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1137731

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	NHS: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the procurement processes operated by NHS trusts for the purpose of hiring British Sign Language translators.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	275195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Many National Health Service trusts use framework agreements for the procurement of translation services which are put in place either by Crown Commercial Service or their local procurement hub. These central purchasing bodies undertake assessments of companies to ensure that they meet the minimum standards and are able to track performance across a number of NHS trusts.</p><p>The Department does not review NHS procurement practices on a trust by trust basis.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/07/2019 08:43:29 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1137734

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Climate Change: International Cooperation
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 steps he has taken to preserve international co-operation on climate change when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	275197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU does not change the UK's commitment to domestic and international action to tackle climate change. On 27 June, the UK became the first major economy in the world to set a legally binding target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050. We will continue to work closely with our European and other international partners to secure ambitious climate objectives. We will do this through continued cooperation in multilateral groups - including the UNFCCC, G7, G20, the Commonwealth and the International Energy Agency – as well as continued strong bilateral relationships on climate with countries around the world. Our recent bid to host COP26 in 2020, under a UK Presidency in partnership with Italy, demonstrates our continued commitment to play a global leadership role in galvanising action on climate change.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/07/2019 16:41:01 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1137738

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Insomnia: Melatonin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons Circadin is available in Scotland for the treatment of insomnia caused as a result of dementia but not in England.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	275216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The availability of treatments in Scotland is a matter for the devolved administration.</p><p>In England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based guidance on best practice in health and social care. NICE’s guideline on the assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers, published in 2018, recommends that Circadin (melatonin) should not be offered to manage insomnia in people living with Alzheimer's disease, and that a personalised multicomponent sleep management approach that includes sleep hygiene education, exposure to daylight, exercise and personalised activities should be considered for people living with dementia who have sleep problems.</p><p>Further information about the evidence underpinning NICE’s guideline is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng97/evidence/full-guideline-pdf-4852695709" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng97/evidence/full-guideline-pdf-4852695709</a></p><p>NICE does not make recommendations on the use of melatonin in the treatment of patients living with other types of dementia who have sleep problems.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 275217 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:42:57 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1137739

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Insomnia: Melatonin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make Circadin available in England to people suffering from insomnia caused by dementia.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	275217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The availability of treatments in Scotland is a matter for the devolved administration.</p><p>In England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based guidance on best practice in health and social care. NICE’s guideline on the assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers, published in 2018, recommends that Circadin (melatonin) should not be offered to manage insomnia in people living with Alzheimer's disease, and that a personalised multicomponent sleep management approach that includes sleep hygiene education, exposure to daylight, exercise and personalised activities should be considered for people living with dementia who have sleep problems.</p><p>Further information about the evidence underpinning NICE’s guideline is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng97/evidence/full-guideline-pdf-4852695709" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng97/evidence/full-guideline-pdf-4852695709</a></p><p>NICE does not make recommendations on the use of melatonin in the treatment of patients living with other types of dementia who have sleep problems.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 275216 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:42:57 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1137753

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Small Businesses: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 steps he has taken to support small businesses in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) Haltemprice and Howden constituency.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	275117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting all entrepreneurs to start and grow a business. Through our ambitious Industrial Strategy, we want to make the UK the best place to start and grow a business, to create jobs and spread prosperity.</p><p>In addition to accessing national support available such as the Business Support Helpline (0300 456 3565) and advice given on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>, small and medium sized enterprises in Yorkshire and the Humber can access business advice through their local Growth Hubs. Led and governed by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), Growth Hubs provide a free, impartial, ‘single point of contact’ to help businesses in the area identify and access the right support for them at the right time no matter their size or sector. The LEPs which cover Yorkshire and the Humber have self-reported that in FY2017-2018 their Growth Hubs supported over 12,000 businesses and helped over 900 individuals start a business.</p><p>The Humber LEP area is being supported with up to £83.4m of investment through the Regional Growth Fund, which includes £30m awarded to the Humber LEP for a business support programme. The Growing Places Fund is supporting business growth investment across the Humber with funding worth £8.8m. The Humber LEP’s ‘Growing the Humber’ business investment programme has supported the creation of over 2,800 jobs to date.</p><p>The Government-backed British Business Bank’s Start-Up Loans programme provides loans to entrepreneurs seeking to start and grow their own businesses. Since 2012, 5,482 loans have been issued in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, totalling over £45m, and with an average loan amount of £8,249. In the Haltemprice and Howden constituency, 103 loans have been issued, totalling £926,277 (as at end-June 2019).</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/07/2019 16:40:47 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1137754

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Morpeth Clinic, Northumberland Sexual Health Services to not provide services to Gay and Bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	275198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is not currently a routinely commissioned service, but is provided by the National Health Service through the three year PrEP Impact Trial. Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for clinics and local authorities to decide whether they wish to take part.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 275199 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:43:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1137755

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	HIV Infection: Morpeth
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 ensure that Gay and Bisexual men accessing the Morpeth Clinic, Northumberland Sexual Health Services have access to PrEP.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	275199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is not currently a routinely commissioned service, but is provided by the National Health Service through the three year PrEP Impact Trial. Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for clinics and local authorities to decide whether they wish to take part.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 275198 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:43:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1137758

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	VFS Global: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were made to his Department on the Next Generation Visa Services contract delivered by VFS Global in the most recent period for which statistics are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	275238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Our performance against service standard in relation to customer complaints for UKVI can be at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-may-2019" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-may-2019</a>. we do not publish stats on complaints received in relation to individual supplier performance:</p><p>We are aware that there have been some issues with the VFS document system and UKVI is working with VFS as a priority on a number of actions to improve the service, utilising customer feedback to target areas of improvement.</p><p>In parallel we are improving our management information reporting package which allows us to regularly monitor the heath and performance of the VFS systems.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 275239 question first answered 16/07/2019 11:02:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1137760

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department provides to young people that were victims of trafficking after they have been returned to their country of origin.
tabling member constituency	Doncaster North
tabling member printed	Edward Miliband
uin	275162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>All confirmed victims of modern slavery who have no right to reside in the UK, or who are seeking or have sought asylum, are entitled to use the Voluntary Return Service funded by the Home Office. Individuals will receive a tailored package of support, which can include flights, help with travel documents, medical assistance and financial and reintegration support.</p><p>Arrangements for children to be returned to their country of origin, where this is in the best interests of the child, can be made by local authorities who have the legal responsibility for those children. A child’s wishes (for example to be reunited with family) as well as any safeguarding or trafficking risks will be considered in the round as part of the best interest’s decision.</p><p>The Home Office is also working with other governments and NGOs to make sure that when victims do decide to return home, they continue to access the support they need to prevent re-trafficking. For example, The Salvation Army has signed an MoU with La Strada Foundation in Poland to facilitate cooperation to support the safe return of Polish victims and their dependents.</p><p>The Home Office is also funding support and reintegration assistance to victims of trafficking in Nigeria and Vietnam, which includes support for those returning from the UK, and a similar programme is under development in Albania.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/07/2019 11:04:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1510 label Biography information for Edward Miliband

1137761

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	VFS Global
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the technical competency of the digital systems used for document collection by VFS Global in service delivery of the Next Generation Visa Services contract.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	275239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Our performance against service standard in relation to customer complaints for UKVI can be at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-may-2019" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-may-2019</a>. we do not publish stats on complaints received in relation to individual supplier performance:</p><p>We are aware that there have been some issues with the VFS document system and UKVI is working with VFS as a priority on a number of actions to improve the service, utilising customer feedback to target areas of improvement.</p><p>In parallel we are improving our management information reporting package which allows us to regularly monitor the heath and performance of the VFS systems.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 275238 question first answered 16/07/2019 11:02:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden