information, damage to property, reputation or the environment, or information technology failure;
allegations of abuse;
adverse media coverage or public concern about the organisation or the wider NHS;
one of the core set of ‘Never Events’ as updated on an annual basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) in what proportion of cases during labour a 1:1 ratio of midwives to expectant mothers was achieved in each NHS maternity unit in the most recent year for which figures are available;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) in what proportion of cases during labour a 1:1 ratio of midwives to expectant mothers was achieved in each NHS maternity unit in the most recent year for which figures are available;
This information is not collected centrally.
(2) how many women transferred from each NHS maternity unit to another facility during labour in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Charles Hendry:
(2) how many women transferred from each NHS maternity unit to another facility during labour in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Charles Hendry:
This information is not collected centrally.
Does the Secretary of State agree with me that some people’s concerns about shale gas are based on fact but many are not? Will
he ensure that his Department produces and maintains an up-to-date online database so that people can see what claims are evidently false and, where they are based on fact, what the Government are doing to address them?
Does the Secretary of State agree with me that some people’s concerns about shale gas are based on fact but many are not? Will
he ensure that his Department produces and maintains an up-to-date online database so that people can see what claims are evidently false and, where they are based on fact, what the Government are doing to address them?
That is an excellent and extremely positive suggestion that I will consider immediately.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to publish the Terms of Reference for the South Coast Railway Study; and what progress has been made on that project since 9 May 2013.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to publish the Terms of Reference for the South Coast Railway Study; and what progress has been made on that project since 9 May 2013.
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The London-South Coast rail corridor capacity study is being progressed by Network Rail under the terms of reference of its Long Term Planning Process which are available on its website. Work on the corridor study, which was announced by the Department on 9 May, is ongoing. Network Rail has also published online a draft Market Study for the London and South East region for consultation and is seeking the views of interested parties by 25 July 2013.
What proportion of those living in rural areas have not just slow broadband, but no affordably priced commercial broadband at all, such as the village of Isfield in my constituency? Will the Minister liaise with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to ensure that these “not spots” are given priority in the roll-out of superfast broadband?
What proportion of those living in rural areas have not just slow broadband, but no affordably priced commercial broadband at all, such as the village of Isfield in my constituency? Will the Minister liaise with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to ensure that these “not spots” are given priority in the roll-out of superfast broadband?
Beyond 2015, the intention, with the extra money that has been allocated, is to get superfast broadband to 99% of properties. I have seen technology that gets good quality broadband to very remote communities, so I hope my hon. Friend’s constituents will soon be online and able to compete in the global economy.
Far too many young people are essentially illiterate and innumerate when they start custodial sentences. Even worse, they still are when they finish them. What assessment has the Minister made of the extent to which the costs of providing educational services would be offset by savings through a reduction in reoffending rates?
Far too many young people are essentially illiterate and innumerate when they start custodial sentences. Even worse, they still are when they finish them. What assessment has the Minister made of the extent to which the costs of providing educational services would be offset by savings through a reduction in reoffending rates?
My hon. Friend makes a good point. We are already obliged to provide education for such young people, whether they are in custody or not. He is right that literacy and numeracy are a huge issue. That is partly because there are very high rates of exclusion from school among young people who eventually end up in custody. We need to do more to take advantage of the period of stability, which for many young people is unusual, that they have while in custody. We must do more to educate them in custody and to ensure that that education continues when they leave it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information his Department holds on the total (a) number and (b) installed capacity of small solar schemes below the permitted development threshold in the UK.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information his Department holds on the total (a) number and (b) installed capacity of small solar schemes below the permitted development threshold in the UK.
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There is no specific threshold for permitted development of solar in the UK. Permitted development is based on criteria, which can be found (for England) at:
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/solarpanels/
(criteria may vary for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
As such, DECC does not hold information on the total number and installed capacity of permitted development solar schemes. However, it does hold information on the overall number and installed capacity of solar schemes, as well as the number and installed capacity of solar schemes that have been through the planning process (permitted developments are not required to go through the planning process).
As at the end of September 2012, there was 1,582 MW of operational installed capacity of solar schemes in the UK, covering around 361,000 installations1. Of this, 194 MW of installed capacity, across 143 schemes, had been through the planning process.1 Number of solar photovoltaic installations accredited on the GB Feed in Tariff scheme—which covers the majority of schemes in the UK—as at the end of January 2013.
Sources:
1. Total UK solar photovoltaic installed capacity: Energy Trends December 2012, table ET6.1:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change/series/renewables-statistics
2. Number of solar photovoltaic installations: monthly central Feed in Tariff statistics:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-central-feed-in-tariff-register-statistics
3. Number and installed capacity of non-permitted solar photovoltaic schemes:
Renewable Energy Planning Database:
https://restats.decc.gov.uk/app/reporting/decc/monthlyextract