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1125254

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date	08/05/2019
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	Social Services: Fees and Charges
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 make an estimate of the number of years a person would need to spend in a residential care home before benefitting from an (a) £72,000 cap and (b) £100,000 cap on the cost of care; if he will make it his policy to introduce free personal care in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	251936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The social care Green Paper will bring forward ideas for including an element of risk pooling in the system, which will help to protect people from the highest costs. To allow for fuller engagement and development of the approach, with reforms to the care system and the way it is paid for considered in the round, we will not be taking forward the previous Government’s plans to implement a cap on care costs in 2020. Further details on the Government’s plans will be set out after we have consulted on the different options.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/05/2019 13:27:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1125353

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the UK's declaration reserving the right to postpone the application of Article 7(a)(i) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights still applies; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	251970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains a party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.</p><p> </p><p>There remains one reservation in force under Article 7(a)(i) of the Covenant, in respect of Bermuda and the Crown Dependencies. The UK Government will review all reservations as part of the next periodic report under the Covenant, which is due in June 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government remains committed to the principle of equal pay and continues to work to eradicate the gender pay gap.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/05/2019 13:04:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1125354

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, for what reasons the UK has not accepted the obligation under Article 4.3 of the European Social Charter to recognise the right of men and women workers to equal pay for work of equal value.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	251971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government supports the work of the Council of Europe and continues to support the European Social Charter (1961). Since the European Social Charter came into force in the UK we have introduced a number of policy and legislative reforms that provide equivalent or greater protections for individuals in the field of equal pay.</p><p> </p><p>We have also ratified a number of international conventions which provide equivalent protections and which the UK has implemented via national legislation.</p><p> </p><p>We are fully committed to the Equal Pay protections in the Equality Act 2010. In 2014, we introduced equal pay audits for when employers are found to have breached equal pay law and in 2017 we introduced gender pay gap reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Our equal pay legislation complies with EU requirements, which are reflected in Article 4.3 of the European Social Charter. We are committed to ensure that the robust protections provided by Equality Acts 2006 and 2010 and equivalent legislation in Northern Ireland continue to apply after the UK leaves the EU, as will Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which will become part of EU-retained law.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/06/2019 14:59:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1124944

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Abdullah Öcalan
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 Turkish Government on the (a) Kurds, (b) UK citizens and (c) members of the Turkish Parliament on hunger strike to protest the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	251251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government most recently raised the issue of the ongoing hunger strikes protesting the conditions of Abdullah Ocalan's imprisonment with Turkish authorities on 13 May. While robustly condemning the ongoing violence perpetrated by the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), we encourage Turkey to implement the recommendations of the report on Mr Ocalan's imprisonment produced by the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In this regard we welcome the fact that Mr Ocalan was granted access to two lawyers on 2 May.</p><p>We also note the comments made by those lawyers in a subsequent press conference, that Mr Ocalan advised against his supporters continuing these hunger strikers to the point that it threatens their health . We continue to urge Turkey to uphold the human rights of detainees, including access to medical treatment where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 15/05/2019 12:57:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1125045

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Pregnancy: Mental Illness
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 adequacy of (a) identification and (b) treatment of perinatal mental illnesses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	251267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to improving both the detection and treatment of perinatal mental illness.</p><p> </p><p>The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health committed to invest £365 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21 in perinatal mental health services to ensure that by 2020/21 at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, includes a commitment for a further 24,000 women to be able to access specialist perinatal mental health care by 2023/24. Specialist care will also be available from preconception to 24 months after birth, which will provide an extra year of support. Support will also be extended to fathers and partners of women accessing specialist perinatal mental health services and maternity outreach clinics.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:38:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1123184

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beverage Containers: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 226084 on Beverage Containers: Taxation, upon which particular submissions made to the Government's call for evidence were his Department's conclusions based.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	247660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The government received 162,000 responses to its call for evidence on single-use plastic, including 222 from companies, trade bodies, environmental charities, and other organisations. It also engaged directly with over 100 organisations. Last summer, we published a summary of these responses and the Budget decision draws on that, considering the range of alternatives that are available.</p><p> </p><p>There is no practical way to apply the tax to just hot drink cups, meaning that a tax would have to be placed on all types of disposable plastic cup, including plastic and plastic-lined cups used for cold drinks. The government has concluded that there is not good evidence that a tax would lead to a significant increase in reuse for these at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses are already taking steps to reduce the impact of disposable cups. The government expects industry to go further and will return to the issue if sufficient progress is not made.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/05/2019 07:23:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1122801

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money his Department has allocated from the public purse to support the 2019 Year of Green Action.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	246990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the Year of Green Action is to encourage all sectors of society to play their part in taking action to improve the environment. We are supporting and amplifying the efforts of others through a small team co-ordinating promotional events and working with a number of charities, community groups and businesses to drive environmental action across Government and civil society. Key to this is our partnership with Step Up To Serve on the #iwill4nature campaign, which is seeking to encourage greater participation by young people from all backgrounds in environmental social action projects.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have spent £94,000 on programmes to support the Year of Green Action to date and have allocated an additional £78,000 for the remainder of the financial year. This includes contributions to green action projects and events run by charitable bodies such as the Sensory Trust, Groundwork and the Campaign for National Parks, promotional materials and the development of a website to promote volunteering opportunities for all and amplify activity underway. This expenditure does not include in-kind contributions received from the many organisations promoting the Year of Green Action with Defra’s support. We also fund the staff costs of the team of policy and communications advisers supporting the Year of Green Action initiative.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 01/05/2019 09:16:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1122089

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Consumer Credit Act 1974
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer 8 April 2019 to Question 239222 on Consumer Credit Act 1974, if he will make it his policy to revise the rules in the Consumer Credit Act 1974 on the prescribed content of default and arrears notices; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	245748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the final report on the review of the retained provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA) in March 2019. The FCA concluded that the current framework of information requirements continues to provide important consumer protection, however, there are a number of issues that need further consideration.</p><p> </p><p>On 25 March, the Government laid a Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS1442) in response to the FCA’s review of the retained provisions of the CCA. In line with that statement, the Government is considering the findings of the FCA’s final report, and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/04/2019 13:58:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1122095

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 April 2019 to Question 241013, which clinics and local authorities in England are not participating in the expansion of the HIV PrEP Impact trial.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	245749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Participation in the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact Trial is on voluntary basis. Information on participating sexual health clinics, those whose participation is pending and those currently closed to recruitment is set out by region on the trial website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/join-the-trial" target="_blank">https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/join-the-trial</a></p><p>The website will be updated as the trial expansion is rolled out.</p><p>Sexual health services not currently taking part in the trial have been given an additional opportunity to participate following the trial’s expansion.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/04/2019 13:18:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1122135

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EU citizens starting courses in UK higher education institutions in the 2020-21 academic year will be eligible for (a) home fee status and (b) student loans and grants under the current eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	245750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open.</p><p>Applications for courses starting in academic year 2020/21 do not open until September 2019. We will ensure students and institutions have the information they need well in advance of that date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 245637 245638 245994 245995 246531 246532 question first answered 25/04/2019 15:09:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas