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1051284

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps his Department has taken to protect (a) asylum seekers and refugees in the UK and (b) their families in their country of origin from reprisals by the Government of that country.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	214587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is not responsible for protecting asylum seekers and refugees in the UK. This work is led by the Home Office. The UK does not have a duty of care to protect the families of those asylum seekers and refugees, where they live abroad. We engage regularly with a broad range of countries on human rights issues.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 07/02/2019 12:50:47 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

1051287

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2019 to Question 210499 on Capital Investment, if he will itemise the amount of money allocated by central government for each capital project it has either fully or partially funded in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	214522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>As previously set out, HM Treasury and IPA do not centrally hold a complete set of funding allocations and cost data for individual capital projects, whether funded by central government or by the Devolved Administrations, or jointly. By the same token, HM Treasury and IPA do not have data on what proportion of funding for projects in the Devolved Administrations comes from central government and DAs’ own capital budgets. However, HM Treasury and IPA do publish <em>aggregate</em> capital spending allocations for departments and the Devolved Administrations, as well as more granular detail on infrastructure investment, for example in the recent <em>Interim Response to the National Infrastructure Assessment</em> at Budget 2018 and the <em>National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline</em> in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Aggregate capital spending allocations to departments and the Devolved Administrations in past years are published in <em>Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2018</em> (p.26). Further regional breakdowns of capital spending by economic category, including for the Devolved Administrations, are published in Chapter 9 of the same document.</p><p> </p><p>Aggregate capital spending allocations for future years to 2020-21 are published in the <em>Budget 2018</em> document (p.23). The Government will set capital budgets beyond 2020-21 at the Spending Review. The Government will also publish further, more detailed information on infrastructure in the full response to the National Infrastructure Assessment later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 213975 214523 214524 question first answered 06/02/2019 13:49:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1051295

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ministers of Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Minister of Religion visas have been granted (a) within and (b) outside of the three week timescale target time in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	214615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The published quarterly transparency data does not separate the sub-categories within the wider Tier 2 route. We have therefore provided the published data for all Tier 2 subcategories which includes General, Intra Company Transfers, Minister of Religion and Sportspeople.</p><p><br>Link to the latest published data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2019 14:53:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1051298

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2019 to Question 210499 on Capital Investment, with reference to capital projects part funded by central government in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (iii) 2019, how much and what proportion of the total funding for such projects was from central government.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	214523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>As previously set out, HM Treasury and IPA do not centrally hold a complete set of funding allocations and cost data for individual capital projects, whether funded by central government or by the Devolved Administrations, or jointly. By the same token, HM Treasury and IPA do not have data on what proportion of funding for projects in the Devolved Administrations comes from central government and DAs’ own capital budgets. However, HM Treasury and IPA do publish <em>aggregate</em> capital spending allocations for departments and the Devolved Administrations, as well as more granular detail on infrastructure investment, for example in the recent <em>Interim Response to the National Infrastructure Assessment</em> at Budget 2018 and the <em>National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline</em> in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Aggregate capital spending allocations to departments and the Devolved Administrations in past years are published in <em>Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2018</em> (p.26). Further regional breakdowns of capital spending by economic category, including for the Devolved Administrations, are published in Chapter 9 of the same document.</p><p> </p><p>Aggregate capital spending allocations for future years to 2020-21 are published in the <em>Budget 2018</em> document (p.23). The Government will set capital budgets beyond 2020-21 at the Spending Review. The Government will also publish further, more detailed information on infrastructure in the full response to the National Infrastructure Assessment later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 213975 214522 214524 question first answered 06/02/2019 13:49:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1051300

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2019 to Question 210499 on Capital Investment, if he will itemise the total cost for each capital project in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019 whether fully or partially funded by central government.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	214524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>As previously set out, HM Treasury and IPA do not centrally hold a complete set of funding allocations and cost data for individual capital projects, whether funded by central government or by the Devolved Administrations, or jointly. By the same token, HM Treasury and IPA do not have data on what proportion of funding for projects in the Devolved Administrations comes from central government and DAs’ own capital budgets. However, HM Treasury and IPA do publish <em>aggregate</em> capital spending allocations for departments and the Devolved Administrations, as well as more granular detail on infrastructure investment, for example in the recent <em>Interim Response to the National Infrastructure Assessment</em> at Budget 2018 and the <em>National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline</em> in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Aggregate capital spending allocations to departments and the Devolved Administrations in past years are published in <em>Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2018</em> (p.26). Further regional breakdowns of capital spending by economic category, including for the Devolved Administrations, are published in Chapter 9 of the same document.</p><p> </p><p>Aggregate capital spending allocations for future years to 2020-21 are published in the <em>Budget 2018</em> document (p.23). The Government will set capital budgets beyond 2020-21 at the Spending Review. The Government will also publish further, more detailed information on infrastructure in the full response to the National Infrastructure Assessment later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 213975 214522 214523 question first answered 06/02/2019 13:49:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1051301

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations his Department has made to the Government of Pakistan on removing derogatory references to (a) Ahmadis and (b) other minorities from the education curricula in that country.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	214463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>HMG regularly raises freedom of religious belief issues at the highest levels with Pakistan government counterparts. In January, I met the Hon Shafqat Mahmood, Pakistan Federal Minister for Education, and his provincial counterparts. The agenda for this meeting included ending discrimination and improving the inclusion of all children in Pakistan through education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/02/2019 17:35:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1051302

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the (a) Home Secretary b) Mayor of London, (c) Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and (d) Secretary of state for Defence on proposals for the use of UK military forces to support civilian services in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	214616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union engages regularly with Ministers from other Government departments and external stakeholders to ensure that businesses and citizens are sufficiently prepared for all eventualities. As part of cross-Whitehall preparations for a ‘no deal’ scenario, all Government departments, including the Ministry of Defence, are considering what resources are required to mitigate any potential impacts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 06/02/2019 13:57:47 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1051314

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many abortions have been declined as a result of a suspicion of coercion in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	214475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of abortions declined as a result of a suspicion of coercion is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to commission a review of reproductive coercion.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes this issue very seriously. The Department’s required standard operating procedures (RSOPs) for independent sector abortion providers and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists clinical guideline on the Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion, specify that careful and sensitive enquiry as to the reasons for requesting an abortion should be made, with the opportunity for further discussion, especially where women express any doubts or there may be a suggestion of pressure or coercion. The Care Quality Commission inspects independent sector abortion providers against all of the Department’s RSOPs including looking at the procedures and policies services have in place to ensure that all women and young persons are seeking abortion voluntarily.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 214476 214477 question first answered 06/02/2019 16:33:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1051315

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Family Planning
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 review entitled, Reproductive control by others: means, perpetrators and effects published in the BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health in January 2019, if his Department will commission a review of reproductive coercion.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	214476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of abortions declined as a result of a suspicion of coercion is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to commission a review of reproductive coercion.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes this issue very seriously. The Department’s required standard operating procedures (RSOPs) for independent sector abortion providers and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists clinical guideline on the Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion, specify that careful and sensitive enquiry as to the reasons for requesting an abortion should be made, with the opportunity for further discussion, especially where women express any doubts or there may be a suggestion of pressure or coercion. The Care Quality Commission inspects independent sector abortion providers against all of the Department’s RSOPs including looking at the procedures and policies services have in place to ensure that all women and young persons are seeking abortion voluntarily.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 214475 214477 question first answered 06/02/2019 16:33:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1051316

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures his Department uses to monitor the effectiveness of abortion providers in screening for coercion.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	214477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of abortions declined as a result of a suspicion of coercion is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to commission a review of reproductive coercion.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes this issue very seriously. The Department’s required standard operating procedures (RSOPs) for independent sector abortion providers and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists clinical guideline on the Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion, specify that careful and sensitive enquiry as to the reasons for requesting an abortion should be made, with the opportunity for further discussion, especially where women express any doubts or there may be a suggestion of pressure or coercion. The Care Quality Commission inspects independent sector abortion providers against all of the Department’s RSOPs including looking at the procedures and policies services have in place to ensure that all women and young persons are seeking abortion voluntarily.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 214475 214476 question first answered 06/02/2019 16:33:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh