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	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the new Outsourcing Playbook on the quality Government outsourcing decisions; and will he make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	243500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We launched the Outsourcing Playbook in February 2019 and introduced a package of<br>reforms to our approach to outsourcing designed to improve public service outcomes, value<br>for money and how we work in partnership with our suppliers</p><p>Measures include:<br>Guidance for departments to help assess whether services should be delivered, in-house by<br>the public sector or outsourced. This should support more informed decisions on when it is<br>best to deliver public services ourselves and when there is benefit to drawing on the capacity<br>and expertise of the private sector;<br>Introduction of a new presumption in favour of running a pilot where government is<br>outsourcing a service so we learn lessons before contracting for the long term; and<br>A new requirement for government to produce an assessment of how much a service<br>‘should cost’ to deliver when deciding whether to utilise the private sector. This helps to<br>provide a better understanding of the costs associated with the different service delivery<br>models so that we are in a better position to challenge unsustainable bids</p><p>We have put in place an implementation programme to ensure that our departments are<br>aware of these new requirements. Compliance with these reforms will be ensured through<br>the usual Cabinet Office controls process.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/04/2019 15:46:42 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1122314

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What his policy is on the provision of legal aid for inquests.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	910441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We published our review of legal aid for inquests on 7 February. The evidence confirmed the inquest process should remain about fact finding and establishing the truth rather than apportioning blame.</p><p> </p><p>We are working on raising the awareness of legal aid for representation at inquests by publishing new guidance for bereaved people. Legal aid for inquests is available through the Exceptional Case Funding scheme, and we are working to simplify the application process for this.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring bereaved families are properly supported and able to participate in the inquest process. We believe families should be at the heart of the coronial process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 16:28:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1122316

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Divorce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to consider the views of the public before proposing changes to divorce laws.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	910443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Hostility and conflict between parents leave their mark on children and damage their life chances.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we intend to remove the need for blame when people divorce. A YouGov poll published the same day as our response to the consultation indicated 73% support for doing so.</p><p> </p><p>We held a full public consultation last year to test our detailed proposals. We have reflected on the experience and insight that people brought from all perspectives.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 16:31:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1122317

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes in courts staffing and courts closures on access to justice.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	910445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Any decision to close a court is not taken lightly, but in circumstances where 41% of our courts operated in 2016-17 at half their available capacity and where we are investing £1 billion in courts and bringing them up to date, the Ministry of Justice has to think carefully about where our court resources are most effectively and efficiently spent.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 16:35:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

1122315

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress his Department has made on tackling mobile phone use in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Lewes
	tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
	uin	910442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Our strategy to tackling the security threat posed by mobile phones is threefold:</p><ul><li>we must prevent them from getting into our prisons in the first place by expanding airport-style security, including metal detectors and X-ray scanners;</li><li>we must find and stop those phones from working through using portable detection poles and the latest detection and signal-blocking technologies;</li><li>we must also exploit the data held on those phones. We have delivered new kits at 30 prisons to allow staff to download data from illicit phones quickly.</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/04/2019 16:36:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1122318

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the private probation system.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	910447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Transforming Rehabilitation opened up probation to a diverse range of providers and extended support and supervision to an additional 40,000 offenders leaving prison.</p><p> </p><p>The NPS is performing well in supervising higher-risk offenders. But I have been clear that the performance of CRCs needs to improve.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we are ending contracts early, investing more money in Through the Gate services and continuing to consult partners and experts on how to achieve the right balance between public, private and voluntary delivery of services.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/04/2019 16:37:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1122319

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress his Department has made on recruiting 2,500 new prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	910449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We have met our target to recruit an additional 2,500 prison officers ahead of schedule; at the end of December 2018 we had a net increase of 4,767 FTE Band 3 to 5 prison officers since we began at the end of October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It is the highest number of officers in post since 31 March 2012.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/04/2019 16:39:06 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1122320

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to reduce reoffending rates for violent crimes.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	910450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Reoffending is costing society approximately £15bn per year. It is only through a concerted effort across Government that we will be able to reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we set up the Reducing Reoffending Board to identify how the Government can work more collaboratively in addressing the drivers of reoffending, and to consider innovative ways of addressing these drivers.</p><p> </p><p>We are looking particularly closely at what we can do to strengthen probation, which is responsible for managing and supporting offenders in the community to turn away from crime. I want to see a wider range of rehabilitative programmes on offer, so that offenders can be directed towards programmes that are targeted to their behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>For instance, we have found that our general offending behaviour programme can reduce violent reoffending by 17 percentage points.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/04/2019 16:42:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1122497

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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: Labelling
	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 his Department’s public consultation entitled Calorie labelling for food and drink served outside of the home, which closed on 7 December 2018, how many responses the consultation received; and if he will commit to publish a response to that consultation before the next Parliamentary recess.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	246524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The consultation on mandating calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector received a high level of interest with over 1,000 responses from members of the public, businesses and organisations. We will publish the results and set out the timetable for further action later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 25/04/2019 14:01:10 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1122414

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EU students enrolling on UK higher education courses in the academic year 2020-21 will be eligible for (a) home fee status and (b) financial support.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	246531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open.</p><p>Applications for courses starting in academic year 2020/21 do not open until September 2019. We will ensure students and institutions have the information they need well in advance of that date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 245637 245638 245750 245994 245995 246532 question first answered 25/04/2019 15:09:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner