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1122638

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what therapeutic support provision will be provided to adoptive families after July 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	247120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the Adoption Support Fund beyond March 2020 is subject to the Spending Review process taking place later this year.</p><p>Until the review has been concluded, the government is unable to provide information on the future of the Adoption Support Fund.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 247118 247119 question first answered 30/04/2019 16:57:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1122639

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	USA: UN Resolutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on his Department's policies of the US Administration’s (a) recent threat to veto the UN motion on rape as a weapon of war and (b) alleged refusal to sign UN documents that refer to (i) gender and other trans-inclusive language and (ii) sexual and reproductive health and health services.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	246983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK voted in favour of UN Security Council Resolution 2467 on Sexual Violence in Conflict. We deeply regret that language recognising LGBT rights and the acute need for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for survivors of sexual violence in conflict does not appear in the final text.</p><p>We continue to play an active role in the promotion and protection of LGBT rights and urge the international community to uphold the universality of human rights.</p><p>The UK will continue to support the sexual and reproductive health and rights of survivors of sexual violence around the world. We firmly believe that doing so, through proven evidence-based public health interventions, saves lives and boosts prosperity.</p><p>We will continue to work across Government and with all our partners, including other governments, the UN Population Fund and civil society, to deliver this.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/04/2019 16:07:42 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1122640

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the Schedule 8 payments made for financial year 2019-19; and if he will publish that data by financial quarter.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	247121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Schedule 8 payments made by Network Rail to train operating companies are currently reported by Network Rail in their Regulatory Financial Statements. These financial statements are produced in line with regulatory accounting guidelines determined by the Office of Rail Road (ORR), the regulator of Network Rail. This information is available annually but is not published on a quarterly basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest statements (for the financial year 2017-18) were published in July 2018 and are available below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NRIL-Regulatory-Financial-Statement-for-the-year-ended-31st-March-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NRIL-Regulatory-Financial-Statement-for-the-year-ended-31st-March-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The total value of schedule 8 payments made in Great Britain in 2017-18 was £219 million and can be found in statement 1 (page 1) of the above statements. Figures for individual routes within Network Rail can be found elsewhere within this report.</p><p> </p><p>Equivalent figures for 2018-19 are expected to be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Following the beginning of Network Rail control period 6 in 2019-20, the ORR regulatory accounting guidelines are currently under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 247122 247123 question first answered 29/04/2019 14:15:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1122641

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Schedule 8 payments for each financial quarter for financial year 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	247122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Schedule 8 payments made by Network Rail to train operating companies are currently reported by Network Rail in their Regulatory Financial Statements. These financial statements are produced in line with regulatory accounting guidelines determined by the Office of Rail Road (ORR), the regulator of Network Rail. This information is available annually but is not published on a quarterly basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest statements (for the financial year 2017-18) were published in July 2018 and are available below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NRIL-Regulatory-Financial-Statement-for-the-year-ended-31st-March-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NRIL-Regulatory-Financial-Statement-for-the-year-ended-31st-March-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The total value of schedule 8 payments made in Great Britain in 2017-18 was £219 million and can be found in statement 1 (page 1) of the above statements. Figures for individual routes within Network Rail can be found elsewhere within this report.</p><p> </p><p>Equivalent figures for 2018-19 are expected to be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Following the beginning of Network Rail control period 6 in 2019-20, the ORR regulatory accounting guidelines are currently under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 247121 247123 question first answered 29/04/2019 14:15:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1122642

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK suppliers are supported during the manufacture of the Type 26 Frigate programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	246960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Procurement programmes do not routinely set the requirements on where equipment or components are manufactured or assembled, unless there is a national security requirement to do so. This is a matter for the equipment and component suppliers, and the lead contractors.</p><p>In both cases, the Aircraft Carrier Alliance whose membership consists of BAE Systems, Babcock and Thales UK, and the lead contractor for the Type 26 Frigate programme, BAE Systems, have selected the majority of sub-contractors for the programmes through competition. UK suppliers have had an equal opportunity to bid for work on the two programmes, with selections based on price and the ability of suppliers to meet schedule and performance requirements.</p><p>The majority of the structural steel for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier programme was supplied by Tata UK and the programme as a whole sustained thousands of jobs throughout the UK supply chain. On the Type 26 programme to date, 64 sub-contracts have been awarded to UK based companies including the gas turbines (Rolls Royce), propulsion system (General Electric) and gearboxes (David Brown Gear Systems) and air weapons handling system (Babcock). We anticipate that more UK based sub-contractors will continue to be appointed as the programme progresses.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 246961 question first answered 29/04/2019 15:23:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1122643

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Schedule 8 payments made during the first quarter of financial year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	247123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Schedule 8 payments made by Network Rail to train operating companies are currently reported by Network Rail in their Regulatory Financial Statements. These financial statements are produced in line with regulatory accounting guidelines determined by the Office of Rail Road (ORR), the regulator of Network Rail. This information is available annually but is not published on a quarterly basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest statements (for the financial year 2017-18) were published in July 2018 and are available below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NRIL-Regulatory-Financial-Statement-for-the-year-ended-31st-March-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NRIL-Regulatory-Financial-Statement-for-the-year-ended-31st-March-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The total value of schedule 8 payments made in Great Britain in 2017-18 was £219 million and can be found in statement 1 (page 1) of the above statements. Figures for individual routes within Network Rail can be found elsewhere within this report.</p><p> </p><p>Equivalent figures for 2018-19 are expected to be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Following the beginning of Network Rail control period 6 in 2019-20, the ORR regulatory accounting guidelines are currently under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 247121 247122 question first answered 29/04/2019 14:15:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1122644

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department took to ensure that UK suppliers were supported throughout the concept, development and manufacturing phase of the Aircraft Carrier Programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	246961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Procurement programmes do not routinely set the requirements on where equipment or components are manufactured or assembled, unless there is a national security requirement to do so. This is a matter for the equipment and component suppliers, and the lead contractors.</p><p>In both cases, the Aircraft Carrier Alliance whose membership consists of BAE Systems, Babcock and Thales UK, and the lead contractor for the Type 26 Frigate programme, BAE Systems, have selected the majority of sub-contractors for the programmes through competition. UK suppliers have had an equal opportunity to bid for work on the two programmes, with selections based on price and the ability of suppliers to meet schedule and performance requirements.</p><p>The majority of the structural steel for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier programme was supplied by Tata UK and the programme as a whole sustained thousands of jobs throughout the UK supply chain. On the Type 26 programme to date, 64 sub-contracts have been awarded to UK based companies including the gas turbines (Rolls Royce), propulsion system (General Electric) and gearboxes (David Brown Gear Systems) and air weapons handling system (Babcock). We anticipate that more UK based sub-contractors will continue to be appointed as the programme progresses.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 246960 question first answered 29/04/2019 15:23:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1122645

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restricting the Tampon Tax Fund to charities which specialise in women’s issues.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	247081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. The existing criteria for the Fund - with the focus on onwards grants to small and medium sized charities and direct support for vulnerable women and girls - maximise the reach and impact of the Tampon Tax Fund across the UK. Whether directly or through onwards grants, tampon tax fund is exclusively made available to projects that support vulnerable women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2019 17:58:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1122646

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the assets frozen under EU sanctions on targeted Burmese military and security personnel.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	247082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation undertakes an annual review of frozen assets in the UK, requiring all persons or institutions that hold or control frozen assets in the UK to report to OFSI. Details of assets reported to OFSI in 2018 are not yet available and will be published in OFSI’s 2018-2019 Annual Review.</p><p> </p><p>There were no Burmese assets identified in the 2017 frozen asset review due to current designations coming into force from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 01/05/2019 15:06:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1122647

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	UK Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics Collaborative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the data produced by Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics Collaborative.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	246987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Professor Dame Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer for NHS England, leads work to deliver the Government’s ambitions for diagnostics as part of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategy. NHS England established the UK AMR Diagnostics Collaborative to support delivery of the United Kingdom’s diagnostics ambitions for AMR and development of the diagnostics elements of the new UK five-year national action plan on AMR, published in January this year.</p><p>The Department continues to work closely with the UK AMR Diagnostics Collaborative. NHS England advises that there are currently no plans to publish its data, but this may be revised in future.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 29/04/2019 14:25:36 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma