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1133130

registered interest
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	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for a change of conditions of leave granted on the basis of family or private life were (a) received, (b) granted, (c) refused and (d) awaiting a decision from August 2017 to August 2018.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	266694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Answering this question would require manual inspection of all family and private life leave to remain applications within the date range. This would incur disproportionate cost to the public purse. <br> <br>The available information relates to grants and refusals of in-country leave to remain, based on family life, or private life, which is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Extensions table ex_01_q, latest edition at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#extensions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#extensions</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2019 15:24:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1133175

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Iran: 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 recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on the protection of (a) the LGBT community and (b) religious minorities in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	266865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>​We regularly raise the treatment of persecuted and vulnerable groups with the Iranian authorities at all levels. While no progress has been made on LGBT rights under Iranian law so far, we continue to take action with the international community to press Iran to improve its poor record on all human rights issues, and freedom of religion and belief.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 27/06/2019 16:00:10 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1133184

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	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans for a further consultation on the process for (a) year-end adjustments and (b) the design of software for (i) making tax digital for income tax and (ii) making tax digital for corporation tax in relation to the working practices of businesses and their (A) accountants, (B) agents and (C) advisers.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	266731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>At Spring Statement 2019, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed that mandation of Making Tax Digital (MTD) would not be extended to any new taxes or businesses next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will formally consult before any decision is taken to proceed with MTD for Corporation Tax, including on how the process will work in practice, with announcement to be considered as part of the fiscal events process, and made in due course.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will continue to work closely with both software providers and stakeholders representing businesses and agents, so that the MTD service takes full account of the way businesses and their advisers operate.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 266728 266729 266730 question first answered 28/06/2019 13:52:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1133217

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were serving a sentence for sexual offences against a child in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	266743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>We have provided information for the past 4 years of the number of people serving a prison sentence for a sexual offence against a child. To provide equivalent data for 30 June 2014 would entail disproportionate cost. This is due to an improvement made in 2015 where Child Sexual Abuse offences were specifically differentiated within our offence information.</p><p>30th June 2015 - 7,404<br>30th June 2016 - 8,376<br>30th June 2017 - 8,965<br>30th June 2018 - 9,167</p><p>The figures given 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.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/06/2019 16:03:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133228

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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 238669 on mental health services: veterans, what the outcome was for the armed forces personnel who were referred for mental Health treatment but did not enter into such treatment in each of the last four quarters.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	266752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>Health is a devolved matter and as such as we are only able to answer in respect of mental health services provided in England.</p><p>NHS England does not record the reasons that former armed forces personnel do not attend services to which they are referred; either to main stream services or to the veteran specific NHS Veterans' Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service and does not plan to record such information.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2019 10:43:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133232

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff have been disciplined for bringing contraband into prisons by role in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	266755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>HMPPS is committed to investigating and eliminating corruption to ensure prisons remain a safe and secure environment for staff, prisoners and visitors.</p><p> </p><p>There are over 46,000 people working in the Prison and Probation Service and the vast majority are dedicated and hard-working. However, when we do find evidence of wrongdoing by staff we do not hesitate to take firm disciplinary action.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested heavily in security measures to prevent contraband entering the estate. This includes training more than 300 sniffer dogs, rolling out scanners and transforming our intelligence capabilities. We have also built up our ability to work with law enforcement to disrupt criminal networks. We use body searches and staff can be subject to intelligence-based searches at any time.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Total number of HMPPS prison staff<sup>1</sup> disciplined<sup>2</sup> for bringing contraband into prisons<sup>3</sup>, by role, for the years 2013/14 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Role</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bands 6-8 / Managers</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3-5<sup>4</sup> Prison Officers</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 2 / Operational Support</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3 / Administrative Officer</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Admin</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Instructional Officer</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Psychology</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial / Facilities</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other and Unknown Grades</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes: <br>1. Staff subject to at least one conduct and discipline that was concluded during the year</p><p>2. Conduct and discipline cases are defined as where a penalty has been imposed on a member of HMPPS staff for a reason of conduct</p><p><br>3. Contraband is considered to be any prohibited good trafficked into the prison by a member of staff</p><p>4. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers</p><p><br> ~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer, or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. In some instances, zeroes have also been suppressed in order to ensure that low numbers cannot be calculated</p><p>Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998</p><p><br> <br> <br> As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. However, the database itself is dynamic and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/06/2019 16:19:56 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133234

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of X-ray body scanners in prisons in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	266757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>We are taking urgent and decisive action to stop contraband from entering our prisons. These illicit items pose a significant threat to safety and security.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) initially trialled the use of X-ray body scanners in a small number of prisons. Based on learning from these trial sites, a significant investment was made in 2018/19 to purchase 18 newly-designed body scanners for the establishments in the 10 Prisons Project and for the Long Term and High Security estate.</p><p> </p><p>We believe X-ray scanning technology provides an effective method of confirming whether a prisoner is attempting to smuggle contraband via internal concealment.</p><p> </p><p>The future rollout and tendering of a HMPPS specific contract for X-ray body scanning technology will commence formally later in 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 266758 question first answered 27/06/2019 17:09:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133235

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 237103 on Prisons: Security, what the timetable is for the tendering and subsequent rollout of body scanners in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	266758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>We are taking urgent and decisive action to stop contraband from entering our prisons. These illicit items pose a significant threat to safety and security.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) initially trialled the use of X-ray body scanners in a small number of prisons. Based on learning from these trial sites, a significant investment was made in 2018/19 to purchase 18 newly-designed body scanners for the establishments in the 10 Prisons Project and for the Long Term and High Security estate.</p><p> </p><p>We believe X-ray scanning technology provides an effective method of confirming whether a prisoner is attempting to smuggle contraband via internal concealment.</p><p> </p><p>The future rollout and tendering of a HMPPS specific contract for X-ray body scanning technology will commence formally later in 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 266757 question first answered 27/06/2019 17:09:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133236

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints his Department has received from witnesses and victims on a failure to provide separate entrances and waiting areas in courts in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	266759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>Over the past three years, the number of complaints recorded about courts in England and Wales not having separate entrances and waiting areas for witnesses and victims is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number recorded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Our Victims Strategy, published last year, commits to improving court environments with new victim-friendly waiting areas and an emphasis on accessibility for the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/06/2019 09:44:49 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133246

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 and Young People
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 June 2019 Children's Society report on mental health, what plans he has to narrow the gap between the number of children and adolescents who are referred for mental health treatment by their GP, schools and social services and the number of children and adolescents receiving mental health treatment.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	266761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets a goal of an extra 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25 years, receiving support via NHS-funded mental health services by 2023/24. The NHS 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>Our Green Paper, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ sets out how we plan to increase the availability of support for children and young people, by reaching them in schools or colleges through:</p><p>- incentivising every school or college to identify and train a senior mental health lead;</p><p>- creating new mental health support teams in and near schools and colleges; and</p><p>- piloting a four-week waiting time to ensure swifter access to specialist NHS mental health services for those who need it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2019 10:30:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick