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1108996

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date	02/04/2019
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	Health Services: Travellers and Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) his Department plans to take with the NHS to respond to the findings of the Friends Families and Travellers’ report entitled No room at the inn: How easy is it for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers to access primary care and (b) the NHS plans to take to ensure homeless people can access healthcare at any GP practice they choose.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	240011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Registering with and access to primary medical care services is the same for all patients, whether they are gypsies, travellers, or homeless people. People do not need to provide proof of address to register with a general practice (GP). NHS England is working with a range of community groups to redesign the patient registration leaflet so that people are aware of this when registering. The free NHS 111 service can assist anyone who has faced difficulty finding a GP or accessing other services in their local area.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is aware of difficulties some individuals have faced when trying to register with a GP and is taking steps to address shortcomings with individual practices, working in partnership with the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Health and Wellbeing Alliance is a partnership arrangement with the aim to facilitate integrated working between the voluntary and statutory sectors, to promote equality and reduce health inequalities. It receives £1.2 million for core work from the Department, with each member receiving funding of up to £60,000. Families and Travellers is a member of the Alliance and have supported the Department on a range of work to date including the Inclusion Health Audit Tool, on maternal health, mental health, end of life care and dementia.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/04/2019 14:33:43 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1108997

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Energy: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to participants of undertaking the Open College Network West Midlands Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management course; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	240074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not sponsor the Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management course or specify the cost for participating in qualifications.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/04/2019 16:01:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1108998

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Night Shelters: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will meet with representatives of local authorities to discuss funding for shelters for homeless people (a) in the UK and (b) Southport.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	240108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Our expert Rough Sleeper Initiative and Homelessness Advice and Support Team, as well as MHCLG officials, meet with local authority representatives throughout the UK on a regular basis to support their work with rough sleeping and homeless people in their area.</p><p>Sefton Local Authority which includes the town of Southport will be receiving £124,582 in funding through the Rough Sleeping Initiative to support people off the streets in 2019/20. This will be used to support homeless people with complex needs and a clinical outreach post.</p><p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff. In all, the Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/04/2019 12:58:58 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1109014

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to Tier 3 obesity services.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	240051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England has been working with NHS England to support approaches to obesity as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The NHS Long Term Plan has a number of different actions to support the drive to reduce obesity, including investment in tier 3 services for both children and adults and plans are in development for this expansion. This will result in, for example, a further 1,000 children a year being treated by 2022/23 for severe complications related to obesity.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/04/2019 14:35:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1109018

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2018 to Question 133501 on obesity, for what reason his Department does not hold information on the number of tier three obesity services commissioned by clinical commissioning groups or local authorities; and whether he plans to collate that information.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	240054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>It would not be cost-effective for the Department to collect data on every clinical intervention, including information on tier three obesity services commissioned by clinical commissioning groups or local authorities.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/04/2019 14:36:07 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1109033

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff from her Department have been seconded to other posts in Government to help deliver the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	239837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>In line with its commitment to support other government departments with their immediate resourcing needs, DFID has deployed a total of 101 staff, as at 3 April 2019. These are short term loans to support essential work related to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/04/2019 09:48:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1109034

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect the secondment of 600 staff to other Government Departments has had on the core work of her Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	239838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>DFID has not deployed 600 staff to other government departments. DFID has undertaken a detailed prioritisation exercise to assess the internal resource required to maintain essential delivery. For DFID, this entails meeting the legal commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI (Gross National Income) on international development in an effective and value for money way and the ability to respond to humanitarian emergencies. All other DFID business is highly important however officials have taken decisions to slow or pause delivery in order to support the EU exit related resource requirements of other government departments. As at 3 April 2019, 101 DFID staff have been deployed to support essential work related to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/04/2019 09:49:32 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1109035

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of secondment of staff to other Government Departments on her Department's ability to deliver its core mission.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	239839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>DFID has undertaken a detailed prioritisation exercise to assess the internal resource required to maintain essential delivery. For DFID, this entails meeting the legal commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI (Gross National Income) on international development in an effective and value for money way and the ability to respond to humanitarian emergencies.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/04/2019 09:49:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1109038

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of prospects for a sector deal for the steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	239885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains open to discussing a Sector Deal with the steel industry, and has been meeting regularly with companies in this sector to continue this conversation. To support the sector develop a long-term strategy, BEIS commissioned independent research which identified future domestic market opportunities for the UK steel sector worth an additional £3.8 billion per year. We are actively encouraging this sector to come forward with plans to exploit these opportunities, and remain committed to work with the sector, trade unions, and devolved administrations to help deliver these plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to minimising energy costs for businesses – including the steel industry – to ensure that the UK economy remains strong and competitive. We recognise that the UK’s industrial electricity costs are currently higher than those of our competitors, and so we have taken steps to reduce the cumulative impact of energy and climate change policies on the price of industrial electricity for key industries, such as steel. This includes providing the steel sector with over £285m of compensation since 2013 for the indirect costs due to the EU Emission Trading System, carbon price support mechanism, Renewable Obligation, and small-scale Feed-in Tariff.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also announced an Industrial Energy Transformation Fund – on which we are currently consulting – backed by up to £315m of investment, to help businesses with high energy use cut their bills through increased energy efficiency, and transition UK industry to a low carbon future.</p><p> </p><p>The steel sector is actively engaged with UK Research and Innovation in shaping the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund: we are providing up to £66m for the ‘Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge’, subject to industry co-funding. In addition, up to a further £170 million has been provided to develop a ‘net-zero carbon’ industrial cluster, that will help heavy industries – including steel – to share expertise, and innovate low-carbon solutions as we move to a greener, cleaner economy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/04/2019 16:01:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1109045

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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: Cocoa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has provided to (a) charities and (b) humanitarian organisations in the eradication of (i) poverty and (ii) slavery in cocoa farms throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	239883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Creating productive jobs and improving working conditions is critical to poverty reduction. The Department for International Development (DFID) is a long-term supporter of the International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance (ISEAL Alliance), the umbrella organisation for standards systems such as Fairtrade. DFID also supports the Ethical Trading Initiative, a multi-stakeholder body working with the UK food industry, their suppliers, trade unions and charities to implement International Labour Organisation standards in global value chains, including cocoa value chains. Our work on responsible investments focuses on a range of priorities, including improved conditions in the agriculture sector.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is also at the forefront of the UK’s international efforts to implement the Prime Minister’s 2017 “Call to Action to end Forced Labour, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking”. This is a crucial part of our efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 8 on ending modern slavery. In 2017 the UK Government committed to doubling aid spending to tackle modern slavery to £150 million. We have exceeded this goal, with UK aid committed now exceeding £200 million.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/04/2019 09:48:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick