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971208

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT+ People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that LGBT people seeking asylum, who have experienced torture and forms of violence that may be difficult to disclose, have access to legal representatives who are allowed time and capacity to obtain the requisite evidence.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL10208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>All asylum claimants have the opportunity to be legally represented during their asylum claim, and legal aid funding is provided to those who need it.</p><p>In addition, Migrant Help is funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and the Home Office to provide independent advice and guidance to assist those considering seeking asylum and those that have claimed asylum to move through and understand the asylum process. Migrant Help also run an asylum helpline and provide advice in a language that the asylum seeker speaks, that is free and accessible to all asylum seekers. This includes support for claimants who are seeking legal advice.</p><p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information, which covers country specific issues relating to torture, gender based harm, including female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual exploitation, violence in conflict, domestic violence and those subject to violence relating to LGBT persecution. We ensure that claimants are given every opportunity to disclose information relevant to their claim before a decision is taken, even where that information may be sensitive or difficult to disclose.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL10209 question first answered 13/09/2018 11:16:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

971209

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that women seeking asylum, who have experienced forms of violence which may be difficult to disclose, have access to legal representatives who are allowed the time and capacity to obtain the requisite evidence.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL10209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>All asylum claimants have the opportunity to be legally represented during their asylum claim, and legal aid funding is provided to those who need it.</p><p>In addition, Migrant Help is funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and the Home Office to provide independent advice and guidance to assist those considering seeking asylum and those that have claimed asylum to move through and understand the asylum process. Migrant Help also run an asylum helpline and provide advice in a language that the asylum seeker speaks, that is free and accessible to all asylum seekers. This includes support for claimants who are seeking legal advice.</p><p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information, which covers country specific issues relating to torture, gender based harm, including female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual exploitation, violence in conflict, domestic violence and those subject to violence relating to LGBT persecution. We ensure that claimants are given every opportunity to disclose information relevant to their claim before a decision is taken, even where that information may be sensitive or difficult to disclose.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL10208 question first answered 13/09/2018 11:16:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

969452

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the document, Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England, published by the NHS in July 2017, how many of the additional 19,000 mental health staff to be recruited by 2020 were employed by July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	171694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England, published in July 2017, sets out our ambition to deliver 21,000 new posts (professional and allied) across the mental health system, with the expectation that 19,000 of these places will be filled by staff employed directly by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publish statistics on NHS mental health workforce. Latest data available, as at March 2018, shows that there are 183,476 full time equivalent staff working in mental health in NHS using the widest possible view of the Mental Health and Learning Disability workforce. This is an increase of 915 (0.5%) compared to March 2017 (the baseline year for Stepping Forward). A one-year comparison is given to remove the impact of seasonality, caused by training and recruitment cycles.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England and NHS England are currently developing a mental health workforce dashboard which will publicly track progress against the targets and commitments set out in Stepping Forward.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to expanding the mental health workforce, the Government also recognises that retaining our skilled staff is crucial. That’s why NHS Improvement and NHS England have been rolling out a special retention programme supporting those trusts with high levels of staff attrition. Directors of Nursing and mental health experts are working directly with trusts to develop ‘Rapid Improvement Plans’ on retention. These plans are required to set out plans for improvements over the next 12 months. Additionally, there are a series of retention master classes which are being rolled out, aimed at Directors of Nursing and HR Directors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/09/2018 17:01:16 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 75355 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

969475

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the US envoy for Syria and (b) his American counterpart on whether there is evidence that Syrian Government forces are preparing a chemical weapons attack.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	171722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Secretary has regular conversations with the US Defense Secretary on a range of subjects including the Syrian Regime's use of chemical weapons. Since 2012, the Regime has resorted to the use of chemical weapons during military offensives on many occasions, including in Khan Sheikhun in 2017 and Douma in 2018, killing and injuring thousands of people<strong>. </strong>Along with the US and French Permanent Representatives to the UN, on 21 August 2018 the UK issued a joint statement expressing grave concern over reports of a military offensive by the Syrian Regime against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Idlib, and the resulting humanitarian consequences, underlining our concern at the potential for further - and illegal - use of chemical weapons, and confirming that we will respond appropriately if the Assad regime repeats its appalling use of chemical weapons.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/09/2018 14:25:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

969476

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants there are at each grade in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	171666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of civil servants by grade is published by the Department on the Gov.UK website in the Biannual Civilian Personnel Report (BCPR) (Table 2), a link to this is below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-2018</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below gives the numbers of civil servants at each grade in the ministry of Defence as at 1 April 2018:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Civilian personnel by grade equivalence<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(Full Time Equivalent)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Civilian Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 56,865 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non-Industrial Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 30,143 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Civil Service &amp; Equivalent<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B1 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B2 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>1,408</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C1 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>3,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C2 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>6,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>6,192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E1 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>8,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E2 &amp; Equivalent</p></td><td><p>3,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Industrial Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4,305 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firefighter</p></td><td><p>748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skill Zone 4</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skill Zone 3</p></td><td><p>1,244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skill Zone 2</p></td><td><p>1,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skill Zone 1</p></td><td><p>604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apprentice</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Fleet Auxiliary <sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,918 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DE&amp;S Trading Entity </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 10,243 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trading Fund &amp; Executive Agencies Total <sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 6,032 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Locally engaged civilians <sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4,224 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. Grade equivalence is shown in terms of the broader banding structure and is based on paid grade.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. Includes personnel outside the Senior Civil Service but of equivalent grade, primarily Senior Medical Specialists.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>3. 'Other' represents core civilian personnel for whom no grade information is available.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>4. Data by grade are not available for Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Trading Funds, Executive Agency and Locally engaged civilians.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/09/2018 14:32:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

969483

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Financing Facility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department plans to provide for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Every Woman Every Child initiative at the GFF replenishment conference in Autumn 2018.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	171703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>At last year’s Family Planning Summit in London, we announced £30m over 3 years to enable the Global Financing Facility (GFF) to pilot innovative financing mechanisms. This funding is still ongoing to 2020 and will increase domestic and private sector resources for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Decisions about potential future support will be taken in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2018 16:22:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

969496

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for offences related to the non-disclosure of Person of Significant Control of UK companies; and what the total amount of fines imposed was for such offences for the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	171645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>(a) From June 2016 (when Persons of Significant Control criminal offences came into force) to September 2018 criminal proceedings have been issued against 99 individuals (directors) and 89 companies.</p><p> </p><p>(b) 5 individuals have been convicted - 4 convictions were for offences contrary to section 790VA Companies Act 2006 (failing to update Companies House with details of relevant entries to a company’s PSC Register.) A further 4 companies were convicted of the same offence. 1 individual has been convicted of an offence contrary to section 790F Companies Act 2006 (failing to make relevant enquiries relating to a company’s PSC). 2 companies have been convicted of the same offence.</p><p> </p><p>(c) The total amount of fines for these offences is £7,000.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/09/2018 15:23:47 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

969507

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on professional football of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>We do not want or expect a no deal scenario and are increasingly confident that we will secure a deal with the EU. We are in ongoing discussions with the Football Association, Premier League and English Football League to better understand the potential impacts and opportunities that our exit from the EU may bring for football, including in relation to changes to the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2018 16:37:01 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

969508

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Wembley Stadium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had and with whom on the proposed sale of Wembley Stadium.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Ministers have had a number of discussions about the potential sale of Wembley.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed sale would be a commercial transaction between the Football Association and Shahid Khan, owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars. I have a strong interest because the Secretary of State would need to approve the sale as it is currently structured.</p><p> </p><p>As The FA continues to work through the commercial detail of any deal, I will be seeking important assurances from them that any sale must be in the best interests of the public, including around the future use of the stadium and that the proceeds of any sale provide an all important boost for grassroots football in this country.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2018 16:40:09 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

969509

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of grass roots football facilities in (a) England and (b) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>My Department through Sport England is continuing to invest more than ever before in facilities for community football. In partnership with the Football Association and the Premier League, some £615m has been invested via the Football Foundation since 2000. This investment has resulted in 700 new and improved 3G pitches, 3500 grass pitches improved and 1000 new and improved changing rooms.</p><p> </p><p>In order to understand where next to invest, The FA and Local Authorities are currently creating new Local Football Facility Plans for every Local Authority. The LFFP for Cheshire West and Chester is currently in the process of being finalised. All of these LFFPs will align with a new National Football Facilities Strategy which sets out a clear framework for significant investment in football facilities over the next 10 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 13/09/2018 16:41:32 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders