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1128804

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of whether the National Probation Service has adequate resources to protect (a) children, (b) victims of crime and (c) potential victims of crime in the London Division.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	259472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>As I said in my previous response to PQ 257583, the National Probation Service (NPS) is currently recruiting more staff into the organisation. We have seen an increase in both the volume and diversity of probation officer applicants following a change in the recruitment process and eligibility criteria. A national campaign to recruit probation officers took place recently and successful candidates will start in July 2019.</p><p> </p><p>NPS London have prioritised the recruitment of Probation Officers to fill all current and projected vacancies and have had 211 new staff joining over the past year. As of March 2019, approximately 1,325 full time equivalent staff are employed; a net increase of 57 from March 2018. They have also introduced new victim-specific training for staff.</p><p> </p><p>NPS London are closely monitoring the caseload capacity for staff and would take proportionate and appropriate action to manage workloads across the division.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 259398 question first answered 06/06/2019 14:28:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1128806

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of whether the National Probation Service has adequate resources to undertake work effectively in the London Division.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	259398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>As I said in my previous response to PQ 257583, the National Probation Service (NPS) is currently recruiting more staff into the organisation. We have seen an increase in both the volume and diversity of probation officer applicants following a change in the recruitment process and eligibility criteria. A national campaign to recruit probation officers took place recently and successful candidates will start in July 2019.</p><p> </p><p>NPS London have prioritised the recruitment of Probation Officers to fill all current and projected vacancies and have had 211 new staff joining over the past year. As of March 2019, approximately 1,325 full time equivalent staff are employed; a net increase of 57 from March 2018. They have also introduced new victim-specific training for staff.</p><p> </p><p>NPS London are closely monitoring the caseload capacity for staff and would take proportionate and appropriate action to manage workloads across the division.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 259472 question first answered 06/06/2019 14:28:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1128807

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants known to the Northern Ireland Department for Communities who died after registering a personal independence payment claim and prior to receiving a decision of their claim under (a) the special rules for the terminally ill and (b) the standard rules; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	259065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I am aware that DWP recently provided information on the total number of patients who died within six months of their personal independence payment claim being disallowed. The delivery of personal independence payments is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and therefore falls within the remit of the Department for Communities.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 259066 259067 259068 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:38:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1128808

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of terminally ill claimants known to the Northern Ireland Department for Communities who had their claim for personal independence payments rejected and died within six months of that decision; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	259066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I am aware that DWP recently provided information on the total number of patients who died within six months of their personal independence payment claim being disallowed. The delivery of personal independence payments is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and therefore falls within the remit of the Department for Communities.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 259065 259067 259068 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:38:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1128809

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants known to the Northern Ireland Department for Communities who applied for personal independence payments but died with six months of making their application; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	259067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I am aware that DWP recently provided information on the total number of patients who died within six months of their personal independence payment claim being disallowed. The delivery of personal independence payments is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and therefore falls within the remit of the Department for Communities.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 259065 259066 259068 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:38:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1128810

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants known to the Northern Ireland Department for Communities who died after registering a claim for personal independence payments but before receiving a decision on their claim; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	259068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I am aware that DWP recently provided information on the total number of patients who died within six months of their personal independence payment claim being disallowed. The delivery of personal independence payments is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and therefore falls within the remit of the Department for Communities.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 259065 259066 259067 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:38:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1128811

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Working Links
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2019 to Question 254799, on Working Links, for what reasons Working Links Ministry of Justice Permitted Subcontractors are receiving payments and protections but Working Links Permitted Subcontractors for her Department are not.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	259183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department refers to the responses to 2 previous PQs (254799 and 257591) which addressed this question on 17<sup>th</sup> May and 28<sup>th</sup> May respectively. This answer confirms those responses.</p><p> </p><p>The MOJ are making payments to a small number of Permitted Sub Contractors on the basis of a) the unique nature of their services (statutory services) and b) the structure of their current market in the context of the transformation announced on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2019.</p><p>There is no defined term within DWP contracts for Permitted Subcontractors.</p><p> </p><p>The Department considered the impact on stakeholders and sub-contractors, based on the Administrator’s statement of affairs at the point of Working Links going into administration, and has worked with both the Administrator and Fedcap, who have taken over a number of Working Links contracts, to minimise the impact on those supply chain partners owed monies by Working Links at the point of administration.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has met all of its obligations in regard to the contracts, including payments, leading up to and as a consequence of the administration.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/06/2019 16:46:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1128812

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of potential levels of inequality in (a) the life expectancy and (b) NHS service provision for patients with sickle cell disease compared to other NHS patients.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	259466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Evidence suggests that life expectancy for people with sickle cell disease is improving. This is due to a number of factors including:</p><p>- Improved newborn screening coverage to enable earlier diagnosis;</p><p>- Use of the National Haemoglobinopathy Registry to monitor individuals’ health, treatment and their annual reviews;</p><p>- Access to specific diagnostics and medication, such as hydroxyurea; and</p><p>- A Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) incentive has been in place for the last two years to improve access to apheresis for individuals with sickle cell disease.</p><p>All these factors are reflected in the service specification quality indicators which providers are required to report against so that implementation can be monitored.</p><p>It is anticipated that NHS England’s new model for specialised haemoglobinopathy services will be in place by early 2020. The new model is designed to improve access to specialist advice and care for patients, irrespective of where they live. The equality impact assessment on the new service model indicates that it will advance the promotion of equality and support the further reduction of health inequalities. This will be through ensuring that patients with thalassemia and sickle cell conditions have equitable access to high quality specialist care and support within specialised commissioned centres irrespective of where in the country they live. These centres will promote best practice in service delivery.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 06/06/2019 13:13:01 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1128813

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2019 to Question 253492 on Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: ICT, what the evidential basis is for the assertion that the new system will save time for Members and their staff.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	258986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p>As the system is new, IPSA continue to work closely with MPs and their staff to help them understand how IPSA Online works, and how to realise the full benefits. We are continuing to hold group and one-to-one training in Parliament and have staff available on the phone to answer queries. IPSA are conducting a survey to gather more feedback about the new system, with plans for further improvements in due course. IPSA will report to the Speaker’s Committee for the IPSA later in the year on the overall costs and benefits of IPSA Online.</p><p>During the development of the new system, IPSA Online, IPSA carried out usability testing to look at how long a range of tasks and functions would take, compared with the old claims system. Based on this testing, IPSA found that improvements in the new system would take MPs and their staff about 30 per cent less time, due to the simplification of processes and forms. Feedback collected at training sessions also indicated that MPs’ staff expected IPSA Online to be easier and quicker to use than the old system.</p><p>MPs and their staff members will also benefit from the following time-saving changes:</p><p>- ‘Single sign-on’ capability enables MPs and their staff to access IPSA Online directly through their secure parliamentary account without an additional logon.</p><p>- The new system allows claims from different budgets to be submitted on the same form, rather than having to submit multiple forms.</p><p>- Because MPs and staff no longer need to send paper receipts and invoices to IPSA, but can scan or photograph them and upload them digitally onto the system, we can process and reimburse claims more quickly.</p><p>- Staff members can now be reimbursed directly by IPSA for their own expenses, so that MPs no longer need to wait to pay staff once they themselves have been reimbursed.</p><p>- Additional information is available to them directly, for example on the amounts left in budgets and the status of any repayments or amounts owed, so MPs and their staff no longer need to wait for a monthly financial statement or contact IPSA staff to ask about these issues.</p><p>- MPs and their staff are now able to amend their personal details, including any change of name or address, on the new system themselves, without needing to submit a form to IPSA</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 13/06/2019 14:53:00 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 121410 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

1128814

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Voluntary Right to Buy pilot scheme for housing associations in the Midlands, and whether he has plans to extend that pilot.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	259010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Voluntary Right to Buy pilot is giving thousands of housing association tenants in the Midlands the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of home ownership. The pilot will be fully evaluated after completion, and future policy decisions will be taken on the basis of that evaluation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/06/2019 09:31:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1128815

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Cannabis: 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that all patients who would benefit from medical cannabis are able to access that treatment on prescription on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	259011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Cannabis-based products for medicinal use are no different from other medicines, and existing systems for the funding of both licensed and unlicensed medicines apply.</p><p>Any medicines which receive a marketing authorisation from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency or European Medicines Agency will be assessed for cost effectiveness by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. This is the foundation of National Health Service decisions about routine funding, and applies to all licensed medicines. For unlicensed medicines, the normal NHS medicines governance systems apply, as they do to all locally funded unlicensed treatments. These processes support good clinical practice and safe and effective prescribing. Decisions will be taken, at NHS Trust level on a case by case basis, based on the needs of the individual patient and the evidence of efficacy and cost effectiveness available.</p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has heard patients report difficulties in accessing medicinal cannabis. As a result, he asked the Department to work closely with NHS England to undertake a rapid process evaluation. This is underway and will review NHS system processes to identify and make recommendations to address any barriers to clinically appropriate prescribing, should they exist.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:52:22 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1128816

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	There but Not There: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has she made of the impact of money from the public purse disbursed to There But Not There.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	259465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 5 June 2019, to Question 257678.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/06/2019 11:21:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 5 June 2019, UIN 257678..docx title There But not There: Finance
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1128817

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Muslim Brotherhood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the operations of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK of the decision by the US Government to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	259079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government concluded a comprehensive review of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2015. The review concluded the movement is a secretive organisation and that parts of it – globally – have a highly ambiguous relationship with violent extremism.</p><p>The Government remains committed to keeping under review the views promoted and activities undertaken by the Muslim Brotherhood’s associates in the UK, in accordance with the five commitments included in the former Prime Minister’s statement to Parliament.</p><p>We will continue to consider any new evidence on the Muslim Brotherhood’s activities against the UK’s legal thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 06/06/2019 15:31:23 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1128818

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Muslim Brotherhood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	259080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Whilst we keep the list of proscribed groups under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 06/06/2019 15:32:54 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1128819

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	European Parliament: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with electoral registration officers on the UC1/EC6 process since the 25 April 2019 Urgent Question on Electoral Registration: EU Citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	259362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Government officials worked closely with Returning Officers and the Electoral Commission and<br>other agencies such as the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) and the<br>Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) to support the smooth running of the polls on 23<br>May</p><p>Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are under a statutory duty to ensure people who are eligible<br>to vote in elections have the opportunity to do so. For the recent European Parliamentary elections<br>that included making sure relevant citizens of the EU who are resident in the UK and registered to<br>vote in local elections were made aware they needed to complete a voter registration and<br>declaration form (commonly referred to as a UC1 or EC6 form) in order to enable them to vote</p><p>The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function and encouraged them<br>to take additional steps to raise awareness of this requirement locally, through social media<br>channels and other means.</p><p>The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function. It issued guidance on<br>the 4th April which recommended that EROs should identify EU citizens who are on the local<br>government register and send them a declaration form and supporting information explaining how<br>they can declare their intent to vote in these elections in the UK should they wish to.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 12:15:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1128820

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islamic Resistance Support Organization
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Islamic Resistance Support Organisation operates in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	258942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not keep a central register of all the organisations that operate in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/06/2019 16:12:11 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1128821

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 249217 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, how much of that £259 million has been allocated to (a) housing associations and (b) other registered providers; and whether he holds information on the amount allocated to registered providers by the local authority where their blocks are located.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	259401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Of the £259 million that has been allocated, £123 million has been allocated to housing associations and £136.4 million has been allocated to local authorities.</p><p>The table below shows total approved costs by building location. Due to public safety considerations, five local authority areas have not been specifically named as this could lead to the disclosure of individual buildings.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Approved Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>£0.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>£6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>£21.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>£1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>£80.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>£1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>£2.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>£0.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>£10m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>£0.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>£0.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>£5.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>£20.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>£7.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>£3.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>£1.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>£11.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>£2.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>£10.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>£1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>£2.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>£3.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton on Tees</p></td><td><p>£2.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>£0.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>£12.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>£4.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>£16.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>£6.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (5 Local Authority Areas)</p></td><td><p>£11.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£259.4m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/06/2019 15:30:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1128822

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has taken steps to enable English local authorities to claim back funding for childcare places for children living in England who access free childcare in Wales; and if he will make a statement .
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
	uin	259118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure free early education in their area for children who are eligible. Education and the entitlement to free childcare for pre-school children in Wales is devolved to the National Assembly for Wales, and I will be raising this issue with the Welsh Government Minister for Health and Social Services.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/06/2019 09:32:34 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1128823

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Plastics: Consumption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce levels of plastic consumption in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	259012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>This Government is taking action to tackle all avoidable plastic waste. We have introduced one of the world’s toughest bans on microbeads in rinse-off personal care products and significantly reduced the use of plastic bags by around 86% with our 5p carrier bag charge. New measures to ban the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, stirrers, and plastic-stemmed cotton buds have been announced which will come into force from April 2020. We have consulted on plans to extend the charge to all retailers, and consulted on increasing the minimum 5p charge to at least 10p.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, we published consultations on measures to significantly change the way that we deal with our waste in the UK, helping to cut plastic pollution as we move towards a more circular economy. These included proposals to: reform the existing packaging waste regulations; introduce a deposit return scheme for drinks containers; and to increase consistency in the recycling system. Legislative proposals will be developed taking account of the consultation responses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/06/2019 11:12:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1128824

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in (a) Wales accessing free childcare entitlement in England and (b) England accessing free childcare entitlement in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
	uin	259119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>As of January 2018, there were an estimated 495 children resident in Wales accessing free childcare entitlements of up to 15 hours a week in England. The provision of free childcare entitlements in Wales is devolved to the National Assembly for Wales, and as such the UK Government does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/06/2019 09:33:47 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1128825

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he made of the (a) number of blocks, (b) cost per block and 9c) cost per dwelling when calculating the £200 million private sector cladding remediation fund.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	259402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has announced its commitment to fully fund the remediation of private sector high-rise residential blocks with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding, except where a warranty claim is accepted. The fund will cover reasonable costs associated with the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding systems on all eligible buildings and the estimated cost is £200 million. A number of building owners and developers including Taylor Wimpey, Legal &amp; General, Mace Group, Lendlease, Barratt Developments and Aberdeen Standard Investments have agreed to maintain their commitment to fund remediation and will not draw on the fund.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/06/2019 07:44:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1128826

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which housing associations have been allocated funding as part of the £400 million cladding remediation fund for social sector blocks; and how much each such association has been allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	259403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>To date, MHCLG has approved £123 million of funding to 33 housing association building owners.</p><p>The table below shows total approved costs to housing associations. Due to public safety considerations, 14 housing associations have not been specifically named as this could lead to the disclosure of individual buildings.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Housing Association</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Approved Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clarion Housing Group</p></td><td><p>£0.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyde Housing Association</p></td><td><p>£3.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Origin Housing</p></td><td><p>£1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poplar HARCA</p></td><td><p>£0.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets Community Housing</p></td><td><p>£2.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Catalyst Housing Limited</p></td><td><p>£8.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington and Shoreditch Housing Association</p></td><td><p>£2.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network Homes</p></td><td><p>£17.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One Housing Group</p></td><td><p>£2.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One Vision Housing</p></td><td><p>£2.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Optivo</p></td><td><p>£0.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thirteen Group</p></td><td><p>£2.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Together Housing</p></td><td><p>£1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gentoo Group</p></td><td><p>£0.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and Quadrant Housing Trust</p></td><td><p>£1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newlon Housing Trust</p></td><td><p>£7.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notting Hill Genesis</p></td><td><p>£4.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peabody</p></td><td><p>£1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salix Homes</p></td><td><p>£8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (14 HAs)</p></td><td><p>£45.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£123m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/06/2019 15:31:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1128827

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what proportion of residential developments constructed since 2015 (a) on land owned by the Church of England under the direction of the strategic land team and (b) by private developers comprise affordable housing.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	259013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Planning permissions have been granted across a range of geographies, from County Durham where the affordable housing requirement is currently 15%, to Wells in Somerset where the requirement is 40%.</p><p>On land owned by the Church Commissioners where planning permission has been received and sites sold since 2015, approximately 20% of the homes will be affordable dwellings.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 05/06/2019 16:25:40 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1128828

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Dentistry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to exclude (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses from the cap on Tier 2 visas.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	259393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>On 6 July 2018, an Immigration Rules change to the Tier 2 (General) cap came into effect, to address particular pressures facing the NHS.</p><p>This change exempted doctors and nurses from the cap and freed up more spaces for other sponsored high-skilled occupations, including dentists. Since this exemption, no dentist has been refused a Tier 2 (General) place and the cap has not been breached. There are no current plans to make further changes to the operation of the Tier 2 cap within the current immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/06/2019 15:27:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1128829

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Dentistry: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) dentist and (b) dental nurse vacancies there have been in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	259394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Information is not held by NHS England on vacancies for dentists or dental nurses in England. Primary care dentistry is provided by independent contractors who may sub contract with other dentists (associates) to deliver the contracted level of NHS service. dental care professionals, which include dental nurses, hygienists and therapists may deliver National Health Service care but are employed privately by the contract holder so no information on this group of staff is held by the NHS.</p><p>The Department and NHS England take reports of difficulty in recruiting dentists and any dental care professionals needed to deliver appropriate levels of NHS care very seriously. NHS England which is responsible for commissioning dentistry is aware of reports of difficulty in recruitment of dentists in more isolated areas and is closely monitoring the situation.</p><p>Longer term plans to support the sustainability of the NHS workforce including dentists and dental care professionals is set out in the Interim NHS People Plan.</p><p>Health Education England’s Advancing Dental Care programme is exploring the opportunities for developing flexible dental training pathways.</p><p>This programme sits alongside the Department’s and NHS England’s work on reforming the current dental contract and providing NHS dental services with an increased focus on improving oral health and increasing access to dental services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 259395 259396 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:40:27 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1128830

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Dentistry: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle shortages of (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	259395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Information is not held by NHS England on vacancies for dentists or dental nurses in England. Primary care dentistry is provided by independent contractors who may sub contract with other dentists (associates) to deliver the contracted level of NHS service. dental care professionals, which include dental nurses, hygienists and therapists may deliver National Health Service care but are employed privately by the contract holder so no information on this group of staff is held by the NHS.</p><p>The Department and NHS England take reports of difficulty in recruiting dentists and any dental care professionals needed to deliver appropriate levels of NHS care very seriously. NHS England which is responsible for commissioning dentistry is aware of reports of difficulty in recruitment of dentists in more isolated areas and is closely monitoring the situation.</p><p>Longer term plans to support the sustainability of the NHS workforce including dentists and dental care professionals is set out in the Interim NHS People Plan.</p><p>Health Education England’s Advancing Dental Care programme is exploring the opportunities for developing flexible dental training pathways.</p><p>This programme sits alongside the Department’s and NHS England’s work on reforming the current dental contract and providing NHS dental services with an increased focus on improving oral health and increasing access to dental services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 259394 259396 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:40:27 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1128831

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Dentistry: Vacancies
	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 the Department has to tackle shortages of (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses in (i) rural and (ii) deprived areas.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	259396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Information is not held by NHS England on vacancies for dentists or dental nurses in England. Primary care dentistry is provided by independent contractors who may sub contract with other dentists (associates) to deliver the contracted level of NHS service. dental care professionals, which include dental nurses, hygienists and therapists may deliver National Health Service care but are employed privately by the contract holder so no information on this group of staff is held by the NHS.</p><p>The Department and NHS England take reports of difficulty in recruiting dentists and any dental care professionals needed to deliver appropriate levels of NHS care very seriously. NHS England which is responsible for commissioning dentistry is aware of reports of difficulty in recruitment of dentists in more isolated areas and is closely monitoring the situation.</p><p>Longer term plans to support the sustainability of the NHS workforce including dentists and dental care professionals is set out in the Interim NHS People Plan.</p><p>Health Education England’s Advancing Dental Care programme is exploring the opportunities for developing flexible dental training pathways.</p><p>This programme sits alongside the Department’s and NHS England’s work on reforming the current dental contract and providing NHS dental services with an increased focus on improving oral health and increasing access to dental services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 259394 259395 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:40:27 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1128832

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Dentistry: Training
	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 the Department has to increase the number of Foundation Dentist's places.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	259397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for the provision of training places for foundation dentists rests with Health Education England (HEE). HEE advises it has no current plans to increase the number of training places.</p><p>HEE aims to ensure there are dental foundation training places for all qualified graduates of English dental schools. HEE advises that in the last two years, all qualified graduates of English dental schools who applied for a training place in England obtained one.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:48:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1128833

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Childbirth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what statistics his Department holds on the number of (a) perinatal women in custody and (b) babies born on prison estates.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	259327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Information relating to births and pregnancy is recorded locally. Work is currently underway to look at what information related to pregnancy and birth can be collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/06/2019 16:08:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1128834

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship starters were eligible for free school meals in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England in each quarter of each academic year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	259156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>We publish data on apprenticeship starts with various breakdowns by level, local authority and parliamentary constituency in the apprenticeships geography and sector subject area tool of the apprenticeships data library. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 259158 question first answered 06/06/2019 16:40:26 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1128835

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people entering higher education by age 19 in (a) 2018-19 and (b) each of the last five academic years were eligible for free school meals in (i) Ashfield constituency, (ii) Nottinghamshire and (iii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	259157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes information at a national level on the proportion of students who entered higher education by age 19 who were eligible for free school meals at age of 15 in state-funded and special schools.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures for England can be found in Table 1 here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/757901/WP2018-MainTables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/757901/WP2018-MainTables.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The information is not held centrally, regarding figures at local authority or parliamentary constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 06/06/2019 15:56:56 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1128836

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals started (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher apprenticeships in (i) Ashfield constituency, (ii) Nottinghamshire and (iii) England, in the first quarter of the academic year (A) 2018-19 (B) 2017-18, (C) 2016-17, (D) 2015-16 and (E) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	259158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>We publish data on apprenticeship starts with various breakdowns by level, local authority and parliamentary constituency in the apprenticeships geography and sector subject area tool of the apprenticeships data library. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 259156 question first answered 06/06/2019 16:40:26 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1128837

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many businesses in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England pay the apprenticeship levy; and how many of these businesses have apprentices working with them.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	259159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Disaggregated information on the apprenticeship levy that is collected in each constituency, local authority or region of the UK by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is not available. Many larger levy-paying employers are headquartered in one region but they employ staff across the country. Therefore, levy data is reported to HMRC by PAYE scheme rather than by organisation, which means that we cannot attribute the levy collected and spent to individual locations. Individual employers can control where apprenticeship funds are spent in order to meet their current and future skills needs.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2015, there have been 4,690 apprenticeship starts in the Ashfield constituency, 39,650 starts in Nottinghamshire (including in the city of Nottingham) and over 1.7 million starts in England as a whole, reported to date. 49.4% of apprenticeship starts in England were supported by the levy in the first half of 2018/19, which is the most recent period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>Income from the levy in England is used to fund apprenticeships for all employers, including apprenticeships started before the introduction of the levy as well as apprenticeships started since the introduction of the levy. We recently announced our intention to move non levy-paying employers onto the apprenticeship service, beginning later this year, giving small to medium-sized businesses a greater choice of quality training providers and the opportunity to be more engaged in apprenticeship training decisions for their business.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 259160 question first answered 06/06/2019 16:27:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1128838

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of businesses in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, and (c) England do not pay the apprenticeship levy; and how many of those businesses have apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	259160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Disaggregated information on the apprenticeship levy that is collected in each constituency, local authority or region of the UK by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is not available. Many larger levy-paying employers are headquartered in one region but they employ staff across the country. Therefore, levy data is reported to HMRC by PAYE scheme rather than by organisation, which means that we cannot attribute the levy collected and spent to individual locations. Individual employers can control where apprenticeship funds are spent in order to meet their current and future skills needs.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2015, there have been 4,690 apprenticeship starts in the Ashfield constituency, 39,650 starts in Nottinghamshire (including in the city of Nottingham) and over 1.7 million starts in England as a whole, reported to date. 49.4% of apprenticeship starts in England were supported by the levy in the first half of 2018/19, which is the most recent period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>Income from the levy in England is used to fund apprenticeships for all employers, including apprenticeships started before the introduction of the levy as well as apprenticeships started since the introduction of the levy. We recently announced our intention to move non levy-paying employers onto the apprenticeship service, beginning later this year, giving small to medium-sized businesses a greater choice of quality training providers and the opportunity to be more engaged in apprenticeship training decisions for their business.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 259159 question first answered 06/06/2019 16:27:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1128839

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many businesses in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire hired apprentices in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	259161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The most recent statistics on the total number of businesses with apprenticeship starts for the 2016/17 academic year are published on GOV.UK. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750709/apprenticeship_starts_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750709/apprenticeship_starts_tables.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Due to the methodology behind these experimental statistics, we do not provide regional data at a lower level of granularity than Government Office Region. We are developing the methodology which will potentially allow for more detailed breakdowns in the future.</p><p>The latest published information on apprenticeship starts can be found in the further education data library. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p><p>The latest published figures on the number of apprenticeship starts at a geographical level can be found at:</p><p>2017/18 and the first six months of the 2018/19 academic year (provisional):</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789168/Apprenticeship-starts-ach-geography-tool_201718_Q2-201819_Mar2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789168/Apprenticeship-starts-ach-geography-tool_201718_Q2-201819_Mar2019.xlsx</a>.</p><p>2014/15 to 2017/18 academic years:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772388/Apprenticeship-starts-ach-geography-tool_201415-Q1201819_Jan2019_v1.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772388/Apprenticeship-starts-ach-geography-tool_201415-Q1201819_Jan2019_v1.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/06/2019 16:22:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1128840

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with three or more children made a new claim for universal credit during the period between April 2017 and January 2019 on the ground that they were within the six month period of a previous and now closed universal credit claim.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	uin	259448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/06/2019 16:40:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1128841

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has an access to justice unit within its consular directorate.
	tabling member constituency	Livingston
	tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
	uin	259332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>​The access to justice unit was established in January 2015 to lead on consular support provided to families bereaved through murder or manslaughter. This followed an internal review of the support offered to these families conducted in 2014, and recommendations made by the Foreign Affairs Committee in their 2014 Report on Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Consular Services. The name of the unit was changed to the Murder and Manslaughter Team shortly after it was established to better reflect the unit’s purpose as a dedicated team supporting those bereaved through murder or manslaughter overseas. This includes working closely with our posts overseas on these often complex and long-running cases.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2019 15:35:57 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1128842

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Parking: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what measures are available to landowners and leaseholders with rights over land to enforce reasonable parking charges when a vehicle is left on their land contrary to the terms displayed.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	259459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 grants keeper liability for vehicles, allowing landowners and parking operators to pursue the registered keeper of a vehicle for breaches of contract related to parking. Private parking companies must be a member of a trade association if they wish to access DVLA data in order to issue parking charges to vehicle owners. The two parking trade associations, the British Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC), have their own codes of practice and appeal procedures to which they expect their members to adhere. If a private parking company does not follow these codes responsibly, they risk being banned from accessing DVLA data and will be unable to issue parking charges.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/06/2019 11:38:08 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1128843

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the risk of child sexual abuse in the taxi and private hire sector.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	259240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The response to the report by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing issued on 12 February committed to bring forward legislation to enable national minimum standards in licensing, enable greater enforcement powers for licensing officers and to establish a national licensing database to assist in the sharing of relevant information.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently considering the responses to the consultation on draft statutory guidance to be issued to licensing authorities on how they can use their extensive existing powers to protect children and vulnerable adults from harm when using taxi and private hire vehicle services.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/06/2019 13:27:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1128844

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments for industrial injuries disablement benefit have been granted in the UK by (a) region, (b) Department for Work and Pensions division and (c) local authority area in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	258998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on claims paid and assessments made under the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) scheme here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on claims paid under the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit scheme are to September 2018. Table 2.2 of this publication provide the number of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit in payment by region.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for anything below regional level, including DWP divisions and local authority areas, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 14:59:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1128845

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding (a) is currently available and (b) will be made available for pilot projects trialling new digital innovations in the NHS; and what (i) the criteria and (ii) the process is for applying for that funding.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	259150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>There are a number of schemes accessible to those seeking to trial digital innovations in the National Health Service. One example is the Digital Health Technology Catalyst competition which is a £35 million fund run over four years as part of the industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. This scheme aims to address challenges identified in the Accelerated Access Review and to help grow the digital health sector. In addition the Small Business Research Initiative connects public sector connects challenges with innovative ideas from industry, supporting companies to generate economic growth and enabling improvement in achieving Government objectives.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/06/2019 15:38:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1128846

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit in each (a) region, (b) DWP division and (c) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	258999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes the benefits caseload and expenditure tables here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>The Benefit expenditure by country and region, 1996/97 to 2017/18 spreadsheet includes the latest figures for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB).</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for anything below regional level, including DWP divisions and local authority areas, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 15:18:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1128847

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit payment have been revised after the death of the recipient (a) in total, (b) following a successful change of circumstances application and (c) following a Tribunal judgement in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	259000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 12:09:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1128848

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit payment have been revised after the death of the recipient by (a) region, (b) DWP division and (c) local authority area in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	259001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2019 15:14:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1128849

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Video Recordings: Disinformation
	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 his counterpart in the US Administration on deepfake videos.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	258943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have regular discussions with their US counterparts on a wide range of issues, but have not discussed the specific issue of deepfake videos. However, UK officials have discussed the wider issue of online manipulation with their US counterparts on a number of occasions. We are working closely with a range of partners including the US to tackle disinformation, whatever its source or intent. The Government recognises the potential challenges artificial intelligence and digitally manipulated content such as deepfakes may pose and we are considering these issues carefully as part of work to tackle online manipulation and disinformation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/06/2019 15:01:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1128850

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Media: Education
	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 steps he is taking to improve media literacy.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	258944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Government believes that Media Literacy is vital to ensuring citizens can critically appraise information and navigate the online news environment. This is an important part of government’s response to disinformation and in supporting the sustainability of high quality journalism. To this end, as recommended in the Cairncross Review and announced in the Online Harms White Paper, the government will develop a new online media literacy strategy. This will be developed in broad consultation with stakeholders, including major digital, broadcast and news media organisations, the education sector, researchers and civil society. This strategy will ensure a coordinated and strategic approach to online media literacy education and awareness for children, young people and adults.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/06/2019 15:02:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1128851

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Media: Disinformation and Education
	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 his Finnish counterpart on media literacy and tackling disinformation.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	258945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have had no recent discussions with their Finnish counterpart about media literacy and disinformation. However officials have discussed these issues bilaterally with Finland on a number of occasions, most recently on 8 May, as well as in multilateral fora. The UK is working closely with like-minded international partners, including EU Member States, to develop coordinated responses to disinformation and limit its harmful impact on our societies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that media literacy and ensuring citizens can critically appraise information online is key to long-term success in building resilience to disinformation and other online harms. As announced in the Online Harms White Paper, the Government will develop a new online media literacy strategy. This strategy will be developed in broad consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, and will ensure a coordinated and strategic approach to online media literacy education and awareness for children, young people and adults.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that a number of European partners, including Finland, have developed media literacy strategies to tackle disinformation. The UK will continue to engage with these partners to share best practices and ensure that our response to disinformation is as effective as possible.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/06/2019 15:03:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1128852

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Isis Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on staff there have been at HMP Isis in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	258890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257387 257388 257389 257390 257392 257405 257406 257407 257624 257625 257626 257627 257631 257632 257633 258891 258892 258893 258897 258901 258902 258903 258904 258908 258909 258910 258911 258915 258916 258917 258918 258925 258926 258927 258928 258934 258935 258936 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 122028 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128853

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Isis Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on prisoners there have been at HMP Isis in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	258891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257387 257388 257389 257390 257392 257405 257406 257407 257624 257625 257626 257627 257631 257632 257633 258890 258892 258893 258897 258901 258902 258903 258904 258908 258909 258910 258911 258915 258916 258917 258918 258925 258926 258927 258928 258934 258935 258936 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 122029 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128854

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Isis Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious assaults on staff there have been at HMP Isis in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	258892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257387 257388 257389 257390 257392 257405 257406 257407 257624 257625 257626 257627 257631 257632 257633 258890 258891 258893 258897 258901 258902 258903 258904 258908 258909 258910 258911 258915 258916 258917 258918 258925 258926 258927 258928 258934 258935 258936 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 122031 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith