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1132386

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:05
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	17/06/2019 19:15:11 08/07/2019 14:55:01
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	265556
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/07/2019 14:23:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2019 to Question 216372 on Police: Finance, what the Police Transformation Fund underspend was in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18; and what estimate he has made of that underspend in 2018-19.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265556
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265556
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Police Transformation Fund underspend was:<br>a) £ 5,922,195.65 in 2016-17, £5m of which was used for Emergency Services Mobile Communication research costs in 2016-17.</p><p>b) £42,884,039 in 2017-18, this was used to bring forward 2019-20 com-mitments which enabled us to finance the ministerial commitment to tackling serious violence in 2018-19</p><p>c) £3,084,351.34 in 2018-19</p>
	creator	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132387

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:08
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	ddp modified	18/06/2019 15:15:06 20/06/2019 15:53:01
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	identifier	265557
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 15:21:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the projected cost to the public purse of the proposed Western Rail Link to Heathrow Airport.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265557
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265557
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Government policy is for developers to pay the costs of upgrading or enhancing road, rail or other transport networks or services where there is a need to cope with additional passengers travelling to and from expanded or growing airports. Where the scheme has a wider range of beneficiaries, the Government will consider, along with other relevant stakeholders, the need for additional public funding on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Western Rail Link to Heathrow is being promoted by Network Rail and is expected to benefit both airport and non-airport users. The scheme must demonstrate a satisfactory business case; with the cost to the public purse being a factor. The Department and Network Rail are engaged with Heathrow Airport Limited, the Civil Aviation Authority and Her Majesty’s Treasury on this issue and to comment further would prejudice the department’s commercial position.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1132388

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:11
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	17/06/2019 19:15:16 25/06/2019 16:56:02
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	identifier	265558
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/06/2019 16:24:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to press release of 6 December 2018 by the National Police Chiefs Council, National operation to re-test manipulated forensic samples continues, what proportion of the 10,500 cases identified in that press release as potentially at risk of manipulation because of alleged criminal activity at Randox have been re-tested.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265558
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265558
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) coordinates the re-testing programme and they are responsible for providing updated information.</p>
	creator	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132389

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:13
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	17/06/2019 19:15:20 25/06/2019 14:15:07
	hansard heading	Sudan: Demonstrations
	house id	1
	identifier	265559
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/06/2019 13:43:21
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of reports that the Sudanese security and military services (a) used violence against and (b) raped peaceful protesters under the orders of the Transitional Military Council on 10 June 2019 in Khartoum; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265559
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265559
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 3 June, the Foreign Secretary condemned the attack on protestors by Sudanese security forces, and held the Transitional Military Council (TMC) fully responsible. On 6 June, I summoned the Sudanese Ambassador to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to express our grave concerns at the use of all forms of violence, including sexual violence against civilians by the Sudanese authorities. This was reiterated in a recent statement issued by the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 17 June, which called for the immediate cessation of all violence against the Sudanese people, including extrajudicial, arbitrary and summary killings, beatings and sexual and gender-based violence, arrests and disappearances.</p><p>We have been consistent in public and in private that there must be accountability for the crimes committed by members of the former regime. The UK strongly supports the mission of the International Criminal Court; due legal process must be followed. I also set out the UK's position at the FAC that called for the human rights of all Sudanese people to be respected, and the resumption of the political process leading to an agreed peaceful transfer of power to a civilian-led government, as demanded by the Sudanese people.</p>
	creator	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1132390

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:16
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	17/06/2019 19:15:23 25/06/2019 14:18:03
	hansard heading	Sudan: Internet
	house id	1
	identifier	265560
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/06/2019 13:46:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for human rights in Sudan of reports of a block on internet access in that country in June 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265560
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265560
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary's statement on 6 June called for internet and full media freedom to be restored to avoid escalation. I summoned the Sudanese Ambassador on 6 June and called on the Transitional Military Council to lift all restrictions on internet access which has been unavailable since 3 June. I stressed the importance of free access to the internet for all Sudanese citizens as part of their basic human right and living in a free and open society. I expressed our concern about the impact this had on broader freedoms in Sudan.</p>
	creator	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1132391

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:19
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	17/06/2019 19:15:26 25/06/2019 11:00:06
	hansard heading	Sudan: Demonstrations
	house id	1
	identifier	265561
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/06/2019 10:29:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to send a diplomat from Sudan to press for an end to the violence against demonstrators in Sudan.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265561
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265561
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Our Embassy in Khartoum regularly calls on members of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) both in public and directly to take the steps needed to end the violence and improve the situation in Sudan, including the release of all political detainees.</p><p>Our Ambassador and other British Embassy Officials in Khartoum regularly meet with all elements of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), encouraging them to be inclusive in their approach and seek a realistic compromise. Talks between the TMC and FFC have resumed via mediators.</p><p>The UK has called for the human rights of all Sudanese people to be respected, and the resumption of the political process leading to an agreed peaceful transfer of power to a civilian-led government, as demanded by the Sudanese people. We will continue to engage with all sides to support a settlement that works for all Sudanese people.</p>
	creator	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1132392

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:21
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	17/06/2019 19:15:29 20/06/2019 15:55:02
	hansard heading	Forensic Science
	house id	1
	identifier	265562
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 15:23:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many digital forensic laboratories are accredited by UK Accreditation Services.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265562
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265562
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of digital forensics laboratories accredited by UKAS can be accessed through the website of the UKAS:</p><p><a href="https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=4938&amp;parent=&amp;type_id=2%20" target="_blank">https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=4938&amp;parent=&amp;type_id=2 </a></p><p> </p>
	creator	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132393

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:24
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	17/06/2019 19:15:31 25/06/2019 17:17:06
	hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	265528
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/06/2019 16:46:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allocate additional funding for the provision of sexual health services in the next four years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265528
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265528
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government provides funding to local authorities for their public health responsibilities, including sexual health services, through a public health grant. It is for individual local authorities to decide their spending priorities based on an assessment of local need, including the need for sexual health services taking account of their statutory duties. They are required by regulations to provide services for sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment and contraception.</p><p>Future funding for local authorities’ public health responsibilities will be determined in the next spending review.</p>
	creator	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1132394

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:27
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	17/06/2019 19:15:34 20/06/2019 16:23:01
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Cardiff
	house id	1
	identifier	265563
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 15:51:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to help ensure that there are adequate (a) parking facilities and (b) public transport connections for staff working in her Department's offices in Merthyr Tydfil when that office is moved to the hub north of Cardiff.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265563
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265563
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We plan to move the back of house staff based in Merthyr Tydfil Ty Bethesda into the new office in Treforest between 2021 and 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Building work on the new Treforest site began in January 2019 and the building is currently on track and due for completion in the last quarter of 2020. There are plans for 444 car parking spaces, along with space for motorcycle and cycle storage at this site.</p><p> </p><p>The development of the South Wales Metro continues and discussions are ongoing between DWP and Transport for Wales around the relocation of Trefforest Estate station closer to the new office.</p><p> </p><p>Before any moves take place, staff will have the opportunity for a formal one-to-one discussion with their line managers about how the move will impact them. This helps to assess any travel impacts of the change of location. We anticipate that these formal discussions will take place approximately nine months in advance of any moves.</p>
	creator	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1132395

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2019
	date	17/06/2019
	date tabled	17/06/2019
	ddp created	17/06/2019 19:09:30
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	17/06/2019 19:15:37 17/07/2019 16:10:01
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	identifier	265484
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/07/2019 15:38:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average length of time for probate to be granted in the last (a) three months and (b) financial year.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 265484
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	265484
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Official statistics are not published on the average length of time from receipt of the application to the issue of a grant of probate. Internal management information, which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics, however shows that in the last financial year (2018/2019) the average time was three weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst timeliness data are not yet available for the last three months, it is clear that waiting times have increased. Urgent action has been taken to address these temporary delays, staffing has been increased and the digital service further improved, and as a result waiting times are starting to reduce.</p><p> </p><p>There are no prescribed target times for dealing with probate applications. The recent increase in waiting times has been caused by a combination of an increased volume of incoming work and the transition to a new case management IT system. The move to the new system meant that staff had to spend time being trained and familiarising themselves with the system – which also had some initial performance issues that have been addressed.</p>
	creator	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart