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1133267

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date	19/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to fund the Metropolitan Police Service's intervention programme Divert after 2020.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	266774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will be providing funding for DIVERT from the Early Intervention Youth Fund from November 2018 to March 2020. Funding for projects aimed at early intervention and prevention will be considered as part of our spending review plans.</p><p>There will also be opportunities for those seeking to deliver interventions to steer children and young people away from serious violence to apply for funding from the Youth Endowment Fund. Operating over ten years, the £200m Fund will work with charities, statutory services, communities, young people and others to develop and fund the most promising interventions. Further information about the Fund’s activities and funding criteria can be found here: <a href="https://impetus.org.uk/youth-endowment-fund.%20" target="_blank">https://impetus.org.uk/youth-endowment-fund. </a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/06/2019 15:35:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1133287

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will adopt the recommendations relating to fire safety and classroom notice boards submitted by the British Educational Suppliers Association to his review of Building Bulletin 100.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	266635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>Schools must be safe places in which to work and study. The Department, as part of the regular review of its standards for school buildings, has recently completed research into the flammability of notice boards used in schools. The outcome of this work has been used to clarify the specification the Department uses in relation to noticeboards in new school buildings. The updated specification can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction</a>.</p><p>The British Educational Suppliers Association responded to our recent call for evidence on Building Bulletin 100, which will be followed by a full public consultation on the guidance and its supporting tools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/06/2019 11:13:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1133288

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to restore local housing allowance rates to cover the cheapest third of local rents.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	266787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The benefit freeze is coming to an end in March 2020. Specific decisions on how to uprate benefits from April 2020 (including the Local Housing Allowance) will form part of the discussions in support of fiscal events later this year.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/06/2019 12:16:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1133294

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Cancer: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase early diagnosis of cancers.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	266791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>To raise awareness of cancer symptoms and encourage people with symptoms to go to their doctor without delay, the Department of Health and Social Care, alongside Public Health England, have run 15 national Be Clear on Cancer awareness campaigns since 2010/11.</p><p> </p><p>A Be Clear on Cancer ‘Blood in pee’ campaign ran across England from July to September 2018, aiming to improve early diagnosis of bladder and kidney cancer. Public Health England launched a new campaign, ‘Cervical Screening Saves Lives’, on 5 March to promote uptake of cervical screening.</p><p> </p><p>As recommended by the UK National Screening Committee and the independent Cancer Taskforce, we are modernising our world-renowned cancer screening programmes by introducing Faecal Immunochemical Testing into the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme as soon as possible and human papillomavirus as the primary test in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is establishing Rapid Diagnostic Centres across the country to upgrade and bring together the latest diagnostic equipment and expertise. The centres build on the 10 models piloted through the Accelerate, Coordinate and Evaluate programme, which have focussed on diagnosing cancers where patients often present with non-specific symptoms and may go to their general practitioner many times before being sent for appropriate tests.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is extending lung health checks, targeting clinical commissioning groups with the lowest survival rates. In Greater Manchester introducing low dose CT health checks saw an almost five-fold reduction in stage 4 disease, with 80% of cancers diagnosed at an early stage.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England awarded around £5 million of funding to improve pathology services in 37 trusts across nine Cancer Alliances at the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 28/06/2019 10:58:37 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1133297

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of plans by Facebook to launch its own crypto-currency, Libra, on the stability of the financial system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	266794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on the proposed business models of individual companies. More broadly, the Government established the Cryptoassets Taskforce – comprised of HM Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England – to explore the risks and potential benefits associated with cryptoassets and other applications of distributed ledger technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Taskforce’s final report<sub><sub>[1]</sub></sub> found that cryptoassets do not currently pose a material threat to UK or global financial stability, however this could change in the future, and the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee will continue to monitor the situation.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, as well as international counterparts, as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752070/cryptoassets_taskforce_final_report_final_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752070/cryptoassets_taskforce_final_report_final_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 266795 question first answered 28/06/2019 09:27:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1133298

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the effect of the Facebook crypto currency Libra on the stability of the financial system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	266795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on the proposed business models of individual companies. More broadly, the Government established the Cryptoassets Taskforce – comprised of HM Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England – to explore the risks and potential benefits associated with cryptoassets and other applications of distributed ledger technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Taskforce’s final report<sub><sub>[1]</sub></sub> found that cryptoassets do not currently pose a material threat to UK or global financial stability, however this could change in the future, and the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee will continue to monitor the situation.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, as well as international counterparts, as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752070/cryptoassets_taskforce_final_report_final_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752070/cryptoassets_taskforce_final_report_final_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 266794 question first answered 28/06/2019 09:27:17 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1133305

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Housing: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether solar energy and storage will be mandated in all new homes before 2025 when building regulations Part L are next reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	266636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The Building Regulations set minimum energy performance standards for new homes and non-domestic buildings. They are deliberately couched in performance terms and do not prescribe the technologies, materials or fuels to be used.</p><p>We are, however, planning to consult later this year on an uplift to the Building Regulations energy efficiency standards where there are safe, practical, cost-effective, and affordable opportunities to do so.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/06/2019 13:42:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1133308

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase spending on low-level mental health support for children to enable the provision of preventative and early intervention services for (a) depression, (b) anxiety, (c) eating disorders and (d) other such conditions.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	266800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Health Service has set a goal of an extra 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25, receiving support via NHS-funded mental health services by 2023/24. The National Health Service has also committed to funding for children and young people’s mental health services growing as a proportion of all mental health funding for the first time, which will itself grow faster than funding for the NHS overall.</p><p> </p><p>The Long Term Plan committed at least a further £2.3 billion a year to mental health services by 2023/24 and the Government also pledged £1.25 billion by 2020 to support improvements in children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing for a wide range of mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety, along with £150 million for eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Implementation Framework, when published, will provide further information on how the commitments set out for children and young people’s mental health in the Long Term Plan will be implemented.</p><p> </p><p>Our Green Paper ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ also sets out how we plan to increase the availability of support for children and young people, by reaching them through schools or colleges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2019 10:37:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133310

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Abortion: Analgesics
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 release of the Abortion Statistics for England and Wales in 2018 that show a 19 per cent increase in abortions at 24 weeks or more for disability, whether the women who had late term abortions were given the option of painkiller for their unborn baby prior to the termination.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	266669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has considered the issue of fetal pain and awareness in its guidelines on ‘The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion and Fetal Awareness: Review of Research and Recommendations for Practice’. This concluded that “the case for administering analgesia before an invasive procedure (in addition to maternal general anaesthesia) after 24 weeks when the [fetus’] neuroanatomical connections are in place, needs to be considered together with the practicalities and risks of administration of fetal analgesia. Evidence that analgesia confers any benefit on the fetus at any gestation is lacking but should be a focus of future research”.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2019 10:59:10 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1133311

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Abortion: Cleft Palate
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 recent release of Abortion Statistics for England and Wales 2018 showing that at least 15 unborn babies were terminated due to a cleft palate or cleft lip, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the advice issued to women with unborn children diagnosed with that condition on the procedure to remedy it.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	266670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The decision to terminate a pregnancy must rest on the judgement of two doctors, who have to be of one and the same opinion that an abortion meets one of the grounds set out in the Abortion Act 1967, and the woman herself, who must be given enough information and time to help her understand the process so that she can make an informed decision about the options available. When an abnormality is detected or suspected, women and their partners should receive appropriate information and support from a properly trained multidisciplinary team – who must adopt a supportive and non-judgemental approach regardless of whether the decision is to terminate or continue the pregnancy.</p><p>Diagnosis or prognosis does not always tell the whole picture of each individual case. In 1990, when the grounds for abortion where amended, Parliament agreed that doctors were best placed to make these decisions with the woman and her family. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published guidance on ‘Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality in England, Scotland and Wales’ to assist doctors and other health professionals to support women and their families when a fetal abnormality is diagnosed and to help women to decide, within the bounds of the law, whether or not to have an abortion.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2019 10:28:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes