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1035010

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date	04/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department made of the variations in national average salaries in advance of setting a £30,000 salary threshold for skilled workers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	205306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>In their report, EEA migration in the UK, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended “<em>maintaining the existing salary threshold for all migrants in Tier 2”</em>. The Government will engage businesses and employers as to what salary threshold should be set.</p><p>In addition, Scotland already has a separate Shortage Occupation List (SOL) and we will invite the Migration Advisory Committee to compile such a list for Northern Ireland and consider whether the composition of the SOL needs to be different for Wales.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/01/2019 16:28:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1035011

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of participation the UK will have in (a) the European Defence Agency, (b) Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operations, (c) the EU Military Command, (d) the EU Military Staff, (e) the European Defence Fund, and (f) the Permanent Structured Cooperation if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	205231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>Delivering the deal negotiated with the EU remains the Government's top priority. This has not changed. While our focus remains on securing agreement with the EU, the Ministry of Defence, like the rest of Government, is also preparing for &quot;No Deal&quot;. This planning is focused on ensuring that our supply chains are resilient and to minimise disruption to our bases and people in Europe.</p><p>In a No Deal scenario, the UK would have to withdraw from Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operations - both military and civilian, and associated personnel seconded to the EU institutions. The UK would continue to act through other multilateral fora, including through the UN and NATO. Similarly, the UK would not be able to participate in research and industrial cooperation or projects through the European Defence Agency, European Defence Fund, or Permanent Structured Cooperation. The UK would continue to support our defence industrial base: the UK has the largest defence budget in Europe and the UK's defence market is one of the most open and competitive in the world.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/01/2019 14:29:05 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1035016

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	EU Countries: Asylum
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 validity of recent reports of (a) human rights abuses and (b) systematic summary returns in violation of (i) the European Union Asylum Procedures Directive or (ii) the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees by Greek authorities against migrants travelling from Turkey.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	205236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of alleged human rights abuses and forced returns of migrants at the Greek/Turkish land border. The Ambassador to Greece visited the border area in November to meet officials there and learn more about the situation. In our contact at official and Ministerial level we have consistently raised concerns about the humanitarian situation faced by some migrants in Greece, and we will continue to do so. The UK continues to provide support, including through sharing of personnel and expertise, to help Greece deal with migrant flows.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/01/2019 13:55:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1035017

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the decision was taken to submit a planning application for the proposed National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre to Westminster City Council a day before the parliamentary recess.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	205424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The planning application was submitted at the earliest practical opportunity following the second public exhibition. The full statutory consultation period will commence following Westminster City Council’s validation of the application, which we expect in January.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:10:30 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1035019

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will instruct the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial Foundation together to (a) engage with people that wish to have detailed discussions on the National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre and (b) require the Foundation to provide requested information that should be in the public domain.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	205425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation has engaged extensively with all interested parties and I am confident that it will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:07:23 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1035020

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	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, with reference to the oral statement by the Secretary of State for Health on 2 May 2018 on Breast Cancer Screening, Official Report, column 315 and the report entitled, The Independent Breast Screening Review 2018, published in December 2018, what the evidential basis was for his Department's estimate that 450,000 women were affected.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	205223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The figure of 450,000 was the best available estimate of the maximum number of women potentially affected from Public Health England’s analysis of the data provided at the time by NHS Digital. Further analysis of more complete data took place in May 2018 and as a result the written ministerial statement on 4 June 2018 provided a lower maximum figure.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/01/2019 13:11:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1035021

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Mental 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, with reference to the report entitled, Right treatment right time, published by Rethink Mental Illness, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the conclusion that the average waiting time of assessment by patients with severe mental illness is 14 weeks.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	205224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the average waiting time of assessment for patients with severe mental illness is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>The waiting time standard for people with first episode psychosis is for 60% to start treatment in an Early Intervention in Psychosis service within two weeks of referral. In 2017/18 this standard was exceeded, with 76.2% of people accessing services within two weeks in November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/01/2019 14:44:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1035022

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Mental 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, whether he has plans to introduce waiting time standards for adults accessing treatments in secondary mental health services.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	205225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In line with its commitments in the Long Term Plan, NHS England will be testing four-week waiting times for adult and older adult community mental health teams, with selected local areas. This will help build NHS England’s understanding of how best to introduce ambitious but achievable improvements in access, quality of care and outcomes. Clear standards will then be set for patients requiring access to community mental health treatment and rolled out across the National Health Service over the next decade.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting time standards are already in place for Early Intervention in Psychosis. 76.2% of patients with first episode psychosis started treatment within two weeks in November 2018. Performance is above the waiting time standard, which will increase from 50% of patients in 2017/18 to 60% by 2020/21 as part of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, and is 53% in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/01/2019 14:41:52 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1035023

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Mental 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 assessment his Department has made of the reasons that mental health services place limits on (a) how long patients can receive care and (b) the number of sessions they receive.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	205226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on length of treatment and number of sessions for specific mental health services, are based on clinical need. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines are in place which set out these requirements in detail.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/01/2019 14:44:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1035027

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 194129 on Prisons: Contracts, what steps he is taking to ensure transparency in the assessment of (a) quality and (b) value for money of potential operators’ bids compared to the public-sector benchmark.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	205270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has recently launched a competition to establish a framework of prison operators, from which the operators of the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva will be selected.</p><p>The competition will use a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which the quality and cost of potential operators’ bids will be assessed. The public sector benchmark was developed in consultation with subject matter experts across HMPPS and directly informed the delivery requirements including cost and quality thresholds that form part of the draft contractual documentation for the competition. Where bids received do not meet these thresholds, there will be no contract award and the public sector will act as the provider.</p><p>The MoJ will, in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations and relevant Government policies, take into consideration the past record and performance of companies involved in the tender process before considering any bids. We will make sure that the tender process ensures that the companies bidding for any of the contracts to operate new prisons have the capability, credibility, legitimacy and capacity to run the contracts effectively. The evaluation methodology included in the framework competition documentation has been designed to establish the most robust bids based on published quality, value and affordability criteria, and compared to a public sector comparator for each call off contract. Following the conclusion of the tender process any contract awarded will be published.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/01/2019 14:29:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon