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657755

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date	13/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assurances they intend to give to NHS employees who were born in other EU member states that they will be able to continue working in the NHS following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL4074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health have made it clear that they wish for European Union (EU) citizens, including those working in health and social care, to remain in the United Kingdom once the UK has left the EU, and that this would only not be possible if British citizens’ rights in European member states were not protected in return. The Government is working hard to achieve that outcome.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 15/12/2016 16:13:47 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

657821

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 3.20 of the Autumn Statement 2016, when she expects the £1 billion of additional Government investment in superfast broadband to be available.
tabling member constituency	South East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Lucy Frazer
uin	57419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>In his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the Government would invest over £1 billion in the UK’s digital infrastructure. This includes £400 million for a new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund to boost commercial finance for emerging fibre broadband providers, this will be launched in early 2017. It also includes funding for further rollout of fibre broadband networks, which in partnership with local authorities across the UK who bid for fibre broadband connections, will prioritise faster connections for businesses and help build a better more productive economy for all. And, to facilitate the next wave of mobile technology, the Government will also fund a new programme of fibre and 5G trials.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 57418 question first answered 15/12/2016 12:47:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer

657822

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 3.20 of the Autumn Statement 2016, who will be able to apply for the £1 billion of additional Government investment in superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	South East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Lucy Frazer
uin	57418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>In his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the Government would invest over £1 billion in the UK’s digital infrastructure. This includes £400 million for a new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund to boost commercial finance for emerging fibre broadband providers, this will be launched in early 2017. It also includes funding for further rollout of fibre broadband networks, which in partnership with local authorities across the UK who bid for fibre broadband connections, will prioritise faster connections for businesses and help build a better more productive economy for all. And, to facilitate the next wave of mobile technology, the Government will also fund a new programme of fibre and 5G trials.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 57419 question first answered 15/12/2016 12:47:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer

657868

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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	Soil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote the use of more sustainable materials in topsoil and mulch products.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	57523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We are supporting the horticulture sector to work towards targets for the removal of peat use in horticulture by 2020 for the retail sector and 2030 for the commercial sector as set out in the Natural Environment White Paper published in 2011. Part of this work is focussed on working with the industry on the development of a tool for assessing responsibly sourced and manufactured growing media ingredients.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/12/2016 11:54:48 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

657944

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2016 to Question 52602, whether he plans to publish the third annual report on Preventing suicide in England: A cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives by 1 April 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	57304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Third Annual Report of the Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy will be published in due course. The Annual Report will strengthen the existing strategy, originally published in 2012, in five key areas.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 15/12/2016 16:17:24 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

657948

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps police forces are taking to develop primary prevention strategies to reduce child maltreatment; and what discussions police forces have had with other services on how to develop those strategies.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	57411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>A. ‘Working together to safeguard children’ sets out the statutory duty for all agencies, including the police, to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Police forces engage with relevant partners and services at a local level to fulfil this duty.</p><p>On a national level, Chief Constable Simon Bailey, the National Policing lead for Child Protection and Abuse Investigation, has published a National Child Safeguarding Action Plan which sets out a comprehensive set of actions for the police to tackle all forms of child sexual abuse and neglect including child maltreatment. The action plan has a strong emphasis on the importance of working with partners to ensure early identification of child maltreatment; better data collection and information sharing; promotion of best practice and learning; and prevention of re-victimisation.</p><p>Additionally the National Multi Agency Child Neglect Strategic Work Group, which includes senior representatives from the police, Department for Education, Public Health England, and Ministry of Justice, has published guidance to support practitioners, including the police, who come into contact with children at risk of maltreatment.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/12/2016 16:03:55 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

656990

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of public appointments were women from (a) 1 January to 12 July 2016 and (b) 13 July 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	57245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Statistics on public appointments are published annually by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.</p><p>Data published in July 2016 shows that for the financial year 2015/16 a 48.2% of new public appointments were made to women, higher than at any point in the last decade. Data for the financial year 2016/17 will be published by the Commissioner next summer.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/12/2016 11:07:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

656994

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of the gov.uk Verify system since its inception to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	57073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify has cost £54.4m to develop to date. <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify has saved £111.44m.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/12/2016 11:05:38 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

657000

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to tackle voter fraud; what plans his Department has to tackle such fraud in the future; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	56973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fraud and making our electoral process more secure. We have introduced and developed Individual Electoral Registration over the past two years to tighten up the registration process and recently welcomed Sir Eric Pickles’ report on his review into electoral fraud to which we are giving careful attention as an important step in looking at improvements to the voting process. The Government will publish its report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 15/12/2016 07:26:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

657004

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2016 to Question 56146, how many people registering their identity have used the service to (a) report a medical condition that affects their driving, (b) renew a short-term medical driving licence, (c) check their income tax for the current year, (d) get a state pension statement, (e) sign into their personal tax account, (f) view or share driving licence information, (g) apply for universal credit, (h) claim for redundancy and monies owed, (i) file a self assessment tax return, (j) update rural payment details, (k) assist friends or family with their tax and (l) check or update company car tax details.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	57168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The number of new verified identity accounts used to register and access the following government services since <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify went into public beta on the 14th October <del class="ministerial">2016,</del> <ins class="ministerial">2014,</ins> is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Government service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New verified accounts used to register and access a service (LOA2)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New basic accounts used to register and access a service (LOA1)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claim for redundancy and monies owed</p></td><td><p>42,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Update rural payment details</p></td><td><p>13,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>View or share driving licence information</p></td><td><p>24,482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apply for universal credit</p></td><td><p>29,307</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Check or update company car tax details</p></td><td><p>49,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assist friends or family with their tax</p></td><td><p>1,929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sign into their personal tax account</p></td><td><p>43,539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>File a self assessment tax return</p></td><td><p>234,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Check their income tax for the current year</p></td><td><p>24,961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Get a state pension statement</p></td><td><p>62,587</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Report a medical condition that affects their driving</p></td><td><p>979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renew a short-term medical driving licence</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/12/2016 17:28:31 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2016 12:34:59 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 26763 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh