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1060737

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	EU External Trade: Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress he has made in obtaining assurances that the UK will be able to replicate the 40 free trade agreements that the EU has with third party countries during the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	220919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Alongside the Withdrawal Agreement, the EU undertook to notify its treaty partners that the UK is treated as a Member State for the purposes of EU international agreements during the IP. This includes trade agreements. This notification is expected to issue following signature of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions with all partner countries have demonstrated a commitment to finding a pragmatic way to ensure continuity of our existing international agreements. A number of countries have already publicly welcomed this approach (Library deposit of 13 September DEP2018-0926 provides a list of countries). Others are, understandably, waiting for the notification to be issued before responding formally. We are working closely with our trading partners to ensure that there would be no disruption to trade as we move into the Implementation Period. Alongside this, the government will continue to do the responsible thing and prepare for all eventualities with partner countries, including a ‘no deal’ Brexit scenario.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 21/02/2019 10:40:07 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1060640

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Stress
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the conclusions of the study published in the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ BJPsych Open journal in January 2019, which found that claimants with mental stress are 2.4 times more likely than physical health claimants to lose their benefit when moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	221030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Many Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants have not undergone any kind of assessment of their needs for several years. Their condition and their needs arising from it may have changed substantially; therefore, we would expect to see some variation in reassessment outcomes between conditions. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a fairer benefit, which takes a much wider look at the way an individual’s health condition or disability impacts them on a daily basis, ensuring that individuals get the right level of support.</p><p> </p><p>PIP is a better benefit for people with mental health conditions. At the core of PIP’s design is the principle that non-physical conditions should be given the same recognition as physical ones. The number of working age people in receipt of DLA or PIP with a mental health condition has increased by nearly a fifth since PIP was first introduced in 2013, and a higher proportion of all PIP claimants receive the top rates than under DLA: 65% get the enhanced Daily Living component of PIP compared to 22% under DLA; and 35% get the enhanced mobility component compared to 10% under DLA.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/02/2019 14:07:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1060641

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that parity of esteem between mental and physical health extends to the social security system.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	221031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>This Department is committed to providing the best possible support to people who have health conditions and disabilities. Assessments used in determining entitlement to disability and incapacity benefits have been designed to assess the impacts of both mental and physical health conditions, and looks at the individual and what they are able and capable of doing, rather than assessing by condition. We also provide a wide range of support designed to help people better manage their conditions, to live more independent lives and take positive steps to return to work, where this is right for the individual.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is simplifying the benefits system and provides enhanced personalised support for people. All claimants, including vulnerable claimants and those with mental health conditions, receive continuous tailored support managed through personal work coaches, who know each person. We have started to deliver additional training in mental health that will be available to work coaches to build their expertise and provide the most effective support.</p><p> </p><p>Work coaches work closely with people on Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance equivalent and agree personalised support to help move them closer to the workplace.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/02/2019 13:56:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1060775

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Uganda: Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Ugandan Government on tackling female genital mutilation in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	220811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Through UK’s Support to Uganda’s Response to Gender Equality programme, engagements are held with Government of Uganda to support efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation. Efforts focus on securing stronger commitment on implementation of the anti-female genital mutilation law, prosecution of female genital mutilation and related cases, provision of efficient and quality protection and response services, and encouraging cross border discussions with the government of Kenya which has yet to outlaw female genital mutilation</p><p> </p><p><br> Alongside the policy engagement we support capacity strengthening for local police officers, health workers, selected district local government staff and local council committees. This is targeted at the affected regions, so they further appreciate the dangers of female genital mutilation and violence against women and girls and spearhead social norm change. <br> <br> The Secretary of State recently announced an extra £50 million to support the African led movement to end female genital mutilation. This will provide better protection for vulnerable girls in some of the world’s poorest countries, including Uganda. It also provides an opportunity for further engagement and influencing critical reforms within government of Uganda to drive down FGM, gender and social inequality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/02/2019 14:53:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1060776

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Common Travel Area
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the continuation of the common travel area after the UK leaves the EU on the ability of rental car companies to charge customers for crossing the land border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	220812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU will have no impact on the ability of rental car companies to charge customers for crossing the land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland if the continuation of the Common Travel Area applies as it does now. Customers may be charged an additional fee if they are going to cross a border, but this is at the discretion of the rental car company.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 25/02/2019 13:22:47 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1060778

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the import and export of defence related weaponry.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	220813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>No formal assessment on the impact of Brexit on defence exports and imports has taken place.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade’s Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) will continue to support the UK defence and security industries to export after Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/02/2019 15:28:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1060780

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Gabon: Politics and Government
	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 discussions he has had with the Gabon Government on the promotion of political stability in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	220815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The British Government continues to monitor the political situation in Gabon. Our non-resident Ambassador and officials hold regular consultations with the Gabon Government. The most recent discussion was on 7 January with the Office of the Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the attempted coup.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 21/02/2019 14:55:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1060568

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Food: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make it his policy to subject imported products to the same (a) targets and (b) labelling requirements with respect to calorie reduction regulations as those required of UK manufacturers.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	220924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The calorie reduction programme that Public Health England (PHE) oversees on behalf of Government challenges all sectors of industry to achieve a 20% reduction in calories in key foods contributing significantly to intakes of children up to 18 years by 2024. The programme is at an early stage with stakeholders having been consulted on initial draft proposed guidelines only in autumn 2018. No decisions have been taken at this stage of development on the guidelines and whether or how these will apply to imported products. PHE is considering the points raised through the consultation and is aiming to publish the guidelines in mid-2019.</p><p>In March 2017 PHE published guidance to assist local authorities in supporting and working with small businesses on voluntary reduction initiatives including calories. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/encouraging-healthier-out-of-home-food-provision" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/encouraging-healthier-out-of-home-food-provision</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 220925 question first answered 22/02/2019 14:56:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1060569

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support small businesses to prepare for the new calorie reduction regulations that Public Health England are introducing.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	220925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The calorie reduction programme that Public Health England (PHE) oversees on behalf of Government challenges all sectors of industry to achieve a 20% reduction in calories in key foods contributing significantly to intakes of children up to 18 years by 2024. The programme is at an early stage with stakeholders having been consulted on initial draft proposed guidelines only in autumn 2018. No decisions have been taken at this stage of development on the guidelines and whether or how these will apply to imported products. PHE is considering the points raised through the consultation and is aiming to publish the guidelines in mid-2019.</p><p>In March 2017 PHE published guidance to assist local authorities in supporting and working with small businesses on voluntary reduction initiatives including calories. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/encouraging-healthier-out-of-home-food-provision" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/encouraging-healthier-out-of-home-food-provision</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 220924 question first answered 22/02/2019 14:56:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1060578

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what analysis the National Institute for Clinical Excellence has undertaken on companies' ability to pay the proposed charges for making technology appraisals and highly specialised technology recommendations.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	220926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The introduction of charges is intended to create a sustainable funding model for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies programmes that better positions it to adapt to future changes in the life sciences sector. The Government carried out a public consultation on the introduction of charges and took full account of the comments received in deciding to proceed. The Government response to the consultation and the Impact Assessment, published alongside the regulations, assess the impact of the introduction of charging on all relevant stakeholders, including the life sciences industry and NICE. As explained in the Government response and Impact Assessment, small companies whose products are undergoing assessment will benefit from a 75% discount, which is intended to minimise barriers to the participation of small companies. The Government response is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762725/government-response-to-nice-recommendations-consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762725/government-response-to-nice-recommendations-consultation.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment at is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/171/pdfs/ukia_20180171_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/171/pdfs/ukia_20180171_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 220258 220261 220262 question first answered 20/02/2019 17:30:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green