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1007829

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2018
	date	15/11/2018
	date tabled	15/11/2018
	ddp created	15/11/2018 19:12:37
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	20/11/2018 11:45:08 20/11/2018 17:05:06
	hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
	house id	1
	identifier	191954
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 16:33:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017, HCWS 265, Toxicology, how many toxicology tests commissioned by local authorities resulted in erroneous results which altered a child protection decision.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 191954
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191954
	version	7
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The department wrote to all local authorities in England asking them to review whether they had commissioned forensic tests from Trimega Laboratories Limited between January 2010 and April 2014. 131 local authorities have confirmed that they used the services of Trimega Laboratories Limited during this period.</p><p> </p><p>It is unlikely that decisions about the welfare of children will have been taken solely on the basis of toxicology test results, as this would only form part of the evidence that local authorities consider when making decisions about vulnerable children. The department does not have oversight of individual decisions made in local authority areas but have asked local authorities to consider whether any additional action is necessary in order to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities.</p>
	creator	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1011620

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	21/11/2018
	date tabled	21/11/2018
	ddp created	21/11/2018 20:17:52
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	ddp modified	26/11/2018 16:45:06 27/11/2018 11:46:01
	hansard heading	Court of Justice of the European Union
	house id	1
	identifier	194219
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/11/2018 11:14:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, for what reason the provisions in Article 174 granting the Court of Justice of the European Union the jurisdiction to provide an interpretation of Union Law and of the Agreement was included.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 194219
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194219
	version	5
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Under the Withdrawal Agreement, if there is a dispute which involves a question on the interpretation of EU law, the panel will not decide on that question, but request the CJEU to give a ruling on it. It will, however, still be for the arbitration panel to rule on the dispute itself.</p><p>Under the EU Treaties, the CJEU is the only body which can deliver interpretations of EU law which bind the EU and its Member States. If the arbitration panel was empowered to interpret EU law and bind the EU and its Member States to this interpretation, it would be considered unlawful by the CJEU and prevent the EU from being able to sign up to such a provision.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1020609

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/12/2018
	date	06/12/2018
	date tabled	06/12/2018
	ddp created	06/12/2018 20:56:46
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	10/12/2018 10:55:05 12/12/2018 17:23:07
	hansard heading	Females: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	identifier	199795
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/12/2018 16:51:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support SMEs that are run by women.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 199795
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199795
	version	5
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting all entrepreneurs to start and grow a business, and as part of our Industrial Strategy, we have taken steps to encourage women to start a business. There are now 1.1 million female-led small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, which accounts for 19% of SMEs in the UK, 5% higher than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>There are 38 Growth Hubs across England which provide localised information, guidance, expertise and finance for businesses at any stage of their growth. We know that 45% of callers to the Business Support Helpline in 2017/18 were women.</p><p> </p><p>The Government-backed British Business Bank provides Start-Up Loans for individuals wishing to start a business and women account for 39% of recipients. The Scheme started in 2012 and as at the end of September 2018, the Start Up Loans programme had lent £450m to more than 59,000 entrepreneurs. The Bank is also conducting a review into the specific barriers female-led businesses face in accessing Venture Capital.</p><p> </p><p>I would also like to point out that on 21 September 2018, the Treasury launched a review into the barriers women face getting into business. This is led by Alison Rose, Chief Executive of RBS Commercial and Private Banking. This review will bolster our work to make it easier for them to access the support they need to get their ideas off the ground and grow their businesses.</p>
	creator	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1052420

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/02/2019
	date	01/02/2019
	date tabled	01/02/2019
	ddp created	01/02/2019 16:09:44
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	05/02/2019 16:45:07 14/02/2019 17:06:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	identifier	215605
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/02/2019 16:34:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the effect of universal credit on the mental health of applicants with terminal illness; and how many applicant applied for universal credit under the special rules in 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 215605
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215605
	version	5
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department takes seriously the need to support vulnerable claimants. We are committed to supporting those with physical and mental health conditions, and ensuring that terminally ill patients are treated with the utmost sensitivity and care, when making a claim to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit provides enhanced personalised support for people. Universal Credit is simplifying the benefits system. All claimants, including vulnerable claimants and those with mental health conditions, receive continuous tailored support managed through personal work coaches, who know each person. We have started to deliver additional training in mental health that will be available to work coaches to build their expertise and provide the most effective support.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuously reviewing and improving the service for vulnerable people who claim Universal Credit to ensure that it is accessible and responsive to their needs. This includes how they are identified and supported, either from our own staff or via referrals from local services.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on special rules is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. We have committed to explore options around data sharing with the SSAC to consider how current practices could be enhanced. Analysts are currently investigating the availability of this data further.</p>
	creator	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1081777

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/03/2019
	date	04/03/2019
	date tabled	04/03/2019
	ddp created	04/03/2019 22:57:40
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	06/03/2019 11:56:38 11/03/2019 18:18:02
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Parental Leave and Parental Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	228084
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/03/2019 17:46:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to extend (a) maternity and (b) paternity leave and pay for parents of (i) very sick and (ii) premature children.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 228084
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	228084
	version	5
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Officials in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have now completed the preliminary work on the internal review of the provisions for parents of premature, sick and multiple babies. This work sought to obtain a high-level understanding of the barriers to participating in the labour market that these parents can face.</p><p>The purpose of this preliminary work was to provide initial advice to Ministers, including identifying potential areas for further work.</p><p>I will consider this advice and expect to be in a position to say more about next steps in due course.</p>
	creator	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1088681

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/03/2019
	date	14/03/2019
	date tabled	14/03/2019
	ddp created	14/03/2019 19:09:30
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	18/03/2019 15:55:24 19/03/2019 14:47:02
	hansard heading	Health Services: Veterans
	house id	1
	identifier	232564
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/03/2019 14:15:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations in relation to health from Lord Ashcroft's Veterans' Transition Review published in February 2014.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 232564
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	232564
	version	5
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>All the significant recommendations from Lord Ashcroft’s Veterans’ Transition Review have been implemented and are now routine business for the Ministry of Defence (MOD). In May 2018, Lord Ashcroft stepped down as the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Veterans’ Transition. In his letter to the Prime Minister, he said that while work remains to be done, “<em>I am pleased with the many practical changes that have been brought about as a result of the Transition Review, and that the whole issue of veterans’ transition now has a higher profile in government and beyond</em>.” The full text of Lord Ashcroft’s letter to the Prime Minister, along with a copy of the Review, follow-up reports and associated documents can be found at the following address:</p><p><strong>http://www.veteranstransition.co.uk/</strong></p><p> </p><p>This Government is not complacent, and we are working to further support our military veterans. In November 2018 the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments published an evidence-based ‘<em>Strategy for our veterans</em>’ which will work to ensure veterans’ issues are considered, coordinated and delivered across the UK <strong>(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategy-for-our-veterans).</strong> This builds on existing progress, including in health issues where specific care pathways for veterans have been developed around mental health and prosthetic aftercare.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Strategy we are also this year introducing a holistic transition policy. Transition support currently provided by the MOD largely focuses on employment support, delivered by the Career Transition Partnership (CTP), which supports Service leavers in their transition from military to civilian life through a range of career and employment support services including skills development workshops, seminars, resettlement training advice, vocational training courses, career consultancy, one-to-one guidance and job finding support.  However, transition is far wider than finding employment, and relates to the significant life changing processes which affect both the Service person and their immediate family through the entire time they are within or connected to the Armed Forces, through to discharge and beyond, which need to be appropriately addressed to ensure successful transition into civilian life.  This will include transition to civilian health care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

800731

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	29/11/2017
	date tabled	29/11/2017
	ddp created	05/12/2017 01:52:31
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	08/12/2017 11:55:11 08/12/2017 14:48:03
	hansard heading	Employment: HIV Infection
	house id	1
	identifier	117352
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/12/2017 14:16:42
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many cases of HIV-related workplace discrimination have been reported, in each of the last three years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 117352
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	117352
	version	5
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Employment Tribunal Service case management system does not collect or hold the level of detail of information requested, which could only be obtained from the paper records of each tribunal office.</p><p> </p><p>People with HIV are automatically considered disabled for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 and afforded all the relevant protections under its provisions, which make it unlawful to discriminate against people because of a disability in matters of employment, education and the provision of goods and services.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

838527

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/02/2018
	date	07/02/2018
	date tabled	07/02/2018
	ddp created	07/02/2018 21:14:15
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/02/2018 11:55:05 26/02/2018 15:21:02
	hansard heading	Furs: Import Controls
	house id	1
	identifier	127347
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/02/2018 14:49:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to reduce imports of fur to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 127347
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	127347
	version	5
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Existing EU regulations mean that some skin and fur products may never be legally imported into the UK for commercial use. These include cat and dog fur and products as well as seal skins and products from commercial hunts. Regulations banning the import of these furs will remain in force after the UK has left the EU, as these will be converted into UK domestic law through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.</p><p>It is important that the UK work effectively at international levels to agree animal welfare standards and phase out cruel and inhumane farming and hunting practices. It is the Government’s view that an international rules-based approach will lead to a higher level of animal welfare worldwide.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

850674

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/03/2018
	date	27/02/2018
	date tabled	27/02/2018
	ddp created	27/02/2018 21:33:14
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	05/03/2018 10:05:39 07/03/2018 11:11:09
	hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
	house id	1
	identifier	129923
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/03/2018 10:36:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether those NHS trusts which have created subsidiary companies have conducted an equalities impact assessment regarding that change.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 129923
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	129923
	version	5
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Where trusts are in the process of setting up subsidiary companies, they are required under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 to conduct an equalities impact assessment regarding that change.</p>
	creator	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

895305

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2018
	date	01/05/2018
	date tabled	01/05/2018
	ddp created	01/05/2018 20:03:10
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	03/05/2018 14:35:05 08/05/2018 16:37:02
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	140087
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/05/2018 16:06:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Treasury Committee on 25 April 2018, on the work of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will break down the £23 billion in reserves held by local authorities and identify the proportion of those reserves that are unearmarked or not ring-fenced.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 140087
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	140087
	version	5
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Of the £23.1 billion in revenue reserves held by English local authorities as of 31 March 2017, non-ringfenced reserves make up £21.0 billion and have increased by 47 per cent since 31 March 2011.</p><p>Of this, unallocated reserves amount to around £4.2 billion. It is for individual local authorities to decide on the level of unearmaked reserves that they should hold, based on their known financial commitments and risk appetite.</p><p>Reserves data is published in Table 7 as part of MHCLG’s Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing:2016-17 Final Outturn, England data publication.</p>
	creator	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell