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768833

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date	11/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people have received fixed penalty notices for failing to register on the electoral register in each local authority area since June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	107079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold any information about the number of fixed penalty<br>notices issued relating to electoral registration. The issuing of fixed penalty notices is at<br>the discretion of individual Electoral Registration Officers, without the involvement of<br>central Government.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 14:30:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

768834

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of whether the local housing allowance rates are keeping pace with increasing rents in the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	107092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Local Housing Allowance rates are monitored against the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local rents which are collected by the Rent Services in England, Scotland and Wales. The Rent Services publish the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile data and the Local Housing Allowance rates each year on their respective websites.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/10/2017 13:08:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

768835

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to ensure that ground rent rates associated with new build properties designated for low-cost housing and sold on a leasehold basis are proportionate.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	107082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation, <em>Tackling Unfair Practices in the Leasehold Market</em>, considered a number of issues within the leasehold sector including the sale of new built leasehold houses, and onerous ground rents. The consultation also sought views on what further areas of leasehold reform should be prioritised and why.</p><p>The public consultation, which closed on 19 September, received around 6,000 replies. We are carefully analysing the responses, and will issue the Government response shortly.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/10/2017 11:29:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

768836

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received information obtained by the US Administration by means of provisions within the USA Patriot Act of 2001; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	107095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>I am not aware of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) having obtained information specifically under the provisions of the USA Patriot Act. However, the UK Government, including the MOD, receives a broad range of classified information from the United States under existing bilateral and multilateral information-sharing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 19/10/2017 14:32:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

768837

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has provided to schools on the obligation to report criminal behaviour by pupils (a) in general and (b) under the age of criminal responsibility whilst on school premises.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	107088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department issues advice on behaviour and discipline to all schools, including on the need for every school to have a behaviour policy and advice on teachers in schools’ powers to discipline for poor behaviour. The Department’s Behaviour and Discipline in Schools statutory guidance, which applies to governing bodies sets out that police should always be informed where behaviour is of a criminal nature or poses a serious threat to a member of the public. This guidance can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools-guidance-for-governing-bodies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools-guidance-for-governing-bodies</a>.</p><p>In addition, the Department publishes Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). KCSIE is statutory guidance to which schools must have regard when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Guidance set out in KCSIE includes duties for schools to ensure:</p><ul><li><p>All school staff should receive safeguarding and child protection training</p></li><li><p>All school staff should know what action to take if they have concerns about a child</p></li><li><p>Where there are concerns a child has been harmed (or is at risk of harm), the school should consider a referral to children’s social care (and the police) as appropriate</p></li></ul><p>KCSIE is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 107102 question first answered 17/10/2017 18:57:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

768838

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has made available to schools on reporting criminal behaviour committed by pupils outside of school hours and off-site.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	107102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department issues advice on behaviour and discipline to all schools, including on the need for every school to have a behaviour policy and advice on teachers in schools’ powers to discipline for poor behaviour. The Department’s Behaviour and Discipline in Schools statutory guidance, which applies to governing bodies sets out that police should always be informed where behaviour is of a criminal nature or poses a serious threat to a member of the public. This guidance can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools-guidance-for-governing-bodies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools-guidance-for-governing-bodies</a>.</p><p>In addition, the Department publishes Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). KCSIE is statutory guidance to which schools must have regard when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Guidance set out in KCSIE includes duties for schools to ensure:</p><ul><li><p>All school staff should receive safeguarding and child protection training</p></li><li><p>All school staff should know what action to take if they have concerns about a child</p></li><li><p>Where there are concerns a child has been harmed (or is at risk of harm), the school should consider a referral to children’s social care (and the police) as appropriate</p></li></ul><p>KCSIE is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 107088 question first answered 17/10/2017 18:57:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

768839

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	USA: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received information obtained by the US Administration through provisions within the USA Patriot Act of 2001; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	107098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 19/10/2017 16:08:23 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

768840

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of how many Syrians have been disappeared by the Assad regime; and what proportion of those people are children.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	107100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Due to the Asad regime's refusal to allow impartial monitoring of its detention centres, it is not possible to give an exact figure for the number of people who have been disappeared. Human rights groups estimate that tens, possibly hundreds, of thousands of men, women, and children have been forcibly disappeared in Syria since the war began – the vast majority of them at the hands of the regime. The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria has documented the regime's use of 'massive and systematised' violence against political detainees, and stated that the regime's use of disappearance, torture, rape and sexual violence amount to crimes against humanity.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/10/2017 15:21:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

768841

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran: Political Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request a UN investigation into the 1988 executions of political prisoners in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	107089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The British Government opposes the death penalty in all circumstances and takes any allegations of extrajudicial killings seriously. Whilst at present we have no plans to request an inquiry by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights into the 1988 executions of political prisoners in Iran, we continue to take action with the international community to press for improvements on all human rights issues in Iran, including ending the death penalty and by supporting the work done by the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran. We also raise our concerns directly with the Iranian government and I was able to raise this directly with my Iranian counterpart during my visit to Tehran in August.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/10/2017 15:17:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

768842

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on implementation of the recommendations of the working group on autism on the time taken to diagnose autism.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	107090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no formal working group currently looking specifically at the time taken for an autism diagnosis to be made. Information on current waiting times for an autism assessment is drawn from the Public Health England report of the 2016 Self-Assessment Framework exercise.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work with its partners to address long waiting times for an autism diagnosis. This includes work to ensure the inclusion of autism diagnosis and outcomes indicators in the Mental Health Services Dataset, with new robust data collected from 1 April 2018. This will bring more transparency and help to drive up performance on waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/10/2017 10:50:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff