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1029309

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people have been charged, (b) cases have been taken to court and (c) convictions have been made since the Serious Crime Act 2015 created a new offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	204514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p><br>This is a matter for the Ministry of Justice. The 2017 information from MoJ is available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017 </a>in the spreadsheet “Outcomes by Offence Data Tool”.</p><p>This can be accessed directly with the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx%20" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx </a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/04/2019 17:42:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1029310

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to ensure visa-free travel between the UK and the EU for (a) tourism and (b) temporary business activities in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	204554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>For EU citizens of the current EU Member States, travelling to the UK as visitors (as tourists, on business trips, or to see friends and family), we do not intend to impose a visit visa regime. The EU have announced that the UK will be on the non-visa required list, even in the event of a no deal.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:31:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1029311

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether trade unions and the Trade Union Congress have been consulted on the managed migration of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	204628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Trade Union Congress and some individual trade unions responded to the Social Security Advisory Committee report on the draft Universal Credit Managed Migration Regulations 2018 and we actively consult with trade unions and the Trade Union Congress.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department is working with a diverse group of around 80 stakeholder organisations, including Trade Union representation, to ensure the widest possible range of insights are played into the design of Universal Credit Managed Migration. This group will evolve over time as we work with different stakeholders at different stages in the process.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/02/2019 17:38:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94118 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1029313

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of care leavers went into full-time (a) education and (b) work in each of the last five years for which information is available; and what plans the Government has to improve those figures.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	204515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The available information on the activity of care leavers is published in Tables F1 (19-21 year olds) and F3 (17 and 18 year olds) of the statistical release ‘children looked after including adoption', which are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>. Individual-level data for 17 and 18 year old care leavers was collected for the first time in 2016 so only 3 years of data is available.</p><p>A cross-government care leaver strategy (Keep on Caring) was published in July 2016, it can be reviewed at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535899/Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535899/Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf</a></p><p>The publication set out five outcomes it wanted all care leavers to achieve, including improved access to education, employment or training opportunities.</p><p>Since publication, the department has:</p><ul><li>Introduced new duties on Local Authorities to: consult on and publish their ‘local offer’ for care leavers, and extend support from a Personal Adviser to all care leavers to age 25;</li><li>Launched the care leaver covenant, providing a way for organisations to show their commitment to care leavers, through providing concrete offers of support including apprenticeships, work experience and internships;</li><li>Funded three social impact bonds projects to support care leavers who are Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) to engage in education, employment or training; and</li><li>Introduced a £1,000 bursary for care leavers starting an apprenticeship.</li></ul><p>Local Authorities are required to provide a £2,000 bursary for care leavers who go to university; and care leavers receive a bursary of up to £1,200 a year if they are in Further Education.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/01/2019 17:20:07 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1029319

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the recommendations in the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s strategic plan 2016-19 on tackling the barriers facing women in politics and public life.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	204520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>In common with other such Plans which it has published, the EHRC’s Strategic Plan 2016-19 sets priority areas and intended actions for the Commission’s own work over the three years in question, but does not make recommendations either for Government or for other EHRC stakeholders. The relevant Priority Area (“Citizenship and Democracy”) of the EHRC’s Strategic Plan 2016-19 accordingly commits it to <em>“focus on delivering improvements in relation to political representation and civic participation; anti-extremism and anti-terrorism legislation and surveillance powers; and freedom of expression and freedom to associate in a trade union.”</em></p><p>The Government notes these commitments, but has not made an assessment of their merits in tackling the barriers facing women in politics and public life, or of whether they support aspects of the Equality Act 2010 such as Section 106. It is for the EHRC, as an independent public authority, to progress the commitments as it sees fit.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 204521 question first answered 10/01/2019 18:02:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1029320

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Political Parties: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of whether the recommendations of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s strategic plan 2016-19 support key parts of the Equalities Act 2010 such as the implementation of section 106 on the Information about diversity in range of candidates.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	204521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>In common with other such Plans which it has published, the EHRC’s Strategic Plan 2016-19 sets priority areas and intended actions for the Commission’s own work over the three years in question, but does not make recommendations either for Government or for other EHRC stakeholders. The relevant Priority Area (“Citizenship and Democracy”) of the EHRC’s Strategic Plan 2016-19 accordingly commits it to <em>“focus on delivering improvements in relation to political representation and civic participation; anti-extremism and anti-terrorism legislation and surveillance powers; and freedom of expression and freedom to associate in a trade union.”</em></p><p>The Government notes these commitments, but has not made an assessment of their merits in tackling the barriers facing women in politics and public life, or of whether they support aspects of the Equality Act 2010 such as Section 106. It is for the EHRC, as an independent public authority, to progress the commitments as it sees fit.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 204520 question first answered 10/01/2019 18:02:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1029323

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2018 to Question 179213 on Asylum: Children, how many of the of the unaccompanied children who were granted asylum in the UK in 2017 made applications for refugee family reunion outside of the immigration rules; and how many of those applications were granted by (a) the Home Office and (b) an immigration judge.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There is currently no provision in the Immigration Rules for Unaccompanied children who were granted asylum in the UK to sponsor family members to make applications for family reunion outside of the immigration rules.</p><p>Allowing children to sponsor family members could create further incentives for more children to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family and risk hazardous journeys to the UK to sponsor relatives. This plays into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people and goes against our safeguarding responsibilities.</p><p>The Government believes the best interests of children are reflected in remaining with their families, claiming asylum in the first safe country they reach that is the fastest route to safety and relying on resettlement schemes to travel safely.</p><p>Available information relates to refugee family reunion applications received in total, from each nationality and how many were accepted in 2018 is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables</a></p><p>All those issued a family reunion visa are granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, not asylum. The family reunion application process does not require an assessment of the applicant’s international protection needs. It is the family member in the UK that is required to have been granted refugee status or Humanitarian Protection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:16:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1029324

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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, whether his Department has carried out an equality impact assessment on the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, the Government has had due regard to the impacts of the EU Settlement Scheme on those who share a protected characteristic.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:28:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1029327

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to her Department for financial year 2018-19 for planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how much of that funding has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	204497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This includes the £1.5 billion of additional funding HM Treasury announced at Autumn Budget 2017 for 2018/19. A full breakdown of how this was allocated to departments can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p><p>This money will be paid out in Supplementary Estimates 18/19 later this financial year.</p><p> </p><p>This funding was not allocated specifically for planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/01/2019 11:56:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1029328

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to his Department for financial year 2018-19 for planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how much of that funding has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	204498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This includes the £1.5 billion of additional funding HM Treasury announced at Autumn Budget 2017 for 2018/19. A full breakdown of how this was allocated to departments can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</strong></a>.</p><p>This money will be paid out in Supplementary Estimates 18/19 later this financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The Office holds no estimate of what it has spent on no deal preparations which can readily be separated from other EU exit and devolution work in general.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 10/01/2019 10:45:19 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey