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852552

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Perinatal Mortality
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 plans to make available on the NHS a balloon-type device to prevent still-birth deaths.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	130550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Innovative healthcare interventions such as the Fetoscopic tracheal occlusion procedure must be thoroughly evaluated. Once such an evaluation has been completed the National Health Service will consider whether the intervention should become recommended practice.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/03/2018 15:30:58 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

837231

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	What steps her Department is taking to ensure that personal independence payment assessments are undertaken fairly and efficiently.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	903749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, objective assessments. The Department holds regular performance meetings with Assessment Providers at local and senior levels. Assessments are independently audited and Departmental clinicians periodically observe assessments. Both providers have increased personalised clinical support to all Health Professionals. PIP Assessment Providers cost less than 4% of the total annual benefit spend on PIP.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:25:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

837232

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the accuracy and efficiency of contracted-out health assessments for employment and support allowance and personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	903750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality, accurate assessments. We monitor assessment quality through independent audit. Decision Makers can return reports for rework/additional advice. A range of measures, including provider improvement plans, address performance falling below expected standards. We continually look to improve the assessment process.The performance expectations for PIP are that 97% of assessment reports are considered acceptable.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:32:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

837233

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	How many applicants for personal independence payment who appealed the initial assessment died between their initial assessment result and the date of their appeal.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	903751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally. Claims from people who are terminally ill are currently being dealt with in five working days on average and nearly all of them are successful.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/02/2018 17:36:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

837234

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the benefit freeze on trends in the level of child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	903752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>An Impact Assessment of the benefit freeze was published in 2015. Evidence shows that work is the best route out of poverty. Children in workless households are five times more likely to be in poverty than those in households where all adults were working. The Welfare Reforms such as the benefit freeze were designed to incentivise parents to choose to move into and progress in work.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/02/2018 17:43:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

837235

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Universal Credit: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the effect of changes to the level of universal credit work allowance on the number of people entering work.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	903755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The improved work incentives in Universal Credit result not just from work allowances, but also from the lower taper rates, the fact that a claimant does not need to claim in three places, and that data on earnings is received every month, meaning that a claimant’s Universal Credit adjusts automatically to their earnings. We expect to provide an updated assessment of the labour supply effects of Universal Credit as part of the full business case later in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/02/2018 17:49:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

834571

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that train operating companies pay compensation to passengers on delayed services for the full length of the journey being claimed for and not for part of that journey.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	126044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Rail passengers are more willing and able than ever to demand and get fair compensation if their train is late or cancelled, with over £73m paid out to successful claimants in 2016/17. This is an increase of 63.8% on the 2015/16 total of £44.9m.</p><p> </p><p>We want passengers to continue claiming the compensation they are entitled to, and we are working with train operating companies to improve current compensation arrangements, including through the roll-out of Delay Repay 15 across the network.</p><p> </p><p>However, if passengers do not feel they have been fairly compensated for delays and cancellations to their train journeys, they can ask Transport Focus, or London TravelWatch, who represent rail users, to look into their complaint.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/02/2018 13:33:20 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

834591

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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: Witham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, If she will make an estimate of the number of unemployed people claiming benefits in Witham constituency.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	903746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The claimant count in Witham was 530 in December 2017. This is a fall of over 800, or more than 60%, since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/02/2018 16:10:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

834597

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that Russian-UK dual nationals who are unable to renew their passport due to their Russian maiden name being on their UK passport and also unable to return to Russia to update their name on their Russian passport and return without a valid UK passport can renew their passports and be exempt from the single identity on a passport rule.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	126045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Dual nationals changing their name on a foreign passport must follow the rules and regulations of that country and HM Passport Office is unable to assist in the change of name process. In the absence of a British passport a Certificate of Right of Abode can be affixed to a foreign passport confirming the holders right to enter the UK without immigration restriction which will enable them to leave and re-enter the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2018 16:22:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

834598

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for the debate on leaving the EU of the arguments published by Marie Demetriou QC, Jessica Simor QC and Tim Ward QC stating that Article 50 can be rescinded.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	126046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government has consistently made clear that notification under Article 50 will not be withdrawn. The British people voted to leave the EU and the Government is committed to deliver on their instruction.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 06/02/2018 13:32:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake