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997543

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Fertility: Medical Treatments
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 takes to (a) support fertility treatment in the NHS and (b) ensure NHS England and Clinical Commissioning Groups deliver fertility treatments in line with NICE guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	185587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) should have regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on the assessment and treatment of people with fertility problems when commissioning services for which they are responsible. This includes the recommendation in the guideline that three cycles of in-vitro fertilisation be offered to qualifying couples where the woman is under the age of 40 and one cycle where the woman is between the ages of 40 and 42.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE guideline is evidence based best practice for clinicians but is not mandatory. The availability of National Health Service funded fertility treatment is and always has been a matter for local determination. Decisions on the level of service provision are underpinned by clinical insight and knowledge of local healthcare needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently undertaking a project to develop a benchmark price for NHS in-vitro fertilisation. This will help CCGs improve value for money in their commissioning. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority are finalising some good practice advice for CCGs about the commissioning of fertility services, which should help improve the quality of commissioning decisions.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/11/2018 11:11:00 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

997544

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	G4S: Public and Commercial Services Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the decision by G4S to refuse to recognise the PCS Union on the terms and conditions of employment of those employed by G4S in the justice sector.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The contract referred to is for facilities management services provided to the MOJ and it is my understanding that, in fact, G4S are currently at an advanced stage of discussions with the PCS on a formal recognition agreement.</p><p>For such contracts, service providers are expected to observe Cabinet Office Guidance that &quot;service providers should actively communicate and, where appropriate, seek to build good relations with trade unions&quot;.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/11/2018 17:21:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997545

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Music Festivals: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Coventry City Council on the future funding for free music festivals in Coventry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	185491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>We announced, in December last year, that Coventry would be the UK City of Culture 2021. To support this the government will invest £8.5 million in Coventry’s plans to showcase the city which will include a wide range of arts and cultural events.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/11/2018 16:42:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

997546

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has received representations on the exclusion of Christianity from the religious studies syllabus; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>No representation has been received on the exclusion of Christianity from religious education curriculum or the GCSE in religious studies.</p><p> </p><p>Teaching about Christianity is a mandatory element of religious education. All state funded schools in England are required to teach religious education from age 5. This must ‘reflect that the religious traditions of Great Britain are in the main Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain.’</p><p> </p><p>The government sets the content specification for Religious Studies GCSEs which requires students to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fact that the religious traditions of Great Britain are, in the main, Christian. Further information on GCSE subject content can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-religious-studies" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-religious-studies</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/11/2018 13:05:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997547

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Housing: Construction
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Healthy Homes and Buildings all party parliament group green paper Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings; and what steps the Government is taking to improve the overall standard of new and existing homes to ensure that people live in comfortable, warm, dry, well-lit and well designed homes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will consider the Healthy Homes and Buildings all party parliament group green paper, &quot;Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings&quot;, in taking forward its work on reviewing the guidance in relevant Building Regulations’ Approved Documents. This follows recommendations by Dame Judith Hackitt in her independent review of building regulations and fire safety, and in the review announced on 26 October to assess how well the Housing Health and Safety Rating System works in practice, whether it needs to be updated and, if so, to what extent.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 184964 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:47:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997548

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will hold discussions with the all-party group on Healthy Homes and Buildings on the (a) extent of the problems caused by poor quality homes and buildings and (b) steps that are being taken to incentivise home providers and builders to build and retrofit homes to the highest standards.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my previous answer to Question UIN 177311 on 15 October 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2018 17:46:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997549

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Housing: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) work with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and (b) establish a cross-departmental committee on health and buildings.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the All Party Parliamentary Group’s report, and we know that a high-quality, safe, and suitable home can help people stay independent and healthy for longer, and reduce health and social care costs. The Department works across Government, including with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, on many of the issues highlighted in the report.</p><p> </p><p>Both Departments are signatories to the ‘Health through the Home’ Memorandum of Understanding with Public Health England (PHE). A refreshed version, which emphasises the importance of housing in supporting people’s health, was published by PHE in March 2018. It can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-health-and-care-through-the-home-mou" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-health-and-care-through-the-home-mou</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE also recognises the importance of indoor environmental quality (indoor air quality, noise, overheating and ventilation) on human health and wellbeing, and the need for a holistic approach. Further information is available in PHE’s resources on homes and health, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-for-health" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-for-health</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 184967 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:22:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997550

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times his Department has (a) received a request for and (b) suggested the voluntary downgrading of an employee; when that request or suggestion took place and for what reason; for what reason voluntary downgrading was (i) applied and (ii) rejected; and whether his Department (A) applied and (B) declined pay protection in the three years prior to 3 July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice’s employee information is maintained by a Shared Services function, however the Shared Services function does not maintain a detailed record of the reason/s for downgrading in their system, whether voluntary or business led. Shared Services would also not hold details for a rejected voluntary downgrade. Therefore, to locate and collate the information requested would require a manual check of all employee files across the Ministry of Justice and its Arm’s Length bodies, which would exceed the cost limit.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/11/2018 17:16:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997551

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	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, what recent discussions the Government has had with the German government on broadening access for other Europeans to its thalidomide fund.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	185531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is sympathetic to the care needs of UK Thalidomide survivors, who continue to benefit from the £80 million grant, to be paid over 10 years, which was announced by the Department of Health in 2012.</p><p>The FCO has helped the Thalidomide Trust to make its own representations to the German Government regarding the possibility of payments for UK Thalidomide survivors. I met representatives of the Trust to discuss this on several occasions. I raised the issue with my German counterpart Michael Roth on 9 July and with the German Ambassador on 23 July, to whom I handed a letter from Simon Hoare MP to Chancellor Merkel on behalf of the House of Commons All Party Thalidomide Group. In response to these representations, the German government has confirmed that UK Thalidomide victims are eligible to apply for compensation from the Contergan Foundation.</p><p>I hope to continue discussions with the German government on how it might be made easier for UK survivors to apply for these funds when I visit Berlin later this month.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 05/11/2018 16:26:20 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

997552

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of not taking into account jointly-owned homes when assessing the eligibility of victims of domestic violence for legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that victims of domestic abuse must have access to the help that they need, including access to legal aid. Legal aid remains available for victims of domestic violence and child abuse where objective evidence of this abuse can be provided, subject to means and merits test.</p><p>We are determined to improve the treatment of domestic abuse victims and have recently consulted on how best to build on the recent improvements we have made in this area. We are examining responses received to the consultation, ahead of publishing a formal Government response later this year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/11/2018 12:21:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon