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944057

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date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues ensuring that farm productivity will not be affected by changes in the availability of non-UK EU labour when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	165536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Access to a sufficient and appropriately-skilled workforce is essential to continued industry growth, productivity and safety, and the Government is determined to get the best deal for the UK in our negotiations to leave the EU, including for our world-leading food and farming industry.</p><p>Defra Ministers have ongoing discussions with a range of Government departments, including the Home Office, about securing the workforce that the farming industry needs for the future.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/07/2018 15:26:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

944058

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral evidence given before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on 20 December 2017, what steps he has taken to ensure the maintenance of high food production standards for (a) domestic and (b) imported food after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	165537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>UK food law applies equally to food that is imported and food produced in the UK. When we leave the European Union, we will maintain our current standards. We have no intention of undercutting our own reputation for quality by lowering our food and animal welfare standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra are working closely with the Food Standards Agency and Department of Health and Social Care to ensure that the regulatory regime for food safety remains robust as the UK leaves the European Union, in order to protect public health and retain the confidence of consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/07/2018 10:30:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

944059

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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 representative supported the publication of a joint communique at the June OECD Ministerial Meeting.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	165565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>​At this year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting on 30-31 May, HMG was represented by The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and Baroness Fairhead, Minister of State at the Department for International Trade. UK officials worked hard alongside representatives of the other 34 OECD Members to agree a joint statement. Whilst the UK was ready to join consensus on the final draft of the text issued by the Chair, the text did not meet consensus and no Ministerial Statement was adopted.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/07/2018 15:09:03 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

944060

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the commercial sustainability of childcare providers in the (a) private, (b) volunteering and (c) independent early education sector.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	165629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20 we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. This includes around £1 billion extra a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and fund the increase in hourly rates that we introduced in April 2017.</p><p>Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ which was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office. The review looked at both current and future cost pressures.</p><p>The latest Ofsted data from March 2018 showed that the number of non-domestic providers has remained stable. More than 340,000 children have benefitted from our 30 hours offer over its first year, and the vast majority of providers have increased the number of free hours available to parents.</p><p>We continue to monitor both the implementation of 30 hours and delivery costs. We have recently commissioned new research to provide us with further robust and detailed data of the costs of delivering childcare for under five-year-olds using a representative sample of early years providers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 165630 165661 165662 question first answered 23/07/2018 14:47:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

944061

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Cambodia: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the validity of reports of (a) human rights violations, (b) increased restraints on media and trade unions and (c) imprisonment of human rights campaigners by the state of Cambodia.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	165679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about steps taken by the Cambodian authorities and Supreme Court which undermine freedom of expression, assembly and prospects for free and fair elections. We have repeatedly raised our concerns at the dissolution of Cambodia’ s main opposition party, the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), the arrest of opposition leader Kem Sokha and the use of the Cambodian judiciary to impede human rights campaigners. On 18 May, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office underlined our concerns to the Cambodian Foreign Minister during a visit to Cambodia. He also met with leading human rights campaigners and civil society stakeholders. At the UN Human Rights Council in June, the UK expressed dismay at the continued democratic deterioration in Cambodia.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/07/2018 13:22:42 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

944062

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has estimated the number of hate crimes reported on university property in the 2016-17 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	165616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The government takes all forms of hate crime extremely seriously. There is no place in our society - including within higher education – for hatred or any form of harassment, discrimination or racism.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of hate crimes on university property in the 2016-17 academic year is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Universities UK Harassment and Hate Crime Taskforce, which was set up in September 2015 at the government’s request, makes a number of recommendations on tackling harassment and hate crime on campus, including on improving reporting rates and mechanisms for disclosure in higher education providers. These include, that relevant internal and external support should be signposted, and that reporting procedures should be centralised, accessible, and allow for anonymity if preferred, as well as enabling accurate data to be captured to determine the scale of a problem and track year on-year trends. The government expects higher education providers to take these recommendations seriously and to have robust policies and procedures in place to investigate and address hate crime.</p><p> </p><p>To support providers in implementing the Taskforce’s recommendations, the Office for Students is supporting and evaluating over 100 safeguarding projects to the value of £4.5 million. This includes 63 projects to improve responses to hate crime and online harassment on campus, and 11 to tackle religious-based hate crime.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/07/2018 16:16:08 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

944063

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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 pause the imposition of NHS benefit eligibility check (BECs) prescription penalty charge notices on disabled and unwell people who have been mistakenly awarded contribution-based employment and support allowance instead of income-based employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	165570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) for exemption from dental patient charges and National Health Service prescription charges. The checks are carried out through separate services within the NHS BSA, for dental patient charges the process is Benefit Eligibility Checking Service and for prescriptions it is the Prescription Eligibility Checking Service.</p><p> </p><p>For both dental charges and prescriptions, where a patient claims exemption but the NHS BSA checks do not show entitlement, the NHS BSA will issue a penalty notice. However, if the patient or the Department of Work and Pensions later provide evidence that the Department of Work and Pensions made an incorrect assessment and the individual was in fact entitled to a qualifying benefit then the NHS BSA will remove all charges.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to change this approach in regard to the current issue the Department of Work and Pensions have identified but NHS BSA will keep the situation under review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/07/2018 15:49:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

944064

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 2.15 of the National Audit Office report, Investigation into Errors in Employment and Support Allowance, HC 837, published on 19 March 2018, if she will extend the scope of the exercise to review the benefit entitlements of people who were mistakenly awarded contribution-based employment and support allowance instead of income-based employment and support allowance to include lost entitlement to free school meals and NHS prescription charges.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	165571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>Eligibility for passported benefits such as free NHS prescriptions and school meals is determined by the relevant Department.</p><p> </p><p>People can also qualify for help in other ways, for example by applying for the NHS Low Income Scheme, which covers prescription, dental and eye care costs, wigs, fabric supports and assistance with healthcare-related travel costs. The Low Income Scheme assessment takes into account council tax and housing costs, so people could get help with health costs even if their income is too high to qualify for a means-tested benefit.</p><p> </p><p>At no point have we actually stopped individuals from making a claim to income-related benefits. When we transitioned people from Incapacity Benefit to Employment and Support Allowance, we protected the amount of Incapacity Benefit they were being paid. We sent out letters and attempted to call people at the time to advise them that they could also be entitled to income-related benefit and to contact the Department if they believed they were eligible.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/07/2018 14:15:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

944065

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 March 2018, HCWS549 on employment and support allowance, how many claimants have been sent an ESA3 change of circumstances form; how many claimants have returned that form; how many claimants have had their claim reassessed; and how many claimants have received backdated payments.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	165572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The figures presented are based on DWP management information and are reported with only high level verification. The figures provided have been rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of claimants who have been sent an ESA3 change of circumstances form</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA3s returned by post</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA3s completed by telephone, plus a small number completed by visit</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants who have had their claim reassessed</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants who have received back-dated payments</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/07/2018 15:39:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

944066

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken was for young migrants on limited leave to remain to achieve settled status in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	165522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>The length of time required before settled status can be achieved by young migrants on limited leave to remain will vary according to the basis on which that leave was given, and is set out in the Immigration Rules. As these are fixed periods set out in the legislation, there are no average periods as such.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/07/2018 13:50:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma