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1124621

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress the Government has made on developing the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	250521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Officials have made progress over the past year on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, holding 25 engagement events and meeting over 500 stakeholders from across the UK, in order to aid policy development.</p><p>These initial conversations will be built upon in our forthcoming consultation. Final decisions on the Fund are due to be made at Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 250520 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:50:57 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1124682

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Public Health England has plans to issue guidance to (a) parents and (b) carers on (i) identifying need for and (ii) access to speech, language and communication services for children .
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	250735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is working in partnership with the Department for Education to produce evidence-based resources and tools to support health visitors, early years practitioners and parents/carers in identifying and supporting children’s early speech, language and communication (SLC) needs through training guidance and an enhanced early language assessment tool. The assessment tool will incorporate parent resources to support family understanding of SLC in their children and will be rolled out from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this work, PHE is developing a model SLC pathway for children under five. This will ensure that professionals working with families are able to help them support their child’s SLC and how to access support if needed. The pathway will be published by September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2019 16:09:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124729

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS Clinical Commissioners on the importance of joint commissioning services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	250739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has had no discussions with the organisation NHS Clinical Commissioners on joint commissioning of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2019 16:06:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124711

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Chromium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are trained in the application of paints containing Hexavalent Chromium; and on how many occasions such paint was applied to military vehicles and vessels in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	250782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not have ready access to the information you have requested as it is not centrally recorded. Hexavalent chromium paint is now only used by the MOD on platforms where there is no suitable alternative and where it is absolutely necessary to maintain defence capability and safety. The MOD is alert to the health and safety risks associated with hexavalent chromate and provides guidance, safety data sheets, training and working instructions for personnel known to be working with the substance, together with personal protective equipment. The MOD has a small number of exemptions in place for known instances of hexavalent chromate application and is working hard to identify alternatives in these cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250783 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:16:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1124712

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Chromium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) current and (b) former serving armed forces personnel that may have been exposed to paint containing Hexavalent Chromium.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	250783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not have ready access to the information you have requested as it is not centrally recorded. Hexavalent chromium paint is now only used by the MOD on platforms where there is no suitable alternative and where it is absolutely necessary to maintain defence capability and safety. The MOD is alert to the health and safety risks associated with hexavalent chromate and provides guidance, safety data sheets, training and working instructions for personnel known to be working with the substance, together with personal protective equipment. The MOD has a small number of exemptions in place for known instances of hexavalent chromate application and is working hard to identify alternatives in these cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250782 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:16:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1125008

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received confirmation that Saudi Arabia will investigate the bomb attack that damaged a Save the Children-supported hospital in Kitaf, Yemen on 26 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	251194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned of reports of an alleged airstrike on a petrol station at a hospital facility on 26 March 2019. UK officials have been in contact with Save the Children, who fund the hospital, about this alleged incident and have raised this matter with the Saudi-led Coalition, who have announced an investigation.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 14/05/2019 15:32:31 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124988

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Afghanistan: 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 assessment his Department has made of the level of threat to the (a) Hindu and (b) Christian communities in Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	251207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Security Forces are committed to tackling this threat. As part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission, the UK supports the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces in its efforts to improve security for all communities.</p><p>Ethnic and religious minorities in Afghanistan, such as the Christian, Sikh and Hindu communities, continue to face challenges. We regularly raise human rights issues with the Government of Afghanistan, including the need to protect the rights of all ethnic and religious groups in line with the constitution. The UK condemns in the strongest possible terms the targeting of innocent people based on their beliefs. Last year, I publicly condemned the 1 July attack on a group of Sikhs and Hindus in Jalalabad as &quot;a despicable attack on Afghanistan's historic Sikh and Hindu community&quot;.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 15/05/2019 06:23:46 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1124949

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of defining (a) pre-booked and (b) plying for hire in law in response to recommendation made by the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Licensing.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	251222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Providing a statutory definition of plying for pre-booking and plying for hire was considered as part of the Government response to the report by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group. The response issued on 12 February explained that since the Law Commission concluded in 2014 that a statutory definition of plying for hire would not be a practical improvement on the current position and there being no change in the legal situation, the Government would not take forward that recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/05/2019 15:34:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1125029

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the 65,000 homes set to be built on public land by 2020 under the public land for housing programme will be for social rent.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	251231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Data on affordable homes, including those for social rent, is being collected by Ordnance Survey for both Public Sector Land Programmes. We will include this in the next progress report. The data will set out the number of planned affordable homes on former public sector land sites, which are agreed between the developer and the local authority according to local needs.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 251234 question first answered 15/05/2019 10:09:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1125030

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Audit's Office press release of 2 May 2019, Investigation into the government’s land disposal strategy and programmes, and its finding that until April 2019 the MHCLG had not published an annual report on the land for new homes programme since February 2017 despite committing to do so, what steps he plans to take to report to (a) Parliament and (b) the public on the progress of the Public Land for Housing programme.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	251232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>On 2 May, a Progress Report into the Public Land for Housing Programme was published as an update on progress of the 2015–20 Programme, showing progress up to December 2018. The report included information on the progress of the development of sites after they were sold.</p><p>The report has been laid in the House of Commons Library and is publicly available via <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-land-for-housing-programme-2015-to-2020-progress-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-land-for-housing-programme-2015-to-2020-progress-report</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 251233 question first answered 15/05/2019 10:08:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey