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1064774

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Pets: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to publish further guidance on pet travel to Europe after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	224490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Whatever the outcome of negotiations, when the UK leaves the EU, owners of pet dogs, cats and ferrets will be able to continue to travel to the EU with their pets but there may be changes to the system.</p><p> </p><p>We want owners to continue to be able to travel with their animals with the minimum of disruption, whilst maintaining our high biosecurity and welfare standards. However, it’s our duty as a responsible Government to prepare for all eventualities, including a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 November 2018, Defra published guidance on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pet-travel-to-europe-after-brexit" target="_blank">Pet Travel to Europe after Brexit</a> in preparation for the possibility of leaving the EU without a deal. The guidance also contains advice on the documents and health preparation required for pets to return to the UK from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to keep this guidance up to date as the arrangements that allow pet owners to travel to and from the EU with pets after the UK leaves the EU are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/02/2019 16:52:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1064020

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Secure Psychiatric Units: Private Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2019 to Question 219481 on Secure Psychiatric Units, how many secure unit hospital services in England are run by private health care companies.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	223218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Adult secure learning disability and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) services are provided by a range of organisations, including National Health Service and independent sector providers. The term ‘independent sector’ covers both private and charitable organisations.</p><p> </p><p>All high secure services in England, including those for people with learning disabilities, are provided by NHS providers. There are currently six independent sector providers of adult medium and low secure learning disability and/or ASD services in England, delivering services through 14 units.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/02/2019 17:43:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1064023

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food Supply: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assurances his Department has provided to the Scottish Government on the prevention of food shortages in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	223221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Defra officials have been working closely with Scottish Government officials, and officials from all Devolved Administrations, on contingency planning for a no deal scenario, including considering potential impacts on the food sector. The UK has a high degree of food security, built on access to a range of sources including strong domestic production and imports from other countries. This will continue to be the case whether we leave the European Union with or without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also has well established ways of working with the food industry, including Defra’s long established Food Chain Emergency Liaison Group (FCELG), which allows Government and industry to work together to plan for and respond to any food supply disruption. This industry group’s membership is drawn from across the agri-food chain sector and includes other relevant government departments and Devolved Administrations including the Scottish Government. This group is meeting monthly to support preparations for leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/02/2019 17:08:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1064024

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential requirement for a fair and controlled food distribution system in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	223222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is preparing for all eventualities including leaving the European Union without a deal. Extensive work to prepare for a ‘no deal’ scenario has been under way for the last two years to ensure the country continues to operate as smoothly as possible from the day we leave.</p><p>The UK has a high degree of food security, built on access to a range of sources including strong domestic production and imports from other countries. This will continue to be the case whether we leave the European Union with or without a deal. The Government has well established ways of working with the food industry on food supply chain issues, and food distribution, and we are using these to support preparations for leaving the EU. This includes working with Defra’s long established Food Chain Emergency Liaison Group (FCELG), which allows Government and industry to work together to plan for and respond to any food supply disruption. This industry group’s membership is drawn from across the agri-food chain sector and includes other relevant government departments, Devolved Administrations and agencies.</p><p>Defra will continue to work closely with food industry stakeholders to understand the impacts of a no deal scenario on the food and drink industry, as well as the contingency planning measures being taken by industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/02/2019 16:07:45 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1060570

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the age limit for priority cases for access to the Veterans UK Armed Forces Compensation Scheme has been set at 90 years of age.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	220940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>There is no age-based priority afforded to claimants under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. This is because the rules of the Scheme normally require a claim to be submitted within seven years of an illness or injury attributable to Service occurring.</p><p>As there are no time limitations attached to when a claim can be made under the War Pension Scheme, priority is afforded to claimants aged 90 or over in recognition of their advanced age, thereby allowing compensation claims to be completed as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 220941 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:57:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1060571

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of lowering the age limit for priority cases for the Veterans UK Armed Forces Compensation Scheme from 90 years of age.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	220941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>There is no age-based priority afforded to claimants under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. This is because the rules of the Scheme normally require a claim to be submitted within seven years of an illness or injury attributable to Service occurring.</p><p>As there are no time limitations attached to when a claim can be made under the War Pension Scheme, priority is afforded to claimants aged 90 or over in recognition of their advanced age, thereby allowing compensation claims to be completed as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 220940 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:57:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1060626

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what costs are incurred by people contacting the dedicated telephone advice service for the EU Settlement Scheme using (a) mobile phones and (b) landlines.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	220942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will not charge for this service although calls to the Settle-ment Resolution Centre from within the UK will cost the same as dialling any 01 or 02 number. This can be up to 10p per minute from a UK landline and between 3p to 40p from a mobile, depending upon the provider. Applicants may get free calls to some numbers as part of their call package. We also have an 02 number available for those calling from overseas.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220943 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:45:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1060630

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the dedicated telephone advice service for the EU Settlement Scheme a freephone service for all those calling from UK phone numbers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	220943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will not charge for this service although calls to the Settle-ment Resolution Centre from within the UK will cost the same as dialling any 01 or 02 number. This can be up to 10p per minute from a UK landline and between 3p to 40p from a mobile, depending upon the provider. Applicants may get free calls to some numbers as part of their call package. We also have an 02 number available for those calling from overseas.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220942 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:45:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1059736

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Secure Psychiatric Units: Autism and Learning disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on closing secure health care units for people with autism and learning difficulties of the proposed opening by Elysium Healthcare of five new such units in England.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	220278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to reducing the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are inpatients in hospital, reducing the length of time those admitted spend there, and enhancing the quality of both hospital and community settings.</p><p> </p><p>Some people will continue to need access to time limited inpatient services for assessment of their needs and treatment where this is appropriate. In such circumstances, it is for National Health Service commissioners to take decisions on which providers to commission services from. Our position is that patients should receive the best possible service and outcomes irrespective of which organisation provides it.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/02/2019 17:56:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1058934

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Secure Psychiatric Units: Autism and Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with (a) autism and (b) learning disabilities are being held in secure hospital units in England.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	219481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Assuring Transformation (AT) dataset provides data on the numbers of people with learning disability and/or autism receiving inpatient care commissioned by the National Health Service in England.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows patient numbers in secure units by diagnosis, with data taken from the most recent AT publication which uses December 2018 data.</p><p> </p><p>Patients by diagnosis as of December 2018</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Number of patients</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning disability only</p></td><td><p>655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autism only</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning disability and autism</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>None of the above</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics - Data from the Assuring Transformation Collection, December 2018 (NHS Digital)</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/02/2019 17:50:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady