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Paul Burstow
Liberal Democrat MP for Sutton and Cheam
- Minister of State (Care Services), Health (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Paul Burstow voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Criminal Records Bureau, Care Homes, Dentistry, Correspondence, Parliamentary Questions
(based on written questions asked by Paul Burstow and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)
- Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health Protection Agency Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Mental Capacity Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (16 out of 23)
- Social Security Fraud Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Breast Cancer: Screening (21 May 2012)
“Local national health service breast cancer screening programmes in England are replacing their current analogue (film) systems with digital systems (direct digital mammography—DDM). As at May 2012, 74 (92.5%) local programmes have at least one direct digital x-ray set and 53 (66%) are fully digital. Local programmes have been advised to implement direct digital as quickly as possible...”
- Written Answers — Health: Cancer (21 May 2012)
“The amounts included in the Strategic Health Authority (SHA) bundle for cancer networks for 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 20012-13 can be found in the following table: Cancer network funding £ million 2009-10 18.3 2010-11 18.5 2011-12 18.5 2012-13 18.5 These allocations are based on estimates of the funding required to deliver cancer networks. However, it...”
- Written Answers — Health: Care Homes (21 May 2012)
“The responsibility for providing or arranging residential care rests with local authorities, which have specific duties of care to their populations under section 21(a) of the National Assistance Act 1948 and Section 47(5) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 gives local authorities the powers to provide or arrange care services for...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 81.02% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 655 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £11,160 (561st) | £12,006 (542nd) | £20,137 (353rd) | £21,134 | £19,302 (joint 138th with 2 others) | £18,684 (356th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £15,459 (333rd) |
| Staffing costs | £97,629 (254th) | £87,754 (325th) | £82,085 (397th) | £82,945 | £77,534 (joint 77th with 6 others) | £74,985 (joint 8th with 27 others) | £72,291 (27th) | £54,513 (80th) |
| Communications Allowance | £16,158 (20th) | £15,525 (19th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,318 (568th)1 | £2,534 (567th)2 | £2,413 (575th)3 | £2,271 | £2,964 (594th) | £2,913 (592nd) | £3,782 (568th) | £2,955 (566th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £7 (431st) | £56 (408th) | £10 | £17 (joint 462nd with 2 others) | £17 (joint 473rd with 2 others) | £78 (430th) | £48 (joint 437th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £7 (343rd) | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,859 (194th) | £1,798 (48th) | £2,274 (77th) | £1,195 | £3,156 (47th) | £1,728 (98th) | £1,879 (100th) | £1,696 (121st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,963 (62nd) | £7,377 (70th) | £3,950 | £8,197 (62nd) | £6,185 (72nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,267 (joint 230th with 1 other) | £1,064 (315th) | £0 | £1,878 (345th) | £1,878 (339th) | £1,878 (331st) | £1,878 (311th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £543 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £135,047 (504th) | £128,666 (544th) | £118,118 (567th) | £114,661 | £114,666 (493rd) | £107,964 (535th) | £99,669 (546th) | £77,776 (516th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £405 (551st). Rail £1,828 (369th). Other: Rail £85 (111th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £769 (541st). Rail £1,687 (372nd). Other: Air £78 (47th).