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853246

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the inspection regime is for Compass contracts; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	130695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Asylum accommodation is subject to a rigorous inspection regime to ensure that it meets the requirements of the contract and the needs of service users. Providers are required to inspect each property when a service user moves in and out of a property, then again every month. The Home Office also inspects a significant proportion of accommodation each year and prioritises its inspections on an intelligence led basis to target accommodation where there have been issues.</p><p>The Home Office conducts some of its inspection jointly with the accommodation provider to ensure better access to the properties, agree what the defects are and allowing rectification work to start immediately. The Statement of Requirements for the Contracts, which is in the public domain, sets out the standards that are expected of asylum accommodation, including examples of defects and clear timelines on the timescales within which any defects must be remedied.</p><p>Home Office inspections have found that accommodation generally meets the required standards and where defects are identified they are resolved within the timescales set out in the contract. Where Providers have failed to meet these contractual service standards sanctions have been imposed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:47:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

853249

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication, Immigration Bail, version 1.0, published on 12 January 2018, what estimate she has made of the number of immigration detainees who will face homelessness if they are released without bail accommodation under schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	130698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Accommodation will be provided to immigration bail applicants if the person does not have adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it – whether from a public body under different legislative powers or through their own efforts - and the provision of accommodation is necessary in order to avoid a breach of their human rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p>However, accommodation should only be provided if it is clear that the person cannot reasonably be expected to leave the UK. Any person who could leave the UK in order to avoid homelessness should do so.</p><p>The exceptional criteria set out in the immigration bail policy apply where a residence condition is set as a condition of immigration bail and the individual is unable to support themselves at that address.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 130699 question first answered 06/03/2018 15:20:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

853250

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether destitution qualifies as an exceptional circumstance for the provision of accommodation for immigration bail applicants.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	130699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Accommodation will be provided to immigration bail applicants if the person does not have adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it – whether from a public body under different legislative powers or through their own efforts - and the provision of accommodation is necessary in order to avoid a breach of their human rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p>However, accommodation should only be provided if it is clear that the person cannot reasonably be expected to leave the UK. Any person who could leave the UK in order to avoid homelessness should do so.</p><p>The exceptional criteria set out in the immigration bail policy apply where a residence condition is set as a condition of immigration bail and the individual is unable to support themselves at that address.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 130698 question first answered 06/03/2018 15:20:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

853257

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure skilled EU professionals have their professional qualifications recognised after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	130706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has agreed to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU under the Withdrawal Agreement. This includes the continued recognition of EU qualifications, where recognition decisions were received or where recognition procedures were ongoing before the withdrawal date and where an EU citizen is resident in the UK on the date of withdrawal (and vice versa). The government has stated that it will seek to agree a continued system for the recognition of professional qualifications as part of the future economic partnership, and we hope to begin this phase of negotiations shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 09/03/2018 12:10:12 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

853258

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many completed second or third personal independence payment assessment planned award reviews there have been of people with (a) Parkinson's disease, (b) multiple sclerosis, (c) motor neurone disease, (d) rheumatoid arthritis and (e) cystic fibrosis by year of repeat assessment since the introduction of personal independence payments in 2013; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	130707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/03/2018 11:51:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

853259

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's disease have been given personal independence payment awards of (a) enhanced rate daily living and (b) enhanced rate care by length of award in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	130708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of people who have been awarded either one or both of the Daily Living and Mobility components at the enhanced rate of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for awards made between November 1st 2014 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2017, where the main disabling condition recorded was Parkinson’s Disease.</p><p><em>Table 1: Enhanced PIP Daily living and Mobility component awards made between 1<sup>st</sup> November 2014 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2015 with main disabling condition recorded as Parkinson’s Disease.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(a) </strong><strong>Enhanced Daily Living (may also have Enhanced Mobility)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) </strong><strong>Enhanced Mobility (may also have Enhanced Daily Living)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Awards</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indefinite Award</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finite</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 year</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 year</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 years</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 years</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 years</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10+ years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Short Term Award</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: PIP ADS</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Table 2: Enhanced PIP Daily living and Mobility component awards made between 1<sup>st</sup> November 2015 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2016 with main disabling condition recorded as Parkinson’s Disease.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(a) </strong><strong>Enhanced Daily Living (may also have Enhanced Mobility)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) </strong><strong>Enhanced Mobility (may also have Enhanced Daily Living)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Awards</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indefinite Awards</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finite Awards</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 year</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 year</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 years</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 years</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 years</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 years</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10+ years</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Short Term Award</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: PIP ADS</p><p><em>Table 3: Enhanced PIP Daily living and Mobility component awards made between 1<sup>st</sup> November 2016 and 31<sup>st</sup> October 2017 with main disabling condition recorded as Parkinson’s Disease</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(a) </strong><strong>Enhanced Daily Living (may also have Enhanced Mobility)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) </strong><strong>Enhanced Mobility (may also have Enhanced Daily Living)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Awards</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td><td><p>1,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indefinite Award</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finite Award</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 year</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 year</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 years</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 years</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 years</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10+ years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Short Term Award</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:PIP ADS</p><p>Notes for tables:</p><ul><li>Figures are based on the first outcome recorded for each case and include both new claims and DLA reassessment claims assessed under normal rules.</li><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10 cases; totals less than 5 but greater than 0 are indicated by “#”.</li><li>This is unpublished data and it should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>Data is based on main disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system.</li><li>Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.</li><li>The one year award length group includes cases whose award lengths are in the range 1-1.5 years. The two years award length group includes cases whose award lengths are in the range 1.5-2.5 years, and so on.</li><li>The greater than 10 years group includes cases whose lengths are greater than or equal to 10.5 years but excludes cases whose award is indefinite.</li><li>Award lengths are calculated from the date of on-flow to PIP to the review date.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/03/2018 11:51:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

853260

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson’s disease who previously received the (a) higher rate mobility component and (b) higher rate care component under disability living allowance received (i) a lower rate of award or (ii) no award following reassessment for personal independence payments in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	130709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of claimants with Parkinson’s disease who received higher rate mobility or higher rate care awards under DLA but who, following reassessment to PIP, received a standard or nil award.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Table: DLA to PIP Reassessment outcomes for claimants with Parkinson’s disease</em></p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Outcome Following Reassessment to PIP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Award Received Under DLA</strong></p></td><td><p>Standard Rate of Award</p></td><td><p>No Award</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Rate Care Component</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Rate Mobility Component</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: PIP Computer System claimant records and DLA Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study claimant data (1<sup>st</sup> October 2013 to 31<sup>st</sup> October 2017)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. PIP Reassessment outcome shows the outcome of the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. they reflect outcomes prior to any reconsideration appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 1st October 2013 and 31st October 2017.</p><p>2. For each individual who has a PIP reassessment outcome their PIP entitlement has been compared to their DLA entitlement at the time of their PIP reassessment registration.</p><p>3. Main disabling condition used is the disability recorded on the DLA administrative system for each individual. This is used because disability information is recorded on the PIP computer systems only for the group of cases who have a PIP assessment report.</p><p>4. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which their entitlement decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics. It is possible that a reassessment claim could have a different main disabling condition recorded on the DLA and PIP systems.</p><p>5. Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8th April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</p><p>6. Figures exclude withdrawn cases.</p><p>7. The definition of “Parkinson’s disease” includes a small number of claimants who have “Parkinson’s syndrome”.</p><ol start="8"><li>The breakdown of data provided is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ol><p>9. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>10. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p><p>11. Great Britain only.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2018 16:00:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

853261

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson’s disease with an indefinite disability living allowance award received a (a) one-year award (b) two-year award or (c) no award following reassessment for personal independence payments in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	130710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Detailed Reassessment Outcome statistics for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2017</a></p><p>Table 8D of the “Personal Independence Payment: DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes, October 2017” tables shows the outcomes of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants reassessed for PIP by their main disabling condition. Please note this is not broken down by the length of DLA award but will give the DLA reassessment outcome for people with Parkinson’s disease.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/03/2018 11:51:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

853263

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward the date by which the assessment of the evidence from minimum unit alcohol pricing implementation in Scotland will be published.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	130712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The assessment of the evidence from minimum unit pricing implementation in Scotland is a matter for the Scottish Government. Minimum unit pricing in England and Wales remains under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/03/2018 13:33:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

853264

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will enable (a) onshore wind and (b) solar technologies to compete in the Contract for Difference mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	130713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken on future Contract for Difference allocation rounds for established technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2018 15:28:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon