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1011421

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date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Casualties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of the WHO's casuality statistics in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	194120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) casualty statistics are the best UN data currently available. Because of the active conflict in Yemen fewer than half of health facilities are fully functional. The WHO data reflects civilian injuries and deaths reported through health facilities, therefore they represent a partial picture. The real figure is likely higher.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/11/2018 14:59:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1011447

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Social Rented Housing: Energy
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 Answers of 20 November 2018 to Questions 190336 and 190337, whether he has made an estimate of how much of the £4.8bn spent by social housing providers was spent on increasing the energy efficiency of (a) the housing stock and (b) houses occupied by persons in fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	194027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no such estimates.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/11/2018 15:14:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1011554

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: DNA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his Department's policy to delete from its records evidence obtained as a result of a wrongful requirement for DNA testing to support immigration applications.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	194177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that the use of DNA evidence in the three cohorts the Home Secretary spoke about in his statement of 25 October to the House did not involve collection or storage of DNA by Home Office staff. Any DNA evidence submitted would have been in the form of reports from approved DNA testing centres, stating whether familial relationships were evidenced. These reports may have been attached to case files.</p><p>A Taskforce has been established so that anyone who feels that their case may have been influenced in any way by an inappropriate demand for DNA testing can get advice and support. Anyone concerned about these reports being held should contact the Taskforce, who will investigate the circumstances of each case and advise on the options, including deletion of the record from case files where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 194178 question first answered 29/11/2018 18:20:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1011555

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: DNA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has directed the destruction of original DNA samples collected in response to an invalid requirement by his Department for DNA evidence to support immigration applications; and what records are held by his Department on where such samples are located.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	194178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that the use of DNA evidence in the three cohorts the Home Secretary spoke about in his statement of 25 October to the House did not involve collection or storage of DNA by Home Office staff. Any DNA evidence submitted would have been in the form of reports from approved DNA testing centres, stating whether familial relationships were evidenced. These reports may have been attached to case files.</p><p>A Taskforce has been established so that anyone who feels that their case may have been influenced in any way by an inappropriate demand for DNA testing can get advice and support. Anyone concerned about these reports being held should contact the Taskforce, who will investigate the circumstances of each case and advise on the options, including deletion of the record from case files where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 194177 question first answered 29/11/2018 18:20:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1011556

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: DNA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of his Department’s compliance with data protection regulations and law in relation to DNA samples which were wrongly required to support immigration applications.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	194179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is currently considering the possible data protection implications associated with the incorrect mandating of DNA information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2019 15:18:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1011566

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants have appeared in court proceedings via video link in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	194183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number of defendants appearing by video link, for the period requested, is set out by year in the table below. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Defendants via Video Link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>59,371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>80,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>91,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>86,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>87,789</p></td></tr></tbody></table>We are unable to calculate what proportion of defendants appear in court via video link, as HMCTS does not record the total number of defendants who appear in court each year.<ol><li>The data is based on a manual return for Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data is management information and is not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>Figures shown are for the number of defendants recorded as using video link from a prison or police station for a trial or hearing in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court. A single defendant is recorded only once.</li></ol>HMCTS records the number of Magistrates’ and Crown court trials where a video link is used for witnesses and that data is set out in the table below. A single trial may make multiple use of the video link for different witnesses but will only be recorded once.<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total No of trials/hearings with Witness(s) via Video link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8,246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>11,046</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The data are based on a manual return from Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>A single trial or hearing may make multiple use of the video link but will be recorded only once.</li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 194184 question first answered 29/11/2018 17:33:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1011567

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2018 to Question 164973 on Courts: Video Conferencing, what information HMCTS holds on witnesses who have appeared in court proceedings via video link in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	194184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number of defendants appearing by video link, for the period requested, is set out by year in the table below. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Defendants via Video Link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>59,371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>80,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>91,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>86,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>87,789</p></td></tr></tbody></table>We are unable to calculate what proportion of defendants appear in court via video link, as HMCTS does not record the total number of defendants who appear in court each year.<ol><li>The data is based on a manual return for Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data is management information and is not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>Figures shown are for the number of defendants recorded as using video link from a prison or police station for a trial or hearing in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court. A single defendant is recorded only once.</li></ol>HMCTS records the number of Magistrates’ and Crown court trials where a video link is used for witnesses and that data is set out in the table below. A single trial may make multiple use of the video link for different witnesses but will only be recorded once.<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total No of trials/hearings with Witness(s) via Video link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8,246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>11,046</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The data are based on a manual return from Magistrates' and Crown Courts.</li><li>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale manual recording system.</li><li>Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li><li>A single trial or hearing may make multiple use of the video link but will be recorded only once.</li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 194183 question first answered 29/11/2018 17:33:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1011570

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Common Customs Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, for what reasons it was agreed under article 3 of annex 2 that UK tariffs and rules shall align with those of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The agreed Protocol guarantees that even in the unlikely event that the UK’s future relationship with the EU is not in place by the end of the implementation period, the UK will have a sovereign choice whether to bring into effect a temporary single UK-EU customs territory or to extend the implementation period for a short period of time until the new economic relationship is in place.</p><p>The single customs territory option replaces the EU’s proposal for a Northern Ireland-only customs ‘backstop to the backstop’ with a UK-wide solution. It would guarantee no tariffs, quotas or rules of origin between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, or between the UK and the EU. As such, the agreed position safeguards the economic and constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom and ensures people and businesses that rely on an open border between the Northern Ireland and Ireland can continue living their lives and operating as they do now.</p><p>Both the UK and the EU are committed to developing alternative arrangements to replace the backstop.The Political Declaration is clear that this includes looking at how facilitative arrangements and technologies can avoid a hard border. The UK and EU are legally obliged to use their best endeavours to conclude such an agreement by 31 December 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 03/12/2018 16:25:56 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1011571

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Common Commercial Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, for what reasons it was decided that the UK shall harmonise its commercial policy applicable to its customs territory with the common commercial policy of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The agreed Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, in the Withdrawal Agreement, guarantees that even in the unlikely event that the UK’s future relationship with the EU is not in place by the end of the Implementation Period, there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.</p><p>The Prime Minister was always clear that there could be no customs border down the Irish Sea, which would see a division of the customs territory of the UK. As a result, the UK proposed a UK-wide customs arrangement, which has been secured in the Withdrawal Agreement. In order for the UK-wide customs arrangement to function, it requires the UK to align with the relevant aspects of the Common Commercial Policy. In this scenario, the UK would be able to negotiate, ratify and sign trade deals, and to bring into effect those elements that do not affect the Protocol - just as the government’s technical paper on this set out in June this year. Both sides have been clear that the backstop is an insurance policy which we do not expect to use, and if needed, is explicitly temporary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 28/11/2018 15:51:07 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1011572

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	EU External Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, to which international organisations, agencies, conferences and forums the provisions of article 129 relate.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Article 129 of the Withdrawal Agreement sets out how the UK and EU should cooperate under the European Union’s External Action, including in international organisations, during the Implementation Period. It applies to all international organisations where the UK and EU are actors. This includes the UN and its agencies, and other international bodies, such as OECD and OSCE. The UK will remain an active and effective international player. We will continue to have a strong independent voice in the UN as a P5 member, and across a range of other UN bodies, agencies and in other international fora. The Withdrawal Agreement will not change this position.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/12/2018 15:14:15 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel