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1078729

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Romford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to protect children in Romford constituency that are at risk of radicalisation.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	226608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Romford constituency falls within the remit of the London Borough of Havering. The Government made Prevent a statutory duty in July 2015. The Duty requires all local authorities, including Havering, to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.</p><p>A Home Office peer review of Havering’s delivery of the Prevent duty in January 2019 found that Havering had a strong approach to delivering the Prevent programme, which aims to prevent vulnerable individuals being drawn into terrorism. The Borough has a wide training and engagement programme for schools, colleges, childcare providers and children’s services. Those deemed most at risk of radicalisation are supported through Havering’s Channel Panel, with holistic needs addressed through the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/03/2019 16:38:20 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1078746

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with representatives of social media platforms on the hosting of extremist content that endorses terrorism.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	226622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has met with representatives of social media companies both bilaterally at meetings in Silicon Valley and at multi lateral fora, such as the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism summit, where he has continued to press companies to do more to respond to the threat of terrorism online.</p><p>The Security Minister has also met with industry representatives at the G7 Interior Ministers meeting in Toronto in 2018.</p><p>This Government has been clear there should be no safe spaces online for terrorists and extremists to operate. The UK has been at the forefront of the online battle against the threat of terrorist and extremist content. My officials work closely with industry to encourage them to do more to proactively respond, and to develop innovative solutions to tackle this problem.</p><p>But there is still more to do. A White Paper will be published shortly, setting out measures to tackle online harms, including terrorist content.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/03/2019 16:42:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1082636

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Syria: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) British children and (b) children who are eligible for British citizenship currently with rebel groups in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	229230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>Around 900 people have travelled from the UK to engage with the conflict in Syria and Iraq, against the advice of the Foreign Office. Of these, approximately 20 per cent have been killed in the conflict and around 40 per cent have returned to the UK. They have all been investigated and the majority have been assessed to pose no, or a low security risk. For reasons of national security, it would not be appropriate to breakdown these figures further.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/03/2019 16:14:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1079443

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he take steps to ensure that legal changes to the Northern Ireland backstop are a priority in the negotiations on the withdrawal agreement with the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	227102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that we are seeking legally binding changes to the backstop that are necessary to ensure the EU cannot hold the UK in it indefinitely. Both the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the Attorney General have been discussing this objective with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/03/2019 13:47:37 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1081932

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Gibraltar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the status of Gibraltar remains a red line for the UK in its negotiations on leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	227985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>British sovereignty over Gibraltar is not negotiable and the Government is negotiating a deal that works for the whole UK family, including Gibraltar. We will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another state against their wishes, nor enter into a process of sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar is not content. We are proud that Gibraltar is British and our position on sovereignty has not, and will not, change.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/03/2019 16:07:26 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1082370

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Free Movement of People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Prime Minister has entered into correspondence with the European Council on changing the mandate of the European Commission to allow for the adoption of part two of the Withdrawal Agreement on citizens’ rights under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	228559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>From the very beginning the Prime Minister has been clear that safeguarding the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU was her first priority for negotiations. The best way to guarantee those rights, both for UK nationals in the EU and EU citizens in the UK, is through the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>On 27 February, the House of Commons supported a proposal by Alberto Costa MP which requires the Government to seek a joint UK/EU commitment to preserve the citizens’ rights section of the Withdrawal Agreement, whatever the outcome of negotiations.</p><p><del class="ministerial">The Secretary of State Steve Barclay has now written to the EU’s lead Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, on ring-fencing the Citizens’ Rights part of the Withdrawal Agreement. This letter has also been copied to Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s Brexit coordinator and shared with the Secretary-General. Copies of the letter have been placed in the libraries of both Houses and it has been published online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costa-amendment-letter-to-the-eu-institutions" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Secretary of State Steve Barclay has now written to the EU’s lead Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, on ring-fencing the Citizens’ Rights part of the Withdrawal Agreement. This letter has also been shared with Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s Brexit coordinator and the Secretary General of the European Council. Copies of the letter have been placed in the libraries of both Houses and it has been published online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costa-amendment-letter-to-the-eu-institutions" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 11/03/2019 16:50:27 question first ministerially corrected 11/03/2019 21:37:11 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker previous answer version 106785 answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1077183

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the public purse of adding a test for 22q11 deletion syndrome to the newborn blood spot test.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	David Duguid
	uin	225599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on adding a test for 22q11 deletion syndrome to the newborn blood spot test as the United Kingdom National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC) had not previously been asked to look at this condition.</p><p> </p><p>However, as part of the UK NSC`s annual call for topics 2018, a proposal was received to consider adding the condition of 22q11 deletion syndrome (also known as DiGeorge syndrome) to the new born blood spot programme.</p><p> </p><p>This is the first time the UK NSC has been asked to consider screening for 22q11. The UK NSC will be reviewing the proposal at its meeting at the end of the month and to agree next steps. Minutes of the meeting will then be published six weeks after and be made available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 225600 question first answered 06/03/2019 16:41:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1077184

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s policy is on adding a test for 22q11 deletion syndrome to the newborn blood spot test.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	David Duguid
	uin	225600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on adding a test for 22q11 deletion syndrome to the newborn blood spot test as the United Kingdom National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC) had not previously been asked to look at this condition.</p><p> </p><p>However, as part of the UK NSC`s annual call for topics 2018, a proposal was received to consider adding the condition of 22q11 deletion syndrome (also known as DiGeorge syndrome) to the new born blood spot programme.</p><p> </p><p>This is the first time the UK NSC has been asked to consider screening for 22q11. The UK NSC will be reviewing the proposal at its meeting at the end of the month and to agree next steps. Minutes of the meeting will then be published six weeks after and be made available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 225599 question first answered 06/03/2019 16:41:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1077200

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	UK Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics Collaborative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2019 to Question 219373 on UK Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics Collaborative, what representations his Department has received from members of that Collaborative; if he will publish the names of its members; and whether a Chair of that Collaborative has been appointed.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
	uin	225396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS England established the United Kingdom Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Diagnostics Collaborative in 2018 to deliver the UK’s diagnostic ambitions for AMR. The Collaborative has played a valuable role in developing the diagnostic elements of the new five-year UK AMR national action plan, published in January this year.</p><p> </p><p>The work of the Collaborative contributes directly to the Government’s commitments on AMR, and the Collaborative’s secretariat communicates with the Department on a regular basis and it has been represented by its secretariat and former chair in the UK AMR Programme’s governance groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Collaborative’s chair remains vacant while NHS England develops detailed plans to support the implementation of the new national plan on AMR. As part of this work, the membership of the Collaborative is under review.</p><p> </p><p>Current membership is drawn from a range of stakeholders across Government and its agencies, the devolved administrations, the health system, veterinary medicine, professional bodies, academia, the research community and industry. Members at or above ‘very senior manager’ (VSM) level and partner agencies involved in the Collaborative are listed in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Members of the UK Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics Collaborative at or above VSM level</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mohamed Sadak</p></td><td><p>Health Education England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marion Lyons</p></td><td><p>Welsh Government</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gerry Waldron</p></td><td><p>Public Health Agency Northern Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neil Woodford</p></td><td><p>Public Health England</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Partner Agencies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Scotland</p></td><td><p>NHS England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group</p></td><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Improvement</p></td><td><p>University of Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Institute of Biomedical Science</p></td><td><p>Association of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Pathology</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal College of General Practice</p></td><td><p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Medical Technology Guidance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherwood Forrest NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Nursing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Surrey</p></td><td><p>Addenbrookes Hospital NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British In Vitro Diagnostic Association</p></td><td><p>NIHR Community Healthcare MedTech and In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>NICE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Cornwall Hospital</p></td><td><p>Kingston University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Ulster University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Exeter</p></td><td><p>Westpoint Farm Vets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Centre for Ecology and Hydrology</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff University</p></td><td><p>Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow Caledonian University</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/03/2019 16:10:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 105072 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

1077548

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Weather: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons there was a high level of excess winter deaths in 2017-18; and what plans he (a) put in place to reduce those deaths in 2018-19 and (b) is putting in place to reduce those deaths in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	226051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Additional deaths in winter months cannot with certainty be attributed to specific causes but the strains of flu circulating, in particular A/H3, together with very cold weather, as seen in some areas last winter, are likely to be important contributing factors as both affect the elderly and those with underlying health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The seasonal flu vaccination programme aims to provide protection to those who are at higher risk of flu associated morbidity and mortality. Under this programme the vaccine is available to everyone over the age of 65 years, those who are at particular risk from flu, carers, and pregnant women. In addition, in 2018/19 we extended the children’s programme by an extra school year, so all children between 2 - 9 years, were offered the nasal spray vaccine to help protect them and their families against flu. In 2019/20 this programme will be extended to include all primary school children. The vaccine is also available to all frontline healthcare and social care workers to protect them from flu, and this was extended to hospice workers for the first time this winter. This season we offered those over 65 a newly available adjuvanted flu vaccine.</p><p> </p><p>We are also providing the National Health Service with an extra £420 million this year to re-develop accident and emergency departments, improve emergency care and help get patients home quicker. In addition, NHS England and Public Health England (PHE) launched a series of winter campaigns, under the brand ‘Help Us Help You’ to advise people how to stay well this winter.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is conducting a detailed analysis of the excess winter deaths over the 2017-18 winter period. These findings will be used to target public health messages as part of our plans for winter 2018/19 and 2019/20. PHE is also supporting local authorities, the NHS and other frontline staff through the Cold Weather Plan, and is working with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to improve energy efficiency and reduce fuel bills for the most vulnerable groups.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2019 16:38:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick