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Humankind is borrowing from the earth's capital at a rate that threatens the very viability of our planet. Although we do not yet have an agreed currency for the environmental deficit, does the Secretary of State agree that tackling that deficit is as vital as tackling the fiscal deficit? How are we doing in this country in meeting Lord Stern's recommendation that we should have a carbon constraint on the economy equivalent to 2 per cent. of GDP if costs are not to be even higher in the long run?

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Topical questions - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

8 April 2010

Reference

508 c1176-7

House

House of Commons

Members' Staff: Pensions

To ask the Leader of the House what the total monetary value of employer contributions towards the pensions of staff of hon. Members was in the most recent financial year.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Leader of the House of Commons

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2010

Reference

508 c1172W; 325721

House

House of Commons

Gaza Blockade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Israeli authorities and his EU counterparts on the effects on the region of the blockade on Gaza.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2010

Reference

508 c1231W; 325371

House

House of Commons

Poverty and Inequality

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on poverty and inequality.

Lead member

Lynne Jones

Answering member

Helen Goodman

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

6 April 2010

Reference

508 c251-70WH

House

House of Commons

Mental Health Services: Advocacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 22 March 2010, Official Report, columns 125-6W, on mental health services: advocacy, how frequently information on the availability and accessibility of independent mental health advocates in hospitals which detain patients under the Mental Health Act 1983 will...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2010

Reference

508 c1327W; 325172

House

House of Commons

House of Commons (HoC) Tabled Parliamentary Question 2009-10 325637

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Tabled

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

325637

House

House of Commons

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the (a) percentage and (b) cash change in level of local housing allowance in each area for (i) a bedsit, (ii) a one-bedroom property, (iii) a two-bedroom property, (iv) a three-bedroom property and...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 March 2010

For answer on

29 March 2010

Answered on

30 March 2010

I have been asked to reply.The Local Housing Allowance was rolled out from 7 April 2008 and is a more transparent way of calculating the rent element of housing benefit for people living in the deregulated private rented sector who make a new claim for housing benefit or for existing customers who change address.Local housing allowance rates are set monthly by the Valuation Office Agency in England, Rent Officers Wales and Rent Service Scotland. They are published monthly by each local authority and at:"https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/secure/default.aspx"In Budget 2010 the Government announced that the top 1 per cent. of rents nationally would be removed from the market evidence for all bedroom sizes one to five in the calculation of local housing allowance rates, except the shared room rate. This will take effect for new claims from October 2011 and existing customers will be affected when their benefit rate is reviewed, usually at the anniversary point of their claim.The estimates the Department for Work and Pensions have made on the impact of this measure on local housing allowance rates are based on the latest available list of rents from the Valuation Office Agency which relate to April 2009. Due to substantial changes to broad rental market area boundaries and local housing allowance rates since April 2009, and potential for further changes in the near future, it is not appropriate to break these figures down to identify impacts on specific areas.According to our estimates, had the policy been introduced in April 2009, the number of customers who would see a decrease in their local housing allowance rate under this measure is around 2 per cent. of the local housing allowance caseload. The average loss for these customers is £24 (at April 2009 prices) although there is large variation on this from area to area and customer to customer. A few customers, such as those in five-bedrooms in Central London, could see their awards decrease by significant amounts, while others would see their benefit change marginally.

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c1135-6W; 325129

House

House of Commons

Topical Questions

According to the Government's excellent carers strategy, the provision of accurate and timely information is vital for carers, yet according to Rethink, the mental health charity, 33 per cent. of mental health carers do not receive basic information such as the diagnosis of the person they are caring for, and only 20 per cent. of trusts have information-sharing policies. What action will the Government take to remedy this deficiency?

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Topical questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c634

House

House of Commons

Topical Questions

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Topical questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Notes

Lead question not printed.

Date

30 March 2010

Reference

508 c634; 324938

House

House of Commons

Topical Questions

Will the Secretary of State join me in applauding the trailblazing work of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme, whose methods for ensuring that business waste is used as a valued resource are now attracting attention from all over the world—and, indeed, exports? Will he ensure that the Treasury continues to enjoy the benefits of that input to the economy by not cutting that programme?

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Topical questions - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2010

Reference

508 c373

House

House of Commons

Mental Health Units

Main House in Birmingham has been providing a much valued residential therapeutic service for people with a personality disorder since being nationally commissioned more than 10 years ago. That service has just closed because when national commissioning ended, Ministers' intentions that commissioning should be picked up regionally were not undertaken by the strategic health authority. Will the Prime Minister look into what went wrong, with a view to reopening the service as soon as possible?

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2010

Reference

508 c246

House

House of Commons

Mental Health Services: Advocacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2010, Official Report, column 351W, on mental health services: advocacy, whether he plans to make public the information being collected by the Care Quality Commission on the availability of independent mental health advocates in hospitals...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2010

Reference

508 c125-6W; 323224

House

House of Commons

Cycling

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what information his Department holds on which local authorities make cycle training available to (a) the general public and (b) schools; and what proportion of schools in providing local authorities are receiving cycle training programmes.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 March 2010

Reference

507 c859-60W; 321420

House

House of Commons

Mentally Ill: Community Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of patients subject to community treatment orders were referred to a doctor for a second opinion within 28 days of being released from hospital in each quarter since November 2008; how many doctors were available to provide second opinions for...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 March 2010

For answer on

8 March 2010

Answered on

11 March 2010

The following information has been provided by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which is responsible for the appointment of second opinion appointed doctors (SOADs) in accordance with the Mental Health Act 1983.The first table shows, by quarter, the number of requests received by CQC for SOAD opinions in respect of patients on community treatment orders (CTOs) between 3 November 2008 and 8 March 2010 and the proportion of such requests which were received within 28 days of start of the CTO. The table shows that, overall, 60 per cent. of requests were received within the 28 day period. To improve this position and to help ensure that all requests are received and allocated within the first 28 days, CQC has written to mental health providers to ask that requests be submitted within 48 hours of the start of a CTO.The second table gives information on the number of doctors on CQC's panel of doctors who are available to be appointed to give SOAD opinions in individual cases (the SOADs panel).

Table: Requests for SOAD opinions for CTO patients by quarter, showing number and proportion received within first 28 days of the CTO
Quarter	Total requests received	Number of requests received with first 28 days	Proportion of total)(%)
Q3 2008-2009¹ (3 November 2008 to 31 December 08)	419	313	75
Q4 2008-09 (1 January 2009 to 31 March 2009)	1,234	744	60
Q1 2009-10 (1 April 2009 to 30 June 2009)	1,199	694	58
Q2 2009-10 (1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009)	1,048	589	56
Q3 2009-10 (1 October 2009 to 31 December 2009)	1,049	642	61
Q4 2009-10² (1 January 2010 to 8 March 2010)	793	441	56
Total	5,742	3,423	60
¹ Information for the third quarter of 2008-2009 covers only the period from 3 November, when CTOs were first introduced, to 31 December.
² Information for the current quarter is complete to 8 March 2010.
Source:
Care Quality Commission.

Table: Number of doctors on CQC SOADs panel, by date.
	Number of SOADs
1 November 2008	101
1 January 2009	110
1 April 2009	98
1 July 2009	97
1 October 2009	107
1 January 2010	111
8 March 2010	115
Note:
Doctors on the panel may not have been available to give SOAD opinions at all times during each period.
Source:
Care Quality Commission.

Date

11 March 2010

Reference

507 c470-2W; 321343

House

House of Commons

Planning Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the (a) amount and (b) proportion of funding under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 that has been spent in (i) Aylesbury, (ii) Brighton, (iii) Darlington, (iv) Derby, (v)...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Communities and Local Government

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 March 2010

Reference

507 c316W; 321419

House

House of Commons

Cycling

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the annual amount spent per head of population in (a) Aylesbury, (b) Brighton, (c) Darlington, (d) Derby, (e) Exeter, (f) Lancaster, (g) Birmingham, (h) Manchester, (i) Bristol, (j) Cambridge, (k) the West Midlands and (l)...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 March 2010

For answer on

8 March 2010

Answered on

10 March 2010

The four main streams of Departmental funding to encourage cycling in England are local transport plan funding, "cycle city and town" funding, links to school funding and cycle training grants.Local Transport Plan fundingThis funding is not ring-fenced and local authorities have discretion to spend their allocations in line with their priorities. It is not possible to calculate funding on cycling by head of population.Cycle City and Town fundingThe Department funds 18 cycle city and towns. Funding for the first six cycle demonstration towns between 2005 and 2010-11 is £5 per head annually and for the second round of cycle city and towns between 2008 and 2010-11 at £8 per head annually. These figures relate to the cycle town area, which may not always be the same as the local authority. In some cases, towns have bid for additional funding.Links to schoolsThe Department funds links to school to encourage cycling and walking to schools. As these are linked to individual schools, it is not meaningful to relate this to annual funding per head of population.Cycle training grantsLocal authorities apply for grants to train school children in Bikeability level 2. Bikeability level 2 is an approved cycle training course normally undertaken by children in years five to six (ages 10-11). The grants are awarded by the number of children the authority proposes to train for the funding year with a maximum grant of £40 per child, additional to those they propose to train from their own funding. The Department keeps no record of local authorities which fund cycle training from their own funds.

Date

10 March 2010

Reference

507 c325-6W; 321418

House

House of Commons

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of additional affordable homes for rent required to be supplied in order to meet the level of demand in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in the next...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Communities and Local Government

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 March 2010

Reference

507 c316W; 321421

House

House of Commons

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord homes were built in (i) Birmingham, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England in each of the last five years; and what his latest estimate is of the numbers...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Communities and Local Government

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 March 2010

Reference

507 c316W; 321422

House

House of Commons

Mental Health Services: Advocacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what mechanisms his Department monitors compliance by primary care trusts with the duty to make available independent mental health advocate services for qualifying patient; and what recent discussions he has had with the Care Quality Commission on compliance with that duty.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 March 2010

Reference

507 c351W; 321342

House

House of Commons

Engagements

Does my right hon. and learned Friend recall that on one of the several occasions when the last Conservative Chancellor, who is currently shadow Business Secretary—the right hon. and learned Member for Rushcliffe (Mr. Clarke)—announced that he was cutting the value of the married couple's allowance, he described it as a bit of an anomaly. Indeed, one of his predecessors, Lord Lawson— ...My question is indeed about the policy of the Government. Does my right hon. and learned Friend recall that Lord Lawson described the allowance as something that should be allowed to wither on the vine, which it was? Does she therefore agree that there are better things to spend £600 million on than introducing a bit of an anomaly?

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

3 March 2010

Reference

506 c942

House

House of Commons

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