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1134951

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Suicide: Ethnic Groups and Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the suicide risk among (a) immigrants and (b) each ethnic minority group.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	269605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Ethnicity and immigration status is not recorded at the time of death registration so this information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 01/07/2019 13:30:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1134952

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sovereign Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the difference between the expenditure of the Royal Household and the amount of the Sovereign Grant allocated in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	269793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer is one of the three Royal Trustees, alongside the Prime Minister and the Keeper of the Privy Purse. As required under the Sovereign Grant Act 2011, in each financial year the Royal Trustees publish a report setting out how the Sovereign Grant is calculated for the following financial year. This includes an analysis of the Reserve.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Trustee’s report on the Sovereign Grant for 2019-20 was published in October 2018, and can be found on the gov.uk website at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sovereign-grant-act-2011-report-of-the-royal-trustees-on-the-sovereign-grant-for-2019-20</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 269777 question first answered 01/07/2019 14:18:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1134953

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sovereign Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the £37.8 million spent by the Sovereign on property maintenance was spent on (a) Buckingham Palace, (b) St James's Palace, (c) Windsor Castle, (d) Hampton Court Mews, (e) Windsor Home Park and (f) Kensington Palace.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	269794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not hold this information. As set out in the 2018-19 Sovereign Grant Annual Report and Accounts, the £37.8 million spent on property maintenance comprises £14.1 million expenditure on the Reservicing of Buckingham Palace and £23.7 million on core activities. The Report and Accounts detail all core projects across the Estate costing over £350,000, as set out on pages 8 to 12. Future projects are outlined on pages 24 to 25.</p><p> </p><p>The Report and the Accounts can be found on the gov.uk website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sovereign-grant-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sovereign-grant-accounts</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/07/2019 14:15:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1134954

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Nurses: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the vacancy rate is for nurses in (a) the NHS and (b) social care.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	269596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Since April 2017, NHS Improvement collects vacancy rates of medical staff from individual National Health Service providers and publish them as part of its ‘Quarterly performance of the NHS provider sector’ report. The vacancy data is published for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. The report can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/5404/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_4_1819.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/5404/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_4_1819.pdf</a></p><p>The latest available data as at March 2019, shows there are over 39,500 nursing and midwifery vacancies across the NHS. This is a vacancy rate of 11.1%. There are 40,300 nursing and midwifery temporary staff (bank and agency) who are used to fill in these vacancies as well as short and long-term sickness absence and maternity leave.</p><p>Skills for Care estimates that in 2017/18, there are over 4,400 vacant registered nursing jobs in social care. This is a vacancy rate of 12.3%.</p><p>The interim people Plan, which was published on 3 June 2019, sets out a shared vision and plan of action to put NHS people at the heart of NHS policy and delivery and ensure the NHS has the staff it needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/07/2019 15:27:12 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1134957

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has with Cabinet colleagues on requiring schools to be energy independent.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	269661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions on this subject. Energy policy is the responsibility of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/07/2019 16:25:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1134965

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Written Statement of 20 December 2018, HCWS1224, what progress she has made on the introduction of light touch reviews for people with long-term health conditions who are in receipt of personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	269799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The light touch process has yet to be fully designed (the first ones will not be due until 2023 – 10 years after PIP was first introduced) but we would not expect it to involve a full assessment unless the claimant’s circumstances have significantly changed. The review is intended to maintain a minimum level of contact with claimants. We will involve our stakeholders in designing the review process so that it adds value and best meets the needs of our claimants.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/07/2019 12:56:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1134966

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Coal: Opencast Mining
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 the Government's policy is on planning permission for the creation of additional opencast coal mines.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	269800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to clean growth and we are taking action to reduce our reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>In terms of planning policy, the National Planning Policy Framework is already clear that planning permission should not be granted for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely impacts. The National Planning Policy Framework is a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction in England.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2019 16:15:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1134967

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Hire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support the Government provides to vehicle rental companies to transition their fleet to electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	269801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Vehicle rental companies are able to take advantage of various grant funding schemes the Government has in place to assist with the cost of buying plug-in electric vehicles, including passenger cars, taxis, vans and motorcycles. They can also make use of the Workplace Charging Scheme to help pay for the installation of electric vehicle chargepoints. In addition, the Government has put in place a favourable tax regime which rewards the cleanest vehicles including rental company fleets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/07/2019 14:06:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1134969

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Refugees: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to local councils to ensure that young refugees are protected by an adequate level of safeguarding.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	269802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the Children Act 1989, local authorities are required to provide services for children in their local areas for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting their welfare, this includes children who are refugees. 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' (2018) clarifies the core legal requirements for how agencies work together to keep children safe, including responding to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Some children arrive in the country as unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Under section 20 of the Children Act 1989, local authorities are under a statutory obligation to provide accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. This means that they become looked-after children and receive the same safeguards and services as any other looked-after child.</p><p>The government recognises that unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children can be some of the most vulnerable in our society. The government’s vision and additional commitment to care for these children is set out in the ‘Safeguarding Strategy for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children’. The government has also published statutory guidance on the ‘Care of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Modern Slavery’ to help local authorities to care effectively for these children.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 12:54:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1134971

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of alcohol-related mortality rates in each National Statistics Socio economic classification in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	269652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England’s evidence review ‘The Public Health Burden of Alcohol and the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Policies’ highlighted that in the English population, rates of alcohol-specific and related mortality increase as levels of deprivation increase and alcohol-related liver disease is strongly related to the socioeconomic gradient.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan signalled our support for improving treatment for patients in deprived areas with expert Alcohol Care Teams working in the 25% worst affected parts of the country supporting patients and their families who have issues with alcohol misuse. It is estimated that these new measures could prevent 50,000 admissions and almost 250,000 bed days over the next five years. The Government will continue to be mindful of social inequalities whilst developing policies to tackle alcohol harms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 01/07/2019 15:52:49 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane