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Written Question
Heart Diseases: Death
Thursday 22nd February 2018

Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths were registered with an underlying cause of sudden cardiac death in England and Wales by region in each year from 2010 to 2016.

Answered by Chloe Smith

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


Written Question
Defibrillators
Thursday 8th February 2018

Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many automated external defibrillators have been purchased via the NHS supply chain for (a) schools (b) academies (c) sixth-form and further education colleges (d) independent schools (e) maintained nursery schools (f) pre-school establishments (g) independent nurseries (h) playgroups (i) holiday and out-of-school providers (j) local authorities and (k) parent associations.

Answered by Steve Brine

The information is contained in the table below. The figures cover all purchases made via the Defibrillators for Schools programme since it started in November 2014 through to 31 January 2018.

The categorisation is based on information provided by the schools or by research conducted by NHS Supply Chain.

Education Sector

Number of Defibrillators purchased

Schools

1,930

Academies

433

6th Form

91

Independent Schools

36

Nursery Schools

82

Preschool

0

Independent Nurseries

30

Playgroups

7

Holiday Providers

4

Local Authorities

111

Parent Associations

0

Total

2,724


Written Question
Heart Diseases: Screening
Thursday 8th February 2018

Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the UK National Screening Committee will next review whether to recommend screening to prevent sudden cardiac death in 12 to 39-year-olds.

Answered by Steve Brine

The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) will review the evidence for screening for the major causes of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people between the ages of 12 to 39 years in 2018/19 as per its three yearly cycle.

The UK NSC last reviewed screening for SCD in 2015 and recommended that screening should not be offered.


Written Question
Ambulance Services: Schools
Wednesday 7th February 2018

Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of times ambulances have been called to schools for suspected cardiac arrests in England in the last five years.

Answered by Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The data requested is not held centrally.


Written Question
Visas: Skilled Workers
Tuesday 17th October 2017

Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of priority applications for Tier 2 visas were not processed before the 60 day limit in each of the last three years.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

Statistics relating to the processing of entry clearance visas (out of country) and in-country casework, against service standards are published as part of the Home Office’s Migration Transparency data.

The latest editions of which are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017 and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-august-2017


Written Question
Seasonal Workers: EU Nationals
Monday 11th September 2017

Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of non-UK seasonal workers from the EU that are required for the (a) agricultural, (b) construction and (c) hospitality industries after the UK has left the EU.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

The Government has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to assess the impact of leaving the EU on both seasonal and non-seasonal employment. The MAC will report in September 2018 but may produce interim reports before then.


Written Question
Schools: Nottingham
Thursday 9th February 2017

Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to provide approval for the proposed amalgamation of College House Junior School and Meadow Lane Infant School.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The application, for consent to publish a proposal to open a new community school, to replace the existing Meadow Lane Infant and College House Primary Schools was approved on the 2 February.

Nottinghamshire County Council has been informed.