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864325

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Personal Savings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what barriers to investing in savings by people aged under 30 his Department has identified.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	132809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>We have increased the amount of money that people can save in their ISAs annually to a record £20,000 and introduced a Personal Savings Allowance of up to £1,000. Thanks to these measures over 95% of people pay no tax on their savings income. In April 2017 the government also introduced the Lifetime ISA, allowing younger people to receive a 25% bonus from government on savings of up to £4,000 annually. This encourages the next generation to get into the habit of saving and helps them to simultaneously save for both a first house and for later life, with the same product.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/03/2018 16:20:21 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

864485

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work has been undertaken by his Department to develop religious literacy among its staff in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	132968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>We have developed a position paper on faith and development; we continue to host seminars (such as the seminar in November on freedom of religion or belief); we have commissioned and circulated research on religion and development and have facilitated formal training. A limited number of DFID staff have already attended the newly re-launched Foreign and Commonwealth Office “Religion and Diplomacy” course. We plan to encourage more DFID staff to attend this course in the future.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/03/2018 15:30:35 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

864447

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how frequently the contractor's compliance with the government childcare service contract is assessed by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	132930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>We continually assess our contractor’s compliance with the government childcare service contract.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/03/2018 16:03:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

864318

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: Religious Freedom
	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 ensure that the Commonwealth Heads of Government joint communique makes reference to the right to freedom of religion and belief.
	tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
	uin	132802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>We are working with fellow member states to negotiate the communiqué for next month's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. While it would be inappropriate to comment on those negotiations, the UK considers freedom of religion and belief to be one of the Commonwealth's core values.</p><p>Encouraging member states to uphold the values and principles enshrined in the Commonwealth Charter – which include freedom of religion as well as democracy, freedom of expression, the rule of law and opposition to all forms of discrimination – will be an important part of April's summit.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/03/2018 15:48:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

864316

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Gender Dysphoria: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on the wellbeing of children who may be permitted to change gender below the age of 18 without parental consent.
	tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
	uin	132800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Valid consent to treatment is a central to all forms of healthcare, from providing personal care to undertaking major surgery. If a child is not competent to give consent for themselves, consent should be sought from a person with parental responsibility. This will often, but not always, be the child’s parent.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions about whether to give medical treatment in such cases before the age of 18 without parental consent are properly a matter for clinical judgment, having regard to the best interests and wellbeing of the patient. In exercising their judgment, clinicians will be guided by various pieces of evidence based guidance, such as that published in 2017, Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/ Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. This is available on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/search?q=Transgender+conditions" target="_blank">https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/search?q=Transgender+conditions</a></p><p> </p><p>This guideline recognizes that there may be compelling reasons to initiate sex hormone treatment prior to age 16 years, but notes that there are minimal published experience treating prior to 13.5 to 14 years of age. For the care of peri-pubertal youths and older adolescents, the guideline recommends that an expert multidisciplinary team comprised of medical professionals and mental health professionals manage this treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Any child under 18 thought to have gender dysphoria will usually be referred to a specialist child and adolescent Gender Identity Clinic. Staff at these clinics can carry out a detailed assessment of the child, to help them determine what support they need. Depending on the results of this assessment, the options for children and young people with suspected gender dysphoria can include family therapy, individual child psychotherapy and hormone therapy.</p><p> </p><p>Psychological support offers young people and their families a chance to discuss their thoughts and receive support to help them cope with the emotional distress of the condition, without rushing into more drastic treatments. Further information on the laws and guidelines that protect transsexual people and outline how they should be treated by medical professionals is available on the NHS Choices website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/guidelines/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/guidelines/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/03/2018 17:04:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

864309

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Nurses: Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been refused access to a school nurse since the introduction of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	132793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected. However, services provided by school nurses and health visitors remain outside the scope of the Charging Regulations and so access to these services should not be refused.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/03/2018 17:02:22 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

864457

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Shoplifting: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the amount of court time that has been made available as a result of his Department's policy to allow people accused of shoplifting items under the value of £200 to plead guilty by post.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	132940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>There is some saving of court time where an accused indicates a guilty plea by post compared with an equivalent case where the accused appears in person and pleads guilty. To date no estimate has been made of the amount of court time that has been made available, either generally or in respect of low-value shoplifting cases. Data to answer the question is not available and it would present a disproportionate expense to HMCTS to provide it.</p><p> </p><p>In all cases the defendant may choose to enter their plea in open court at a hearing if they prefer.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/03/2018 17:38:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

864282

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is mandatory for (a) local education authorities and (b) school management boards to (i) consult and (ii) inform School Governing Bodies when actions plans are developed between authorities and boards as a result of a school's performance.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	132766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>There are no statutory consultation requirements in relation to the development of an action plan to raise standards where a school is underperforming. Nevertheless, we would expect that all bodies involved in the implementation of such an action plan would also be involved in developing the content of the plan.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/03/2018 16:50:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

864308

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on kit car owners of the implementation of proposals on emissions in paragraph 4.11 of the consultation on Road vehicles: Improving air quality and safety.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	132792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The proposals would have no effect on the owners of kit cars that are already registered, as the new requirements apply only to newly constructed and unregistered vehicles. Full consideration is being given to the representations received from the public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/03/2018 13:30:51 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

864456

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claims by heterosexual couples (a) with children and (b) without children who do not receive split payments are made to the female partner.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	132939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. The Department does not collect information on the sexual orientation of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/03/2018 13:37:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff