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938449

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Members: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the House of Commons Commission, what assessment it has made of the effect of the General Data Protection Regulation on the ability of hon. Members to carry out their work.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	163097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>As part of its preparations for GDPR, the House Service recognised the impact of the new legislation on Members and procured a contract to deliver training, guidance, templates and an advice line to offer support to Members and their offices. Presentations and advice on GDPR have also been included at regional constituency open days since September 2017.</p><p>The House Service has worked closely with DCMS and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on the provision of updated guidance and subject specific case studies, including scenarios such as sending newsletters to constituents and others, appropriate use of constituents’ contact details, and dealing with complex requests for access to personal data.</p><p>In May, letters (together with the case studies, guidance and frequently asked questions) were sent to Members from the Chair of the Administration Committee and Managing Director of Research and Information, and from the Leader of the House.</p><p>Further work has been planned to update existing guidance for Members and their staff on the application of the Data Protection Act 2018, which received Royal Assent on 23 May.</p><p>The Government has responsibility for conducting formal assessments of the impact of legislation and DCMS carried out an impact assessment of the overall Data Protection Bill in September 2017. (It can be found here: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA17-006.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA17-006.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 16/07/2018 20:00:08 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

938450

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that safeguards are in place for eligible EU citizens’ to access welfare (a) during the implementation period and (b) after the conclusion of that implementation period of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	162957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The draft Withdrawal Agreement published in March guarantees the rights of EU citizens and their family members living in the UK, and UK nationals living in the EU. As set out, EU citizens living in the UK by 31 December 2020, along with their family members, will be able to stay and continue their lives, with the same access to work, study, benefits and public services that they enjoy now.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/07/2018 16:00:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

938451

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Nigeria: Conflict Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his French and other European counterparts on the conflict in Nigeria between Fulani herdsmen and farming communities; and what diplomatic steps they are taking to reduce the conflict and protect communities.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	163098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Officials have discussed this issue with US, French, German and other EU colleagues who share the British Government's deep concern. We continue to raise this issue with the Nigerian Federal and State Government and to call on them to bring the perpetrators of violence to justice and to develop solutions which meet the needs of all communities to prevent further violence.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/07/2018 15:03:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

938452

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: One Public Estate Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans of 9 July 2018, Official Report, column 706, whether it is his policy that the One Public Estate principles apply to public land that has its freehold vested within an association.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	163148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Public land disposals are managed in accordance with Government policy and Her Majesty's Treasury guidelines to obtain best value. Where land is owned by an Association, the Department would expect that they will continue to work closely with the Local Authority.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/07/2018 15:17:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

938453

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Private Rented Housing: Building Regulations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 28 June 2018, on Building Safety Update, HCWS811, of the 297 total private sector buildings assessed to be unlikely to meet current Building Regulations guidance, a) how many have informed residents and b) what measures his department has taken to ensure that all residents have been informed.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	163185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Shortly after the Grenfell Tower tragedy, we issued guidance on the interim safety measures that should be put in place in high-rise buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems. This includes instructions to building owners to communicate with residents and the local fire and rescue service about the safety of their homes and what they should do in the event of a fire.</p><p>All residents of buildings where unsafe ACM cladding systems have been found should have been informed by their landlords about the steps their landlords or building owners are taking to make their buildings safe. We would encourage residents of affected buildings to speak to their building owner about these measures to ensure residents’ safety. Residents should also be aware of what to do in the event of a fire and if they are unsure they should speak to the landlord or freeholder.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/07/2018 16:02:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

938456

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of qualified HGV drivers in the road haulage industry for each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	163149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics publishes figures of employment by occupation, based on the Labour Force Survey, a household survey. The estimates for numbers of professional large goods vehicle drivers each year based on surveys between April and June are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK total in employment in standard occupation classification 8211 (large goods vehicle drivers)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>285,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>299,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>290,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>259,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>285,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>299,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>315,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>302,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency record the number of vocational tests passed. Records for 2010 to 2017 are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of test passes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>21268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>24634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>25679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>28486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>37205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>43643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>41867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 to 31/03</p></td><td><p>10053</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/07/2018 15:30:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

938457

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will respond to the letter of the hon. Member for Glasgow North of 26 April 2018, reference PG4747.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	163138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>A letter was sent to the Hon member on 11th July.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/07/2018 10:27:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

938458

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Russia: Football
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made on the effectiveness of the training delivered by the Royal Marines to the England football team prior to the 2018 World Cup campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	163048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said, England's World Cup campaign has been a great journey that's made the country proud. The Royal Marines are honoured to be associated with the first England team to reach the final four in 28 years and we are all very proud of what they achieved.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/07/2018 15:21:02 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

938460

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Palliative Care: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent from the public purse on palliative care services for children in (a) the London Borough of Southwark and (b) England in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	162950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care is a local matter, over which individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have responsibility. CCGs are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly, and as such, decisions to fund an increase for palliative care services or hospice provision are for the local National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Much of the palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners (GPs) as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients and the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across boroughs, is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 162951 162952 question first answered 16/07/2018 11:34:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

938461

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	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	Palliative Care: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require Clinical Commissioning Groups to provide annual funding to children’s (a) hospices and (b) palliative care services.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	162951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care is a local matter, over which individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have responsibility. CCGs are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly, and as such, decisions to fund an increase for palliative care services or hospice provision are for the local National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Much of the palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners (GPs) as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients and the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across boroughs, is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 162950 162952 question first answered 16/07/2018 11:34:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman