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384739

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Alternatives to Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what community programmes are available in lieu of prison sentences for (a) female and (b) gay or lesbian perpetrators of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Probation Service (NPS) and Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) work with all offenders to address the factors associated with their offending, including factors associated with their violent behaviour. Depending on the individual offender’s needs, there are a wide range of services in the community to address their offending behaviour and the factors leading to offending. These include emotion management, treatment for substance misuse and mental health, relationship skills, dealing with own victimisation and stress management.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/06/2015 12:22:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1150088

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Autism: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance on the duties of (a) statutory health providers and (b) local authorities in meeting the care needs of adults with autism.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	1018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Autism Act 2009 places a duty on the Secretary of<br>State for Health and Social Care to publish a strategy for meeting the needs of<br>autistic adults in England, and to review it periodically.</p><p /><p /> <p> </p><p /><p /> <p>In April 2014, the cross-Government adult autism strategy,<br>‘Think Autism’, was published. Statutory guidance for local authorities and National<br>Health Service organisations was published in March 2015 to support the adult<br>autism strategy’s implementation.</p><p /><p /> <p> </p><p /><p /> <p>We are currently reviewing the cross-Government autism<br>strategy and extending it to include children and young people. The Government<br>expects to publish the revised all age autism strategy by the end of the<br>calendar year.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/10/2019 15:08:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

423856

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	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	Government Equalities Office: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to promote the use of credit unions in the work of the Government Equalities Office; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	13513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>I refer The Hon Member for Harrow West to the reply given by Her Majesty’s Treasury to PQ 13524 on 2 November 2015.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/11/2015 16:44:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

387102

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases have cited the Human Rights Act 1998 since that Act came into effect.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	5148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Applications to the Family Court are made and recorded by reference to the relevant provision in family law. Details of how many family law cases specifically cited the Human Rights Act 1998 since it came into force could only be obtained by manually checking every case file at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/07/2015 11:07:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

418002

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who is responsible for the collection of data on families, their cases and the time in which they are within the justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	9814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) administers the Family Court and is responsible for recording and monitoring data of family cases on the main case management system. HMCTS use a system of standard operating procedures and data quality checks to ensure the effectiveness of recording data across HMCTS. Data is then extracted each month into a management information system (MIS).</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice use the data to produce the Family Court Statistics Quarterly bulletin which publishes workload and timeliness statistics for the Family Court.</p><p> </p><p>Data on timeliness in care proceedings are also published on the Open Justice website at Designated Family Judge level.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9815 question first answered 16/09/2015 13:50:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

384791

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to increase the effectiveness of rehabilitation of female prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	South Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Heather Wheeler
	uin	900507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Maintaining family links, education and promoting aspiration are essential to helping female offenders turn their lives around. The women’s custodial estate has been reconfigured so that women offenders can be held as close as possible to their homes, with access to the right interventions and opportunities for meaningful resettlement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Community Rehabilitation Companies are providing embedded resettlement services, which are required to be tailored to the specific needs of women.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/06/2015 15:26:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler

385373

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the offences and length of time served in prison are of each of the 20 longest serving female prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Of the twenty female prisoners who had served the longest amount of time in custody, as of 31 March 2015, twelve had served between 14 and 18 years and eight had served 18 years or more.</p><p> </p><p>All bar two of those female offenders were imprisoned for violent offences against the person.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/07/2015 14:05:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

416654

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Females: Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Advisory Board on Female Offenders in addressing the strategic objectives for female offenders; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	8612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since its inception in 2013, the Advisory Board has been supporting the development of locally driven whole system approaches in Greater Manchester and Wales which provide robust and effective sentencing options in the community. They also contributed to the development of guidance for the new probation providers on responding to the gender-specific needs of female offenders, and considered evidence from a cross-departmental working group on the links between debt and finance issues and female offenders.</p><p> </p><p>I believe the Advisory Board on Female Offenders has an important role to play in our work to drive forward improvements for female offenders. Since May 2015, we have refreshed the membership and Terms of Reference to enable the Board to provide stronger leadership, including holding key Government departments and delivery partners to account.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/09/2015 11:29:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

346861

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Perinatal Mortality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) stillbirths and (b) perinatal deaths were referred to HM Coroner services in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the types of cases referred to coroners. However, it does collect data on the conclusions recorded at inquests.</p><p> </p><p>Coroners cannot by law investigate cases in which a child has not lived independently of its mother. They can open an investigation if there is any doubt over whether the child has lived independently, once they have received a report of a death. They can also investigate perinatal deaths which occur in the six days following birth. The Chief Coroner, HHJ Peter Thornton QC, is considering actions to improve consistency and good practice in relation to neonatal deaths.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of inquest conclusions which were recorded as stillbirths. This information is also published at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Stillbirth conclusions recorded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/06/2015 16:01:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

348880

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cremation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to appoint a National Inspectorate of Crematoriums in England.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	1388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>What happened at Emstrey Crematorium over the course of more than a decade was totally unacceptable and we deeply sympathise with the parents in these tragic cases. We are clear that this should never happen again.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations of the Independent Report, which took account of the report by the Bonomy Infant Cremation Commission, are receiving careful consideration and the Government will announce its conclusions in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1462 1463 1464 1465 question first answered 15/06/2015 11:14:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

835963

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Child Care Vouchers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many employees of his Department make use of the childcare voucher scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	126318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>140 employees use the Department’s childcare voucher scheme as of 31 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/02/2018 16:12:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

712089

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Ofsted report, Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2016, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect of the reduction in the number of childminders on the roll-out of the 30 hours childcare entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	68397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>30 hours entitlement is already being delivered in eight Early Implementer areas, with over 4,000 parents already benefitting from this offer. Furthermore, four new councils have signed up to deliver 30 hours childcare offer early, from this April, before it is rolled-out nationally from September.</p><p> </p><p>Childminders are a valuable part of the childcare sector and we want to see them play a full role in delivering the 30 hours childcare entitlement. There were 44,000 childminders registered with Ofsted as at 31 December 2016. The total number fell by 700 (1.6%) in the period, but this is a smaller fall than the 3.5% (1,600) in the previous period from August to December 2016. We are pleased that the fall in numbers has slowed, although there is clearly more to do.</p><p> </p><p>In our Early Implementer areas, providers have been able to meet the parental demand for 30 hours, with many childminders working in partnership with other providers to deliver a seamless flexible offer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/03/2017 16:29:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

442763

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	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	Government Equalities Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people of each gender work in the Government Equalities Office.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	21084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>35 female and 20 male members of staff currently work in the Government Equalities Office.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/01/2016 12:56:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

677501

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Honours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the total number of awards made to state schools in the New Year Honours List 2017 were to governors or employees of (a) local authority, (b) church and (c) academy and free schools.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	61169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>41 governors and employees of state schools were recognised in the New Year Honours List 2017: 17 were employees or governors of local authority maintained schools, 6 were employees or governors of church schools and 18 were employees or governors of academies and free schools.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2017 14:55:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

636183

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are receiving 30 hours of free childcare under the pilot of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	52742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>8 local authorities started delivering the 30 hours childcare entitlement in September 2016, providing invaluable learning ahead of full rollout in September 2017. Over 3,600 children have already accessed an extended entitlement place and we expect this to rise to around 5,000 children over the course of the pilot.</p><p>The Department has since commissioned an independent evaluation of early implementation of the extended entitlement. This evaluation will focus on generating learning that can be used by Early Implementers and all local authorities ahead of national rollout.</p><p>Learning from the early implementers will be shared throughout the year. There will be a national findings event in the spring next year, and a formal evaluation report will be published next summer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 52743 question first answered 22/11/2016 16:04:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

636184

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the pilot of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	52743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>8 local authorities started delivering the 30 hours childcare entitlement in September 2016, providing invaluable learning ahead of full rollout in September 2017. Over 3,600 children have already accessed an extended entitlement place and we expect this to rise to around 5,000 children over the course of the pilot.</p><p>The Department has since commissioned an independent evaluation of early implementation of the extended entitlement. This evaluation will focus on generating learning that can be used by Early Implementers and all local authorities ahead of national rollout.</p><p>Learning from the early implementers will be shared throughout the year. There will be a national findings event in the spring next year, and a formal evaluation report will be published next summer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 52742 question first answered 22/11/2016 16:04:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

793044

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	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	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on concern about the adequacy of the funeral fund to cover basic funeral costs; and whether he plans change to that fund.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	114829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">DWP have advertised 1,053 External Vacancies since January 2015 containing 21,432 posts. The breakdown provided by Government Recruitment Services is provided as requested overleaf. It is worth considering these vacancies are not guaranteed to have been filled.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">These are the vacancies we advertised. Not all roles advertised were filled and therefore this data will include repeat adverts.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Month</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Number of Vacancies</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Number of Posts</strong> <strong>Advertised</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jan-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">214</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Feb-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">353</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Mar-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">60</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Apr-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">62</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">May-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">54</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jun-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">20</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">311</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jul-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">326</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Aug-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1698</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sep-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1479</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Oct-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">469</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nov-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">397</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Dec-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">239</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jan-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">290</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Feb-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">47</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1274</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Mar-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">50</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2107</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Apr-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">74</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1309</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">May-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">500</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jun-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">58</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1081</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jul-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">214</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Aug-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">34</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">804</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sep-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">61</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1251</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Oct-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">50</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">542</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nov-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">34</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">567</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Dec-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">48</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jan-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">101</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1540</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Feb-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">35</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">483</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Mar-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">131</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Apr-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">May-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">42</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">891</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jun-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1238</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jul-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">433</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Aug-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">243</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sep-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">66</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Oct-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">30</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">605</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nov-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">29</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">131</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1053</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>21432</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department has had a number of discussions with representatives from the funeral industry and groups supporting bereaved people about Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments and in particular the maximum amount of £700 available for other costs. We have made clear that we will ensure that Funeral Expenses Payments continue to meet the necessary costs of a cremation or burial for eligible claimants. Average payments have increased year-on-year to meet these necessary costs. We have had to make difficult choices about welfare spending and it has not been possible to increase the £700 maximum for other costs. However, we have made interest-free Social Fund Budgeting Loans available for funeral costs in addition to Funeral Expenses Payments.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have also been carrying out reforms to the Funeral Expenses Payments Regulations which are coming into force in April 2018. The reforms focused primarily on clarifying a number of issues around eligibility and to simplify the process for claiming a Funeral Expenses Payment. The formal response to the consultation on the Reform of the Funeral Expenses Payment Regulations was published on 3 July 2017 and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/656887/consultation-response-reforms-to-funeral-expenses-payments.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/656887/consultation-response-reforms-to-funeral-expenses-payments.pdf</a>.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/11/2017 16:52:20 question first ministerially corrected 29/11/2017 12:23:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 25531 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

652396

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Banks: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to encourage banks to include a non-binary gender option on their official documents.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	56057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Equality and Human Rights Commission is the regulator for the public sector equality duty set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. The Commission uses a range of levers to ensure local authorities and other public bodies comply with the requirements of the duty, from provision of guidance through to enforcement activity where it considers there to be a strategic benefit.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In light of the Brighton University report highlighted by the Honourable Member, the Commission will be writing to the Local Government Association (LGA) drawing its attention to the findings of the research and of the Commission’s evidence of the key equality challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and asking the LGA to remind local authorities of their legal obligations under the public sector equality duty.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We encourage all service providers, including financial services, to provide a welcoming environment for all customers, including transgender and non-binary customers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To support this aim, we published ‘Providing services for transgender customers: a guide’ in November 2015 to help service providers ensure transgender people are welcomed, included and valued as customers, clients, users or members, and to ensure they are treated fairly and appropriately. It also aims to help service providers comply with the law.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We welcome the fact that some banks, such as the Metro Bank, allow customers to select non-binary as a gender option.</ins></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 09:25:50 question first ministerially corrected 13/12/2016 13:16:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 25173 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

422699

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the efficacy of the communication between the criminal courts and the family courts where a prosecution for domestic abuse is happening alongside child contact proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	12605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Ministry of Justice does not collect information centrally on Litigants in Person, or on who is cross examining witnesses in family court cases.</del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government takes the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously. A number of recent measures have been taken to strengthen and clarify the family court’s response to issues of domestic violence.</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Where criminal and <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/prosecution/domestic/domv.html#a10" target="_blank">civil proceedings</a> are taking place at the same time, prosecutors will ensure that the court has the appropriate information to enable them to make other orders that prioritise the safety of victims, children and young people.</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Guidance to the family court makes clear that if domestic violence is alleged, the court must take this is into account when making decisions about contact with a child and the welfare of the child is of paramount importance.</ins></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial"> Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunal Services (HMCTS) are constantly looking for ways to improve the service that they offer to victims and witnesses. This includes making the appropriate links between family court proceedings and the criminal justice system.</ins></p><br /> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/10/2015 13:17:50 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2015 18:28:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 26151 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

747512

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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 steps he is taking to collect child maintenance arrears, by category of collectability.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	2606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department publishes an annual estimate of child maintenance arrears in the Client Funds Account that sets out the three categories of collectability.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1. Likely to be collected:</strong> Debt which meets criteria indicating that the Department has a good chance of collecting it. The criteria are:</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">At least one payment made against the outstanding arrears in the six months prior to the reporting date.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">At least one payment made in excess of the scheduled amount</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2. Potentially collectable:</strong> Debt which meets criteria indicating that the Department has a reasonable chance of collecting it. The criteria are:</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">The existence of a payment schedule at any point during the six months prior to the reporting date, even though no payments were received in the period.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">For recent arrears, i.e. aged three months or less, the receipt of at least one payment against those arrears after the reporting date.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Debt on cases where enforcement action such as deduction directly from the non-resident parent’s bank account, or forcing the sale of their property is likely to be successful.</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>3. Uncollectable:</strong> All remaining debt which does not meet the criteria for either of the other categories.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Department aims to ensure parents fulfil their obligation to make financial provision for their children and that maintenance is paid accurately and on time. Our priority, as outlined in our published Arrears and Compliance Strategy is to collect on-going maintenance and arrears in cases where there is still a child who stands to benefit.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Child maintenance arrears are categorised in the Client Fund Account according to the likelihood of them being collected. We consider action on all cases that fall into the collectable and potentially collectable categories of debt. Where we are unable to take enforcement action, for example where we cannot trace the non-resident parent, cases will fall into the uncollectable category and will be reviewed as resources allow.</ins></p></ins></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/07/2017 09:26:53 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2017 10:03:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 2227 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

986366

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2018
	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	Dementia: Health 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that people diagnosed with dementia have access to clinical support within a reasonable travelling distance from their home.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	178523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The number of PSA tests for suspected prostate cancer in primary care is not routinely collected.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial">The Government is committed to delivering the Challenge on Dementia 2020 to make England the world-leader in dementia care and support, research and awareness by 2020. The joint declaration on post-diagnostic dementia care and support is an unequivocal joint commitment between the Government, health, social care, and the third sector to improve care and support for people with dementia.</ins></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial">Local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for services and support for people with dementia. The Government and NHS England would expect CCGs to commission services that take into account relevant guidance, including National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, and the Dementia Care Pathway, which sets out benchmarks to improve the delivery and quality of care and support.</ins></strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/10/2018 16:27:34 question first ministerially corrected 22/10/2018 14:59:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 78886 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

776224

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017