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1104477

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Job Satisfaction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of morale in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	910007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence places great importance on the morale of our Armed Forces and we are taking steps to enhance the positive aspects and experiences of Service life. Issues previously identified in the survey have already informed the development of a range of programmes under way across Defence and the single Services including Flexible Service and the Future Accommodation Model.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/03/2019 16:49:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1104478

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Honours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to ensure that veterans are honoured for their service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	910008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Our veterans are honoured and recognised in a number of ways. The publication of the Strategy for our Veterans, the Veterans ID card, the Veterans Badge, Armed Forces Day and events throughout the year, including the D Day 75 commemorations in June, recognise the huge debt we owe to those who have served in HM Armed Forces.</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces Covenant is a cross-Government pledge to support the Armed Forces community, including veterans, across all sectors of society.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/03/2019 16:48:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

1092697

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mean wait for a mandatory reconsideration after a personal independence payment assessment was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) nationally in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	235383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>Information on median clearance times for PIP Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) is provided in the tables below.</p><p /><p><strong>Median Clearance Times, in Calendar Days, for PIP MRs, Normal Rules by Month of MR Clearance:</strong></p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Month of MR Clearance</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Median Calendar Days for MR to be Cleared</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Barnsley</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-18</strong></p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-18</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-18</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-18</strong></p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-18</strong></p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-18</strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-18</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-18</strong></p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-18</strong></p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-19</strong></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: PIP Computer System</p><p> </p><p><strong>Median Clearance Times, in Calendar Days, for PIP MRs, Normal Rules by Financial Year of MR Clearance:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Financial Year of MR Clearance</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Median Calendar Days for MR to be Cleared</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Barnsley</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>South Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19<br> </strong><strong><em>(April18 - January19)</em></strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: PIP Computer System</p><p> </p><p>This data on PIP MR clearance times is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p> </p><p>There has been an increase in outstanding PIP MR clearance times in recent months (it rose to 54 days in January 2019). Measures to reduce the number of outstanding MRs include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Age profiles of outstanding work are managed at a national level to ensure that cases which have been outstanding for longest are actioned first.</li><li>Resource levels dedicated to the clearance of MRs have been regularly reviewed with significant recruitment, training and redeployment undertaken to support reduced clearance times.</li></ul><p> </p><p>MR is a key element of the decision making process for both the Department and claimants, and whilst ensuring they make quality decisions, decision makers work hard to clear applications without delay. Gathering the right evidence is critical at the MR stage if decisions are not to go to appeal; and we are reviewing our processes to not only obtain this, but to do so whilst continuing to make decisions timeously.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 235382 question first answered 29/03/2019 12:48:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1092703

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Sleeping Rough
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 proportion of people sleeping rough have a co-occurring mental health and substance use problem.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	235272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of what proportion of people sleeping rough have a co-occurring mental health and substance use problems.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven estimates of people sleeping rough are conducted every year in autumn, but these do not take into account an individual’s support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a>.</p><p>However, London’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) data does collect self-reported information on people’s support needs. The most frequently reported support need amongst people seen rough sleeping across London in 2017/18 was mental health, with 50 per cent of those assessed during the period having a need in this area. Alcohol was the second most prevalent need, at 43 per cent, while 40 per cent of rough sleepers were assessed as having a support need relating to drugs. 15 per cent had all three support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p>As part of a range of commitments in the Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care is running a rapid audit of health services in the 83 Rough Sleeping Initiative areas to understand levels health provision for people who sleep rough. It has also committed up to £2 million to test models of access to health services for people with co-occurring mental ill-health and substance misuse needs to understand if local services can be delivered more effectively. NHS England has committed to up to £30 million over the next five years to deliver targeted mental health services to rough sleepers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 235273 235274 question first answered 28/03/2019 13:02:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1092704

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Sleeping Rough
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 recent assessment he has made of the availability of drug and alcohol treatment services for people sleeping rough.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	235273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of what proportion of people sleeping rough have a co-occurring mental health and substance use problems.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven estimates of people sleeping rough are conducted every year in autumn, but these do not take into account an individual’s support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a>.</p><p>However, London’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) data does collect self-reported information on people’s support needs. The most frequently reported support need amongst people seen rough sleeping across London in 2017/18 was mental health, with 50 per cent of those assessed during the period having a need in this area. Alcohol was the second most prevalent need, at 43 per cent, while 40 per cent of rough sleepers were assessed as having a support need relating to drugs. 15 per cent had all three support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p>As part of a range of commitments in the Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care is running a rapid audit of health services in the 83 Rough Sleeping Initiative areas to understand levels health provision for people who sleep rough. It has also committed up to £2 million to test models of access to health services for people with co-occurring mental ill-health and substance misuse needs to understand if local services can be delivered more effectively. NHS England has committed to up to £30 million over the next five years to deliver targeted mental health services to rough sleepers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 235272 235274 question first answered 28/03/2019 13:02:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1092705

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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	Sleeping Rough
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 plans he has to improve access to drug and alcohol treatment services for people sleeping rough.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	235274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of what proportion of people sleeping rough have a co-occurring mental health and substance use problems.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven estimates of people sleeping rough are conducted every year in autumn, but these do not take into account an individual’s support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a>.</p><p>However, London’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) data does collect self-reported information on people’s support needs. The most frequently reported support need amongst people seen rough sleeping across London in 2017/18 was mental health, with 50 per cent of those assessed during the period having a need in this area. Alcohol was the second most prevalent need, at 43 per cent, while 40 per cent of rough sleepers were assessed as having a support need relating to drugs. 15 per cent had all three support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p>As part of a range of commitments in the Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care is running a rapid audit of health services in the 83 Rough Sleeping Initiative areas to understand levels health provision for people who sleep rough. It has also committed up to £2 million to test models of access to health services for people with co-occurring mental ill-health and substance misuse needs to understand if local services can be delivered more effectively. NHS England has committed to up to £30 million over the next five years to deliver targeted mental health services to rough sleepers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 235272 235273 question first answered 28/03/2019 13:02:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1092707

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Chinese Government on human rights abuses in detention camps in Xinjiang.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	235276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>We have serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang and the Chinese Government’s deepening crackdown; including credible reports that over 1 million Uyghur Muslims have been held in re-education camps, and reports of widespread surveillance and restrictions targeted at ethnic minorities. Visits to Xinjiang by diplomats from our Embassy in Beijing have corroborated much of this open source reporting.</p><p>Ministers and senior officials have been raising our concerns directly with the Chinese authorities for some time, and will continue to do so. At the 40<sup>th</sup> session of the UN Human Rights Council which ran from February to March 2019, the Minister for the Commonwealth and UN, Lord Ahmad raised our concerns about Xinjiang during his opening address (on 25 February). The UK also raised concerns about Xinjiang during our item 4 statement on 12 March, and we co-sponsored a side event on “Protecting the fundamental freedoms in Xinjiang” on 13 March.</p><p>I raised our concerns about Xinjiang with Vice Minister Guo Yezhou during my visit to China on 22 July 2018. The Foreign Secretary, also raised our concerns about the region with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to China on 30 July 2018.</p><p>During China’s Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council on 6 November 2018, the UK made a statement which described our concerns about the treatment of ethnic minorities in China, including Uyghurs.</p><p>Following the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the Minister for the Commonwealth and UN issued a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/universal-periodic-review-31st-session-minister-for-human-rights-statement" target="_blank">statement</a> where he said: “I am very concerned about the human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the re-education camps and the widespread surveillance and restrictions targeted at ethnic minorities, particularly the Uyghurs. The UK and many of our international partners have made clear during China’s UPR that this is a priority issue. We recommended that China should implement Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination recommendations in Xinjiang and allow the UN to monitor implementation.”</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 25/03/2019 17:23:42 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1092711

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in UK schools are EU nationals.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	235326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on nationality in the school workforce census for teachers in England. In the Migration Advisory Committee’s European Economic Aarea (EEA) migration report, published in September 2018, it was estimated that there are 11,400 and 13,100 EEA-born primary and secondary school teachers, respectively, working in the UK. This accounts for 2.6% (primary) and 3.0% (secondary) of the total numbers. This compares to around 5% of the general population. The full report can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741926/Final_EEA_report.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741926/Final_EEA_report.PDF</a>.</p><p> </p><p>For the first time in the 2018-19 Initial teacher training (ITT): trainee number census, the Department published data on the nationality of ITT trainees. In academic year 2018-19, there were 28,570 postgraduate new entrants to ITT whose nationality was known. Of these, 93% were UK nationals (26,525), 5% were EEA nationals (1,405) and 2% were nationals of other countries (635). These are the same proportions as in academic years 2017-18 and 2016-17. The census results can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2018-to-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/03/2019 10:16:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1092713

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged under 18 are in youth detention facilities.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	235328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>As of 1 February 2019 the population of the secure estate for children and young people, for under 18 year olds was 812. Statistics on Youth Custody population of the prison estate in England and Wales are regularly published and can be found at;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data</a></p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which as with any large scale recording system are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.</p><p> </p><p>We are fundamentally reforming youth custody to ensure that the safety, welfare and rehabilitation of young people are prioritised across all aspects of the system. In addition, we increased frontline Youth Custody Service staff by over a third in 2018 and are completely changing our approach by investing in Secure Schools to put education at heart of youth custody.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons in Scotland and Northern Ireland are a devolved matter and responsibility lies with the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive respectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/03/2019 18:35:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1092714

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 18 were charged with common assault in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	235329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice will publish data related to prosecutions and court outcomes in 2018 on 16 May 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is responsible for publishing data in relation to charges.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2019 17:01:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson