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790067

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Iran: Baha'i Faith
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on the rate at which the Iranian Government has forced Baha'i shops and businesses to be sealed; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	113420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>​We are aware of reports that over 100 Baha'i owned shops and businesses were forced to close for observing Baha'i holy days and, in particular, for observing the bicentenary of the birth of Baha'u'llah earlier this year. Reports estimate that there have been over 1,170 incidents of economic suppression against Iranian Baha'is since 2005. The British Government calls on Iran to respect the rights and freedoms of all its citizens no matter what their religion or belief.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/11/2017 16:43:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

790068

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Iran: Baha'i Faith
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received reports on an increase in the number of expulsions of Baha'i university students in Iran since June 2017, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	113419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The treatment of the Baha'i community in Iran is of particular concern. This includes recent reports of an increased number of Baha'i students being expelled from university, as well as the denial of access to higher education for adherents of the Baha'i faith, and reports of students being forced to renounce their faith in order to further their education. The British Government supports the UN Special Rapporteur's assessment that discrimination against the Baha'i community in Iran is aggravated by lack of recognition for the Baha'i faith in the Iranian constitution. We call on Iran to respect the rights and freedoms of all its citizens no matter what their religion or belief.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/11/2017 16:41:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

790219

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Older Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made in implementing the Fuller Working Lives strategy since February; and whether statistics on the employment status of people over 50 years old will in future show the number of hours worked.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	113418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>There are more older people in work than ever before, 10 million; an increase of 1.4 million over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>DWP continues to work with business, stakeholders and other Departments to ensure everyone, Government, employers and individuals can adapt to the changing face of the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has expanded the Older Claimant Champion network in all 34 Jobcentre Plus districts. The Older Claimant Champions work collaboratively with over 11,000 work coaches and employer facing staff to raise the profile of older workers, highlight the benefits of employing older jobseekers and share best practice.</p><p> </p><p>DWP research into Jobcentre Plus provision for older claimants, published in February 2017, provided new evidence that older claimants found Jobcentre Plus support useful. Further analysis of Jobcentre Plus provision for older claimants is ongoing. DWP will publish an impact assessment and cost-benefit analysis of sector-based work academy provision and Work Experience for older claimants, in Spring 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2017, The Business In The Community: Age at Work leadership team, as Business Champion for Older Workers, published its first year’s report which detailed their ‘commit and publish’ campaign, encouraging employers to monitor the age profile of their workforce, and publish workforce age data, as well as commit to increasing the number of older workers that they employ.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2017, DWP published ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642157/economic-labour-market-status-of-individuals-aged-50-and-over-since-1950.pdf" target="_blank">Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time</a>’. These experimental Official Statistics provide analysis on the headline measures that the Government uses to monitor progress on Fuller Working Lives.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to include the number of hours worked in our Annual Official Statistics at present. The data on estimates of paid hours worked, weekly, hourly and annual earnings for UK employees by gender and full-time/part-time working by age group, are already publically available. They are published as part of the Office for National Statistics’ Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings statistical bulletin, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2017provisionaland2016revisedresults" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2017provisionaland2016revisedresults</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 10:32:03 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

786383

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on future immigration policy for nurses, midwives and other essential health workers.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	112107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets cabinet colleagues regularly to discuss numerous topics, including our exit from the European Union. The future of EU nationals is a top priority in the Brexit negotiations and we want their valued contribution to the National Health Service to continue.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has made it clear that after the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, we will have an immigration system that means the NHS and social care system are able to get the number of people they need, not just from the EU, but from all over the world.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/11/2017 11:02:11 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

786483

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that adequate numbers of essential healthcare staff will continue to be recruited after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	112105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department continues to closely monitor the overall staffing levels across the National Health Service and social care and are working closely with Health Education England, NHS England and others in the health and care system to understand the impact of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union on the health and care workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has set out a plan to attract and retain talented staff, backed by an additional £2 billion investment in the sector over the next three years, including initiatives to increase domestic training places for doctors and nurses.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Health has also made it clear that we will have an immigration system that means the NHS and social care system are able to get the number of people they need, from not just the EU, but from all over the world</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/11/2017 11:09:29 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

776885

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government will provide devolved administrations with increased funding to pay for lifting the cap on nursing pay in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	109218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>For 2018/19, we will no longer have an across-the-board policy of 1% basic pay awards. The detail of 2018/19 pay remits for specific pay review bodies, including the NHS Pay Review Body which makes recommendations on the pay award for nurses and other Agenda for Change staff, will be discussed and set out in due course. Any changes will need to be justified by evidence on recruitment and retention or by productivity gains. Departments, including the Department of Health, will continue to look at efficiency and value for money in their budgets. As health is devolved, it is for the Scottish Government to determine pay for National Health Service workers in Scotland. The Barnett Formula continues to operate normally, as per the Statement of Funding Policy.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 109219 109220 109221 question first answered 30/10/2017 10:12:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

776886

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the cap on nursing pay will be lifted for all nursing staff working in the NHS at bands 5 to 9.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	109219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>For 2018/19, we will no longer have an across-the-board policy of 1% basic pay awards. The detail of 2018/19 pay remits for specific pay review bodies, including the NHS Pay Review Body which makes recommendations on the pay award for nurses and other Agenda for Change staff, will be discussed and set out in due course. Any changes will need to be justified by evidence on recruitment and retention or by productivity gains. Departments, including the Department of Health, will continue to look at efficiency and value for money in their budgets. As health is devolved, it is for the Scottish Government to determine pay for National Health Service workers in Scotland. The Barnett Formula continues to operate normally, as per the Statement of Funding Policy.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 109218 109220 109221 question first answered 30/10/2017 10:12:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

776887

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the pay award for nursing staff in the NHS will be at a higher level than inflation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	109220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>For 2018/19, we will no longer have an across-the-board policy of 1% basic pay awards. The detail of 2018/19 pay remits for specific pay review bodies, including the NHS Pay Review Body which makes recommendations on the pay award for nurses and other Agenda for Change staff, will be discussed and set out in due course. Any changes will need to be justified by evidence on recruitment and retention or by productivity gains. Departments, including the Department of Health, will continue to look at efficiency and value for money in their budgets. As health is devolved, it is for the Scottish Government to determine pay for National Health Service workers in Scotland. The Barnett Formula continues to operate normally, as per the Statement of Funding Policy.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 109218 109219 109221 question first answered 30/10/2017 10:12:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

776888

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether additional funding will be made available to cover the increase in pay for nursing staff working in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	109221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>For 2018/19, we will no longer have an across-the-board policy of 1% basic pay awards. The detail of 2018/19 pay remits for specific pay review bodies, including the NHS Pay Review Body which makes recommendations on the pay award for nurses and other Agenda for Change staff, will be discussed and set out in due course. Any changes will need to be justified by evidence on recruitment and retention or by productivity gains. Departments, including the Department of Health, will continue to look at efficiency and value for money in their budgets. As health is devolved, it is for the Scottish Government to determine pay for National Health Service workers in Scotland. The Barnett Formula continues to operate normally, as per the Statement of Funding Policy.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 109218 109219 109220 question first answered 30/10/2017 10:12:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

779920

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on his Department's priorities after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	901482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Our exit from the EU is a time to look ahead with optimism – an opportunity to improve the delivery of investment and local growth across England. I am working with my colleagues across Government to make a resounding success of Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 30/10/2017 17:44:41 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day