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1024696

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	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	North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	o ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what correspondence he has received from (a) local authorities in Staffordshire and (b) the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust on the future of the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust; and if he will place a copy of such correspondence in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	202089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received one item of relevant correspondence from a local authority in Staffordshire, which is attached. There has been no correspondence from the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust on the future of the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/12/2018 17:00:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name Staffs County Council.pdf title Letter Staffs County Council
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

968960

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Social Enterprises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to encourage the public sector to commission goods and services from social enterprises.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	906669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Society Strategy recently set out government's long term ambition to grow social value commissioning and strengthen the Social Value Act.</p><p>We have already committed £2.7 million to support the growth and sustainability of public service mutuals, the majority of which are staff-led social enterprises.</p><p> </p><p>With the Cabinet Office, DCMS is implementing a package of measures for the future of social value and procurement. This includes training for government commercial staff and will help unlock more opportunities for social enterprises.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 06/09/2018 11:08:32 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

997348

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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, with reference to the fifty fourth report of the Public Accounts Committee of Session 2013-14 entitled COMPASS: provision of asylum accommodation, HC 1000, what measures his Department have in place to respond to the lessons learned following the transition to and implementation of the COMPASS contracts in preparations for the transition to the new contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	185133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Since the establishment of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Transformation Project in the autumn of 2016, there has been extensive consideration of lessons learnt from the existing contracts, stakeholder feedback and external review documents, including the fifty fourth report from the Public Accounts Committee.</p><p>The new contracts include over 400 substantive changes that will provide a more accessible and easy to navigate system which ensures the safety, security and welfare of service users and their host communities. These changes will include a longer mobilisation and transition period; improved data quality and sharing with providers and a more robust contract compliance regime to improve accommodation standards.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/11/2018 17:32:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1051368

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether workers coming to the UK under the forthcoming Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme pilot will be provided with pre-departure information on UK labour laws before arrival in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	214633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot will be managed by two licenced scheme operators. These licencing arrangements place a clear responsibility on the scheme operators to ensure the well-being of participating migrant workers, including ensuring that their employment rights are protected.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/02/2019 18:52:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1051372

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the consultation on his 19 December 2018 White Paper entitled The UK’s future skills-based immigration system will include the two proposed short-term work visas described in chapter 6 of that paper; and when that consultation will (a) begin and (b) conclude.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	214634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government published its White Paper “The UK’s future skills-based immigration system” (Cm 9722) on 19 December 2018. The Home Office is launching a 12-month engagement process to enable businesses and other stakeholders to shape the final details of policy and processes contained within the White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2019 16:54:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1051365

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Modern Slavery Act 2015 Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the recommendations of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 Review: Second Interim Report, published on 22 January 2019, and whether he intends to accept the findings in the report.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	214630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will formally respond to the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act, following submission of its final report and recommendations to the Home Secretary by the end of March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2019 12:11:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

982597

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the letter of 22 August 2018 from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central on the closure of the Stoke-on-Trent immigration reporting centre.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	176519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to your letter of 22 August 2018. The Home Office is required to respond to such correspondence within 20 working days, and I am sorry that it has not been possible to provide a full reply within that timeframe. The response was issued on the 9th October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2019 15:12:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

982592

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Stoke on Trent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the consultation process with UK Visa and Immigration prior to the decision to close the immigration reporting centre in Stoke-on-Trent.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	176514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The move of reporting away from Stoke-on-Trent was part of a wider programme of work to rationalise our reporting locations to more effectively manage the reporting population.</p><p>When the decision to move reporting operations in Stoke-on-Trent had been made, stakeholders were informed. These stakeholders included; Staffordshire Police, Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Team; Social Services; St Marks Hall; Citizens Advice Bureau; SMK Solicitors; Morden Solicitors and Duncan Lewis Solicitors.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/10/2018 16:06:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

982595

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
	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 ensure that people subject to reporting requirements are not disadvantaged financially if the nearest immigration reporting centre is closed.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	176517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Those who are eligible for help with travel costs will have a fixed amount added to their support account in order to purchase tickets to enable them to travel to their new reporting location. The facility for those not automatically entitled to travel expenses, but who are required to report and are destitute, to apply for expenses under ‘exceptional needs’ will remain.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/10/2018 14:37:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1043142

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	209895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Cleaning services, security guarding services and catering services across the department are mostly outsourced. Suppliers are responsible for setting rates of pay for their staff and rates vary dependent on their age, location and market rates. All suppliers are required to pay, as a minimum, either the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage. The rates set by government for the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage are to rise in April 2019.</p><p>Security guards who are Home Office employees receive the appropriate spot rate for their grade, plus shift and unsocial hours payments where applicable. All Home Office reward packages are in compliance with the National Minimum Wage Act.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2019 17:27:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell