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1126813

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps she is taking to help ensure that weapons used by British armed forces are (a) fit for purpose and (b) modern.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	254790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>As explained in the report on the Modernising Defence Programme published in December 2018, we plan to modernise and transform our Armed Forces by embracing new and innovative technologies to ensure we retain military advantage over potential adversaries and by investing to improve the readiness and availability of defence equipment. We will spend over £186 billion on equipment and support over the decade from April 2018 to March 2028 to ensure that our Armed Forces are fit for the defence and security challenges of the future.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/05/2019 15:01:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1126919

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis
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 implications for his Department's policy of the recommendation of the World Health Organisation's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) that cannabis and cannabis resin be deleted from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and whether the Government plans to vote in accordance with the recommendation of the ECDD.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	254859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government are considering the full implications of all the recommendations of World Health Organisation's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) on cannabis and cannabis related-substances.</p><p>The recommendation to remove cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, appears to broadly align with the recent domestic legislative changes on the rescheduling of cannabis-based products for medicinal use.</p><p>We are however engaging with our international partners, including the WHO ECDD Secretariat and other Member States, so as to fully understand the evidence base and methodology for the recommendations in order to inform our position.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/05/2019 15:15:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1126960

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money from the public purse the Government has spent on delivering the commitments made in the Loneliness Strategy entitled, A connected society: a strategy for tackling loneliness. Click save
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	254807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The cross-government loneliness strategy, launched in October 2018, contained 60 new commitments from nine government departments. It included a range of new policies as well as threading consideration of loneliness through a wide range of government’s work , such as expanding social prescribing and public messaging on loneliness.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the policy commitments made in the strategy, the Building Connections Fund launched in 2018 totalled £11.5million, made up of government, Big Lottery Fund and Co-op Foundation funding. It funds 126 projects.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 254808 question first answered 21/05/2019 15:42:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1126961

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has spent from the public purse on initiatives to tackle loneliness and social isolation in 2018-19. Click save
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	254808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The cross-government loneliness strategy, launched in October 2018, contained 60 new commitments from nine government departments. It included a range of new policies as well as threading consideration of loneliness through a wide range of government’s work , such as expanding social prescribing and public messaging on loneliness.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the policy commitments made in the strategy, the Building Connections Fund launched in 2018 totalled £11.5million, made up of government, Big Lottery Fund and Co-op Foundation funding. It funds 126 projects.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 254807 question first answered 21/05/2019 15:42:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1126627

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted of a crime and sentenced to time in prison in each of the last five years had been excluded from their primary school.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	254063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>This data is held at individual child level and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost. Aggregated data that is available about children sentenced to youth custody who have previously been excluded from school can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/understanding-the-educational-background-of-young-offenders-full-report</p><p>In his review of school exclusions published on 7 May 2019, Edward Timpson found that “exclusion is a marker for being at higher risk of becoming a victim or perpetrator of crime”, but that “it would be wrong to suggest that we have evidence that exclusion of any kind causes crime or that preventing the use of exclusion would, in itself, prevent crime.” The review and the government’s response can be found at:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/school-exclusions-review-call-for-evidence</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/05/2019 15:02:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 119060 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1126673

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Security Council: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Cabinet Secretary has had with the representatives of the Metropolitan police on the alleged leak of information from a meeting of the National Security Council.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	254149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has cooperated fully on the leak of information from the NSC with the Metropolitan Police, who are operationally independent of Government. As made clear in his statement of the 4<sup>th</sup> May Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu stated that he had ‘spoken to the Cabinet Office’ and that he was ‘satisfied that the disclosure did not amount to a criminal offence… no crime has been committed and this is not a matter for the police’</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/05/2019 15:36:49 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1126004

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Herald article entitled MoD stops using toxic chromium paint on tanks published on 17 April 2019, (a) when and (b) by whom the decision was taken to discontinue the use of paints containing hexavalent chromium on military vehicles.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	253590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The hexavalent chromate compound used in paints for vehicle servicing was banned in January 2019 under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals regulations. Work had been ongoing since 2006 to remove paints containing hexavalent chromate compounds, and the Ministry of Defence implemented this ban for the remaining few uses when it came into force. Updated instructions were provided to personnel and any remaining paints were recalled for safe disposal.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/05/2019 15:02:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1126056

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	BBC: National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the BBC of the additional employers' national insurance contributions due as a result of the ruling by HMRC on personal service companies.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	253536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>I cannot comment on individual tax affairs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 253537 question first answered 21/05/2019 15:36:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1126057

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	BBC: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the BBC on potential tax liabilities arising on the beneficiaries of any settlement reached by the BBC with HMRC over the tax now due by presenters who had previously been paid through personal service companies.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	253537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>I cannot comment on individual tax affairs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 253536 question first answered 21/05/2019 15:36:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1126066

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how soon he is informed of deaths in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	253596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The death of a prisoner or of any other person must be reported immediately to HMPPS HQ by telephone. That report must then be followed up with a written report within 24 hours (or, at weekends, by the following Monday). In the case of a deceased prisoner, the prison must also report the death to the Prisons &amp; Probation Ombudsman in writing, within 24 hours. Reports to HMPPS are sent daily to Ministers’ offices and to the relevant officials in my Department, including the team who oversee the progress of the Ombudsman’s investigations.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/05/2019 15:44:06 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain