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1029454

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	204469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>My Department is currently carrying out a prioritisation exercise as part of its contingency planning. At the time of answering, no projects have been put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK to leave the EU without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/01/2019 17:43:15 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1029455

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Natural Gas: Powers of Entry
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 assessment he has made of the (a) suitability of gas operators current rights of entry and (b) effectiveness of the communication of those rights to vulnerable customers.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	204557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government reviewed regulations on Powers of Entry in 2014, including provisions within The Gas Act 1986 that allow a Gas Operator to apply for a warrant for essential safety reasons or as an action of last resort for non-payment of supply. Details of this review can be found online at: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F380176%2F44666_Un-Act_DECC_Powers_of_Entry_accessible.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C890caf13bb35460ce6eb08d670987cac%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636820197555693430&amp;sdata=hAGbNdR%2FYZkownzEAnKA7d0KtE6AUw9tlz4Qg1Xt0jw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/380176/44666_Un-Act_DECC_Powers_of_Entry_accessible.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Under these rules, with limited exceptions, a customer must receive written notice before an application is made, and a Magistrate must decide whether the operator has effectively communicated their rights to a customer, before granting a warrant.</p><p> </p><p>If a prepayment meter is to be installed to recover a debt, the supplier must demonstrate that it is safe, and reasonable and practicable for a domestic customer to use one and Ofgem supply licence conditions prohibit exercising a warrant to recover costs where this would be severely traumatic to that customer due to existing vulnerabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem monitors energy companies performance, including on installation prepayment meters under warrant, as part of their social obligations reporting. The most recent report can be found online at: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fsystem%2Ffiles%2Fdocs%2F2018%2F11%2Fvulnerability_report_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C890caf13bb35460ce6eb08d670987cac%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636820197555849993&amp;sdata=7fCK0X1CCtT6AALBxE5E%2B6Z5RQiOVfmPv0TmNh2nM5g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2018/11/vulnerability_report_2018.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/01/2019 12:07:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1029459

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Central African Republic: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in the Central African Republic; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	204376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Despite political progress in recent years, difficult challenges remain for the Central African Republic (CAR). The country continues to be marked by violence and instability. CAR authorities maintain control of the capital, but lawlessness in other parts of the state has resulted in armed groups controlling over 70 per cent of the country.</p><p>I met President Touadera at the UN General Assembly in September 2018. I stressed the UK’s continued commitment to working with international organisations such as the UN and EU in support of CAR’s efforts towards peace and stability.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/01/2019 16:23:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1029460

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment and Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people (a) recruited into and (b) resigned from each infantry regiment in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018; and the extent to which each regiment is at full complement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	204377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/01/2019 16:06:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1029461

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what advice his predecessor made the decision to announce a serious incident in the NHS Breast Screening Programme when full information about the incident was not yet available.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	204588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Based on the available clinical evidence and given the complexity of the case and the potential harm to the public, a judgement was made to announce a serious incident in the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme before all relevant factors had been comprehensively and exhaustively investigated.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Breast Screening review has concluded that it was the right decision to update Parliament and to inform the women potentially affected, based on the information available at the time.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the incident, the protection of the public’s health has been, and remains, the Government’s top priority and we have asked Public Health England, with NHS, to progress the clinical review of all women who may have suffered harm as quickly and as sensitively as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The review’s report and its recommendations will be considered in detail over the coming weeks and we will be publishing a full response on behalf of the Government in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/01/2019 13:36:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1029462

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Independent Breast Screening Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether organisations such as charities and the Advisory Committee for Breast Cancer Screening will have an opportunity to respond officially to the independent review of the breast screening incident.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	204589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Charities and other organisations with an interest in this area were briefed on the Independent Breast Screening Review and its recommendations when it was published on 13 December, and will come to their own decisions about how they wish to respond to the Review.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will consider the report of the Independent Breast Screening Review and its recommendations in detail and will be publishing a full response on behalf of the Government shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/01/2019 13:37:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1029463

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and which rail stations have (a) undertaken work in the last five years and (b) planned work within the next two years to improve access arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	204378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Over the last five years a further 68 stations were added to the Department’s Access for All programme which provides an accessible route at selected stations. A further £300m has recently been made available to further extend the programme until at least 2024 and we will announce details of which stations will benefit from this in April. Details of individual Access for All projects are available on Network Rail’s website.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to access improvements delivered as part of other major projects, such as the 40 Crossrail stations which will be made accessible, and by the industry itself, which must meet current accessibility standards whenever it installs, replace or renews station infrastructure. Details of all of this work is held by the individual organisations and the details of the accessibility features available at all UK stations are published on the National Rail Enquiries website.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/01/2019 17:53:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1029471

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to (a) diversify public sector supply chains and (b) ensure greater account is given to social value in those supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	204511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>In most of the markets from which the Government buys, there is plenty of competition. Where consolidation has reduced competition we take steps to encourage more.</p><p>There are now more small suppliers than ever looking to bid for Government business. As of end of November 2018, there were 44,963 registered individual users on Contracts Finder from 30,161 organisations. 20,397 of these (c. 67.6%) are SMEs. Additionally, we now encourage prime contractors to advertise subcontracting opportunities on Contracts Finder to diversify the supply chain further.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/01/2019 17:21:06 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1029489

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether resident EU citizens and their family members applying for UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme will be required to show that they meet all the requirements of current free movement rules.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	204621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Statement of Intent published on 21 June 2018, EU citizens and their family members who apply for UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme will not be required to show that they meet all the requirements of current free movement rules, such as any requirement to hold comprehensive sickness insurance or to have been undertaking specific permitted activities under EU law. Instead, the main requirement for eligibility under the scheme will be continuous residence in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/01/2019 17:04:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1029493

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Infant Mortality
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 he has to increase support for families who have suffered baby loss.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	204429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working to improve the care and support received by families who experience baby loss. The Department has provided funding to Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, to work with other baby loss charities and Royal Colleges to produce the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP) to reduce the variation in the quality of bereavement care provided by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The NBCP helps professionals to support families in their bereavement after any pregnancy or baby loss, be that miscarriage (including ectopic and molar pregnancy), termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly, stillbirth, neonatal death or sudden unexpected death in infancy. In October 2018, all of the NBCP guidance materials and tools were published online.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England’s Perinatal Mental Health Team has been working with Sands to ensure that the NBCP guidelines effectively signpost universal mental health screening and referral to evidence-based interventions and support.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Pregnancy Loss Review which the Department commissioned earlier this year, has been considering the question of whether legislation should provide new rights to bereaved parents to register pregnancy loss occurring before 24 weeks gestation, as well as investigating the impact of such losses on families and how care can be improved for parents who experience this. The review has been widely consulting with parents, charities and medical professionals and is currently scheduled to be completed in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/01/2019 15:16:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan