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1134983

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference the June 2019 report of the Children’s Commissioner, We need to talk: access to speech and language therapy, if he will meet with the Local Government Association to discuss the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of that report.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	269599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring more effective support for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). Ministers from the Department for Education (DfE) regularly meet with local government to discuss issues relating to special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including SLCN.</p><p> </p><p>On 20 May 2019, we held the first SEND ministerial roundtable meeting between ministers from the DfE, Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and key SEND stakeholders to help inform future SEND policy. We will also be using these meetings to help inform the SEND System Leadership Board which aims to improve joint working and strategic commissioning for all children and young people with SEND, including those with SLCN.</p><p> </p><p>On 20 June 2019, the government issued a letter to I CAN and The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. That letter responded to the Bercow One Year Anniversary update report, and was co-signed by ministers from the DfE, DHSC and the Ministry of Justice. The letter reaffirms our commitment to supporting children and young people with SLCN, and sets out the key action the government is taking to address SLCN. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/07/2019 09:36:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1135173

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions his Department has had with banks on the retrospective application of the Authorised Push Payment Scams voluntary code.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	270386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>A new industry voluntary Contingent Reimbursement Model Code for Authorised Push Payment Scam was introduced on 28 May 2019.</p><p><br>Customers of those payment service providers that are signatories are protected under the Code from this date. At the outset of the design of the Code, the steering group stated that it will only apply to APP scams occurring after its implementation.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/07/2019 15:43:30 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1135174

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	USA: Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his US counterpart on (a) the human rights of (i) children and (ii) others held without provision of (A) soap, (B) toothbrushes and (C) beds in the US-run border detention centres on the US-Mexican border and (b) closing those centres; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	270324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of recent concerning reports describing conditions for children in US detention facilities. The US Congress passed a Bill on 27 June providing emergency funding, including humanitarian support, in part to help address those conditions. We will continue to monitor the situation, though immigration policy in the US is of course a matter for the US Government, just as immigration policy in the UK is decided by the British Government.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 270327 question first answered 03/07/2019 15:24:06 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1135179

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Network Rail's emergency maintenance on the rail network in the past five years.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	270388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>It is a matter for the independent regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), to assess the effectiveness of NR’s maintenance activity and its impact on the performance of the rail network. ORR reports every six months on its assessment of how Network Rail is performing in the “Network Rail Monitor”, which is available on the ORR’s website at ORR.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/07/2019 09:06:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1135186

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Incinerators: Waste Heat Recovery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the locations of waste incinerators that supply energy for district heating.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	270242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department works with colleagues in Defra to collate publicly available information on waste-incinerators in England and Wales which received planning permission or environmental permits to be ‘enabled’ to supply heat through district heating facilities. This is published on the Renewable Energy Planning database page on Gov.uk. It is a commercial decision for the enabled facility whether to then supply heat through the district network; this information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Based on this information the locations (as of March this year) of waste incinerators which are heat and power ‘enabled’ are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Coventry &amp; Solihull Waste Disposal Company</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastcroft Energy-from-Waste</p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton Thermal Recovery Facility</p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cross Green Energy Recovery Facility</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln Energy-from-Waste</p></td><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield Energy Recovery Facility</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Energy Recovery Centre</p></td><td><p>Cleveland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yard Energy-from-Waste</p></td><td><p>Devon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ardley Energy-from-Waste</p></td><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility</p></td><td><p>South Glamorgan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SELCHP Energy Recovery Facility</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fibrepower, Slough</p></td><td><p>Berkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edmonton EcoPark Energy-from-Waste</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runcorn Energy-from-Waste</p></td><td><p>Cheshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Twinwoods Heat and Power CHP</p></td><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/07/2019 16:35:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1135191

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
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 many (a) private and (b) social sector buildings have not started work on removing and replacing ACM cladding.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	270391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>As of 31 May 2019, a total of 146 private sector residential buildings, and 21 social sector residential buildings with Aluminium Composite Material cladding are yet to begin remediation. This information can be found as part of the latest Building Safety Programme Monthly Data Release at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807417/Building_Safety_Data_Release_-_May_2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807417/Building_Safety_Data_Release_-_May_2019.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/07/2019 15:51:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135192

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 many and what proportion of fire doors in high-rise social housing blocks provide 30 minutes protection in accordance with building requirements.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	270392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the characteristics of fire doors in situ in high rise social housing blocks.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/07/2019 15:52:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135196

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of targeted automated phone scams reported in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	270395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold this data centrally. Information on recorded fraud levels can be downloaded and found in table A5 of the Office of National Statistics website, at the following address:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables</a></p><p>The particular breakdown of reported, targeted automated phone scams reported in 2018 may be recorded under other fraud headings.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/07/2019 16:15:30 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1135200

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will list the organisations from the (a) medical sector and (b) scientific community that have contacted his Department calling for a net zero target (i) by 2030 and (ii) by any other date earlier than 2050.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	270243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave him on 18th June to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-10/262226/" target="_blank">262226</a> and on 25th June to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-19/266627/" target="_blank">266627</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/07/2019 15:41:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1135201

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	USA: Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his US counterpart on publishing the number of children who are being held in US-run detention centres on the US-Mexican border.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	270327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of recent concerning reports describing conditions for children in US detention facilities. The US Congress passed a Bill on 27 June providing emergency funding, including humanitarian support, in part to help address those conditions. We will continue to monitor the situation, though immigration policy in the US is of course a matter for the US Government, just as immigration policy in the UK is decided by the British Government.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 270324 question first answered 03/07/2019 15:24:06 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas