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1090892

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the effect on patients of differences in the way that demographic groups receive care for HIV.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	233492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England routinely collects data on people accessing HIV care in the United Kingdom. The clinical outcomes of people in HIV care, including anti-retroviral treatment uptake and viral suppression are summarised in the annual HIV surveillance data tables, available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>Data are presented by key variables including gender, age, ethnicity, country of birth, region of residence and route of probable HIV exposure, to explore outcomes across different population groups. An assessment of the data is available in the annual national HIV surveillance report, at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-in-the-united-kingdom" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-in-the-united-kingdom</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/03/2019 17:22:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1090893

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of foster carers and support workers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have received the training on caring for those children that was commissioned to be delivered by ECPAT(UK) and the Refugee Council since 2016 in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	233556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Between November 2016 and February 2019, ECPAT(UK) and the Refugee Council have trained 2,086 foster carers and support workers on caring for the specialist safeguarding needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. The training is equipping these carers with the skills they need to identify when a child is at risk of going missing to be onwards trafficked, of being exploited for economic, sexual, and criminal exploitation or of being exposed to radicalisation.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the number of foster carers or support workers is not held centrally so we are unable to provide this as a proportion of the total foster carers and support workers.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2016, recipients of the training have generally reported high levels of satisfaction with its quality. For the current tranche of training, 99% of those trained who provided feedback rated the training ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 233557 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:42:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1090894

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the training given to foster carers and support workers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children by ECPAT(UK) and the Refugee Council on preventing unaccompanied children from going missing.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	233557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Between November 2016 and February 2019, ECPAT(UK) and the Refugee Council have trained 2,086 foster carers and support workers on caring for the specialist safeguarding needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. The training is equipping these carers with the skills they need to identify when a child is at risk of going missing to be onwards trafficked, of being exploited for economic, sexual, and criminal exploitation or of being exposed to radicalisation.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the number of foster carers or support workers is not held centrally so we are unable to provide this as a proportion of the total foster carers and support workers.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2016, recipients of the training have generally reported high levels of satisfaction with its quality. For the current tranche of training, 99% of those trained who provided feedback rated the training ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 233556 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:42:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1090895

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Housing: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Housing on the 4th March, Official Report Volume 655, Column 659, if he will include in the social housing Green Paper proposals for decent home standards for (a) the private rented sector and (b) homes created through permitted development.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	233493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>In August 2018, the Government’s Social Housing Green Paper asked whether there are any changes to what constitutes a decent home that Government should consider. The consultation closed in November 2018 and we are currently analysing responses.</p><p>In January 2019, Government also commissioned the first stage of a review to assess how well the Housing Health and Safety Rating System works in practice. This review will consider the introduction of minimum standards across all rental tenures.</p><p>In the Secretary of State's Written Ministerial Statement of 13 March 2019 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-03-13/HCWS1408/" target="_blank">HCWS1408</a>) he announced his intention to review permitted development rights for conversion of buildings to residential use in respect of the quality standard of homes delivered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2019 16:04:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1090896

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2019 to Question 231479 on Buildings: Insulation, where in regulations issued before the Grenfell Tower fire it is made clear that cladding is considered as a filler material.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	233494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Requirement B4 of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010 requires that the external walls of a building shall adequately resist the spread of fire over the walls. This provision has been in place since 1985. The approved document gives guidance on how these requirements may be met. Paragraph 12.5 of Volume 2 of Approved Document B sets out that the external envelope of the building should not provide a medium for fire spread if it is likely to be a risk to health and safety. Paragraph 12.5 also says that the use of combustible materials in the cladding system and extensive cavities may present such a risk in tall buildings. The provisions relating to limited combustibility in paragraph 12.7 of the Approved Document B have, since the version published in 2006, included references to insulation products, filler material etc.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/03/2019 17:02:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1090897

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Marine Protected Areas
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 estimate he has made of the cost of enforcing marine protected areas per sq km in (a) the UK and (b) UK overseas territories in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	233444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>a) We do not currently hold the requested data, however, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) estimates compliance costs for each Marine Protected Area (MPA) byelaw it makes. These estimates are documented in the impact assessment (IA) accompanying each byelaw, which are available on GOV.UK. These estimates include compliance activity such as monitoring and boardings to detect and deter offences, but do not include costs related to any prosecutions for offences committed. These figures relate to England only. There are additional costs arising from the enforcement of Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities (IFCA) byelaws but these are not currently centrally compiled.</p><p> </p><p>b) Under the Blue Belt programme, £2 million per year over the past 4 years has been allocated to the MMO to support surveillance and enforcement of designated MPAs, and to support the development of legal frameworks and surveillance and enforcement strategies for further MPA designations.</p><p>At the start of the Blue Belt programme, there was 2.5 million km² of MPAs around the UK overseas territories and by 2020, there will be over 4 million km². Additional funding support for enforcement of Pitcairn Island was provided by Pew Charitable Trusts during years 2015-present.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/03/2019 10:10:10 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090898

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prospective PhD students were (a) granted and (b) refused a visa to study in the UK in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	233445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The available information relates to total Tier 4 visas granted and refused, published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition a</p><p>t https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#visas.</p><p>For the calendar year 2018, 98% of cases were granted.</p><p><br>Corresponding information relating to the level of course is not available from centrally collated statistical databases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2019 15:32:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090899

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
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 the Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376, what the proposed (a) timescale and (b) location is for the no conditionality test.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	233446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is finalising the design of the Proof of Concept and seeking input from key representatives from the sector. It is a small scale test which will be run in 2-4 jobcentres. We will use the Proof of Concept to test whether we can increase engagement with claimants through Work Coaches starting at no mandatory requirements and then tailoring conditionality up based on an individual’s circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/03/2019 14:55:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090900

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Eating Disorders
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 effect of recent trends in mental health nursing staff numbers on waiting times for those who require treatment for eating disorders.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	233558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Good progress is being made towards the children and young people’s eating disorder waiting time target. October to December 2018 data shows 80.7% of young people started treatment for an urgent case within one week against a target of 95%, and 86.8% of young people started treatment for a routine case within four weeks against a target of 95%.</p><p> </p><p>For adults, the NHS Long Term Plan commits to “test four-week waiting times for adult and older adult community mental health teams, with selected local areas”. The exact scope and timelines of these pilots are yet to be finalised but NHS England will also consider the interfaces with specialist community mental health services, particularly where there is an existing evidence base for rapid direct access, such as adult eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is aware of the importance of increasing the number of people working in mental health services and has made an assessment of the workforce needed to deliver timely access to mental health care. In 2017 Health Education England published ‘Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England’, which set our ambition to deliver 21,000 new posts, to be filled by 19,000 additional staff.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care asked Baroness Dido Harding to develop a Workforce Implementation Plan for the commitments set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p><p>This Interim Workforce Plan will be published in spring and will include an immediate 2019/20 action plan together with a more detailed vision of how the health and care workforce will transform over the next 10 years to deliver 21st century care for our patients. The plan will build on work already underway to recruit, train and importantly retain more staff to address our most immediate shortages.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/03/2019 13:35:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1090901

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 225436 on Armed Forces: Compensation, what criteria the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy uses when issuing compensation payments of £500 or less to armed forces service complainants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	233495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The correct terminology is &quot;consolatory&quot; awards or payments, which are made in accordance with pan-Government Principles for Managing Public Money. The value of compensation/consolatory payments are determined by reference, as appropriate, to external benchmarks such as the Vento Scale (as used by the Employment Tribunal Service), and informed by legal advice.</p><p>The Army Service Complaints Secretary, of OF5/Colonel rank, holds delegated authority to make consolatory payments of up to £500 and is empowered to delegate such authority to all Decision and Appeal Bodies. The minimum Army rank for appointment to Decision and Appeal Bodies is OF4/Lieutenant Colonel.</p><p>The Naval Service Complaints Secretary has a delegated financial authority to make consolatory payments of up to £1,000 with any above that level requiring approval by the Deputy Finance Director. Governance requires that at any compensation level, advice is taken through Navy Command Finance if this payment would be regarded as novel or contentious.</p><p>The RAF Service Complaints Team has delegated authority to make consolatory payments of up to £500 with any above that level requiring approval by Air Director Resources.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 233496 question first answered 26/03/2019 16:05:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon