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752095

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Child Maintenance Service on the methods that it uses to ensure that payments are made.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	5051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service introduced collection and enforcement fees to encourage parents to make a collaborative arrangement and incentivise compliance.</p><p> </p><p>If a paying parent fails to pay on time or in full, we aim to take immediate action to re-establish compliance. If necessary we can deduct on-going maintenance and arrears directly from earnings or from solely held bank accounts.</p><p> </p><p>We also have a range of other strong civil enforcement powers including seizing property, removal of driving licences and commitment to prison.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/07/2017 09:30:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

752096

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Child Maintenance Service requiring victims of domestic violence to give their bank details to former partners on the victims' safety and peace of mind; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	5050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service understands how important it is to ensure that the system works for everyone, including victims of domestic violence and abuse. But we do not believe that a history of domestic violence and abuse has to be a barrier to using the Child Maintenance direct pay service.</p><p> </p><p>When parents have a direct pay arrangement, caseworkers can act as an intermediary and pass information between parents, including bank details, so that the parents do not need to have any contact with each other.</p><p> </p><p>They will also provide information about how to set up a bank account with a centralised sort code, which means that it gives no indication of the possible location of the account holder. Parents can also choose to have the money paid into someone else’s account.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/07/2017 09:34:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

751335

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	Maryam Rajavi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy to allow Maryam Rajavi into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	4672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2014 the Supreme Court upheld the Home Secretary’s decision to maintain the exclusion of Maryam Rajavi.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/07/2017 11:26:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

749641

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Annington Homes
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 implications for the public purse of Annington's 2021 review of rents on the properties sold to it by his Department in 1996; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	3649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>I am unable to comment on the work currently under way to ensure any new housing contract proves better value for the Department as to do so would prejudice the Department's commercial interests. There is a break clause to allow for re-negotiation of the contract with Annington Homes Limited in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/07/2017 12:49:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

749348

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the size of the British Army; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	3380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>We will maintain the overall size of the Armed Forces, including an Army that is capable of fielding a war-fighting division.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/07/2017 12:55:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

749398

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: 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, when he last discussed alleged human rights abuses in Iran with his Iranian counterpart.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	3396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Iran's human rights record continues to be of serious concern; this is why we have designated it as one of our Human Rights Priority Countries.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary last discussed this issue when he met Foreign Minister Zarif in Munich in February. We will continue to raise concerns when appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2017 15:47:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

713542

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the development of decentralised renewable energies in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	68984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government has stepped up its efforts to play a leading role in improving energy access in developing countries through decentralised renewable energy programmes to help meet the basic energy needs of some of the poorest people in the world.</p><p>For example, our Results Based Financing programme is improving people’s access to modern energy in countries of Africa by speeding up and growing markets for businesses to deliver affordable energy to households.</p><p>Through the UK Government’s International Climate Finance we have so far improved energy access for 6.6 million people in developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/03/2017 14:52:46 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

713543

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will increase funding for the eradication of fuel poverty in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	68983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government plays a leading role in improving energy access in developing countries through decentralised renewable energy programmes to help meet the basic energy needs of some of the poorest people in the world.</p><p>For example, our Results Based Financing programme is improving people’s access to modern energy in countries of Africa by speeding up and growing markets for businesses to deliver affordable energy to households.</p><p>Through the UK Government’s International Climate Finance we have so far improved energy access for 6.6 million people in developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/03/2017 14:49:47 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

679038

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that NICE guidance on the commissioning of IVF treatment is implemented in each clinical commissioning group.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	61872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The availability of National Health Service funded in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) fertility treatment is a matter for local determination. In making decisions on the level of service provision, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) take account of the health care needs and priorities of their local population. They are also expected to take account of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline ‘Fertility: Assessment and treatment for people with fertility problems’.</p><p> </p><p>To support CCGs to effectively commission IVF services, the Department, NHS England, professional and stakeholder groups are working together to develop a benchmark price for IVF to ensure that CCGs get the best value for their money. Additionally, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has developed commissioning guidance to improve the quality of commissioning. NHS England has agreed to disseminate and promote the guidance to all CCGs in England.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 03/02/2017 14:48:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

679039

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lyme Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve diagnosis of Lyme disease.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	61873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) supports the National Health Service by issuing information leaflets for doctors on the recognition of the signs and symptoms of Lyme disease, holding general practitioner training days and worked to raise awareness, including on the distribution of the disease.</p><p> </p><p>Acute Lyme disease with an erythema migrans rash is primarily a clinical diagnosis. Public Health England reports data for reference laboratory confirmed cases. Cases confirmed by reference laboratory testing record only a referring laboratory address, not the originating centre therefore this data is not available by clinical commissioning group. Data on reference laboratory confirmed cases can be found in the PHE annual Zoonoses reports, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/zoonoses-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/zoonoses-reports</a></p><p> </p><p>Lyme disease is considerably more common in central Europe than in the United Kingdom, and the incidence varies by both country and region within each country. According to the World Health Organization, Central Europe and the Baltic States have the highest incidence. Germany is close to many of the high risk areas, so inherently has more cases. The German data also reports all clinically diagnosed cases based on the characteristic rash, and not the laboratory confirmed cases. The UK only reports laboratory confirmed cases and so the numbers in Germany would appear higher even without the higher risk of Lyme in that region.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 61874 61875 question first answered 03/02/2017 10:07:49 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins