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1128067

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals have been charged with offences under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018; and how many of those incidents occurred in connection with the provision of services by the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL15916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of individuals charged under The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, which came into effect on 13 November 2018. However, police forces in England and Wales provide the Home Office with data on the number of offences recorded of Assault or assault by beating of a constable or emergency worker that resulted in a charge.</p><p>Between 13 November 2018 to 31 December 2018, there were 947 offences recorded under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 that resulted in a charge. However, this provides an incomplete count of all individuals charged under this Act because some offences will result in more than one offender being charged and more serious incidents may result in a higher charge such as Grievous Bodily Harm.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on whether or not the incident occurred in connection with the services provided by the NHS.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/06/2019 13:57:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

1128302

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2019 to Question 246569 on Refugees, what plans his Department has to support local authorities prior to an announcement on the future of UK resettlement in maintaining their current capacity to resettle refugees.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	257554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department continues to engage with local authorities through Strategic Migration Partnerships and through our network of resettlement contact officers. We plan to keep the channels of communication open through established stakeholder fora as our future Asylum and Resettlement Strategy develops, including consideration of the UK’s resettlement offer, beyond 2020.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/06/2019 13:32:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1128307

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of child victims of modern slavery living in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	257420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The most robust estimate we have of the scale of modern slavery in the UK was produced by the Home Office in 2014. This estimated that there were between 10,000 and 13,000 potential victims of modern slavery in the UK in 2013. This estimate does not break down into adult and child cases of modern slavery.</p><p>In the 2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery the National Crime Agency assessed that the actual scale of modern slavery in the UK is gradually increasing and, if drivers remain at their current levels, will continue to do so over the next three years. The Annual Report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attach-ment_data/file/749346/2018_UK_Annual_Report_on_Modern_Slavery.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attach-ment_data/file/749346/2018_UK_Annual_Report_on_Modern_Slavery.pdf</a></p><p>Latest statistics for 2018 on referrals into the National Referral Mechanism and decisions are available at the link below. These statistics do provide a breakdown between adult and child cases of modern slavery.</p><p><a href="http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics" target="_blank">http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/06/2019 13:29:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1128433

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometrics: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 205821 on Biometrics: Applications, whether Sopra Steria are meeting her Department's service standards.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	257442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Sopra Steria Limited (SSL) run the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UK VCAS) centres on behalf of UK Visas &amp; Immigration (UKVI). The UKVCAS service points bring together identity checks, evidence digitisation and biometric enrolment but SSL and we regularly monitor SSL’s performance against a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)</p><p>However SSL’s performance against these KPIs are commercially sensitive and therefore we are unable to disclose this information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2019 11:44:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1128263

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Telecommunications: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the final report of the cross-Government review that his Department is leading into the supply chain arrangements for UK telecoms infrastructure will be made publicly available.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	257528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>A statement will be made to the House to communicate the decision at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 257681 question first answered 05/06/2019 10:30:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1128383

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Mobile Phones: Cybercrime
	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 recent discussions he has had with phone companies on potential cyber attacks on mobile phone devices.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	257497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The security and resilience of the UK's telecoms networks is of paramount importance. The UK government works with telecoms companies to manage cyber security risks while ensuring the UK can continue to benefit from new technology. Ministers and officials have regular discussions with mobile phone companies on a range of matters, including covering potential cyber attacks. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) provides simple advice and guidance to help individuals and organisations be more resilient to cyber attacks. In addition, The Government advocates for strong security to be built into internet-connected products via the secure by design programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/06/2019 13:07:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1128088

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Innovation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding has been allocated to each of the Spearhead programmes of (1) land command and control (C2), (2) joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and (3) anti-submarine warfare; and how this will change the way the MoD purchases systems and services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Robathan
	uin	HL15937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has approved a one-year Approved Budgetary Limit of £34.8 million to the Spearhead programmes: £8.9 million for Land Command and Control (C2), £9.6 million for joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and £16.3 million for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). The total planned spend over the seven-year portfolio is £544.1 million to the Spearhead programmes: £73.9 million for C2, £74.2 million for ISR, and £395.9 million for ASW.</p><p>This initiative does not obviate the need for an Equipment Programme of major units, procured in the traditional manner, in order to deliver defence tasks. What it seeks to do is to address known risks and issues with the current force, leveraging emerging technology and innovation in order to enable us to remain ahead of our adversaries.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/06/2019 13:51:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	334 label Biography information for Lord Robathan

1128352

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 239921 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire with the information on the number of recruitment applications declined on medical grounds.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	257482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>I apologise to the hon. Member for the time taken to respond to his Question 239921.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows how many recruitment applications for the Regular Armed Forces were declined after being classified Permanently Medically Unfit in the last five financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>14,729</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,937</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,573</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,516</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,043</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Although the medical rejection figures have risen each year, the amount of applications over the five-year period has also increased significantly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/06/2019 15:11:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract UIN 239921.docx title Armed Forces Recruitment
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1128356

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the medical conditions that trigger automatic rejection for recruitment applications to the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	257486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Medical conditions that are an absolute bar to Service entry are set-out in the Joint Service Manual of Medical Fitness (JSMMF). A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p>The JSMMF is updated periodically. The next version will be published in June and placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/06/2019 15:09:52 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20180924-JSP_950_Part_1_Lft_6-7-7_(V1.4 Sep 18)-O.pdf title Joint Service Manual of Medical Fitness
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1128063

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Beaches: Sewage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the leaking of sewage onto beaches at (1) Sunderland, and (2) Whitburn.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
	uin	HL15912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Continuous improvements have been made to the sewerage system in the area, with the latest being the completion of a scheme to reduce storm sewage discharges from the Whitburn long sea outfall in December 2017. This has reduced the frequency in discharges from the system by around 40% compared to the average from the old system.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 04/06/2019 14:24:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville