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1176702

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of online live-streaming of the sexual exploitation of children that originates from (a) the UK and (b) other countries.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	13537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government set out in the Serious Organised Crime Strategy 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-and-organised-crime-strategy-2018 that companies must be at the forefront of efforts to deny offenders access to children and child sexual abuse material via their platforms and services, and that a priority area is to stop the live streaming of child sexual abuse.</p><p>The National Crime Agency’s National Strategic Assessment 2018 <a href="https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/173-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2018" target="_blank"> https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/173-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2018/file</a>described self-broadcast live-streaming as a growing concern, with 1 in 8 teens having broadcast on Instagram and 1 in 10 on Facebook. Children were then being coerced and extorted into streaming child abuse content. Such images can be harvested and redistributed leading to blackmail and extortion for further images. The NCA has assessed in the National Strategic Assessment 2019 <a href="https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/296-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-organised-crime-2019/file" target="_blank">https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/296-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-organised-crime-2019/file</a> that livestreaming is a key threat, with some UK offenders paying overseas facilitators to abuse children.</p><p>The 2019 WePROTECT Global Alliance global threat assessment <a href="http://www2.paconsulting.com/rs/526-HZE-833/images/WePROTECT%202019%20Global%20Threat%20Assessment%20%28FINAL%29.pdf" target="_blank">global threat assessment</a> <a href="http://www2.paconsulting.com/rs/526-HZE-833/images/WePROTECT%202019%20Global%20Threat%20Assessment%20%28FINAL%29.pdf%20" target="_blank">http://www2.paconsulting.com/rs/526-HZE-833/images/WePROTECT%202019%20Global%20Threat%20Assessment%20%28FINAL%29.pdf </a>on demonstrates the nature, scale and complexity of online child sexual exploitation and abuse. The assessment outlined that technology increasingly enables the live streaming of child sexual abuse material.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/03/2020 19:09:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1175357

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of recording veteran suicides on improving the provision of support to at-risk veterans.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	900557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>I am always sorry to learn of veterans taking their own lives and I am willing to meet widows with the aim of better understanding the circumstances that lead to suicide to facilitate better targeted interventions and how we can prevent further losses. Suicide is a complicated issue and a tragedy for the families and friends left behind.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 03/02/2020 17:28:34 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1175529

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on compensation for people who lost money due to the closure of Equitable Life.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	11545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p><p>However, on the topic of compensation and the Equitable Life Payment Scheme, I would refer the Hon Member for Portsmouth South to the answer I gave on 13 January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/02/2020 15:30:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1175532

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government will take steps to meet the terms of the UN General Assembly resolution on the future of the Chagos Islands.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	11685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The UN General Assembly (GA) resolution relates to an Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). Neither the ICJ Advisory Opinion nor the UN GA resolution are legally binding. We have no doubt about our sovereignty over the territory of BIOT, which has been under continuous British sovereignty since 1814. We have, however, made a long-standing commitment to cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius when it is no longer required for defence purposes. We stand by that commitment.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/02/2020 16:27:17 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1175538

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	Homelessness
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 timetable is for conclusion of the review of the Vagrancy Act 1824.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	11550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The cross-Government Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August 2018, committed to reviewing homelessness and rough sleeping legislation, including the Vagrancy Act 1824 by March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 11/02/2020 15:47:37 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1175551

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	NHS: Staff
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 allocate adequate funding to support the effective delivery of the recommendations of the final NHS People Plan.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	11554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>Health Education England’s budget for 2020/21 includes a £60 million allocation to take forward actions from the interim NHS People Plan. Further investment decisions will be dependent on the up-coming Spending Review and based on the final NHS People Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/02/2020 13:00:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1175553

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	Prescriptions: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to amend the NHS prescription form to include a box to indicate whether a free prescription can be claimed by a universal credit claimant.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	11555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The new FP10 National Health Service prescription form, which includes a tick box for Universal Credit claimants who meet the criteria for free prescriptions, is now being printed and distributed to the NHS.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/02/2020 12:12:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1175554

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	Pensions: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which nations the UK has reciprocal pensions agreements with; when those agreements were signed; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	11556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK has reciprocal social security agreements covering pensions with the countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) listed in the table below. Social security and pension rights for people who have moved between the UK and the EEA countries and Switzerland are regulated by the EU social security coordination regulations. These regulations will remain in force until the end of the transition period, and will continue to apply after that period for individuals in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p /><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of Signature</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>7 January 1992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>13 October 1969 (London) 23 October 1969 (Hamilton)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1 February 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>25 April 1957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>12 November 1996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>22 April 1981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>1 November 1983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Philippines</p></td><td><p>27 February 1985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>9 September 1959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>USA</p></td><td><p>13 February 1984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Former Yugoslavia<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>24 May 1958</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup> The agreement with Ireland maintains the social security and pensions rights associated with the Common Travel Area after the UK’s exit from the EU.</p><p><sup>2</sup> The agreement with Yugoslavia continues to be applied bilaterally, and with their consent, to the now separate republics – Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/02/2020 12:41:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1175555

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	State Retirement Pensions: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with the Ministry of Defence on the effect on veterans of the freeze on pensions for UK citizens living overseas.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	11557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence have not raised the issue of frozen pensions for UK citizens living overseas with the Department for Work and Pensions. Therefore, no discussions have taken place between the two departments on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/02/2020 17:17:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1175556

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
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	Pensions: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when (a) she and (b) her officials last discussed reciprocal pensions agreements with their counterparts in (i) individual EU member states, (ii) Canada and (iii) Australia.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	11558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has agreed reciprocal social security arrangements for those covered by the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made clear that it intends to discuss social security coordination in the upcoming negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions took place with Ireland in 2018 in the context of our commitment to maintain the rights associated with the Common Travel Area after the UK’s exit from the EU. This led to the signing of a reciprocal social security agreement on 1 February 2019, protecting the social security benefit and pension rights of UK and Irish nationals living and/or working in either state. The agreement will come into force on 1 January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent discussions with Canada and Australia on reciprocal pension agreements.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/02/2020 17:17:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor