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1195593

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date	13/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect migrant domestic workers who entered the UK on the Overseas Domestic Worker visa; and what support her Department is providing to those migrant domestic workers who have not taken part in a Government-provided information sessions on their rights during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	46683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the safeguarding of migrant domestic workers entering the UK, which is why all domestic workers are provided with information explaining their rights and how to access help should they need it. Further help and information is also available online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/domestic-workers-in-a-private-household-visa/your-employment-rights" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/domestic-workers-in-a-private-household-visa/your-employment-rights</a>.</p><p>The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak and these provisions are being reviewed regularly. We will review the existing arrangements prior to 31 May and will publish information on Gov.uk prior to this date. <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-immigration-and-borders" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-immigration-and-borders</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 46684 question first answered 18/05/2020 13:48:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1195594

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Domestic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Overseas Domestic Worker visa holders in the UK whose six months visas are due to expire and who are unable to travel due to covid-19 lockdown measures.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	46684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the safeguarding of migrant domestic workers entering the UK, which is why all domestic workers are provided with information explaining their rights and how to access help should they need it. Further help and information is also available online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/domestic-workers-in-a-private-household-visa/your-employment-rights" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/domestic-workers-in-a-private-household-visa/your-employment-rights</a>.</p><p>The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak and these provisions are being reviewed regularly. We will review the existing arrangements prior to 31 May and will publish information on Gov.uk prior to this date. <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-immigration-and-borders" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-immigration-and-borders</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 46683 question first answered 18/05/2020 13:48:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1192788

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of 28 April 2020 of the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, Official Report, column 299, whether the £1.5 million pilot fund to cover the cost of safe accommodation for migrant victims of domestic abuse is an extension of an existing pilot fund.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	43037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>Further details on the pilot fund will be set out in the report of the review to be published before Report stage – the date for which has yet to be announced.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 43038 43039 question first answered 11/05/2020 16:19:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1192790

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of victims of domestic abuse will be able to (a) access accommodation as a result of the £1.5 million pilot fund to cover the cost of safe accommodation for migrant victims of domestic abuse; and for how long each of those victims will be able to stay at that accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	43038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>Further details on the pilot fund will be set out in the report of the review to be published before Report stage – the date for which has yet to be announced.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 43037 43039 question first answered 11/05/2020 16:19:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1192791

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
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 the second reading of the Domestic Abuse Bill, what evidence her Department is seeking to gather through the £1.5 million pilot fund to cover the cost of safe accommodation for migrant victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	43039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>Further details on the pilot fund will be set out in the report of the review to be published before Report stage – the date for which has yet to be announced.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 43037 43038 question first answered 11/05/2020 16:19:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1192122

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	Housing: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter issued to local authority leaders on of 27 April 2020 on the use of emergency funds to house victims of domestic violence, what plans his Department has to assess local authority compliance with that letter; and whether he plans to issue further guidance in relation to the ability to use that funding to house victims with no recourse to public funds.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>I recently wrote to local authorities asking them to work closely with their local domestic abuse safe accommodation providers to ensure that victims of domestic abuse and their families can be provided with safe emergency accommodation and appropriate support to avoid further pressures on frontline homelessness services.</p><p>To understand how the funding is meeting local needs and pressures across the country, vital data is being provided by local authorities. This data is enabling us to monitor the use of the funds and will inform our wider conversations within Government.</p><p>In 2018, Government published statutory guidance designed to help local authorities ensure that victims of domestic abuse in a refuge or other form of temporary accommodation have appropriate priority under their social housing allocation schemes.</p><p>On 2 May, the Government announced an unprecedented £76 million package of support to ensure the most vulnerable in society get the support they need during the pandemic.</p><p>A change to the rules will also mean that those fleeing domestic abuse and facing homelessness as a result will be automatically considered as priority by their council for housing – ensuring more survivors of domestic abuse have access to a safe home.</p><p>The Government is aware of concerns about those with no recourse to public funds during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p>We are ensuring local authorities are supported, with £3.2 billion provided to local authorities as part of the wider Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>This funding has been provided to help local authorities to reduce risks to public health and to support individuals on the basis of need.</p><p>The legal position on those with no recourse to public funds has not been amended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 07/05/2020 13:08:31 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 19519 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1192130

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	Housing: Domestic Abuse
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 plans his Department has to ensure that councils that have received emergency funding for emergency accommodation for victims of domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak will be able to continue to access that fund after the lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>A total of £3.2 billion of additional funding has been recently announced for local government to help them respond to COVID-19 pressures across the services they deliver. This includes increasing support for services helping the most vulnerable, such as victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>On 2 May, the Government also announced an unprecedented £76 million package of support to ensure the most vulnerable in society get the support they need during the pandemic.</p><p>A change to the rules will also mean that those fleeing domestic abuse and facing homelessness as a result will be automatically considered as priority by their council for housing – ensuring more survivors of domestic abuse have access to a safe home.</p><p>To understand how the funding is meeting the local needs and pressures across the country, vital data is being provided by local authorities. This data is enabling us to monitor the use of the funds and will inform our wider conversations within Government.</p><p>We will continue to work with councils to ensure they are managing as the pandemic progresses.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 06/05/2020 15:58:37 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1192132

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether cleaning staff working in hospitals and other healthcare settings are eligible for the death in service benefit announced on 27 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is in the process of setting up a life assurance scheme for frontline health and social care staff in England who contract COVID-19 during the course of their work.</p><p>The scheme is non-contributory and pays a £60,000 lump sum where staff die as a result of COVID-19 and had been recently working in frontline roles and locations where personal care is provided to individuals who have recently contracted COVID-19. The scheme is also available to staff whose duties require them to be present in a frontline National Health Service or social care setting where COVID-19 is present including cleaning staff.</p><p>The scheme covers all frontline staff who are employed by a statutory NHS organisation, or who work for organisations that support the delivery of NHS services or who work on an NHS contract.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/05/2020 11:41:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 19573 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1192175

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
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 her Department's strategy entitled Ending Violence against Women and Girls 2016-2020, when she plans to publish a new version of that strategy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Protecting women and girls from violence remains a key priority of this Government. In March 2019 we published a refreshed Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy and Male Victims’ Position Statement to update and reinforce our commitment to tackling VAWG and our manifesto committed to continuing this fight.</p><p>We are taking steps to renew the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and will outline our plans soon.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/05/2020 15:03:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1188206

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting up an enforcement telephone line for employees to report employers that are not following social distancing guidance relating to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	37708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>Employees with concerns about social distancing measures in their workplace can contact the Health and Safety Executive Concerns and Advice Team by completing an on-line form accessible on the HSE website <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/</a> or by calling the team on 0300 003 1647.</p><p> </p><p>Lines are open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm (on Wednesdays from 10am to 5pm). HSE encourages workers to try to resolve workplace concerns through local discussions before contacting the enforcement body where possible.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 27/04/2020 09:28:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips