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1084380

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Turkey: 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 assessment the Government has made of the effect on security and democracy of the appointment of unelected governors who are members of the AKP in towns and cities in Turkey with predominant Kurdish populations.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	230020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>​The decision to temporarily appoint state trustees in local municipalities is a decision for the Turkish Government. Nevertheless, we expect Turkey to undertake any legal processes against locally elected representatives fairly, transparently and with full respect for the rule of law. It is important for Turkish democracy, as it would be for any country, that the results of upcoming local elections accurately reflect the wishes of the Turkish people.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/03/2019 17:46:14 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1084381

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Turkey: Elections
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 is taking to help ensure a free and fair election in Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	230021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>We have consistently encouraged Turkey to invite international election monitors to the forthcoming local elections. We are pleased that a delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe has been invited to do so. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have engaged with the head of the delegation in advance of his visit. We will continue to urge Turkey to act upon the recommendations made by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Council of Europe following the Presidential elections in June 2018, and will consider any further recommendations the Council of Europe may produce following the local elections.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/03/2019 17:47:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1084382

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Malta: 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 assessment his Department has made of the validity of the findings of the Council of Europe Venice Commission Opinion on Constitutional Arrangements and Separation of Powers and the Independence of the Judiciary and Law Enforcement in Malta.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	230022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>​I welcome the Government of Malta's engagement with rapporteurs from the Council of Europe's Venice Commission who visited Malta in November 2018, and Malta's acceptance of the Commission's findings. We encourage Prime Minister Muscat's Government to draw on the Venice Commission's offer of advice and expertise, as Europe's chief advisory body on constitutional law, to implement their recommendations. The UK stands ready to assist Malta to advance its law reform agenda in any way we can.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/03/2019 16:32:29 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1084383

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between reductions in funding for children’s services and associated costs for (a) schools, (b) the police and (c) the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	230050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have access to over £200bn to deliver services, including children’s services, between 2015 and 2020. Local government core spending power will increase in real terms next year.</p><p>At Budget 2018 we announced an additional £410m next year for adults and children’s social care, and £84m to support local authorities to expand programmes for children and families that have shown reduced costs to the police and the NHS.</p><p>We expect local authorities to continue to work closely with partner agencies to support and protect children in their area.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/03/2019 17:48:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

1084384

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the correlation between funding for children’s services between 2010-11 and 2017-18 and the number of (a) referrals to children’s services, (b) referrals to children's services within 12 months, (c) children in need, (d) child protection enquiries, (e) child protection plans and (f) looked after children over that period.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	230051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement (LGFS) which gives local authorities flexibility to target spending according to local needs and to fulfil their statutory responsibilities, including services for children and families. Since 2010, the responsibilities of local authorities and the makeup of their funding streams have changed significantly, including the move for local authorities to retain locally raised business rates. Therefore, wider spending power measures are not directly comparable over this period.</p><p> </p><p>Over the 5 year period from 2015-16 to 2019-20, councils have access, through the LGFS, to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services. Core spending power increased from £45.1 billion in 2018-19 to £46.4 billion in 2019-20. In addition to this the Autumn Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019-20 for local authorities to invest in adult and children’s social care services. It also announced £84 million of extra funding, over the next 5 years, to support local authorities to invest in initiatives that improve social work practice and decision making.</p><p> </p><p>Due to discontinuity in methods used for some of the data collected, we only look at trends in these numbers from 2013. The department’s data shows that since 2013, the number of referrals, children in need, child protection enquiries, children on child protection plans and looked after children at 31 March have risen by 10.5%, 7.1%, 50.9%, 24.5% and 10.7% respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The most common factors recorded in children’s social care assessments are domestic abuse and mental health. These have been consistently the top 2 factors for the years during which we have collected this data and have risen in line with trends in demand.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/03/2019 15:23:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

1084385

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government will take to exempt the NHS and other public services from future trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	230026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer [the Honourable Friend for Birkenhead] to the answer I gave to [the Member for Midlothian] on 26 February 2019, UIN 224362.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/03/2019 11:52:33 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1084386

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	European Research Council and Marie Curie Fellowships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2019 to Question 225494 on European Research Council and Marie Curie Fellowships, if will he publish the independent advice from Sir Adrian Smith.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	230082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Further details on the advice Sir Adrian Smith will provide will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/03/2019 17:27:24 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1084387

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Drugs: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the August 2017 Life sciences: industrial strategy report, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the process of translating academic discovery into industry drug development in (a) immunology, (b) genomics and (c) other areas where the UK is world-leading.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	230083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The sector’s Life Science Industrial Strategy, authored by Professor Sir John Bell, made recommendations to government in support of the vision for the UK to be a global hub that makes the UK the home of clinical research and medical innovation. The two Life Sciences Sector Deals are collaborative endeavours across government, academia, charities and industry to deliver on this bold vision.</p><p>The two Deals include significant joint investment from government and the sector to support research and development, both academic and commercial, to ensure the UK remains at the forefront of global drug development.</p><p>The UK has a track record of supporting university spin out companies, with the goal of translating innovative research into commercial successes and ultimately treatments that will benefit patients. Catalyst programmes, including Innovate UK and the Medical Research Council’s Biomedical Catalyst aim to de-risk innovative science and commercialise ideas arising out of academia and industry, helping UK SMEs to develop into competitive and sustainable organisations.</p><p>The Government recently announced further support for genomics as part of my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Statement. The announcement featured a £45 million investment for increasing the European Bioinformatics Institute’s computing and storage capacity which underpins much of the UK’s genomics research work, including UK Biobank. This announcement supports the boosting the UK’s genomics sector, which is a key commitment in our second Life Sciences Sector Deal.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/03/2019 15:11:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1084388

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2019 to Question 221547, on Voting Rights; EU Nationals,which EU member states have yet to confirm reciprocal voting rights for UK citizens residing in their respective state in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	230023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK pushed for reciprocal rights to stand and vote in local elections in negotiations on citizens’ rights but they will not form part of the Withdrawal Agreement. Instead we are pursuing bilateral agreements with individual Member States where possible, to apply in a deal or no deal scenario. We are pleased to have secured the first such bilateral agreement on local voting rights with Spain in January and we are continuing our discussions with other Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/03/2019 11:16:42 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1084389

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK citizens that have been offered diplomatic protection by the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	230027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>​On 7 March, the Foreign Secretary decided that the UK will exercise diplomatic protection in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as part of the British Government’s continuing efforts to secure her release. This represents formal recognition by the Government that her treatment fails to meet Iran’s obligations under international law and elevates it to a formal State to State issue. Diplomatic protection is rarely used. There were no other cases where the UK exercised diplomatic protection between 2010 and 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/03/2019 17:38:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham