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1023060

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date	10/12/2018
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	Yemen: Peace Negotiations
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 plans to attend the Yemen peace talks in Stockholm.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	200548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary attended the Yemen peace talks on 13 December, to lend his support to the efforts of UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and press for progress on an inclusive political settlement and an end to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. He met the Swedish Foreign Minister, the UN Special Envoy, and had constructive discussions with the heads of the Government of Yemen and Houthi delegations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/12/2018 17:16:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023064

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used in the allocation of police funding to tackle violent crime.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	200549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands that police demand is changing and becoming increasingly complex. That is why we have provided a strong and comprehensive funding settlement for the police that will increase funding by £970million compared to 2018/19, including precept, pensions funding and national investment.</p><p>In relation to tackling violent crime, our Serious Violence Strategy, published in April 2018, is supported by £40million over 2 years to deliver initiatives that tackle serious violence, this includes: an Early Intervention Youth Fund of £22 million which is already supporting 29 projects in England and Wales. Over £17 million has already been allocated to projects delivering interventions to young people at risk of criminal involvement, gang exploitation and county lines.</p><p>Other funding we have made available to tackle serious violence includes: £3.6million to set up a National County Lines Co-ordination Centre; a Community Fund that provided £1.5 million this year to support 68 projects; and £1.4m to support a new national police capability to tackle gang related activity on social media.</p><p>Police funding continues to be a priority for the Home Secretary and we are working closely with the police sector to better understand the demand landscape.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2019 15:06:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023065

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of suicides in England and Wales in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	200550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/12/2018 17:08:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 200550 - Holding.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023066

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been granted permission to work in the UK while their cases are being considered in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	200561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK unless their claim has been outstanding for at least 12 months through no fault of their own.</p><p>The data requested on the number of asylum seekers granted permission to work while their cases are being considered in each of the last five years is only held on paper case files or within the notes sections of the Home Office's databases. Therefore, the number of asylum seekers granted permission to work is not held in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2019 16:39:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023067

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department provides to asylum seekers that seek to volunteer in their local communities.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	200562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the Home Office does not provide specific support, we do encourage asylum seekers to undertake volunteering activities, which can provide a valuable contribution to their local community and may help them to integrate into society if they qualify for protection.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/12/2018 14:39:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023068

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have participated in the pilots for the EU Settlement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	200563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>1053 applications were made during Private Beta 1, which proved key elements of the EU Settlement Scheme application process.</p><p><br>Further information on this is found on the PB1 final report:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752872/181031_PB1_Report_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752872/181031_PB1_Report_Final.pdf</a></p><p><br>29,987 applications were made during Private Beta 2, further information on this can be found on the PB2 final report linked below:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-private-beta-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-private-beta-2</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/03/2019 18:33:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023069

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether a suicide note is classified as a legal document.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	200564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office is not responsible for determining the legal status of any document. The legal status of a document would depend on a number of factors including the context it was being presented in.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/12/2018 10:55:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023070

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Yemen: Ceasefires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions she had with her counterparts at the G20 Summit in Argentina on a ceasefire in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	200565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon. Gentleman to the Oral Statement I gave to the House on 3 December 2018 on the 2018 G20 Summit, Official Report, Column 531</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 17/12/2018 16:04:38 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023071

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effect of the WTO reforms proposed at the G20 summit in Argentina on UK trade with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	200566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>At their Summit in Buenos Aires on 30 November – 1 December 2018, G20 Leaders agreed to support the necessary reform of the WTO to improve its functioning. The objective of the reform is to strengthen the WTO, which is the foundation on which the vast majority of global trade is conducted. Ensuring a stronger foundation for global trade will also benefit UK trade with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 17/12/2018 16:10:10 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz