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1139654

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date	17/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Mexico: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the humanitarian situation on the US-Mexico border.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	911998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>I share the hon Gentleman’s concerns about the reports of poor conditions and overcrowding in US detention facilities on the border with Mexico.</p><p>I very much welcome the steps already taken by the Administration and Congress to address these issues, including the emergency funding signed off by the President on 1 July.</p><p>These are difficult issues, and the UK has also struggled sometimes to get this right.</p><p>But we very much encourage our US friends to continue to work to improve the conditions in these facilities.</p><p>I have seen the excellent work the US has done around the world to promote human rights, and so it is important that they uphold these standards as they continue to tackle the situation at the US-Mexico border.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/07/2019 16:19:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1138823

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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: State Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department had with the previous Mayor of London on the policing of protests prior to the state visit of President Xi in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	277147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office had no discussions with the previous Mayor of London on the policing of protests prior to the state visit.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/07/2019 15:59:37 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1138824

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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: State Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his officials were party to any discussions between the previous Mayor of London and Chinese Government officials on the policing of protests prior to the state visit of President Xi in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	277148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>​Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials were not party to any discussions between the previous Mayor of London and Chinese Government officials on the policing of the protests prior to the state visit of President Xi.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/07/2019 16:07:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1138825

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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: State Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings were facilitated by his Department between the Chinese authorities and (a) other Departments, (b) the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and (c) the Metropolitan Police Service to discuss the policing of protests prior to the state visit of President Xi in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	277149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>​For any State Visit, it is standard practice for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to work closely with other government departments and the Metropolitan Police Service in support of the visit. The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office does not publicly disclose details of any discussions on security arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/07/2019 16:13:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1138826

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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: State Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any requests made to his Department by the Chinese authorities on the policing of protests against the state visit of President Xi in 2015 were passed onto (a) other Departments, (b) the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, (c) the Metropolitan Police Service and (d) the City of London Police.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	277150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office does not publicly disclose details of requests for security or security arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/07/2019 16:14:45 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1138832

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the process for allocating a case to an investigator by the Financial Ombudsman Service to reduce the time taken for that process.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	277299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) which is operationally independent from Government. The question has been passed on to the FOS. The FOS will reply directly to the member for Chichester by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/07/2019 14:03:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1138836

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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: Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment applications by people with multiple sclerosis have been returned by decision makers to assessment providers having been deemed to be of insufficient quality in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	277269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/07/2019 16:00:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1138837

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 274616 on the Rough Sleeping Support Service, how many (a) charities and (b) local authorities his Department has engaged with as part of the Rough Sleeping Support Service programme since that programme's launch.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	277283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has engaged with a wide range of local authorities and charities in and outside of London to explain how the RSSS can assist with swift immigration status checks, help those here lawfully to evidence this to unlock access to support and assist with those who wish to leave the UK. This engagement has also focused on making sure the service works for those organisations and has included meetings with leading rough sleeping charities and local authorities working to support rough sleepers and informal discussions at homelessness and rough sleeping conferences. Due to the broad and varying nature of the engagement it is difficult to provide an exact figure of the number of organisations involved.</p><p>The team of up to five casework staff were assigned to the RSSS from within Immigration Enforcement. Where this transfer involved staff ceasing other duties, the work was absorbed by other teams without impacting the delivery of business.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 277284 question first answered 22/07/2019 17:03:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1138838

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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: Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis have requested a copy of their personal independence payment assessment report following a face-to-face assessment in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	277270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>To gather this information, each claim would have to be looked at individually, therefore could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/07/2019 14:15:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1138839

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of applications for personal independence payments that were (a) refused and (b) reduced based on informal observations made of the applicant upon face to face assessment.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	277271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Informal observations form part of the suite of evidence used by Health Professionals at the face to face assessment to help Case Managers determine entitlement to benefit, along with medical evidence, history of conditions, social and occupational history, functional history including the ‘typical day’ and the functional examination.</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found at paragraph 1.6 in the Personal Independence Payment Assessment Guide at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-the-assessment-process#carrying-out-pip-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-the-assessment-process#carrying-out-pip-assessments</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 277818 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:16:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield