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1140413

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The recording of ethnicity is the responsibility of the individual to input via employee self-service. Due to small numbers of staff at each of the requested grades, we have grouped these together in our response below.</p><p> </p><p>Including those on temporary promotion at the grades requested, there are 16 members of staff in scope. Of these, only five have input their ethnicity details onto the HR system. Of these, none have self-identified as being from an ethnic minority background.</p><p> </p><p>AGO supports the Civil Service vision of being recognised as the UK’s most inclusive employer. AGO has two diversity champions and a Diversity &amp; Inclusion Strategy in place that is reviewed by the Executive Board every six months.</p><p> </p><p>AGO is an employer which promotes equality and aims to reflect the diversity of the society in which we live. It is committed to maximising the skills and potential of all its staff. It welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of disability, ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or religion/belief. It also implements blind recruitment to minimise the impact of unconscious bias.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/07/2019 15:15:53 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140226

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Tenancy Transfers
	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 his Department’s most recent estimate is for the proportion of housing transfer requests that are motivated out of (a) crime and (b) fear of violence in (i) the UK, (ii) Greater London and (iii) the London Borough of Lambeth.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	279010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes national statistics on new social housing lettings in England.</p><p> </p><p>Of the new social housing lettings that were provided to tenants whose previous tenancy was also in the social sector, 4.6 per cent gave b) fear of violence (including domestic abuse, hate crime and racial harassment) as the reason for moving in England in 2017/18. Separate figures for crime are not available. Figures for Greater London and Lambeth are given below.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are taken from the Continuous Recording of Social Lettings system available here</p><p><em> <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Frents-lettings-and-tenancies&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBegona.Vilaplana%40communities.gov.uk%7C5616e36401b04811463b08d70e8f1211%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636993879950354297&amp;sdata=glA%2FQYUQB6P%2BIcnpU3UDSy4JtpIcuhKXxFxCaqHlxKA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rents-lettings-and-tenancies<br> <br></a></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Moving due to fear of violence(1)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Moving from social housing tenancy</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) Includes Domestic Abuse, Hate Crime and Racial Harassment Source: CORE Social Housing Lettings 2017/18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2019 15:22:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1140288

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 July 2019, HCWS1757 on Building safety update, whether building owners should ensure that High Pressure Laminate panels of a European classification of Class C or D or European classification of Class B when combined with combustible insulation should be removed from buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	279063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Independent Expert Advisory Panel issued on 18 July 2019 an advice note with regards to the use of High Pressure Laminate (HPL) Panels which is available at</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/818184/Advice_note_on_use_of_HPL_panels_in_external_wall_systems.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/818184/Advice_note_on_use_of_HPL_panels_in_external_wall_systems.pdf</a></p><p>This advice note is clear that where materials achieving European classification of Class C or D or European classification of Class B when combined with combustible insulation are identified building owners should follow the advice in advice note 14. <br> <br> The Expert Panel first issued Advice Note 14, in December 2017 and updated it in December 2018. This advice notes provides information to building owners with regards to external wall systems that do not incorporate Aluminium Composite Material (ACM). This advice notes has made it clear since its publication that where a system used on a building has not achieved a BS8414/BR135 classification building owners should seek immediate professional advice and consider remediation measures. The Expert panel has always been unequivocal that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials. The Expert Panel continues to support this advice. Advice note 14 is available at</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2019 15:19:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1140351

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
	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 assessment he has made of how the changes to the rules on social security entitlements for mixed aged couples will affect local authority council tax reduction schemes given the protected status of pensioners in such schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	279147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>My Department has informed local authorities that it will ensure consistency in the treatment of mixed age couples between local council tax reduction schemes and the wider benefits system from 1 April 2020. Council tax reduction schemes operating in the current financial year should continue to treat persons as pensioners or not pensioners according to definitions set out in existing regulations.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/07/2019 14:22:46 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1140404

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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 11 July 2019 to Question 272722 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, whether the tests have started; how many tests are due to take place; and when all the tests are due to be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	279140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the written ministerial statement (HCWS1533) made on 1 May 2019.</p><p>As set out in the statement the testing begun in April. The methodology has been laid in the House Library.</p><p>The materials tested include copper and zinc composite materials; aluminium honeycomb panels; high-pressure laminate panels; brick slips; and reconstituted stone. The total number of tests will be greater than the number of materials as a number of variants of each material is being tested.</p><p>A full picture of the outcomes of the tests can only be provided following a detailed analysis of all the test data. We expect this analysis to be completed in the summer and we will publish the conclusions of the programme thereafter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2019 15:20:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1140336

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Incontinence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of pupils who experience bowel and bladder problems; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the needs of those pupils are met.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	279070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested regarding the number of pupils who experience bowel and bladder problems is not held centrally. However, the government is committed to ensuring that pupils with medical conditions are properly supported at school so that they have full access to education.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, the government introduced a new duty on schools to support pupils with all medical conditions, and has published statutory guidance on this for schools and others. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance does not specify which medical conditions should be supported in schools. Instead, it focuses on how to meet the needs of each individual child and the impact of their medical condition on school life.</p><p> </p><p>Schools also have duties under the Equality Act (2010) to make reasonable adjustments and not to discriminate against disabled children, including those with long-term health conditions such as bowel and bladder conditions, in relation to their access to education and associated services. Schools must make reasonable adjustments to their practices, procedures and policies to ensure that they are not putting those with long term health problems at a disadvantage.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/07/2019 14:52:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1140261

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Emergencies: Planning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what civil contingency plans are in place in the event that the UK does not leave the EU; and if he will publish those plans.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	278950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has a responsibility to plan for, respond to and recover from a wide variety of challenges and events. As such Government departments work with partners in the public and private sectors to develop and test contingency plans for such challenges.</p><p>It is the Government’s policy to leave the EU with a deal. As a responsible Government we have been planning, and continue to prepare for all eventualities associated with the UK leaving the EU. This includes managing the impacts of a no deal Brexit if they arise.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/07/2019 15:05:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

1140218

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the safety implications of failing to renew the UK’s current exemption from Standard European Rules of Air on vertical separation from cloud in Class D airspace for aircraft operating under Visual Flight Rules.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	278940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The current exemption was issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to allow a safe and orderly transition to the requirements of the SERA with effect from 12 September 2019. The CAA is taking the necessary measures to meet the aims of the exemption. The SERA requirement gives effect to the international standard set out in Annex 2 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and is already safely applied throughout most of the world.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the airspace structure in the UK may give rise to some operational complications in respect of complying with the SERA requirement. The Department is working with the CAA to fully understand any safety implications arising from the application of the requirement in the UK, including whether any safeguarding measures are necessary.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/07/2019 14:25:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

1140172

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Design of UK Funding Schemes for European and International Collaboration Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 March 2019, HCWS1449, whether the interim findings of the Adrian Smith Review on the design of UK funding schemes for international collaboration, innovation and curiosity-driven blue-skies research will be published before Parliament rises on 25 July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	278976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Sir Adrian’s interim findings will be presented to BEIS ministers in the Summer of 2019. We do not anticipate that this will be before Parliament rises.</p><p> </p><p>The Review will be published by BEIS in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 14:36:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1140173

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Research: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on whether funding for research partners in UK-led research consortia would be provided by (a) the UK or (b) the EU if the UK chooses to associate to the next EU Framework Programme as a third country.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	278977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The next EU Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, is still being negotiated through the EU Institutions and we are currently working with them to develop the Programme. There are a number of elements of this package yet to be agreed, including the provisions on third country association and the Programme budget. These elements need to be finalised before we can make an informed decision on future UK participation. We look forward to constructive discussions with the Commission in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have made clear that regardless of EU exit, we look forward to continuing our relationship in research and innovation. The Government is committed to continuing to back UK researchers and innovators by supporting measures to enable world-class collaborative research, including support for small businesses.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 14:34:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield