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846163

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Paternity Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has any plans to extend paid paternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not currently have any plans to extend the period of paid Paternity Leave.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the evaluation of Shared Parental Leave and Pay we are collecting information on the take up of paternity benefits, including survey data on the take up of paternity leave and pay, which will inform the development of policy in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/03/2018 11:21:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

846170

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2017 to Question 68339, on Parental Leave: Males, what the timetable is for his Department to publish the results of its review of Shared Parental Leave and Pay in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>We have started to evaluate the Shared Parental Leave and Pay schemes and will gather and analyse information from a variety of sources.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to the progress of data collection, we anticipate publishing findings in Spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/03/2018 11:23:20 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843552

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the waiting time for mental health assessment and therapy in (a) Lewisham borough, (b) London and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	127893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing waiting times for mental health therapies across England.</p><p> </p><p>Performance against Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) waiting time standards continues to improve and we are consistently exceeding the targets. According to the 2016-17 IAPT annual report, 98.2% of those people completing treatment waited less than 18 weeks for their treatment to start in England against a target of 95% and 87.5% of people completing treatment waited less than six weeks against a target of 75%.</p><p> </p><p>Updates on clinical commissioning group (CCG) performance against these targets, including for London and Lewisham, are published on the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health Dashboard at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/</a></p><p> </p><p>Lewisham Clinical Commissioning Group has taken action in response to an increase in IAPT waiting times and expects to see an improvement in performance towards the end of Quarter 4 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/02/2018 13:01:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843779

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights record of the Government of Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the full implementation of UN Human Rights Council Resolution 34/1, under which Sri Lanka committed to implement a range of measures to provide for human rights, truth-seeking, reconciliation, and devolution of political powers following the end of its civil war. I encouraged Foreign Minister Marapana to continue to make progress on these commitments when I met him in Colombo, in October 2017. Our High Commission in Sri Lanka regularly travel to the North and East (as did I to Jaffna during that visit) and meet with local groups, and where we have specific human rights concerns we raise these with the Sri Lankan government.</p><p>This year the UK will continue to encourage progress on human rights issues, including modern slavery, gender inequality, and reform of discriminatory laws.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/02/2018 15:54:18 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843780

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that the Sri Lankan Government observes UN Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is closely monitoring delivery of the commitments made by the Government of Sri Lanka under UN Human Rights Council Resolution 34/1 (which rolls over commitments under 30/1), in collaboration with the UN, international partners, Government of Sri Lanka and civil society.</p><p>During my visit to Colombo and Jaffna in October 2017 I discussed the importance of the Sri Lankan government meeting its obligations. Among these were establishing transitional justice mechanisms, including a credible accountability process for those most responsible for violations and abuses during Sri Lanka's civil war and the return of military held civilian land, particularly in the predominantly Tamil north and east.</p><p>The UK continues to support the Government of Sri Lanka in its efforts to promote reconciliation and human rights. And we anticipate making further representations on the publication this march of the UN Interim Report on the implementation of Resolution 34/1. The UK is also providing Sri Lanka with £6.6 million of Conflict, Stability and Security Fund funding over three years, to include support for police reform and training, reconciliation and peace building, and demining in the north of the country.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/02/2018 16:04:24 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843781

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Sri Lanka
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that arms sold to the Government of Sri Lanka are not used to perpetrate human rights violations in that country.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford to the answer I gave to my Hon. Friend for Welwyn Hatfield on 23 January 2018, UIN: 124349</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/02/2018 17:55:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843797

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February to Question 125982 with reference to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's recommendation that the Government reopen the Access to Elected Office Fund, what support she provides for people with disabilities who are seeking elected office.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 provides a number of protections for disabled people in situations including employment, education and the provision of goods and services.</p><p>Political parties are within the scope of the Act. They must make reasonable adjustments for disabled people to ensure that they are not put at a significant disadvantage in accessing membership, and associated rights and benefits when compared to people without disabilities.</p><p>This duty means that political parties are required to provide reasonable additional support to disabled candidates to ensure, so far as possible, that they have the same access as non-disabled candidates.</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission has recently launched a guide for political parties on their responsibilities under Equality Act 2010, which provides further information on their legal responsibilities. A link is below:</p><p><a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/equality-act-2010-guide-political-parties" target="_blank">https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/equality-act-2010-guide-political-parties</a></p><p>The Local Government Association has guidance on how disabled people can become councillors, a link to which is below:</p><p><a href="https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/be-councillor-guide-disab-e85.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/be-councillor-guide-disab-e85.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/02/2018 12:56:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843806

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the public sector pay cap on the recruitment and retention of staff in schools in (a) England, b) London and (c) Lewisham Deptford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The public sector pay cap is no longer in place and we have adopted a more flexible approach to public sector pay. The Department's remit letter to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) states that the STRB should utilise this flexibility to target the next pay award to promote recruitment and retention.</p><p> </p><p>The fundamental changes to teachers’ pay that have been introduced over the last four years, following the STRB’s recommendations, have given greater autonomy to schools to decide how to reward their staff. This increased flexibility helps schools to attract and retain the best teachers and to target any school-level recruitment and retention problems they may have, including addressing teacher shortages in specific subjects.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2018 16:49:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843895

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Israel: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recent arrest of Ahed Tamimi, if the Government will seek the establishment of an urgent independent investigation into allegations of ill-treatment of young people in Israel's military detention system.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Israel’s treatment of Palestinian minors in military detention remains a human rights priority for this Government. While we do not have plans to establish an investigation, we have repeatedly and publicly called on Israel to fulfil its international legal obligations. Israel should implement the protections and due process that children are entitled to under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Israel is a State Party. We continue to closely follow the case of Ahed Tamimi and, while it is ultimately a matter for the Israeli authorities, we have raised our concerns with the Israeli Ambassador to the UK and the Israeli Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/02/2018 17:36:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843962

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether non-EEA immigrants who have been issued an ancestry visa and already live and work in the UK will be affected by the planned increase in the immigration healthcare surcharge.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>Non-EEA migrants who have entered the UK via the ancestry route, will be affected by the proposed increase to the immigration health surcharge if they apply to extend their temporary stay after the increase has come into force. Migrants applying for indefinite leave to remain will continue to be exempt from the surcharge.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/02/2018 15:03:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft