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834723

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of ongoing UK dialogue with Hezbollah on that organisation’s stance on terrorism.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	126168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>​There is no ongoing UK dialogue with Hizballah, with whom the UK maintains a no contact policy.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/02/2018 13:04:27 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

838402

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Hezbollah: Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of terrorist activity supported by and carried out by Hezbollah.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	127250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by Hizballah's involvement in terrorist activity in the Middle East and beyond. We condemn the threat this poses to regional security and stability. We also condemn Hizballah's military support for Asad's brutality in Syria.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/02/2018 16:33:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

837456

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the review of the transparency of Parole Board decision-making.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	126575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The review of the transparency of Parole Board decision- making remains a priority for the Government. The intention is that we will have completed the review by Easter.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2018 17:20:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

837455

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Employment: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which (a) Government Departments and (b) public sector agencies have powers to investigate breaches of (i) equality law and (ii) employment law.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	126574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission has powers to investigate breaches of equality law.</p><p>Public bodies with the powers to investigate breaches of employment law are as follows:</p><p>• HM Revenue &amp; Customs on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - breaches relating to the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage;<br>• The Employment Agency Standards inspectorate (part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) - breaches relating to the domestic regulations applicable to employment agencies and employment businesses;<br>• The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority - breaches relating to temporary labour in high risk sectors in the fresh food supply chain. The Authority also has powers to investigate modern slavery and other labour abuse offences;<br>• The Health &amp; Safety Executive, and other health &amp; safety regulators - breaches relating to health and safety at work including elements of the Working Time Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/02/2018 16:32:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

834223

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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	General Practitioners: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to ensure that General Practitioners who host medical students on placements receive adequate funding for doing so.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	125856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department and Health Education England (HEE) are currently working together to develop a consistent and transparent payment mechanism for placements in primary care settings.</p><p> </p><p>Further information around the proposed funding arrangements for 2018-19 will be confirmed in March 2018 as part of the HEE budget setting process.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2018 16:46:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

834379

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Non-commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take as a result of the post-implementation review of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	125998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The post implementation review will evaluate the effectiveness of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order. A public consultation was conducted and responses published in June 2017. A final report will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials have ongoing engagement with animal welfare NGOs on a range of issues including the movement of pet animals. Defra officials work with Border Force across a range of animal import matters including those covered by the review.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 126000 question first answered 09/02/2018 10:22:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

834381

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Non-commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) animal welfare organisations and (b) UK Border Force on the post-implementation review of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order since the end of his Department's consultation exercise on 26 October 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	126000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The post implementation review will evaluate the effectiveness of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order. A public consultation was conducted and responses published in June 2017. A final report will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials have ongoing engagement with animal welfare NGOs on a range of issues including the movement of pet animals. Defra officials work with Border Force across a range of animal import matters including those covered by the review.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 125998 question first answered 09/02/2018 10:22:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

837562

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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: Tumours
	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 a brain tumour as their main disabling condition have (a) applied for and (b) received personal independence payments in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	126681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Brain tumour is not recorded as a separate category in the main disabling condition list as recorded on the PIP computer system.</p><p>Information is published in relation to primary disabling conditions where available, this can be found on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these published statistics.</p><p>In the application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of applicants to PIP with particular conditions. Only those who have a disability assessment determination decision will have a main disabling condition recorded for them.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/02/2018 15:39:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

837561

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Tumours
	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 a brain tumour their main disabling condition have (a) applied for and (b) received Employment and Support Allowance in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	126680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Brain tumours can commonly refer to a range of different conditions depending on the type of tumour. They are also grouped with other central nervous system tumours when being recorded. As such it is not possible for us to isolate brain tumours as a separate recorded condition. The available information held relating to this condition is shown in the following tables:</p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of individuals making an initial claim to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) whose main disabling condition was recorded as relating to Brain or Central Nervous System Tumours, by year of claim start Jan 2010 to Mar 2017: Great Britain</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of ESA </strong> <strong>claim start</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Initial ESA<br> claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 (Jan - Mar)</strong></p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Number of individuals assigned to the ESA Support Group or the ESA Work Capability Group following their Work Capability Assessment (for initial, repeat or IB reassessment claims), whose main disabling condition was recorded as relating to Brain or Central Nervous System Tumours, by year of claim start or IB reassessment referral, Jan 2010 to Mar 2017: Great Britain</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of ESA claim start</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Initial ESA<br> claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Repeat ESA<br> assessments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IB<br> reassessments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 (Jan - Mar)</strong></p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source for Tables 1 and 2:</strong> Application data is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by the Healthcare Provider.</p><p><strong>Notes for Tables 1 and 2:</strong></p><ol><li>The figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “–” denotes figures that are zero or less than 50.</li><li>The information for 2017 is provided up to March 2017 only; this is the latest data available at time of request.</li><li>National roll-out of IB reassessments began in March 2011. As a result, the 2011 figures for IB reassessment in Table 2 cover the period from March to December.</li><li>An individual may have made more than one ESA claim or assessment in any given year. These individuals will only be counted once in each of the figures provided.</li><li>The following groupings have been included in this analysis:</li></ol><p>a. Malignant Neoplasm of Brain</p><p>b. Benign Neoplasm of Meninges</p><p>c. Benign Neoplasm of Brain and other parts of central nervous system</p><p>d. Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of brain and central nervous system</p><p>6. The primary medical condition recorded on the claim form does not itself confer entitlement to ESA. So, for example, a decision on entitlement for a customer claiming ESA on the basis of Malignant Neoplasm of Brain would be based on their ability to carry out the range of activities assessed by the work capability assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/02/2018 14:39:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

834757

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	Intelligence Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government with which countries the UK has no intelligence sharing agreements.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL5347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2018 answer text <p>​It is the long standing policy of successive Governments not to comment on matters of intelligence.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/02/2018 16:20:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley