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987945

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Organs
	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 proportion of human trafficking cases that are linked to organ harvesting; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	179106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>There have been no confirmed cases of organ harvesting in the UK. The threat of organ harvesting is likely to be used by traffickers as a form of coercion and control in other forms of trafficking.</p><p>There have been a very small number of instances of organ harvesting reported through the National Referral Mechanism (6 conclusive ground decisions in total), but these relate to instances where victims felt they were at risk of organ trafficking, rather than attempted or confirmed cases.</p><p>Our threat assessment on the scale and nature of human trafficking, including organ harvesting, is kept under regular review, informed by liaison with European counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 179107 question first answered 19/10/2018 15:09:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

987951

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Organs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with European counterparts on the proportion of human trafficking that is linked to organ harvesting; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	179107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>There have been no confirmed cases of organ harvesting in the UK. The threat of organ harvesting is likely to be used by traffickers as a form of coercion and control in other forms of trafficking.</p><p>There have been a very small number of instances of organ harvesting reported through the National Referral Mechanism (6 conclusive ground decisions in total), but these relate to instances where victims felt they were at risk of organ trafficking, rather than attempted or confirmed cases.</p><p>Our threat assessment on the scale and nature of human trafficking, including organ harvesting, is kept under regular review, informed by liaison with European counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 179106 question first answered 19/10/2018 15:09:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

984945

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	177734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Between June 2016 and June 2018 there has been an overall 9% increase in staffing levels.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>June 2016</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>June 2018<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>% Variance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>HC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26108</p></td><td><p>28060</p></td><td><p>28369</p></td><td><p>30620</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><sup>1</sup> Figures are reported using ONS Definitions. Since April 17 we have been using a new reporting system which has impacted on civil servant paid and unpaid figures; previously loans to FCO were captured as unpaid but are now recorded in the paid categoryas all costs are re-charged to the Home Office. The paid category only are reported in figures collected by Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the Quarterly Public Employment Survey (QPSES).</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1) June 2016: Data View - Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data for Home Office.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2) June 2018: Adelphi - Home Office Human Resources Record System.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Period Covered:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1) As at 30/06/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2) As at 30/06/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Organisational Coverage: Home Office</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Employee Coverage: Data is based on headcount (HC) and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) of paid Civil Servants who were current at the end of the period.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Note: Figues are in line with the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey (QPSES) collected by Office for National Statistics (ONS)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Key workforce changes in 2016-17 include:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1 Machinery of Government Change: 59.40 (FTE) Fire &amp; Resilience staff moved to Home Office from the Department for Communities &amp; Local Government</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2 Machinery of Government Change: 80.46 (FTE) Civil Service Learning staff moved from Home Office to the Cabinet Office.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/10/2018 12:00:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984903

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	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 167142 on UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Expenditure, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Liverpool Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme in each year since its launch.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	177610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities claim a tariff from the Government for the refugees they resettle under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. The first 12 months of a refugee's resettlement costs are funded by central government using the Official Development Assistance budget which amounts to £8,520 per person.</p><p>For years 2-5 local authorities receive £12,000 per person overall ; tapering from £5,000 in year 2, to £3,700 in year 3, to £2,300 in year 4 and £1,000 in year 5. There is also an exceptional cases fund to assist the most vulnerable refugees. This funding is available to help local authorities with exceptional costs such as social care and housing adaptations.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:54:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

984738

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mohammed Nabi Wardak
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reassess the case of Aghan interpreter Mohammed Nabi Wardak who translated for British armed forces on the front line in Helmand province between 2008 and 2011 and has been denied relocation to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	177772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role interpreters and local staff played in operations in Afghanistan. That is why there are two dedicated schemes designed to help local staff: the Ex-gratia redundancy scheme and the Intimidation policy. Responsibility for administering these schemes sits with the Ministry of Defence.</p><p>Where an individual chooses to leave Afghanistan outside of these schemes, our position is that they should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:56:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

984826

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures her Department has in place for when a claimant requests weekly rather than monthly payments of benefits; what advice her Department issues on whether claimants should be informed that they can request weekly payments of benefits that would usually be paid monthly; how many and what proportion of such requests from claimants were (a) granted and (b) refused in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	177588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The payment arrangements for Universal Credit are designed to mirror the world of work through a single monthly award.</p><p> </p><p>Our staff works closely with claimants, ensuring they can identify any vulnerability, such as financial hardship, at an early stage; and tailor support according to their individual needs. This includes a conversation with every claimant to establish any financial or budgeting support required.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the move to a single monthly household payment is a significant change for some claimants and where it is identified that a claimant is finding it difficult to budget monthly, it may be possible to have their Universal Credit divided over the month so it is paid more frequently, for example: twice monthly or, in exceptional circumstance, four times a month. These More Frequent Payments (MFP) are explained under the Alternative Payment Arrangements heading within ‘Universal Credit and You’ (paragraph 7.2), which is available to claimants via their online account.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit and You can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-you/universal-credit-and-you-a" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-you/universal-credit-and-you-a</a></p><p> </p><p>Around 2 per cent (20,000) of households on Universal Credit received a MFP in this way in June 2018, including those that have chosen to be paid more frequently via Universal Credit Scottish Choices.</p><p> </p><p>These figures will be updated in the next release of households on Universal Credit, on 13 November 2018. We do not hold information on the type of MFP these households receive and do not hold data on the number of refused applications for MFP. Further information can be accessed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-29-april-2013-to-9-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-29-april-2013-to-9-august-2018#</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/10/2018 13:26:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

984761

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has in place to avoid unnecessary repeat assessments for benefit applicants with special needs.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karen Lee
	uin	177817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Since September 2017, Employment and Support Allowance claimants who have the most severe/lifelong conditions and that meet the Severe Conditions Criteria are not required to attend further routine reassessments. Furthermore, in August 2018, we introduced updated guidance for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) case managers which will ensure that those who receive the highest level of support under PIP, and whose needs are unlikely to change or may get worse, will now receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at the ten year point.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/10/2018 12:44:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

984861

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have visited the Irish border in the last 12 months; when those visits took place; and how long they spent at the border in each of those visits.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	177807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>a) Details of Ministers’ overseas travel are published quarterly and are available on GOV.UK. Ministers have also met MPs from Northern Ireland within the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>b) Details of business expenses incurred by senior officials include domestic and international travel. This information is also published quarterly and is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for all officials in my Department is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2018 13:26:15 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

985732

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his speech entitled Justice Secretary launches fresh crackdown on crime in prison, published by his Department in July 2018, what proportion of the £30 million investment in prisons announced in that speech (a) will come from current budgets in his Department and (b) is new money from the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	178351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The current planned time-period for the £30m capital investment in prisons is over financial year 2018-19, and due to complete end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The £30m capital investment in prisons, is part of the Department’s current HMPPS 2018-19 change programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 178350 question first answered 19/10/2018 13:54:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

985731

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his speech entitled Justice Secretary launches fresh crackdown on crime in prison, published by his Department in July 2018, over what time period the £30 million investment in prisons announced in that speech is planned to be used.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	178350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The current planned time-period for the £30m capital investment in prisons is over financial year 2018-19, and due to complete end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The £30m capital investment in prisons, is part of the Department’s current HMPPS 2018-19 change programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 178351 question first answered 19/10/2018 13:54:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon