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1148117

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment the Government has made of the compatibility of the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement with (a) the UK leaving the EU without a deal and (b) the Irish backstop.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	294247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK Government is unconditionally committed to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and its successors, and to maintaining the rights of the people of Northern Ireland and North-South Cooperation in all circumstances, whatever the outcome of Brexit.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government wants and is working to achieve a new deal with the EU. However, the Government’s position is that a no deal EU Exit would not be a breach of the provisions of the Belfast Agreement.</ins></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/10/2019 16:59:54 question first ministerially corrected 09/10/2019 09:02:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker previous answer version 139057 answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith answering member 4118
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1148123

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings officials in his Departmental have had with EU officials in each of the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	294100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/10/2019 15:52:59 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1148124

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
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	Hospitals: Construction
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 his Department's News story, New hospital building programme, published on 29 September 2019, what criteria his Department used to determine which NHS trusts were eligible for funding under that programme to develop new hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	294244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>On 29 September, the Government announced the largest hospital building programme in a generation as part of a new Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP) that is backed by a long-term programme of investment. The plan’s new, strategic approach will ensure the health service will have world-class facilities for patients and staff for the long term.</p><p>The HIP1 and HIP2 schemes were selected through the following process:</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement conducted a strategic assessment of hospital estates and came up with a list of priority schemes. These were selected on the basis of age and/or where a combination of other metrics that indicated a high need for investment in the estate. This included the consideration of the high value scheme bids submitted by providers as part of previous sustainability and transformation partnership (STP) capital rounds, and other relevant previous representations by trusts and STPs. The other metrics being - Estates and facilities running costs; backlog costs; Critical Infrastructure Risk (a subset of the highest risk elements of backlog with a potential for significant impact e.g. fire safety); unused and functionally unsuitable space; and incidents having an impact on clinical services.</p><p>Based on that, a small number of schemes were identified as being suitable to fully fund now, given their advanced level of readiness to deliver in near future. These are the 6 projects for HIP1.</p><p>The remaining list of priority schemes was then further filtered based on a combination of criteria, including the level of Critical Infrastructure Risk in the estate and an overall check of the regional breakdown (to make sure no regions were over or under-represented), and engagements through NHS regional teams. This gave us the 21 projects identified to receive seed funding to kick start their schemes, ready for building in HIP2.</p><p>HIP scheme selection was not specifically discussed at the NHS Property Board, which did not meet during the period when final decisions were made. However, the underlying principles and issues have been discussed previously by the NHS Property Board and members were involved in discussions that led to the final selection of schemes.</p><p>Schemes will be required to submit business cases to provide the required standard assurance on the key features including patient benefits, value for money and commercial terms etc. A number of the six HIP1 schemes have submitted business cases to NHS Improvement previously but these will need to be developed further or revised to align with the current scope of their scheme. The Department is looking to speed up and streamline the business case process and approvals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/10/2019 15:54:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1148125

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with her counterparts in EU Member States to help ensure that take charge requests are submitted to the UK before its departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	294238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/10/2019 16:11:18 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1148131

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Carry Over Motions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, which of the 48 remaining orders and notices listed on the Order Paper for Monday 30 September 2019 will be carried over into a subsequent session of Parliament following any prorogation of the current session.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	294241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to paragraph 8.6 of Erskine May, which sets out the effect of prorogation on business. Erskine May is now available online and paragraph 8.6 can be viewed at <a href="https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/6499/effect-of-prorogation/" target="_blank">https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/6499/effect-of-prorogation/</a>. Any primary legislation that has been subject to a carry-over motion agreed by the House will be carried over into the second session.</p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg question first answered 08/10/2019 16:01:12 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1148132

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will detail the definitions of (a) concerted indiscipline and (b) violent incident required to be used at (i) HMP Parc and (ii) HMP Cardiff; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	294105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The definitions of concerted indiscipline and assaults are:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Concerted indiscipline: </strong>the number of incidents in which two or more prisoners act together in defiance of a lawful instruction or against the requirements of the regime of the establishment. The act of indiscipline can be active or passive (i.e. involving aggression and violence or not) and the protagonists do not necessarily need to be acting in a common cause.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Assaults: </strong>refer to unwanted physical contact between two or more individuals, excluding lawful use of force by staff (but including where staff are assaulted during use of force) or anything of a purely verbal or threatening nature.</p><p> </p><p>Assaults in prison custody cover a wide range of violent incidents including fights between prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Serious assaults are those which involve one or more of the following: a sexual assault, results in detention in outside hospital as an in-patient, requires medical treatment for concussion or internal injuries. It also includes incurring any of the following injuries: a fracture, scald or burn, stabbing, crushing, extensive or multiple bruising, black eye, broken nose, lost or broken tooth, cuts requiring suturing, bites, temporary or permanent blindness.</p><p> </p><p>We do not tolerate violence or disruptive behaviour in our prisons. We’ve recruited 4,366 additional officers and are spending an extra £100m, introducing tough airport-style security, x-ray scanners and phone-blocking technology. We are also committed to ensuring our prison officers have the tools they need to do the job safely with body worn cameras, ‘police-style’ handcuffs and restraints, and PAVA incapacitant spray.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/10/2019 15:45:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1148133

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many BAME prisoners were held at (a) HMP Parc and (b) HMP Cardiff prison under (i) remand and (ii) sentence following decisions by courts outside of Wales in each year since 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	294106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The below table indicates non white (includes prisoners with ‘not stated’ and ‘not recorded’ ethnicities) prisoners in HMPs Cardiff and Parc with an associated court outside of Wales (includes prisoners with ‘Court not recorded’).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>30/06/2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/06/2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/06/2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/06/2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/06/2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>105</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remand</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Criminal</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/10/2019 15:43:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1148134

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the statistics collected by his Department from across the prison estate can be broken down into (a) individual episodes of self-harm and (b) episodes of self-harm by an individual in (i) HMP Parc and (ii) HMP Cardiff prisons; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	294107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/10/2019 15:43:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1148139

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
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	NHS Trusts: Mergers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of services are retained in each hospital following mergers in NHS Trusts in England in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	294222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Powers under Section 56A and 56AA of the NHS Act 2006 enables a National Health Service foundation trust to merge with another foundation trust or NHS trust. NHS Improvement as the independent regulator does not collate the information requested.</p><p>Every merger is different, but each will integrate the services of trusts to ensure the delivery of high-quality NHS services. A successful merger enables trusts to join together to gain the benefits of a larger organisation, such as releasing economies of scale; improving patient care and manage resources more effectively than either organisation can achieve alone.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/10/2019 10:28:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1148163

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the circulation of fake content online.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	294108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper set out the Government's plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. We intend to establish a new statutory duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator, to ensure companies have appropriate processes in place to deal with harmful content on their service, and keep their users safe. Disinformation is one of the harms proposed to be in scope of the regulator.</p><p> </p><p>The White Paper also set out a commitment for Government to develop a new online Media Literacy Strategy. The strategy will help citizens to think critically about the content that they are consuming, and to better identify disinformation online.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 08/10/2019 11:01:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley