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1220680

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether VAT will be charged on the value of goods imported in parcels into the UK from the EU using (a) Parcelforce and (b) other fast parcel services from January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	68745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2020 the Government announced that it would consult informally with stakeholders to explore options on the VAT treatment of imported goods. This includes consideration of direct imports and goods located in the UK at the time of sale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/07/2020 15:07:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1219603

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will make a comparative assessment of the effect of covid-19 on the BAME community in Scotland and England.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	903999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Both Public Health England and Public Health Scotland have published early analysis looking at the impact of COVID-19 on BAME Communities.</p><p> </p><p>There is much more work to do to understand what is driving these disparities and how the different risk factors interact, and we are absolutely determined to get to the bottom of this and find ways of closing that gap.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has committed to commission further research and Scottish Government have established a group on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes South answering member printed Iain Stewart question first answered 01/07/2020 14:53:59 answering member 4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1219880

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish further guidance for people on Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visas that have been extended to 31 July 2020 who may be unable to leave the UK by that date.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	67721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>There is not yet a date for when further guidance will be published on extensions beyond 31 July, as work is ongoing. The latest information can be found on GOV.UK at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</p><p>The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak. We recognise further adjustments are likely to be required to cater for all scenarios, and we are working through these to ensure people are not unduly affected by circumstances beyond their control.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/07/2020 08:53:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1219889

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government has taken to identify and protect children who may be at increased risk from safeguarding issues as a result of the covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	67722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>Ensuring that vulnerable children remain protected is a top priority for the government. From the outset, we asked schools to remain open for children who are vulnerable, as well as children of critical workers. This remains the case as some year groups return to school.</p><p>The government has provided an unprecedented package of support for vulnerable children, including:</p><ul><li>Over £3.2 billion so far, with a further £500 million announced on 2 July, bringing the total to £3.7 billion of additional funding to support local authorities in meeting COVID-19 related pressures, including on children’s services.</li><li>£1.6 million of funding for the NSPCC to help promote and expand their national UK helpline which provides advice and guidance and support to adults reporting safeguarding concerns. Since the start of the campaign on 4 May, the NSPCC helpline has seen the number of calls and emails grow by 66% and has made over 9,000 referrals, with one out of every 9 referrals going to emergency services such as the police and children’s social care.</li><li>The Adoption Support Fund – £8 million to help families under pressure as a result of the outbreak.</li><li>The Innovation Programme – more than £12 million for 14 projects tackling increased risk, for example from domestic violence and supporting teenagers at risk of exploitation.</li><li>See, Hear, Respond – £7 million partnership of national children’s charities and local organisations to provide targeted support to vulnerable children, young people and their families who are affected by COVID-19.</li><li>Laptops and tablets for children with social workers and care leavers to help them keep in touch with the services they need, as well as 4G internet devices for connecting to the internet. As of 30 June, over 200,000 laptops and tablets and over 47,000 4G wireless routers had been dispatched or delivered to local authorities and academy trusts.</li></ul><p>Our Regional Education and Care Teams are working with local authorities directly to ensure the systems and processes for maintaining contact with vulnerable children are robust in every local authority in England.</p><p>We have also made temporary legislative changes to help reduce pressure on the system and enable children's services to continue to support vulnerable children during these unprecedented times.</p><p>Our latest guidance on supporting vulnerable children and young people during the COVID-19 outbreak was updated on 1 July and is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-childrens-social-care-services" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-childrens-social-care-services</a>.</p><p>The department has issued a suite of guidance to help and support schools and colleges. This includes interim safeguarding guidance, which is clear that schools and colleges should revise their child protection policies to reflect new arrangements. The guidance sets out that it is important that all staff who interact with children, including online, continue to look out for signs a child may be at risk. The safeguarding guidance is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/safeguarding-and-remote-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/safeguarding-and-remote-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a>.</p><p>Schools and colleges should continue to have regard to statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education, as per their legislative duty or funding agreement requirements, or both.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 13/07/2020 16:34:35 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1218699

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the guidance entitled, Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel on the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees Overseas, and on the Passing and Receipt of Intelligence Relating to Detainees, was followed in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	66144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The Investigatory Powers Commissioner had statutory oversight of the Consolidated Guidance and reported on it annually to the Prime Minister. I refer the Honourable Member to section 10.19 of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s 2018 annual report where the (then) Commissioner explained why it was not appropriate to publish these details.</p><p>The Investigatory Powers Commissioner's 2018 Annual Report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ipco.org.uk/docs/IPCO%20Annual%20Report%202018%20final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ipco.org.uk/docs/IPCO%20Annual%20Report%202018%20final.pdf</a></p><p>The Government does not participate in, solicit, encourage or condone the use of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment for any purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 66145 66146 question first answered 02/07/2020 16:15:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1218700

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how times decision-making under the Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel on the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees Overseas, and on the Passing and Receipt of Intelligence Relating to Detainees, was escalated to a Minister in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	66145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The Investigatory Powers Commissioner had statutory oversight of the Consolidated Guidance and reported on it annually to the Prime Minister. I refer the Honourable Member to section 10.19 of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s 2018 annual report where the (then) Commissioner explained why it was not appropriate to publish these details.</p><p>The Investigatory Powers Commissioner's 2018 Annual Report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ipco.org.uk/docs/IPCO%20Annual%20Report%202018%20final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ipco.org.uk/docs/IPCO%20Annual%20Report%202018%20final.pdf</a></p><p>The Government does not participate in, solicit, encourage or condone the use of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment for any purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 66144 66146 question first answered 02/07/2020 16:15:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1218701

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the intelligence agencies informed the Investigatory Powers Commissioner of (a) instances of non-compliance with the Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel on the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees Overseas, and on the Passing and Receipt of Intelligence Relating to Detainees and (b) instances in which they did not identify that the Consolidated Guidance review process should have been followed, for the year 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	66146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The Investigatory Powers Commissioner had statutory oversight of the Consolidated Guidance and reported on it annually to the Prime Minister. I refer the Honourable Member to section 10.19 of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s 2018 annual report where the (then) Commissioner explained why it was not appropriate to publish these details.</p><p>The Investigatory Powers Commissioner's 2018 Annual Report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ipco.org.uk/docs/IPCO%20Annual%20Report%202018%20final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ipco.org.uk/docs/IPCO%20Annual%20Report%202018%20final.pdf</a></p><p>The Government does not participate in, solicit, encourage or condone the use of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment for any purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 66144 66145 question first answered 02/07/2020 16:15:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1218702

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
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	Autism: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 285039, what steps his Department is taking to reduce instances of suicide amongst people with autism.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	66147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The fourth progress report of the cross-Government suicide prevention strategy recognises autistic people as a high-risk group, and the NHS Long Term Plan reaffirms the National Health Service’s commitment to make suicide prevention a priority over the next decade. This Plan will see investment in all areas of the country by 2023/24 to support local suicide prevention plans and establish suicide bereavement support services.</p><p> </p><p>We are also revisiting the work to refresh the autism strategy, working closely with the Department for Education and other Government departments. As part of this work and as a key priority, we will consider what further action can be taken to support autistic children and young people to maintain good mental health and to prevent instances of suicide.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/07/2020 10:16:35 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 34403 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1218801

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's announcement on additional funding for school building repairs, if he will prioritise the upgrading of school changing rooms and sporting facilities (a) throughout England and (b) in Highgate Wood School in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency when allocating that funding.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	66151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>We are providing £560 million of additional condition funding for the school system this year to support essential maintenance projects. This comes on top of over £1.4 billion capital funding already provided for school maintenance in the financial year 2020-21. We will set out details of how the additional capital funding will be allocated shortly.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the condition funding already allocated this year, Highgate Wood Secondary School received £29,239 in Devolved Formula Capital funding to spend on its own capital priorities. Haringey local authority has also been allocated a School Condition Allocation of £2,959,147 to invest in condition priorities across its maintained schools, including Highgate Wood Secondary School. The school should discuss its needs with Haringey Council, so that they can be considered as part of local investment decisions.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/07/2020 16:17:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1218816

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Arrangements Orders: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that HM Courts and Tribunal Service respond to applications for courts to to enforce child Arrangement orders within a reasonable time frame during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	66152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service is working closely with the Judiciary and family justice agencies to ensure that urgent cases are prioritised. The greater use of audio and video technology for family hearings, where appropriate, has ensured that enforcement applications can continue to be heard.</p><p>How enforcement applications are dealt with is a judicial decision and the senior judiciary has issued the following guidance:</p><p><a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/coronavirus-crisis-guidance-on-compliance-with-family-court-child-arrangement-orders/" target="_blank">https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/coronavirus-crisis-guidance-on-compliance-with-family-court-child-arrangement-orders/</a></p> answering member constituency Stockton North answering member printed Alex Cunningham question first answered 07/07/2020 14:11:35 answering member 4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West