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1126898

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	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	Perinatal Mortality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish a report on proposals to change the law on the registration of stillborn babies before the 24 week viability threshold.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	254710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Pregnancy Loss Review was commissioned by the Department in March 2018. The Terms of Reference for the Review include considering whether it would, on balance, be beneficial to look at legislative options to amend existing primary legislation to allow parents to register a miscarriage if they so wish. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/pregnancy-loss-review-group" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/pregnancy-loss-review-group</a></p><p>The Department expects to publish the Review report by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/05/2019 14:08:26 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1124348

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	101 Calls: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the contribution has been to the public purse from levying VAT on the 101 non-emergency police phone line.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	249791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The details that HMRC collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide an estimate of VAT on 101 phone calls.</p><p> </p><p>To minimise the administrative burden on businesses, they are only required to report the total VAT on all their taxable supplies of goods and services in the relevant period. It is therefore not possible to identify the types of supplies on which the VAT was charged.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/05/2019 15:26:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1124352

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to fund the two per cent pay increase for teachers in 2019-20; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that pay increase on school budgets.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	249793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations on teacher pay. The STRB is currently considering the appropriate pay award for the 2019-20 academic year and is expected to make its recommendations at the end of May 2019.</p><p>In January 2019, the Department submitted written evidence to the STRB. In this it was noted that a 2% increase in teachers’ pay, in line with forecast inflation, is affordable nationally within the overall funding available to schools for the 2019/20 financial year.</p><p>Alongside this evidence the Department published an assessment of teacher pay affordability in a schools’ costs technical note. This note provides information on costs for schools in the financial years 2018/19 and 2019/20, and can be found here on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-costs-technical-note" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-costs-technical-note</a>.</p><p>It is important to note that the effects of the 2018 pay award will continue to be supported through the £321 million Teachers’ Pay Grant in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/05/2019 16:32:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1124354

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to extend the position of trust law to sports coaches and youth justice workers with positions of influence over children.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	249794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Any sexual activity with a child under 16 is a criminal offence, regardless of whether consent is given. Any non-consensual sexual activity is also a crime, whatever the age of the victim and whatever the relationship between the victim and perpetrator.</p><p> </p><p>I recognise that there are concerns about those who might abuse their position of power over a 16 or 17-year-old to pressure them into engaging in a sexual relationship. Such behaviour is very likely to be caught by the robust laws we already have in place,</p><p> </p><p>However, we remain absolutely committed to protecting children and young people from sexual abuse and we want to ensure that existing offences are being used effectively to tackle this behaviour, and that those working with young people understand their responsibilities and act appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>My department, working closely with colleagues across government, is taking forward a review of the existing law, to check that that it is working effectively and ensuring young people are protected.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/05/2019 16:46:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1124355

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) which and (b) how many safeguarding boards are currently without a permanent chairperson.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	249795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Following commencement of provisions in the Children and Social Work Act 2017, Local Safeguarding Children Boards are currently being phased out and replaced by safeguarding partners (police, health and local authority). There is no requirement to have an independent chair of the new arrangements, which must be in place by September 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/05/2019 07:43:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1123231

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Poultry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 15 April 2019 to Questions 242653 and 242654, for what reason his Department has not removed the White-Fronted Goose from schedule 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 given that that goose is endangered on a similar level to the Greenland White-Fronted Goose.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	247537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The European white fronted goose is not of global conservation concern so we do not intend to add any protections for it.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/05/2019 10:15:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton