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1126876

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date	15/05/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Health Hazards: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to Directive 2004/37/EC, what steps he will take to maintain protections for workers against exposure to carcinogens or mutagens after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	254878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK has made a commitment not to lower standards below current levels in workers’ rights and the environment. This includes health and safety in the workplace and the control of exposure to carcinogens and mutagens. The UK has a tradition of exceeding EU standards. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 has led to the United Kingdom having one of the best records on health and safety at work in the world. The Prime Minister has been clear that we will maintain these high standards as the country leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 21/05/2019 10:50:49 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1123440

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will estimate the cost of equalising widows’ and children’s pension benefits for female teachers who served prior to 6 April 1988.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	248075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>This Department has not made an estimate of the costs of equalising widowers’ and children’s pension benefits.</p><p>As part of the Government’s review of survivor benefits in occupational pension schemes in 2014, the Government Actuary’s Department estimated the expected additional cost for public service schemes if scheme benefits were retrospectively enhanced. The review looked at all survivor benefits, for example those for civil partners, same-sex married couples and widowers. It was estimated that the total cost would be in the region of £2.9 billion across the public sector, which equates to £600 million for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. Included in the £600 million figure is an immediate payment in relation to those who are already in receipt of a survivor pension of approximately £200 million.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/05/2019 17:08:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1122959

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When the Government plans to establish the taskforce to tackle period poverty in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	910544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The first meeting of the taskforce will be in June. Over the last couple of months we have been consulting with a number of charities and other experts on the most effective way for us to use the taskforce.</p><p> </p><p>I will be chairing the taskforce alongside two leading experts in the sector, alongside a number of enthusiastic and skilled experts. The taskforce will build on and promote the great work being done by individual organisations, supporting local partners to make their work more than the sum of its parts.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/04/2019 13:26:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1122786

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if it is his Department's policy not to review the limits on seismic disturbance.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	247160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Traffic Light System for monitoring induced seismicity was introduced after consideration of advice from three scientists, following operations at Cuadrilla’s Preese Hall site in 2011. The level of magnitude 0.5 at which operators must pause operations, was set in consultation with industry as an appropriate precautionary measure. These regulations have been working as intended and there are no plans to review the traffic light system.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:04:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1122203

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his announcement on 1 April 2019 on the increased use of stop and search to tackle violent crime, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Home Office research paper, Do initiatives involving substantial increases in stop and search reduce crime? Assessing the impact of Operation BLUNT 2, published in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	246012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Police have been clear that the power to stop and search under Section 60 (s60) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is a powerful tool to combat serious violence. Over 600 people have been arrested for carrying weapons under s60 searches since 2010/11. Every weapon off our streets is a success and helps protect those communities who disproportionately experience serious violence.</p><p>On 31 March 2019, the Government announced that we will make it simpler for the police in the seven forces particularly affected by violent crime to use section 60 (area-wide) stop and search powers where they reasonably believe that an incident involving serious violence may occur. The changes are designed to allow the police to use these powers more quickly and effectively in anticipation of serious violence, safeguarding the public. These relaxations will apply for twelve months, with a review at the halfway point, in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), South Wales, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and Merseyside.</p><p>The Home Office paper ‘Do initiatives involving substantial increases in stop and search reduce crime? Assessing the impact of Operation BLUNT 2’ was published in March 2016. The paper reviewed the impact of a substantial increase in stop and search, including those under s60, from an average base level of stop and search which is higher than current levels.</p><p>Across the MPS there was a near threefold increase in weapons searches from 70,378 in 2007/08 to 205,704 in 2008/09. The study found that large surges in stop and search activity at the borough level had no discernible crime-reducing effects. However, the study concluded that it did not necessarily follow that stop and search activity does not reduce crime, either through more localised impacts, or through the existence of a ‘base level’ of stop and search activity where the tactic does have an effect.</p><p>Since 2010, the total number of stop and searches in England and Wales has decreased by 78% from 1.3 million in 2010/11 to fewer than 300,000 searches in 2017/18. The number of searches has also decreased by 72% compared to the five-year period prior to the commencement of Operation Blunt 2 in 2008. In addition, weapon specific searches in the MPS fell by 81%, from 136,126 in 2010/11 to 26,188 in 2017/18.</p><p>The large decrease in stop and searches, including searches for weapons, changes the operational context significantly and means it is not possible to make meaningful inferences from the 2016 research findings to the current s60 pilot.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/04/2019 12:26:25 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1105592

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Multiple Occupation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that houses in multiple occupancy meet the standards prescribed under the Housing Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	237744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has given local authorities strong powers to drive up standards in houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). These include mandatory, additional and selective licensing as well as civil penalties of up to £30,000, rent repayment orders and banning orders for those landlords who refuse to comply with the law.</p><p>We have also recently extended mandatory licensing of HMOs. Mandatory licensing is recognised to have improved safety and property standards in HMOs, the extension will bring an additional 170,000 properties within scope of mandatory licensing.</p><p>In addition, the Government is currently refreshing guidance for local authorities in order to help them better use these powers. Along with providing training sessions across the county, the updated guidance will ensure local authorities are aware of the extent of powers they have and how they can use them to maximum effect in all private rented sector properties, including HMOs.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 02/04/2019 14:32:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1083746

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to protect the (a) NHS and (b) other public services in the negotiation of trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	229823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer [the Honourable Friend for Lewisham East] to the answer I gave to [the Member for Midlothian] on 26 February 2019, UIN 224362.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 13/03/2019 15:10:24 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1045652

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Germany: Thalidomide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2018 to Question 185531 on Germany: Thalidomide, what progress he has made on making it easier for UK Thalidomide victims to apply for compensation from the Contergan Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	210710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>On 6 November 2018 I spoke with the German Ambassador to seek his assistance to make it easier for UK Thalidomide Survivors to apply for funding from the Contergan Foundation. He explained that only those who took the drug supplied by Grunenthal directly would be eligible for funding. The German Government do not consider that they have any liability for those who took the drug distributed under licence in the UK. Therefore, very few, if any, UK survivors would be eligible for this compensation.</p><p>I and UK officials have done all we can to address this issue with the German Government. We will continue to encourage constructive dialogue between the Thalidomide Trust and the German Government to explore what other support may be available.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/01/2019 16:12:53 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1042379

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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	Mental Health: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prioritise mental health and wellbeing in the work place.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	209413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government responded to Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers in the command paper ‘Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability’ which was published on 30 November 2017. The joint Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>Its central recommendation identified the need for employers to adopt a comprehensive set of mental health standards. The Government is committed to working with the authors of the review and key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Prime Minister’s acceptance of the recommendations that apply to the Civil Service and NHS England as major employers, both organisations have made progress in implementing these. The National Health Service is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16 May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service has benchmarked all main Government departments and their agencies/non-Departmental Public Bodies against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/01/2019 11:34:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1023245

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many offences involving a knife have been committed in (a) London and (b) Lewisham in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	201236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/12/2018 12:53:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ201236 Holding (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby