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1019929

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date	04/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish its response to the call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy that closed on 5 June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	198928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Call for Evidence produced a wide range of evidence, which requires thoughtful consideration.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently announced that the denominational mix of notes and coins would not change. Response to other matters will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/12/2018 15:13:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1019930

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Integrity Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) funded, (b) awarded contracts to and (c) procured the services of the Integrity Initiative in each financial year since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	198814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no record of any payments and/or contracts with The Integrity Initiative.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 16:20:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1019931

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will carry out a Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	198770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>No decision has yet to be made on the timing of the next Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR)</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/12/2018 10:33:05 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1019933

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what redress is available to people who have not received a response from an NHS Trust to a complaint within the 40 working day deadline.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	198809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Complaint Regulations do not impose working day deadlines on responding to complaints but they do require a complaint to be investigated proportionately to its complexity. A timescale must be agreed with the complainant at an initial meeting, or if the complainant declines this meeting, the National Health Service body must write to the complainant informing them of how long the complaint will take to be investigated.</p><p> </p><p>If a complainant is unhappy with their complaint outcome or a delay in the NHS responding they have the right to approach the Health Service Ombudsman and ask them to investigate. The Ombudsman is independent of the NHS and Government being accountable to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/12/2018 11:41:34 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1019934

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warrior Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Financial Summary of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018, what the timeframe is for his Department to conclude negotiations with the Prime Contractor of the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	198771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Formal engagement with the prime contractor on manufacture negotiations will be subject to satisfactory progress being made in the Demonstration Phase. Those negotiations will conclude when the Ministry of Defence believes it has secured a value for money commercial agreement.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:05:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1019937

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will publish the loans made by (a) the UK Aid Agency and (b) British Companies in relation to the UK's International Development Programme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	198827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Official Development Assistance (ODA) is defined by the OECD Development Assistance Committee as resource flows to developing countries and multilateral organisations, which are provided by official agencies, for example the UK Government or its executive agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Under the definition, a total of £1,567 million of UK ODA was provided in loans in 2017. Of the total, DFID provided £21 million in bilateral loans to developing countries and £820 million for a multilateral loan to the World Bank in 2017. A non-DFID multilateral loan of £726 million was also provided to the International Monetary Fund in 2017. Details of these loans are submitted online in the Development Tracker.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/12/2018 17:36:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1019938

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) outcomes and (b) agreements were that he reached on online child grooming with representatives of (i) Microsoft, (ii) Facebook, (iii) Google, (iv) Snap and (v) Twitter on his recent visit to the US.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	198815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>Between 6-8 November, the Home Secretary held a series of meetings with Microsoft, Twitter, and Snap, Google and Facebook. In those meetings, the Home Secretary reiterated his personal commitment to tackle child sexual abuse and exploitation and reinforced his key demands of tech companies, which he set out in his speech on combating child sexual exploitation and abuse at the NSPCC on 3 September.</p><p>The Home Secretary also pushed for increased transparency across all their efforts to tackle abuses of their platforms and stressed the need for companies to demonstrate they were enforcing their terms and conditions.</p><p>The companies affirmed their commitment to tackling child sexual exploitation and abuse on their platforms; set out steps they are taking to develop new technologies and policies to make their platforms safer; and agreed to continue to engage closely with the government on taking further actions to detect grooming (including sharing appropriate information with partners and deploying new tools) that were appropriate for their platforms.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/12/2018 17:33:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1019940

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Financial Summary of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018, what the shortfall is in the manning of the New Style of IT (deployed) project.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	198772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The shortfall in manning of the New Style of IT (Deployed) project within Information Systems and Services referred to in the Financial Summary of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018 was 16. This consisted of five Crown Servant positions and 11 contractor positions.</p><p>The personnel requirement continues to be closely managed to ensure the appropriate numbers of resources are provided.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:07:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1019942

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to encourage social media companies to tackle the grooming of young children on the platforms of those companies.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	198816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>Tackling online grooming is one of our highest priorities, and we are in-creasing our investment in law enforcement and legislating on online harms to bear down on the threat. In November the Home Secretary also co-hosted a ‘Hackathon’ in the US, where tech companies developed an artificial intelligence product to detect online grooming that will be licensed free of charge to technology companies worldwide.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/12/2018 17:34:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1019943

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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	Health Professions: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make Autism and Learning Disability Training mandatory for all healthcare professionals.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	198828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>We will formally consult in the new year on options for introducing mandatory learning disability and autism training for health and care staff to improve awareness and understanding of people’s needs. The consultation will enable the public and stakeholders to share their views on how we might best accomplish this.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/12/2018 16:57:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis