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1111043

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Impact Assessment for the extension of the Shared Accommodation Rate to 25-34 year-olds, how many claimants were affected; and what assessment she has made of the effect of that extension on the average weekly income since January 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	243318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of households aged 25-34 who are entitled to the Shared Accommodation Rate is available on Stat-Xplore from January 2013 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>An independent evaluation of the 2011/12 Local Housing Allowance reforms including the changes to the Shared Accommodation Rate was published in 2014 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/04/2019 12:13:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1121720

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that employees do not suffer financial hardship as a result of untimely CRB processes.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	910444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) was established in 2012 and carries out the functions previously undertaken by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).</p><p>The DBS’s complaints policy can be found at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494019/Complaint_Policy_v2_7_Web_version.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494019/Complaint_Policy_v2_7_Web_version.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/04/2019 13:25:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1121421

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Surgery: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendation of the Royal College of Surgeons in its report entitled, Recommendations for assuring standards in the independent sector, whether his Department has plans to require all new surgical procedures used in (a) the NHS and (b) private health providers to be registered before being offered to patients.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
	uin	244030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to require all new surgical procedures used in either National Health Service or private health circles to be registered before being offered to patients.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence provides technology appraisals that indicate which devices are suitable for routine use and which require more supervised evaluation. This applies to NHS care commissioned from NHS or independent sector providers.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/04/2019 13:12:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

1121363

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS 111: Ambulance Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of calls to the (a) NHS 111 and (b) NHS 111 BSL service resulted in the dispatch of an ambulance in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	244042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly performance data for the NHS 111 service at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/statistical-work-areas-nhs-111-minimum-data-set-nhs-111-minimum-data-set-2018-19/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/statistical-work-areas-nhs-111-minimum-data-set-nhs-111-minimum-data-set-2018-19/</a></p><p>The following table provides the latest data available for ambulance dispositions from NHS 111 and NHS 111 British Sign Language (BSL).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total calls to NHS 111</p></td><td><p>Calls to the NHS 111 BSL Service (including in total calls)1</p></td><td><p>Number of calls triaged2</p></td><td><p>Ambulance dispatches3</p></td><td><p>Ambulance dispatches (% of calls triaged)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19 to date</p></td><td><p>16,782,181</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>13,135,711</p></td><td><p>1,742,056</p></td><td><p>13.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: NHS England</p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p>1 NHS 111 BSL call data is currently only available up to February 2019.</p><p>2 A triaged call is one where the clinical assessment tool has been opened and used.</p><p>3 Final NHS Pathways disposition was a referral to the Ambulance Service: Further clinical assessment within the Integrated Urgent Care (NHS 111) or 999 service areas may have indicated that an ambulance response and/or conveyance was not required. The actual percentage resulting in an ambulance being dispatched may therefore be lower.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/04/2019 09:46:04 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1111200

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with Departmental staff in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	243413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has not entered into any non-disclosure agreements in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/04/2019 10:10:03 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1111143

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Boats
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met with representatives of National Historic Ships UK on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals for older UK passenger boats.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	243485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Department officials continue to have regular meetings with staff from the National Historic Ships UK (NHS-UK) to discuss such matters. NHS-UK, as an arms-length body, has independence when issuing advice, whether that be to the sector, government departments or government bodies such as the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/04/2019 11:22:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1111167

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tourism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the UK as a tourist destination abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	243398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>VisitBritain are responsible for marketing Britain to the international market and do so through a variety of campaigns. This is a statutory duty under the Development of Tourism Act 1969. For example in 2018, they launched their ‘I travel for…’ global marketing campaign using short films and story-telling to highlight less explored parts of the country.</p><p> </p><p>VisitEngland administer the£40m Discover England Fund which invests in innovate, bookable products aimed at specific international markets around the world.</p><p> </p><p>VisitEngland also use English Tourism Week to promote English tourism product through social media channels, working with Government to create impactful posts to a large audience.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/04/2019 11:24:51 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1111168

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Tourism: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) the North and (b) Lancashire as tourist destinations.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	243399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>VisitEngland administers the £40m Discover England Fund, supporting the development of innovative and bookable tourism product across England to international markets. For example, the “Discover More Than Just A Holiday” project, led by Marketing Lancashire and “Buzzing For The Weekend”, led by Warrington Council.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain also has a Gateway Partnership with Manchester Airport, promoting Manchester as a gateway to the North of England, encouraging visitors to choose Manchester, the North of England and Northern Wales as their destination.</p><p> </p><p>ExploreGB will be held in Harrogate this May, promoting UK tourism product to over 200 international buyers from over 30 countries. Destinations from the North of England will be attending this event, promoting their products face to face.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed Tourism Sector Deal aims to improve productivity in the tourism industry across the country through a range of initiatives. The sector and the Government are currently in formal negotiations over the deal and we hope to be able to provide further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/04/2019 11:27:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1110566

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	242807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We have collected data on non-disclosure agreements as part of the central Cabinet Office requirement to do this since January 2015. We have had no non-disclosure agreements during that period.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/04/2019 09:48:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1121348

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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: EEA Nationals and EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many EU and EEA nationals (a) have made a claim for universal credit and (b) have had that claim rejected in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	244127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/04/2019 10:45:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray