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687134

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Females: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how Sustainable Development Goal 5 has been incorporated into the Government Equality Office's single department plan.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office is part of the Department for Education. The Department’s single Departmental plan is currently being updated to allow for, amongst other things, the inclusion of the relevant parts of the Sustainable Development Goals. The revised plan is currently due to be published this spring.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/02/2017 17:37:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

688066

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how the Government plans to increase the level of engagement between government, civil society and women's organisations on gender equality.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities and I have regular meetings and engagement with women’s organisations and organisations that represent the views of women. In November last year we held our Annual National NGO Consultation Event, organised by the Government Equalities Office, where we heard the views of around 100 women’s organisations from across the UK. We will be looking forward to taking part in a variety of events and activities to mark International Women’s Day and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in March 2017.</p><p>We are currently looking at how we can make better use of social media and other digital channels to increase the reach and frequency of our engagement with women’s groups.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2017 09:33:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

688067

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Females: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with her Cabinet colleagues on the implementation plan for Sustainable Development Goal 5.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with my ministerial colleagues at which we discuss a range of issues related to gender equality, including the implementation of SDG5.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2017 09:32:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

688065

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure the effective application of the public sector equality duty.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Each public authority is responsible for ensuring compliance with the public sector equality duty within its organisation. The Government Equalities Office is currently updating its guidance on the public sector equality duty for Government Departments, in addition to the provision of ongoing support and training as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2017 09:33:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670199

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Labour Mobility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants in each unit of her Department are in the redeployment pool.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>There are no civil servants in the redeployment pool.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/01/2017 17:50:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

668926

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide a London weighting to children eligible for the 30 hours free childcare or education offer.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	58863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the Early Years National Funding Formula consultation, alongside detailed tables of allocations to each local authority, on <br>1 December. Allocations are made using the Early Years National Funding Formula, which includes an Area Cost Adjustment to reflect the differing costs of childcare in different parts of the country.</p><p><br>These documents can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/early-years-funding-changes-to-funding-for-3-and-4-year-olds</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/01/2017 15:20:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

668925

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children eligible for the 30 hours free childcare or education offer are in receipt of the offer in London.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	58864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s 30 hours’ childcare entitlement goes live from September 2017, so data on take-up is not yet available. However, in the London borough of Newham some children are already receiving a 30 hours place as part of our early implementation programme, which is testing innovative ways of delivering 30 hours and sharing good practice to support national roll-out starting in September.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/01/2017 17:29:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126557

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last 12 months; what proportion that leave was of total sick leave taken in his Department; and what the cost was to his Department of officials taking sick leave over that period.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	254066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of employees in the Department from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 who were absent due to mental health reasons, including stress was 46, this represented 3% of the total workforce. The proportion of sickness absence related to mental health reasons, including stress, was 22% of the overall sickness absence for the Department for the same time period.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost to the Department from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 for employees taking sickness absence, is estimated at £936,927.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/05/2019 10:28:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

994509

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2018
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	183818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence do not hold this information. Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Research Authority, Human Tissue Authority and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have nationality data available. However, due to low numbers we are able to provide this information due to the risk that individuals may be identified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s remaining agencies and non-departmental bodies hold nationality data and this has been included in the following table. Data is accurate as of 30 September. Contextual information to this data should be noted as it has a significant impact on the validity of the data held.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Number of employees who are citizens of non-United Kingdom European Union countries</p></td><td><p>Contextual Information</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>Nationality data is not held for 135 members of staff.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>Nationality data is not monitored once individuals have been verified at the recruitment stage. As a result, the actual number of EU nationals could differ. This also does not account for EU citizens married to UK nationals, or those who hold dual nationality.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Digital</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education England</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Improvement</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>Nationality data is not held for 54.9% of staff.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>Nationality data is not held for 29.1% of staff as this is based on individuals wishing to disclose this information.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/11/2018 13:09:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

882247

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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	Motor Neurone Disease
	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 his Oral Answer of 20 March 2018, Official Report, column 156, on motor neurone disease, which projects received that £52 million investment; and which 24 clinical trials are being recruited to.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	135354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In 2016-17, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) invested £52.2 million into health research covered by the ‘Neurological conditions’ category of the UK Health Research Classification System. This £52.2 million was used to fund and support a range of research studies and research infrastructure for neurological conditions and within that, £4.58 million was spent specifically on Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and closely-related conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR provides the support, expertise and facilities that the NHS needs to undertake world-leading research funded by the NIHR, and other public, charity and life sciences industry partners, by funding a range of infrastructure facilities.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR Clinical Research Network is currently supporting 19 non-commercial studies and clinical trials on MND and closely-related conditions which are open and recruiting participants. The non-commercial studies are listed in the table below. There are currently two commercial studies which are also recruiting participants.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016-17, the NIHR Research Infrastructure supported 23 studies and trials on MND and closely-related conditions in the NIHR Biomedical Research Centres, Units and other research infrastructure. The majority of these studies have been funded by research charities including the Motor Neurone Disease Association, other research funders and the life sciences industry.</p><p> </p><p>NIHR Clinical Research Network supported Non-Commercial studies on MND and closely-related conditions which are open and recruiting participants</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>CPMS Study ID</p></td><td><p>Study Short Name</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12497</p></td><td><p>Trajectories of Outcome in Neurological Conditions Phase 3 Consent and questionnaire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12495</p></td><td><p>Trajectories of Outcome in Neurological Conditions Phase 2 Demographics and Clinical Info</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12768</p></td><td><p>Motor System Genomics, version 1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6160</p></td><td><p>ALS Biomarkers Study</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35238</p></td><td><p>Tonic 2 Phase 4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20690</p></td><td><p>MND Register for England, Wales and Northern Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12118</p></td><td><p>Trajectories of Outcome in Neurological Conditions Phase 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13182</p></td><td><p>CSF collection in patients with neurodegenerative diseases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16242</p></td><td><p>BioMOx Phase 2: The Oxford Study for Biomarkers in Motor Neuron Disease</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31877</p></td><td><p>A Multicentre Biomarker Study in Neurodegeneration</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20372</p></td><td><p>Contributing clinical MRI scans to multi-centre collaboration</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19128</p></td><td><p>Tongue EIM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17831</p></td><td><p>Using MRI to investigate energy metabolism in MND</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>34909</p></td><td><p>Improving support for family and friends caring for people with MND</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35042</p></td><td><p>Serial fasciculation measurements in motor neurone disease</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17557</p></td><td><p>Care Augmentation by Location-linked messaging CALL-Me</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>32678</p></td><td><p>MIROCALS_H2020/PHRC-N/2014/GB-01_ID-IL-2_Neuro-Inflammation in ALS Pts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36434</p></td><td><p>Change in MND</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>37175</p></td><td><p>ProSec 3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/04/2018 14:15:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake