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1056569

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date	07/02/2019
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	Domestic Abuse: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to support women who have experienced domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	909067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>On 21 January we published a draft Domestic Abuse Bill, which includes a ground-breaking series of measures to promote awareness, support victims, tackle perpetrators and improve services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also published a package of non-legislative actions that will see further support for children affected by domestic abuse, the elderly, disabled, male and migrant victims and those in the LGBTQ community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ending domestic abuse remains an absolute priority for this government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 16:03:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

1056570

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	Family Planning: Clinics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps the Government has taken to ensure the safety of women using family planning clinics.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	909068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>No-one should feel harassed or be intimidated simply for exercising their legal right to healthcare advice and treatment. We recognise that anti-abortion protests outside clinics can leave patients distressed. The steps that the Government is taking to support women who are affected in this way are set out in the Written Ministerial Statement my Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary, issued on 13 September 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 16:04:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1056571

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	Sexual Harassment: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to tackle sexual harassment at work.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	909070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government strongly condemns sexual harassment in the workplace, and is committed to seeing it end.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult this summer to ensure legal protections against workplace harassment are robust, and we are working with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a new code of practice to ensure that employers are clear on their responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 16:04:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1055726

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to change the time limit on the entitlement of UK citizens living overseas to register to vote in UK parliamentary elections.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	909034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text British citizens living abroad retain strong links with the United Kingdom, no matter how far they have travelled.<p>The Government is supporting the Member for Montgomeryshire’s Private Member’s Bill on Overseas Electors which delivers our manifesto commitment to introduce votes for life.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/02/2019 15:18:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

1055727

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department has taken to prepare for the UK's voluntary national review of the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	909036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>We are actively supporting preparations for the UK voluntary national review.</p><p>Cabinet Office officials are working with DFID and other departments across government to ensure that the review fully demonstrates the UK’s domestic and international activity.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/02/2019 15:05:32 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1054900

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will make it his policy to return the probation service to the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	909006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that probation needs to improve and have taken decisive action to end current CRC contracts and develop more robust arrangements to protect the public and tackle re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>We have seen examples of good and innovative work from CRCs. In Cumbria, adapting probation to a rural setting and in London, working with the Mayor’s Office on programmes to rehabilitate offenders involved in knife crime.</p><p> </p><p>I still believe that public, private and voluntary organisations all have a role to play. The reforms we are making are crucial to better integrate the system so that different providers can work more effectively together. We will set out our proposals later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/02/2019 17:24:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1054903

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the performance of prison contractors.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	909007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Several privately managed prisons are among some of the highest performing prisons across the estate; these include HMP Oakwood, HMP Bronzefield, HMP Dovegate and HMP Ashfield.</p><p> </p><p>As well as contractual performance indicators, privately managed prisons are subject to the Prison Performance Tool. These annual ratings are published on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>Privately managed prison providers achieve the majority of their contractual targets, and their performance is closely monitored by the robust contract management processes in place.</p><p> </p><p>Each privately managed prison has an on-site Controller, employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against performance indicators.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/02/2019 17:25:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1054327

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Cycleways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated capital cost of adding a cycleway to the route of HS2 Phase 1.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL13383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken an estimate of the capital cost of adding a cycleway along the entire route of HS2 Phase One.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published a national cycleway feasibility study associated with HS2 on the 18th October 2018 which identified a range of possible cycling routes and networks near to and around the route of HS2.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/02/2019 14:55:37 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1054347

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are reducing the RAF air fleet in Iraq and North-East Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Tornado will retire, as planned, in March 2019 after a long and illustrious contribution to British combat air power. A full range of ground attack capabilities have now been integrated onto the Typhoon aircraft under Project Centurion. Consequently, Tornado has been withdrawn from Operation Shader, handing over operations to Typhoon, with no reduction in the capability or effectiveness of the RAF's contribution to the Global Coalition against Daesh. As counter-Daesh operations evolve, we will keep our operational capability to meet the threat under review.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/02/2019 16:19:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1054560

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Agriculture: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the paper entitled The UK future skills-based immigration system, published by the Home Office on 19 December 2018, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the recently announced skills-based immigration system on (a) the food and farming sector and (b) the UK’s security of food supply.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	216166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>It is a priority of this Government to enable an innovative, productive and competitive food supply chain.</p><p>Whilst the UK prepares to leave the EU, Defra is working closely with the Home Office to ensure that there is a long term strategy for the food and farming workforce as part of the future immigration policy.</p><p>Following publication of the Immigration White Paper on 19 December, the Home Office has initiated an extensive twelve month programme of targeted engagement across the UK, and with the EU and international partners, to capture views and ensure that we design a future system that works for the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/02/2019 14:13:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron