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967506

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Christopher Allen
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they have provided to the family of the British citizen, Christopher Allen, who was killed in South Sudan in August 2017.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL9995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>​US consular services contacted the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for advice regarding Christopher Allen’s death in South Sudan, a dual US/UK national. Consular assistance was provided by the US consular services in Sudan and the USA, following the decision by the family to repatriate Mr Allen to the USA.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL9993 HL9994 question first answered 12/09/2018 15:44:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

967505

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Christopher Allen
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the South Sudanese authorities about the killing of the British citizen, Christopher Allen, in August 2017.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL9994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>​US consular services contacted the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for advice regarding Christopher Allen’s death in South Sudan, a dual US/UK national. Consular assistance was provided by the US consular services in Sudan and the USA, following the decision by the family to repatriate Mr Allen to the USA.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL9993 HL9995 question first answered 12/09/2018 15:44:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

969482

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	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	Torture: Rendition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with international counterparts on whether to launch an independent judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in torture and rendition.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	171737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>There have been no discussions on the issue of a further independent judge-led inquiry between FCO Ministers and their international counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2018 16:39:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

969528

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has paid damages under its hostile environment immigration policy on condition that the recipient did not publicise that payment since October 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	171732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>Further to my response to UIN 160359 of 4 July 2018 stated that since 2010 the Home Office had paid £12,360 in ex-gratia payments in relation to 8 cases where compliant environment measures had been applied.</p><p>Home Office records indicate that since 2010 there have been no payments for damages relating to compliant environment measures.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2018 15:59:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

969527

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	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	Methadone
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the rate of methadone usage in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	171731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>No comparative assessment has been made of the rates of recovery from heroin addiction through methadone in the United Kingdom and other countries.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no estimate made of the general rate of methadone usage in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 171730 question first answered 12/09/2018 16:35:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

969526

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	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	Methadone
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the rates of recovery from heroin addiction through methadone in the UK and other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	171730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>No comparative assessment has been made of the rates of recovery from heroin addiction through methadone in the United Kingdom and other countries.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no estimate made of the general rate of methadone usage in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 171731 question first answered 12/09/2018 16:35:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

969489

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have had their housing provision removed before their asylum process was fully completed including the appeals process since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	171728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>Section 95 of the of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 provides that an asylum seeker is destitute and therefore eligible to receive accommodation and other support from the Home Office if:</p><p>a) he does not have adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it (whether or not his other essential living needs are met);</p><p>or b)he has adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it, but cannot meet his other essential living needs.</p><p>The definition is not changed by the re-tender of the Home Office asylum accommodation contracts. The legislation provides that, unless there are children in their household, a person ceases to be eligible to receive section 95 support 21 days after their asylum claim or any appeal is finally rejected. However, another form of support, including accommodation, is available under section 4(2) of the 1999 Act if the person is taking reasonable steps to leave the UK or there is a temporary or legal or practical obstacle that prevents their departure.</p><p>Cessation of s95 support occurs once an applicant is no longer eligible, through having exhausted all appeal rights, being granted a form of leave, has been removed from the country or having left the accommodation voluntarily. Operational checks are undertaken to ensure that there are no outstanding issues or applications, and support can be reinstated if information is received to the contrary.</p><p>There is no provision in the accommodation contracts that enable people who cease to qualify for section 95 support and do not qualify for section 4(2) support to continue to be housed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 171727 question first answered 12/09/2018 15:55:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

969487

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	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 (a) monitor and (b) enforce the provisions in the asylum accommodation contract that people who would otherwise be destitute will continue to be housed.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	171727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>Section 95 of the of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 provides that an asylum seeker is destitute and therefore eligible to receive accommodation and other support from the Home Office if:</p><p>a) he does not have adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it (whether or not his other essential living needs are met);</p><p>or b)he has adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it, but cannot meet his other essential living needs.</p><p>The definition is not changed by the re-tender of the Home Office asylum accommodation contracts. The legislation provides that, unless there are children in their household, a person ceases to be eligible to receive section 95 support 21 days after their asylum claim or any appeal is finally rejected. However, another form of support, including accommodation, is available under section 4(2) of the 1999 Act if the person is taking reasonable steps to leave the UK or there is a temporary or legal or practical obstacle that prevents their departure.</p><p>Cessation of s95 support occurs once an applicant is no longer eligible, through having exhausted all appeal rights, being granted a form of leave, has been removed from the country or having left the accommodation voluntarily. Operational checks are undertaken to ensure that there are no outstanding issues or applications, and support can be reinstated if information is received to the contrary.</p><p>There is no provision in the accommodation contracts that enable people who cease to qualify for section 95 support and do not qualify for section 4(2) support to continue to be housed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 171728 question first answered 12/09/2018 15:55:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

969486

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria will be used to determine destitution in the renewed asylum accommodation contract.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
	uin	171726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>Section 95 of the of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 provides that an asylum seeker is destitute and therefore eligible to receive accommodation and other support from the Home Office if:</p><p>a) he does not have adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it (whether or not his other essential living needs are met); or</p><p>b)he has adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it, but cannot meet his other essential living needs.</p><p>The definition is not changed by the re-tender of the Home Office asylum accommodation contracts. The legislation provides that, unless there are children in their household, a person ceases to be eligible to receive section 95 support 21 days after their asylum claim or any appeal is finally rejected. However, another form of support, including accommodation, is available under section 4(2) of the 1999 Act if the person is taking reasonable steps to leave the UK or there is a temporary or legal or practical obstacle that prevents their departure.</p><p>Cessation of s95 support occurs once an applicant is no longer eligible, through having exhausted all appeal rights, being granted a form of leave, has been removed from the country or having left the accommodation voluntarily. Operational checks are undertaken to ensure that there are no outstanding issues or applications, and support can be reinstated if information is received to the contrary.</p><p>There is no provision in the accommodation contracts that enable people who cease to qualify for section 95 support and do not qualify for section 4(2) support to continue to be housed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/09/2018 15:54:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

969454

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	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	Mental Health Services: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of mental health staff that have left the NHS since June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	171696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>In England, 23,686<sup>1 </sup>mental health staff left the National Health Service between June 2017 and 31 May 2018, headcount.</p><p> </p><p>The figure above provides the widest possible view of the mental health workforce available from NHS Digital and includes:</p><p>- All staff in mental health, learning disability and care trusts;</p><p>- Psychiatry doctors;</p><p>- Nurses specialising in “community psychiatry”, “other psychiatry”, “community learning disabilities, “other learning disabilities”; and</p><p>- Staff with a primary area of work of “psychiatry”, for example a paediatrician whose primary area of work is ‘psychiatry’.</p><p> </p><p>Data for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is not available on the Electronic Staff Record and therefore, not included in the figure above.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><sup>1</sup>Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2018 16:55:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff