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536413

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date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with how many countries the EU has trade agreements in place; and how many countries the UK plans to negotiate trade agreements with as a result of the outcome of the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	42776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The EU has trade agreements in place with over 50 countries. The Prime Minister has established the Department for International Trade for promoting British trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. She has also established a Department for Exiting the European Union for overseeing negotiations to leave the EU and establishing the future relationship between the UK and EU. We are exploring a range of options to maximise the opportunities for the UK’s future trading relations.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/09/2016 14:55:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

536418

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff employed on temporary contracts by his Department are currently carrying out work in areas where there is a longer-term requirement for staff to be employed in such areas.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has a flexible operating model, employing a mix of staff on permanent contracts, loans in from other government departments, fixed-term appointments, and contractors supplied via third party agencies. All areas of work that have long term requirements use a mix of staff to meet their objectives, including those on temporary fixed-term contracts. As at May 2016, there were 588 staff on fixed term contracts in the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/07/2016 08:48:42 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536422

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from (a) professional bodies and (b) other organisations on the streamlining of electoral law.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office Ministers have had discussions with key electoral bodies and organisations on a range of electoral issues, including the review of UK electoral law currently being undertaken by the Law Commissions.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/07/2016 10:19:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536424

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the finding of the Law Commission in its interim report on electoral law, published in February 2016, that electoral law should be governed by a rational and holistic framework governing all existing elections.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the recent interim report on electoral law from the Law Commissions. This is a comprehensive and wide ranging report which makes a number of recommendations. The Government is actively discussing the details of the report with the Law Commissions and other bodies.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/07/2016 10:20:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

536428

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
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	Future Jobs Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to reinstate the Future Jobs Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	42837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>We have no plans to reinstate the Future Jobs Fund.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2016 11:48:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

536442

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the merits of the recommendation in the Fourth report of the Education Committee, Session 2015-16, HC 481, that all looked-after children should have a mental health assessment carried out by a mental health professional.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	42773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government response to the Education Committee report into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Looked-After Children is being jointly drafted by the Department of Health and the Department for Education. Ministers in both departments are assessing the recommendations in their entirety and the joint response, expected to be published after recess, reflects the importance that both departments place on joint working to meet the needs of this vulnerable group.</p><p>The Department of Health and the Department for Education have already established an Expert Working Group to consider how to improve the mental health and well-being of looked-after children, children adopted from care, care leavers and children leaving care under a special Guardianship Order or Child Arrangements Order. The Expert Working Group will include a focus on assessment and identification of mental health issues and difficulties.</p><p>The group, co-chaired by Professor Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London, and Alison O’Sullivan, former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, first met on 11 July 2016. Meeting notes, Terms of Reference and a work programme will shortly be available on the website of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (<a href="http://www.scie.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.scie.org.uk/</a>) which are co-ordinating the work of this group.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 42824 question first answered 19/07/2016 16:02:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536452

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
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	Lighting: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to include measures to protect and improve England's dark skies in the Government's 25-year plan for the natural environment.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	42828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to developing a long term, 25-year plan for the environment. Following the decision to leave the EU, we now have a fresh opportunity to shape a long-term vision for the type of environment we want in this country. As part of this we will be looking across the breadth of environmental challenges.</p><p>Developing our approach to the environment will need to be informed by significant input from interested parties across many sectors. Further information on the next steps and timings will be provided in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/07/2016 16:49:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

536470

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the recommendation of the Education Committee in its Fourth report of the 2015-16 Session, on Mental health and wellbeing of looked-after children that all looked-after children, should have a full mental health assessment carried out by a qualified mental health professional.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	42799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government response to the Education Committee report into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Looked-After Children is being jointly drafted by the Department of Health and Department for Education. Ministers in both departments are assessing the recommendations in their entirety, and the joint response, expected to be published after the summer recess, reflects the importance that both departments place on collaboration to meet the needs of this vulnerable group.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Department for Education have already established an Expert Working Group to consider how to improve the mental health and well-being of looked-after children, children adopted from care, care leavers and children leaving care under a special Guardianship Order or Child Arrangements Order. The Expert Working Group will include a focus on assessment and identification of mental health issues and difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>The group, co-chaired by Professor Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London, and Alison O’Sullivan, former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, first met on 11 July. Meeting notes, Terms of Reference and a work programme will shortly be available on the website of the Social Care Institute for Excellence</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.scie.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.scie.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>who are co-ordinating the work of this group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 42772 question first answered 19/07/2016 15:15:26 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536477

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors from EU countries work in hospitals in (a) Lancashire and (b) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	42819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>This information is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Medical and Dental staff and those staff with an European Union nationality working in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in the North West Health Education England (HEE) area and the Lancashire NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB) area as at 31 March 2016, full time equivalent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North West HEE Region</p></td><td><p>Lancashire NHSCB area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All staff</p></td><td><p>14,529</p></td><td><p>2,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU nationals (non-United Kingdom)</p></td><td><p>1,182</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 20/07/2016 13:26:15 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

536478

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when work on indicators recording a diagnosis of autism within the Health and Social Care Information Centre mental health services data set will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>As recommended by the independent Mental Health Taskforce, the Department is undertaking a five year plan for the development of mental health data to be published by the end of the year. The plan will set out future requirements and timings for developing data to inform pathways of care, which will include requirements for autism in the Health and Social Care Information Centre Mental Health Services Data Set. It is too early to say what form the work on indicators for autism diagnosis will take and how long this will take to complete.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 20/07/2016 13:34:28 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips