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768561

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date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the changes brought in by National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 may exacerbate health inequalities; whether they have made any further estimate of the savings to be made since publishing their impact assessment; if so, what is the difference between those two estimates; and whether they plan to reconsider those changes.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Following a detailed public consultation that ran from December 2015 to March 2016, the Government set out in its response to that consultation in February 2017 that it intended to amend the existing Charging Regulations. Over the course of the consultation and decision-making process, the Government carefully considered the impact the changes may have on public health, health inequalities and on vulnerable groups. The regulations providing for these changes were introduced on 19 July 2017 alongside a published impact assessment which estimated that the net income per annum as a result of the new regulations would be up to £40 million per year. While the Government monitors the implementation of the regulations and their effects, no further estimates on the net income have been made since the publication of the impact assessment.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/10/2017 09:36:33 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

768572

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many meetings they have held with the Chief Executives of Atos and Capita about Personal Independence Payment assessments since the General Election.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL1920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government has had no meetings with the Chief Executives of either Independent Assessment Services (Atos) or Capita since the last General Election.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/10/2017 12:04:13 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

768833

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people have received fixed penalty notices for failing to register on the electoral register in each local authority area since June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	107079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold any information about the number of fixed penalty<br>notices issued relating to electoral registration. The issuing of fixed penalty notices is at<br>the discretion of individual Electoral Registration Officers, without the involvement of<br>central Government.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:30:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

768869

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of supply chain jobs in the UK supported by (a) High Speed 2, (b) Heathrow expansion, (c) Hinkley Point nuclear power station and (d) Crossrail 2.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	107242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The contracts announced in July for Phase One of High Speed 2 will support 16,000 jobs in Britain and will create opportunities for thousands of SMEs. In total, construction of the full HS2 route to the north-west and Yorkshire will create up to 25,000 jobs and 2,000 apprenticeships. Another 3,000 people will operate HS2 and it is estimated that growth around new HS2 stations will create another 100,000 jobs.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to Heathrow airport, the final report of the Airports Commission stated that “expansion could generate 59-77,000 additional direct, indirect and induced jobs.”</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has made no recent estimate of the number of supply chain jobs in the UK supported by Hinkley Point C nuclear power station or the Crossrail 2 proposal. Such estimates are often undertaken by schemes’ promoters.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/10/2017 15:43:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

768923

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the accessibility for children with special educational needs and disability of 30 hours free childcare places.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	107262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>We believe that every eligible child, regardless of their need or disability, should be able to access the 30 hours. The early implementation of 30 hours showed that local areas that had put in place measures to support the participation of special educational needs and disability (SEND) children were successful in delivering extended places to children with additional needs, including those with very complex needs.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place a range of measures to support local areas. Our National Funding Formula includes an additional needs factor which directs more funding to local authorities with more need. And our new Disability Access Fund, worth £615 per child, and the requirement that local authorities establish a SEN Inclusion Fund, will help to ensure children with SEND can access and get the best from the 30 hours. The department has also awarded grants to support children with SEND to five Voluntary and Community Sector organisations, worth over £1.5 million, and Childcare Works, our 30 hours’ delivery contractor, hosted events in July and September focused on supporting local authorities and providers to implement the 30 hour offer for children with SEND.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/10/2017 13:33:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

768927

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase participation in sport by school children.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Leo Docherty
uin	107301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Through the primary PE and sport premium, the government has invested over £600m of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport since 2013. The government has doubled the premium from September 2017 using revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.</p><p> </p><p>£100m from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will be used for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund. The funding is for one year only (2018-19). It is intended to facilitate an improvement in children’s physical and mental health by increasing and improving access to and use of relevant facilities, such as kitchens, dining facilities, changing rooms and sports facilities.</p><p> </p><p>The new PE curriculum is designed to ensure that all pupils develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities, are physically active for sustained periods of time and lead healthy and active lives.</p><p> </p><p>The department also funds targeted grants to support the delivery of the School Games and helps schools to ensure PE and sport is inclusive.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/10/2017 07:33:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty

768930

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2017 to Question 10448, on Department for Education: procurement, to which organisation that civil servant was seconded; and for how long that secondment was for.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	107123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The staff member referred to in the answer to Question 10448 was employed by the department through the Government Procurement Graduate Scheme. As part of that scheme, trainees spent six months on secondment to either a private or voluntary sector organisation. Secondments were arranged by the scheme organisers. The department trainee was seconded to Vodafone for a period of 6 months.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/10/2017 07:30:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

768931

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Birds: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the RSPB's Reserves 2012 report, what information his Department holds on the population of priority bird species on RSPB reserves since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	107205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Defra does not hold information on the population of priority bird species on RSPB reserves.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/10/2017 14:55:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

768932

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Pneumonia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle preventable child deaths from pneumonia in support of progress towards Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	107206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK is the largest donor to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which delivers the pneumococcal vaccine to developing countries to protect against the main cause of pneumonia. Between 2010 and 2016, 109 million children received the vaccine with Gavi support, saving an estimated 762,000 lives.</p><p>As part of the UK’s commitment to achieving the Global Goals, DfID supports countries to build stronger health systems that can respond to both the existing disease burden and emerging health needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/10/2017 16:48:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

768947

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received on the number of cases in Saudi Arabia where torture has been alleged to have been used by authorities to extract a confession from a person who has subsequently been sentenced to death and is currently on death row.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	107296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is aware of media reports about the use of torture by the Saudi Arabian authorities to extract confessions from persons who have subsequently been sentenced to death, or who are currently on death row; but has received no representations from confirmed cases. The British Government condemns torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and it is a priority for us to combat it wherever and whenever it occurs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/10/2017 16:32:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden