Results 1-20 of 344 for in the 'Written Answers' speaker:Jim Dobbin

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Child Protection Orders (12 Nov 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children who were the subject of legal proceedings were the subject of child protection orders on the latest date for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances (2 Nov 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the clearance process for applications for entry to the UK in cases where the entry clearance officers are not based in the countries from which the application has been submitted; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (14 Oct 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many of the 1,300 additional rail carriages announced in the 2007 Rail White Paper will be allocated to each rail operator.

Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (12 Oct 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport by what date he expects the 1,300 additional rail carriages announced in the 2007 Rail White Paper to be in operation.

Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock: Expenditure (12 Oct 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much money has been spent on new rolling stock in each of the last five years; and how much money has been spent on rolling stock for (a) Northern Rail and (b) each of the commuter rail operators serving London and the South East.

Written Answers — Health: Abortions (12 Oct 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of progress in using NHS numbers as a national unique patient identifier in respect of abortion operations; what proportion of such operations performed in the last 12 months were assigned an NHS number; whether that proportion has increased since September 2008; and whether the requirement to use NHS numbers in such...

Written Answers — Health: Embryos: Storage (16 Sep 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has had with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority on cases where parents wish to store embryos for their infertile offspring under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) Regulations 2009; and what guidance his Department has provided on this matter.

Written Answers — Health: Embryos: Storage (16 Sep 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance his Department has provided on whether a couple whose gametes were used to bring about the creation of an embryo may extend storage of the embryo for 10 years as referred to in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) Regulations 2009, where one of the couple is eligible for the...

Written Answers — Health: Human-animal Hybrid Embryos (16 Sep 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the statutory authority is for the granting of a licence to examine human admixed embryos which have been stored in licensed premises for the purposes of investigating a suspected offence under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; and whether regulations will be required to be made.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children in Care (21 Jul 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of meeting the legal requirements associated with placing a child in care in the latest period for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Foster Care (21 Jul 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many fostered children returned home after a period in care in the latest period for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Foster Care (21 Jul 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many children were placed in foster (a) homes and (b) placements outside their borough of residence on the latest date for which figures are available; (2) how many children were in foster care on the latest date for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Health: Tranquillisers (20 Jul 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which (a) policy advisers, (b) special advisers, (c) other individuals and (d) other groups have provided advice to his Department on the subject of tranquillisers in the last two years; and what expertise each has to advise on that subject.

Written Answers — Health: Tranquillisers (16 Jul 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will assess the efficacy of his policy on the prescription of tranquillisers in limiting the number of medicines prescribed.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disabled People (29 Jun 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps her Department is taking to assist disabled people to live independently.

Written Answers — Defence: Gurkhas: Pensions (22 Jun 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether Gurkhas who were stationed in the UK prior to 1997 receive a pension from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Incontinence (22 Jun 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many primary care trusts provide an integrated continence service; (2) what plans he has to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of the provision of integrated incontinence services.

Written Answers — Health: Incontinence (22 Jun 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether walk-in health centres will be able to make referrals to incontinence nurses.

Written Answers — Health: Tranquillisers (22 Jun 2009)

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, columns 391-94W, on tranquillisers, for what reasons the number of prescriptions for the anti-epileptic drugs clobazam and clonazepam dispensed increased in 2008.