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751409

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Finance
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 prevent funding reaching the UK which has originated in countries which have been identified as having funded extremism.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	4737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government laid a Written Ministerial Statement in both Houses on Wednesday 12 July, which conveyed the main findings of the Government’s review into the funding for Islamist extremist activity in the UK. The review was originally committed to by the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, in November 2015. The review produced a classified report.</p><p> </p><p>The Written Ministerial Statement conveys the mains findings of the review and the Government’s response. The single most important finding was that the most significant source of funding for Islamist extremism in the UK is small, private donations from UK-based individuals. Often these individuals do not appreciate the extremist credentials of those they are donating to. The Government’s response prioritises tackling the domestic sources of extremism but the Government is committed to tackling all sources, including from overseas. The Government will continue to work with its international partners to combat extremism and where necessary will raise issues of concern in our bilateral relationships. The Counter-Extremism Strategy sets out the Government’s plans for engaging internationally on extremism. The Charity Commission will be introducing a requirement on charities to declare overseas sources of funding to increase transparency in this area.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/07/2017 16:15:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

751412

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement, HCWS39, published on 12 July 2017, on extremism, to the governments of which countries she (a) has made and (b) plans to make representations on countering extremism and violent extremism.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	4736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government laid a Written Ministerial Statement in both Houses on Wednesday 12 July, which conveyed the main findings of the Government’s review into the funding for Islamist extremist activity in the UK. The statement confirms that the Government will continue to raise issues of concern through our bilateral relationships where there is evidence of support for extremism in the UK. The Charity Commission will also be introducing a requirement on charities to declare overseas sources of funding to increase transparency in this area.</p><p>The Government’s Counter-Extremism Strategy sets out its commitment to tackling extremism in all its forms, including engaging internationally to support our efforts to defeat extremism in the UK. This includes countering the flow of extremism to the UK, whether money, people or ideology; building international partnerships with all those opposed to extremism; and disrupting extremists from entering the UK. The Government engages with a wide range of international partners on these issues and supports implementation of the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism and the UN Global CT Strategy. We will continue to work closely with our partners to give further momentum to the UN’s efforts.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/07/2017 16:00:14 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

748217

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a report on the funding of extremist activities in the UK by foreign governments, entities or individuals.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	2977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to cut off the funding which fuels the evils of extremism in the UK. In November 2015, the Government commissioned a review into the funding of Islamist extremist activity in the UK, including any overseas sources. The review reported to the Home Secretary and Prime Minister in 2016 and it has improved the Government’s understanding of the nature, scale and sources of funding for Islamist extremism in the UK.</p><p>The Government has updated Parliament on the review’s main findings on Wednesday 12 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/07/2017 12:27:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746724

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Loneliness: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide guidance to local authorities on using Age UK's loneliness heat map to identify local needs.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>With the support of the Department of Health, the Campaign to End Loneliness developed a toolkit for Health and Wellbeing Boards to help them better understand, identify and commission interventions for the issue of loneliness in older age. This was published in 2013 and can be found here: <a href="http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/" target="_blank">http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/</a></p><p>In 2013-14, the Department of Health also added a measure of loneliness to the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework and to the updated Public Health Outcomes Framework. Local authorities can use this as guidance in identifying local needs.</p><p>There are various statutory requirements on local authorities to develop strategic planning documents. Local authorities are encouraged to make use of the best available data in developing these documents. Local authorities must also have regard to their public sector equality duty, which requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between different people when carrying out their activities.</p><p>The Housing White Paper set out two ways in which the planning system will be used to deliver more suitable homes for older and disabled people:</p><ul><li><p>Paragraph 1.16 confirmed the strengthening of the National Planning Policy Framework so that local planning authorities are expected to have clear policies for addressing the housing requirements of groups with particular needs, such as elderly and disabled people; and,</p></li><li><p>The Neighbourhood Planning Bill introduced a new statutory duty on the Secretary of State to produce guidance for local planning authorities on how their local development documents should meet the housing needs of older and disabled people. Guidance produced will place clearer expectations about planning to meet the needs of older people, including supporting the development of such homes near local services.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 1955 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:53:13 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746725

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he is providing to local authorities on incorporating loneliness reduction strategies in strategic planning.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>With the support of the Department of Health, the Campaign to End Loneliness developed a toolkit for Health and Wellbeing Boards to help them better understand, identify and commission interventions for the issue of loneliness in older age. This was published in 2013 and can be found here: <a href="http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/" target="_blank">http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/</a></p><p>In 2013-14, the Department of Health also added a measure of loneliness to the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework and to the updated Public Health Outcomes Framework. Local authorities can use this as guidance in identifying local needs.</p><p>There are various statutory requirements on local authorities to develop strategic planning documents. Local authorities are encouraged to make use of the best available data in developing these documents. Local authorities must also have regard to their public sector equality duty, which requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between different people when carrying out their activities.</p><p>The Housing White Paper set out two ways in which the planning system will be used to deliver more suitable homes for older and disabled people:</p><ul><li><p>Paragraph 1.16 confirmed the strengthening of the National Planning Policy Framework so that local planning authorities are expected to have clear policies for addressing the housing requirements of groups with particular needs, such as elderly and disabled people; and,</p></li><li><p>The Neighbourhood Planning Bill introduced a new statutory duty on the Secretary of State to produce guidance for local planning authorities on how their local development documents should meet the housing needs of older and disabled people. Guidance produced will place clearer expectations about planning to meet the needs of older people, including supporting the development of such homes near local services.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 1954 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:53:13 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746125

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Bahrain: Newspaper Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Bahrain on its decision to suspend indefinitely the newspaper Al Wasat.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>​The Bahraini Ministry of Interior suspended Al Wasat in June. We are monitoring the situation closely. Where we have concerns we raise them at an appropriate level with the Government of Bahrain.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/07/2017 13:30:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746127

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Bahrain: National Security
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 has provided technical assistance to the Bahrain National Security Agency.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>It is a long standing policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/07/2017 13:25:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746128

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Sayed Alwadaei
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Kingdom of Bahrain on the treatment of family members of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The British Government raises concerns about human rights with the Bahraini authorities in private and in public. We encourage the Government of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and our Embassy in Bahrain are monitoring this issue closely.</p><p>The Ministry of Interior Ombudsman has responsibility for investigating allegations of mistreatment in detention. We encourage all those with concerns about their treatment in detention to report these directly to the Ombudsman, and we urge the Ombudsman to carry out thorough investigations into any such allegations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/07/2017 13:28:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746182

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric congenital heart disease surgery cases there were in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2015-16; and how many of those cases in each time period resulted in a fatality.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Congenital Heart Disease Audit run by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) began collecting data in 2000-01 and at that stage the 2000-01 data was based on paediatric cases only. There are no reliable data from before that period.</p><p> </p><p>In 2000-01 there were 4,105 paediatric surgical procedures and 227 deaths had occurred by 30 days after surgery.</p><p> </p><p>NICOR have provided the following breakdown of 2013-16 procedures which is due to be published in full later this month.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013-16 there were 32,033 procedures and 663 deaths had occurred at 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>Of these, 22,930 were paediatric procedures and of that total 570 deaths had occurred at 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>The Audit reports on three years’ figures due to the relatively small number of cases involved with a large number of different procedures, and in order to minimise the risk of identifying individuals.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 1784 question first answered 06/07/2017 14:49:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746183

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many congenital heart disease surgery cases there were in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2015-16; and how many of those cases in each time period resulted in a fatality.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Congenital Heart Disease Audit run by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) began collecting data in 2000-01 and at that stage the 2000-01 data was based on paediatric cases only. There are no reliable data from before that period.</p><p> </p><p>In 2000-01 there were 4,105 paediatric surgical procedures and 227 deaths had occurred by 30 days after surgery.</p><p> </p><p>NICOR have provided the following breakdown of 2013-16 procedures which is due to be published in full later this month.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013-16 there were 32,033 procedures and 663 deaths had occurred at 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>Of these, 22,930 were paediatric procedures and of that total 570 deaths had occurred at 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>The Audit reports on three years’ figures due to the relatively small number of cases involved with a large number of different procedures, and in order to minimise the risk of identifying individuals.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 1783 question first answered 06/07/2017 14:49:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake