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825673

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date	19/01/2018
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	Leasehold
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 Written Statement of 21 December 2017, HCWS384, what steps he is taking to ensure that existing owners of houses purchased under a leasehold agreement will benefit from the same protections afforded to new buyers.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	123741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government response to the consultation on ‘<em>Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market</em>’ set out a range of measures to cut out unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold system. This included introducing legislation to prohibit the development of new build leasehold houses, other than in exceptional circumstances, and restricting ground rents in newly established leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value).</p><p>For existing leaseholders, the Government wants to see developer compensation schemes going further and faster, with support extended to all those with onerous ground rents, including second hand buyers and for customers to be proactively contacted. We will be keeping a close eye on progress and will consider measures that could be pursued to take action if necessary.</p><p>We want to make it easier for existing leaseholders to exercise their right to buy their freehold, or extend their lease, for this to be faster, fairer and cheaper, and to be available as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/02/2018 14:40:21 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

825674

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Knowsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people in Knowsley have access to academic A-levels within their borough.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	123742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley will have A level provision restored through its delivery at SK College Group’s Knowsley campus from September 2018. The 2018/19 prospectus has been published, setting out the A levels available.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Skills and Funding Agency (ESFA) understands that the college has received 95 A level applications to date for the 2018/19 academic year, and that it is currently reviewing each in order to make an appropriate offer to each young person.</p><p> </p><p>The ESFA is working closely with Knowsley local authority, ensuring the implementation of ‘Knowsley Better Together’; the wider local plan for improving access to A levels in Knowsley.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/01/2018 14:42:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 37862 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

825675

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Domestic Visits: Knowsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to visit the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	123743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Since his appointment, the Secretary of State does not yet have a confirmed visits schedule in place. He is looking forward to visiting a range of educational institutions across the country.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/01/2018 17:34:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

825676

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the financial viability of all the companies with which her Department is contracted.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	123744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly monitors the financial performance of its strategic suppliers as part of its supplier management processes. As part of the wider Government Commercial Function, the Home Office receives market intelligence from the Markets and Suppliers team, and the department works closely with Crown Representatives who operate at board level with our strategic suppliers and provide insights into company strategy and issues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2018 16:01:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

825677

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will pause the current asylum accommodation tendering process while an assessment is made of how best to ensure the viability of companies which might bid for such tenders.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	123745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>All Home Office contracts are tendered in compliance with the EU Procurement Directives and as part of its tendering process an assessment of financial viability is undertaken, which is in line with best practice and Cabinet Office guidance. The assessment is proportionate to the risk of the procurement being undertaken and is completed on each bidder by independent qualified accountants. The outcomes are considered within the normal tendering governance processes. The recommendations of the independent assessment will be considered alongside any other financial intelligence and insights that are held as part of the wider Government Commercial Function.</p><p>As the assessment of financial viability is part of the standard procedures undertaken by the Department there is no requirement to pause the current asylum accommodation tendering process.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/01/2018 16:06:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

825678

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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 Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Education Policy Institute report, Access and waiting times in children and young people’s mental health services, published in September 2017, on the proportion of children referred to specialist mental health services who are being denied access to those services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	123746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We acknowledge the need for focus on early intervention in children and young people’s mental health services, as set out in the Education Policy Institute report. The additional £1.4 billion that the Government has made available to transform children and young people’s mental health services will ensure that an additional 70,000 children and young people per year will receive treatment from National Health Service specialist services by 2020. The recently published green paper on children and young people’s mental health also includes a proposal to trial a four week waiting time for access to specialist NHS children and young people’s mental health services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/01/2018 12:13:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

825679

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121884, when her Department plans to begin testing new approaches to Work Capability Assessments.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	123747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>We are currently testing in our assessment centres some of the measures outlined in the Improving Lives: The Future of health, Work and Disability command paper.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/01/2018 11:47:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

825680

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121884, who the stakeholders are whom her Department is approaching to be involved in testing new approaches to Work Capability Assessments.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	123748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to working with a comprehensive range of external stakeholders including disability charities, academics, people with disabilities and their advocates.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/01/2018 10:22:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

825681

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	First Aid: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with (a) NHS Commissioners, (b) the NHS Ambulance Service, (c) teachers' representatives and (d) parent bodies on the potential merits of teaching first aid as part of the curriculum in schools; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	123749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently speaking with a broad range of expert organisations about the potential curriculum content for the new compulsory subjects of relationships education (in primary schools) and relationships and sex education (in secondary schools), and in considering whether to make personal, social, health and economic education compulsory.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work, the Department has been in contact with teachers' representatives and parents’ bodies. The Department has also engaged with the British Heart Foundation, the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance. Discussions have considered whether first aid should be included.</p><p> </p><p>The evidence the Department gathers from these discussions, along with the call for evidence that was launched in December and closes on 12 February 2018, will support the Government’s decisions on compulsory subject content. The Department will formally consult on the draft regulations and guidance before laying the regulations in the House for debate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/01/2018 17:12:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 37864 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

825682

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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	Coperforma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 November 2016 to Question 51429, if he will assess the accuracy of the advice he received from NHS England that NHS trusts that have incurred costs invoiced Coperforma directly; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	123750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The provision of patient transport services is a matter for local National Health Service commissioners. We are advised by NHS England that the response to Question 51429 was accurate. Until 5 December 2016, Coperforma advised NHS trusts that such invoices should be sent directly to it for processing.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/01/2018 16:51:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas