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540012

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date	19/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she plans to ensure that the early years workforce strategy encourages the recruitment and retention of early years teachers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	43466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of the Early Years workforce in improving quality and delivering better outcomes for children. That is why we are committed to publishing an Early Years workforce strategy. The strategy will set out how we will help to remove barriers to attracting, retaining and developing staff. As part of the strategy, we will look at the barriers to increasing the number of graduates in the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The Government currently delivers Early Years initial teacher training places, funds eligible graduates to undertake training and also provides student bursaries. Information about training routes is available from the Get into Teaching site: <a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/07/2016 13:49:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

540070

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the application process for refugee family reunion.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	43356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>Customer service is a key priority for UK Visas and Immigration, and the efficiency and effectiveness of the visa application process is kept under regular review, including by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. Customers now apply and pay online in addition to being able to make appointments to submit their documents and biometrics at visa application centres in over 200 locations around the world.</p><p>The published service standard for resolving refugee family reunion applications is within 12 weeks, or 60 working days. Where an application is complex and likely to take longer than the advertised processing times, UKVI will contact the applicant to inform them of this. The average processing time for 2015 was 40 days.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/07/2016 13:56:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

540071

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce community-based alternatives to immigration detention for pregnant women released from immigration removal centres under section 60 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	43325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office has issued guidance to Immigration Enforcement caseworkers, enforcement officers and Border Force officers on the application of section 60 of the Immigration Act 2016. This was published on GOV.UK on 12 July, and includes monitoring tools to track the detention of pregnant women.</p><p>It is already the case that the majority of individuals liable to be detained at any one time are not actually detained but are managed in the community through the grant of temporary admission or temporary release on bail. This includes pregnant women, whose detention is now subject to the further restrictions imposed by section 60 of the 2016 Act.</p><p>Pregnant women who are to be released from detention, but who remain liable to be detained, will be granted temporary admission or temporary release with appropriate reporting and/or residence restrictions. Pregnant women have access to the Home Office Voluntary Departures Service.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 43324 question first answered 27/07/2016 13:52:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

540072

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the application of section 60 of the Immigration Act 2016, on limitation on detention of pregnant women.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	43324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office has issued guidance to Immigration Enforcement caseworkers, enforcement officers and Border Force officers on the application of section 60 of the Immigration Act 2016. This was published on GOV.UK on 12 July, and includes monitoring tools to track the detention of pregnant women.</p><p>It is already the case that the majority of individuals liable to be detained at any one time are not actually detained but are managed in the community through the grant of temporary admission or temporary release on bail. This includes pregnant women, whose detention is now subject to the further restrictions imposed by section 60 of the 2016 Act.</p><p>Pregnant women who are to be released from detention, but who remain liable to be detained, will be granted temporary admission or temporary release with appropriate reporting and/or residence restrictions. Pregnant women have access to the Home Office Voluntary Departures Service.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 43325 question first answered 27/07/2016 13:52:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

536683

registered interest
date	15/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	42878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The previous Government signed the Istanbul Convention to show the strong commitment it placed on tackling violence against women and girls and this Government remains committed to ratifying it.</p><p>The UK already complies with the vast majority of the Convention’s articles but further amendments to domestic law, to take extra-territorial jurisdiction over a range of offences (as required by Article 44), are necessary before the Convention can be ratified. We are currently considering the approach to implementing the extra-territorial jurisdiction requirements in England and Wales and will seek to legislate when the approach is agreed and Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/07/2016 12:50:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

536684

registered interest
date	15/07/2016
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	France: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart about the attack in Nice on 14 July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	42882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2016 answer text The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), spoke to French Foreign Minister Ayrault on 16 July, and again at the Foreign Affairs Council on 18 July, to offer his condolences for the appalling loss of life in Nice and to stress that the UK will stand shoulder to shoulder with France following this tragedy. We are determined that our close co-operation will continue and the Foreign Secretary offered UK support and assistance to France to help counter the threat of terrorism. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/08/2016 15:41:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan previous answer version 7701 answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

536703

registered interest
date	15/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the consequences are for the security situation in the UK of the attack in Nice on 14 July 2016; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	42879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the Home Secretary’s statement which she delivered to Parliament on 18 July. The statement can be found here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-18/debates/16071818000002/TerroristAttackNice</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/07/2016 11:36:30 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

536299

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child refugees have been accepted by the UK under the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	42722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to bringing vulnerable unaccompanied refugee children from Europe to the UK, in accordance with the Immigration Act 2016. Over 20 children who meet the criteria in the Act have been accepted for transfer from Europe since Royal Assent, the majority of who have already arrived in the UK.</p><p>We are in active discussions with the UNHCR, UNICEF and NGOs, in addition to the Italian, Greek and French governments, to strengthen and speed up mechanisms to identify, assess and transfer children who meet the criteria to come to the UK where this in their best interests.</p><p>As is required by the Immigration Act 2016, we are consulting with local authorities to confirm available capacity and to ensure appropriate support systems are in place.</p><p>We cannot put a fixed number on arrivals at this point. The legislation is clear that consultation with local authorities is needed before any figure is set. It is vital that their capacity and ability to help is taken into account. We must also ensure that we are able to continue to fulfil our obligations to children who are already in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/07/2016 09:16:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

536304

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been brought against companies which have failed to pay the national minimum wage in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	42723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The majority of employers identified as paying below National Minimum Wage pay arrears on receipt of a formal Notice of Underpayment. Employers are charged penalties of up to 200% of the arrears due and‎ considered by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for naming. This provides the most effective resolution for those who have been underpaid and helps ensure the arrears due to them are paid. In line with the prosecution policy set out by BEIS, criminal investigations are reserved for the most serious cases. The number of cases brought for prosecution for non-compliance in each of the last five years is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cases brought for prosecution</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Each case resulted in conviction. There has been one further successful prosecution to date in 2016/17. During the last year, HM Revenue and Customs have also set up a specialist enforcement team to investigate serious non-compliance and identify the worst offenders for possible criminal investigation. The team works closely with other agencies to tackle labour market abuse and serious worker exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/07/2016 15:42:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

535543

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
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 he expects to (a) issue the local authority self-assessment questionnaire on implementation of the adult autism strategy, (b) receive all responses from local authorities and (c) publish the results of the questionnaire.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	42563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The fourth local authority self-assessment questionnaire on implementation of the adult autism strategy is expected to be issued under a joint letter from the Department and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, to Directors of Adult Social Services, before the end of July. This is with the aim of receiving responses by 17 October 2016. As with previous exercises, Public Health England will collate and analyse the data received and publish full results and all the individual responses. An exact date for publication has not yet been set but this is likely to happen in the period February to March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 18/07/2016 16:21:52 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West