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770013

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2016 to Question 48814, on slavery, if she will provide further data for (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	107708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referrals that have been suspended before Reasonable and Conclusive Grounds decision stages between 2009 and 2016. NRM decisions are suspended when it is not possible to gather further information to make a decision, for example if the Competent Authority decision makers become aware that the individual referred has gone missing. In such cases, the Competent Authority must ensure the missing individual has been reported to the police.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Potential Victims Referred to National Referral Mechanism (NRM)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Potential victim reported exploitation as</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Suspended Pre-Reasonable Grounds decision</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Suspended Pre-Conclusive Grounds decision</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2009</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>534</p></td><td><p>Adult (385)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (149)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>712</p></td><td><p>Adult (525)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (187)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>945</p></td><td><p>Adult (647)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (298)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>2012</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>1183</p></td><td><p>Adult (812)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (370)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown (1)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>1745</p></td><td><p>Adult (1,297)</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (448)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2339</p></td><td><p>Adult (1,667)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (672)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2015</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>3262</p></td><td><p>Adult (2,284)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (978)</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2016</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>3804</p></td><td><p>Adult (2,527)</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor (1277)</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that children who have been trafficked receive the right support, including through the national roll-out of Independent Child Trafficking Advocates. The Advocates will help to protect trafficked children from further harm, including preventing children from being re-trafficked or going missing.</p><p>On 16 January, the Home Secretary announced the award of £2.2m from the Child Trafficking Protection Fund (CTPF) to seven organisations to protect vulnerable children in the UK and overseas who are at risk of trafficking. The CTPF has two objectives. First, victim support and recovery, including specialist care to trafficked children. Second, reducing vulnerability to exploitation, by preventing trafficked children from going missing and potentially being re-trafficked. The projects cover a range of proposals including tailored support for trafficking victims from various cultures, developing skills and expertise in local areas, and a specialist accommodation pilot.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:23:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

782808

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of her Department's public phone-lines charge members of the public to call.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	111091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has 24 public phone lines in use across its contact centres. All of these numbers are chargeable.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:24:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

783158

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Organised Crime: Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of child exploitation by criminal gangs across Merseyside.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	111303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Intelligence and information on child criminal exploitation is collected at individual force level and Merseyside Police will hold the relevant information. At a national level, the National Crime Agency (NCA) is responsible for producing a national threat assessment on county lines based on information provided by individual forces and Regional Organised Crime Units and this includes child criminal exploitation. The next national threat assessment by the NCA is due to be published very shortly.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking firm action to tackle the issue of child criminal exploitation and county lines this includes: publishing new guidance for practitioners on identifying county lines and helping those being exploited; funding a pilot service for exploited young people caught up in county lines drugs running; match-funding local reviews to build resilience in areas where there are concerns about county lines; and we will be shortly implementing new powers to enable the police to close down mobile phone numbers that are being used to deal drugs as part of the county lines model.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:29:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

788624

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution: Criminal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effect of Disclosure and Barring Service regulations on prostitution-related offences on the prospects of women who want to leave prostitution.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	112523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Affairs Select Committee report on prostitution recommended erasing prostitution-specific criminal records. However, as set out in the Government response, we believe that a greater understanding of the prevalence and nature of prostitution in England and Wales is required prior to considering further changes to relevant policy and legislation. The Home Office has committed £150,000 to commission this research.</p><p> </p><p>It is up to employers to decide on the suitability of any applicant for any job, taking into account all the information available, which may include criminal records information as appropriate to the role applied for.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:30:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

789144

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with whom she plans to consult on new measures to tackle domestic violence and abuse; and when that consultation will commence.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	112890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We will be publishing a public consultation later this year to inform the development of our domestic abuse programme. We recognise how important it is to get this right which is why we have already been in close contact with key partners and experts to shape our thinking. We will welcome responses from anyone who wishes to contribute, and we will be engaging with a range of partners including professionals, victims, experts and wider communities.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:30:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

789289

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
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 Answers of 7 September 2017 to Questions 6955 and 8408, what public appointments process was used to appoint the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner for a second term; and how his performance in that role was reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	113075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner was appointed by Government on a three-year fixed term contract which ends later this year.</p><p>Decisions in relation to this appointment will be taken in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments published on 16 December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:33:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

790126

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of cheap, super-strength alcohol on levels of crime and antisocial behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	113328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The association between the consumption of cheap, super-strength beers and ciders and anti-social behaviour and low level crime is well known. The Government has set out its approach to reducing alcohol-related crime and disorder in the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, published in 2016.</p><p>Alcohol-related violent incidents, as measured by the Crime Survey for England and Wales, has fallen from 901,000 in 2009/10 to 491,000 in 2015/16; the proportion of people reporting drunk or rowdy behaviour as a problem in their neighbourhood has also fallen, from 24% in 2009/10 to 16% in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:36:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

790151

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reparation orders have been made under section 8 of the Modern Slavery Act in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>No slavery and trafficking reparation orders have been made since their introduction under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 coming into force for offences committed after 31<sup>st</sup> July 2015. They can only be made once someone has been convicted of a relevant offence and the Crown Court has made a confiscation order against them. Modern slavery prosecutions are complex and often take a long time to complete. As the number of concluded prosecutions rise, we expect to see a rise in the number of reparation orders.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2017 17:34:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

788596

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many and what proportion of parliamentary staff are employed on fixed term contracts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	112746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>As at 31 October 2017, 264 staff were employed on fixed term contracts. This represents 9.8% of staff employed by the House of Commons Commission.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 20/11/2017 14:05:11 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

786780

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) trainee general practitioners and (b) other medical and administrative staff in the NHS have their pay administered by outsourced firms; and what the total value is of contracts for such pay administration with outsourced firms.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	112329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>General practitioner (GP) registrars are employed, and therefore paid, either by a lead employer or directly by a training GP practice. Information about which GP practices outsource administration of their payroll, and the total value of these contracts, is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The number of other medical and administrative staff in the National Health Service who have their pay administered by outsourced firms, and the total value of these contracts, is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:23:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

786830

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase capacity in general practice in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	112399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In April 2016, the General Practice Forward View set out a package of investment in general practice. This included a number of reforms which will increase capacity in general practice through recruitment and retention of general practitioners (GPs) and the wider workforce, and investment in extended access to GP services and the Time for Care programme.</p><p> </p><p>By 2020 the Government has committed to 5,000 additional GPs and 5,000 other staff in general practice; and by March 2019 everyone having access to GP services, including sufficient routine appointments at evenings and weekends to meet locally determined demand.</p><p> </p><p>The Time for Care programme will spread awareness of innovations that will help release capacity in general practice and facilitate local change programmes to implement them. Examples of these innovations include active signposting and developing the team. It is estimated that most practices can expect to release about 10% of GP time. The Time for Care programme provides support for groups of practices to implement their choice of the actions. To date, this has covered 115 clinical commissioning groups, available to 3,974 practices.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17 £2,000,000 of funding was awarded to NHS Crawley Clinical Commissioning Group to improve local GP practice resilience and sustainability and improve access to local GP services for patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:25:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

786845

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase GP training to improve the detection of bowel cancer.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	112382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. The GMC has the general function of promoting high standards of education and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that medical students and newly qualified doctors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice. Continuing professional and personal development for registered professionals employed in the National Health Service is a matter for employers and those individuals.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:26:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

786846

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to monitor adherence to waiting-time standards for suspected bowel cancer.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	112383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining and improving patient access standards, including the eight cancer waiting times standards is a key objective of the Mandate to NHS England in 2017/18. NHS England has set out their approach to meeting and improving patient access standards in the ‘Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View’ which was produced in partnership with organisations including NHS Improvement.</p><p> </p><p>The Department uses performance data published on a monthly basis by NHS England to monitor compliance with the cancer waiting times standards and there are robust processes in place to hold NHS England and NHS Improvement to account for performance and ensure compliance with the cancer standard is discussed in the course of this process.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data for September 2017 showed that the National Health Service is meeting seven out of the eight cancer waiting times standards. The data can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:31:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

786906

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish a cancer workforce strategy.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	112200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England has been working closely with Macmillan Cancer and Cancer Research UK to produce a cancer workforce plan which it expects to publish by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:28:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

786978

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bubonic Plague: Madagascar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS is planning to take any steps in response to the outbreak of plague in Madagascar; and what assessment his Department has made of potential risks to public health in the UK related to that outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	112271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>At the start of the outbreak Public Health England undertook a comprehensive assessment of the risk to the United Kingdom, which it considered to be very low. The assessment was shared with the National Health Service who is monitoring the situation. The report is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654174/Plague_in_Madagascar_Risk_Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654174/Plague_in_Madagascar_Risk_Assessment.pdf</a></p><p>The UK Government deployed the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) to Madagascar in the early stages of the outbreak. The UK-PHRST provided expertise in epidemiological surveillance (case identification, contact tracing), organisation of case management, and infection prevention and control measures. The team have now returned as the outbreak has tailed off and the response has moved from acute outbreak to more steady state.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:32:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

786983

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	GP at Hand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance his Department plans to give to users of the GP at Hand service who need to visit a GP face-to-face.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	112427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>GP at Hand is a practice that holds a standard General Medical Services (GMS) contract. The contract requires contract holders to specify the address of each of the premises to be used by the contractor or any sub-contractor for the provision of such services. As such, patients should be able to make an appointment for a face to face consultation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:35:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

786984

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	GP at Hand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether there is greater potential for misdiagnosis of patients using the GP at Hand service than there is in a face-to-face appointment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	112426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Online or telephone consultations are used currently by many practices. However, patients should also be able to make an appointment for a face to face consultation with GP at Hand if they prefer.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:34:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

786985

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	GP at Hand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the GP at Hand service.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	112428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>GP at Hand is a practice that holds a standard General Medical Services (GMS) contract. As such, they will receive reimbursement on the same basis as other GMS practices based on the nationally negotiated Statement of Financial Entitlements.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:36:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

789064

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of not aligning with the forthcoming EU clinical trials regulation on patient access to clinical trials.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	112982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear that a key priority through the negotiations will be to ensure that the United Kingdom remains one of the best places in the world for science and innovation. As part of exit negotiations the Government will discuss with the European Union and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of clinical trials. Regardless of the outcome of those negotiations the UK is committed to offering a competitive service for clinical trial assessment.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Health Research Authority, ethics services, National Institute for Health Research and National Health Service have been working towards implementation of the new European Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) since it was agreed in 2014. The application date of the CTR across the EU will be set by the European Commission. The current regulatory approval legislation will stay in place until such time as any changes are needed so there will be no interruption in UK clinical trials approval.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 17:06:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

789102

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pieces of correspondence his Department has received from (a) hon. Members, (b) members of the House of Lords, (c) external organisations and (d) members of the public relating to patient transport to and from NHS appointments.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	113022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>A search of the Department’s ministerial correspondence database has identified 98 items of correspondence received since 1 May 2017 about patient transport to and from National Health Service appointments. Of these, 84 were from hon. Members, none were from members of the House of Lords, one was from an external organisation and 13 were from members of the public.</p><p> </p><p>This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s ministerial correspondence unit only.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:40:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

789104

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on the effect of decreases to (a) bus routes and (b) the frequency of bus services on the ability of older people to access NHS appointments.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	113015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no formal plans for a meeting between my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Transport to discuss the effect of decreases to bus routes and the frequency of bus services on the ability of older people to access National Health Service appointments. However, the Secretary of State for Health would be open to considering such a meeting in future.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 17:01:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

789115

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to develop a national strategy for self care.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	112866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Five Year Forward View made a specific commitment to do more to support people with long term conditions manage their own health. Further to this, sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) have a remit to consider how to improve self-care.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 NHS England established the Realising the Value Programme. This was designed to identify evidence-based approaches that engage people in their own health and care and develop practical tools to support implementation. The programme has now published tools and guidance for local health economies, as well as an economic modelling tool to help services understand the costs and benefits.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also rolling out the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). The PAM is a tool which captures the extent to which people feel engaged and confident in taking care of their health and wellbeing, helping professionals to tailor support. NHS England has agreed to grant 1.8 million people with long term conditions across 27 areas access to the tool.</p><p> </p><p>Eight STP areas to take part in its new one year Building Health Partnerships programme supported by NHS England to facilitate strong engagement with the voluntary sector and local communities on actions that improve wellbeing and self-care. NHS England is also working with 15 new care models across the country to test how to deliver support for self-care, systematically and at scale. By working with the new care models, NHS England plans to offer tailored self-care support to 25,000 – 30,000 people by end of March 2018, delivered through health coaching/self-management education and social prescribing, supported by use of the PAM.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 12:42:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

789269

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110811, on patient transport, whether any meetings held in the last three years between the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Transport discussed the effect of decreases to (a) bus routes and (b) the frequency of bus services on the ability of older people to access NHS appointments.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	112986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health’s conversations with the Secretary of State for Transport cover a wide range of issues. However, the Department of Health searched for and found no record of meetings held in the last three years between the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Transport regarding the effect of decreases to bus routes and the frequency of bus services on the ability of older people to access NHS appointments.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 17:03:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

789270

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110811, what discussions (a) Ministers or (b) officials in his Department have held with (i) Ministers or (ii) officials in the Department for Transport on the effect of decreases to (A) bus routes and (B) the frequency of bus services on the ability of older people to access NHS appointments.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	112987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials at the Department of Health and the Department for Transport have conversations covering a wide range of issues. However, the Department of Health searched for and found no record of discussions between Ministers or officials regarding the effect of decreases to bus routes and the frequency of bus services on the ability of older people to access National Health Service appointments.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 17:02:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

789273

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer: Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the variation in (a) incidence and (b) mortality rates in pancreatic cancer between clinical commissioning group areas.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	113123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for improving outcomes for people with cancer is a shared responsibility between the Department, Public Health England and NHS England, working in partnership with local authorities, strategic clinical networks and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). NHS services for pancreatic cancer have been significantly improved across all CCGs in recent years. This includes clearer diagnostic pathways; decision making by specialist multi-disciplinary teams; and the centralisation of pancreas surgery within specialist teams. Further improvements in the care for people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer include early surgery, avoidance of preoperative biliary stenting where possible and increasing the proportion of patients who receive chemotherapy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England has published a service specification for pancreatic cancer which clearly defines what it expects to be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective pancreatic cancer services, wherever they are located. This service specification has been developed by specialised clinicians, commissioners, expert patients and public health representatives to describe core and developmental service standards.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 113113 question first answered 20/11/2017 12:28:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

789275

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 111157, on dental services, what assessment he has made of the satisfaction rates of low-income citizens for dental healthcare services in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	113126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England does not collect satisfaction data differentiated by income, however the overall satisfaction rating for National Health Service dentistry is high with the vast majority of NHS patients surveyed indicating that they are satisfied with the service.</p><p> </p><p>The GP Patient Survey, contains questions about satisfaction with NHS dentistry but does not ask about respondents income. The latest GP Patient Survey published in July showed that overall 85% of respondents had a positive experience of NHS dentistry.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital has published an analysis of the GP Patient Survey information that breaks the responses down by deciles of deprivation. This is not strictly the same as low-income, and is using average deprivation across a geographic area as a proxy for the deprivation of respondents.</p><p> </p><p>The attached document includes a table showing the percentage of people reporting a very good or fairly good experience of NHS Dental Services by 2015 deprivation decile for the period January 2017 to March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 17:00:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ 113126 Figure.docx title PQ113126 attached doc.
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

789278

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer: Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for variation in mortality rates for pancreatic cancer in each clinical commissioning group area.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	113113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for improving outcomes for people with cancer is a shared responsibility between the Department, Public Health England and NHS England, working in partnership with local authorities, strategic clinical networks and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). NHS services for pancreatic cancer have been significantly improved across all CCGs in recent years. This includes clearer diagnostic pathways; decision making by specialist multi-disciplinary teams; and the centralisation of pancreas surgery within specialist teams. Further improvements in the care for people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer include early surgery, avoidance of preoperative biliary stenting where possible and increasing the proportion of patients who receive chemotherapy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England has published a service specification for pancreatic cancer which clearly defines what it expects to be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective pancreatic cancer services, wherever they are located. This service specification has been developed by specialised clinicians, commissioners, expert patients and public health representatives to describe core and developmental service standards.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 113123 question first answered 20/11/2017 12:28:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

790087

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110811, how many times he has met the Secretary of State for Transport since 8 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	113226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Transport have many conversations covering a wide-range of issues. The Department has found no record of one-to-one meetings since 8 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 17:08:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

790099

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if fewer or more claimants of universal credit will be eligible for free dental care than were under the legacy benefits systems.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	113265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s aim is to broadly align entitlement to help with health costs (including free National Health Service prescriptions and free NHS dental treatment) for Universal Credit recipients with those in place for the relevant legacy benefits. This is achieved by passporting Universal Credit recipients to free help with health costs where their income falls below a given earnings threshold.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 113266 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:05:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

790100

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if fewer or more claimants of universal credit will be eligible for free prescriptions then were under the legacy benefits systems.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	113266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s aim is to broadly align entitlement to help with health costs (including free National Health Service prescriptions and free NHS dental treatment) for Universal Credit recipients with those in place for the relevant legacy benefits. This is achieved by passporting Universal Credit recipients to free help with health costs where their income falls below a given earnings threshold.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 113265 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:05:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

790106

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bids his Department received in connection with the operation of general practice at the Hightown and Freshfield surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	113346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The provision of primary medical services is the responsibility of NHS England. Where a contract for services by a general practitioner practice is ended, NHS England will look at the provision of services in that area and decide whether to enter into a contract with another provider or to allocate patients to other practices in the area.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England Cheshire and Mersey are unable to release any information while the procurement process is underway.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 16:57:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

790110

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage CCGs to prioritise tackling anti-microbial resistance in the work of their sustainability and transformation plans.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	113363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are required to decide on the most appropriate approach to local prioritisation, and may wish to develop a joint plan with others in their Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) in doing so. All CCGs and STPs are required to meet constitutional standards and targets that are set at a national level; including any concerning anti-microbial resistance.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has published a series of ‘Quick Guides’ for STPs, one of which focuses on safety and links into anti-microbial resistance. Each guide sets out what success in 2020 would look like and provides guidance about how areas could approach implementation. These guides can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/stps/resources/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/stps/resources/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 17:11:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

790112

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths by antimicrobial resistance in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	113428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>A commonly quoted estimate for the number of deaths caused by an antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infection is 5,000 deaths in England each year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate is also consistent with the Final Report and Recommendations from The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, chaired by Jim O’Neill. The Review estimated the annual number of deaths caused by AMR infections worldwide to be of the order of 700,000. The report is available at:</p><p><a href="https://amr-review.org/sites/default/files/160525_Final%20paper_with%20cover.pdf" target="_blank">https://amr-review.org/sites/default/files/160525_Final%20paper_with%20cover.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2017 17:10:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

784777

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debt Respite Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2017 to Question 6591, on debts, what plans he has to implement a breathing space scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	111771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The government has tabled an amendment to the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill, which will be debated at the Third Reading of the Bill in the other place on 21<sup>st</sup> November. This amendment would enable the Government to implement a breathing space scheme after receiving advice from the Single Financial Guidance Body on the design of such a scheme.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/11/2017 15:35:38 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

786821

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on whether people associated with human rights abuses and illegal activity in Russia are involved in property investment schemes in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	112213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p><p>This government is committed to making the UK’s financial system a hostile environment for illicit finance, and is making the biggest changes to the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime in a decade, including through the new Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and the Criminal Finances Act. We are determined to protect the security and prosperity of our citizens and the integrity of our world-leading financial system.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/11/2017 15:29:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

788990

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of foreign direct investment in the UK was in the 12 months (a) prior to and (b) from July 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	112858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The flow of direct investment into the UK in the year to Q2 2016 totalled £80.8billion. In the year since the EU referendum, inward foreign direct investment (FDI) flows improved to £158.4billion. This has caused the stock of inward FDI to increase from £1.35trillion in 2016Q2 to £1.49trillion in 2017Q2, an increase of £142bn.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/11/2017 15:25:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

789229

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111358, on the Royal Bank of Scotland: small businesses, what representations he has received from business organisations on the date for publication of the further report of the Financial Conduct Authority on Royal Bank of Scotland's treatment of small and medium-sized enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	113141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials communicate with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an interim summary of the independent review of Royal Bank of Scotland’s treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group. The FCA announced it is investigating the matters arising from the review and focussing on whether there is any basis for it to take further action. It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further whilst this process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/11/2017 15:31:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

789231

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111345, on bank services: small businesses, what representations he has received from business organisations on the (a) accessibility of full banking services for small and medium-sized enterprises when their bank branch closes and (b) suitability of the Post Office counter network for business banking.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	113143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials receive representations from a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>The Access to Banking Standard, launched in May 2017, commits banks to ensure personal and business customers are better informed about branch closures and the reasons for them closing, along with the options they have locally to continue to access banking services, including specialist assistance for customers who need more help. The Access to Banking Standard is monitored and enforced by the independent Lending Standards Board.</p><p> </p><p>95% of banks’ business customers are now able to withdraw cash, deposit cash and cheques, and make balance enquiries at a Post Office counter via its network of 11,600 branches. Government will have provided nearly £2 billion during the period 2011 to 2018 to maintain and modernise the Post Office network.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/11/2017 15:32:47 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

789971

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people had investments in cash ISAs in the 2016-17 financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	113357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HMRC publish National Statistics on ISA account subscriptions and the number of ISAs held by individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Table 9.10 from the ISA statistics shows, for the latest year available (2014-15) over 19 million individuals held Cash ISAs.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610482/Table_9.10_2014-15_for_publication.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610482/Table_9.10_2014-15_for_publication.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of individuals holding Cash ISAs in 2016-17 is expected to be published in April 2019.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/11/2017 15:27:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

786932

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
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	Government Equalities Office: Working Conditions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government Equalities Office is taking to improve the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of staff employed in the Government Equalities Office.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd, Chris Ruane to the answer I gave on 20 November 2017 to Question 112405 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=112405" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=112405</a>) .</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 17:43:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

786940

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Working Conditions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of staff employed in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service has set out five priorities for the health and wellbeing of its employees, including priorities in relation to physical and mental wellbeing. The civil service has also committed to being a leading employer on mental health support, in line with the recommendations set out in the recently published independent review, Thriving at Work.</p><p>The Department for Education (DfE), which includes the Government Equalities Office, actively promotes the physical and mental wellbeing of its staff in a number of ways. The department has a wellbeing champion at Director-General level, who attends cross-government meetings with other champions, and sponsors the department’s Wellbeing and Neurodivergence staff networks.</p><p>The departmental intranet hosts a wellbeing toolkit, with links to the NHS Change for Life website, and promotes the NHS Get Active campaign. There is also a DfE sports and recreation site.</p><p>In February, the department launched a Mental Health First Aiders network, which now numbers over 60 people trained to support staff with mental health issues. The Mental Health First Aiders signpost colleagues to available support, and help to destigmatise and encourage open conversations about mental health.</p><p>DfE staff also have access to free support and advice on a range of issues including health and wellbeing, 24 hours a day, via the employee assistance programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 16:16:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

786944

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of her Department's staff have been employed in each region in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	112248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The table attached, available from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), provides a breakdown in total headcount figures of Department staff in the last five years.</p><p>Published Civil Service statistics can be found on the ONS website: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 16:52:05 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 112248 - Table of total headcount figures of DfE staff in the last five years.docx title Total headcount figures of DfE staff
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

789028

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to share best practice with and from the devolved Parliament and Assemblies on delivering improvements in educational attainment among young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	112854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Officials engage with their counterparts in the devolved administrations to share best practice on topics of mutual interest and concern. Improving the education attainment of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds is a regular topic at the twice-yearly four nations meetings facilitated by the British Council – the last meeting took place 7-8 November. It was also a theme of the International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP). The published report from ISTP - <a href="http://asiasociety.org/global-cities-education-network/empowering-and-enabling-teachers-improve-equity-and-outcomes-all" target="_blank">http://asiasociety.org/global-cities-education-network/empowering-and-enabling-teachers-improve-equity-and-outcomes-all</a> - illustrates how England and Scotland shared recent initiatives aimed at breaking the link between social deprivation and educational and adult success.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 17:17:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

789033

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in Coventry South constituency were full or oversubscribed in the school years commencing in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	112808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The department collects information from each local council on the number of schools, the number of places in those schools and the number of pupils on roll through the annual school capacity survey. The department does not collect school capacity information at parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to the position in the 2016/17 academic year will be published in the new year. Data for May 2016 (relating to academic year 2015/16) can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As at May 2016 (which relates to academic year 2015/16), four of 85 primary schools in Coventry were full or had at least one pupil in excess of capacity.</p><p> </p><p>As at May 2016 (which relates to academic year 2015/16), two of 23 secondary schools in Coventry were full or had at least one pupil in excess of capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The individual schools can be identified in the underlying data for each publication by comparing the capacity of the school with the number on roll.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not have a measure for over-subscription. The admissions and offers process is run by the local councils who are responsible for ensuring that the admissions criteria are applied for all schools.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 112809 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:25:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

789034

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools in Coventry South constituency were full or oversubscribed in the school years commencing in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	112809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The department collects information from each local council on the number of schools, the number of places in those schools and the number of pupils on roll through the annual school capacity survey. The department does not collect school capacity information at parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to the position in the 2016/17 academic year will be published in the new year. Data for May 2016 (relating to academic year 2015/16) can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As at May 2016 (which relates to academic year 2015/16), four of 85 primary schools in Coventry were full or had at least one pupil in excess of capacity.</p><p> </p><p>As at May 2016 (which relates to academic year 2015/16), two of 23 secondary schools in Coventry were full or had at least one pupil in excess of capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The individual schools can be identified in the underlying data for each publication by comparing the capacity of the school with the number on roll.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not have a measure for over-subscription. The admissions and offers process is run by the local councils who are responsible for ensuring that the admissions criteria are applied for all schools.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 112808 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:25:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

789036

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what work her officials are doing with West Sussex County Council to improve the performance of maintained schools and academies.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	112929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer my Rt hon. Friend for Mid Sussex to the answer I gave on 23 October 2017 to 108593:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-18/108593/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-18/108593/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 17:27:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

789038

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 112004, on academies: admissions, whether the Secretary of State declined any of the 14 requests in the academic year 2016-17 for direct admission of a looked-after child to an academy.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Where a local council considers that an academy will best meet the needs of a child, it can ask the academy to admit the child but has no powers to direct it to do so. The local council and the academy will usually come to an agreement, but if an academy refuses to admit a child, the local council can ask the Secretary of State to intervene.</p><p> </p><p>Looked after children are amongst the most vulnerable in our society and the Secretary of State is committed to supporting them to have the best possible start in life. In 2016/17, there were no declined cases following the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s intervention on behalf of my Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 15:21:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

790032

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 112004, how many of the 14 requests for direct admission to an academy relating to a looked-after child were granted.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	113347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Sefton Central to the answer I gave on 20 November 2017 to 112985: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=112985" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=112985</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 17:21:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

790046

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mothers: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on steps to reduce the number of children separated from their mothers and families through maternal imprisonment.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	113210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Custody should be a last resort and only imposed after the court has considered alternative sentences to be served in the community. We are committed to making sure that as many women as possible are effectively rehabilitated in the community to better protect the public and deliver better outcomes for female offenders.</p><p>This department has not made any assessment of the effect of maternal imprisonment on a child’s emotional development. However, the government has funded a contract worth over £1.4m for Barnardo’s to operate the <em>i-HOP</em> service to share evidence on practice and advise commissioners and practitioners on the options available to support the families of offenders.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 113209 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:12:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

790050

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mothers: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effect of maternal imprisonment on a child's emotional development; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	113209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Custody should be a last resort and only imposed after the court has considered alternative sentences to be served in the community. We are committed to making sure that as many women as possible are effectively rehabilitated in the community to better protect the public and deliver better outcomes for female offenders.</p><p>This department has not made any assessment of the effect of maternal imprisonment on a child’s emotional development. However, the government has funded a contract worth over £1.4m for Barnardo’s to operate the <em>i-HOP</em> service to share evidence on practice and advise commissioners and practitioners on the options available to support the families of offenders.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 113210 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:12:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant