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1027466

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the Home Office in tackling economic crime.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	908261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Our main contribution in helping to tackle economic crime is to run a world class court system that has a strong international reputation and enables highly complex crimes to be prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>As well as that work, we are also active in scrutinising the law to see if anything needs to be changed to tackle economic crime. The Department carried out a Call for Evidence to examine the case for a change in the law in corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017 and intends publishing its response in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the creation of a new world class court facility in the City of London specialising in tackling cyber-crime, fraud and economic crime announced earlier this year. This will help reinforce the UK’s reputation as a world-leading legal centre ready to deal with the changing nature of 21st century crime.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/12/2018 17:07:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1027467

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of recent trends in the number of court (a) staff and (b) closures on access to justice.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	908262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Providing effective access to justice is at the heart of all decisions the Government makes regarding our justice system. We are committed to making sure that our court and tribunal services can be accessed by those that need to do so.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS staffing levels are appropriate to make sure that effective access to justice is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>All court closures are subject to public consultation and the responses received are considered carefully before final decisions are made. Impact Assessments are published alongside the consultations.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/12/2018 17:08:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1027468

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Mental Health Act 1983 Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the implications of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act for the work of (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts & Tribunals Service.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	908263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government have welcomed the independent review of the Mental Health Act and have rightly committed to reform mental health legislation. Some of the review’s recommendations, have particular implications for civil justice and particular reforms to the Mental Health Tribunal. The Department is working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care to consider the review, its recommendations and implications in detail and we will respond shortly.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/12/2018 17:23:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1023926

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Emigration: EEA Nationals and EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of non-UK (a) EU and (b) EEA citizens leaving the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	201699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/12/2018 09:17:23 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ201699 holding (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1024710

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing Market
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the strength of the housing market.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Government has set out a long term and comprehensive strategy to make the housing market work for everyone; including to release more land for homes where people want to live; build the homes we need faster; get more people building more of the kind of homes people want; as well as support people who need help now</p><p>We have acted to make our housing market work better, including:</p><ul><li>planning reforms to ensure more land is available for housing and maximise the potential of our cities and towns to build new homes whilst protecting the Green Belt;</li><li>launching Homes England, bringing together money, expertise, planning and compulsory purchase powers;</li><li>lifting Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps so local authorities can deliver a new generation of council housing;</li><li>Providing more than £15 billion of new financial support over the next five years, taking total financial support to at least £44 billion to 2022/2023, which will boost the delivery of housing and use funds flexibly to unblock the barriers to more housebuilding;</li><li>publishing a Green Paper which sets out a new deal for social housing in England;</li><li>measures to rebalance the relationship between tenants and landlords to deliver a fairer, good quality and more affordable private rented sector;</li><li>and reforms to make sure the leasehold system in England is fair and transparent to the consumer.</li></ul><p>Taken together, our reforms will help create, fund and drive a fairer housing market that delivers 300,000 homes a year on average by the mid-2020s.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/12/2018 17:39:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1025295

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding per council the Government has provided for the retrofitting of sprinklers in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will list the councils that have received such funding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	202321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>In May, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would fully fund the removal and replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems on social residential buildings 18 metres and over owned by councils and housing associations. MHCLG is allocating £248 million to replace cladding on 135 buildings.</p><p>We will also provide financial flexibilities for local authorities who need to undertake other essential fire safety work, including retrofitting sprinklers where these are considered to be essential, but the Government is not providing funding for this work. Forty-four local authorities have contacted the department to discuss their options for funding fire safety work, including sprinklers, for buildings they own. To date none have opted to take advantage of the flexibilities available.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 202320 question first answered 19/12/2018 15:45:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1025304

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Research: EU Countries
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 comparative assessment his Department has made of the level of research and development expenditure in the UK and EU member states.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	202309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department regularly assesses comparative levels of R&amp;D expenditure in the UK and EU member states.</p><p> </p><p>The latest ONS data estimates that overall gross R&amp;D expenditure in the UK was £33.1bn in 2016, which was 1.7% of GDP in that year. 2017 data is due to be released in March 2019. The latest OECD international comparison of R&amp;D expenditure ranked the UK 10th among EU nations in 2016. More details can be found here <a href="http://oe.cd/msti" target="_blank">http://oe.cd/msti</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/12/2018 10:58:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1025305

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 December 2018 on the review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017, HLWS1142, if he will publish the full text of that review.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	202322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to produce and publish a formal review document or the evidence collected as part of it. In undertaking the review, the Department called for evidence from interested stakeholders which included several confidential individual case studies from organisations who have not permitted the Department to share these within the public domain. A summary of the findings will be shared with contributors to the review and we will continue to keep the impact of the regulations under close review, working closely with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that National Health Service maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202323 202325 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:30:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1025306

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 December 2018 on the review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017, HLWS1142, if he will publish the evidence collected for that review.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	202323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to produce and publish a formal review document or the evidence collected as part of it. In undertaking the review, the Department called for evidence from interested stakeholders which included several confidential individual case studies from organisations who have not permitted the Department to share these within the public domain. A summary of the findings will be shared with contributors to the review and we will continue to keep the impact of the regulations under close review, working closely with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that National Health Service maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202322 202325 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:30:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1025308

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Maternity Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 December 2018 on the review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017, HLWS1142, what information his Department holds on the effect of NHS charging on access to maternity services by vulnerable pregnant migrant women.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	202325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to produce and publish a formal review document or the evidence collected as part of it. In undertaking the review, the Department called for evidence from interested stakeholders which included several confidential individual case studies from organisations who have not permitted the Department to share these within the public domain. A summary of the findings will be shared with contributors to the review and we will continue to keep the impact of the regulations under close review, working closely with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that National Health Service maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202322 202323 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:30:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams