Charles Walker: Schedule 1 of the Parliamentary Standards Act provides that candidates for the board of IPSA are selected by the Speaker, with the agreement of the Speaker's Committee on the IPSA, on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition. I have asked IPSA to send the criteria which formed the basis for the recruitment competition to the hon. Gentleman, and to place them in the House of Commons...  read more »

Charles Walker: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Compliance Officer for IPSA, who is statutorily independent of IPSA's executive branch. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Peter Davis, dated 31 January 2012 As Compliance Officer for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about the cost to the...  read more »

Charles Walker: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply. Letter from Scott Woolveridge, dated 31 January 2012 In the absence of the Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about the average cost of processing a...  read more »

Charles Walker: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply. Letter from Scott Woolveridge, dated 30 January 2012 As Director of Operations of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about arrangements for providing information to IPSA...  read more »

Charles Walker: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply. Letter from Scott Woolveridge, dated 30 January 2012 As Director of Operations of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about IPSA's policy on the signing of letters to MPs. It...  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) emergency and (b) elective admissions were recorded for patients with a diagnosis of (i) psychosis and (ii) schizophrenia in each primary care trust in England in the latest year for which figures are available.  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people in England diagnosed with schizophrenia in each (a) primary care trust area, (b) strategic health authority area and (c) parliamentary constituency; (2) how many people received active treatment for schizophrenia (a) in each primary care trust area and (b) nationally in each year since 2002; (3)...  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were diagnosed with schizophrenia in (a) each primary care trust and (b) England in each year since 2002.  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Criminal Record Bureau's (CRB) policy is on disclosing details of an applicant's sectioning under the Mental Health Act in a CRB certificate when no offence has been committed; whether any assessment has been made of the effects of such disclosure on an applicant; and if she will make a statement.  read more »

Charles Walker: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply. Letter from Andrew McDonald, dated 28 November 2011 As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about publication of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests on...  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to deregulate the establishment of small-scale hydroelectric schemes; and if she will make a statement.  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans his Department has to support the development of step down and community services for people requiring discharge from secure mental health services; (2) if he will assess the recommendations in the Centre for Mental Health's report on unlocking pathways to secure mental health care; (3) plans to divide commissioning responsibilities...  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has established any link between use of skunk cannabis and admissions to acute mental health services; and if he will make a statement.  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has any plans to decriminalise high THC cannabis (a) use and (b) production; and if she will make a statement.  read more »

Charles Walker: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply. Letter from Andrew McDonald, 11 October 2011 As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking for details of transactions undertaken on the two Government...  read more »

Charles Walker: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply. Letter from Andrew McDonald, 11 October 2011 As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking if the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will make it its...  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment her Department has made of the classification of (a) cannabis and (b) high THC cannabis; and if she will make a statement.  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research projects his Department is sponsoring into any relationship between high THC cannabis and psychosis; and if he will make a statement.  read more »

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment his Department has made of the merits of (a) prevention and (b) harm reduction in the area of drug education; and if he will make a statement.  read more »

Charles Walker: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply. Letter from Andrew McDonald, dated 20 July 2011 As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many times the Independent Parliamentary Standard's Authority...  read more »