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820907

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Uzbekistan: Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of religious freedom in Uzbekistan; and what steps the Government is taking to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief in that country.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	122325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>​In October 2017 Dr Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, spent two weeks in Uzbekistan. He was received by the government, travelled to the regions, met religious groups, civil society and visited Jaslyk prison. We agree with his initial report which recognised Uzbekistan's relatively tolerant approach to the major religions and acknowledged the measures taken over the past year. These were mainly towards the Muslim communities; the review of prisoners which has led to several releases; the removal of 16000 names from a government watch list for suspected religious extremism, along with the reintegration of those individuals and rehabilitation of prisoners. His report also set out recommendations for reducing the legal constraints around religious practice.</p><p>We regularly raise individual human rights cases with the Uzbek authorities and play an active and visible part in human rights activities in Uzbekistan. We have stressed the importance of constructive, private dialogue on human rights issues, including the freedom of religious expression. On 27 October our Ambassador highlighted the importance of freedom of religion or belief and Dr Shaheed's recommendations in a video on Facebook. We expectDr Shaheed's report to the UN Human Rights Council in March.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 19/01/2018 14:17:41 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

806137

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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	House of Commons: Security
	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, how many (a) members, (b) members' staff and (c) other pass holders have been reported to the Serjeant at Arms by security officers or police officers for failure to wear or failure to present on request their Palace of Westminster Security Pass in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	119338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Serjeant at Arms Office does receive emails and phone calls on the subject of failure to wear a Security Pass but the Office does not make a record of these or hold statistics.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 21/12/2017 11:49:17 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

783194

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Accountability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what arrangements she has put in place to ensure local democratic accountability of multi-academy trusts.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	111272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Academy trusts are accountable to my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State through her network of Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs). RSCs work closely with local councils in driving forward school improvement in their areas</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all academy trusts are required to include two parent governors on their trust board or on each of the local governing bodies in their trusts.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/11/2017 16:36:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

782728

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) local authorities and (b) multi-academy trusts are responsible for the provision of primary and secondary education in England.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	111247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>As at 1 November 2017, there are 1,240 Multi-academy Trusts (MATs) and 152 Local Authorities (LAs) responsible for the provision of primary and/or secondary education in England. The breakdown of these is as follows:</p><ol><li>971 MATs that have at least one primary school within them</li><li>715 MATs that have at least one secondary school within them</li><li>151 LAs across England that maintain at least one primary school</li><li>142 LAs across England that maintain at least on secondary school</li></ol><p> </p><p>In addition, there are 626 Single Academy Trusts (SATs) which contain a primary school and 874 SATs which contain a secondary school.</p><p>This information was sourced from the “Get Information About Schools” website on 1 November 2017. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.%20" target="_blank">https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.%20</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/11/2017 14:49:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

782776

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Psychiatry: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time has been for a patient between their GP referral and a consultation with a psychiatrist in the NHS in England in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	111084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/11/2017 17:51:02 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

782864

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Italy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost to the public purse was of the visit by the Prime Minister, ministers and officials to Florence on 22 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	111249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Mr Green) on 2 November 2017, UIN 109813.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 10/11/2017 12:36:42 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

782892

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of employment support allowance have moved into work since changes were made to the level of that benefit in April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	111083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information to February 2017 on the number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants by phase of claim is published and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/11/2017 12:28:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

782907

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Length of Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of service is in his Department by its 10 most highly paid officials.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	111105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The average length of service of the 10 most highly paid officials in the Department is 16.9 years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In calculating the average length of service we have used each individual’s date of entry to the civil service and therefore the calculation may include periods of service with other Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/11/2017 14:12:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

757457

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will proscribe the practice of conversion therapy in England.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	8646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>This Government does not recognise so-called ‘gay conversion therapy’ as a legitimate treatment. A person's sexual orientation is not an illness to be cured. We have already worked with the main registration and accreditation bodies for psychotherapy and counselling practitioners, including the UK Council for Psychotherapy, to develop a Memorandum of Understanding to put a stop to this practice.</p><p>We are not aware of widespread instances of gay conversion therapy happening in the United Kingdom, but we want to get a better idea of the extent to which it is being practised. That is why we included questions on this topic in our national LGBT survey, which was launched this summer. We will publish the survey results and our response in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:37:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

757505

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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	USA: State Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what benefits he anticipates will accrue to the British public from President Trump's forthcoming official visit to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	8647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>​The United States is one of our closest allies and a Presidential visit is an opportunity to further advance that important relationship. It remains in the UK's public interest to work closely with the US on a range of foreign, security and trade policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2017 15:10:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson