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990332

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Older People: Abuse
	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 make elder abuse an aggravated offence.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	181315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has asked the Law Commission to carry out an independent review into hate crime legislation to consider whether existing legislation is consistent and effective. This will include whether crimes motivated by, or demonstrating hatred of older people or other potential protected characteristics should be hate crimes.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2018 15:29:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1005723

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what plans the Government has to use the centenary of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 to encourage more women to stand for public office.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	190523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office is providing financial assistance to ensure every MP in this House can invite a woman constituent to parliament for the day. Campaign group 50:50 Parliament’s #AskHerToStand event asks MPs to mentor a woman from their constituency for the day.</p><p>The Government Equalities Office is also hosting a conference to celebrate the centenary of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act on 21 November 2018. The conference will celebrate and learn from women law-makers who have made a difference to the country.</p><p>The women attending have been involved in the Suffrage Centenary year including grant recipients, grassroots groups, gender equality organisations, and aspiring politicians.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2018 15:00:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1027450

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Females: Candidates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to encourage women to participate in politics.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	908346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>One of our aims for the Women’s Suffrage Centenary was to ensure more women participate in politics and decision-making. Whether that is to vote, to campaign or to stand for election, women must be there making the decisions.</p><p>Over the course of this year, the Centenary Fund has supported nearly 320 small and large projects. Many of them are designed to encourage participation by offering women across the country information and training to take part in civic society at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/12/2018 16:02:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1050400

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour: Public Places
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to prohibit the use of sound-producing anti-loitering devices without a licence.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	214050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The safety of anti-loitering devices is already regulated under the General Product Safety Regulation 2005 (GPSR). This requires all products intended for or likely to be used by consumers to be safe for normal or reasonably foreseeable use.</p><p>It is for local agencies dealing with anti-social behaviour to determine how to best tackle issues in their area, and to ensure any devices they use comply with the relevant legislation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/02/2019 16:44:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1050480

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sharia Law Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to publish its response to the recommendations of the independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	214073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>On 1 February 2018 the Government published the independent Sharia review and confirmed it would not be taking forward the recommendation to regulate Sharia Councils in a Written Ministerial Statement. <br>The Government’s commitments in response to the review can be found in the Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, published on 14 March 2018 and available on gov.uk:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/integrated-communities-strategy-green-paper." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/integrated-communities-strategy-green-paper.</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/02/2019 16:47:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1017328

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	International Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen the rules-based international order.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	197482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The rules-based international system has made the world collectively more prosperous and safe than ever before. Today, upholding and strengthening this system is a priority for the government. We are reinvigorating and expanding the UK's diplomatic network in order to reinforce our friendships and alliances, to defend the values of democracy and human rights, to reform the multilateral architecture where needed, and to reach agreement on new rules in evolving policy areas. This will allow the UK to play a leading role in shaping a rules-based international system fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/12/2018 14:20:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

999629

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Clacton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taking to invest in infrastructure in the Clacton region.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	187158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to making sure every area of the country has modern and efficient infrastructure. By the end of the parliament, public capital investment will reach levels not sustained in 40 years.</p><p> </p><p>Essex will receive £19 million for local roads maintenance in 2018/19, and DfT has provided £4 million to Essex County Council for development funding for improvements to the A120. In the last 5 years access to Superfast Broadband in Clacton has risen from 77% to 98%.</p><p>The Budget announced new programmes delivered at the local level to address barriers to productivity and increased funding for existing programmes, including an additional £420 million in 2018/19 to tackle potholes, repair damaged roads, and invest in keeping bridges open and safe. The £675 million Future High Streets Fund will support and fund local areas’ plans to make their high streets and town centres fit for the future, and the Budget also announced £150 million funding pot for a new competition for small improvements projects such as roundabouts.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/11/2018 17:47:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1081909

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Racial Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incidents of racism were reported in schools in (a) England, (b) Essex, (c) Tendring and (d) Clacton constituency in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	228160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Schools are not required to report centrally on racist incidents or to publish figures. Schools have the freedom to develop their own approaches for monitoring behaviour, including racist incidents, and to exercise their own judgement as to what will work best for their pupils and the communities they serve. They are required to publish a behaviour policy that outlines measures to encourage good behaviour and to prevent all forms of bullying amongst pupils, including racist bullying, and are held to account by Ofsted. Where schools feel that an incident might constitute a crime, guidance makes it clear that they should report it to the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/03/2019 17:09:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1083543

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking in advance of the Spending Review to ensure that children’s services departments are adequately funded.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	229733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The government will consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the Spending Review which my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced will take place this year. We are working closely with local authorities and the wider sector to build a robust evidence base on the levels of children’s services costs and pressures.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2019 08:34:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1092227

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Supported Housing: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of UK provision of housing-with-care for older people compared with that of other countries; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	234832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG has not carried out such an assessment. Housing-with-care is able to react flexibly to fluctuating, or increasing, care and support needs. There is evidence to suggest that living in a housing-with-care setting can reduce the overall amount of care older people might need, whilst also having the potential to reduce loneliness levels.</p><p>In the UK only 0.7 per cent of over-65s live in a housing-with-care setting. This figure stands at more than 5 per cent in countries such as the United States, New Zealand or Australia.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 26/03/2019 15:03:10 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling