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823443

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date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Advisory Council on National Records and Archives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many documents the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives has withheld in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	122921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Advisory Council publishes its own annual report which is laid before Parliament. Since the transition from the 30 year rule to 20 year rule began in 2013, the Advisory Council has collated and published annual figures on closures and retention, and the outcomes of these applications. The Council also reports on the work of its Freedom of Information Panels. The information can be found in its annual reports, available at <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-role/plans-policies-performance-and-projects/our-performance/" target="_blank">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-role/plans-policies-performance-and-projects/our-performance/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 122922 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:30:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

825410

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of schools of their duty to protect and enable pupils with medical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	123553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of supporting pupils at school with medical conditions. Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 introduced a duty that requires governing boards to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions. Most schools manage these issues well and take their responsibilities towards pupils with such conditions seriously, making sure that the medical needs of their pupils are being met.</p><p>The department works with organisations such as the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance to raise awareness of the duty, and recently promoted it through the department’s social media channels.</p><p>Governing boards should ensure that schools develop a policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions that is reviewed regularly and is readily accessible to parents and school staff. We keep the guidance under review, including in the context of school awareness, and the role it plays in securing accessibility of school policies.</p><p>This guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 123554 question first answered 26/01/2018 11:57:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

825411

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to require all maintained schools to have a medical conditions policy and to display such a policy publicly on their school website; and if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	123554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of supporting pupils at school with medical conditions. Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 introduced a duty that requires governing boards to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions. Most schools manage these issues well and take their responsibilities towards pupils with such conditions seriously, making sure that the medical needs of their pupils are being met.</p><p>The department works with organisations such as the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance to raise awareness of the duty, and recently promoted it through the department’s social media channels.</p><p>Governing boards should ensure that schools develop a policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions that is reviewed regularly and is readily accessible to parents and school staff. We keep the guidance under review, including in the context of school awareness, and the role it plays in securing accessibility of school policies.</p><p>This guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 123553 question first answered 26/01/2018 11:57:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

825412

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Universal Credit: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation in parts of Northern Ireland of universal credit; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	123555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland has responsibility for the delivery of Universal Credit in Northern Ireland, which it does with the support of DWP and the Universal Credit Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit has been introduced in Northern Ireland for new claims on a phased geographical basis by post code groups aligned to front office locations. This process started from September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/01/2018 15:42:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

825413

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Iran: Protest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on human rights of the actions of the Iranian government during the protests that took place in that country from 28 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	123556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has made clear that the Iranian people should be able to freely express themselves and to demonstrate peacefully within the law. We look to the Iranian authorities to permit this. We are concerned by reports of mass arrests and deaths in custody, and by restrictions on freedom of expression, in particular the suspension of popular messaging application, Telegram.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/01/2018 10:06:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

825414

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Iran: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department took in response to the restrictions placed by the Iranian Government on the instant messaging service Telegram; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	123557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>On 11 January, the Foreign Secretary discussed Iran's response to the protests with Foreign Minister Zarif. In addition, on 5 January, we supported the proposal to discuss the protests at the UN Security Council where we set out our human rights concerns strongly.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 14:20:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

825415

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 1(1) of the Childcare Act 2016, what steps he is taking to ensure that childcare is available free of charge for disabled three and four-year-old children for a period equivalent to 30 hours in each of 38 weeks in any year.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	123739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for St Helens and Whiston, to the answer I gave on 19 January 2018 to Question 122942: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-01-16/122942/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-01-16/122942/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/01/2018 17:13:07 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

825416

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides on allowing disability benefit assessors to provide feedback on mistakes or errors that occur during health assessments to improve the assessment process.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	123740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Where a Work Capability Assessment and Personal Independence Payment health professional’s report is examined by a Decision Maker that person will look to see if there are obvious flaws. For Example, if there are any contradictions or inconsistencies or omissions within that report. If that report is considered unacceptable or requires clarification the Decision Maker or Quality Assurance Manager will contact the assessment provider for clarification, advice or to return the report for re-work as unacceptable.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/01/2018 10:22:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

825417

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Housing Benefit: Mental Illness
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 help people with chronic and enduring mental illnesses make an application for housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	123558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Although this Department has overall responsibility for the Housing Benefit scheme and its funding, local authorities have the statutory responsibility for its day-to-day administration. This incorporates the assessment of individual claims for benefit and devising their own arrangements to assist claimants (including those with chronic and enduring mental illnesses) with claims for Housing Benefit.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/01/2018 11:30:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

825418

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Universal Credit: Mental Illness
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 help people with chronic and enduring mental illnesses make an application for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	123559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>DWP work coaches support people with disabilities and health conditions every working day and the Department has delivered additional training to 1,800 work coaches to support claimants with mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also recruited local Community Partners to provide extra expertise on disability and health conditions. Furthermore, our Disability Employment Advisors actively provide advice and guidance to support claimants with disabilities, including those with mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>If someone cannot access the online Universal Credit service on their own, DWP staff will help them make a claim and can also refer them to DWP funded local services which offer assisted digital and personal budgeting support. Universal Support provides extra help for claimants to make and maintain their claim and to manage their money.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can also claim over the phone, which is free to use, and where necessary, appointees can also make a claim on a claimant’s behalf and help maintain their online account. In circumstances where a claimant is unable to visit their local Jobcentre or conduct their business with DWP using other channels, home visits are also available.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 23/01/2018 11:30:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter