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1147003

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date	30/09/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, when responsibility for Bridge Street subway was transferred to the Parliamentary Estate; and what steps the Commission took to inform Members.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	292136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for the Bridge Street underpass was transferred to Parliament in May 2019. This followed its temporary closure to the public for health and safety reasons, in order to allow work to take place on the Elizabeth Tower renovation project.</p><p>Members were advised of the changes to the management of the area via an email from the House of Commons Communications Team (part of a wider &quot;Pre-Recess update for Members&quot; message) on 22 May 2019. A news item was added to the intranet on the same day. A further update was added on 8 August 2019.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 04/10/2019 17:31:01 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147135

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all adult social care workers caring for dementia patients are trained to level Tier 2 of the Dementia Training Standards Framework.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	292137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The national dementia strategy for England, the Challenge on Dementia 2020, set the expectation that all relevant health and care staff would have the appropriate dementia training, with the requisite training needs at different “tiers” set out in the ‘Dementia Training Standards Framework’.</p><p>Good progress has been made to date in training the social care workforce. It is estimated that around half of social care workers considered to need tier 2 dementia training have undertaken training to a level equivalent to it. The Department is currently exploring value for money options for further increasing take up of tier 2 training to everyone who needs it.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/10/2019 13:32:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147155

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure equal protection for all domestic abuse survivors by upholding the non-discrimination principle in accordance with Article 4(3) of the Istanbul Convention.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	292138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/10/2019 16:09:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147159

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Employment: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to require employers to provide domestic abuse survivors with (a) flexible working arrangements and (b) a period of paid leave.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	292139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is a devastating crime which shatters the lives of victims and their families, and this Government remains committed to transforming the response to this abuse. That is why we have introduced the landmark Domestic Abuse Bill, which had its Second Reading on 2 October and will be carried over to the next Parliamentary session.</p><p>Employers should take all steps which are reasonably possible to ensure their health, safety and wellbeing of their employees.</p><p>We know that 97% of employers offer some form of flexible working. Many employers also offer compassionate leave or special leave to employees to enable them to take time to deal with a wide range of circumstances. This type of leave is agreed between the employer and the employee, either as a contractual entitlement or on a discretionary basis.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 07/10/2019 16:38:15 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 137145 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147164

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Jobcentre Plus: Interpreters and Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of Job Centre Plus offices that have (a) British Sign Language and (b) language interpreters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	292140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010, DWP must make suitable provision to communicate with claimants who do not speak English or Welsh (for people residing in Wales), or who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired.</p><p> </p><p>It is DWP policy to use an interpreter when we need to communicate with a claimant who:</p><ul><li>cannot communicate adequately in English (or, in Wales, Welsh);</li><li>has complex needs and, or may need additional support; and</li><li>cannot provide their own interpreter.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Since the 1<sup>st</sup> January 2018 Thebigword has provided Foreign Language and British Sign Language (BSL) services for the DWP staff and customers. All Jobcentres are able to access the service provided by Thebigword.</p><p> </p><p>The services available for BSL are face to face interpreting and Video Relay Service. The services available for foreign language interpreters are face to face interpreting, telephone interpreting and written translations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/10/2019 13:58:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147226

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Healthy Start Scheme: Drinks
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 he has made of the potential merits of extending the Healthy Starts Voucher Scheme to include the purchase of fortified plant milks.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	292141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no current plans to make changes to the milk which can be purchased with Healthy Start vouchers, but we are prepared to consider the merits of allowing the purchase of certain plant-based drinks.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/10/2019 13:18:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly