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1041754

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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: Members' Constituency Work
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 instruction to NHS England that signed authority from a patient is not required for the NHS to progress an inquiry from an hon. Member pursuing a case on behalf of a constituent; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	208761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>There has been no change in policy with regards to obtaining consent of a patient for the purposes of an inquiry or investigation and therefore Ministers have not been consulted.</p><p> </p><p>If a National Health Service body is to disclose patient information held by it in order to progress an inquiry from a hon. Member<ins class="ministerial"> on behalf of a constituent</ins>, <ins class="ministerial">there are circumstances in which the body may provide patient information to a Member of Parliament without the Member evidencing the explicit consent of the patient, so long as that information is provided in accordance with the requirements set out in paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to the Data Protection Act 2018</ins><del class="ministerial">it must obtain the consent of the patient before doing so</del>. An inquiry or an investigation will almost certainly require the disclosure by the NHS body of information relating to the constituent as patient.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS body must be content that there is a legal basis under the General Data Protection Regulation/Data Protection Act for processing patient information (i.e. disclosing and sharing it for the purposes of the investigation). This is easier to satisfy if it is clear the patient has consented to the hon. Member making investigations on their behalf.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/01/2019 15:10:03 question first ministerially corrected 12/02/2019 12:32:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 96339 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1035025

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Cameras
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 effect on health and safety conditions at HMP Grendon of the decision by HMPPS not to require at least two staff per work area to be issued with body-worn video cameras; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	205268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>HMP Grendon is dedicated to providing all prisoners accredited therapy in one of five democratic therapeutic communities. HMP Grendon has a low level of violence and assaults. Theuse of Body Worn Video Cameras was considered carefully and there was belief that this may have a negative impact on therapeutic work that takes place.</p><p> </p><p>Body worn video cameras were introduced alongside a range of other measures to improve safety. The cameras are intended to support staff interpersonal skills and provide evidential information if an incident occurs. They are not mandatory, it is for each Governor to make an assessment of how they are deployed.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst PSI 14/2017 does not specify how many cameras should be on each residential unit, an instruction was given from HMPPS Headquarters requesting that two staff in each residential units during the hours of unlock wearing BWVC. It is for each prison to consider and determine how they satisfy this instruction whilst taking into account information such as levels of violence and how effectively safety is being managed. In the case of HMP Grendon it is dedicated to providing accredited interventions in therapeutic communities, and promoting rehabilitation and safety. The assessment on level of camera requirement is therefore based on this.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/01/2019 18:12:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1037944

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Department has made of the ability of the police service to manage caseloads involving registered sex offenders.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	206413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be</p><p><br>Registered sex offenders are managed by the police, who are in the best position to identify the risk posed by individuals. We work with the police on an ongoing basis to ensure they have all the necessary tools to manage sex offenders as effectively as possible in the community.</p><p>We are very clear that the police are best placed to assess the risk of an offender committing another crime, and they will rightly put the public first. In 2017 the police introduced 'reactive management' allowing resources to be prioritised effectively towards the most dangerous sex offenders. This means each offender will have a personalised risk management plan to reduce the risk they pose to the public.</p><p>No offender who continues to pose a risk to the public will be subject to reactive management but will continue to be managed closely by the police. If at any point there are any concerns about an offender in reactive management, they will be reverted back to active management.</p><p>We continue to work with the Police and other law enforcement agencies to ensure that the right powers are available for the authorities to tackle sexual crimes and to bring perpetrators to justice.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/01/2019 11:32:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1038015

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average duration of the appeal procedure in 2018 against first-instance decisions was for (a) all nationalities, (b) Syrian appellants, (c) Afghan appellants and (d) Iraqi appellants.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	206300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The average clearance time, in weeks, from receipt to disposal of an appeal in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) between January and September 2018, the latest period for which data are available, was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>42 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syrian nationals<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>38 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghan nationals<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>32 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraqi nationals<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>22 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>These data are Management Information taken from the tribunal’s case management system. They do not form part of the published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Listing and case management of appeals is a function of the independent judiciary and each appeal is dealt with based on its own individual facts .</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of issues that can influence overall case length and these include adjournments and postponements, evidential factors (which may vary according to the country to which the application relates), the ease of gathering evidence, time taken to obtain expert reports where required and availability of up to date country guidance where relevant.</p><p> </p><p>Tribunal statistics are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has worked extensively to reduce the outstanding caseload and improve timeliness in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. This has seen the live caseload in the First-tier Tribunal more than halve from 64,800 to 31,500 between July 2016 and September 2018. The average duration has also improved from 52 weeks in the period July to September 2017 to 39 weeks in the period July to September 2018.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/01/2019 18:14:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1038351

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procurement process his Department used to contract (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries to provide extra roll-on roll-off ferry capacity.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	206771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my Rt Hon Friend's Written Statement of 7 January.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/01/2019 11:28:15 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1038398

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value is of exports of goods and services from the UK which are currently governed by WTO rules.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	206862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Based on the latest estimates, in 2017 the UK exported £613.4bn in goods and services to WTO members (including special member state territories of the European Union). This trade is subject to both WTO and potentially other preferential trade agreement rules. This accounts for 99.3% of the UK’s total exports of goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>Of this total, £101.2bn worth of goods and services were exported to countries that are WTO members but do not, at the time of writing, benefit from any form of preferential or non-MFN trade in any goods or services with the EU-28. This accounts for 16.4% of the UK’s total exports of goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>Source: ONS UK trade in services April to June 2018 (NSA) and ONS Monthly UK Trade Statistics, October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 21/01/2019 09:50:52 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1039084

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many premium service spousal visa applications for settlement in the UK have been processed in each month from January 2018 to January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	207202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on out of country applications for settlement visas and processing performance against service standards is published in the Migration Transparency data, table Visa01, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-november-2018%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-november-2018 </a></p><p>The latest data show the vast majority 97.0% of straightforward cases were dealt with within customer service standards.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/01/2019 16:01:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1039564

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of young offenders in each Young Offenders Institution were allowed (a) weekly visits, (b) a visit every two weeks and (c) more than one visit a week in the last calendar month for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	207583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/01/2019 17:14:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1039571

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register: Home Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of home visits that the police have made to registered sex offenders in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	207585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be.</p><p>Registered sex offenders are managed in the community by the police, who are best placed to identify their risks and determine how frequently they conduct home visits.</p><p>In 2017, the police made key changes to their management regime. Officers can now determine the frequency of home visits as part of a personalised risk management plan, instead of visiting all offenders a set number of times based on their risk category. Importantly, success is not measured solely by the completion of home visits, but through careful consideration of a range of factors, including the quality of the risk management plan and their progress in completing actions.</p><p>We continue to work with the Police and other law enforcement agencies to ensure that the right powers are available for the authorities to tackle sexual crimes and to bring perpetrators to justice.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/01/2019 15:54:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1039572

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to review the law governing the maximum power of undipped headlights on motor vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	207605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The maximum number and intensity of undipped headlamps fitted to new road vehicles in the UK must comply with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) vehicle approval regulations. Once a vehicle enters into service, national regulations allow the fitment of additional undipped headlamps but make it an offence to use headlamps in a manner that causes undue dazzle or discomfort to other road users.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to review the laws relating to the maximum power of undipped headlamps or the fitment of additional headlamps.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 207606 question first answered 21/01/2019 12:41:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone