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1109036

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Emergency Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of legal protections for police emergency drivers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	239935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the difficult job that police drivers do every day to keep road users and the wider public safe.</p><p>In September 2017, the Home Office announced a review into the law, guidance and practice surrounding both police pursuits and response driving to ensure that officers have the right legal protections. That included working closely with the police representatives, including the Federation, other government departments and groups representing road users and those advocating road safety.</p><p>Following the outcome of the review, a consultation was published in May 2018 inviting comments on reforms to certain aspects of road traffic law, the tests set out in the Road Traffic Act 1988 for the offences of careless and dangerous driving, police guidance and training for both pursuit and response driving.</p><p>The consultation closed in August 2018 and we will shortly announce the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/04/2019 12:42:11 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1109200

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the average salary of a person who has been granted a Tier 5 Exceptional Talent visa.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	239922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route is designed for internationally recognised leaders and promising future leaders in the digital technology, science and research, arts, humanities and culture sectors. There is no minimum salary requirement for applying for a visa on this route and the Home Office does not collect salary data.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/04/2019 12:15:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1109245

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to counter activity from hostile states in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	240015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>We are living in a period where the UK and our international partners face sustained hostile activity from certain states, and the Government takes this threat to the country very seriously.</p><p><br>The Home Office has taken a number of steps to counter hostile state activity. For example, the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act, which gained Royal Assent on 12 February 2019, provides a new power to stop, question, search and detain an individual at a port or border area to determine whether they are, or have been, involved in hostile state activity.</p><p><br>In addition, the Home Office is currently leading a review of existing Coun-ter-Hostile State Activity legislation in the UK, to establish whether further legislation is required to strengthen our response to all forms of hostile state activity.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/04/2019 12:49:12 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1108660

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effect of his rail policies on the level of access to rail transport of disabled passengers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	239247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Inclusive Transport Strategy sets out our ambition to create a transport system that provides equal access for disabled people by 2030. Within the Inclusive Transport Strategy, we have set out our plans to make the rail network more accessible including the commitment to extend the Access for All programme with an additional £300m, which as I announced on 4 April will deliver accessibility improvements at a further 73 stations between 2019 and 2024.</p><p> </p><p>We will monitor the delivery of the rail commitments within the Inclusive Transport Strategy, and evaluate its impact to see what progress has been made towards ensuring the rail network becomes more accessible. Progress is already being made - 75% of rail journeys are now made through step free stations, compared to only 50% in 2005.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/04/2019 12:47:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1108663

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish all non-personal data fields from the Incident Reporting System.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	239178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to making as much data as possible available from the Incident Recording System (IRS) whilst mindful of the personal and sensitive data within it. It has done this through publishing 13 incident level datasets that are available here</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/04/2019 11:40:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1108668

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting: Denton and Reddish
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support convenience retailers in Denton and Reddish that have lost an estimated £123,303 in the last 12 months due to shop theft; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	239203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>I chair the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) which brings together partners including the police, trade bodies and retailers and is overseeing a range of work to tackle retail crime.</p><p>This includes the collation and dissemination of good practice and developing guidance on the use of Impact Statements for Business, which give victims of business crime the opportunity to set out the impact the crime has had on the business, including, for example, financial loss. The NRCSG also continues to work with retailers to improve the management and response to shop theft using a partnership approach.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/04/2019 11:35:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1108737

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2018 to Question 121982 on Shipping: Equality, when he received the further quality evidence from industry; whether the report on the Post Implementation Review (PIR) has been presented to the Reducing Regulation Committee; and when he plans for the final PIR of the of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 to be published.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	239228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Post Implementation Review has not been published as it was not clear whether the proposed recommendations would need to be reconsidered following our exit from the European Union. However, the four statutory bodies for human rights and equality made a joint statement in June 2018 that the UK should retain as a minimum, the current level of equality protection.</p><p> </p><p>The Review is therefore currently undergoing final internal scrutiny before being presented to the Reducing Regulation Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Our publication of the PIR will be dependent on the clearance of the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/04/2019 12:29:58 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1108748

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that it meets its international obligations under the Dublin III regulation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	239193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States to determine which single State has responsibility for examining an asylum claim, whilst at the same time recognising family ties as a factor to unite whilst an asylum claim is considered. We will be bound by the Dublin III Regulation as long as we remain a member of the EU; and in the event of a deal, we will continue to meet our obligations under it throughout the Implementation Period.</p><p>The Government is fully committed to the timely and efficient operation of the Dublin III Regulation including the family reunification provisions. The UK continues to process requests from other Member States to transfer individuals to the UK to have their asylum claims assessed.</p><p>The UK has taken a number of actions to strengthen Dublin processes. As part of the Sandhurst Treaty, signed between the UK and France on 18 January 2018, we agreed a comprehensive package to support unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. This includes a £3.6 million development fund to support eligible children through the Dublin process and ensures that those without any prospect for transferring to the UK are informed of their options. We have also agreed shorter timescales for the acceptance and transfer of cases under the Dublin process and have deployed a UK asylum liaison officer to France to support this process.</p><p>We are working to secure a comprehensive returns agreement with the EU that replaces our obligations under Dublin once we leave the EU, post Implementation Period. Furthermore, as set out in section 17 of the Withdrawal Act, the UK will seek to negotiate an agreement with the EU to continue to provide a legal route for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children to be reunited with family members in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/04/2019 11:56:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1108763

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 233527 on Department for Transport: Procurement, in which months in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018 the Procurement Assurance Board did not meet; and what contracts were awarded by the Department in those months.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	239248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2017 the Procurement Assurance Board convened every month.</p><p>In 2018 the Procurement Assurance Board convened every month with the exceptions of July and December.</p><p>The Procurement Assurance Board does not review every single contract awarded by the Department, its Agencies, and ALBs. There were no instances of Tier 1 contracts (£100m plus) awarded without Procurement Assurance Board oversight in 2017 or 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/04/2019 13:11:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1108776

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Water Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to require water companies to publish information on mains water pipes they own that are made of asbestos concrete; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	239173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Water companies are required to risk assess their water supplies from source to tap including the mains network. Any network risks identified are programmed for replacement where necessary. Although it is well known that there are impacts from inhaling dry asbestos fibres, this is distinct from, and should not be confused with, ingestion of asbestos. The World Health Organisation assessment is that there is no consistent evidence of impact on human health through drinking water.</p><p> </p><p>The government will not be making policy changes to require water companies to publish information on whether mains water pipes they own are made of asbestos concrete. The responsibility for maintaining assets lies with water companies.</p><p> </p><p>OFWAT are driving company investment in the water sector, for example, in the current price control period, companies are investing £44 billion in the sector. In addition, Ofwat’s regime of company performance commitments promote investment in infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>According to the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater), whilst asbestos concrete pipework is not a significant concern for the thousands of consumers with complaints and enquiries that it supports each year, having a safe and reliable supply of tap water is of paramount importance for water consumers. CCWater expects water companies to provide clear information and reassurance to any consumer who raises questions or concerns with them about this.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 239174 question first answered 05/04/2019 17:48:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas