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1127670

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of food stuffs sourced for food outlets on the Parliamentary estate were produced in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	256412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Although all of our products are fully traceable to source, the House Service does not record or hold the information in respect of sourcing from one particular country or region. This information is held by the relevant suppliers. Whilst suppliers are able to provide full traceability on any given product, for logistical reasons they would not be able to provide information to the level of detail requested because where our products are sourced may change from time to time.</p><p>The vast majority of fresh products, such as meat, poultry, dairy, eggs, bread, ice cream, and most fruit and vegetables when in season are sourced from within the UK. This is possible because, in the first instance, we demand that UK or equivalent standards of welfare and production must be met as this is a consideration of ethics and quality rather than origin.</p><p>The House Service sources products that are produced to higher environmental standards where possible.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/05/2019 15:58:51 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1127590

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued to registrars on taking bookings for civil partnerships for opposite sex couples from December 31 2019 in advance of the introduction of regulations.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	256193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The Registrar General for England and Wales has issued guidance to registration authorities on taking bookings for the formation of civil partnerships for opposite sex couples in line with the implementation date in the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths(Registration Etc) Act 2019.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/05/2019 14:50:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1127641

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	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 survivors of torture detained in the UK for immigration purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	256243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Rule 35(3) of the Detention Centre Rules 2001 is the primary method by which the Home Office is informed that an individual within immigration detention may be a victim of torture.</p><p>The number of Rule 35 reports raised under the Detention Centre Rules is published quarterly in Immigration Enforcement Transparency data. The latest publication can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/05/2019 15:26:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1127634

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Afghanistan
	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 potential risks facing people who have been deported from the UK to Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	256240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Our assessment of the situation in Afghanistan for those returning from the UK is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw. This is based on evidence taken from a range of reliable sources, including but not necessarily limited to: reputable media outlets; local, national and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p><p><br>Our assessments, in the form of Country Policy and Information Notes, are published on the Gov.uk website. These are kept under constant review and are updated periodically.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/05/2019 15:27:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1127589

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships Proceedings
	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 level of registrar preparedness to perform civil partnerships for opposite sex couples from December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	256192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Registration authorities have been responsible for the formation of civil partnerships for same sex couples since the legislation was implemented in 2005.</p><p>Extending eligibility to opposite sex couples will not introduce any new processes for registration authorities so training requirements will be minimal and appropriate guidance will be issued in time for implementation.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/05/2019 15:01:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1127655

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	North Wales Police: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2019 to Question 254750, how much and what proportion of core grant funding for territorial police forces was allocated to North Wales Police in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	256246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2019/20 police funding settlement provides the biggest increase in police funding since 2010, with more money for local police forces, counter terrorism and tackling serious and organised crime.</p><p>Total funding is increasing by over £1 billion in 2019/20, including council tax, extra funding for pensions costs, and the serious violence fund.</p><p>Each Police and Crime Commissioner receives the same percentage change in core grant funding each year.</p><p>Core grant funding figures are published each year in the annual police funding settlement: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-finance</a></p><p>Figures for the years 2015/16 to 2018/19 are also published in a statistics publication on police funding here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-funding-for-england-and-wales-2015-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-funding-for-england-and-wales-2015-to-2019</a><br>The North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC) total funding is £155.8 million in 2019/20, an increase of £9.4 million compared to 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/05/2019 15:17:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1127496

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported instances of far-right violence have been recorded in each of the past 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	256229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely collects and releases data on the number of violent offences recorded by the police in England and Wales.This data does not include information on whether the violence was motivated by far-right ideology or not.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/05/2019 16:14:32 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

1127687

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum decision makers left their jobs within the first 12 months of employment in Asylum Operations Offices in (a) Bootle, (b) Croydon, (c) Leeds, (d) Liverpool, (e) Newcastle and (f) Solihull in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	256309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to report how many and what proportion of asylum decision makers left their jobs within the first 12 months of employment, to obtain this information would require a manual trawl of staffing records and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><br>The Home Office can provide the total headcount of decision makers that left Asylum Operations Offices in (a) Bootle, (b) Croydon, (c) Leeds, (d) Liverpool, (e) Newcastle and (f) Solihull over the past three years.</p><p><br>This is broken down in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Bootle*</td><td>Croydon**</td><td>Leeds</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>Newcastle</td><td>Solihull</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 16-Mar 17</td><td>N/a</td><td>39</td><td>16</td><td>11</td><td>1</td><td>27</td><td>94</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 17-Mar 18</td><td>33</td><td>50</td><td>8</td><td>30</td><td>2</td><td>23</td><td>146</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 18-Mar 19</td><td>71</td><td>39</td><td>13</td><td>15</td><td>1</td><td>8</td><td>147</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>104</td><td>128</td><td>37</td><td>56</td><td>4</td><td>58</td><td>387</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Bootle established April 2017</p><p>** Croydon – includes Third Country Unit (TCU) Decision Makers however TCU was not included in decision makers data in 2016</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/05/2019 15:32:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1127567

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Independent Assessment Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to audits requiring amendments to be made to Independent Assessment Service health assessment reports, in what circumstances are such amendments not made by the health professional who conducted the assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	256358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Data is not specifically collated on the number of reports that have been amended by the Health Professional that conducted the health assessment or those that had not.</p><p> </p><p>Where Independent Assessment Service reports require amendment via audit then this activity, wherever possible, should be taken by the Health Professional who carried out the original assessment. Exceptions to this may be as a result of the Health Professional’s availability for example, annual leave which would cause an unnecessary delay to the assessment process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 256359 question first answered 23/05/2019 10:29:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1127531

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals for the introduction of collective defined contribution schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	256341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>This Government has recently published a response to a Collective Defined Contribution schemes consultation, and have engaged extensively with key stakeholders. In this response we have committed to facilitate Collective Defined Contribution schemes and have stated that the Government will bring forward Primary legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>The response can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789051/response-delivering-collective-defined-contribution-pension-schemes.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789051/response-delivering-collective-defined-contribution-pension-schemes.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2019 16:15:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle