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1126112

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of trends in the level of wellbeing of probation officers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	253682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Probation Service (NPS) conducts an annual survey of its staff, which includes questions on well-being (relating to respondents’ life as a whole, not simply their employment) and also their engagement with the NPS. The survey results cover everyone employed by the NPS, both operational and administrative staff. In relation to both well-being and positive engagement, there has been a steady upward trend since the first survey in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold comparable data on staff employed by the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), as the CRCs are responsible for the management of the people they employ.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/05/2019 12:32:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1126113

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to undertake a review the quality of the clinical supervision provided to probation staff; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	253683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Following the expiry of the previous clinical supervision contract in March 2018, an expert group was created comprising representatives of the probation and prison services and psychology to determine the likely future needs of prison and probation staff for clinical support. A new provider was commissioned to deliver the service (now known as Structured Professional Support) in April 2018. Delivery of this service is kept under constant review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/05/2019 12:30:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1126672

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effect of one person occupying both the roles of National Security Adviser and Cabinet Secretary on the effectiveness of those roles.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	254148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Sir Mark Sedwill has been operating successfully as Cabinet Secretary since June 2017 and has the full confidence of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. His responsibilities incorporate those he exercised as National Security Adviser and, like his predecessors, those of the Head of the Civil Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/05/2019 11:53:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1126866

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	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	Pensions: Consumer Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding (a) has been and (b) is planned to be allocated to the Money and Pensions Service for the delivery of pensions dashboards in (i) 2019-20 and (ii) each of the three subsequent years from (A) the financial services levy on FCA-regulated firms, (B) the general levy on pension schemes and (C) general taxation.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	254866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Pensions dashboard are a priority of this Government. The Government is committed to ensuring that the Money and Pensions Service has the funding necessary to develop the non-commercial dashboard and to work with industry, through the Industry Delivery Group (IDG), to develop the dashboard architecture.</p><p> </p><p>The Money and Pensions Service has £8.2m funding for 2019/20 to begin development of the non-commercial dashboard and the dashboard architecture. This funding consists of:</p><ul><li>£1.2m from the Department’s Autumn Budget 2018 settlement to cover the initial set up costs for the Industry Delivery Group.</li><li>£4.7m from the pensions guidance element of the Financial Services Levy.</li><li>£2.3m from the General Pensions Levy.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with the Money and Pensions Service to understand the future development and ongoing maintenance costs over future years, including over the next three years to ensure sufficient funding is allocated from the levies.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 254867 question first answered 24/05/2019 08:35:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1126868

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	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	Pensions: Consumer Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how funding for the Money and Pension Service for delivery of pensions dashboards will be allocated between (a) the delivery of a non-commercial dashboard hosted by the Money and Pensions Service and (b) the Industry Delivery group for implementation of the wider project.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	254867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Pensions dashboard are a priority of this Government. The Government is committed to ensuring that the Money and Pensions Service has the funding necessary to develop the non-commercial dashboard and to work with industry, through the Industry Delivery Group (IDG), to develop the dashboard architecture.</p><p> </p><p>The Money and Pensions Service has £8.2m funding for 2019/20 to begin development of the non-commercial dashboard and the dashboard architecture. This funding consists of:</p><ul><li>£1.2m from the Department’s Autumn Budget 2018 settlement to cover the initial set up costs for the Industry Delivery Group.</li><li>£4.7m from the pensions guidance element of the Financial Services Levy.</li><li>£2.3m from the General Pensions Levy.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with the Money and Pensions Service to understand the future development and ongoing maintenance costs over future years, including over the next three years to ensure sufficient funding is allocated from the levies.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 254866 question first answered 24/05/2019 08:35:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1126927

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Propaganda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Treason Act 1945 to provide a tenable basis for the prosecution of British citizens who participate in and spread propaganda of Islamist extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	254758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Commission for Countering Extremism was set up last year to support the Government to understand the scale of extremism and the wider harms associated with it, beyond radicalisation into terrorism. The Commission’s work includes looking into whether there is a need for a statutory definition of extremism and new powers to tackle it.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/05/2019 11:37:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1126933

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what penalties universal credit claimants incur if they are unable to repay their advance within 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	254729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Before accepting a Universal Credit Advance the number of monthly repayment instalments is agreed with a claimant, up to a maximum of 12. For a variety of reasons, instalments may not occur consecutively, so claimants do not incur a penalty if it takes them more than 12 calendar months.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has taken a number of steps to ensure that advances meet the needs of claimants and that recovery arrangements are personalised and reasonable. From October 2019 we are reducing the maximum rate of deductions to 30 per cent and from October 2021 we are increasing the maximum recovery period for advances from 12 to 16 months.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/05/2019 12:02:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1126935

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to strengthen the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	254763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Five Eyes alliance is of critical importance to the UK in tackling the most pressing security threats we face. We continue to work together with our Five Eyes partners on our shared global security interests and to harness the power of this international alliance, including through intelligence-sharing.</p><p>The UK will continue to invest in the relationship and take a leading role, including by hosting the Five Countries Ministerial conference this summer. There is no suggestion in the Withdrawal Agreement or the Political Declaration on our future relationship that our exit from the EU will have ramifications on the UK’s security arrangements with the Five Eyes.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/05/2019 11:26:43 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1126938

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Universities
	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 is taking to ensure that university authorities co-operate with the Prevent programme.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	254764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Students has delegated responsibility, from the Secretary of State for Education, for monitoring compliance of the Prevent Duty in the higher education (HE) sector. The latest Office for Students monitoring report shows high levels of compliance, with over 97% of universities and other HE providers having due regard for the duty.</p><p>Under this delegation, the Secretary of State asked the Office for Students to move towards a more risk based monitoring approach, ensuring resources are targeted where most needed. The Office for Students updated their monitoring framework to reflect this, which took effect in September 2018.</p><p>The Government provides direct support to the sector on implementation of Prevent through a network of ‘further education / higher education’ (FE/HE) regional co-ordinators who work directly with higher and further education institutions, and provide them with the advice, support and training they need to build their and their students’ resilience to extremism and radicalisation. There is also published Government guidance for the sector on Prevent implementation. The Home Office has regular discussions with the Department for Education on the implementation of Prevent in the higher education sector</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/05/2019 11:29:26 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1126942

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred: Christianity
	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 he has made of trends in the level of hate crimes against Christians.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	254766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has collected on a mandatory basis the number of religious hate crimes where the targeted religion was Christian since 2017/18.</p><p>Data for 2017/18 can be found in ‘Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2017/18’ <br>which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2017-to-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2019 11:35:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell