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967784

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any government contracts for the provision of housing to asylum seekers include options for the payment of a bonus to the provider if certain criteria are met.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	170432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Visa and Immigration Service (UKVI) discharges their statutory duty to provide destitute asylum seeker accommodation and transport via a suite of COMPASS contracts with three providers. The contract payment mechanism is based on per person per night cost and does not include any bonus payment facility.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 170433 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:25:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

967785

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any bonus payments have been paid by the Government to any companies currently providing asylum seeker accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	170433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Visa and Immigration Service (UKVI) discharges their statutory duty to provide destitute asylum seeker accommodation and transport via a suite of COMPASS contracts with three providers. The contract payment mechanism is based on per person per night cost and does not include any bonus payment facility.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 170432 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:25:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

967855

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State for Immigration plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow East of 2 August 2018, reference DL1598.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	170431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to your letter of 2 August 2018. The Home Office is required to respond to correspondence within 20 working days. A response to your letter is in hand and a substantive reply will be sent within the week.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 16:33:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

964438

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse for his Department’s work preparing of the UK to leave the EU has been since 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	168898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department spent £70 million during the financial year 2017-18 as per our accounts. For the financial year 2018-19, the Department has received an allocation of £395 million from HM Treasury to continue preparing for the UK to leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:34:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964352

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that a Biometric Residence Permit is issued within the service standard time after a visa is granted.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	169576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Figures are not kept in relation to the time it takes a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) to be issued from the date the grant of leave is decided.</p><p>For applications for further leave or indefinite leave to remain made within the United Kingdom, once the application has been granted applicants are advised that they can expect delivery of their BRP within 10 working days.</p><p>This timescale takes into account the time it takes for the BRP to be produced by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the time taken for delivery to the customer.</p><p>Measures are in place to monitor the production process and to indentify any cases that are stuck within production for any reason and ensure that they are resolved quickly. Over the summer period there were a small number of instances where a BRP was not received within 10 working days. The individuals who were affected by these delays were informed and the issue that had caused the delays is now resolved.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:39:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

967857

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Somalia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that Somali passport holders with the right to live in the UK are not refused entry as a result of the change from passport endorsement to a bio-metric residence permit system.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	170296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK does not currently recognise Somali passports for travel to the UK. However, we have put in place measures to ensure that holders of Somali passports who are in possession of a valid UK biometric residence permit are able to return to the UK.</p><p>We have informed international carriers these arrangements and shared this information with representatives of the Somali community.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:30:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

964351

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cases in which a Biometric Residence Permit is issued more than a month after the visa has been granted.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	169575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Figures are not kept in relation to the time it takes a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) to be issued from the date the grant of leave is decided.</p><p>For applications for further leave or indefinite leave to remain made within the United Kingdom, once the application has been granted applicants are advised that they can expect delivery of their BRP within 10 working days.</p><p>This timescale takes into account the time it takes for the BRP to be produced by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the time taken for delivery to the customer.</p><p>Measures are in place to monitor the production process and to indentify any cases that are stuck within production for any reason and ensure that they are resolved quickly. Over the summer period there were a small number of instances where a BRP was not received within 10 working days. The individuals who were affected by these delays were informed and the issue that had caused the delays is now resolved.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:38:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

947649

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the budget for (a) Action Fraud and (b) National Fraud Intelligence Bureau to tackle cyber crime.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	168183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The response to cyber crime is not the sole responsibility of Action Fraud and the National Fraud Investigation Bureau. In 2018/19 we are investing over £50 million to ensure law enforcement has capabilities it needs to tackle cyber crime at the national, regional and local level.</p><p>The Action Fraud/ NFIB grant has increased from £6,943,000 in 2016/17 to £8,000,000 in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/09/2018 16:50:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

964125

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans Border Force has to improve the level of service provided to non-EEA passengers on arrival into the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	169524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Border Force is committed to providing the best possible service to all passenger. For example, by maximising staff available at the busiest times of day, making the best use of e-gates, and deploying 220 additional staff over the summer, mostly at Heathrow. Border Force is also recruiting an additional 300 frontline Border Force officers to provide further resilience going forward.</p><p>Border Force has continued to engage with key stakeholders including airlines and airport operators over the busy summer period to deal with the increasing demand and ensure we keep the border secure.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:42:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

964460

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of leaving the EU in accordance with (a) the proposals set out in the Government’s White Paper and (b) a no-deal scenario.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	168920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department spent £70 million during the financial year 2017-18 as per our accounts. For the financial year 2018-19, the department has received an allocation of £395 million from HM Treasury to continue preparing for the UK to leave the EU. This funding will also cover any no-deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:32:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

967783

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of homelessness of refugees granted discretionary leave to remain with no recourse to public funds.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	170312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p>This is because migrants who are recognised as refugees are granted leave to remain with access to public funds. They are therefore eligible to apply for mainstream benefits and assistance from their local authority to find housing.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 16:32:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

967792

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Departments policy on asylum accommodation since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	170435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office provides accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. The accommodation is arranged through a number of housing providers, who are contractually required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard, as well as standards outlined in relevant national housing legislation.</p><p>There is an inspection and contract compliance regime in place to ensure that the standards required in the contracts are met.</p><p>We remain in regular discussion with Providers, service users, non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders about ways to improve the services provided and we will be making a number of improvements to the design of the future contracted services as a direct result of such feedback.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 16:26:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

947302

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: Airports
	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 Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 164381, what information his Department holds on the number of on-duty officers of UK Border Force and its predecessor body who were deployed at airports in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	167955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Details on staffing is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p><p>We will always ensure we have the resources and workforce we need to keep the border secure. Operational units across the Home Office actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand.</p><p>Border Force does not publish port specific information as this may enable a picture of the current work of the Home Office and identify any strength or weakness, thereby compromising the integrity of immigration controls and the planned operational security work being developed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 16:36:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

967818

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: British National (Overseas)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many valid British national (overseas) passports were in issue on 31 December in each year since 1987.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	170349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer to the table below which provides the volume of British National (Overseas) passports in circulation (valid) at 31 December 2015, 31 December 2016 and 31 December 2016.</p><p>We are unable to provide data on the volume of British National (Overseas) passports in circulation (valid) prior to 31 December 2015 as the data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Nationality Description</p></td><td><p>Number of Passports (Volume)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 December 2015</p></td><td><p>British National Overseas)</p></td><td><p>143,219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>British National (Overseas)</p></td><td><p>152,351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 December 2017</p></td><td><p>British National (Overseas)</p></td><td><p>158,107</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:28:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

964745

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of offences relating to FGM in the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	169221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. The Government is clear that we will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong suffering to women and girls.</p><p>To date, there have been no convictions for FGM.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police have highlighted that barriers to prosecution include a lack of referrals to the police, a lack of information from affected communities, and the age and vulnerability of victims. The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced a number of measures to help overcome these, including: a new mandatory reporting duty for known cases of FGM in under-18s; extended extra-territorial jurisdiction over FGM offences committed abroad; lifelong anonymity for victims; FGM Protection Orders (FGMPOs), and a new offence of failure to protect a girl from the risk of FGM.</p><p>In addition, lead FGM prosecutors have been appointed, and the police and CPS have put in place joint FGM investigation and prosecution protocols. Border Force, the police and other agencies regularly carry out joint operations at the border to raise awareness of practices such as FGM to identify and protect potential victims.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/09/2018 18:50:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

964844

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have had an application for British citizenship refused due to not fulfilling good character requirements in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	169466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The available published information on the total number of decisions to refuse applications for British citizenship where the applicant is found to be not of good character are published in Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2018, Citizenship tables cz_09 (Refusals of citizenship by reason) available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:40:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

964598

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants have had a visa issued on a re-application following initial refusal since the removal of automatic right to appeal for refused family visit visas in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	169527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate this information for publication.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:36:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

964114

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was for arrears to be (a) assessed and (b) applied in relation to cases transferred from the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	169402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>In the spirit of answering the question let me briefly describe the approach to assessing and applying arrears. On our old CSA systems we need to undertake action to ensure that we are assured the arrears amount is as accurate as possible before we trigger the movement of the amount to our new CMS IT systems. Once movement has been triggered our CMS caseworkers need to review the amount and apply it to the CMS case/scheduled for payment. Since April -18 the average time taken to apply arrears was 81.03 days, for work completed in August 18 the time taken has reduced to 62.15 days.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:58:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

964389

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to resolve payment (a) errors and (b) delays in relation to people claiming universal credit in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	169081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Around 80 per cent of new claims are paid in full and on time. In many cases where full payment is not made on time, it is due to unresolved issues such as: claimants not accepting their Claimant Commitment or passing identity checks, or having outstanding verification issues, such as housing costs and self-employed earnings.</p><p> </p><p>Verification is a necessary part of any benefits system, and taxpayers expect these measures to be in place; we must make sure we are paying the right people the right amount. We have taken steps to improve verification processes. For example, we have listened to feedback and built processes into the system to make it easier and quicker for people to verify their housing costs, for example through the landlord portal.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst their verification is on-going, many claimants receive a part payment for those elements of the claim that have been resolved. We published an ad hoc statistical release on 9 July which showed, for new claims due a payment in February 2018, 95% were paid in full within five weeks of the payment due date.</p><p> </p><p>Advances are available to provide financial support until the first payment and can now be repaid over a course of 12 months and can consist of up to 100 per cent of the indicative monthly award. We have also abolished waiting days and now provide 2 weeks of housing support to claimants moving to Universal Credit from Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>If a claim has been delayed due to error, DWP can consider awarding an ex-gratia payment, as set out in the Financial Redress for Maladministration guide, available on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/09/2018 16:51:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

947276

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to investigate the causes of the high proportion of unsuccessful transfers of disability living allowance claiminats to personal independence payments in the Glasgow area.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	168079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has different eligibility criteria and takes a more holistic view of a person’s health condition or disability and the impact it has on their ability to live an independent life, compared to Disability Living Allowance (DLA).</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, when someone on DLA is invited to claim PIP and is reassessed, the level of their award may stay the same, go up, down or cease altogether depending on the claimants assessed level of needs.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Stat-Xplore – www.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 168078 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:41:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

964239

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the level of food bank usage in (a) areas with full service universal credit and (b) areas where universal credit has not been fully rolled-out.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	169462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of people using food banks: however, we are constantly reviewing research carried out by organisations, including the Trussell Trust, to add to our understanding of food bank use, and will consider requirements to add to our evidence base.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:37:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

967937

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with (a) Glasgow Housing Association, (b) Southside Housing Association, (c) Elderpark Housing Association, (d) Glenoaks Housing Association, (e) Govan Housing Association, (f) Linthouse Housing Association, (g) Rosehill Housing Association, (h) Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association, (i) Home Group Scotland and (j) Blackwood Housing on (i) service rollout of universal credit and (ii) access to the Landlord Portal; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	170371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Following the successful pilot of the Landlord Portal Service, DWP is enrolling more landlords in stages, in tandem with the expansion of Universal Credit Full Service. Priority has been placed on enrolling the largest landlords that are eligible where possible in order to maximise the number of Universal Credit claimants that can be handled via the portal. By December 2018 we will have covered 90% of social tenancies on the portal, and we are looking at how best to complete rollout for small landlords.</p><p> </p><p>Representatives from all the organisations listed have been invited to Universal Credit Full Service events, jointly hosted by DWP and Glasgow City Council, with the vast majority attending. Those that have not attended have had follow up calls or visits and will be invited to future events. All Registered Social Landlords have now been given escalation contacts for each Jobcentre, and we will continue to work closely with landlords, local authorities, housing associations and other organisations to ensure the successful rollout of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/09/2018 16:33:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

964337

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of withholding (a) housing benefit and (b) the housing component of Universal Credit from landlords who fail to make repair works requested by tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	169061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the merits of withholding Housing Benefit or Housing Element (UC) to Landlords who fail to make repair works requested by Tenants.</p><p>We continue to work closely with landlords, local authorities, housing associations and other organisations.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:49:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

947275

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the causes of unsuccessful transfers from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in the Glasgow area, and if will she make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	168078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has different eligibility criteria and takes a more holistic view of a person’s health condition or disability and the impact it has on their ability to live an independent life, compared to Disability Living Allowance (DLA).</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, when someone on DLA is invited to claim PIP and is reassessed, the level of their award may stay the same, go up, down or cease altogether depending on the claimants assessed level of needs.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Stat-Xplore – www.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 168079 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:41:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

946960

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money has been spent from the public purse on universal credit complaint resolution since that benefit was established.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	167360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data solely in relation to the cost of Universal Credit complaint resolution.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of resolving these complaints includes support costs, management and corporate overheads. These costs cannot be split out from overall Departmental spending, and therefore an amount spent on complaints is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/09/2018 16:46:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

964342

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to record the number of universal credit claimants that are referred to food banks by job centres.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	169028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Jobcentre Plus does not make direct referrals to food banks, but offers a signposting service to customers who have expressed an interest in using a food bank. The Department has no plans to require Jobcentre staff to record the number of Universal Credit claimants that are signposted to food banks.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:53:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

947040

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to help mitigate delays on (a) Thameslink, (b) Northern and (c) other commuter trains into London.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	167188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Performance on Thameslink and Great Northern services was very poor following the timetable change on 20 May. The large number of delays, cancellations and long gaps in service was unsatisfactory and left passengers understandably frustrated.</p><p> </p><p>A new timetable was introduced on these routes on 15 July, has brought increased stability to the service and reduced the number of cancellations across much of the network. Further improvement is, however, still needed, in particular on Great Northern services. Ministers and Departmental officials continue to monitor performance.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:27:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947001

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Oxford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with HS2 Limited on whether rail lines through Oxford will be used by freight services for the movement of construction materials for HS2.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	167378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has reviewed capacity availability on rail lines that pass through Oxford, as well as most rail lines that pass within 50km of the Phase One route.</p><p> </p><p>Since July 2017, HS2 Ltd has been working with their main works civils contractors (MWCC) to develop scheme designs and the construction programme for the line of route works. This includes capacity planning on rail lines to move material in and out for the project.</p><p> </p><p>Although speculative construction material suppliers may have made capacity searches, HS2 Ltd can confirm that there have been no line capacity searches by their MWCC on rail lines that pass through Oxford to date.</p><p> </p><p>As material origins and waste deposition location certainty increases, capacity planning analysis will accelerate over the next six to twelve months.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/09/2018 16:30:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

946944

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Barnsley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of recent trends in bus usage in Barnsley, and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	167346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold any data on trends in bus usage in Barnsley.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/09/2018 16:35:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

946888

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Garston and Halewood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the trends in the frequency of (a) commercial bus services and (b) supported bus services in Garston and Halewood constituency since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any data on the quantity and frequency of bus services in Garston and Halewood constituency.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 167146 167148 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:39:13 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946884

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Garston and Halewood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the trends in the (a) quantity and (b) frequency of bus services in Garston and Halewood constituency since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any data on the quantity and frequency of bus services in Garston and Halewood constituency.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 167148 167150 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:39:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946887

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Garston and Halewood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure the continued provision of existing supported bus services in the Garston and Halewood constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Where there is not enough demand for a bus route to be commercially viable in its own right, all local authorities have powers to subsidise bus services which they consider socially necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are best placed to decide which services are most appropriate for support in their respective areas and deliver the greatest benefits for their residents. We believe it is right that such decisions should be made locally. To enable them to do this, the Government provides funding through Revenue Support Grant, which local authorities are free to prioritise as they set fit; and through the £50m local authority Bus Service Operator Grant, which is ring-fenced for bus services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/09/2018 16:41:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

947373

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Tyne and Wear
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his department has spent on bus services in (a) Jarrow Constituency (b) South Tyneside and (c) Tyne and Wear in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
	uin	167911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Up until 31 December 2013 Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) was paid directly to bus operators and was not split between commercially run or subsidised bus services. We are therefore unable to provide figures for this period. From 1 January 2014 local authorities have received funding equivalent to the level of BSOG which would otherwise have been paid to operators for running subsidised services in 2014. Details of the amounts paid to local authorities each year can be found on the “Payments to Local Authorities” tab of the relevant spreadsheets published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/09/2018 16:32:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

946885

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to Merseytravel for supported bus services in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Up until 31 December 2013 Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) was paid directly to bus operators and was not split between commercially run or subsidised bus services. We are therefore unable to provide figures for this period. From 1 January 2014 local authorities have received funding equivalent to the level of BSOG which would otherwise have been paid to operators for running subsidised services in 2014. Details of the amounts paid to local authorities each year can be found on the “Payments to Local Authorities” tab of the relevant spreadsheets published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend</a></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/09/2018 16:45:14 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946886

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Garston and Halewood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many supported bus services currently run in the Garston and Halewood constituency; and how that figure has changed in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any data on the quantity and frequency of bus services in Garston and Halewood constituency.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 167146 167150 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:39:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

968153

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Mentally Disordered Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the discussion paper, Criminal Liability: Insanity and Automatism, published by the Law Commission in July 2013, whether the Government has plans to reform the legislation on the defence of insanity.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	170806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has no current plans to reform the law of the defence of insanity.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2018 16:50:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

947684

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Physical Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Rule 29 of the Prison Rules 1999, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prisoners' (a) access to and (b) engagement in physical education.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	168073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>I am passionate about the benefits that can be derived from participating in sport and physical activity in custody, which include building prisoner’s confidence, providing purposeful activity and supporting engagement with rehabilitation when prisoners are preparing for release.</p><p> </p><p>My former colleague, Dr Lee commissioned Professor Rosie Meek of Royal Holloway University of London to undertake an independent review of sport and physical activity in the Youth estate – Professor Meek’s report was published on 11 August. The recommendations in this report will help us to build a range of sporting activities which engage young people in custody and support their rehabilitation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/09/2018 16:47:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

947683

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Prison Service Instruction 44 of 2010, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of nutritional standards in prisons and correctional facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	168072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has issued food policy guidance and specification expectations that require all prisons to provide prisoners with the opportunity to select a meal of choice from a range of meals that are balanced, varied and reflects Government’s recommendation on eating a heathy diet.</p><p> </p><p>The new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) food supply contract provides the opportunity for prisons to purchase fresh vegetables, salad crop and fruit. There is also a range of food commodities that are lower in salt, sugar and saturated fats. HMPPS regularly monitor and record meal provision against policy expectations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/09/2018 16:48:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

947356

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to publish the Estates and Transformation Team report on the feasibility of the public sector bidding to run new-build prisons; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	168118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>On 26 June I updated the House of Commons Justice Committee on our plans to build the first prison in our prison estate transformation programme at the former HMP Wellingborough through public capital, with construction work expected to begin late 2018/early 2019 – subject to the usual planning approvals, value for money and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to launch a competition to appoint a framework of prison operators, from which we will select the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons following expiry of current private sector contracts.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service will not bid to run the new prison at Wellingborough. However, there will be a ‘public sector benchmark’ against which operators’ bids will be assessed. Contracts will not be awarded if bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/09/2018 16:47:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

947050

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Private Prosecutions: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last reviewed its policy of reimbursing private prosecutors' costs from the public purse in the event that the private prosecution fails.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	167198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Prior to October 2014 Legal Aid Agency payment data did not separately identify private prosecution costs from other costs awarded from central funds. Data is available for the last three years for private prosecution costs, but these figures do not distinguish between costs awarded in successful and unsuccessful prosecutions. Total payments to private prosecutors were:</p><p> </p><p>2015-16 £4,263,000</p><p>2016-17 £1,821,000</p><p>2017-18 £3,674,000</p><p> </p><p>Central Funds policy is kept under regular review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 167197 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:51:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

946890

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time is that families of child claimants of disability living allowance in Garston and Halewood constituency have to wait for a tribunal hearing when appealing the outcome of a mandatory reconsideration.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not categorise Disability Living Allowance appeals by the age of the appellant. This information is therefore not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2018 16:50:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

947568

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days taken was to gain security clearance for health and social care professionals seeking to commence employment in prisons in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	168033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The average number of days taken to complete security clearance for health and social care professionals seeking employment within HMPPS from 2016 has been provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide this information for cases prior to 2016, as a different operating system was used and to which the now service provider to HMPPS does not have access.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 2017</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 2018</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 to present</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note - that the information in the table for health and social care professionals has been collated based on the job title of the campaign and may be subject to slight variations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/09/2018 16:49:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

947383

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the system for prisoner transfers between different categories of prison is effectively monitored.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	168132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Arrangements are already in place to ensure that progressive moves of prisoners between prisons are both appropriate, and carried out in as timely a fashion as possible. Transfers around the prison estate are managed on a case-by-case basis by the sending and receiving prisons so that prisoners are held in establishments that provide appropriate levels of security, are suitable for their gender, age and legal status, provide facilities to reduce their risk of reoffending and, wherever possible, at the lowest cost to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are moved to suitable establishments as part of their sentence plan, following re-categorisation in line with centrally produced guidance, where requested or where there is an operational need to do so. Enabling progressive transfers of prisoners is also subject to space in the appropriate part of the prison estate becoming available. The speed of transfers, therefore, reflects the availability of places in a particular location or of a particular type.</p><p> </p><p>Further to my answer to Questions 165122 and 165123, answered on 23 July 2018, as the process of transferring prisoners between establishments is based on the individual requirements of each prisoner, there is no intention to begin centrally collecting specific data on the number of male and female prisoners who are awaiting transfers to other prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 168136 168137 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:44:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

947549

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department and HM Prison and Probation Service are taking to speed up security clearance for health and social care staff commencing employment in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	168027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The last year has seen a significant increase in the level of recruitment with a target of deploying an additional 2,500 prison officers in post by the end of 2018. This has impacted the overall volume of cases handled by our shared services provider, due to significant increases in the number of applications handled. This has resulted in backlogs in processing across all of the business.</p><p> </p><p>The right balance needs to be struck between having staff appropriately security cleared and the speed at which they can begin employment with HMPPS. Steps have been taken to review the whole recruitment end-to-end procedure to look at the points in which delays have or can take place. Action has been taken to address these and the backlog of cases has been reduced significantly from last year. This in turn, has also resulted in speedier processing times in security vetting for all staff.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/09/2018 16:49:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

947391

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July to Question 165122, if he will collect data centrally on how many male prisoners whose security category is D (eligible for open prisons) are awaiting transfer to an open prison in Category (a) B and (b) C Prisons in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	168136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Arrangements are already in place to ensure that progressive moves of prisoners between prisons are both appropriate, and carried out in as timely a fashion as possible. Transfers around the prison estate are managed on a case-by-case basis by the sending and receiving prisons so that prisoners are held in establishments that provide appropriate levels of security, are suitable for their gender, age and legal status, provide facilities to reduce their risk of reoffending and, wherever possible, at the lowest cost to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are moved to suitable establishments as part of their sentence plan, following re-categorisation in line with centrally produced guidance, where requested or where there is an operational need to do so. Enabling progressive transfers of prisoners is also subject to space in the appropriate part of the prison estate becoming available. The speed of transfers, therefore, reflects the availability of places in a particular location or of a particular type.</p><p> </p><p>Further to my answer to Questions 165122 and 165123, answered on 23 July 2018, as the process of transferring prisoners between establishments is based on the individual requirements of each prisoner, there is no intention to begin centrally collecting specific data on the number of male and female prisoners who are awaiting transfers to other prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 168132 168137 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:44:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

947392

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165122, if he will collect data centrally on how many female prisoners whose security category is D (eligible for open prisons) are awaiting transfer to an open prison in Category (a) B and (b) C Prisons in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	168137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Arrangements are already in place to ensure that progressive moves of prisoners between prisons are both appropriate, and carried out in as timely a fashion as possible. Transfers around the prison estate are managed on a case-by-case basis by the sending and receiving prisons so that prisoners are held in establishments that provide appropriate levels of security, are suitable for their gender, age and legal status, provide facilities to reduce their risk of reoffending and, wherever possible, at the lowest cost to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are moved to suitable establishments as part of their sentence plan, following re-categorisation in line with centrally produced guidance, where requested or where there is an operational need to do so. Enabling progressive transfers of prisoners is also subject to space in the appropriate part of the prison estate becoming available. The speed of transfers, therefore, reflects the availability of places in a particular location or of a particular type.</p><p> </p><p>Further to my answer to Questions 165122 and 165123, answered on 23 July 2018, as the process of transferring prisoners between establishments is based on the individual requirements of each prisoner, there is no intention to begin centrally collecting specific data on the number of male and female prisoners who are awaiting transfers to other prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 168132 168136 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:44:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

947049

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Private Prosecutions: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated on covering the legal costs of private prosecutors in the event that the private prosecution fails in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	167197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Prior to October 2014 Legal Aid Agency payment data did not separately identify private prosecution costs from other costs awarded from central funds. Data is available for the last three years for private prosecution costs, but these figures do not distinguish between costs awarded in successful and unsuccessful prosecutions. Total payments to private prosecutors were:</p><p> </p><p>2015-16 £4,263,000</p><p>2016-17 £1,821,000</p><p>2017-18 £3,674,000</p><p> </p><p>Central Funds policy is kept under regular review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 167198 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:51:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

964681

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Birmingham Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many occasions did he (a) hold meetings with, (b) undertake written communications with and (c) telephone members of the Independent Monitoring Board for HMP Birmingham since 1 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	169098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Since G4S took over the running of HMP Birmingham in 2011, a Controller’s team has been in place consisting of a Controller, a Deputy Controller, and an Assistant Controller. During that time, a total of five different members of staff have been employed in the above posts.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State visited HMP Birmingham personally, in May 2018 where he met with the Chair of the Independent Monitoring Board; the Senior Contract Manager for HMP Birmingham, who manages the Controller; and the Head of Custodial Contracts for HM Prison and Probation Service. I also responded to the Chair of the IMB in May 2018, acknowledging the concerns raised in relation to the prison, and visited HMP Birmingham personally, to follow up on their concerns in August 2018.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 169097 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:52:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

964680

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Birmingham Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time controllers employed by his Department operated within HMP Birmingham in each year since 2010; and on how many occasions did he (a) meet, (b) undertake written communications and (c) telephone those controllers since 1 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	169097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Since G4S took over the running of HMP Birmingham in 2011, a Controller’s team has been in place consisting of a Controller, a Deputy Controller, and an Assistant Controller. During that time, a total of five different members of staff have been employed in the above posts.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State visited HMP Birmingham personally, in May 2018 where he met with the Chair of the Independent Monitoring Board; the Senior Contract Manager for HMP Birmingham, who manages the Controller; and the Head of Custodial Contracts for HM Prison and Probation Service. I also responded to the Chair of the IMB in May 2018, acknowledging the concerns raised in relation to the prison, and visited HMP Birmingham personally, to follow up on their concerns in August 2018.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 169098 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:52:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

946898

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Missions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what international trade missions his Department has scheduled for the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	167156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Details of international trade missions for the next 12 months will be placed in the libraries of the House shortly.</p><p>Recruitment for trade missions takes place in the months leading up to each event. During recruiting, companies are targeted from across the UK, including Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 167157 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:58:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn