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756858

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons Access to Work claim handlers make separate payments to customers who have multiple such allowances rather than making a single payment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>We have interpreted this question to relate to the current process for making payments to customers.</p><p> </p><p>At present, once an award has been agreed, individual costs are reimbursed retrospectively rather than a single lump sum payment being issued in advance.</p><p> </p><p>We recently conducted a voluntary trial of a cash ‘Personal Budget’ model for Access to Work awards, which tested the response of Access to Work users to more direct control of their awards. We are using evidence from this trial to develop a further trial of personal budgets which we intend to launch shortly.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 12:00:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

754823

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	6376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The safeguarding strategy on unaccompanied and refugee children will be published this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2017 12:26:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

720957

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how the requirement for a cultural fit for prospective contractors will be linked to the subject matter of the contract.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	70981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Birmingham, Ladywood to the answer I gave to the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire on 7 March 2017, UIN: 66362.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2017 15:43:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

720959

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what basis the requirement for a cultural fit for prospective contractors will be judged.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	70982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Birmingham, Ladywood to the answer I gave to the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire on 7 March 2017, UIN:66362.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2017 15:46:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

715706

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is any regional variation in the frequency of police cells being used as places of safety for people detained under section 135 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	69987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>Data on the use of police stations as places of safety for people detained under section 135 of the Mental Health Act 1983 are not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office began collecting mandatory data on detentions under section 135 of the 1983 Act in April 2016 as part of the Home Office Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office intends to publish these data as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures’ statistical bulletin in Autumn 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Code of Practice for the 1983 Act recommends a planned decision on the individual’s destination, and therefore it should almost never be necessary to use a police station as a place of safety for people removed under section 135.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 19/04/2017 16:42:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

714158

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU readmission agreements contain clauses regarding the return of third country nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	69161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>All of the European Union Readmission Agreements contain clauses to return third country nationals. The agreements are available at: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/irregular-migration-return-policy/return-readmission_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/irregular-migration-return-policy/return-readmission_en</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2017 13:05:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

714165

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has EU readmission agreements.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	69168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK participates in 14 EU Readmission Agreements with: Albania, Russia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Macao, Ukraine, Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Moldova and Georgia.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2017 13:07:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

710865

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what disciplinary actions may be taken against medical professionals who raise concerns on standards.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	67712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>No disciplinary action should be taken against medical professionals for raising concerns about standards. In doing so, individuals are protected under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/03/2017 16:14:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

711002

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate enforced deportation to a third country.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	67970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK has a number of agreements with other countries to facilitate the removal and deportation of those with no right to remain in the UK. The Dublin III Regulation is EU law that enables transfer of asylum seekers to other participating States in Europe who are responsible for examining the claim. The UK participates in 14 EU Readmission Agreements, some of which contain clauses to return third country nationals, meaning individuals who are not a national of that country. Returns to other countries may also be on a case by case basis with the consent of the third country.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/03/2017 14:52:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

709003

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reforms to whistleblowing procedures in the NHS have been made since the Freedom to speak up report was published in February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	66878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Freedom to speak up report the Department has introduced a number of changes to help create a culture in the National Health Service where staff feel able to raise concerns and that those concerns are acted on without reprisal.</p><p> </p><p>These changes include the introduction of a National Guardian for whistleblowing based in the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The National Guardian leads and supports a network of individuals within NHS trusts appointed as 'local freedom to speak up guardians'. The National Guardian will offer advice, share good practice, report on national or common themes, and identify any barriers that are preventing the NHS from having a truly safe and open culture.</p><p> </p><p>Local Guardians are being appointed across the NHS to act in a genuinely independent capacity and are the first point of call for individuals who do not feel that their concerns are being dealt with appropriately through the usual systems. They will provide advice and support to staff about raising and handling concerns, and also to the trust’s Chief Executive and Board.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also strengthening protection for whistle-blowers in legislation:</p><p> </p><p>- Putting in place regulations which prohibit discrimination against whistle-blowers (or applicants believed by the prospective employer to have been whistle-blowers) when they apply for jobs with prescribed NHS employers by summer 2017, subject to the parliamentary timetable.</p><p> </p><p>- Imposing a duty on prescribed persons (such as the CQC and the professional regulatory bodies) to report annually on whistleblowing disclosures made to them.</p><p> </p><p>- The Government has extended the definition of ‘worker’ within the whistleblowing statutory framework in the Employment Rights Act 1996 to include student nurses and student midwives, meaning those people are now afforded protection under the Public Interest Disclosure Act; our intention is to extend the definition further to include other healthcare students in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has introduced a statutory duty of candour which applies to organisations that are registered with the CQC. It is designed to foster an open culture throughout the organisation, and providers are accountable to the CQC for meeting the duty of candour. Providers of care are expected to implement the new duty of candour through staff across their organisations - including educating, training and, if needs be, disciplining their staff appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>Also a new Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) will become fully established by April 2017 and will investigate some of the most serious patient safety incidents each year to generate lessons that will make NHS treatment and care safer. HSIB will implement the principle of ‘safe space’; evidence submitted to safety investigations will be given entirely in confidence, such that staff will be able to speak up where things have gone wrong.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/03/2017 14:36:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood