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1433723

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Papua New Guinea: Press Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) recent assessment has she made of press freedoms in Papua New Guinea and (b) steps is she taking to help support the independence of the press in that region.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	126755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text The UK remains fully committed to media freedom in Papua New Guinea, including as a platform for balanced political discourse in advance of national elections in June 2022. The UK referenced freedom of expression in its Universal Periodic Review of Papua New Guinea in November 2021. A free and independent media is an essential component of a functioning democratic society, in the Pacific as elsewhere. answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 24/02/2022 17:32:58 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1341713

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mandatory education is provided to pupils and students at (a) schools and (b) universities on eating disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	24295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>Through our new compulsory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum, pupils can learn about how to stay safe and healthy, and how to positively manage their academic, personal and social lives.</p><p>Body image and mental wellbeing are explicitly covered in the RSHE curriculum and, at secondary level, teachers may choose to discuss eating disorders when teaching these topics. However, schools are not medical professionals. It is important that school staff understand eating disorders to inform the pastoral support that they offer to pupils and how to seek specialist support where it is needed, particularly as there has been an increase in referrals to eating disorder services during the COVID-19 outbreak. The government’s £8 million Wellbeing for Education Return programme funded advisers in every local authority in England, reaching up to 15,000 schools with free expert training, support and resources for education staff to help them understand and respond to the mental wellbeing issues faced by children and young people. The department is providing an additional £7 million in this financial year to extend that support with an additional focus on directing schools towards the right local support.</p><p>Higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from the government and have a responsibility to support students with mental health conditions. They are well placed to identify the needs of their particular student body, including those who may have eating disorders. It is for each provider to determine what welfare and counselling services are needed by its students.</p><p>The government has set up the first waiting time standard for children and young people eating disorder services so that 95% of children with an eating disorder will receive treatment within one week for urgent cases, and within four weeks for routine cases. In the 2021-22 financial year, NHS England will receive around an additional £500 million to support recovery, which includes £79 million to expand children’s mental health services significantly, including allowing 2,000 more children and young people to access eating disorder services.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 05/07/2021 16:49:30 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1217967

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children classified as vulnerable attended (a) primary (b) secondary school in (i) May and (ii) June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	64994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The table below presents the latest weekly national figures for vulnerable children with an education, health and care (EHC) plan or social worker in attendance in England during May and June 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vulnerable children with an EHC plan or social work in attendance</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of vulnerable children with an EHC plan or social worker<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 May 2020</p></td><td><p>48,000</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 May 2020</p></td><td><p>51,000</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 May 2020</p></td><td><p>52,000</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 May 2020</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 June 2020</p></td><td><p>78,000</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 June 2020</p></td><td><p>92,000</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 June 2020</p></td><td><p>112,000</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 June 2020</p></td><td><p>116,000</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The data is available at:<br> <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>Please note that the department has not produced separate figures for the primary and secondary phases.</p><p>We have also been monitoring contact between social workers and children in need and can confirm that the vast majority of those vulnerable children on a child protection plan have been seen or contacted by a social worker in the past four weeks.</p><p>Full guidance on the definition of vulnerable children and options for continued attendance is available at:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] We estimate that the total number of vulnerable children with an EHC plan or social worker in England is 508,255.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 02/07/2020 16:17:56 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1403421

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Tonga: Tsunami
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, (a) what assessment the Government has made of the damage in Tonga caused by the tsunami in that country and (b) if she will make it her policy to increase assistance to that country.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	105679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK is very concerned by the appalling devastation caused by the volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga. The Tongan authorities, with the support of the Australian and New Zealand defence forces, are conducting an urgent humanitarian assessment of the islands. Once this assessment is complete, we will have a fuller picture of the scale of damage and the nature of the assistance that is needed, so that we can assess what assistance the UK can most helpfully provide. Most UK aid in the Pacific Island countries is delivered through multilateral institutions, which have the capacity and scale to deliver strong development impact in the region on our behalf. Since 2015, Tonga received over £25.9 million of UK aid through our core funding to multilateral institutions.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 20/01/2022 16:03:23 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1464047

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	India and Pakistan: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to support (a) India and (b) Pakistan with climate adaption and mitigation measures in those countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	4647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK is fully committed to supporting India and Pakistan on both mitigation and adaptation.</p><p>Climate is one of the five pillars of the 2030 Roadmap for India-UK relations, signed in May 2021. During the Prime Minister's recent visit to India in April this year, the two Prime Ministers reaffirmed their personal commitment to accelerate the clean energy transition, including welcoming joint UK-India progress on offshore wind energy, electric mobility, and ongoing cooperation on the development and deployment of affordable green hydrogen. The UK is also supporting domestic adaptation action in India through for example, the Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth Programme which is integrating climate risk and adaptation into social protection.</p><p>Pakistan is predicted to be the country 8th most-affected by climate change. We are working with Pakistan on high-level climate change policy, and at grass-roots level on adaptation and resilience. The UK played a leading role in tackling climate change through hosting COP 26 in November 2021 and remains COP Chair until COP 27 in November 2022. Our COP26 commitments are at the core of the UK's International Development Strategy, launched on 16 May.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/05/2022 10:57:37 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1385507

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Solomon Islands: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) political and (b) security situation in the Solomon Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	87795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>The UK is closely monitoring the situation in Solomon Islands through the British High Commission in Honiara and working closely with partner countries. The political situation is currently stable. On Monday 6 December, Prime Minister Sogavare defeated a vote of no-confidence in his government, securing 32 votes in his favour to 15 votes against, and with 2 abstentions. The security situation in Honiara is now calm following the recent unrest, with a large security presence including personnel from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea successfully maintaining order. We will continue to monitor the political and security situation.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 09/12/2021 11:47:32 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469866

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Jagtar Singh Johal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in India on the detention of Jagtar Singh Johal.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	17067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government takes all allegations of human rights violations very seriously, and we regularly raise Mr Johal's case directly with the Government of India at official and Ministerial level. The Prime Minister raised Mr Johal's case with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 April as part of a wide-ranging discussion. The Foreign Secretary last raised Mr Johal's case with the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on 31 March 2022. Consular staff have attended a number of hearings in Mr Johal's case in an observer capacity, and did so on 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 June. This Government will continue to look to raise our concerns about Mr Johal's case at all appropriate opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 21/06/2022 14:27:45 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1470154

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Jagtar Singh Johal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will raise the case of Jagtar Singh Johal in her next discussion with her Indian counterpart.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	18001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government takes all allegations of human rights violations very seriously, and we regularly raise Mr Johal's case directly with the Government of India at official and Ministerial level. The Prime Minister raised Mr Johal's case with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 April as part of a wide-ranging discussion. The Foreign Secretary last raised Mr Johal's case with the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on 31 March 2022. Consular staff have attended a number of hearings in Mr Johal's case in an observer capacity, and did so on 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 June. This Government will continue to look to raise our concerns about Mr Johal's case at all appropriate opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 22/06/2022 11:32:54 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1455069

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions has she had with the Government on Sri Lanka; and whether she has raised the treatment of the Tamil people in those discussions.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	148304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly engages with the Government of Sri Lanka on a range of issues, including human rights concerns such as the targeting and marginalisation of minority groups. The Foreign Secretary raised the importance of upholding human rights when she met Foreign Minister Peiris on 26 October 2021. During his visit to Sri Lanka on 18-20 January when he travelled to the North and East as well as Colombo, the Minister for South Asia, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon met a range of civil society groups, including Tamil representatives, to discuss human rights.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 31/03/2022 14:05:09 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1382204

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Africa: LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support LGBTQ+ people in refugee camps in Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	82038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is fully committed to the promotion and protection of LGBTQ+ human rights globally and continues to urge countries that criminalise LGBTQ+ individuals, and same sex conduct to uphold the universality of human rights. We are very concerned about the criminalisation of homosexuality, and recognise that there is a long way to go before all LGBTQ+ people are able to live free and equal lives, including in some parts of Africa. The UK works closely with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, who remain deeply committed to the protection of LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum-seekers across the world, including in refugee camps in Africa. The UK allocated £105 million to support the work of UNHCR in 2020. We also remain committed to funding £3 million of LGBTQ+ rights projects this year, including project work with a focus on tackling discriminatory legislation.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 30/11/2021 15:13:08 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West