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1016465

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
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 the effectiveness of the Serious Crime Act 2015 on prosecuting perpetrators of financial abuse.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	196884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced a new domestic abuse offence of coercive or controlling behaviour in intimate and familial relationships. The statutory guidance underpinning the offence is clear that financial abuse, such as controlling the victim’s finances, is a type of behaviour that can form part of a purposeful pattern of behaviour over time to exert power, control or coercion over another person.</p><p>In 2017-18 960 offences of coercive or controlling behaviour have been charged and reached a first hearing, more than three times the volume in the previous year. This shows that the offence is having an impact and sends a strong message that coercive or controlling behaviour will not be tolerated.</p><p>On 21 January we published our landmark draft Domestic Abuse Bill and consultation response which will transform the cross-Government response to this devastating crime. The draft Bill includes provisions for a statutory definition of domestic abuse, including economic abuse. Replacing ‘financial’ with ‘economic’ acknowledges how broad this form of abuse is and how many aspects of a victim’s life it can affect, such as limiting their access to fundamental resources such as money, food, transport, employment and housing. This will raise awareness of the issue of economic abuse and also enable frontline professionals and the criminal justice system to better understand, recognise and tackle it, so that victims can be supported to achieve the economic stability that they need.</p><p>The draft Bill is underpinned by a comprehensive package of non-legislative action which we have set out in our consultation response, including a commitment to review the effectiveness of the coercive or controlling behaviour offence to ensure it is fit for purpose and that it adequately protects victims from abuse. In addition, we have committed to update the statutory guidance and CPS legal guidance on the offence to include economic abuse and provide guidance on how this form of abuse can manifest itself as part of a pattern of coercive control</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2019 15:09:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1018774

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps is he taking to divert young people away from violent crime.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	907969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Diverting young people away from crime is at the heart of the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p>I have just awarded £17.7m to support 29 projects working with young people through the Early Intervention Youth Fund,and I am setting up a new £200m Youth Endowment Fund to provide long term support to stop children getting involved in crime and violence.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 03/12/2018 16:14:20 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1018775

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to tackle domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	907972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to transforming the response to domestic abuse. We have provided £100 million to support victims and organisations working to combat domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.</p><p>Our consultation on domestic abuse closed on 31 May, with over 3200 responses. We will be publishing a response to the consultation and a draft Domestic Abuse Bill later this session.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/12/2018 16:16:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1018776

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to divert young people away from violent crime.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	907974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>With your permission Mr Speaker, I would like to group this question with question 23.</p><p>Diverting young people away from crime is at the heart of the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p>I have just awarded £17.7m to support 29 projects working with young people through the Early Intervention Youth Fund, and I am setting up a new £200m Youth Endowment Fund to provide long term support to stop children getting involved in crime and violence.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 03/12/2018 16:20:30 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1018777

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Police and Crime Commissioners on the equitable distribution of resources across all communities.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	907975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that Chief Constables, held to account by democratically elected Police and Crime Commissioners, are best placed to decide how to deploy their resources, taking into account local conditions and priorities.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/12/2018 16:23:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1019321

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the IPPR report entitled Fair funding for mental health, published in October 2018, whether the Government’s NHS Long Term Plan will increase funding for mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	198184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced in October that the National Health Service will increase mental health investment by at least £2 billion a year in real terms by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>Improving mental health is at the heart of this Government’s agenda and this is another step in our ambition to achieve parity between physical and mental health care.</p><p> </p><p>NHS leaders are producing a new ten-year plan, led by clinicians and professionals, and supported by local health and care systems across the country. We expect the plan to be published later this year and as such decisions are still being taken on the exact content of the plan.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/12/2018 17:14:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1019322

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Digital's publication, Cervical screening programme England 2017-18, published on 27 November 2018, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the number of eligible women taking up such screening in the last 21 years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	198377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has reviewed the data from 2013 showing the continuing gradual national and international decline in the five-year coverage. Assessments for the decline were done in partnership with key stakeholders Public Health England (PHE) and Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England hosted a spotlight session in April 2016 which focussed on gaining insight into the reasons why women do or do not attend for screening. This suggested that ease of access together with attitudinal changes to informed choice, may contribute to this widespread reduction in uptake.</p><p> </p><p>Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust published a report in January 2018 suggesting that some young women did not attend cervical screening appointments because they were embarrassed about their body, while others did not think the test was important and were not at risk because they led healthy lifestyles.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and PHE have therefore modified the commissioning levers and communication processes, for example through supporting Jo’s Trust in the Time to Screen campaign and the development of a new ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign for early 2019 promoting uptake of cervical screening.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has supported the Cancer Alliances who bring together local senior clinical and managerial leaders representing the whole cancer patient pathway across a specific geography, and have a general role in improving early diagnosis. In turn they have developed specific plans to improve uptake rates in screening programmes as part of that agenda with cervical screening considered a priority area.</p><p> </p><p>Cancer Research UK and Macmillan general practitioners (GPs) are also being utilised to provide awareness and training, with work and focus groups to target reducing inequalities among women over 50 and women from Eastern European countries a specific focus in one region. The role that sexual health clinics can play in providing access to screening among vulnerable women via an opportunistic offer of screening is being considered.</p><p> </p><p>Training of GP receptionists is underway to improve ease of access to a screening appointment, while a toolkit has been developed to reduce the inequality in uptake among women with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England recently announced that Professor Sir Mike Richards has been asked to lead a review of cancer screening programmes which will consider ways to increase uptake of cervical screening.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/12/2018 14:22:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1019323

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department set targets for the DVLA to ensure that people seeking to apply or reapply for a driving licence for reasons of (a) ill health and (b) following a ban are dealt with expeditiously.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	198378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The DVLA aims to complete 90% of medical cases within 90 working days and to process applications from those previously banned from driving within 15 working days.</p><p> </p><p>The length of time it takes to deal with an application for a driving licence following ill health depends on the medical condition involved, and whether further information is required from medical professionals. In the last financial year, it took an average of 32 working days for the DVLA to make a licensing decision on all medical applications.</p><p>The DVLA writes to disqualified drivers 56 days before their ban is due to expire to invite them to reapply for their driving licence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/12/2018 14:05:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1019324

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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	South Sudan: Law and Order
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department plans to take to help stabilise the law and order situation in Juba, South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	198164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>​The UK is committed to supporting peace, stability, and security throughout South Sudan, including in the capital Juba. While levels of violence have reduced since the signing of the peace agreement on 12 September, progress on implementation is slow and inconsistent, violations of the ceasefire continue in some areas, and levels of crime remain high. Through diplomatic engagement by Ministers and senior officials, we continue to urge the parties to demonstrate their commitment to providing safety and security for the South Sudanese people across the country by putting an immediate end to all violence.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/12/2018 16:34:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1019325

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the accuracy of the findings of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research report entitled The Economic Effects of the Government’s Proposed Brexit Deal, published on 26 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	198156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not assessed the accuracy of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and UK In a Changing Europe &amp; The Centre for Economic Performance (UKCE/ CEP) reports. NIESR and UKCE/ CEP are independent organisations. Their analysis of the UK economy represents their own views.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 198157 question first answered 06/12/2018 16:54:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake