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1138312

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date	10/07/2019
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	Employment: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to promote neuroinclusion in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	911970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to improving employment outcomes and inclusion for disabled people and people with health conditions, including those who are neuro-divergent. For example:</p><p> </p><p>Through the Disability Confident scheme, DWP is engaging with employers, offering online guidance and helping to promote the skills, talents and abilities of people with autism and associated hidden impairment conditions.</p><p> </p><p>A Disability Confident Toolkit has been developed to provide comprehensive information on autism and other hidden impairments, as well as guidance on employment and local authority services. This Toolkit has been promoted to all Government departments.</p><p> </p><p>Research published last year suggests Disability Confident has had a significant impact on disability employment practices. Almost half of employers interviewed said they had recruited at least one person with a disability, long-term health or mental health condition as a result of joining the scheme. This went up to nearly two thirds among larger employers.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work offers eligible individuals practical advice and a discretionary grant of up to £59,200 per year to fund support above the level of an employer’s statutory obligation to make reasonable adjustments. Access to Work staff have a specialist knowledge of disabilities and health conditions, including neuro-divergent conditions, which enables them to offer customers tailored packages of support.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is working with the Supported Business Alliance (SBA) and The British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) to develop a new long term element of Access to Work, to support people working for a supported business, many of whom are neuro-divergent.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is also working in partnership with Department of Health and Social Care to publish a consultation on how employers can best support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, including those who are neuro-divergent, to stay and thrive in work.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/07/2019 12:27:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1137448

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Doctors: Qualifications
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 his Department is taking to prevent doctors with fake qualifications working in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	274581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>It is for local National Health Service employers and the General Medical Council (GMC), as the independent regulator of doctors in the United Kingdom, to verify a doctor’s professional qualifications.</p><p>All doctors must register with the GMC to be able to practise in the UK. The GMC’s registration process includes checks of professional qualifications.</p><p>NHS Employers advises employing organisations to undertake professional registration and qualifications verification checks.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/07/2019 08:44:48 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1137449

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Health Services: Learning Disability
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 his Department is taking to increase the recruitment of specialist learning disabilities nurses and support workers.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	274582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department and Health Education England (HEE) are undertaking work to ensure that the National Health Service has the learning disability nurses required to deliver high quality care. This includes ensuring nurses in other fields have opportunities within their competency frameworks to develop their skills further in order to work in learning disability nursing. The Government has offered pre-registration postgraduate learning disability nursing students, who commenced their loan-funded studies in the 2018/19 academic year, a £10,000 incentive payment once they take up employment in the NHS in that field.</p><p>In addition, HEE continues to work with stakeholders across the health and social care sector to raise the profile of learning disability nursing, including working with the university sector to recruit more students onto courses and in partnership with the University and Colleges Admissions Service to run a recruitment campaign during university clearing.</p><p>We recognise that care staff want more specialist training to help them to support the increasingly complex needs of people receiving care and support. We will introduce new specialist ‘cluster modules’ into the Care Certificate, including the development of a new module on learning disability in 2019/20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/07/2019 15:34:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1137452

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	274585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The agreement in principle between the Transitional Military Council and the Forces of Freedom and Change, which sets out the plan for the transition to civilian led government in Sudan, is a historic opportunity for the people of Sudan to secure freedom from repression, instability and economic hardship. The UK commends the role of the African Union (AU) and Ethiopia in their efforts to support the mediation that has helped to deliver this agreement. We look forward to it being formally signed. On 5 July the Foreign Secretary welcomed the agreement. This was reiterated by the UK at the UN Human Rights Council on 9 July.</p><p>There is a challenging path ahead. Sudan has faced decades of autocratic rule and peaceful protesters have been killed whilst demonstrating for change. Sudan needs to see swift implementation of the agreement, broad-based reform and economic adjustment, and will require sustained international support.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/07/2019 13:33:55 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1137455

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Ivory: Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the ivory trade in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	274588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ivory Act 2018 received Royal Assent on 20 December 2018 and bans the sale of elephant ivory within the UK, with five areas of exemption.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/07/2019 13:38:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1137457

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Ivory: Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of banning the non-elephant ivory trade.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	274589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>On 30 May 2019 the Government published a call for evidence concerning the trade in ivory from species other than elephants The species in scope are the common hippopotamus, killer whale, narwhal, sperm whale, walrus, common warthog, desert warthog and mammoth.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence provided through this call for evidence, which closes on 22 August, will help inform what, if any, action could be taken to further restrict the trade in ivory from one or more of these species.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/07/2019 13:07:30 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns