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1104881

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	NHS and Social Services: Migrant Workers
	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 ensure effective recruitment from EU and non-EU countries to meet demand for (a) NHS and (b) care workers after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	236440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need to be able to recruit effectively from abroad and the Immigration White Paper ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’, published in December 2018, sets out the foundation for a single immigration system, where it is workers’ skills that matter, not where they come from.</p><p>This system will streamline the high-skilled visa route, by removing the Resident Labour Market Test and the Tier 2 Visa Cap. It will also include a new temporary immigration route for workers of all skill levels which will allow our social care sector to recruit care workers from abroad as we transition into the new system. The Home Office is undertaking a programme of engagement to discuss the proposed measures with colleagues across government and industry, to develop a future immigration system that works for the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p>We also recognise the need to boost our domestic workforce as well. The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that, over the next ten years, the National Health Service will have the staff it needs so that nurses and doctors are working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p>Alongside this, the upcoming Social Care Green Paper will set out the Department’s proposals for reform of the sector to put it on a more sustainable future footing. This will include a vision for its workforce and proposals to boost recruitment and retention in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/03/2019 16:25:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1104882

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Tier 2 visa salary exemption for nurses will (a) remain his policy after the UK leaves the EU and (b) be extended to EEA citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	236441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that we want all EU nationals, including those working in the NHS and the care sector, to stay in the UK after we leave the EU.</p><p>In their report, EEA migration in the UK, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended maintaining the existing system of salary thresholds.</p><p>The Government has been clear that we will undertake an extensive programme of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders across the UK, including with the private, public and voluntary sector and local government, as well as industry representatives and individual businesses before taking a final decision on the level of salary thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/03/2019 17:08:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1104883

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Social Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that care workers from EU Member States can work in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	236442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>In December 2018, the Government set out its proposals in “the UK’s future Skills-based Immigration System” White Paper. The White Paper proposals include a new route for skilled workers which will be open to anyone at RQF level 3 and above, irrespective of where they are applying from. This route will not be capped allowing all of those who meet our requirements to come to the UK.</p><p><br>The White Paper also includes a transitional route for temporary workers which will be open to anyone from qualifying countries, wishing to fill posi-tions at any skill level, for up to 12 months. We do not intend to impose a cap on the number of people wishing to use the route.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/03/2019 17:02:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1104996

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fisheries: Treaties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government will ratify the Agreement on Port State Measures To Prevent, Deter And Eliminate Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Fishing.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	236487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government and the European Council have reached political agreement on the text of a treaty on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU (“the Withdrawal Agreement”).</p><p> </p><p>The UK is currently a Party to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA) through its membership of the EU. In the event that the UK leaves the EU without the Withdrawal Agreement being approved and ratified, the PSMA would immediately cease to apply to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In this scenario, the UK would deposit its instrument of accession in time to ensure that the UK becomes a Contracting Party to the PSMA in its own right immediately upon its withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/03/2019 14:31:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1104980

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Malta: Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the bilateral agreements between the UK and Malta, including the agreement that Maltese citizens can receive free healthcare treatment in the UK, will be maintained after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	236483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>​There are no plans to change existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements between the United Kingdom and The Republic of Malta following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union. The UK Government wants to continue our existing arrangements with Malta, so that no-one faces sudden changes to how they obtain healthcare. Discussions about how to achieve this aim are continuing.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 01/04/2019 13:51:30 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105008

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Neurofibromatosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurofibromatosis.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	236342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has commissioned a national specialised service to address the healthcare needs of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) patients with rare complications that cause major health problems (called complex-NF1). There are two centres responsible for the diagnosis and long-term care of complex NF1 which are based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. These centres also provide education with the National Health Service to raise and maintain awareness of NF1 and are expected to form a relationship with local health and social care providers to help optimise any care for complex NF1 patients provided locally.</p><p> </p><p>In 2010, a nationally funded service was established for patients in England with a diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). The purpose of this service is to ensure patients are managed consistently by experienced doctors within a multi-disciplinary setting and that they receive the highest standard of care. The service for NF2 is co-ordinated from four major clinic centres: Manchester, Cambridge, Oxford and London. Each centre has a clearly defined geographical area of responsibility and runs peripheral clinics within that area, contributing their expertise to ensure the same standard of service and care is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the awareness of NF through more training of doctors and nurses, particularly through community paediatricians, development of guidelines with nurses, and links with genetic and neurology clinics. Links between expert centres have developed and improved the transfer of patients whose condition is complex to the centres. Professionals at the expert centres including consultants and specialist nurses also undertake the usual range of activities to raise awareness of the condition by giving lectures and presentations, attending conferences and publishing papers in medical journals.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018, the former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care (Steve Brine MP) met the Childhood Tumour Trust to discuss, amongst other things, raising awareness of NF.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 236343 question first answered 28/03/2019 15:15:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1105015

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Neurofibromatosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with neurofibromatosis charities to help raise awareness of the condition.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	236343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has commissioned a national specialised service to address the healthcare needs of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) patients with rare complications that cause major health problems (called complex-NF1). There are two centres responsible for the diagnosis and long-term care of complex NF1 which are based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. These centres also provide education with the National Health Service to raise and maintain awareness of NF1 and are expected to form a relationship with local health and social care providers to help optimise any care for complex NF1 patients provided locally.</p><p> </p><p>In 2010, a nationally funded service was established for patients in England with a diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). The purpose of this service is to ensure patients are managed consistently by experienced doctors within a multi-disciplinary setting and that they receive the highest standard of care. The service for NF2 is co-ordinated from four major clinic centres: Manchester, Cambridge, Oxford and London. Each centre has a clearly defined geographical area of responsibility and runs peripheral clinics within that area, contributing their expertise to ensure the same standard of service and care is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the awareness of NF through more training of doctors and nurses, particularly through community paediatricians, development of guidelines with nurses, and links with genetic and neurology clinics. Links between expert centres have developed and improved the transfer of patients whose condition is complex to the centres. Professionals at the expert centres including consultants and specialist nurses also undertake the usual range of activities to raise awareness of the condition by giving lectures and presentations, attending conferences and publishing papers in medical journals.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018, the former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care (Steve Brine MP) met the Childhood Tumour Trust to discuss, amongst other things, raising awareness of NF.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 236342 question first answered 28/03/2019 15:15:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1104842

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Chevening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times that Secretaries of State for his Department have used Chevening House for (a) departmental and (b) personal use during their respective times in office since the Department's establishment in 2016; and what the duration was of each of those occasions.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	236537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Chevening House is not funded by the Government and is the responsibility of its trustees. The Prime Minister decides who occupies the building. It is currently shared by the Foreign Secretary, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the Secretary of State for International Trade.</p><ul><li><p>The current Secretary of State, Steve Barclay, has not used Chevening House in a professional or personal capacity.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Former Secretary of State Dominic Raab used Chevening in a professional capacity once, for an afternoon.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Former Secretary of State David Davis used Chevening in a professional capacity twice, for overnight stays.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 28/03/2019 12:25:54 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1104716

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish who (a) she and (b) Ministers of her Department have met in meetings and engagements over the last 14 months; and if she will also publish on what dates those meetings were held.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
	uin	236301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to publishing details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations on a quarterly basis. Publications for the Northern Ireland Office can be found on Gov.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 28/03/2019 11:16:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1104877

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to deploy troops to Northern Ireland in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
	uin	236332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK armed forces already have a presence in Northern Ireland through 38 Brigade who are stationed at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn. There are no plans to deploy elements of 38 Brigade or any additional troops in Northern Ireland to manage the impacts of a no-deal EU exit. The MOD continues to engage with partners across government, including the Northern Ireland Office and the National Police Chiefs Council, to ensure that Defence is prepared to support the civilian authorities in a range of scenarios.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/03/2019 15:54:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd